ALLEGED SOVIET INTELLIGENCE SERVICE IN LATIN AMERICA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006800760006-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 20, 2001
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: February 17, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Latin America DATE Dt STR, 17 FE: 51
SUBJECT Alleged Soviet Intelligence :x,rvice in Latin NO. OF PAGES 1
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1. information obtained from a ~Droeinent Courauxii.st intellectual in Habana
indicates that the Soviet Intelligence Service is extremely busy in the
Caribbean and South .'.merican Atlantic coastal areas in an effort to fulfill
the intelligence directives sent to them from their headquarters.
2, According to source., the Latin American Communists have been directed as
follows:
a? To find out the secret plans of cooperation between the navies
of the United States, Venezuela, Drazil and the Caribbean nations
for the purpose of uncovering -the defense plans of the oil
lifeline between the United States and the oil producing areas,
b4 To ascertain the locations of now and secret airfields in the areas
which are of particular interest to the U33Ii.v
i. Source stated that the scope of this as ,ignment is very ;xreat, and "hundreds"
of agents, many of whom are natives of the areas concerned, reportedly have
been recruited for this work., Although the USSIt is supposed to be preparing
for a long peace period, the Soviets feel that they cannot overlook the
"feverish war preparations" being made by the United States and muet there-
fore,, take proper measures of their ov~r.~
Present Soviet plans, source stated, are to carry out large-scale submarine
warfare in. the Caribbean and Alaskan m:t rs at the outbreak of US--USSZ
hostilities. These areas vrill be the axis of the Soviet attempt to rut
the United States completely off from Asia and Latin America.
This document Is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with the
iettor of 16 October 1978 from the
Director of Central Intelligence to the
Archivist of the United States.
Next Review Date: 2008
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