Cryptonym: AMSUPER-1
Bill Simpich, State Secret, Chapter 4, http://maryferrell.org/pages/State_Secret_Chapter4.html
During 1962, Cortez worked alongside Dimas Figueredo (AMSUPER-1).[ 84 ] Figueredo was looking for Castro’s spies as a member of the GYROSE Debriefing Unit, while the two men ran a shoe factory together. An interview with Tony Sforza indicates that he also worked with a debriefing unit – Sforza’s unit was a counterintelligence unit within the AMOTS. It’s possible that Sforza worked with a different debriefing unit than Figueredo, but it seems more likely that Task Force W would want to have its best people in the same debriefing unit.
Dimas Domingo Figueredo Fernandez provided a bodyguard in response to threats made to Ramon Cortes. The two men worked together in a shoe business in Mexico (see p. 21). Figueredo was active with the CRC in Mexico, "which devoted its time to anti-Castro activity and clandestine resistance activity". Figueredo and his family emigrated from Cuba to Mexico in 1960. He had worked in a cotton factory in 1962, had experience as a newspaper man, sugar technician, and textile engraver. As of Jan. 1963, was working as a Mexican correspondent for Argentina Information and News Agency. In June 1963, he was arrested but not charged for attempted sabotage of a Cuban vessel in Mexico. (p. 9) Cortes was friendly with the CRC. Given a two year sentence in 10/62 for impersonating Guatemalan consul. Resided in Dallas, Texas. Knew Maria Witoski/AMKIRK-1, secretary to Juan Orta. Not prosecuted for trading auto parts with Cuba while president of Transcontinental S.A., because he cooperated with US government.
The Gyrose Debriefing Unit in Mexico City, as of October 1962, consisted of "AMSUPER-1 (in charge), LIMASK-1, and LITAINT-7 all of AMBUD/CRC and LITAMIL-5 of PUC".
(MEX-16) determined that Ramon Cortes had "maintained an office in Suite 404 at Paseo de la Reforma #87, Mexico, D. F., until approximately May 1963, which he shared with a Cuban named Dimas Figueredo. (MEX-16) stated that (Cortes) and Figueredo were engaged in the sale of shoes which they had shipped from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico...as of January 1964, Dimas Figueredo was associated with the (CRC)..., located in Office 401, Calle Paris #10, Mexico D. F., which assists Cuban refugees in Mexico, D. F., and is an anti-Castro organization.
104-10512-10025: CABLE:MEXI PLANNING TAKE OVER AMSAIL-1 AND AMSUPER-1
5/13/63 message from Mexico City to Director: "AMSAIL-1 principal link to all refugees Mexico...AMSUPER-1 will serve primarily as debriefer."
7/2/63: A telegram sent on this date revealed that "Dimas Domingo Figueredo Fernandez, born 3/25/18, at Cienfuegos, Cuba...was a member of the Cuban Revolutionary Council (CRC) in Mexico and entered Mexico in 1960, was one of a group who was under arrest by Mexican authorities, but not formally charged, for attempted sabotage of a Cuban vessel in the harbor of Veracruz, Vera Cruz, Mexico, in mid-June 1963. Figueredo Fernandez was subsequently released by Mexican authorities."
104-10531-10011: CABLE: AMSAIL-1 AND AMSUPER-1 RELEASED FROM JAIL
7/9/63: AMSAIL-1 and AMSUPER-1 released from jail.
104-10093-10178: CABLE:AMSAIL-1 AND AMSUPER-1 BOTH CONSIDER/SOURCE OF DOUBTFUL RELIABILITY
10/01/63: Cable from Mexico City to Director: PBRUMEN: REF: WAVE 5004 (IN 28002): "AMSAIL-1 and AMSUPER-1 both consider (REDACTION) as source of doubtful reliability. AMSUPER-1 contacted him for follow-up on allegation that Orlando Suarez Castellanos CIS agent. (REDACTION) claimed did not recall name of Cuban pilot but AMSUPER-1 thought he holding back. (REDACTION) expressed personal opinion that Suarez is with CIS. Says Suarez mail address 2445-50 Corona Street, Denver 10, Colorado. Before leaving Mexico Suarez made arrangements through unidentified Mexican 'fixer' to have Mexican visa issued to woman named (REDACTION) from Cardenas, Matanzas Province, Cuba. C/S Comment: Requested MEXI attempt contact (REDACTION) to determine veracity claims Suarez."
104-10512-10026: DISPATCH: AMSAIL-1 AND AMSUPER-1
"Carlos Fernandez and Dimas Figueredo are both well-known leaders of the Consejo Revolucionario Cubano in Mexico City and appear to be the two persons most concerned with aiding Cuban refugees in this city. They have often been helpful especially in connection with visa matters."
Bill Simpich, State Secret, Chapter 3. http://maryferrell.org/pages/State_Secret_Chapter3.html
The Cuban commercial attaché Luisa Calderon had been a person of interest for the Mexico City station that summer – during July, after a Texas rancher named Eldon Hensen tried to do business with her, one of Bob Shaw’s colleagues called Hensen back and pretended to be a Cuban official. Hensen then met with the CIA agent at a restaurant, while Shaw (aka “Lawrence Barker”) sat at a nearby table to take in the action.