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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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IN 18432 PAGE 2 DIAZ PICK UP OTHER TWENTY OR $120 CASH THEY REPRESENT. IF A 15 SUCCESSFUL ACQUIRE GRENADES HE TOLD DELIVER TO ATTENDANT AT BORGES GAS STATION AT 22 AVE AND 28 STREET NW AND ATTENDANT WOULD GIVE THEM TO BORGES OR AMERICANS. 4. A-15 PUT BORGES IN CONTACT RAMON ESCARDA FOR PURCHASE 100 POUNDS PENTOLITE. ESCARDA TO OBTAIN PENTOLITE FROM UNIDENTIFIED FRIEND FOR APPROX $150. ESCARDA TO DELIVER PENTOLITE TO BORGES FOR $320 - 350. 5. PER A-15 FRANK TAMAYO SOLD SIX 22 CAL SILENCERS TO AMERICANS FOR $1000 AND TAMAYO PROMISED A-15 $300 COMMISSION ON SALE. BORGES TOLD A-15 AMERICANS WOULD BE INTERESTED IN PURCHASE POSSIBLY 2000 SILENCERS IF SIX BOUGHT FROM TAMAYO OKAY. A-15 HOWEVER TENDS BELIEVE THIS ALLEGATION. 6. A-15 SAW ONE AMERICAN BRIEFLY TALK BORGES AND A-15 HANDLING EXPLOSIVES BRIEFLY WITH OTHER TWO. DESCRIBES THEM AS FOLLOWS: A. AGE CIRCA 45, 6 FEET TALL, 200 POUNDS, TOUGH LOOKING, WHITE HAIR. FRIEND OF BORGES FOR SOME TIME. HE PROBABLY NOT MEMBER SPONSORING GROUP BUT PROBABLY CONTACT BETWEEN GRUP AND BORGES.
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