Cryptonym: AMTABBY-27
In addition, Evelio Alpizar told the FBI in March 1965 that his friend, Amado Cantillo was the son of Major General Eulogio Cantillo, former Chief of the Cuban Army in Oriente Province, who had been imprisoned for the past 6 years in Cuba. Cantillo was working for Orlando Bosch's MIRR and had been involved in Manuel Artime's MRR group. The document also added that an INS memo dated 9/20/63 included Cantillo's name on a list of persons who had been served with "Notice of Prevention of Departure."
See 104-10308-10083: In January 1964, AMTABBY-27 had not received a visa for his proposed trip to Venezuela. In addition, from 1965 to 1967 AMTABBY-27 used various sources, such as Gerald Patrick Hemming, Aton Constanzo Palau, Armando Medina Montes de Oca, Ramon Orozco Crespo, Orlando Bosch Avila (AMDITTO-23) and Luis Posada Carriles (AMCLEVE-15).
104-10192-10013, page 6: Source was described as "a Cuban refugee who is associated with activists in the Miami area. Source is regarded as reliable and previous reporting from him has proved to be reliable." This source turned out to be Luis Posada. Posada's source was Ramon Escarda Rubio.
104-10163-10087, pp. 14-15: Identified as an "executive pilot" and business partner with IUSTEER (possibly Fausto Gomez Gomez). LITABBY-27 has the IRD (Interrogation Research Division) number of C-87513.
104-10192-10026 describes either AMTABBY-27 or Ramon Orozco (it is ambiguous) as the "Cuban émigré in text. Do not use real name." Ramon Orozco is believed to be AMTABBY-16. Also, 104-10192-10013 indicates that AMTABBY-27 is either a member of Comandos L or close to a member of the group, as discussed below.
104-10174-10072: CIA FILE ON LYNCH, GRAYSON.
01/14/76: Memo from Bruce R. Wainwaring, Chief, Miami Field Office to Chief, Domestic Collection Division: Subject: IDEN A (note: Grayston Lynch), ex-BKHERALD (note: CIA) Staff Employee: ..."3. In late 1973, a former BKHERALD asset (AMTABY Project) who had been terminated in 1963, IDEN C, came to IDEN A in Key West, claimed he had escaped from jail in Cuba in 1970 (where he had been jailed for drug running between Cuba and WODUAL), and said he had information on drug traffic. He asked IDEN A to contact someone in LNCOLLAR and indicate IDEN C's willingness to be of assistance. IDEN A replied he was retired and could not help. A few months later, IDEN D (AMTABY-27), another former asset, flew to Key West from Miami. He met IDEN A and informed him LNCOLLAR had sent him down to check on IDEN C. IDEN D identified his LNCOLLAR contact as IDEN E, an ex-BKHERALD asset and former BKHERALD contract employee..." Page 13 stated that IDEN D was Amado Cantillo. IDEN C was Gustavo Fernandez. IDEN E was Robert Nedell.
104-10308-10083: CONTACT REPORT#38: 35 PRQ IS WERE GIVEN TO THE CASE OFFICER FOR TRACES
01/29/64, Contact Report by Warren Guertler (probably Karl Rohrer): "OPERATION: AMWORLD, CONTACT: AMYUM-19 (Cesar Baro Esteva), TIME AND PLACE: 1500-1730 hours, 28 Jan. 64, S/H, NEXT MEETING: Unscheduled. SUMMARY:..."5. AMTABBY-27 still has not received his visa for Venezuela. A-19 believes that the man on the Cuban desk (either at the Consulate or in the Foreign Ministry, Guertler forgot to note this) is pro AMBANG. (Comment: CARA 8409 could confirm suspicion. (REDACTION) contact says visa application lost or not forwarded. The undersigned will so inform A-19 and request new application to be made)..."
104-10163-10173: ARTIME BUESA, MANUEL (VOL XIII).
10/30/64: Memo for the record from Raul J. Hernandez, WH/SA/SO/HH: SUBJECT: Telephone Conversation between AMBIDDY-1 and Martin Ferrer: DATE: 30 October 1964 at 1130 hours: ..."3. AMBIDDY-1 (Manuel Artime Buesa) is sending Rafael Garcia, Luis Grillo, and Amado Cantillo to the Dominican Republic to survey the new location which President Reid has offered AMWORLD. According to A-1 Reid has offered them an operations base much closer to Cuba than Isla de Beata. At present A-1 is getting cost estimates on the 12 Swifts which President Reid wishes to buy in the U. S. The different estimates will be sent to President Reid with the three aforementioned AMWORLDers..."
03/23/65: FBI airtel from SAC, Miami to Director: Titled: MOVIMENTO INSURRECIONAL DE RECUPERACION REVOLUCIONARIA (MIRR): IS - CUBA... Pages 2-3: ..."For the information of the Bureau, on 3/8/65 Alpizar reported that he has a personal friend, Amado Cantillo, a Cuban exile, who resides in an apartment building located on 36th Avenue between 11th and 9th Streets, N. W. in Miami. He is the son of Major General Eulogio Cantillo, former Chief of the Cuban Army in Oriente Province, who has been imprisoned for the past 6 years in Cuba. Alpizar learned from Cantillo that about a week previously, Cantillo contacted Orlando Bosch, head of the MIRR, and offered to pilot a plane for Bosch on an air raid against Cuba. Bosch told Cantillo that on or shortly after 3/21/65, he would give Cantillo $300.00 for a pilot training license and that he would utilize the services of Cantillo when he was sufficiently qualified to pilot a plane. Alpizar said that 10 or 11 years ago, Cantillo had perhaps 20 hours flying time in the Piper plane, and about 8 months ago, he had one hour flying time with Alpizar. On 3/7/65, Cantillo flew Jesus Sanchez out of American Aviation Company. Tamiami Airport, Miami. Cantillo has requested Alpizar to give him flying lessons...Alpizar said that Cantillo has been working with the Movimento Recuperacion Revolucionaria (MRR) under the leadership of Manuel Artime. Miami files reflect that Amado Cantillo Huguet was born 8/8/38 in Cuba, and INS memo dated 9/20/63 reflected that his name had been placed on a list of persons who had been served with 'Notice of Prevention of Departure.' This memo reflected that Cantillo had 70 hours flying time, but no pilot's license. Cantillo is a former purser on Cubana Airlines, and requested political asylum on 10/10/60..."
05/17/65: FBI report from Miami: Titled: ROBERTO ALEJOS ARZU; LUIS SIERRA LOPEZ: NEUTRALITY MATTERS: INTERNAL SECURITY - GUATEMALA: Page 4: Allen Yarborough, U.S. Customs agent, Miami, included Amado Cantillo Huguet's (third in list) name on a list of those involved in the Alejos conspiracy, the plot to overthrow the Guatemalan government.
1994.04.28.14:57:28:100005: Reel 8, Folder F - GERALD PATRICK HEMMING
06/11/65, Cable from JMWAVE: "SUPDATA: AMTABBY-27 from Gerald Patrick Hemming on 8 and 9 June 1965, received 10 June. This report supplements UFG-7254)..." Note that Odelio Garcia Derizanz was putting a 60-man commando team together with Hemming to intervene in the Dominican Republic - Garcia's financial backer (as seen below) was I. Isadore Davidson. See Reel 51, Folder N - IRVING DAVIDSON, p. 44, the Washington Evening Star, 6/9/65, "Dominican has DC Lobbyist": "The newest candidate mentioned by Johnson administration officials to head a Dominican government - former president Joaquin Balanguer - is being pushed by I. Irving Davidson, a Washington lobbyist. Davidson already numbers among his clients the president of Haiti, Francois Duvalier; the military chief of Nicaragua, General Anastasio Somoza; and a Texas company controlled by the Murchison brothers." (p. 10): Also working closely with them on this was Julio Aton Constanzo Palau. See 104-10273-10217, p. 10: Garcia was also a pilot who discussed stealing an airplane if he had to - he may have been AMTABBY-27. Also see 104-10273-10219, which is supposed to be "released in full" but actually far more redacted.
06/17/65: Cable from JMWAVE to Director: CITE WAVE 3061: REF DIR 19528: "1. On 16 June 65, Aton Constanzo Palau told AMTABBY-27 that Constanzo and Gerald Patrick Hemming had met with Isadore Irving Davidson's latter's office 15 June....AMCLEVE-15 (Luis Posada) reported that Ramon Escarda Rubio and Francisco Rodriguez Tamayo had heard Hemming say on 9 June that commandos in the Dominican Republic would be provided heavy weapons"....Davidson then spoke of Wayne Morse's charges against Davidson, and said that two more senators preparing similar charges. He then remarked he not afraid (of) being stopped by US agencies, but very much afraid of press." .."3. Constanzo told AMTABBY-27 he knows of man in WAVE area who assisted Davidson in cleaning up 2000 Reising submachine guns in 1963 that Davidson was selling to General Somoza of Nicaragua. 4. Hemming told Davidson on 15 June he unable (to) keep 14 June meeting because of (FBI) surveillance. Davidson told Hemming, "I am tired of running, this show has green light from top and I don't care if (FBI), (CIA), and (DIA) are watching us."
104-10178-10059: CABLE: WHO ASSISTED IN PROCUREMENT OF GUNS
07/09/65, Cable from JMWAVE to IW: "SUPDATA: AMCLEVE-15 (Luis Posada Carriles) who assisted in procurement of guns. Field Comment based AMTABBY-27..." The field comment discusses a Cuban exile that intends to purchase 50 pounds of pentolite (among other things). Pentolite is the substance that Escarda trades in large quantities. - - - 10/16/65, Cable from JMWAVE to WH 8: Slugline INTEL DYVOUR JMPALM: "SUPDATA: AMTABBY-27 from Armando Medina Montes de Oca..." Page 2: A Cuban émigré, former member of a Cuban commando group, who is no longer associated with activists. Source is regarded as reliable, and previous reporting from him has proved to be accurate." https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=156537#relPageId=1 - - - 10/28/65, Cable from JMWAVE to IW: "SUPDATA: AMTABBY-27 on 25 Oct from Subj 201-282573 (Ramon Orozco Crespo aka AMTABBY-16) who 'Cuban émigré' in text. Do not use true name. RID: Index Bosch, and Gutierrez." https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=16437#relPageId=2
11/16/65, Cable from JMWAVE to IW: "SUPDATA:...Paras 9 and 10 AMTABBY-27 on 15 Nov..." One of the five sources, matching the reference to a "Cuban refugee associated with activists in the Miami area" and the following reference to being a member of Comandos L. - - - Pages 6-7: ..."8. Source of paras 9 and 10: A Cuban refugee who is associated with activists in the Miami area. Source is regarded as reliable and previous reporting from him has proved to be reliable. 9. During the morning of 15 November a member of Comandos L stated that Comandos L had attacked the coast of Cuba using a plan which had originally been prepared in May 1965. (Field Comment: OF. TDCSDB 31501665-65, 15 May 1965) under the provisions of this original attack plan Comandos L was to use one Seabird model vessel which was to be the strike boat armed with a 30 caliber light machine gun and one eight-shot 20-mm cannon. The strike boat was to be accompanied by a mother vessel which was berthed at Pompano Beach, Florida. 10. According to the member of Comandos L the strike boat on 14 November approached to within 600 yards of the shore and fired both a 50 caliber machine gun and 20 mm recoiless rifle. The member explained that it was necessary to remain at this distance from shore because of a Cuban 50 caliber machine gun emplacement on shore of which the raiding party had previous knowledge. Because of the long range involved the fire from the raiding vessel was not effective as it might have been. One of the men who might have been on the strike vessel was possibly Orlando Arrazola Rodriguez, a Comandos L member who was still not at home during the morning of 15 November..."
104-10163-10176: CABLE: ARTIME BUESA, MANUEL, (VOL XIV).
11/26/65, Cable from Director to JMWAVE: Slugline DYVOUR PBRUMEN AMTABBY-27: "1. As General Montiel actually said to AMTABBY-27 per Ref A, that 'coup a necessary undertaking in Costa Rica, considerable credence added Ref A and past reports this subject. View this, request WAVE recognition Montiel statement above made to AMTABBY-27 and if possible elaborate. 2. Can WAVE officer who contacts Alegrett discreetly determine validity implied Somoza support to coup effort." See 104-10192-10012: 12/28/65, Cable from JMWAVE to Director: "SUPDATA: No project. Source for para 2: AMTABBY-27, 27 December 1965, from Orlando Bosch who asked A-27 to participate in raid..."
07/07/66: FBI informants:" MM-7 is Amado Cantillo Huguet (of operational interest to CIA)."
104-10216-10064: DAVIDSON BELIEVED IDENTICAL WITH ISADORE IRVING DAVIDSON
08/23/67, Cable from Director to JMWAVE (Orig: M. Forsythe, WH/COG/CA/PP): Slugline TYPIC AMOT: "WH comment:..***Gerald Patrick Hemming, when drunk, told AMTABBY-27 that Irving Davidson was his financial backer." Releasing Officer: Jacob D. Esterline, AC/WHD. Coordinating Officer: Paul E. Oberst, C/WH/COG/CA. (Signature), C/WH/COG/MO. Authenticating Officer: Earl J. Williamson, AC/WH/COG.