Cryptonym: GI

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Definition:
Digraph for operations and assets in Colombia.
Status:
Probable
Sources:

104-10245-10039: CABLE: MAXIMO SORONDO QUINTANA, SPECIAL DELEGATE TO CRC IN COLOMBIA

03/21/62: Cable from Bogota to JMWAVE: "1. Maximo Sorondo Quintana, special delegate to CRC in Colombia, making formal application for U.S. visa 22 March. State Department visa clearance by cable 14 March. Has copy of letter from Dr. Jose Miro Cardona to Mr. Robert F. Hale, Director, Visa Office, State Department, dated 6 March. Letter requested non-quota immigrant visa and said Sorondo will leave Miami on mission involving organization of CRC in BOGO. 2. Subject has 201-288269. Born 25 May 1923, Havana, Cuba. Cuban passport 24453 expires 18 June 63. 3. BOGO has access to subject thru GIAFFORD-1 who says subject leaving for Miami soonest."

104-10077-10237: DIRECTOR CABLE REQUESTING REINSTITUTING FULL COVERAGE

12/03/63: Cable from Director to Bogota and JMWAVE: Slugline RYBAT ZRKNICK: "1. Request BOGO reinstitute full coverage SUBJ ref on basis contact reported Ref A. Please cable further details. 2. For WAVE: Ref A indicated Krnestina Infante Pedroza AKA Tina Infante in contact for unknown reasons GISPEND, involved in independently identified ZRKNICK complex. Above info for KUBARK (CIA) only. Do not pass to local ODENVY (FBI). Will handle at Headquarters level."

104-10170-10064: AMSPELL TOUR OF LATIN AMERICA

07/23/64: Dispatch from COS, JMWAVE to Deputy Chief, WH/SA: Page 2: "2. Colombia: a. Bogota: The AMSPELL team arrived in Bogota on 12 February 1964, but were unable to make contact with the local AMSPELL/AMBARB contact until the next day. They were unable to get adequate advance publicity and had trouble finding space for the exhibit. About 200 persons attended the exhibit, and AMSPELL conferences were attended by approximately 485 persons. HLBA-6911 GISNEAKER-9's observations on the local reaction to the tour, which he judged to be indifferent. The AMSPELL team freely admitted to WAVE that the Bogota operation was something less than successful, but blamed the lack of advance preparations and the existence of an unfriendly press for their failure. It should also be noted that the AMSPELL team was not on the best of terms with some of the local Cubans, and this fact probably had a good deal to do with the poor showing..."

104-10181-10450: DISPATCH: TYPIC/AMSPICE/OPERATIONAL AMSPICE/1 CONTACT REPORT

12/21/65: Dispatch from COS, JMWAVE to Chief, WH: Page 7: ..."s. Raul Botifoll: Officer of AMSTRUT-2 group in Mexico, personally named by AMSTRUT-2 as her representative in Mexico. JMWAVE traces: Listed as valuable member of the underground in Cuba and as sales chief for Camaguey and Oriente provinces of GIRALT firm in AMOT report 764A, 26 September 1962."

104-10433-10132: CABLE: ON 10 APRIL (SOURCE) UNIT INTERCEPTED FROM CUBAN MAIL

04/11/68: Cable from Bogota to Director: Slugline MHPASHA: "1. On 10 April GISOY/GIJAY unit intercepted from Cuban mail pouch and gave Station two of the following propaganda items which will pouch to HQs on 16 April. 2. Approximately 102 envelopes arrived 10 April addressed to various Communist recipients in Bogota including Diego (Montana Cuellar), Tass Agency, Communist Youth of Colombia, Juventud MRL, Ediciones EurAmerica, Voz Proletaria, etc. Each envelope contained:...(B) Mimeographed note in Spanish 'on the occasion of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King we have published a dossier which we are right now circulating in all parts of the world..."

104-10216-10019: REQUEST IMMEDIATE TRACES COMPLETE PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION AND PRESENT WHEREABOUTS, IF KNOWN, CAPTAIN JOSE ABRAHANTES FERNANDEZ.

01/22/72: Cable from Withheld to Director: "1. Request immediate traces complete physical description and present whereabouts, if known, Captian Jose Abrahantes Fernandez. GICROFT-17 picked photo 169 Cuban mug book (Juan Abrahantes) as possibly Cuban who uses alias 'Fidel' and who in charge Cuban group allegedly Bogota at present. Could Juan look like Jose if latter wearing beard? 2. Also request immediate traces including physical description and present whereabouts Rolando Cubela Secades, number 170 mug book, Jose Angel Bustamante O'Leary, number 511 mug book, and Jacinto Vasquez de la Garza, number 628 mug book. 3. File: Defer."

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