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104-10221-10020 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (06/30/1972)

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CONTACT REPORT
AGENT: IUSTEER/1
PLACE: Westward l o Restaarant,
SW 8 St., and 49th Ave.

DATE: 30 June 1972
CASE OFFICER: Petor S.

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2. Also note a Now
the Washington breEtTn
individual appe-ai-od on
recruited the team for
as a pipe smoker who
Cardenas 5aokes a pipe

York Times article of 28 June concerning
TziT.~~Thidi article states that an
the Miami scene about two. months ago and
the breakin. The recruiter was de:;cr.lhed
used a code name during the recruitml nts.
al'i the time according to IUtSTEii3R/1.

- 3. I[JSTrER/I is sceptical of the NYT article, as written,
bccause in his opinioh no Cuhan could be iecruited by an unknown
individual using a code name. Considcering the clandestine/
operational mental-lty of the many Cubans in the Miami area,
recruitments could' only be made by a known recruiter with ade-
quate bona fides.

-4. Information on Cardenas supplied by IUSTEER/l     -
a. Cardenas was born about 1919. In 1954 he w:ts a
captain with Cuba.a Ani.ines.   in -1.954-55 he was arrested in
Havaria by a 'ajor Ocoa for suggling cocaine. Due to political
pull Cardenas %as not prodncuted but was fired from his position.
tie retired to his farm in Cuba from 1954-1959.

b. From 1959 to 1960 he was in the Castro airforce.
The.re he met FiQrini, also involved in the 'ashington breakin
scandal. In 1960, in Miami, IUSTLE:R/1 was visiting in the
Fiordni hone when Cardenas dropped 'in. Also present was
`P ,4  ? DIAZ LANZ, former Chief of the Castro sirforce. Cardenas was

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1. Contact was initinted with I.USTEER/1 to discuss. Roberto.
o aridenas    Cardon4 was pircvipjusly desci ied by IUSTEER/L as
an individual who once worked for the Agency both in Miamii arid
the Congo. lie is a friend of iIirkcr, of th6 Washlngton bronkin
scandal. Cardenas wis uncmplo>cT-untilearly. 1.972 but now,
suddenly, hr is. traveiing to South America arid `has becoime .af-
fluent. IUSTEER/l speculated that Cardenas ;may be dealing in
narcotics.

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