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Document Information ORIGINATOR: FROM: TO: TITLE: CONTROL OF TRAVEL TO AND FROM CUBA DATE: 00/00/0000 PAGES: 17

SUBJECTS: CONTROL OF TRANSFER OF FUNDS CONTROL OF MOVEMENT OF CUBAN PROPAGANDA CONTROL OF CLANDESTINE MOVEMENT OF GUERRILLAS AND ARMS EXCHANGE OF INTELLIGENCE ON CUBAN SUBVERSION SURVEILLANCE OF CUBAN DIPLOMATIC, COMMERCIAL AND CULTURAL MISSIONS STRENGTHENING OF COUNTER-INSURGENCY CAPABILITIES DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: Secret RESTRICTIONS: 1B; 4 CURRENT STATUS: Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 04/09/1998 OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS: Califano Papers, Box 4, Folder 6. Draft report concerning control of access to and surveillance of Cuba.

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22 1. Control of Travel to and from Cuba Central Intelligence Agency a. Developed highly useful information on frequency 2 of 9 copies GROUP 1 xcluded from automatig mgrading and eclassification of Cuban "chartered" flights to Brazil, names and nationalities of passengers and crew, and lax measures of control followed by Brazilian authorities. Transmitted this information to dation chiefs in the Latin American countries of the non- Brasiliens travelling on these flights.

b. Maintained close watch over travel to and from Cuba. See Annex B for table of known travel of Latin Americans during July and August. As a result of information furnished by him by the CIA Station in Buenos Aires and with the Station's urging, the Argentine Minister of Interior indicated that he would make every effort to prevent Argentine delegates from attending the International Union of Architects Congress in Havana.

d. At the urging of the CIA Station and the Embassy the Bolivian Minister of Interior issued in mid-July an order prohibiting the granting of travel permits to Cuba on other bloc countries to Bolivian nationals.

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SECRET e. Fartly as a result of the efforts of the CIA station in Santiago, the Government of Chile prohibited the entry into Chile of organizers of the Cuban sponsored Second Latin American Youth Congress, which had been scheduled to take place in Santiago in August. This no one of the factors which led to postponement of the Congress.

f. After considerable prodding by the CIA Station and the Embassy the Minister of Public Security of Costa Rica bas presented legislative proposals to the Costa Rican Assembly which will require ell persons intending to travel to Comunist countries to have their travel approved by a newly created Costa Rican security agency.

g. CIA Station in Mexico City developed information concerning the clandestine arrival of passengers in Vera Crus on Cuban merchant ships. Efforts are being made to obtain more information and to encourage stricter controls by the Nexican authorities.

Department of State a. Instructed Embassy Conakry to try to persuade Guineen authorities to deny use of airport facilities by flights on Habana-Moscon route. These efforts achieved a temporary withholding of permission for future regular flights, at least NW 50955 DocId: 32424006 Page 3

SECRET until such time as the Soviets develop their own refueling facilities at Conakry.

b. Instructed Embassy Rio to approach Brazilian authorities to express our deep concern at the growing frequency of Cuban non-scheduled flights to Brazil and request their cooperation in curbing then. Also instructed our Embassies in several Latin American countries to work with CIA station chiefs in furnishing the names of nationals of those countries travelling on these flights to local authorities and urging then: (1) to institute tighter controls on their own citizens travelling to Cuba, and (2) to express their concern to the LAN GOVERNMENT Brazil'Over Cuban use of Brazil as a way station for transporting subversives.

c. As a result of representations made to the British government about Cuban flights to the Cayman Islands carrying Latin American subversives, the British developed an administrative scheme which will effectively prohibit the use of British Caribbean dependencies by Cubana as transit points for passengers. The British intend to require transit visas of passengers passing through their areas, and to reject applications for such visas except in certain special cases. Persons not possessing visas would be prevented from leaving their aircraft, or would be NW 50955 DocId: 32424006 Page 4

SECRET returned to their point of origin.

d. Instructed Embassy Mexico City on August 29 to inform the Mexican airline CA that the United States is opposed to a proposal that CMA operate charter flights to carry refugees from Havana to Central America. CA, as a result, stated that they had no intention of proceeding further with this project.

Instructed U.S. Nissions in Curaces and the la gue to investigate a report that KIM was planning to renew eb scheduled Curacao-Habana flights and to reiterate US opposition to resumption of air service to Cuba, KIM assured our Embassy that there is no plan to initiate service, scheduled or non- scheduled, co Habans.

f. Instructed Embassy Octava to express our strong objections to a proposal that a Cubang charter flight pick up a second group of U.S. students in Montreal to fly then to Cuba, The flight was not authorized.

g. Instructed Consulate Georgetown to investigato Cubang approaches to secure flight facilities. Mission reported on August 1 that the Governor had no knowledge of any talks between the B.G. Ministry of Communications and the Cuban Govern- ment regarding landing rights for Cubana planes. The Covernor NW 50955 DocId: 32424006 Page 5 C

Indicated his intention to inquire further and to keep ua advised. London reported that neither the Cuban sor the British Gulane Governments had raised the issue of landing rights with H.M.C.

h. Urged governments of Mexico, Canada, Jamaica and the Netherlands to refuse to assist the Cuban governmen in its efforts to find a short route for return of the 50 American students who illegally travelled uba. Also informed Pan American Airways that we were opposed to e Cuban request for a PAA charter flight to fly the students from Habana to New York,

1. Instructed our missions at Port of Spain and Barbados on several occasions to approach these governmente to the concern of the U.S. et indications of Cuban interest in the use of their aviation facilities.

Embassy Port of Spain discussed with the Foreign Secretary COTT to control move of Trinidad various legal moves available that would enable ts of aircraft within their territory, citing examples of such controle instituted by Mexico, Canada and Ireland. He indicated receptiveness to the proposal that the list of suggestions be made available to the aviation officials

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SECRET urged the government of Chile to refuse visas to Cuban delegatës to a preparatory meeting planning for the II Latin Americon Youth Congress scheduled for August in the Chilean capital. Inability of Cuban delegates to obtain Chilean visas for this announcing during August that the meeting had been postponed. meeting is one of the contributing factors to the Cuban sponsors

k. Sent general instructions to our missions in countries then to urge the cooperation of governmental authorities in preventing or discouraging the attendance of their citizens to which participate in the Internatioml Union of Architects asking the VII UIA Congress in Habana, September 29-October 4, 1963. Followed this up with instructions to individual posts to try where feasible to dissuade architects from free world countries from serving on the jury for the selection of a Bay of Pigs monument.

1. Urged Canadian Government to block a plan to commence food parcel shipments to Cuba, on a Cou 1 basis, that would have required the establishment of scheduled weekly charter flights by Canadian planes. NW 50955 DocId:32424006 Page 7 ひ

SECRET 2. Control of Movement of Cuban Propaganda Contral Intellicence Agency Responding to the urging of the CIA Station police of the State of Guanabara seized large quantities of propa- ganda brought into Brazil by passengers on the special Cubana flights. For example, somm 50 pounds of printed propaganda, vas taken from the various passengers who arrived on the 16 August Cubana flight.

1. Control of Clandestine Movement of Guerrillas end Arms Department of Defence * Continued surveillance of the area surrounding Cuba during the month of July at the same rate and with the same cmphasis as prior to 1 July 1963.

b. Continued to maintain U.S. Forces, primarily from within the Atlantic Command, available to assist other Caribbean governments in the interception of suspicious craft in territorial waters, as might be requested. No such requests were received from any other government during the period covered by this report. However, U.S. Forces did keep track of the location of the Soviet merchant freighter MITCHURINSK, which NW 50955 DocId: 32424006 Page 8

SECRET was suspected of carrying subversives and arms from Cuba to British Guiana in wid-July. MITCHURINSK was under U.8. surveillance from its departure from Havana until United Kingdom forces assumed the task of keeping this ship under surveillance upon its approach to Georgetown, British Guiana. Subsequently, British police search of MITCHURINSK in British Gulane vaters revealed nothing of a suspicious nature.

Central Intelligence Agency At the repeated urging of the CIA Station in Lima the Peruvian Government late in August published a new anti- terrorists lav providing a penalty of no less than five years Imprisonment for persons who particiate in guerrilla activities or in the illegal manufacture of weapons or explosives.

The Peruvian National Intelligence Service is working on a lead furnished by the CIA Station in Lima concerning a 200 ton vessel reportedly involved in arme traffic.

Department of State Instructed our Consulate General in Georgetown to investigate reports that commercial cargoes (which could conceal illicit arms traffic out of Cuba) bad developed between British Gulans and Cuba. Investigations to date have been negative. SECRET NW 50955 DocId: 32424006 Page 9

SECRET 4. Control of Transfer of Funds Department of State Cooperated with the Foreign Assets Control Office of the Treasury Department in developing blocking controls with respect to Cuba which went into effect on July 9, 1963.

1. Strengthening of Counter-Insurgency Capabilities Department of Defence * Continued the installation of military comunica- tions Facilities in Latin America. Operational dates for the multi-channel radio stations to be installed in Managua, Nicaragua and Tegucigalpa, Honduras have been delayed to 15 October 1963 and 15 December 1963, respectively because of new engineering and contractual requirements. Negotiations are continuing with Colombia and Ecuador for installation of U.S. military radio facilities. Completion of a now commercial trans- isthmian cable in the Panama Canal Zone within the coming month is expected to improve military comunications within the United States and the Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Southern Command.

b. Continued the surveillance of Cuba by U.S. Forces, reporting as before to U.S. commanders, organizations and agencies. SECRET C NW 50955 DocId: 32424006 Page 10

Reports of surveillance have been disseminated to all who have a requirement to know.

Established a 24 hour per day, 7 days per week duty watch at the U.S. Military Groups in the Caribbean countries in conjunction with implementation of the military alerting system. Continued efforts to staff the U.S. Southern Command Intelligence Center with properly cleared, trained personnel (this center is the military focal point for relaying information concerning the movement of subversives). Filled, partially, the authorized billets in the U.S. Southern Command Intelligence Center and cook under consideration the problem of an increase in the billet structure in the Center. The Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Southern Command together with his intelligence officer visited Honduras and Nicaragua and determined that no significant problems existed which would interfere with effective operations in those countries.

d. Action previously initiated by the Commander, U.S. Naval Forces, Southern Command (COMUSNAVSO) to establish a Small Craft Inspection and Training Team (SCIATT) as a contribution to the Caribbean Surveillance System is progressing satisfactorily. NW 50955 DocId: 32424006 Page 11 SECRET

SECRET -11- Permanent assignment of U.S. Coast Guard personnel to SCIATT in the Canal Zone has been approved and the U.S. Coast Guard has taken appropriate implementing sctions.

e. During the period of this report, the SCIATT con- ducted an on-the-job training course at Puntarenas, Costa Rica. Training was given to 13 members of the Guardia Civil of Costa Rica who were either newly assigned to the 40 foot Coast Guard utility boats (CGUBe) or were to be assigned as replacement crew members.

1. A quarterly inspection and evaluation of the CGUBS provided other Central American countries was conducted during the period 17 to 31 August by a mobile training tean (MIT) made up of SCIATT personnel.

g. Continued efforts to improve the internal security of Latin American armies through the provision of Intelligence Advisors. Presently there are such advisora assigned to 14 Latin countries, emphasizing counterintelligence and counter- subversion.

h. During the reporting period MTTs conducted training in counterinsurgency for the armed forces of Colombia, Bolivie, Venezuela, Peru and El Salvador. ECRET NW 50955 DocId: 32424006 Page 12

SECRET 1. Civic Action HITs were sent to Guatemala, Bolivia, Colombia, El Salvador, Jamaica and Ecuador.

1. Exchange of Intelligence on Cuban Subversion Gontzal Intelligence Agency CIA Stations throughout Latin America continued in a great majority of countries to furnish to the local internal security organizations with whom they are in liaison informa- tion concerning travelers to and from Cuba, as well as such information es came to CIA's attention concerning the movement of funds, arms and propagande material. In many instances, the furnishing of information to the internal security service by the CIA Station was paralleled by the furnishing of similer information to the foreign office by the Ambassador or his representative. The response to this information has varied greatly. The Central American countries, in general, began to pay attention to the information and take action on it. At the during the reporting period other extreme, the Brazilian Government/showed little inclination to follow up on the information.

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brought to the attention of the OAS, and urged that this action be taken as soon as possible.

b. Urged the Covernment of Guatemala to submit evidence of communist sctivity to the CAS.

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Departuent of State SECRET -14- Instructed Embassy La Pas to follow up closely on charges of involvement of Cuban mission in internal politics of Bolivia, and, at the Embassy's discretion, to point out to Bolivien officials the opportunity for a possible bresk in relations with Cuba. Embassy Le Paz was not able to press for a break when the evidence of Cuban intervention did not prove to be as conclusive as originally reported.

Other Special Actions Department of State a. Obtained sction by the COAS on July 3 on the Lavalle Committee Report trensmitting the document to the governmente and urging them to implement the specific and general recom- mendations contained therein as soon as possible.

b. Through Embassy Managua informed the Nicaraguan Government of the matters which we wanted to have considered during the informal meeting of the Ministers of Security and Interior of the Isthmian countries held in Managua, August 26-28 in preparation for the second formal meeting of the Managua Security Conference countries later this year. SEGRET NW 50955 DocId: 32424006 Page 15 ہے

SECRET Reassured President Schick of Nicaragua in the most esphatic terms that the Nuclear Test Ban Trenty did not mean that our attitude toward Castro has altered in the slightest, and stressed our interest in seeing steady progress by all the Isthmion countries in implementing the recommenda tions of the Managua Security Conference to block Cuban subversive efforts.

d. Explained in detail the nature of the Cuban threat and the related policy objectives of the U.S., during conversa- tion in London and in Washington with Mr. Adon Watson, newly appointed British Ambassador to Cuba. Doited States Ing

a. The Agency's press service during the reporting period transmitted 12 articles, commentaries, and backgrounders on its wireless file service to USIA posts throughout Latin Anerica for placement in the local newspapers and the Voice of America Spanish broadcasts to Latin Americs carried a total of 28 commentaries and features on the subject of Cuban-based subversion in addition to the regular reporting of developments in the hourly newscasts. NW 50955 DocId: 32424006 Page 16 SECRET

b. In response to standing Agency instructions to give special attention to developments related to Cuba-based subversion, UBIS posts in Latin America were prompt in reporting incidents and in providing editorial comments from the Latin American press, all of which was used in the Agency's radio and press cutput.

The main developments trested in the Agency's radio and press coverage included Castro's July 26 speech urging revolu- tions in Latin America, the discovery of terrorist weapons factories in Guayaquil, the Ecusdorean Vice President's accusion of Cuban responsibility for terrorism, the statement by State Department Press Officer Richard Phillips that "potential subversive agents" from Cuba to the Caribbean area were passing through Gran Caymen, the expulsion of a Bolivian youth leader for receiving funds from Cuba, Castro-trained terrorists in Honduras,/Bolivian protests against weddling by the Coben Embassy in the miner's strike. A Voice of America roving reporter in Latin America provided several reports eázfzazies on the and Gubversion picture in countries he visited.

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SECRET three pamphlets during the period based on Castro's report of his visit to the Soviet Union (showing that he contradicted himself in some of bis extravagant claims of Soviet progress). the losses suffered by Cuban labor under Castro, and the fate of political prisoners in Cuba. When completed, these pamphlets will be reproduced and distributed in quantity throughout the C NW 50955 DocId:32424006 Page 18 SECRET