Cryptonym: EVLUCID-1
08/28/63: Cable from JMWAVE to Director (Orig: FI/Hunkeler): Slugline DYVOUR JMPALM: "1. IDEN ref met Hunkeler 27 Aug after meeting with two more underground group proposing arms shipment reported ref. IDEN claims group passing IDEN 10,000 dollars for use by IDEN purchase arms and rent plane for shipment which they want delivered DOM REP night 31 Aug. Underground mbrs group unidentified to IDEN as Jack and Jerrard, both under thirty years age. They claim they arr Miami from SNTO 26 Aug after being in contact Gen Leon Cantave..."
"On September 10, 1963, NY T-7 advised that it had received information that General Leon Cantave on September 3, 1963 had said that the reason he moved into Haiti on August 5, 1963 with a small, inadequately armed force is that he had a secret agreement with Rolando Arcadio Masferrer Rojas...Masferrer failed to appear. After learning that FADH reinforcements were coming, Cantave knew that he had no chance alone and withdrew...Cantave said that he received a message from Masferrer on 8/15/63 in which Masferrer said that he had been blocked by the FBI in Miami and he and two lieutenants had been detained, thus preventing his participation..."
104-10071-10161: DISPATCH: OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES
February 1964: The obvious question about EVLUCID-1 and his ambition relates to his ability to launch an invasion. As soon as VALDIVIA reported that he was in touch with EVLUCID-1, he (VALDIVIA) was " instructed to telling EVLUCID-1 that he would participate in an exile movement and would commit a number of trained Cuban soldiers if EVLUCID-1 showed proof of his strength by letting VALDIVIA see EVLUCID-1's arms and review the commitments made to EVLUCID-1 for transportation facilities and additional funds required to launch an invasion. VALDIVIA met with EVLUCID-1 several times between 2 February and 10 February. On 9 February EVLUCID-1, after suggesting that he actually had the support necessary to launch an invasion, admitted to VALDIVIA that as of that date he had no arms..."
104-10071-10202: DISPATCH: HAITIAN EXILE ACTIVITIES AT JMWAVE.
08/10/64, Dispatch from COS, JMWAVE to Chief, Western Hemisphere Division: Page 2: ..."5. In August 1963, UOAMBER-6, a Cuban national, was interviewed by the JMPALM Case Officer to review his past association with the DUVALIER regime. Later JMPALM, following a lead made available by the KUJUMP office in Miami, recruited UOAMBER-8, a U.S. national who later developed a close relationship with UOAMBER-10, an official of the Haitian Consulate at Miami. 6. In February 1964 EVLUCID-1 appeared in the Miami area and started a chain of events which subsequently involved a number of JMPALM assets. UOAMBER-6, following JMPALM instructions, met EVLUCID-1, gained his confidence, and was subsequently appointed by EVLUCID-1 as the Military Commander for all EVLUCID-1 forces which, although few in number, were of sufficient import to warrant close monitoring by JMPALM. The significance of the appointment, however, was that it gave UOAMBER-6 an intimate exposure to EVLUCID-1 and the latter's ambitions, contacts, plans and objectives. During the months of May and June 1964, UOAMBER-8 was also instructed to make contact with EVLUCID-1 in order to monitor UOAMBER-6 information as a cross-check on this Cuban national whose reporting was proving to be of interest. It was during UOAMBER-8's initial contact with EVLUCID-1 that EVLUCID-1 insisted on contacting Cuban front groups in order to obtain financial support, equipment and money to help EVLUCID-1 in overthrowing DUVALIER...."
104-10071-10202: DISPATCH: HAITIAN EXILE ACTIVITIES AT JMWAVE.
08/10/64, Dispatch from COS, JMWAVE to Chief, Western Hemisphere Division: Page 2: "7. It was evident that neither UOAMBER-6 nor UOAMBER-8 was able to disregard EVLUCID-1's desire to meet with the BABUN group. Accordingly, UOAMBER-3, a long-time friend of the BABUN group, was instructed by JMPALM to strengthen his relationship with the BABUN group on the pretext of using the group as a means to obtain the release of several friends of UOAMBER-3 in Cuba. He would thus be placed in a position to monitor the BABUN group in their dealings with EVLUCID-1 and his followers. UOAMBER-2, a Cuban national and Principal Agent for JMPALM, in the meantime succeeded in obtaining part-time employment with the BABUN group and thus become aware of a number of BABUN deals including BABUN's desire to support EVLUCID-1...."