DISPATCH
SECRET
Deputy Chief, WH/SA
TO: Chief of Station, JM/WAVE
Operational/TYPIC/AMOT
Dr. Leopoldo ARAUJO Bernal (201- )
ACTION REQUIRED: See paragraph 5
REFERENCE: UFGA-18378, 4 November
1. Forwarded herewith are Parts I and II of an AMOT Defection-in-Place Form on Dr. Leopoldo ARAUJO Bernal, President of the Cuban National Medical Association. Part I contains biographic data on the Source, Alberto Antonio del CASTILLO Guerra (A 12-81-72), a self-assessed Communist; Part II provides background data and an assessment of Subject.
2. Attached to the Defection Form are AMOT traces on Subject covering the period September-December 1964; AMOT traces dating prior to September 1964 were included with the report forwarded in referenced dispatch.
3. No identifiable traces were found in JM/WAVE on the Source, Alberto Antonio del CASTILLO Guerra. There is voluminous information in Station files on Subject, all available to Headquarters.
4. In view of Source's assessment of Subject as a Communist sympathizer and a follower of the regime, which is corroborated by other information available on Subject, we plan to take no further action on this case at the present time and are forwarding the attached forms for this record only.
5. It is requested that Subject be assigned a 201 number and that the individuals appearing in the attachment be carded as marked to Subject's 201 file.
Attachment:
Defection Form (Parts I & II), h/w
Distribution:
3 - DC/WH/SA, w/2 eyes att.
ANDREW K. REUTEMAN
SECRET
10 Mar. 65