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MEXICO CITY
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REF: A. MEXICO CITY 15206 (IN 468629)*
B. WASHINGTON 13137 (IN 475584)**

1. EMILIO ARNAU LLED PRE R. B. ARNAU IS A LONG-TIME COMMUNIST HAVING BECOME INVOLVED WITH THE PARTY IN HIS SCHOOL DAYS. ON STOPVER IN SANTIAGO IN JUNE 1953 ARNAU WAS PERSONALLY RECEIVED BY THE THEN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SALVADOR ALLENDE. ARNAU IS REPORTEDLY A GOOD PERSONAL FRIEND OF FIDEL CASTRO.

2. ARNAU HAS BEEN MARRIED AT LEAST TWICE. FIRST WIFE CAZENA CARRERA REPORTEDLY A COMMUNIST PARTY MEMBER. SECOND IS ELSA PAREDES, WHO AS OF 1967 WAS PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION OF CUBAN PSYCHOLOGISTS. ARNAU'S DAUGHTER LOIPA ARNAU PAREDES IS WITH THE CUBAN NATIONAL BALLET AND MARRIED TO A RUSSIAN-BORN BALLET DANCER. SHE IS ALSO A PARTY MEMBER.

3. FILE: 201-717754.

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COMMENT: Requested traces on Arnau to occurrence in Mexico City. "Sent"

WILLIAM V. BROE, C/WH
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