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

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• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 01482450
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: August 7, 2017
• Case Number: F-2007-00094
• Publication Date: February 9, 1973

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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,
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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 . )
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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
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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
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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
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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
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INVOLVED, IF ANY.
D. OTHER PROBLEMS/COMMENTS. IF ANY.
E. IDENTIFICATION OF ALL STATION PERSONNEL CURRENTLY
BRIEFED ON MHCHAOS PROGRAM.
AC/Cl/SO
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