CIA Cuba & Castro Files
Declassified CIA records on Cuba and Fidel Castro: the agency's 1960–63 plots to assassinate Castro using U.S. gambling-syndicate contacts, its analysis of the Sovietization of the Cuban revolution, Cuban arms and subversion across Latin America, and a file on Castro's guerrilla trainer Alberto Bayo. Every document is reproduced in full and SHA-256 verified.
Documents in this collection
CIA Plots to Assassinate Fidel Castro (1960–1963)
Read declassified CIA records detailing the agency's 1960s plots to assassinate Fidel Castro using U.S. gambling syndicate contacts and underworld figures.
CIA: The Sovietization of the Cuban Revolution (1973)
A CIA-held analysis of how the USSR took control of Castro's Cuba — economically and politically — from 1968 to the 1972 'point of no return.'
CIA on Cuban Subversion in Latin America (1963)
A 1963 CIA intelligence report detailing Cuban arms caches in Venezuela, political instability in Brazil, and communist activities across Latin America.
CIA Report on Alberto Bayo's Travels (1962)
Declassified CIA document 104-10101-10120 detailing the aliases, military titles, and international travel records of Alberto Bayo Giroud between 1962 and 1963.
1978 CIA Memo on Declassifying Richard Helms's HSCA Testimony, Naming AMLASH
A 1978 CIA memo on declassifying Richard Helms's HSCA testimony, protecting the AMLASH cryptonym and Mexico City surveillance methods. SHA-256 verified origina…
Verbatim 1962 Transcript: Richard Helms Meets DRE Leaders on the CIA's Cuba Relationship
A rare verbatim 1962 transcript of CIA Deputy Director Richard Helms personally negotiating funding and control with Cuban exile group DRE's leaders, after the…
CIA Memo Documents Termination of Project AMSPELL, the Cuban Student Exile Program, 1967
A 1967 CIA memo documenting the formal termination of Project AMSPELL, a Cuban exile student organization run through the JMWAVE station. SHA-256 verified orig…
CIA Memo on Cuban Exile DRE Raid Launched from British Bahamian Territory, 1962
A 1962 CIA memo on the DRE Cuban exile raid, a secret CIA rendezvous operation codenamed PARROT, and British concerns over Bahamian territory used as a staging…
Desmond FitzGerald Cable on Cuban Exile Groups Operating in the Dominican Republic, 1964
A 1964 CIA cable signed by Desmond FitzGerald tracking Cuban exile groups MDC, DRE and MRR operating in the Dominican Republic. SHA-256 verified original docum…
Desmond FitzGerald Cable Vets a Former DRE Member Seeking CIA Employment in Lima, 1963
A 1963 CIA cable, signed by Desmond FitzGerald, vetting a former Cuban exile network member's finances before he sought direct CIA employment in Lima.
CIA Cable on Cryptonym 'CITUTOR' and AMHINT-5 Cuban Exile Operations in Venezuela
A 1963 CIA cable on cryptonyms CITUTOR and AMHINT-5, tracking Cuban exile operations run out of JMWAVE Miami and touching Venezuela.
CIA Dispatch: Intercepted Cuban Underground Resistance Letters, 1962
A December 1962 CIA dispatch with an intercepted Cuban DRE resistance letter and detailed underground-funding accounts, weeks after the Cuban Missile Crisis. S…
CIA San Juan Cable on DRE Contacts With Cuban Underground Communications Channel, 1962
A 1962 CIA San Juan station cable on vetting a DRE communications channel into Cuba, capable of smuggling messages and small arms. SHA-256 verified original.
CIA Cable Tracks DRE Leader Juan Manuel Salvat's Travel and Visa Clearance, 1964
A 1964 CIA cable tracking real-life DRE exile leader Juan Manuel Salvat's travel and visa clearance between the Caribbean and Miami. SHA-256 verified original.
CIA Mexico City Cable: An Asset Claims Rapport With Che Guevara, 1963
A 1963 CIA Mexico City cable on an intelligence asset claiming personal rapport with Che Guevara and a top Cuban planning official. SHA-256 verified original d…