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Cryptonym: AMHINT-57

Definition:

Unknown identity. A dispatch on September 24, 1962, stated that AMHINT-57 was a AMSPELL (DRE) intelligence officer. Another dispatch earlier in that month listed AMHINT-57 and AMHINT-39 (Delio Alberto Gonzalez Riba) as DRE intelligence personnel.

Status:

Unknown

Discussion:

AMHINT-57 may possibly have been Lilia Buttari Crespo or Eduviges Santos Fontova. Both were described in a DRE document as being "intelligence assistants."

Sources:

104-10171-10041: AMSPELL PROGRESS REPORT FOR AUGUST 1962

09/14/62: Dispatch from COS, JMWAVE to Chief, Task Force W: Page 12: PSYWAR JMWAVE map pf Cuba: Top left hand corner: "AMSPELL INTEL: AMHINT-39 (Delio Alberto Gonzalez Riba), AMHINT-57."

104-10171-10311: DISPATCH: OPERATIONAL REPORT ON DRE RESISTANCE ACTIVITY

09/24/62: Dispatch from COS, JMWAVE to Chief, Task Force W: Page 23: ..."Source: AMHINT-57 AMSPELL intell officer."

104-10170-10028: AMSPELL PROGRESS REPORT FOR OCTOBER 1962

11/08/62: Dispatch from COS, JMWAVE to Chief, Task Force W: Page 3: ..."3) Intelligence Production: AMHINT-39 (Delio Alberto Gonzalez Riba): UFG-1669 (Pouch) 3 pages. AMHINT-53 (Luis Fernandez-Rocha): UFG-1660 (Cable) 2 pages - 'Possible Identification Cheese Brick & Covered SA-2 Trailer.' AMHINT-57: UFG-1746 (Cable) 2 pages - 'High-powered Spotlights along Cuban Coastline..."'

1994.04.12.15:46:22:600005: Reel 26, Folder C - DRE.

DRE Document: Page 9 of Folder C: ..."13) Lilia Buttari Crespo. FUNCION (FUNCTION) - Ayudante Intelligencia (Intelligence Assistant). PROFESION (PROFESSION) - Estudianto C. Quimicas 2 Ano. U.Habana (Student C. Chemistry 2 Years. University of Habana). FECHA, LUGAR NACIMIENTO (DATE, PLACE OF BIRTH) - Habana. April 13, 1940. DIRECCION (DIRECTION) - 1017 SW 1st Street, Miami..."

1994.04.12.15:46:22:600005: Reel 26, Folder C - DRE.

DRE Document: Page 14 of Folder C: ..."63) Eduviges Santos Fontova. FUNCION (FUNCTION) - Ayudante Intelligencia (Intelligence Assistant). PROFESION (PROFESSION) - Estudiante Arquitecture 3 Ano. U.Habana (Architecture student 3 Years, University of Habana). FECHA, LUGAR NACIMIENTO (DATE, PLACE OF BIRTH) - Habana. October 17, 1941. DIRECCION (DIRECTION) - 2363 W Pl. Street, Miami..."

1994.04.12.15:46:22:600005: Reel 26, Folder C - DRE.

Undated DRE Report: Page 13: ..."F) In this section the following members are active: Alberto Gonzalez (AMHINT-39), (REDACTION), Lilia Buttari, Joaquin Martinez de Pinillo, Jose (Unintelligible), Luis Friez..."

https://www.dignitymemorial.com/en-ca/obituaries/tampa-fl/eduviges-santos-fontova-6580682

dignitymemorial.com website: Obituary for Eduviges R. Santos Fontova: 17 October 1941 - 2 September 2015: "Arrangements under the direction of Blount and Curry Funeral Home Oldsmar We, TAMPA, FL...Manuel Herrera: Te recordaré Siempre amiga! (I will always remember you friend!) Alina Bustamante: Hay Lula, que paso? Tan llena de vida y de alegria. Tan generosa. Gracias a Dios tuve la oportunidad de conocerte. Fuimos buenas amigas y companeras.Ya estas en otro plano de la existencia, cerca de Dios...Tu, la mas bella. Alina (There is Lula, what happened? So full of life and joy. So generous. Thank God I had the opportunity to meet you. We were good friends and companions. You are already in another plane of existence, close to God...You, the most beautiful. Alina)..."