</s>104-10071-10287 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 RETURN TO CIA Background Use Only Do Not Reproduce DISPATCH CLASSIFICATION SECRET PRECISSING ACTION Chief, WH Division NO HOCING FOR MOCE COS, Mexico City NO HOGING FOR MELEED COS. Guatemala City:1 X (C) DAILIED PER COS (San Jose) (6-15) (CX) DAILEED PER POSSIBLE Between Cuba Embassy, Mexico, City and FAR. ACTION FOURGED REPUBLICATIONS FYI During a recent training period on interrogation with a. (HUGLIS) Case Officer, the point of getting information from suspects on their international contacts or information that the (HUCILIS) case officer into his notes on the interrogation the Ricardo Ismail VALLERICO Perez, Guatemalan FAR member, and of the Mexican Civil Service, Guatemala FAR member and the Ricardo ISmail Perez, Guatemala Far Member, and came up to pass to the (Mexican Service) 24 the thought WOFIRM 2. VALLEILLOS stated (The interrogation took place in December, 1967) that FAR FAR was awaiting the arrival of new type machine-pistol called the Red Star (Cretrella Roja) from Cuba. Hocine-pilot called the Rod Star (The Red Star) (Theatreroja) (from Cuba. commanders of Guerilla Groups to replace the present Browning somi-autos). He had added that individuals in charge of the som-autops. He added that the individual's name and address to the Gibbon Embassy in Mexico City, the names are Afroro-AMIRBAL som. He said that he was a member of the Mexican Air Force. stated that VALLELLOS blurred this information out to reply to a sarcastic remark made by the Case Officer about the officiety of the FAR gun-running mechanism. matio(HUGILIS-10) has given his permission to pass this inform- by WOFirm. 2. (C/WHD) Distribution: 2. - (Cuzula City)16-62 2 - (Guatemala City) 2 - - (Files GARDALPHE/GOK 10 May 68 DATE CROSS REFERENCE TO DISPASSPATCH SYMBOL AND NUMBER HRSA-9022 10 May 1968 <loc_693><loc_919><loc_693><loc_931><loc_571><loc_932>HASSA-CATION

Summary: The document is a CIA dispatch dated May 10, 1968, referencing an interrogation conducted in December 1967 involving Ricardo Ismail VALLERICO Perez, a Guatemalan member of the FAR (Guatemalan Army's military intelligence unit). During the interrogation with Case Officer HUGLIS, Perez disclosed that the FAR was awaiting delivery of a new type of machine-pistol called the "Red Star" (Cretrella Roja) from Cuba to replace existing Browning somi-autos. The information was relayed through the Cuban Embassy in Mexico City and included details about individuals involved in gun-running operations, though some names were redacted or blurred. The document notes that Perez claimed to be a member of the Mexican Air Force and mentioned contact with the Gibbon Embassy in Mexico City. The dispatch includes distribution instructions for classified information and references cross-referenced documents.  

Key People: Ricardo Ismail VALLERICO Perez, HUGLIS (Case Officer), Afroro-AMIRBAL som (redacted name), Gibbon Embassy personnel.  
Key Locations: Cuba, Mexico City, Guatemala City, San Jose, Guatemalan Civil Service.  
Key Events: Interrogation of FAR member in December 1967, discussion of weapon procurement from Cuba, gun-running operations, transmission of intelligence to U.S. agencies.  
Key Organizations: CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), FAR (Guatemalan Army's military intelligence unit), Cuban Embassy in Mexico City, Mexican Civil Service.

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