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104-10213-10256 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (4/25/1977)

handle is hein.jfk/jfkarch00697 and id is 1 raw text is: 104-10213-10256 1 1 .. Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination * Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). NW 53217 6/20/17 25 April 1977 SUBJECT: AMTRUNK Operation 1. Description: The proposal for this operation was presented to CIA by Tad SZULC, via Mr. Hurwitch, the State Department Cuban Coordinator, in February 1963. It allegedly originated with Jcrge VOLSKY and Dr. Nestor SDRENO who referred to it as th;e Leonardo Plan. Its objective was to overthrow the Cuban Government by means of a conspiracy among high-level military and civilian leaders of the government culminating in a coup d'etat which would oust both CASTRO and the Communists from power. The CIA supported this activity and encrypted it AMTRUNK. The AM1TRUNK cryptonym was changed to AMSTEAMER in the Spring of 1965, several additional infiltration/exfiltration missions were attempted or completed, and the project was terminated in late 1966 due to security problems. In retrospect, the activity appears to have been insecure and doomed to failure from its inception primarily for lack of compartmentatia , and loose talk on the part of its principals. 2. Findings: a. UFGA 11375, dated 30 September 1963: The wife of AMLEO-3 (Jose Ricardo RABEL Nunez, a JMWAVE Station asset directly involved in the AMTRUNK Operation), reportedly made direct contact with Fidel CASTRO on 7 September 1963 at Santa Maria Beach, Cuba, in which she asked CASTRO's permission for her and her children to leave Cuba to join AMLEO-3 in the U.S. Mrs. AMLEO-3 reportedly expressed fear that AMLEO-3 would find another woman if she didn't join him. CASTRO replied by asking do you consider yourself a burden to your husband? Mrs. Iof Z' 4W,_

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