29 June 1964

ARNOLD MEETING IN NEW ORLEANS, 24 June 1964

SUBJECT: Adelaida FADDEN y Cruz - Decision to Move Her to Nicaragua

1. Drawing literally upon data supplied in UFGA 16513, we reminded ARNOLD-1 about our misgivings regarding his association with Adelaida FADDEN y Cruz. He conceded awareness of some of the rumors circulating about her past private life and stated that he had satisfied himself that they were unfounded. We injected that we knew that Jose Felix Gonzalez had been asked to do some investigating and had given Adelaida FADDEN a clean bill of health. We also happened to know that XXX was aware of the true story and for reasons of his own had decided to withhold it from ARNOLD-1. We inquired what he knew about Marcos MORA and he commented that she had been "a bad woman." We observed that she "had been" was open to question.

2. ARNOLD-1 averred that he had listened to a telephone conversation between Adelaida and her former husband, Roger Miguel Lavalle, in which the latter had admitted that the story was false, he having acted under higher orders when marrying Adelaida were confirmed. ARNOLD-1 also charged the husband of having tried to entice his wife to participate in orgies, but that Adelaida had refused to do so.

3. As regards Adelaida's alleged illicit relationship with President BATISTA, ARNOLD-1 simply declared the charge to be unfounded. Adelaida did know Carlos CASTILLO Armas as a man and friend of the family. She also had met ex-President Jimenez, but nothing of a compromising nature had ensued.

4. When asked whether it was true that Adelaida had introduced him to several prominent Venezuelans, he denied this and stated that introductions had been made by Silvia GARCIA, a respected childhood friend of ARNOLD-1.

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