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well acquainted enough to describe their personalities or otherwise aid in an operational approach to them. We are listing the below, however, in the event some of them may be of specific operational interest to SAS/JTF components. Any individuals falling into this category can be the subject of future detailed debriefing on the occasion of my next meeting with Subject.
a. Jorge SERGUERA Piñeiro, aka Papito, is currently the Cuban Ambassador to Algiers. According to Subject, SERGUERA is a homosexual.
b. Eduardo MACHADO Cartas, born about 1925 in Laja, Cuba, is presently employed as the Cuban Airlines representative in Canada according to latest KUBARK information. Subject hasn’t seen MACHADO for about twenty years, but used to know him well in that he dated MACHADO’s sister and in this fashion met him and the family.
c. Jose BARRIAL Dominguez: Subject believes this name appearing on the KUBARK list to be incorrect. BARRIAL is listed as Charge d’Affaires, minister counselor at the Cuban Embassy in Chile. Subject knew an individual of this name who was associated with the same revolutionary group to which Manolo CASTRO belonged.
d. Manuel PATAN Viejo is originally from Siego de Avila, Cuba. During BATISTA’s regime, PAYAN was studying in Spain. Subject does not believe PAYAN to be a Communist. PAYAN’s wife is believed to be identical with Maria Antonia RODRIGUEZ de Payan who is also listed as an employee of the Cuban Embassy in Chile.
e. Oscar PINO Santos, Cuban Ambassador to China, is an acquaintance of Subject. Subject was unable to provide further worthwhile information on PINO.
f. Flora DIAZ Parrado, born about 1910, is currently employed as a counselor with the Cuban Embassy in France. Subject believes that DIAZ is apolitical and has been a member of the foreign service for a long time. He also believes
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