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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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# Approved for Release: 2025/06/11 C07177588 COUNTRY DATES UNIT RANK DUTY* FROM TO N/A * IDENTIFYING COUNTRY. INDICATE WHERE SERVICE PERFORMED, DECORATIONS, WHEN AND WHY DISCHARGED. GIVE DETAILS IF WAR PRISONER. N/A SECTION VIII EMPLOYMENT HISTORY 1 1. INCLUSIVE DATES (From-To) Aug. '63-present 2. EMPLOYER Westrad, Inc. 3. ADDRESS 292 GranelloAve., Coral Gables 4. TYPE OF WORK Laborer 5. SALARY OR EARNINGS 6. REASON FOR LEAVING N/A $1.25 PER hr. 2 1. INCLUSIVE DATES (From-To) Apr 61-Jul 63 2. EMPLOYER Min of Interior 3. ADDRESS Hotel Riviera, Havana 4. TYPE OF WORK Bookkeeper 5. SALARY OR EARNINGS 6. REASON FOR LEAVING $250 Cuban PER Pesos per mo. To come to U.S. 3 1. INCLUSIVE DATES (From-To) Feb 59-Apr 61 2. EMPLOYER Min of Interior 3. ADDRESS Hotel Riviera, Havana 4. TYPE OF WORK Capt. of Security 5. SALARY OR EARNINGS 6. REASON FOR LEAVING $250 Cuban PER Pesos per mo. Arrested on order of Ramiro 4 1. INCLUSIVE DATES (From-To) 1943-1949 2. EMPLOYER Self-employed 3. ADDRESS VALDES. Sitio #520, Havana 4. TYPE OF WORK Bookkeeper 5. SALARY OR EARNINGS 6. REASON FOR LEAVING Exiled to Costa Rica. Varied but sufficient to live and enjoy life. varied but sufficient to live and enjoy life. 5 1. INCLUSIVE DATES (From-To) N/A 2. EMPLOYER 3. ADDRESS 4. TYPE OF WORK 5. SALARY OR EARNINGS 6. REASON FOR LEAVING $ PER
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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.