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104-10106-10039 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (7/25/1973)

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                                                OGC f. J: WATERGTE
                                             25 July 1973




            MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
            SUBJECT: Manuel Artime


              . 1. Artime was an INRA official in the Castro regime
            on 1959 but broke with it in late 1959 or early 1960 over
            a communist issue and was exfiltrated by CIA. He was the
            political representative for Brigade 2506 and was captured
            during the Bay of Pigs. He was sentenced to be executed
            but this was later commuted by Castro-to life imprisonment.
            In 1962 Artime was released to the U.S. asspart of a
            prisoner exchange.      .

               2.  From June 1963 through April 1965 Artime conducted
           paramilitary operations (Project AMWORLD) against Cuba
           under the political banner of his exiled group, Movimiento
           de Recuperacion Revolucionaria (MRR).  The Project expenses
           during this period were approximately $7 million. The
           support was terminated effective I May 1965 but support for
           political operations was restored in June 1965 at the rate
           of $15,000 per month.  This was scaled down to $5,000 a
           month in September 1965, to $3,000 a month in June 1966, and
           terminated on 31 December 1966.  Artime accepted this
           termination gracefully in a meeting on 13 January 1967.
           That ended the formal operational relationship with Artime,
           although he maintained informal contact with CIA. most
           recently with Robert Shaw when Shaw was




                                         Orville Bathe
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