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201-203040 Diaz-Garcia, Sandelio Herminio

Central Intelligence Agency · 1975-08-11 · 163 pages · text by GLM-OCR

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.

  • p. 3 …201-0203040 DBB-0038065 08 FEB 1966 FBI SANDALIO HERMINIO DIAZ GARCIA, ALSO KNOW 201-0203040…
  • p. 4 …AND SHOULD BE REQUESTED FROM IP/FILES. DIAZ GARCIA, SANDELIO HERMINIO 201-0203040 201-0097455 SEX…
  • p. 6 …IT ALSO RUMORED THAT DIAZ HAD MEETINGS WITH LOCAL MEXICAN POLICE SHIEF WHO PERSONAL FRIEND. DIAZ…
  • p. 9 …HERMINIO OR ERMENGILDO DIAZ (20-02-03-30) (MEC WITH GUAYAQUIL DPOB: SPAIN; CIRCA 1923 D…
  • p. 10 …REQUEST STATION AND SLIGO TRACES DUQUE/DIAZ. PRESENT CITIZENSHIP NOT KNOW. 3. FOR SAN JOSE: REQUEST…
  • p. 12 …CUESTA, ALVAREZ, SALDIVAR, ANTA, ROMERO, DIAZ, MAS, BORGES. FILED 312015Z (IW COMMENT: MR. FLORES, WH/C…
  • p. 15 …ARMANDO ROMERO AND HERMINIO DIAZ GARCIA WERE THE MEN WHO WERE KILLED ON THE SHORE. ROBERTO…
  • p. 16 …TDCSDB-315/00765-66, DATED 9 MARCH 1966 SAID THAT DIAZ WOULD LEAVE MIAMI AT ANY…
  • p. 17 …GROUP OF CUBAN EXILES, LATER IDENTIFIED AS CUESTA, RORER, FERNANDEZ ANTA, DIAZ, ZALDIZAR, EXERCISING WITH SEABIRD…
  • p. 18 …ROMER AND DIAZ NEVER OF OPS INTEREST
  • p. 23 …ARMANDO ROMERO ERMINIO DIAZ Garcia ANTIONIO CUESTA DEL VALLE EUGENIO SALDIVAR GUILLERMO ALVAREZ ROBERTO ANTA ROMERO…
  • p. 26 …Three plots which have been reported are those planned by Herminio Diaz Garcia, Reinaldo Padron, and…
  • p. 27 …A prominent Cuban emigre in Miami who is a friend of Diaz, and with whom Diaz…
  • p. 28 …0 PLANS OF HERMINIO DIAZ GARCIA TO ASSASSINATE FIDEL CASTRO RUZ DOI: 15 FEBRUARY TO 4…
  • p. 30 …A REPORT DATED 6 JANUARY 1966 FROM THE SAME SOURCE GAVE INFORMATION ON DIAZ' PLAN TO…
  • p. 31 …ON 15 FEBRUARY DIAZ SAID THAT HE HAD JUST RETURNED TO MIAMI FROM THE FLORIDA KEYS…
  • p. 33 …9 MARCH 1966 SUBJECT PLANS OF HERMINIO DIAZ GARCIA TO ASSASSINATE FIDEL CASTRO RUZ PLACE & DATE…
  • p. 35 …WAVE INTEL UFG 8011 (CABLE) AMRAZZ/1 REPORTED PLANS OF HERMINIO DIAZ GARCIA TO ASSASSINATE FIDEL…
  • p. 37 …SE C R E T CFN 9532 8 1966 8011 AMRAZZ/1 HERMINIO DIAZ GARCIA FIDEL…
  • p. 39 …PERTINENT INFORMATION DIAZ, HERMINIO 201-203046 201-203040 SEX M DOB ? 100-009-014 DBB -24744…
  • p. 40 …RID INDEX DIAZ, MIRANDA. FILED 062322Z REPORT CLASS SECRET CONTROLLED DISSEM NO FOREIGN DISSEM WH/C…
  • p. 42 …ON 4 JANUARY 1966 A HUBAN EMIGRE IN MIAMI SAID THAT HERMINIO DIAZ GARCIA, A MEMBER…
  • p. 43 …IT IS BELIEVED THAT DIAZ IS RECEIVING ASSISTANCE FROM JOSE MARIA "PEPIN" BOSCH LAMARQUE, OF THE…
  • p. 46 …PERTINENT INFORMATION Sandra Diaz, Hermino 201-203040 SEX M DOB ? CIT CUBA OCC ? Δ USA, FLA…
  • p. 47 …BORGES PAID DIAZ $360 FOR GRENADES. DIAZ DELIVERED FORTY CONSEQUENTLY BORGES ASKED A-15
  • p. 48 IN 18432 PAGE 2 DIAZ PICK UP OTHER TWENTY OR $120 CASH THEY REPRESENT. IF A…
  • p. 50 A15 9MM $120 20 65 A-15 US MK II HERMINIO DIAZ 732 NW THIRD ST…
  • p. 53 (Sandra Lis) Herninio Díaz García 127 74W 13th Ave. Aug 3 Miami (Tel. 371-6825) Deliverer…
  • p. 54 …ROS BELIEVES DIAZ WILL RETURN U.S. MIDDLE FEB 64. 2. DURING DIAZ SOJOURN WAVE AREA…
  • p. 55 G G G L E T ATTACHMENT 17 to UPGA-13685 Merminio DIAZ (201-203040) Subject…
  • p. 58 …HOWEVER, ONE SOURCE, SANDELIO HERMINIO (DIAZ) GARCIA, PERHAPS KNOWN TO AMWHIP, REPORTED IN JULY 1963 IN…
  • p. 65 Idou A Sancalilo Herminio DIAZ Carota DP05: 3 September 1983 Aguacate, Habana Province Idea 8 Efigonio…
  • p. 67 …RID/FI FILE TITLE Diaz Garner, Sandie Franklin TRACE REQUEST ABSTRACT FILE NUMBER (PRIMARY CODE) 201…
  • p. 68 …Report on JMWAVE Contacts with Sandalio Herminio DIAZ Garcia ACTION REQUIRED: None. For your information and…
  • p. 69 …Sandalio Herminio *DIAZ Garcia (201-203040) ## Background: 1. Subject arrived in the United States on the…
  • p. 71 …Sandalio Herminio DIAz Garcia (201-203040) ## Basic Biographic Information: 1. Subject was born on 3 September…
  • p. 72 …Subject said ANDERSON knew him as Herminio DIAZ. 6. In 1956 Subject took asylum in the…
  • p. 77 …PERTINENT INFORMATION DIAZ, HERMINIO 201-203040 SEX M DOB ? CIT ? OCC ? KAPOK 201-203040 UFGA-12173…
  • p. 83 64684 Iden A Sandalio Herminio DIAZ Garcia DPOB: 3 September 1923 Aguacate, Habana Province Iden B…
  • p. 84 …TO RI FILE NO. PERTINENT INFORMATION 14. DIAZ GARCIA, SANDALIO HERMINIO 201-203040 SEX M DOB…
  • p. 88 …NAME (First) (Middle) (Last) (Nee) Herminio DIAZ 2. NAME IN NATIVE LANGUAGE OR SCRIPT Same as…
  • p. 91 …FULL NAME Herminio DIAZ Fernandez 2. YEAR OF BIRTH 1900 3. PLACE OF BIRTH Jaruce, Havana…
  • p. 92 FULL NAME SEX YEAR OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH NATIONALITY AT BIRTH* M F Ruben DIAZ…
  • p. 97 …DIAZ Garcia 1928(?) Buenos, Cuba Cuban Donaldo DIAZ Garcia 1935(?) Habana, Cuba Cuban Angelica DIAZ Garcia…
  • p. 102 …Dubon DIAZ Garcia (brother) - Urban Reform, Havana, Cuba. Donaldo DIAZ Garcia (brother) - Ministry of Health, Chief…
  • p. 107 FULL NAME SEX YEAR OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH NATIONALITY AT BIRTH* M F Ruben DIAZ…
  • p. 108 …AND SUBJ'S ALLEGED ACQUAINTANCE WITH RAUL (DIAZ) ARGUELLES, EX-DTI CHIEF, AND SAMUEL (RODILES) PLANAS…
  • p. 109 …JUAN (ALMEIDA) BOSQUE, SAMUEL (RODILES) PLANAS, RENE (RODRIGUEZ) DE LOS SANTOS, ROLANDO (CUBELAS) SECADES, RAUL (DIAZ…
  • p. 111 …REQUEST TRACES SANDALIO HERMINIO (DIAZ) GARCIA (A 13 319 255), DPOB 3 SEP 23, AGUACATE, HAVA…
  • p. 115 …REQUEST TRACES SANDALIO HERMINIO (DIAZ) GARCIA (A 13 319 255), DPOB: 3 SEP 23, AGUACATE, HAVA…
  • p. 119 …Chiefs of Stations, Havana, San Jose, Guatemala, Caracas, and Bogota SUBJECT { GENERAL Operational SPECIFIC Herminio DIAZ…
  • p. 121 and some letters which DIAZ was carrying. Source: HYROTHESIS (B) (second sentence para 2) (B) Appraisal…
  • p. 122 …Chiefs of Stations, Havana San Jose, Guatemala, Caracas and Bogota Herminio DIAZ Garcia Juan Manuel DELGADO…
  • p. 125 …Letter to Sandelio Herminio DIAZ García EVALUATION: 9/9 - Documentary 1. A letter was sent from…
  • p. 129 Jamalalie Herrenme DIAZ Garcia aka Herrenme DIAZ Garcia Efigenio AMEITEIRAS Delgado Rank ROS Gonzalez Jesús GONZALÉZ…

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## DETAILS

LCFLUTTER charts run during the first interview were not conclusive. As Subject had "backed down" considerably on his account of the Iden B assassination plan during the interview and it appeared that there was considerable background information related to the pertinent questions which Subject had not fully explained, it was decided to interrogate Subject on the most obvious areas of withholding during another interview. Following the second interview, Subject was retested, the questions revised by adjustments Subject made to his earlier claims.

Concerning the Iden B plot to assassinate CASTRO: The plans for the assassination are Subject's, not Iden B's. Subject has not discussed his plan with Iden B. Iden B has never specifically told Subject that it would be necessary to assassinate CASTRO. Subject inferred it from things Iden B has said. Subject said that the coup would have to take place Iden D. Iden B never said this to Subject. Subject did not come here as a representative of the Iden B group and is not aware of what plans the group has made in the last three months. Subject's own plan for the assassination is currently in the theoretical state; he needs personnel, vehicles, and arms which he thinks could be difficult to obtain in order to put his plan into effect.

However, Subject is acquainted with Iden B and does consider him the leader of an anti-Communist faction in the GOC. The points listed in the above paragraph do not necessarily indicate that there is no plot in any way like the one described by Subject, but the facts that Subject's knowledge of the plotting is so indefinite and that he is currently removed from the group make it impossible to determine from testing Subject exactly what the current situation concerning Iden B and his followers might be.

Subject did admit that he assassinated Iden E in 1948. The possibility was mentioned by AMOT/20 but had not been previously mentioned by Subject.

Subject admitted being imprisoned in Costa Rica for six months in 1956-7, a fact he did not mention to WATTS when being debriefed on this period. As traces indicated, he was arrested along with Iden F and Iden G on suspicion of conspiring against Iden H.

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