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CONTACT REPort DATE : 30 Junc ` 1972
AGENT : IUSTECR/X CASE OFFICER: Pctor S: JASUTIS
PLACE : Wcgtward Ilo Restaerant
Sw: 8 St._ and 49th,
1 Contact wa 8: InitInted With IUSTEER/A to: discuss_ Roberto
do Cardenas' Cardonas Mis picvlougly.descfibed;by FUSTEERLI a5
an indivfdua) who. once iorked: for tho Azency both In Mfamf and
chc Congo _ Mc Is a fricnd %f Wirkcr %f .che "Washington breakin
scandal; Cardenas wis" unemploycd unlt il carly 1972 but now
suudcnly , Hc trevoIfng co Soutli Amcrica and has become RGf.
fluent IUSTEER/1 spccuiatcd that Cardenas fay bc dcaling in
narcotlcs
2 Also note 1 York Time$ article of 28 conccrning
the Waghington brenFT aTFJit TThis article stices that JT}
individual appea rod Qn the Miamb' scenc abcut two montls 480 and
recruited thc ceai for thc breakin_ The tecruiter wa} $ deacrihed
8$ 0 "pipe smoker" wlio used 1 codc na6c during thc rectuftientg
Cardenas S tiokeg 2 pipc " [4 thc tImc according to TuSTEeR/1
3 _ !USEER/ [ 1g sceptica} of the NYT article_ 3s written,
bccau;e Jn his opinion no Cuban could bc jecruited by #n unknown
individual "using 0 code nume Considerinz the clandestine/
operational mentality of tha mamy Cubans 5n :hc Miani aTca
tcctuitments could" only be Mi de by 1 knoxn ectuiter with Oje -
quate bona fide? _
4 , Information on Cardenas supplied by IWSTEER/T:
0 Cardenas Xa $ born about 1919 Ir 1954 he #aS 2 captain xith Cuhama Alrlines In 4954-5S hc #;; afrestcd Jn
'lavaiia by 4 #ajor Ochoa for sFtR gl cocaize Due to political
pu] ! Cardenas wJ 5 not prosecutcd but X2 $ fired From his positIon _
Ale rctired :o his fwrm in Cuha fran 1954-1959 _
b , From 1959 to 1960 hie Na$ in the Castro airforce
Thcre he mec Figuini " ) s0 Involved ir the #ashlegton breakin
scnndal In 1960 _ In Xiamf: IUSTiER/1 Was "sfting i# tho
Dae"= ni Ionc whcn Cardenas dropped 'In _ Als0 Present wa $
LANZ , foriner Chief 0 f tho Castto afrforce _ Cardemas #as
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then_working flogoly WIth Barker
In Cuban oxtle (unfty) act IvIty on behalf of Arttme: At the;t450 Cardena5 . mor
IUSTEER/ 1 Jt thc FlerInf' homo_ he {old IUSTEER/I co 0 house on Brlckell Ave - FUSTEERV I did: and go to
ArtIme for the firat tine chere he mot
c; (At thfs time 0 Case Officer naned. "JImny' handi both Barker and 'Cardenas . JIupy' was
Cuban" Span]sh. ) spoke excellent
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dS Fron 1962 to 1965 Cardenss _wofked With thc" Agency tho cover fIrm Consoldated ingering (Cardonas Cose Officer dufing this' pcriod Yas Cirig Frcderick.)
0' In 1965 t4e Agancy: scnc Cardenns to. IUSTEER/i for duty In the In tlie Congo 'Cardenas claimed to' havc a heart attuck and wai ; hospitalized. He Y4, Tater Provcn ned - Ically sound and reloased fron his Congo as51 gnment
Miami
f Dur ing 1967-2968 Cardenas drovc
0 truck In the arca Bcthecn 1969 and . 12i0 - 1 Cardcnas sold mutual: funds in South Aacrich (GRACO and thets)_ Thts ended whcn the funds "ent bankrupe_
2 in 1971 Cardenas i3$ econeelcally down : In 1972 he' ytuttcd trave] 2Gu in #ud becjme 0 ffluont
cafly
believes Cardcnas is involved imx
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