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WARNING INFORMATION REPORT _ NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE
REPORT CLASS S E C R E T WNINTEL NOFORN
DIST: 18 JANUARY 1996
COUNTRY : CUBA
SUBJ : SUSPECTED CUBAN SECURITY PENETRATIONS OF THE CUBAN HUMAN
RIGHTS / DISSIDENT MOVEMENT IN CUBA
DOI 1992 MID AUGUST 1995
SOURCE : CUB - 04298 IS A MID-LEVEL TECHNICIAN WHO HAD EXTENSIVE
CONTACT WITH DISSIDENT GROUPS IN CUBA UNLESS OTHERWISE
NOTED _ INFORMATION REPORTED IS FROM DIRECT OBSERVATION
OR GOOD SECONDARY SOURCES SOURCE DID NOT REPORT A
SECURITY CLEARANCE
SUMMAR Y : LEADERS OF' THE CUBAN CIVIC CURRENT (CORRIENTE CIVICA
CUBANA) A DISSIDENT GROUP IN CUBA _ SUSPECTED THREE MEMBERS OF THE
GROUP AND THE FORMER HUSBAND OF A GROUP MEMBER OF BEING CUBAN
SECURITY SOURCES OR PENETRATIONS THE LEADERS OF THE DISSIDENT
GROUP DID NOT HAVE ANY SPECIFIC EVIDENCE THAT THE INDIVIDUALS WERE
CONNECTED TO CUBAN SECURITY BUT INCIDENTS IN WHICH EACH OF THESE
INDIVIDUALS WERE INVOLVED LED THE LEADERSHIP TO BECOME SUSPICIOUS
OF THEM
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[DSSIQENT GROUP CUBAN CIVIC CURRENT (CORRIENTE CIVICA CUBANA
CCC) WAS CERTAIN THAT THE- CUBAN HUMAN RIGHTS ANDDTSSIDENT
MMOVEMENTS HAD ATTRACTED THE ATTENTION OF CUBAN SECURITY PRIMARILY
TTHE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR (MININT) AND THEY BELIEVED THAT MININT
WAS TRYING TO PENETRATE DISSIDENT ORGANIZATIONS CCC MEMBERS
CONCERNED OVER THE GROUP S SECUR ITY TAGGED FOUR INDIVIDUALS WHO
EXHIBITED BEHAVIOR OR ACTIVITIES IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS OR DISSIDENT
ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUGGESTED THAT THEY WERE ASSOCIATED WITH
MININT THE INDIVIDUALS WERE JORGE (GONZALES) ) VLADIMIRO
(ROCA ) ATUNEZ GUILLERMO (FERNANDEZ) DONATES AND RAFAEL
ALCIDES )
2 THE CCC LEADERSHIP WAS VIRTUALLY CERTAIN THAT JORGE
GONZALEZ OF THE CHRISTIAN LIBERATION MOVEMENT MOVIMIENTO
CRISTIANO LIBERACION_ HEADED BY OSVALDO (PAYA SARDINAS WAS A
CUBAN SECURITY PENETRATION DIRECTORS OF THE CCC NOTED THAT HIS
QUESTIONS WERE USUALLY SO PENETRATING As TO SUGGEST INSIDE
KNOWLEDGE A TRUSTED MEMBER OF THE CCC WAS DIRECTED AGAINST
GONZALEZ PROVIDING HIM WITH MOSTLY BOGUS INFORMATION KNOWN ONLY
TO THE CCC MEMBER AND THE CCC LEADERSHIP RECORDS OF THE DATE THE
INFORMATION WAS PASSED WERE KEPT BY THE CCC THE INFORMATION
LATER SURFACED THROUGH MININT DUR ING THE COURSE OF' MININT
INTERVIEWS OF DETAINED CCC LEADERS THE CCC LEADERSHIP BELIEVED
THAT GONZALEZ MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN VENEZUELA As OF MID AUGUST 1995
3 VLADIMIRO ROCA OF THE CUBAN DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST
CURRENT (CORRIENTE SOCIALISTA DEMOCRATICA CUBANA ) WHO IS ONE OF
#HE CLOSEST ASSOCIATES OF ELIZARDO (SANCHEZ ) SANTACRUZ OF THE
GUBAN COMMISSION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND NATIONAL RECONCILIATION
(COMISION CUBANA DE DERECHOS HUMANOS Y RECONCILIACION NACIONAL )
dAME UNDER CCC SUSPICION AFTER AN INCIDENT IN 1992 IN THAT YEAR _
SHORTLY AFTER THE LETTER BY CUBAN PROFESSIONALS TO THE IBERIAN
ZERICAN SUMMIT WAS PRESENTED _ CCC CHIEF ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
VLADIMIR (MARTINEZ - AMORES ) ) ALVAREZ WAS VISITED AT HIS HOME BY
TWO MININT OFFICERS THE TWO OFFICERS WERE NAMED MARCIAL AND
DANIEL THE SENIOR OF THE TWO _ DANIEL REMARKED THAT ELIZARDO
SANCHEZ WAS A U.S INTELLIGENCE AGENT IN DUE COURSE THIS
INFORMATION WAS PASSED BY MARTINEZ AMORES TO SANCHEZ IN THE
PRESENCE OF VLADIMIRO ROCA AROUND DECEMBER 1992 DUR ING AN
INTERVIEW BY MININT OF A CCC MEMBER MARCIAL MADE A STATEMENT
[THAT INDICATED THAT HE KNEW THAT HIS INITIAL REMARKS TO
MARTINEZ-AMORES ABOUT SANCHEZ HAD BEEN PASSED TO SANCHEZ WHEN IT
WAS REPORTED TO SANCHEZ THAT MININT HAD MADE THIS STATEMENT HE
ATTRIBUTED IT TO TECHNICAL COVERAGE IN HIS HOME ASSOCIATED WITH AN
LP OPPOSITE HIS HOME THE CCC WAS NOT CONVINCED BY THIS
EXPLANATION AND THEREAFTER KEPT ROCA AT A DISTANCE As THEY
ASSUMED THAT IT WAS ROCA WHO HAD PASSED THE INFORMATION TO THE
MININT (SOURCE COMMENT ONLY ROCA SANCHEZ AND MARTINEZ-AMORES
KNEW THAT SANCHEZ HAD BEEN TOLD , AND BOTH SANCHEZ AND
MARTINEZ AMORES WERE TRUSTED MEMBERS OF THE CCC .
4 CCC S SUSPICIONS CONCERNING ROCA HAVE GROWN STRONGER IN
LICHI OF THE FOLLOWING INCIDENTS
A CCC MEMBER EELIX_((DIAZ))_WAS DENIED A REQUEST FOR
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VISA TO THE U.S BY THE U_ S INTERESTS SECTION THE REPORTED
GROUNDS FOR-DENTAL-WERE-THAT-DIAZ HAD NOT SUBMITTED-SUFFTeT-ENT
EVIDENCE TO JUSTIFY THE VISA ROCA WAS HEARD TO TELL DIAZ THAT
IHIS REQUEST HAD BEEN UNDERMINED BY FELIX (BONNE) ) CARCASSES THE
CCC LEADER BONNE DENIED THIS ACTION_ SAYING THAT HE WOULD HAVE
HAD NO INTEREST IN UNDERMINING DIAZ
B IN EARLY 1993 _ JORGE GONZALEZ _ A CLOSE FRIEND OF
ROCA INFORMED THE CCC LEADERSHIP THAT AN AUTHORESS _ IDENTIFIED AS
MARIANA (BADELL) ) (PHONETIC) WAS PREPARING A BIOGRAPHY OF CUBAN
PRESIDENT FIDEL (CASTRO) AND WANTED TO MEET BONNE THE REASON
FOR SUCH A MEETING IN CONNECTION WITH A BIOGRAPHY OF CASTRO WAS
NOT CLEAR BUT THE MEETING TOOK PLACE IN GONZALEZ HOME AND
INCLUDED BADELL , BONNE AND MARTINEZ AMORES THE CCC LEADERS
NOTED THAT BADELL APPEARED TO BE UNCOMFORTABLE DUR ING THE COURSE
OF THE MEETING SHE STATED THAT SHE HAD HAD LUNCH WITH AN
OFFICIAL OF THE SPANISH EMBASSY IN HAVANA WHO WAS ASSISTING HER
WITH THE BIOGRAPHY OF CASTRO BY PUTTING HER IN TOUCH WITH ONE
CARLOS ALBERTO MONTANER) ) IN MADRID WHO WOULD EDIT THE BOOK _
SHE DECLINED TO IDENTIFY THE SPANISH OFFICAL BUT DESCRIBED HIM IN
SUCH DETAIL THAT BOTH BONNE AND MARTINEZ - AMORES RECOGNIZED HIM As
JORGE (DE ORUETA A LONG TIME CONTACT OF THE CCC WHEN THE
CONVERSATION WAS RELAYED TO DE ORUETA BY THE CCC_ HE RECALLED
BADELL HAD BEEN INTRODUCED TO HIM BY VLADIMIRO ROCA' $ WIFE HE
FURTHER RECALLED THE LUNCH AND MENTION OF THE BOOK , BUT DECLARED
THE MONTANER INFORMATION TO BE SPURIOUS THIS SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
SUGGESTED TO CCC SECURITY PERSONNEL THAT THERE WAS COORDINATION
AMONG INDIVIDUALS SUSPECTED OF BEING DIRECTED BY CUBAN SECURITY
C IN 1993 A GROUP OF DISSIDENTS INCLUDING BONNE WAS
INVITED TO THE HOME OF PIOTR (MIKISKA) (PHONETIC) FIRST
SECRETARY AT THE CZECH EMBASSY _ TO ATTEND A VISIT FROM THE CZECH
VICE CHANCELLOR (SOURCE COMMENT : THIS KIND OF CONTACT WAS
ANATHEMA TO THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT THE CZECH INVITATION To BONNE
WAS SENT THREE DAYS IN ADVANCE BY WORD OF MOUTH VIA ROCA BY
COINCIDENCE ANOTHER CCC REPRESENTATIVE VISITING MIKISKA WITHIN A
DAY OR TWO OF WHEN THE INVITATION WAS RELAYED TO ROCA WAS ASKED
ABOUT THE INWITATION TO BONNE AS BONNE HAD NOT RESPONDED TO THE
CZECH EMBASSY THE CCC REPRESENTATIVE INCLUDED THE QUERY
REGARDING THE INVITATION IN HIS REPORT OF THE MEETING TO THE CCC ,
GIVING BONNE HIS FIRST NOTIFICATION THAT THERE HAD EVEN BEEN AN
INVITATION ROCA FINALLY PASSED THE MESSAGE TO THE HOME OF
GEORGINA DE LAS MERCEDES (GONZALEZ ) CORBO ONE OF BONNE ' $ CHIEF
ASSISTANTS _ TWO HOURS PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF THE FUNCTION
D IN MID 1995 REINALDO (ROQUE MALHERBE OF CCC
REPORTED THAT VLADIMIRO ROCA S WIFE WAS UNDERMINING ELIZARDO
SANCHEZ BY PASSING AROUND STORIES THAT HE HAD BEEN WITHHOLDING
ORGANIZATIONAL FUNDS _ INTENDED FOR THE SOCIALIST CURRENT FOR HIS
PERSONAL USE (SOURCE COMMENT THIS RUMOR CAMPAIGN MAY HAVE
CONTRIBUTED TO SANCHEZ * REPORTED RESIGNATION FROM THE<EXECUTIVE>
COMMITTEE OF THE SOCIALIST CURRENT )
~REPORTING-ON ~RADIO MARTT--FROM-MEAMI_AROUND_MID_1.99.5_
ALLEGEDLY REFERRED TO VLADIMIRO ROCA AS AN AGENT OF CUBAN STATE
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SECURITY ROCA HIMSELF WAS REPORTED In CUBAN DISSIDENT CIRCLES
BHAVE STATED THAT HE WAS A LONG TIME FRIEND @FfMAJOR " GENERAL
TO
Y-(ESCALANTE)
) FONT WHO WAS REPORTEDLY THE CHIEF
FABIAN
OF THE MININT DIRECTORATE OF COUNTERINTELLIGENCE (DCI) {HEADQUARTERS COMMENT: ESCALANTE FONT NOW HEADS THE MINISTRY = S HISTORY COMMISSTON AND IS KNOWN FOR HIS INQUIRIES INTO THE PRESIDENT<JOHN> F <KENNEDY- > ASSASSINATION_ THE BAY OF PIGS INVASION _ AND THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS. )
5 GUIILERMO FERNANDEZ DONATES IS A CIVIL ENGINEER WHO WAS CLOSE TO-GUSTAVO~(-(ARCOS)) BERGNES-OF THE-CUBAN-COMMTTTEE FOR
HTMAN RIGHTS (COMITE CUBANO PRO DERECHOS HUMANOS ) HE WAS SUSPECTED OF BEING A MININT SOURCE AND A PROVOCATEUR BY THE CCC LEADERSHIP HE JOINED THE CCC ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF ARCOS BECAUSE FERNANDEZ WAS A MEMBER OF THE PROFESSIONAL CLASS (SOURCE COMMENT MANY MEMBERS OF THE CCC ARE PROFESSIONALS THE CCC INITIALLY BECAME SUSPICIOUS OF FERNANDEZ BECAUSE HE HAD A HISTORY OF ARRESTS IN WHICH HE WOULD BE PLACED WITH VARIOUS GROUPS OF POLITICAL PRISONERS IN PRISON HE WOULD EVENTUALLY HAVE A FIGHT WITH A GUARD OR COMMIT AN INFRACTION OF REGULATIONS AND BE BY THE AUTHORITIES FOR DISCIPLINARY ACTION EACH TIME HE
REMOVED
FROM PRISON HE SEEMED TO BE IN EXCELLENT HEALTH AND WELL
FEMERGED
6 ADDITIONALLY _ SEVERAL OTHER ANOMALIES HAVE CAUSED THE cccl LEADERSHIP TO BE SUSPICIOUS OF FERNANDEZ
A ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS FERNANDEZ HAS BEEN ASKED BY THE CCC TO COMMUNICATE ITEMS OF MTUAL INTEREST TO ARCOS SUBSEQUENT ELICITATION OF ARCOS BY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CCC LED THEM TO BELIEVE THAT INFORMATION PROVIDED BY FERNANDEZ TO ARCOS
WASH OFTEN GROSSLY INACCURATE WHEN APPRISED OF THIS SITUATION_ ARCOS DISMISSED CCC COMMENTS As BEING SIMPLE MISUNDERSTANDINGS .
B IT HAS BEEN NOTED BY THE CCC LEADERSHIP THAT
FERNANDEZ WAS FRIENDLY WITH JORGE GONZALEZ AND WITH VLADIMIRO
ROCA FERNANDEZ WAS PRIVY TO THE ACTIVITIES PLANNED BY SOCIALIST
CURRENT THE GROUP TO WHICH ROCA BELONGED _ BY HIS ASSOCIATION WITH
ROCA REINALDO ROQUE_ A MEMBER OF THE CCC_ WHO WORKED WITH
SOCIALIST CURRENT NOTED THAT WHEN THE GROUP WAS SCHEDULED TO
MEET It WAS CHALLENGED BY CUBAN AUTHORITIES SO OFTEN THAT THE
ATTHORITIES MUST HAVE BEEN APPRISED OF ITS SCHEDULE EITHER
FERNANDEZ OR ROCA (OR BOTH) COULD HAVE BEEN PASSTNG SUCH
INFORMATION TO THE AUTHORITIES
C ON ONE OCCASION TO THE SURPRISE OF THE CCC _
EERNANDEZ A KARATE PRACTITIONER INVITED THE ENTIRE CCC
MEMBERSHIP TO GO TO THE CIUDAD DEPORTIVA (SPORTS CITY) TO AN EXERCISE FIELD TO WORK OUT CCC SECURITY PERSONNEL NOTED THAT THIS WOULD HAVE ASSEMBLED ALL OR MOST OF THE CCC MEMBERSHIP IN HAVANA IN AN OPEN AREA WHERE IT COULD BE OBSERVED AND
PHOTOGRAPHED THE INVITATION COMING AS IT DID As A ONE TIME OPPORTUNITY WITH NO PRECEDENT _ FUELED SUSPICIONS WITHIN THE CCC
AND THE INVITATION WAS DECLINED
A SERIES OF EVENTS INVQLVING RAFAEL ALCIDES _ A NOTED
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CUBAN POET AND FIRST_HUSBAND OF TERESA_
MEMBBR-OF' THE CCC) WAS SIGNIFICANT TO
~HEERCANDECAUSEARDONES
CCC
(A
INTO QUESTION WHERE ALCIDES
BECAUSE IT CALLED
HAD ONE CHILD_ A
LOYALTIES LAY ALCIDES AND FERNANDEZ SON TOGETHER BEFORE THEY WERE DIVORCED AROUND LATE 1993 FERNANDEZ HAD REMARRIED AND WAS LIVING WITH (ROQUE) (COUSIN OF REINALDO ROQUE ) AND ALCIDES
RONALDO
CONSIDERABLE TIME AT THE ROQUE RESIDENCE _
WAS SPENDING
HIS SON THE CCC BECAME
PRESUMABLY TO BE WITH
CONCERNED WITH THE SECUR ITY OF THE SITUATION AS FERNANDEZ WAS PRIVY TO CCC INFORMATION AND WAS ASSESSED AS BEING EMOTIONAL AND TENDING TO CONFIDE TOO MUCH MARTINEZ AMORES WAs DISPATCHED BY THE CCC TO FEEL OUT ALCIDES REPORTED THAT HE SPOKE COHERENTLY AND LOGICALLY AGA_
AND
CURRENT REGIME MARTINEZ AMORES
INST THE
APPEARED TO BE REASSURED SUBSEQUENTLY HOWEVER _ IN CONVERSATION WITH ALCIDES REINALDO ROQUE LEARNED THAT ALCIDES WAS PART OF A DELEGATION OF THE CUBAN NATIONAL UNION OF WRITERS AND ARTISTS (UNION NACIONAL DE [ESCRITORES Y ARTISTAS DE CUBA UNEAC ) THAT VISITED MADRID ISOMETIME AROUND 1994 WHILE THERE ALCIDES SAID THAT HE WAS INVITED WITH A NUMBER OF OTHER UNEAC DELEGATES TO LUNCH WITH CARLOS ALBERTO MONTANER _ (SOURCE COMMENT THE LUNCHEON WITH MONTANER MUST CERTA INLY HAVE RECEIVED CUBAN GOVERNMENT APPROVAL AND THE GROUP MUST HAVE INCLUDED CUBAN SECUR ITY PERSONNEL . )
ALCIDES TOLD ROQUE THAT ON HIS RETURN TO CUBA HE ATTENDED FUNERAL FOR A SISTER (NFI) OF FIDEL CASTRO AND DELIVERED
THE
JFUNERAL ORATION FOLLOWING THE FUNERAL , HE WAS OBSERVED
THEBE
EEMBRACED BY MINISTER OF THE REVOLUTIONARY ARMED FORCES GENERAL RAUL (CASTRO) ) RUZ
POC : ECC HOWARD_ SECURE X-43770 , STU Iii (703 ) 506 768 7
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