I’M SURE YOUR ACQUAINTANCES IN THE CIA WILL BE INTERESTED TO LEARN THAT OUR FRIEND THE DOCTOR IS NOW “SECRETLY” RESIDING IN A LOVELY VILLA IN THE VINALES AREA OF PINAR DEL RIO PROVINCE, CUBA, WIDELY BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN THE PROPERTY OF A CIA AGENT.
IT IS NOW THE HEADQUARTERS OF A “SECRET” TRAINING CAMP BEING USED TO TRAIN A DOZEN CUBAN OFFICERS FOR SERVICE IN BOLIVIA.
THEY ARE:
DARIEL ALARCN RAMIREZ. (“BENINO”; 28; SERVED WITH OUR FRIEND IN THE SIERRA AND IN AFRICA.)
ELISIO REYES (“ROLANDO”; 26; SIERRA AND FORMERLY HEAD OF CUBAN NATIONAL POLICE INTELLIGENCE. )
ANTONIO PANTOJA (“OLO”; 33; SIERRA)
LEONARDO TAMAYO (“TAMAYITA”; 37; SINCE 1957, GUEVARA’S BODYGUARD)
RENE TAMOYO (“ARTURO”; 31; BROTHER OF LEONARDO; CLANDESTINE OPERATIONS FOR STATE SECURITY)
GUSTAVO DE HOED (“ALEJANDRO”; 29; SIERRA AND FORMERLY VICE MINISTER OF INDUSTRY)
MIGUEL HERNANDEZ OSORIO (“MANUEL”; 35; SIERRA)
ALBERTO FERNANDEZ MONTES DE OCA (“PACHO”; 31; WITH GUEVARA IN PRAGUE AFTER GUEVARA LEFT THE CONGO; SERVES AS HIS COURIER TO BOLIVIA)
OCTAVIO DE LA PEDRAJA (“MOROGORO”; 31; A PHYSICIAN; SIERRA AND CONGO)
ISRAEL REYES ZAYAS (“BRAULIO”; 33; SIERRA AND CONGO)
JUAN VITALIO ACUNA (“JOAQUIN”; 41; SIERRA; IS A COMANDANTE)
ANTONIO SANCHEZ DIAZ (“MARCOS”; 35; SIERRA; ALSO A COMANDANTE)
JESUS SUAREZ GAYOL (“RUBIO”; 33; SIERRA; VICE MINISTER FOR SUGAR)
IT WOULD APPEAR, TO JUDGE FROM THE BACKGROUNDS OF THESE PEOPLE, THAT, PROBABLY SMARTING FROM THE HUMILIATION IN THE CONGO, AND DETERMINED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN BOLIVIA, GUEVARA HAS RECRUITED THE BEST GUERRILLA FIGHTERS AVAILABLE IN CUBA. WE THINK IT IS
SIGNIFICANT THAT TWO OF THEM ARE COMAN-DANTES, A VERY SENIOR RANK IN THE NEW CUBA.
EXACTLY WHEN THEY WILL GO TO BOLIVIA IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME, BUT IT SHOULD BE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
BEST REGARDS
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C.B. TAYLOR
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ARG 0019 2300 ZULU 30 AUGUST 1966
VIA WHITE HOUSE SIGNAL AGENCY
FROM: POLO SIX
TO: EARNEST SIX
AFTER-ACTION REPORT #1
REFERENCE US ARMY MAP SERVICE MAP 4774 BOLIVIA
1. DURING THE PERIOD 27 THROUGH 30 AUGUST, THE UNDERSIGNED TRAVELED TO LA PAZ, BOLIVIA BY US ARMY L23 AIRCRAFT, PILOTED BY 1LT GEOFFREY CRAIG AND WOJG ENRICO DE LA SANTIAGO. OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PARTY INCLUDED LIEUTENANT COLONEL GUILLERMO RANGIO OF THE ARGENTINE ARMY, WOJG JULIO ZAMMORO AND MISS CECILIA TAYLOR. UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, IT WAS CONSIDERED NECESSARY TO MAKE THE IDENTITY OF THE CIA STATION CHIEF BUENOS AIRES KNOWN TO LTCOL RANGIO.
2. CONFERENCES WERE HELD IN A SAFE HOUSE CONTROLLED BY CIA STATION CHIEF LA PAZ WITH A DELEGATION OF BOLIVIAN ARMY OFFICERS HEADED BY LTCOL ENRICO CUPULL, WHOM BOTH CIA STATION CHIEF LA PAZ AND LTCOL RANGIO CONSIDER “RELIABLE,” AND WITH WHOM WOJG ZAMMORO IS PERSONALLY ACQUAINTED. CIA OFFICERS, RANGIO, AND UNDERSIGNED STRONGLY EMPHASIZED THE POSITION OF THE US GOVERNMENT THAT GUEVARA MUST BE FRUSTRATED IN HIS EFFORTS TO TAKE OVER BOLIVIA, BUT KEPT ALIVE. CUPULL STATED THAT HE PERSONALLY DISAGREED WITH THAT POLICY, AND FURTHERMORE, THAT IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO KEEP GUEVARA, OR ANY CUBANS, ALIVE “AFTER THEY START GUERRILLA ACTIVITIES.” CIA STATION CHIEFS LA PAZ AND BUENOS AIRES INTENDED TO SEPARATELY STRONGLY RECOMMEND DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS AT HIGHEST LEVEL TO ENSURE COOPERATION OF BOLIVIAN GOVERNMENT IN THIS REGARD.
3. THERE WAS, WITH EXCEPTION OF KEEPING GUEVARA ALIVE, A MEETING OF MINDS ON MEANS TO FRUSTRATE GUEVARA IN BOLIVIA. CUPUL WENT SO FAR AS TO STATE IT MIGHT BE A “GOOD IDEA” TO HAVE ZAMMORO REMAIN IN BOLIVIA, OR GO THERE SOON, WHERE HE COULD “EASILY ASSUME COVERT IDENTITY OF BOLIVIAN ARMY OFFICER.” CIA OFFICERS FEEL THIS WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA, BUT UNDERSIGNED DOES NOT FEEL HE HAS AUTHORITY TO MAKE THIS DECISION, AND WILL WAIT FOR GUIDANCE.
4. INTEL HAS SHARED BETWEEN RANGIO, UNDERSIGNED, CIA OFFICERS AND CUPULL, INCLUDING LIST OF PERSONNEL CUBANS ARE TRAINING FOR BOLIVIAN SERVICE. BOLIVIANS INFORMED US THEY ARE AWARE THAT GERMAN/ARGENTINE HAYDEE TAMARA BUNKE, “TANIA” WHO IS LIVING IN LA PAZ AS LAURA GUTIERREZ BAUER, IS A DEEP COVER CUBAN AGENT WHO IS UNDER SURVEILLANCE. THEY ALSO HAVE REGIS DEBRAY, A FRENCH JOURNALIST, UNDER SURVEILLANCE, AND REPORTED THAT HE HAD BEEN MEETING WITH MOISES GUEVARA (NO RELATION), A COMMUNIST MINERS’ LEADER KNOWN TO BE PREPARING TO CONDUCT REVOLUTIONARY ACTIVITIES AGAINST THE BOLIVIAN GOVERNMENT. NO ACTION AGAINST EITHER IS PLANNED BY BOLIVIAN GOVERNMENT AT THIS TIME.
5. FINALLY, CUPULL STATED THAT A 1500-HECTARE (3700-ACRE) FARM (ACTUALLY WILDERNESS) IN THE SOUTHEAST OF BOLIVIA WAS PURCHASED, OSTENSIBLY FOR USE AS A PIG FARM, IN THE LAST FEW DAYS BY KNOWN BOLIVIAN COMMUNISTS, AND THAT THE PROPERTY WAS IDEALLY SUITED AS A BASE FOR GUEVARA’S OPERATIONS. AFTER ASSURANCES FROM CUPULL THAT DOING SO WOULD NOT CAUSE ALARM,