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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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1 PE 5 OK 2 6 KIL 3 M 7 C 4 PI 8 0 S E C R E T 242221Z DIR CITE WAVE 4282 TYPIC AMCLEVE 24 Jul 65 IN 18432 1. 22 JULY 65 AMCLEVE-15 REPORTED DIEGO BORGES ACTING AS AGENT FOR THREE AMERICANS WHO SEEK BUY PISTOLS, EXPLOSIVES, LASTING CAPS, HAND GRENADES AND SILENCERS. IDENTITY AMERICANS NOT KNOWN BUT A-15 BELIEVES THEY MEMBERS JOHN BIRCH EXTREMIST GROUP OR KU KLUX KLAN. 2. A-15 STATED BORGES OFFERED HIM WELL PAYING JOB IF HE HELP PROCURE ITEMS. A-15 REFUSED BECAUSE HE NOT SURE THIS NOT TRAP BEING SET BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES OD YOKE. A-15 PREVIOUSLY OFFERED SELL BORGES 9MM SUB MACHINE GUN WITH SILENCER FOR $120 BUT IT RETURNED HIM 20 JULY 65 WITH EXPLANATION THAT ABOVE MENTIONED GROUP WANTED PISTOLS, EXPLOSIVES, BLASTING CAPS AND GRENADES. 3. BORGES TOLD A-15 HE PURCHASED SIXTY HAND GRENADES (U.S. MK II) FROM HERMINIO DIAZ, WHO RESIDES REAR COTTAGE 732 NW THIRD ST, FOR DELIVERY AMERICANS. BORGES PAID DIAZ $360 FOR GRENADES. DIAZ DELIVERED FORTY CONSEQUENTLY BORGES ASKED A-15
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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.