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104-10183-10274 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (7/8/1964)

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             COUNTRY Cuba                                REPORT NO.

                                       of the General    DAT DISTR. 8 July  1964


SUMEjCF. The Organization
        Directorate of  Intelligence
        (Direccion General  de
        Inteligencia  - DGI)


NO. PAGES   I1

REFERENCES


DATE OF 1964
INFO.
PLACE &                                     FIELD REPORT NO.
DATE ACQ. June -1964
       -TIS J UNEVALUATE tNORMATION. SOURCE GADINS ARE DEFINITiVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE

SOURCE: A  former Cuban IS officer who served with the Cuban  Intelli-
        gence  Service until April 1964.


        Headquarters  Comment.  The following information,  as reported
        by  source during a debriefing, includes a description  of the
        General  Directorate of Intelligence (Direccion  General  de
        Inteligencia  - DGI), a break-down of each of  its departments,
        the  functions of each department, a diagram  (Chrrt A) of the
        organization  of the DGI, and a map  (Chart B) of the DGI com-
        pound  in Habana.

        Introduction.

     1.  The General Directorate of  Intelligence (Direccion General  de
         Inteligcia - DGI)   is the Cuban external  intelligence agency,
         charged  ith maintaining security, collecting  information,
         and promotin   ubaIn Government intelligence policies aboad.
         It is part ol the Ministry of  Interior QMinisterio  del  ntc-
         rior), and was established sometime  in mid-1961.t  It is con-
         cerned only with operations abroad.  The  collection of
         intelligence within Cuba, counterintelligence,  and security
         are the responsibility of  the Departnent of State Security
         (Departamento  de Segutlridad -del Estado - DSE). The two agencies
         are independent bat maintain  liaision -and coordination on cer-
         tain matters.

     2.  The DGI, also known as M.  or M1 Department, is organized
         under a director genaral  and his deputy; its componentsG are
         a main heidquarte'rs with administrative and personnel offices,
         eight departments, and*-the director's office (see organization
         chart of page 14),2   It is closely connected with Ramiro Vald~s
         Menendez, the Minister  of Interior,'  and is also of continuing
         interest tc Fidel Castro,  Raul Castro, and Ernesto Che Ga:-vari.  5


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