MISC RE HQS REVIEW OF STATION'S MHCHAOS COLLECTION/REPORTING EFFORTS

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01482450
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RIPPUB
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6
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December 28, 2022
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August 7, 2017
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F-2007-00094
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February 9, 1973
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� 1632 9 February .1973 S E T Approved for Release: 2017/01/18 C01482450 _ RYBAT MHCHAOS 1. -FOLLOWING OCCASIONED BY PERIODIC HQS REVIEW OF STATION'S MHCHAOS COLLECTION/REPORTING EFFORTS. IT IS BASED ON CURRENT SITUATION, INSOFAR AS KNOWN, IN RELATION TO HOSTILE FOREIGN EXPLOITATION OF/SUPPORT TO/INVOLVEMENT IN DOMESTIC U.S. (INCLUDING PUERTO RICAN) EXTREMISM - ALL IN RELATION TO STATION OPERATIONS. 2. CUBA CONTINUES BE NATION WHICH HAS EXPENDED GREATEST MHCHAOS EFFORT, PRINCIPALLY VIA VENCERE:.10S BRIGADE AND BRI- GADE "GRADUATE" ORGANIZATIONS. AND VIA CUBAN-SUPPORTED PUERTO RICAN SOCIALIST PARTY (WITH EXTENT/NATURE OF SOVIET BEHIND-SCENES GUIDANCE/DIRECTION IN BOTH CASES NOT KNOWN) . COMMUNIST CHINA, SINCE THE DETENTE IN U .S S. RELATIONS, HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY INVOLVED WITH A VARIETY OF M-L/PEKING- ORIENTED U.S. GROUPS/PARTIES SUCH AS REVOLUTIONARY UNION, SE � Approved for Release: 2017/01/18 C01482450 � _ . .Approved for Release: 2017/01/18 C01482450 . � ET PAGE TWO VENCEREMOS ORGANIZATION, OCTOBER LEAGUE, ETC . , AND MAY BE SUPPORTING CURRENT EFFORTS TO CREATE A NEW COMPREHENSIVE NORTH AMERICAN M-L ORGANIZATION. WE EXPECT BOTH CHICOMS AND CUBANS TO CONTINUE THESE ACTIVITIES. (DRV/PRG EFFORTS VIS-A-VIS PCPJ VVAW ETC . LIKELY TO DECREASE AS POST VIETNAM SETTLEMENT EVOLVES . ) � 3. THUS FAR AS STATION AWARE , WE HAVE SEEN RELATIVELY YOUR COUNTRY, LITTLE INVOLVEMENT WITH CUBANS IN / ALTHOUGH PART OF PROBLEM IS THAT WE DO NOT ADEQUATELY KNOW WHAT HAS TRANS- PIRED THERE WITH RESPECT TO SOME OF THE II:..1A AND VB -ASSOCI- ATED TRIPS. NOR DO WE. REALLY KNOW YET NATURE/EXTENT OF CUBAN-CHICANO INVOLVEMENT. WE ARE GETTING GOOD TRAVEL- ASSOCIATED REPORTING AND COVERAGE INCLUDING TECHNICAL-PRO- VIDED INFO RE ACCEPTABILITY OF CERTAIN TRAVELERS TO THE CUBANS. PHOTO/BIOGRAPHIES/TRAVEL DOCUMENT INFO COVERAGE OF VB AND Approved for Release: 2017/01/18 C01482450 . � � Approved for Release: 2017/01/18 C014.82450 SE ET PAGE TI'? EE OTHER GROUPS HAS LED TO IDENTIFICATION OF INTERCONNECTIONS AMONG EXTREMIST U.S. GROUPS, AND THEN CHANGES IN SUCH INTERCONNECTIONS. THE NEED FOR BKHERALD REPORTING ON TRAVEL TO AND FROM CUBA AND ON VB-ASSOCIATED TRAVEL/ACTIVI- TIES HAS RECENTLY tEEN REEMPHASIZED BY LNERGO. �^4. VIRTUALLY NO CHICON! INVOLVEMENT WITH U.S. EXTREMISTS IN OR FROM YOUR AREA HAS BEEN REPORTED. WE CONSIDER IT POSSIBLE THAT AS CHICOM MISSION ACTIVITY DEVELOPS IN YOUR AREA, CONTACTS WITH U.S. GROUPS/ACTIVISTS , MAY EVOLVE. IN ADDITION, . THERE MAY BE CHICOM INTERCONNECTIONS YOUR AREA / WITH U.S. EXTREMISTS. YOUR AREA 5..111-1CHAOS COVERAGE IN / WHICH REMAINS OF PRIORITY INTEREST, CONTINUES BE INTEGRALLY RELATED TO AND COMPLEMENTARY Approved for Release: 2017/01/18 C01482450 � z - � � Approved for Release: 2017/01/18 C01482450 S CRET �PAGE F R TO THE STATION'S OVER-ALL CUBAN AND CHINESE COMMUNIST- TARGETED OPS PROGRAMS. WE ARE GRATEFUL TO THE STATION � FOR ITS EFFECTIVE USE OF (A) LIAISON AND (B) OF ITS UNILATERAL INVESTIGATIVE AND LEFTIST SOURCES. THESE IN AGGREGATE PRO- VIDE DETAILED COVERAGE OF ACTIVITIES OF � MHCHAOS INTEREST, AS WELL AS THE COVERAGE CITED IN PARA 3 ABOVE. EXPERIENCE . INDICATES, HOWEVER,. THAT THE GREATEST NIECHAOS PAY DIRT COMES WE HOPE THAT WITH LNERGO SUPPORT WE CAN ASSIST STATION WITH RESPECT TO USE OF SELECTED VISITORS. IN THIS CONNECTION, THE STATION'S APPARENTLY CLOSE AND EFFECTIVE WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LOCAL LNERGO REPS HAS BEEN AND IS VERY BENEFICIAL. (DUPLICATE REPORTING IS NOT A PROBLEM BUT Approved for Release: 2017/01/18 C01482450 I. � � � �. Approved for Release: 2017/01/18 C01482450 SEC ET PAGE Fl AT TIMES A NECESSITY. ALTHOUGH EVENTUALLY WE RECEIVE MOST PERTINENT LIIERGO REPORTING, THE TIME LAGS INVOLVED AND OUR INTERMITTENT NEED TO PREPARE SPECIAL COMPREHENSIVE HIGH- LEVEL MHCHAOS REPORTS AGAINST SHORT DEADLINES, REQUIRE US TO HAVE SUCH INFO AVAILABLE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE IN ORDER TO ALWAYS BE PREPARED.) 6. TO ASSIST THIS HQS REVIEW, WOULD APPRECIATE EARLY STATION RESPONSES ON FOLLOWING: A. IDENTIFICATION/QUALIFICATIONS OF CURRENTLY USED OR POTENTIALLY USABLE AGENT ASSETS FOR MHCHAOS-RELATED COVERAGE. EXTENT OF CASE OFFICER TIME INVOLVED. B. USE/EFFECTIVENESS OF LIAISON FOR MHCHAOS-RELATED COVERAGE. EXTENT OF LIAISON EFFORT INVOLVED AND OF STATION CASE OFFICER TIME INVOLVED. C. RELATIONSHIP WITH LNERGO REPS RE MHCHAOS . PROBLEMS SE RET Approved for Release: 2017/01/18 C01482450 � . Approved for Release: 2017/01/18�001482450 � *i S CRET PAGE IX � INVOLVED, IF ANY. D. OTHER PROBLEMS/COMMENTS. IF ANY. E. IDENTIFICATION OF ALL STATION PERSONNEL CURRENTLY BRIEFED ON MHCHAOS PROGRAM. AC/Cl/SO END OF MESSAGE , Approved for Release: 2017/01/18 C01482450