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This Central Intelligence Agency personality (201) dossier on Sandelio Herminio Diaz Garcia holds material dated from November 1956 to August 1975 and was approved for release in 2025. It contains 1966 intelligence cables on a 29 May 1966 exile infiltration attempt near Havana, in which Diaz was reported killed while trying to assassinate Fidel Castro. It also includes a report on cancelled assassination plans, 1973 traces linking a Herminio Diaz to narcotics trafficking, and FBI file listings. The dossier contains no UFO material.
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SECTION 11 CITIZENSHIP 1. PRESENT CITIZENSHIP 2. NATIONALITY AT BIRTH AND ANY SUBSEQUENT CITIZENSHIPS (If different than Item 1.) 3. PRESENT RESIDENCE (Indicate as owner, tenant or sub-tenant) 127 N.W. 13th Ave., Aut. 43, Miami, Florida (Tel #311-6010), 4. PERMANENT ADDRESS (If different than Item 3.) - Last address in Cuba: #51 Calle 40, Nitto #520, Havana 5. IF U.S. NATURALIZED CITIZEN, GIVE NAME, DATE, CITY AND NUMBER OF CERTIFICATE GRANTED A/A 6. TRAVEL OUTSIDE COUNTRY OF PRESENT RESIDENCE (Countries, dates and purposes) 1949-Mexico (City-attended the Instituto Polytecnico 1949-50-New York City-Tourist-Lived at 146 W. 34th St. (Purchased room), 1956-Costa Rica-Launched for political reasons (anti-Datista), from where he travelled to Colombia, Panama, br. Honduras, 1957-60 Mexico City. SECTION 111 OCCUPATIONAL AND FINANCIAL DATA 1. PRESENT OCCUPATION Westrad, Inc. 292 Grunello Ave., Coral Gables 2. TITLE Table Laborer 3. SALARY (Per annum) $18-425 per wk. 4. FINANCIAL STATUS (Earnings, bank deposits, securities and property) Income earned with Westrad, Inc., supplements monetary assistance he receives from the Cuban Refugee Center. SECTION 1V ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATIONS 1. MEMBERSHIP IN RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS None 2. PRESENT AND PAST MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS: POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS None at present. Participated in anti-Datista activity in Cuba, Mexico, and other countries. SECTION V EDUCATIONAL DATA 1. SCHOOLS NAME AND LOCATION OF SCHOOL NAME OF COURSE DATES ATTENDED DEGREE RECEIVED FROM TO Tutored at home 1st to about 8th grade 1928 1934 None La Salle Catholic School 1st 8th to 8th grade 1934 1938 None Secondary School of Vibora Literature 1938 1942 None University of Havana 1942 1943 None 2. LANGUAGES AND DIALECTS LANGUAGE COMPETENCE READ WRITE SPEAK UNDERSTAND READ WRITE SPEAK UNDERSTAND YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO Spanish (native) x x x x English (slight knowledge) x x x
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 163 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.