ARNOLD Meeting in Panama, 7-8 June 1964

SUBJECT: Adelaide Padron y Cruz

1. ARNOLD/1 himself raised this matter with me while neither James nor Ferrer were within earshot. Quoting ARNOLD/10, he inquired whether marriage with Subject would be one of the courses for KUBARK to terminate the existing ARNOLD relationship. I emphatically answered in the negative, going over by now well-trodden ground once more and, hopefully, making myself understood.

2. In summary, I stated we hold no views one way or the other about his intent to contract marriage. Our concern was strictly political since we could visualize a number of unpleasant consequences flowing from the event. True or false, certain allegations had been made about Subject's past and there were a goodly number of people prepared to testify to the accuracy of those allegations, among them (I presumed) Subject's ex-husband. The political implications of the proposed union could not possibly escape him, especially if ARNOLD should get hold of it.

3. ARNOLD/1 opined that he had lived in open sin with Subject for over a year. This was what was bothering him, and evidently some of his closest associates, not Subject's alleged past. He noted that he had asked Subject to maintain (literal) accounts of their joint budget to maintain (literal) accounts of their