</s>104-10193-10016 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 DISPATCH CLASSICATION SECRET PRCCESSING ACTION TO Chief, Special Affairs Staff XIX HAND NOT MELED HARD NOT MELD HAND NO. MELES HAND MELEN HAND NELED HAND ON HAND O.MELES POM Chief of Station, JMWAVE 1: BARRY / TYPIC/Operational DUBLIFORNIA ACTION REQUIRED: ACTION REQUIREMENT: None ACTION REFERENCES: (A) WAVE 2733, dated 15 August 1963 (B) WAIVE 5557, dated 26 July 1963 (B] WAVE 5557. dated 26 June 1963. Transmitted herexx, FYI, is a defibrifying report. on Santiago SANCHEZ to la Torre. Subject arrived irmen U. via Mexico in late April to Torre, Subject arrived in the informations in Mexico to roll out in May, 1993. Attachment contains a list of subjects friends that are currently informational information. In addition to the list of individuals who have been sent to the Sancho who believes debriefing report on Angel BENCONO who sancho who believes was responsible for the MRR roll up. END OF DISPATCH ATTACHMENTS: Doubriefing Reports, 1 cy ca. herewith RECALLED INDEX-X RI/AN RI/AM RI/MIS 2-21-11 (distribution: 3-C/S/SAS, watts/h/w//h) DATE TYPID DAT DEPARTORED 4 Oct. 63-11 1963 COPOS RE/C-09-Copy 4 OCT. 63 -11653 DATE DEPARTED COPPOS RE/S-09/C/H/W/H COPDERS RE/L/H-H/H UPCA-11653 CADIFICATION REQUIRATED FILL NUMBER <loc_635><loc_806>SECRET 19-132-5-96/3 <loc_631><loc_841><loc_631><loc_828><loc_671><loc_828>19-122-5/9/3

Summary: The document contains a debriefing report on Santiago Sánchez de la Torre, codenamed "Jone Antonio," detailing his activities against the Castro regime from 1960 to 1963. Sánchez worked with the MRR (likely a Cuban exile group) in Cuba, initially as a technician at a power plant in Santa Clara. He was involved in planning operations against Castro, including an assassination attempt on President John F. Kennedy, which failed due to surveillance and logistical issues. The report notes his interactions with other operatives like Angel Bencono, who is implicated in the "HR-roll-up" (likely a counterintelligence operation). Sánchez fled Cuba via Mexico and later sought asylum at the Uruguayan Embassy before arriving in Mexico City in 1963. The text includes fragmented details about movements, surveillance, and U.S. intelligence activities, with references to individuals like Orlando Cruz, who was allegedly involved in an assassination plot against Kennedy but was arrested in Miami.  

Key People: Santiago Sánchez de la Torre (Jone Antonio), Angel Bencono, Clarence E. Sneryage (case officer), Orlando Cruz, Maria Rodriguez, Pedro M. Lucas Galvez, Agustin Parcia Cabalet, Vladimir S. Klinting, Luis P. de Leonando, Delfin Frodriguez, Carlos P. Manuel Pena, Juan Falcons, and others mentioned in debriefing reports.  

Key Locations: Cuba (Santa Clara, Havana, Las Villas), Mexico City, Uruguay, Miami, San Francisco, Guayamaya, Panama, and unspecified locations in the Caribbean.  

Key Events: Sánchez's work against Castro's regime from 1960; failed assassination attempt on JFK; surveillance of Sánchez’s home in Santa Clara; movements of operatives between Cuba, Mexico, and the U.S.; debriefing reports on MRR activities; arrest of Orlando Cruz in Miami; asylum at the Uruguayan Embassy.  

Key Organizations: MRR (likely a Cuban exile group), G-2/G-3 intelligence units, ABRS (possibly an acronym for a Cuban military or intelligence unit), and unspecified U.S. counterintelligence operations.

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