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================================================== Page 1 ================================================== aaaac 6216870124 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F_ KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 CussifiCATKOM PRCCESSING DKSPATCH R BC-R#~T" pro Acticn ACCOM; PLISHID To CIA SPECIAL COLLECig HharKtd (oR] IndIXinq Chfef BpecsSAsi RELEASE AS SANTTZED No inoexinc ReQuired INFO: Only QualiticD NeACQuARTERS CesK CAH Iuce_Indeino TRoM AbstarCt Chfef of Ste tion JMRAV Microfilm SUBECT TYPIC/OPERATIONAL_ 8pecLal ActivLtlea_Report Qn JAVr; 0 ReletLongb:p_Eth ANCAREON_l NTFX REQXIRED RefbrdK@9 ACTION REQUIRED: Paragraph 10 Q REFERENCES Ag YAVE 8981 _ dated 24 September 1962 m atrun Bo RAVE 9169 _ dated 28 Septenber 1962 mMfut ^ C FAVE 9343 deted 3 October 1962 . & #k 2 AA D, DIR dated 6 October 1962 - ii 6 curj E UFGA 4987i7 , dated 4 Merch 1964 LU m j 1 INTRODUCTIOM, In Reference E, JIIAVE forwarded & revlew of the nature or Tt8 Telatlonbhip WIth AMCARBON-2 . Tna revlew Indicateg tbat the relatlonsbfp FIth ABICARBON-2 evolved from tbat action Rhlch was taken I0 September 1962 to Insure that 4 security breach would not occur 23 a result of an Investiga tIon wblcb wag beLng carried out by tbe Identity 1 relatIve to the fact tbat tbe establiehment of_ the Identity 2 ma9 belng: kept from tbe YOBLLT South Canpue 28 4' result Of BecurIty reatrictlons wblch were Jn bom0 way related .to JMDUSK . R2ile tho relatLonshlp RIth AMCARBON-2 btemed from tbe renedlal actlon wbich bad been taken In 2 cribig sItuatIon tbe eatablIshment of 2 workIng reletlongh:p wIth_ tbe {dentity g Tab an objectIve wbIch JAVE bad alwaye hoped to obteLn _ As a matter Of:' fact, In Reference A the reconmendation wag mde that JBAVE_ be. glven . epprovel t contact the major South Florida newg medla In an attempt to work out a relatlonshlp WIth tbese newe' medla wbIch would Inburo tbat they dld not turn tbe publlcity bpotllght On thoge KUBARK actvitieg In South Florida whlch might cone to thelr attentLon , Thug when a relationship was established Fith AMCARBON-? , It wag carefuily cultIvated 1n order tbat JMYAVI might be able to us0 thblg contact at the IdentIty 3 a9 2 peang Of echleving the Of havIng 8 relatlonsh:p wIth tbe Identity 3, Rbicb would 84obJeczeves;; Ingure the gecurity of JMIAVE 8 operationg and give JMHAVE a0 outlet Into the prese Gbtcb could be used for Burfaclng certaln Belect-propaganda Itena In tbe pertod October to (CONTINUED) Attachnente : USC A Five Nembpaper ClLppIngu B IdentItleb Dlatributlon: DaTE Typed DispaTCxeD 3 Chle: SAS , w/etts. 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OFT1CER TpiSt DT_ COS Andrew K, REUTEMAN /vtp 251 RI Chrono COORDINATING 1 201 fil0 (0/cos OFAICE SYMBR DaTE Officer 3 MAME' 1 COS Chrono '3R2AZ%4 ESEC ILuG9 DUDLEY R JILLINGS RELEASING OFFICe SYMBT Date otccoRS SITNTURE #os /JMWAVE 36k ANDREW REUTEMAN 7,7726 9* 53 Use paeMous EDMON: RIRLNCE} /orm gi0) Hlin,M MAY 0e Usro, ((0) HAr 8 1964 n F m n 70 1 W Lb | ================================================== Page 2 ================================================== 13-00000 CONTIUATION OF D31787iorv DISPATCH 8 RC RI #= URGA-14781 December 1962 0l1 OI JBIMAVE 0' bu8-nogb FLth the Identity 3 wa bandled via AMICARCON-2 _ In mId-Decenber 1962 AHCARION-2 nade the suggeetLon tbat ho Introduce RCUTTBAN to AXCARCON-l Ln order that thero be 8 backup contact, Ln the evont that AXICARBON-2 were out of toim or unavallable at such times a8 REUTEMAN nLglit require esskotance from tho IdontIty 3 RCUTTBMAN agreed to AXCARBON-2 0 puggestton and, a8 a result incARLON-2 hoated a luncheon on 12 Decenber i962 at the MLamt Club I0 the Hotel Colunbus Hlamt _ Flor1da, at whIch AMCARBON-2 Introduced AMICARPON-l to REUTEMAN_ Ao 2 rosult of 018 Initiol meetlng on 12 Docenber an] operational relatlonsb:p has developed wIth AHCARBON-1 _ and 18 belleved that thle relatLonehlp contributea to tbe fuizillnent of the over-a11 JIIAWE mLe8Lon . In vlew Of thla 8 epeclal activitlea report 19 betng bubmItted to cover the nature of JMRAVE - 0 relatlonship wltb ANCARBON-l durng the perLod December 1962 to March 1964 . 2 . ERAM' O2 REFERENCE ROR JIAVE'8 RELATONSHIR WITQ A#CARDON-J Mbon AMCATEONZ2 Toztroduced ACARCOTTI toTULUTEMNN , ANCHIDONF2 revLewed the' ground rulea under mbLch he bad been cooperating WItb REUTEAN Thlg revLew wag conducted for AMCAREON-1 '8 bezerence ip 'order that he mlght clearly understand tbe frame Of whlch ehould preva1l In hts relatlonsh:ps Fitb REUTEHAN _ In thle_revler, AXCAREON-? polnted out that It waa the polIcy of tbe Identlty 3 that It woula take no actIon wbIch would purposely embarrags EUBARK Or It8 South FlorIda Operattone A8 8 result, Lf any; embarraggLng 1tena relattve to KUBARR 8 operatlona In South FlorIda did' COJO to the attentlon of the Identity 3, thib mater1al' would be brought to REUTEMAN 0 Imedlate attention . AMCARBON-2 made It clear to AMCARBON-1 tbat Buch 1temg Bhould bo diecueged wltb REUTOAN In 2 frank manner _ In addltlon ANCAREUN-2 made the polnt' that; after a0 1tem wa dlecugeed _ AMCARBON-1 ehoula follow REUTEIIAN " 8 gu1dance relative to how any particularly enbarraeeing 1ten m1ght be bandled by the Identity 3 80 that It would not expoge KUBARK operations and_ at the aane '{ime would not Jeopardize the Journalletlc reputalion of the Ident1ty 3 In additLon, AHCAREON-2 poInted out that Lf ABCARBON-1 brougbt a potentially enbarra891ng Item to RCUTEIN ' '8 attention and remed1al action `On tbo.matter was not taken, by)_REUTTHAN mIthlo a rensonable perlod of tlme_ then the Identity 3 rould fcel free to expoge any Lneptnesa On KUBARK '8 part: AMCAREON-2 pointcd out tbat 1n returo for thle cooperation from tbe Identity RCUTEHAN had .agreed that be would: be avaLlable for contact telephone or perlodlc pereonal meetinga at whLch AMCAREON-l and AMCARBON- could diecuge broad trend8 and developmenta In Latlo Amer-can affalre. AMICAREON-2 advIsed AMCARBON-1 that thie errangement did not mean that AMCARBON-1 could expect to obtatn any c1a881f1ed AnformatJon from REUTEMAN _ The polnt 528 a1go made that AXCARBON-1 should not press for the obtetntng of cla8g1fLed Informatzon, but be Bhould be alert to steering tLps wbich RIUTEMAN mLght furnteh hfo On faat-breakIng news stori0b . AHCARBON-1 IndIcated tbat he understood the frame Of reference whIch bad been outlIned by AMCARBON-?, Thte frame Of reference haa prevalled throughout JMYAVE 9 reletlonghLp #itb AMCAREON-l dur the perLod December 1962 to "Merch '1964: 3 AMCARBON-l '8 JOURNALISTIC CAREER AHCARBON-l or1gInally btarted to work tor 7ho Tdenz1Ty 8 1n 1957 On tbe CIty Debk, and subgequently advanced from thlg e891gment to an abe1gnment wbIch entailed CoverIng najor politicel developmente in Florida _ At a later date, AHICARBON-l became 2 feature wrIter for tbe Identity 3, Then 1n July or Auguet 1962 , AHCAREON-1 Wab nade the IdentIty 4, Thto egslgnment was cong_dered to be a 81gn1f1cant (0917IC^TiON PAGE No. Vorm 0.00 53a UOE Previoud EditION: X0) KECT CONTNuD 2 , 796248 ? %1 1ng ================================================== Page 3 ================================================== 13-00000 TTUn{IUjt U5 DISPATCH 8- E-C R-ET JEGA-14781 promotLon for ANCARBON-l and It reflected conf dence In hlm by the Identity 3 managenent AMCARDON-l 19 by .o meang an expert On Latin AmerIca, but he 1e developlng bl knowledge on the atea and, at the noment, be gLvea every Andlcntton Of wanting to bo 8 long-term Latin AmerIcan BpecLaltet_ QDELI hag been queationed about ABCAREON-l; and be haa Indicated that AMCAREON-1 10 regarded Ip the JournalLatLc, trade 88 an extremely Iikeable fellow who haa a keen mInd but wbo lacke experLence In depth On Latin AmerIcan affatre _ It 10 QDELF '9 opInion that gIven an approprLate lapse of time _ AMCARDON-1 F111 develop Into one of the leading Latin AmerIcan Bpecialists In 0,8, Journalletio cLrcleb 0 AMCAREON-1 hab a Rorking comand of Spanieh, and be 40 cont3"821ni8tenpttng to Lnprove hle Language It 19 REUTMAN 0 AMCAREON-1 bae developed '"58n3; a8 2 Latin AnerIcan Brecaazoatact and be 711l contInue to grow In thle fLeld Tbue, be 10 a who bhould be ` developed and harnessed for exploltatlon, beering In nInd that he does have long-term potentlal 4, AMCAREON_l 8_CONTACTS AND SOURCES In keepIng WIth tbe traditionaT paztorn Of bource protectIOn Thlch 18 COmon to newepapemen Intell Gence officers and lew enforcement offIcers , AHCARBON-1 attenpta to guard the true IdentIty Of 411 of btg bourceb_ On the otber hend Mben preseed, AMCAREON-1 bae Identified bom0 Of bie aourceg to REUTEMAN , In order that meanIngful evaluatIona could be made of tbat Information which ANCARBON-1 bad pagsed to KUBARK , Ag 2 rebult of theee occaetonal WItting Ident1fLcatzons of hle bources _ a8: a reeult Of generel convereatlong wItb AMCARBON-1 , reSUTEa8x baa Zearned that ANCARBON-1 '9 bourcee Include tbe iolioring pergons; a Lute ' #FERNANDEZ Rocha (201-316786) , pecretary `genoral of the DRE, b, Kapolo '#RAY RIvero (201-239298) _ chlef Of JURE _ Carlob #TODD y Lobo (201-264141) of tbe defunct Havana Timen d AMBIDDY-1 (201-267437) Aureiiano #SANCHEZ Arango (201-019245) _ leader of the AAA f Edmund '#LEAHY Of tbe RashIngton Newa Bureau . AMCARBON-1 regards this gource 48 being particularly Interesting, In vlew of tbe fact that LEAHY'0 daughter 10 0 Becretary 1n tbe offIce of Attorney General Robert ` KENNEDY, 8, Frank #FIORINI (201-242256) free-lance pilot and adventurer b, Eduardo #SOAREZ RIve, . publIc relattons man for the MRR, 1, Luls #MONOZ Marin, governor of Puerto Rico. Juan #BOSCH Gavino (201-103272) forner presldent of the Dontnian Republosc k, Charlea #KEELY Of the Copley @ire Service . 1. Jorge #VOLSKY Kraleler (201-352252) an employee of USIA In Mlaml _ ANCARBON-1 40 well awarO Of the Y%act that VOLSEY 18 2 defacto etrInger for Tad 87ULC of tbe New York Tines but thie doeb not deter AMCARBON-1 from attempting to explolt VOLSKY 28 a bouTCO of Inforatlon . GLD0TTICATION PAGENo: Orm 60 53a ube Previoud EdItIOn: 9-0-0- RLI ao) CoNTINUED 3, ================================================== Page 4 ================================================== 13-00000 5 OPERATIONAL_'SPBORT On occagfon ABICARBON-1 J0 ubed to carry out certTn oporartTonal Bupport tabkg In guch Instancee , AKCARBON-l makeg bIo InquirLee or carrleg Out the requtred nctIon RItbin tbe context Of blg normal JournalibtIc actIvItlee _ The ub0 Of AXCARBON-l for Operatlonl eupport taska enableb JMIYAVE to harneba tho Lnvest-gative fac1lItes of the Identtty 3, Several examples of bow AMCARBON-l bag been uged In operatlonal bupport taeke ee outlIned belom: 8 Andrew_ORDONO Campe- In Korch 1963 Andrew #ORDONO Campe DPOB 30. Septembor GTbara, Cuba, A 1% 837 617 arrIved In MLamt and Tae gIven routine CAC proce8elng: Tbe detaiis 0f tble proceselng are contalned Ip MIAM-0085, dated 12 March 1963 _ After belng releaged by CAC , ORDONO Fab IntervLewed by tbe Identity and a gengatlonal etory wap developed. In: Vlew Of tble gtory, MNRvB tried to locate' ORDONO for debrief-ngs Thls effort wa8 not producttve thua AMCARBON-l wab aBked to locate ORDONO AHCARBON-1 did locate ORDONO 10 Houaton, Texag, See WAVE-8307 dated 25 March 1963 , for detaLl, b 'DigcredLt-ng_Corlos BANDIN of tbe_HRR_SpkInter_Groupa In OFGF-2555, dazea T3 September 1963 Headquarters e4ggested that JAVE nLght be able to digcredit Carios BANDIN Cruz (201-309611) of the HRR eplInter group a8 2 regult of BANDIN '@ overinflated clalng relative to .h4a factlon invading Cuba . Headquartere Interegt in diecredLtlng BANDIN was eleo stimulated by tbe fact tbat. BANDIN 8 Lrresponstble Publiclty stunte were CaueLng problens for ABIDDY-1 _ Ab'.2 rebult of ' Headquartere Interest In thi8 natter RLUTEMAN had 2 luncheon sesa1on wfth ACARBON-1 on 24 Septenber 1863 at wb:ch AMCARBON-l_ wa8 advised tbat tbe BANDIN factlon of the MRR was les8 than accurate In It8 'clalmg relatlve to 1ts actlvitles In Cuba . In vLew Of thle, REUTEMAN guggested that the Identity 3 @ight maot to BOft peddle any future war comunLqueg wbicb the BANDIN faction mLght releage 0 ANCARBON-1 stated that, In vlew of RIUTTMAN 8 {gnoeetfhe tbe Identity 3 Fould not only goft peddle but would 1gnore BANDIN faction Ln tbe future . Once BANDiN was discredited Fith AMCARBON-1, the word wag soon leaked by) AMICARBON-l to otber newapapermen tbat BANDIN was not 8 rellable source , Ab a rebult Of tble action_ the BANDIN group hag recetved mIntmal media coverage In South Fioriaa 8ince September 1963. 6 _ OBERATIONAL' INTELLIGENCE In tbe . Pertod February 1963 to February 1967, AMCAREONFT bas TurnLshed JMAVE wIth operatLonel Intelllgence 28 out1Ined below: 80 In WAVE4836 , dated 21 rebruery 1963 ANCARBON-1 reported that AMBEND-1 was back Lp Mtamt and wa8] the object of a great deal of Pre88 Interest In view Of AMBEND-1 '8 release from a Havane prIeon . AMCARBON-1 4130 Indicated tbat ALBBEND-l would probably be. a knowledgeable ource On tbe current activIties of tbe UR Jn Cuba . Tbls , operatLonal IntellLgence mas mogt helpful In termg of keeplng JMWYAVE Informed on ABIBEND-1 '8 movementB _ Subsequent developmente revealed tbat ANCAREON-1 could not contact AMDEND-i, and thua AMDEND-1 '8 return to' the Untted Stateg did not Ca4s0 tbe publlctty atIr tha € F8 Inttlally anticipated. bo In NAVE 6176, dated 22 Harch 1963, AMCARBON-l reported tbat the IdentIty 3 wab attempt:ng to rebearch 0 full feature artlcle On tbe of Plge Inve8ton = Tbe Intent OI thie artIclo wad: to furnteb 0 reoepltuletzon Of tbe ent:re teot:cal BItuatIon . Ip tbia connection , AMCARBON-] polnted out tbat he wag TLo57CTTION PAGE No; Form 0+80 53a ube Truvioud Edition: (4o) 33t6A CONMNUED 4 T9T4, Bay ================================================== Page 5 ================================================== 13-00000 thinking about expoeing the role Of Mtamt attorney Alex E #CARLSON _ res1dlng 145 Curtisa MLamt SprInge Florida , In the of PlgB operation_ Parknchatoiian 0 atated tbat If CKRLSON were Of any current Intoreat to REUTEMWN then the tden 3 would Boft peddle the CARLSON angle. REUTLMAN advlsed AMCARLON-j that be had no Interest Ln CARLSON but knew of hiq and ms of the opInion that_ CARLSON waa8 8 bound and honest _attorney _ Tho receIpt Of thte_Operational Intelligence enabled JAWAVI to brief CARLSON On tbe Identity.3'8 over-all Interegt In the role that CARLSON had Played 1p the of Pigs Invaeion . Thlg brlefing, In turn, enabled CARLSON to Dore adequately prepare bLmgelf for 4 meeting wItb AMCAREON- Fb1le AMCARBON-1 did attempt to pursue thle of Pigg etory b0 never did anything Lnto PrInt 48 the etory 6728 overtaken by other developnente before AMCARBON-l could fInisb b18 research, c,_ In NAVE 0904 _ dated 9 July 1963 AMCARBON-1 advlsed JAWB that Hr , Trevor RaalrgTSich} an asaociate editor for tho Saturday EvenIng Pogt , wab In durIng July 1963 attempting to research; 2 atory regaralng the pOBB1bilIty tbat etrategic 21eglleg were hldden 1o Cuban caveb Thlb Lnformation enabled JAVE to keep Headquartere Iformod on Bensat1onal-type artIclea wbLch mlght' be appeerIng relatIve to Soviet mL88-leb Ip Cuba . d_ In FAVE 4701, dated 20 Septenber 1963, AMCARBON_1 JAVR blg rebume Of the dLecuggions wbich he had wlth AMBIDDY-l 'at the Mlant Playboy Club on 19 September 1963. Thle Informton was ubeful In obtaInIng an Inelght Into what AMBIDDY-l wa9 tellIng; the Probe 6 In WAVB 5661 , dated 10 October 1963 AMCAREON-1 reported on 2 dJecu88Ion tbat he bad bad on 10 October 1963 wItb AXIBIDDY-l 'e publlc relatlons nan, Thze 'operetlonal Intell gence 7a8 ubeful In termg Of keepIng KUBARK advised a8 to what AMBIDDY-I '0 repreBentatIveg were telling the outBIde world about thefr operatIonal actIvItleg 8' In RAVE 6910, deted 31' October 1963 ACARBON-l Informed JAVE ebout the flood of teiephone caiie wbLch were belng receLved at the Identity 3 relatIve to s0-called KUBARK v0sb0le wbJch were located in South Florida watere _ Thls Informatlon elerted JMHAVB to the fact thet preea scrutiny wag golpg to be d1rected toward the IdentIty 5 Armed WIth thib watn- Ing, JMYAVE wag . able to take actLon whJch @InIntzed tbe publicty repercub8Iona from 2 renewed Prese Interest Io the Identity 5 , g In WAVE 7671, dated 16 Novenber 1963 AMCARBON-l reported to JMIWAVE the fact tbat be had recelved a letter from Peru wblch contaLned an Intereeting operational lead to one Carlos XONTALVANO In Puno, Peru. Thi8 lead 128 examined by JMIAVE , Keadquartere and the Lima Station _ Thle examinatIon revealed tbat tbe letter was mitten by a crackpot; thug there wag no real operational potentzal In thtb lead. Thte incident did undergco 0 tbe fact tbat AMCARBON-1 18 #llllng to brlng potentlelly B1gn1f1cant operatlonal lead8 to JMAVB '8 attentton. h , In MAVB 861a3 dated 6 February 1964 , AMCARBON-l edvised JHMAVE tbat be recelved nueroug telephone call8 Indicating that Arnando Andree GUIROLA Forte Gbo had defected from a Cuban fLsbtng vesbel mlght be ap Indivldual who bad prevlouel been seen In MJanl dur: November or December 1963 . At tbe som6 tIpe AMCARDON-l pointed out tbat be Tag bueplcLoue and thought that thege tolephone calle Lodlcated that GUIROLA wab not 4 bona fide defector but wag etther & GOC agent or 8 KUBARK plant who va8 being usea 48 2 meang of creating an Incldent whlch wouid embartage the GOC, 48 9 rebult of thetr flshIng boato penetrating CL76017IGATTGM Taor Mo; Torm 0.00 53a JUDE Previoud Editiom: (4o) 3r 6-R EL CONTTNUED 5 . Boy tity Bay Bay Put gave Ang ================================================== Page 6 ================================================== 13-00000 Uuited States terr1corJal wa tere . REUTEMAN&4 Ised AMCARDON-1 that KUBARK had played no role In nountAng 4 provocatIon oporatIon agaLnet the GOC , At tbe bame tIne RCUTTMAN poInted out tbat It wab bighly unlIkely tbat MQ8 a GOC agent_ Ae 2 rebult Of tls convereatLon, arrangemonts were mada for JIYAVE to check out certaln aspecte of the GUIROLA story: At the san0 time ANCARBON_l w48 prevelled upon not to Rrite 2 etory whLch mIght' Lead tbe publIc to epeculate on whether GUIROLA w25 an egent or 8 Plant In a propaganda play des1gned to embarrabe the GOC - PROPAGANDA OUTET AMCARBON-l b88 been ubed buccesefully , durlog tho perTod oovored by tble report 28 a propaganda outlet tbrough wblch Itemg Of: Interest to KURARK could be Burfaced In the free world prega _ Examples of how AMCARBON-1 bag been barnegged In thlb fleld are outIined belom: a AMCRAB-L. The AXCRAB-1 defection @tory Orlginally burfaced In the HTa.T area On 13 October 1963 vle the Darjo de 1aa AnerLcab wblch played up an API releage from Hontevideo. Tbe API Montevldeo story hlghl-ghted AMCRAB-l 8 InformatLon relatIve to GOC actIv-tiee Ln Uruguay _ The story In the Diario de 128 Anerica8'' bad an extremely Imlted Impact On SpanLsh readera I tbe Mlant area , A8 2 result, It wa8 decided to do & gerieg of feature btorleb On AMCRAB-1 poIntlng up the fact tbat AMCRAB-1 Fa8 typical' Qf the veterans of the Granma expedItlon_ who felt they nad been. betrayed by CAST7O and had been zeiegatea to Positlong Of obscurIty once _ tbe_ revolution bad CASTRO In poiyer AXICARBON-] was brlefed In detaLl On the AMCRAB-l etory,and be F2b g1ven an opportuntty to debref AMCRAB-l under controlled conditions Jn' 2 JMAVE gafebouse _ After completing hle debrLef= ANCAREON-l wrote a serteg of_ feature artIclee on AXICRAB-l. 'Ipghe flrbt article In the berles recelved front page headlIne Play = The berlee of' articlee on AMCRAB-l Fere well FrItten_ 9 and they provIded an excellent peg for JMYAVE to mount 2 reploy operetlon vIa otber propaganda_ abs0t8 0 AHCARBON-1 8 btory On AMCRAB-1 wag Picked up by UPI API and othera and It wae played throughout Latin Anerica. The detalis of thle Burfaclng can be found Ip MAVE 5826 dated 14 October ` 1963; RAVE 6092, _ dated 19 October 1963 ; and , RAVE 6174 , dated 21 October 1963 _ b CherzeeGRIIZIN Shriip Boat Story_ On 26 February 1964 JMRAVE learned that Mhen MT " CharTea GRIFFIN6 Bons Fen t to Cuba to reclalm the hLjecked Bhrz boat JOHNNY REB, they found that belect Itemg were mLgeIng from the boat wben It was turned over to them. It w28 belleved that tbib InformatLon would nake 8 hunan Interest story wbIch JMYAVE asb0t8 could us0 to counter GOC propaganda clatms tbat Onited States offIclala bad stolen Iteng from tbe Cuban' fIshtng boats whbLch bad vlolated Untted States territorial In VIew of thle OpInton, a steerIng tip wab g1ven to axciRtexs; to heve the Identity 3 reprebentatIve In Weat Interview Mr _ GRIFFIN Thlb Intervlew was carried out, and an erticie outlining the pointe which were Of Interest to JBIYAVE was published 1n the 27 Februery 1964 edition of tbe Identity 3 , LAYC The March 1964 LAYC meetIng In Santtngo Cbfle mas noz Ycc8toriz ABheonatcte 96ver4r8 1n tbe South Florida newapapers ; 0s 2 result, REUTEMAN contacted AMCARBON_l On 5 March 1964 and guggested that tbe LAYC neeting wag 4 etory wblcb tho Identity 3 ebould pursue _ AMCARBON-l Ras greteful for thts ateerng tip, and be a88Lgned the task Of preparLog the etory On tbe LYC to one of the menberg of hle etaff A etory On tbe LAYC w2s Bubbequently publahed In the 6 . Harch 1964 editLon of the IdentIty (COMBDNT: Coplee Of the articleg cIted 40 aubRorcFrephe 8 through abovo are attached for Headquartere InfornatIon = GLAOdIFICATIOM PAOE No: {28* s8a ubE'Previou] Edition: (40) 8 B 0 7 B 5 Continued 6 GUIROLA put Imp good Key ================================================== Page 7 ================================================== 13-00000 8_ POSITIVE INTELLIGENCE Attempta have been made to obteln d1380n1nabTe POSTEIvo TntelllGcnco from' AMCARDON-l during tbe perIod covered by this report_ Thls attcmpt hag beon Gonerally unbucceeeful_ 1n thet AMICARBON -1 does not have a great number of contacts In Zatin America who would gIve him access to worthwhfle Intelllgence apprecIably Ln advance of the InformatIon appcnring 1n tbe overt pres8 _ Aa & result, AMCARBON-1 19 ubually awaj*0 of In8ide developments In any Latin AmerIcan coun consequently , be 18 not a wortbwhbile source %f positive Intelligence _ As a @atter of fact_ ANCARBON-l 18 lebs valuable 89 a gource of positive Intell1gence . than mobt Journallsts _ Thlb 18 attrlbutable bololy to b1s lack Of long-standing contacts In the Latin Anorican politica] bcene It 18 belteved that AMCARBON-1 F1ll ultimately overcomo tble Bhortcoming; tbue we w1lI contInue to attempt to harnegs him R tbe collection Of pogitive inteliigence: 9 COMMNE : In the per Iod covered by thlg report_ ABCARDON-l beg been . Tound , to be a btralght-forwrd Individual who {s bonest, cooperative, and who underetands the need for securIty. relatlonshtp 218o Indcates tbat AMCARBON-l 48 an accurate reporter of that Informatlon RhIch he passee to KUBARK - In Vlew Of thie, JMAVI plans to continue to barnesg AMCARBON-l In the bam0 mannor tbat he bas been u8od In tbe pagt, It 18 belleved that our rela- tlonghLp wIth AMCARBON-l enhances our obility to conduct our operatIonal mIsston In 8 secure manner, In thie relation - Bhlp tends to min_mlze tbe possibillty that JMIWAVE have diffl- culties Rith tbe media outletg In the South Flortda area , Ab a regult 0f our contInutng relattonahfp WItb ANCARBON-l a spectel actIvitloa report w1ll be forwerded at appropriate Intervais. 10 _ It.48 requeated that 0 201 punber be a881g0d AMCARBON-1 and tbat JHAVB be adviged of tbe number, END 02 DIBPATCH GCOOTFTC^TION RM 8 53a Ude Preioub Edition; SEC R $ T coniigugd not try; Our eddAtomight ================================================== Page 8 ================================================== 13-00000 CLABBificATioN Die Izh SYMbol AND NumueR LLMUAMON OF Separato Cover 'Attachmci" DISPATCH 8 € C R E T B to_UGA-l4781 Identitles 4 1 Fn Mhe_Mamt News 3 L GunTand Train ng_Centor Tori Retarded Chtldrenj 3 4 Tbe WamI Herald ~Latin AmorTcan EdTtor 5 5 The LEDA DISTRIBOTION 3 Cblef 848 RI Chrono_ 1 AMCARBON-I 201 1 COS Chrono GaoUP Exclded (rom aulamsllc ~d3nt raoln; and (cc/v; %1.1:.;/v} Pdd33 44 CLAbBIFICATION Tage No; J2 Yc( Goiviouo {dition: S € C R € T CoNTiNued

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