HIGH CUBAN AIDE SHOT AS C.I.A. SPY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000600420005-8
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• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 26, 1999
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: June 7, 1964
• Content Type: NSPR

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JUN 7 1964
IGR CUBAN AIDE CPYRGHT
S OT AS C.I.A. SPY
Provincial Minister Is Eihth11
Person Executed in Week
SANTIACO, Cuba, 'June
I3,IVANA, .Tune 6 (UPI) --1.
?'ort y-t.wo persons,, including
nany in the army, were ar-
'caLcrl at Josf4 Marti airportf
sere on suspicion that theml
ilanned to hijack ' a airliner
nd fly it to Florida, it was
'eport.cd tod.i y.
The arresls were made yes-1
erd:ty. These arrested were
mong shout 80 persons wool
ad boarded the Cubana air-1
iner for the afternoon flightt
o Santiago, Cuba's second
ar?cst city, which is in Oriente
rovince in the cast.
- ie rig remit-ran ng o t
ffcial of the Castro regime to
die before a firing squad was
niiquc said today.
Cesar Diaz Infante, Oriente.
Province director of the internal
commerce ministry, was shot as
a United States Central Intel-
ligence Agency operative.
He was the eighth Cuban to
be executed in eight clays. All
were convicted by revolutionary
tribunals. of being C.I.A. spies.
Two sub chiefs of the Oriente
,'official, Francisco Linares Scr-
bano ado Saturnino Polon Pi-
nero, received unspecified "stiff
prison" sentences.
Said to Be Agent 2 Years
Mr. Diaz Infante was specific-
ally charged with being a C.I.A.
agent for two years, formerly
providing information on nrili
tary installations and coastal
geography, and lately furnish-
ing complete, official food dis-
tribution data. He was also ac-
cused of, snarling Government
food and spare pact deliveries.
The most recent executions
before yesterday's 'occurre(I Ill.
Camaguey June 2, when Alber-
to Fernandez-,:li,tirinier wealthy
cattleman and officer of the
Lions Club International, ')vas
shot with two alleged C.I',A,
accomplices.
Today's communique said
' tljat the two subchiefs had re,
fused "through fear".to pal'tici-
.pate ,in Diaz Infante's espionage
activities, but had helped in
the economic sabotage. Their
"stiff" sentences were taken to
nnean 30 years, the maxi-inn.
Three other ministry official::
were arrested on the ground
that they know of the subver-
sive activity but failed to report.
it. ?
The. statement said. that "Mr.
Diaz Infante "confessed
an agent of the C.I.A." It added
that he sent information to tlve
United States agency throlfgll
An alleged coil litcrrevolntlonv' ry
organization. The. org.unizatiru
was- not naiuclti,
T..al negrk~ 'Delay'
gpoclal to The New-York Times
NASSAU, The.Bahabas,3wiol
-Manuel Ray, 39-year-old
Cuban exile leader whose of-?
ctnpt to enter Cuba to Cnge ;e
n underground activities was;
oiled Monday, when he and
even companions were picked
lp by British authorities 30
wiles north of the island, do-
cribed his stay in Nassau
oday as a "small unfortunate
elay."
Mr. Ray spoke before board-
n a flight to Miami. lie say"
re lives with his wife and five
chilrlren,? with the intention of
eing in Cuba May 20, 17",-
anniversary of Cuban
endence. But he changed
plans, he said, when Premier
Fidel Castro announced a na-
tionwide mobilization.
"I consider the mobilization
a' victory for us because it
showed fear for us, but we took
advantage of the situation and
changed plans," he ueurl.
MrA. ay . said that 'a motor
of t hC exiles' oat broke dwori
lioncla,,y. "We considered it a
small 'problem and?;::went to
Anguila. Key to fix it," he said.
"We intended to wait till night-
fall to attempt to enter Cuba."
It., was at Anguila 'icy,
I3riti.sh possession, t) -c a Brit-
ish destroyer, assisted by Unit-
ed States aircraft, npprehendc
fire ?pa.rty. T ey were brought
i,o Nass:nl. and fined on charges
of bringing. firearms into Brit,
ish tcrrit.ory'.
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