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104-10216-10367 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (2/23/1965)

handle is hein.jfk/jfkarch16812 and id is 1 raw text is: % 0-62 Xi AT V S-E-C-R-E-T NO FOREIGN DISSEM/CONTROLLED DISSEX CoUNM Cuba/Venezuela/Nicaragua SUJN Fidel Castro's Success in Splitting the Communist Party of Venezuela and Castro's Plans for Subversion in Nicaragua 1101 NO. CSDB-312/0048-65 DATE OWL 23 February 1965 NO. PAGIN 2 e4 i REFERENCES 4tf DTE OF Early January 1965 PLACEA United States DATE ACO(3 January 1965) FIED REPORT NO. ThIS IS UNEVALUATED INMATION. SOURCE oW ARE DEFlmVL APPMSAL OF COMffm IS TEHTATIV SDIMA A prominent Cuban exile who is a fairly reliable reporter and who retains some contacts in Cuba; from a former high-level Cuban official who was once active in the revolutionary movement and a confidant of Fidel Castro, but who is now anti-Castro. He con- tinues to maintain contacts with many Cuban officials at all levels of government. Source has provided a limited number of' reports that appear to have been accurate, 1, Cuban Premier Fidel Castro Ruz has sent large amounts of money, arms, and ammunition 1 VTnezuela, and has also trained Venezuelans In Cuba. With this money and arms, Castro has succeeded in split- ting the Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV) to the extent that Castro now has more control over the PCV than the Soviet Union has, Many members of the PCV, following Fidel Castro's orders, have taken to the hills as guerrillas, Castro is strongly supporting and has extended considerable aid to the Venezuelan Fuerzas .Armadas de L.4beracion Nacional (FALN, Armed Forces of National Liberation) ,4 2, As of early January 1965 Castro was planning to concentrate an extensive effort against Nicaragua in the near future. Castro intends to raise the temperature in Nicaragua through guerrilla activity and a strong propaganda campaign against General Anastasio Somoza which Castro believes will cause the United States to force Somoza out.2 Once this is accomplished the Communists will be free to take over the country, using the same tactics as those utilized in Vietnam, Headquarters Comments- 1. TDCSDB-315/00362-65 describes a meeting between Castro and a group of Venezuelans, including the chief of the FALN, which took place in Havana on 7 December 1964. S-E-C-: NO FOREIGN DISSEM/ ITAUN I A IARMY AlAl IM EPCINCANT USIA I&N-S r?@A* IE 2, CI 4, FI 3, CA 1, DO/H 1, WE 1 (1),IsI tH/SA 14 (1), WH 7 (2) 5 4 CONTROLLED DISSEM d.pg~ INSA IX Ie FI 2 : NP. (AMBIDDY-l, -.ARLASH-l) CSDB-32O0468 5 WH/2 W bRT JW VF;eb 367 - - ~ '', , .0' CENTRAL INTEWUGENCE AGENCY Thk~~~~~~~ ym m~~ a u a ~ m m i ~ 5 . ~ ~ an & WM &A~ uns a m aa& d M so a ow Tw o ~ VS. rn. ~ ad . t. R mm~rn gu~6t b~ £8 ma., ~a w a b am aw I. r /ntel 1 SA/WAV 1 E H 3 V 3 A/ 5 sA/soma a, A/CI 2 Wn, AZMOB 1 CI/OPS/WH 2 WH/R A 'I I ~1 I Sji ; FORM NO. 1-0 08801 rrv MOUR rnmovs

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