</s>176-10036-10066 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 JFK ASSASSINTATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY : NARA RECORD NUMBER : 176-10035-10065 RECORD SERIES : National Security Files AGENCY FILE NUMBER: ORIGINATOR : CIA FROM : TO: TITLE : Draft Briefing Notes: Funding DATE : 2/18/1963 PAGE : 5 SUBJECTS : 5 DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 9/10/2000 OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : National Securty Files, Box 59: Cuba Subjects, Cuban Subversion, 2/181963. Box 1

Summary: This document is a draft briefing note dated 18 February 1963, discussing Cuban financing of subversive operations in Latin America. It outlines methods used by Cuba to fund guerrilla activities, including couriers carrying cash, bank transfers, and covert payments to front groups. Specific examples include Fabricio Ojeda (Venezuela) transporting U.S. currency, Julio Cesar Mayorga Portocarrera (Nicaragua) carrying $3,600 for rebels, and the Ecuadorian URJE group receiving Cuban funds. The document also mentions bank robberies in Peru, Venezuela, and Argentina linked to Communist groups, with details on stolen amounts and alleged connections to guerrilla forces. It notes that while Cuba may have stopped direct funding after exposure of Varig plane crash documents, operations are described as "limping along."  

Key People: Fabricio Ojeda (Venezuelan politician), Julio Cesar Mayorg, Portocarrera (Nicaragua exile), URJE leaders, Hugo Blanco (Peruvian guerrilla leader), unnamed Communist Party members in Chile and France.  

Key Locations: Venezuela, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Guatemala, Brazil, Peru, Argentina, Cuba, Mexico, Honduras.  

Key Events: Arrest of 48 URJE members in Ecuador, bank robberies in Lima (Peru), Venezuela, and Buenos Aires (Argentina), exposure of Varig plane crash documents, defector accounts of Cuban funding methods.  

Key Organizations: Communist Party of Cuba, Union of Revolutionary Ecuadorian Youth (URJE), Young Communists, Communist Party of France (PCF), PALN (likely a front group or network).

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