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Cryptonym: AMQUIP-2

Definition:

Ivan Vidal Santiago, the brother of Felipe Vidal Santiago, AMQUIP-1. Ivan was a CIA agent spying on JURE/AMBANG during 1963. Dallas is reported in 1963 as the headquarters of one of JURE's three major groups.

Status:

Speculative

Discussion:

Whether or not Ivan is AMQUIP-2, he is a fascinating figure in his own right.

Sources:

104-10164-10061: CANCELLATION OF OPERATIONAL CLEARANCES

See reference to AMQUIP-2, C-84394, 201-282119. Also note Guillermo Regel Andreu, C-84391, 201-282116; Carlos Medina Villavicencio, C-84392, 201-282114; AMELD-1, C-84395, 201-282120.

124-10220-10306: No Title

"On April 16, 1960, Ivan Vidal Santiago...advised that he was formerly the Chief of the Department of Investigations in the Cuban Maritime Police. He said he was associated in Cuba with an anti-Fidel Castro organization called 'Lider', which he described as a non-violent organization with no members in the United States..."

104-10221-10118: ANTI-CASTRO STRIKE AGAINST CUBA SCHEDULED FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH 25, 1963; INTERNAL SECURITY-CUBA

4/16/63: Wallace Shanley of Customs seized Felipe Vidal Santiago's boat - the Pirata. On board was Felipe Vidal Santiago, Ivan Vidal Santiago, Ricardo Angel Palacio, Eulalia Armesto Grillo de Rodriguez, and Margarita Maria Rodriguez Benejan.

104-10275-10176: MEMO: MEETING WITH AMBANG-1

Memo for Record by Alfonso Rodriguez: states that JURE has large chapters in Caracas, Cenezuela and Dallas, Texas. Previous page discusses interest in a San Juan-Caracas-Miami radio link.

104-10275-10011: CABLE- IN ADDITION REF, AMTUAP-2 SAID GOMEZ AND CMTEAS ALSO INTEND ACCUSE AMBANG-1 AND CISNEROS OF CLANDESTINE RELATIONS WITH KUBARK

In 11/63, WAVE 7637 "Gomez advised AMTAUP-2 not enter (JURE) organization bases because they infiltrated by (the) following (CIA) agents to learn organization's movements: Alberto Enrique Juncebella, Ivan (Vidal) Santiago, (FNU) Salabarria. According (to) Gomez, Cisneros knows (about) infiltrations and has done nothing to prevent them."