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104-10103-10367 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (4/25/1977)

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                                        SECRET


                                                          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 Jorge VOLSKY and Dr. Nestor MORENO who referred to it
               as the 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 AMTRUNK 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 compartmentatica, and loose talk on
               the part of its principals.

                   2.  Findings:

                        a.  UFGA 11375, dated 30 September 1963:

                           The  Wife of AMLEO-3
              a JMWAVE  Station asset directly ivolved  In   e
              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.




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