“14-00000 ; OUTGOING MESSAGE * SIGNAL canten use ONLY % Me Past MI CO. ME” T0S TPS. 300 or mere onr 0 a 00 .0 a 4 CiASsowaton SECRET wresset manmne moicaron carn-nae amove 'are 3basnane MnMMMwumese 0 3 most DISSEM BY: CONF: INFOt FILt 05 wo moss 1 * 937064 4 0 m”
“14-00000 SSC: rioua GCC e: ices the noir own id for t the Co: ic Ch: da to Land co to :.. for th: ded by 7 andicco Hiesion h se. co nol (the Un:) rrived 1: London late chonical 1 echoes. to in If 9Cuban Tole: C. onto for vIn February 1037, a mission 1* nd. Tr”
“DZ Ministerto de 1s Gobernacias Madrid, 22 LZde Be , diciembre de 19 Shian Frehr 67 DIRECTION GENERAL Asunto: e:us-Gt==1=3 o RUIZ PEREZ, EEC.EG. Dt DE SEGURIDAD = z0s DE CUBA 32E MADRID- 11.1, COMSANA GENERAL De INVESTIGACION SOCIAL N: Ref.: -. - - - SRel.4 . -._”
“INTERMEDIARIES IN MADRID, INCLUDING COUNSELOR MANUEL TELLO.y - BF TRONCOSO OF THE CHILEAN EMBASSY AND CUBAN CHARGE GUILLERMO RUIZ PEREZ. CUBAN COMMERCE AL COUNSELOR 0 NO FOREIGN DISSEY/CONTROLLED DISSEM (zl: feran: "dfssom controls)”
“5000 -4- Report No. 345(continued) proposed' getting a substitute for De La Nuez, but only because of his administrative inefficiency, and for no other reason. If Ruis had suspected anything he world have put him on a plane and sent him back there. A person from the Ferl”
“C-O-N-F-I-D-E-N-T-I-A-L 213-10483 00-K-3,262,509 - 2 - in Ree Rec'd6-6-63 Minister of Agriculture - Now in Cuba, name not revealed for security reasons.—7 Minister of Public Housing - To be announced at a later date. . 10 5 The following individuals have been named Min”
“arriving in Madrid must consult with him before arranging visits to Spanish officials or factories, and only he, , Juan Antonio CURBELO Lemes, Aristides DIAZ Rovirosa, and Roberto FRANCO Oliva, are authorized to issue visas for people travelling to Cuba. He seems to have g”
“anti) Pud SECRET Attachment III Report No. 262. 30 January 1970. RUIZ records following memorandum on tape: "Comrade NEIRA.- I take this opportunity that NILDA is going to Havana to bring to your attention some of our problems here in Spain. "The first pertains to the c”
“1 4-00000 0 . AD Regitro Feehery 2 M.nisterio de la Gobernacton Matrid, 22 de diciembro de 19 67 DIRECCION GENERAL Asunto: ORBSTSS-GUILLEREO RUIS PERES, ENCARG.z DE SEGURIDAD D2 Hocros DE CUBA R EADSID - COMISARIA GENERAL DE INVESTIGaclON SOCIAL N/Rel.4:. S/ Rel.9:”
“PROCESS::G 1:Or 30 DISPATCH SECRET MADETD som ImpEXiO Chief, Western Hemisphere Division X *o pEEING REQUIRED 38% Chief, European Division om.v QUALIFIED CESn Chief of Station, JMCOBRA CAN JUDGE IDE RNG Feo Chief of Station, Madrid de wiceofills b / Operational/TYPIC/”
“on cultural matters in outlining his plans for the Embassy's activities.He has shown a certain intellectual restlessness, a desire to keep abreast of events in the world .outside of Cuba and a willingness to accept whatever he deems to be good or useful from that exterior wo”
“was at one time employed t the newspaper Mundo Americano. job which he received on Batista’s recommendation. 4. Field Comment. An independent source reported that Piedra left the United States for Spain during the week of 16 to 22 January. He went at Batista’s invitation. In”
“recruitment. If one recalls RUIZ' constant warnings that his office is bugged by Seguridad, tl,e discussion about TORROBA clearly exposes him to m action by the Spanish authorities._ e rse 21. RUIZ himself is the target of what appears to be na control by Juan Antonio”
“14-00000 Jerneg the Ne-ecal so of the United States within A* mooring of the Supio et iTorta IJ U'SC % 793 4, the Honunistion or revelation prohibited by low. DiFECOtAtE OP ITEUIGENCE C-G-H-P-I-D-E-S-T-I-A-L ICOUNTRY Cuba. Spain REPORT NO: O0-/ 39/07039-70 CAC 1 SUBJE”
“14-00000 CONTINUATION OF PAGE 2 DISPAICH S-E-C-R-E-T- OSMA-26409 Imagine that Havana Would question him .on that score.. However, if there were problems that Havana felt he lacked the ability to resolve, ■ he should simply be removed "because Comandanto - - Guillermo Ruiz”
“14-00000 (±4 78* SECRET -3- EE-6119, 5 Doc. 67 SUBJECT: CALZADILLA’S replacement (cont.) Guillermo RUIZ Peroz: financial Director of Economy of the Ministry of Finance.* (aourco: Hoy, 12 Dec. 1962.1 Vice-Minister of MICEX. One of the leading persons present at an even”
“separate dispatches. On the administrative side, RUIZ listened sympathetically to complaints about low salaries, old buildings and inadequate operating budgets and concluded by asking for a monthly report on receipts and expenses and a report on the consuls’ current needs, th”
“14-00000 airy SECRET - 18 - and sends him mail through the Cuban .diplomatic eg. pouch. CANTO is involved with the diplomatic representation of Equatorial Guinea. * Armando FERNANDEZ.- "A good friend," says RUIZ. But he has doubts about FERNANDEZ’S V source of income ”
“30000 itemization ROCeSst: ACHON X‘ 71 :i - /: SECRET : C. UA8EE0 f(r nipt xk^ . 379 ma L Chief, WiLCuba 7 XX no mongva ri quirrn on r cosuriz BLE CAN JUSGE not as —Chief, DO Divisior_Chief ofslaticn, JMCOURA Chief of Base, New York /??. unicroritu xsuccimP OrYPIc/D”
“INTELLECT UAL FOUNDAT ION WHICH HAS’ ACCEPTED CASTRO'S INTERPRETATION OF COMMUNISM AS APPLIED® w a lls % ca TO CUBA. ONLY ELEMENT OF-DISSATISFACTION NOTED IS * I . RUIZ FEELING HE IS NOT IN POSITION WHERE CAN BE MOST USEFUL. HE BELIEVES HE IS WASTING HIS TALENTS IN DIP”
“mger vea) Defense o the Lived Sega *• Laised m/sp-mimwrF p 94 the bonim/sivs $ wCowe to cuomieg or tove-Dom a ohk> la muy FAFosoN - n:n f. ri ANA T’A or NO FOREIGN DISSEM/CONTROLLED DISSEM PAGE 1 OF 2/PAGES King Stoief : - THIS IS AN INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALL”
“(asiraatiCE PROCESSING wo*. 10 . DISPATCH SECRET maksio lot mbetarg Chief, Western Hemisphere Division • X NO WNDRINC moo INFO. Chief, European Division oxm QUEUED Desk Chief of Station, JMWAVE (AN Bioc I»!W« egomm SUBJICT Chief of Station, Madrid 0 Operational/TYPIC M”
“84-00000 SECRET - 17 - To Burgos by car with REGALADO (fnu) and URQUIZA(fnu) on 24 January 1970. To Havana on 20 February 1970. He was —scheduled to participate in trade negotiations with the Spanish delegation that left Madrid on 22 February 1970. RUIZ returned to Madri”
“FILE THE CIA LIBRARY is a copy, in Spanish, of the Frente Interno de, Unidad Revolucionaria - FIUR.] 1. A Cuban exile, Julio V. Leal, residing at 4823 East 8th Court, Hialeah, cuen ) Florida, claims to be the US Delegate of the "Cuban Government in Arms".— He also claims tha”
“14-00000 CHES trees" -3- reserved, Intelligent, and probably something of an operator. He was Bon Bella’s chief of cabinci before joining the Foreign Office in 1964, and he functions more on special assignment than as part of the chain of command. He was a member of the ”
“1 ] tie 0 T A222 3 SECRET -2- Political affiliations and attitude: It has been reported that Sub ject is a member of the' Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and a staunchsympathizer of the Cuban regime. There is in formation to the effect that in 1958, Subject was in exile ”
“14-00000 RODRIGUES (Lipepoogilia CUBA 1 7akse / X 34 33 zerile pevazel chincis in sto pare wil Weat de- --- 2....>5.: 3 - of the Government of. al of the Cuban Embassy : -*- elmong Aagst. ley arriy ls were RamY ARARIOXO Zogales, Counselor for Caleiral affairs, Rogelio_”
“the fields of economics and cormorco, such as Commercial Counselor in Mexico She and Vico-linister in the Ministry of Foreign Trado, first in ad- ministration and afterwards in economy, it can be presumed that he has complete knowledge of the commorcial policies of the Cuba”
“SECRET - 10 - 1 described PROENZA as a cold-blooded emotionless woman who la nicknamed "the mummy". o. Silvino SORHEGUY Matos is listed as the Cuban Minister to Saudi Arabia with residence in Cairo. Subject knows SORREGUY to have been once a Cuban foreign ser vice repre”
“IN OCTOBER 1968 RODRIGUEZ APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF MINING INDUSTRY SUPPLY UNIT, UNDER MINISTRY OF MINES, FUEL AND METALLURGY. IT IS BELIEVED THAT SUBJECT OWES HIS POSITION TO HIS BROTHER, HECTOR, WHO IS PRESENTLY CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO EAST GERMANY. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: HT: 64 INC”
“BAWaATATRAAVAR • Report No. 263. 31 Jan. 1970 There is another unidentified Cuban in the office. When RUIZ is left alone with her, he says that he feels like an exile, that he has been out for two years and. is tired. There are many who want to be out of Cuba, he continue”
“of July Movement and could help in an approach to Castro. A visit br El Kurrow to do a broadcast on Cuba was also recommended. Mr. Lopez) feels that Castro will be in power for a long time to co. e and that we should try to influence him. He is seriously affected by any defec”
“14-00000 « PAGE 4 MEXICO CITY 8458 S E C R E T 995a - * it ! IS TO REMAIN MEXICO LONG ENOUGH CLEAN UP ADMINISTRATIVE MESS HE CREATED DURING HIS TOUR. HIG'4EL LOZANO VILLALOBOS TOLD LIRING/3 IN HAVANA HE WOULD NOT BE COMING BACK TO MEXICO CITY. DID NOT KNOW WHERE HE WOULD ”
“, permanent injury that would cause him to limp. 3. His desire to work in industry. 9/23/69 IN 50288 Ruiz arr. from Havana to Madrid 18 Sept. Cbl 8/13/69 IN 22647 Juan Antonio Curbelo Lemus, DOB 3/8/30, acting Charge of Cub Emb Madrid while Ruiz on home leave. Curbelo former 2nd ”
“00000 dush s EC R ET -2- FE-8119, 5 Doc. 1967 SUBJECT: Francisco CALZADILLA’s replacement in Spain (cont.) prosentative in Spain a specialist in international commerce. As such, ho can not only fertilize the' ground for the above purpose but also, tako a principal part ”
“000 PROCESSING aCtON Dh PTnn 1 - 982 LC 1t SECRET MKEAFO Fem iprrins 10- Chief, WII/Cuba romots REQUIRED th INFO. DMir Qa41 Wis ots% XX clx not IDExmO Chicf,10:_______________ — HROL Chief of Base, New York wroroFaM SUBJECT *9IC/DOROPS/AMCLOCK O Transmittal of I”
“nfo Ruiz with Minerex Office of Scientific- technologic Affairs in Havana. CSDB-312/02338-69 10/8/69 Re: rejection of purchase of Britannia aircraft to Cubana Airlines. Ltr written by Ruiz. OSMA-25453 9/15/69/s/ Philip Kentland MINCEX vice minister until late 1967, when MINCEX re”
“14-00000 SICERPT DBA-11277 28 May 1962 FOREIGN POLITICAL MATTERS - CUBA I. PgtSONNEL ASSIGNED TO CUBAN,EMBASSY, MEXICO CITY EXCELSIOR / Mexico City daily newspaper_7, May 6, 1962, page 7D. : contained a brief article entitled, "Airport," which stated in part , that R”
“got him the job, but he had only one idea in his head: to get out of Cuba and come to the US. He was even plotting to get out by boat. He had a US visa for many years and had visited here many times." h. When ABIUG-1 defected, he lost contact with Roberto. But, about two we”
“two subjects will be dealt with in separate dispatches. On the administrative side, RUIZ listened sympathetically to complaints about low salaries, old buildings and inadequate operating budgets and concluded by asking for a monthly report on receipts and expenses and a repo”
“has stressed that they are leaving Madrid permanently in July 1970.1 POLITICAL AND IDEOLOGICAL VIEWS: Although outwardly a "revolutionary", Guillermo RUIZ is a man of moderate political views struggling ■ to justify the actions of his government in face of the political and”
“buy. We also discussed this with Fermin GUTIERREZ, who visited the Commercial Office and to whom we pointed out that in view of the system of payment here in Spain it was better to purchase a building, since this transaction at no time would affect our system in our trade pol”
“14-00000 SECRET. NO FOREIGN DISSEM FURMANUEL -2- RID/MIS Hr 13 12 V7TM ‘65 WAR 2Z 355# 2661 A fairly reliable' source in a document dated 4 March 1964 3. said that Rogelio RODRIGUEZ, at the 18 January 1964 Cuban' -Embassy staff meeting, was given the assignment as Polit”
“prepared to make changes that promise to go beyond the superficial sweeping of a new broom. Underlying RUIZ’s actions and proposals is the clear implication that lie came to Madrid with the specific task of upgrading the Cuban mission in Spain both in terms of prestige and e”
“14-00000 SECRET cot IIA SE00 K 0e ri e les — MEMORANDUM FOR THE FILE: FROM: , 7 7 SUBJECT: 1. On 11 May 1962 BENADUM (P) reported that LITEMPO/1 had said that Rogelio RODRIGUEZ left Mexico (PCS) on 4 May 1962. 2. Manuel E. VEGA Perez replaced Rogelio RODRIGU”
“CONTINUATION OF DISPATCH SECRET OSMA-21, 112 ought to be in the place of work where he is able to do the most. "Unt 11 now, I have a Iways done 6 and have always gone where the revolution sent me...6 with my present limitation of criteria, I should not be here”. He repeate”
“1967 included a discussion witli a Spanish employee of the Embassy during which RUIZ explained that the Cuban revolution is different from any other revolution there has ever been in the world, that it has different characteristics and trajectories, that in spite of having ”
“00000 „vat A CONTINUATION OF DISPATCH SECRET OSMA-23,415 If necessary. The consuls were told to go with the attitude Of "looting". 4.Even while he was laying these responsibilities . on.his consuls, RUIZ was busy .within the Embassy. In discussions with, Andres MARTINEZ”
“CONTINUATION OF DISPATCH SECRET OSMA-24,212 1. As an individual, RUIZ has appeared in QUDOZE/QUTIMID as nervous, capricious, quick tempered. In contrast to his pleasant public appearance and his ■ usually acceptable telephone language, his private conversation is vulgar, l”
“FORMATIC b: REPOR Tl irftigt ,Y CENTRAL INTELLIGEN Taismatr-st (0*9,2 siefermanon offacttng the National Defarse ef the United $1. -.'..,« aju.s.C Sec1 753 aso /14, tra tes miiot or revelation of which in any macaqe to an unauloree CLASSIFICATION — DISSEMINATION CoF >. SECR”