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

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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.


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