JFK Case: CONTACT REPORT BETWEEN "JUSTO" AND MR. HICKS.

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• Document Creation Date: July 13, 2023
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• Case Number: F-2020-01213
• Publication Date: October 3, 1961

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3 Octobor 1961
MEMORANDUM POS,TUE ascoita
SUBJECT: Contact Report estmeon "Juato" and Mr. aloha (twang name
. Cal Hitch) on 22. 25, 27. 28 and 29.8optembor 1961.
1. In addition to-the subject twos. Mr. Mich (uoing,name
Jim BoUdia) usa atoll mmotingonati one or all of itsfolL�wln
IndividUala also...attended these meetings:
a. Andres ZATAS i"Juato")
b. luia SANCHEZ ("Piccolieo")
c. 'Tony DIRIEZ ("oor)
d. Augo1 ROB ("Guilin")
m. Wilfredo allITO ("Sabo") using arms E. I. Harrison
-T. Formande C4118DA - using name Frank Dutton
2. Par additional doialla already reported by cable, coo DID 13334
OUT 53207) ditnd-2 October 1961.
3. according to surd thO 8,11_2!_tershitai le Tt as of _12_4;17,1261--
es nee follausi ("Waal" bad been ad tail-ear until executed.)
: a. "Juato" � civilian coordinator.
b. "Columm - action coordinator.
"Picoilime - general coordinator.
"PicaoliW � right-bondman of "Rafael" (also knoma as "Pedro").
�"Arturo" . intelligence.
. "Embo" (true name: Vhf redo BRITO) � acamagraa.
. 'Ricardo' - security.
b. 'Mario" cammo.
1.--NarcLal" � transportation.
.3. "babe (not the same as tbe above "Raba') �finance.
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k. :"Franie public relations.
1. "Bob" - not a member of the official executive committee
but attended all the Meatiest.
(Mote: At a later meeting "Joey," said a men called "Ricardo"
(preens:xis &large ivgarspau) wao the 4o-called UR leader on the etreat
and Ricardo (another non, true mane: Ricardo RODRIGUEZ-ESPADA) wee the
.UE Lawler Inside ths Italian Embeeey.)
4. "Cepernwes the maaborof the UR that the UtT operator, Al MENDOZA,'
,Weing.Signel Plan SULTAG, contected4:Lnio and BAITO.said MENDOZA wee
crazy key. When they etivhiWthey got Panicky. :
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"Jto!' edMitted,getting ten-thoUseed pesos from Mire CARDONA.
HOWV0i, first SAITO said he did net get it until corrected by "Iuoto". -
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� 6. Although "Jester liWed in theltalian Embosek he said he did
not take asylum�bUtretber geed.thet Op e safe operetione base and wee
in-and.otit pinny times ceMilecting qa business. He finally admitiad,
. however, that in the eyes otthe' Cuban people that was probably esylun.
7. The following groupo and their leaders and the Embeesios In
which they took maylum woo given by BRID3:
e. WRRC - �Guilin" - Italian Embeasy. This ie a different
men than "Siam's". -"SiMonse' wee the men who was the leader of the MARC �
until "Malin" retWrned to Cuba (believed to be March, 1961) and again
took over the MARC.
b. NAP - Marcos Williams - Italian Embassy.
c. UR - "Juste - Italian Embassy.. (Bs Sold this was net
asylum for himself, but Just a safe living area.)
d, MAC - "Lucas" � Italian Embassy. May don't like "Lucas";
moat to work with �ME1E3S-1 as leader of ADC.)
e. ORE - "Lociano" - Embassy, if any, not known. ODE=
supposedly sew leader of 01E4
I. ALEC= � "Aerie � Embassy, if any, not known. (rheY
don't like OLD.)
g. 30th of Sovessber - VILLAREAL arum name). alloy soy you
never know who the real leader of the 30th of November is, for it bee
a thousand group* anda thousand leaders.)
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8. ."Gailin" suppotoilly.orgAntned the MRR back in -19591- than ho
had,a.fallingout and.hiassiemant, known a$ the MAC, aupposodly broke
with;tha MAR atiVartil.mentbaliifere the invemion.med wetted with the UR.
However, all:.o.CtbmsePOke Well of "Pranclace, and obeitiad that hie
group.cerrieirout Mosta/ thd action but always adding along with.the
BB... It soonbecmmo.appar0nt...that with "ftanclico". gone-end the evideat
'Confused leaderitip Of tho.MRR, that "Guilin" thaught.thio would ho
tha oppertusa ilia to attinpt to regain control of the ?RR. Since he
did not fool be"could clein.tho.MRR-o$ such, be Attempted to do it by
saying "All the good banieft tba.,NAR and now belong 10 him". .
9. AirCOD.Villiam woo the action leader for the MR? and Left
-.botiesa hi wantod scat.* and'Cowldn't got it with RAY. liohca orders
fres..RAY not to !pp Orplosiveo�atc.,ind opt-tonmporie tbonealves;
teAUst:lialoi and let the others tekmtbe risk. .kwrcoa didn't
. agree Mith.thia and:folt that the hRP was going to have to be active
also.
10. The' knew Of 4NFOG4 usiag the Warieem "Andrea" and alio
knew the tree identity,.and they donOenced him and "Cesar". (However,
..this was not-."Justo" talking, but was BRITO and UNCURL.; and,. BRITO
-frailyadmitted that '"Juoto" did not fool the saMe may about "Coons"
je he did.) BAMOBRZ,:in addition to knowing AMPUG. know of an
."Ermaata", bet did not tape hia true identity (this was the mamma
.:used.bi AUC6AX..1)-,
, .11. When querying about:soso-of the maw in the newspaper .
articla-that onnaMice44he await of twelve people, TORRWLLA was .
in oak-vilest meow PUjAL. Who was a.distant cousin of BRIM, was an
eicellont. nen. AlthoUgh they didn't ILIGO AMPUG-1 because they felt-
hawse trying.to'split the .MR-in his attempt at unification with
"Cesar" (ogai* "Juato" did not man to. believe this about "Cesar"),
they sald'AMPUG mould never talk. "Cesar", BRIM felt, was weak and
indicated halight talk, however. "Just'," sts on violeatly opposed
to thot,:that BRITO fimelly adlittod.that:"Coser" wouldn't talk;
it wits just charts didn't .lika.hie and thought Os was no good. Meat.
of the other individuaia..they didn't know or had no opinion of. .
Hammer, ons of this Doomed to think that GARCIA-RUBIO might have
talked,tet this seamed to be- basod sure on the fact that Oa knew"
of fiam* of the aventa and was a icloso talker and indiacrats rather
than the feat that bias:se dolibir4me17 Lmfarmed for his Omn benefit.-
12. "Tony" woe bragging about knowing of "Brand", GAWIAmR11810,
and mu= WIT sossageo. ,It was later loomed through "Justo" that
''figay":got Ais iifornation from AM7Urri and GARCIA-RUBIO actually
lived- in "Tony's" house and soy have operated his radio free there.
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� 13. Thelollowing phone inabersend/or eddresees ware loft ti
eneble one of our people to conceit them in Miami:
a. "Jupto" - PR 3-1306
-b. �Aegal.SOS 3451 SW 10th Street, Apt. 03. RI 3-70971
14. A Paul Bump was named-es the den representing the outfit and
a mom�ot of theamerican ZWeaney Lihavana until June, 1960. lie
steppeeedly nem inSeatiago'in 1959.
15. The following Is.� 'tate:meat written by "Tam":
_ . "I, Luis,Aatonici DIAZ-plai,�gave the 24th oCDecembor, 1960,
at the U. S. EMbeeeY inllavaaa,-Cabe, to Mr. William Jones Rerray'res
neVolepn with the following contents A.photoetatIc copy of the
sevelUtiOnerfUnity Originel7deenmeat. a lateral paper of 8" x ll"
with aene.addieanse, a half loai'af paper O. about 6" a 41g" cut la
half, and four $100.00 dollar billa. lIda envelope was addressed to
Fred 0861,E, at Miami renew gat Le touch with Bill beanie:a when I
goer...nu:di bin 'at Missal, we was called beck to Cabe on account of the
relation reptant tiCtleami the U8.%and tuba.. Rafael DILL Geld no that
:he.got the envelope,* mat, initho dieteinime:. Re asked Bill's
wifeaadehn'didn'tknoui elides about it."
' September 25, 1961 - (Signed)
16. Attachment A tai as cap, of a document. ealf-coiplanetory, submitted
by SOS.
17. Me commitmenta ware medoto theca people rather, it was a
matter of liatsaing to their Alleaaand feelings and getting than in a
frame ofnind to gat does te--real bust.w.e after being sant beck to
the WAYS area. They were told 'they mould deal with a Mr. Peters and
all business including traialanueuld be handled through him. They
appeared to be la an eagor andt receptive aced When they were ready to
reeve Washington the afternoon of. 29 8ePtenbari They indicated a
willingness to cooperate with the mat. that is. "Omar" and "Monty",
and further indicated that "8W4p6" AOUTTAwould be OD problem; that
-they weeld.deal,with the.Antenlo"-Ignacio MENDOZA MRP complex. In
lieu of Maxus William's, RCS umeld either jest represent the MSC or
sight oven fall beck as a part of the SA, The relations with the
other -major groups would. be meahahe seem aseivocated by AMMAI..1.
eeniagneetly, It to felt that this La &chance to facilitate AMODAXWe
effort at produeing awaited resisteece. They all indicated a
willingnese to return in Cabs if they could be guaranteed a Urn
OuPPett:, but they 'did. net vent to go beck to Cube list for the sake
at rote:Oleg and they did met wait ce rink the lives of their non ,
unless they felt.surn_there wan, a dot mica goal to be attaieed.
"jambe' especially, felt miry acra6407 that support ammc came threugh
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one coannad channel for all.groupa rather than to iodividual group.
At thejemis time, be recognised that for oeenrity sake thie would
bawls:be handled on a compartmented beats.
� ld. They, wore told that they meat make an attempt to got along
with biro capppA opd-oiee though they may nutlike him they moot
.try to cooloaraie Witithim.mad pork'alth hip and/or hero hip work �
for then retkmithai4ight hiie they must not lock borne with him,
hoverer. after attei�to -Jerk ulth him if they found it completely
impossible wavOnld not deny thine aupport heeeese of thia. .
CALVIN HICIW
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