j I ··i·o· - a CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY · ThU me tel 'ial oontc lna m imation c lreotlng the Natlo Defense ot tbe • 'D'Dltocl States Within the meaning ot the Esplonage La ws Tltle 18 t1 S O Secs 'i93 end 7ll4 the mui mlsalon or vo1nt on ot oh lll a ny manner to on unauthorized person ts prohlbtted by law S-E-C-R-E-T NO FOREIGN DISSEM cs i-3 536 069 COUNTRY Colombia Cuba REPORT NO SUBJECT Cuban Support pf Gu rrillas in Colombia DATE DISTR 4 February 1963 NO PAGES 1 REFERENCES RD October 1962 DATE OF INFO PLACE DATE ACQ Germany Munich 14 December 1962 THIS IS SOURCE ' j ·1 · I ·j r 1 j INFORMATION FIELD REPORT NO SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE An official German· service from a ·fairly reliable source ·with contacts in· Buenos Aires· ·Appraisal of Content 6 1 Maximo Gruber a major in the Cuban Army and one of the leaders of the G-2 section has been appointed techn ical leader of the Communist guerrillas in Sumapaz Colombia ·l Gruber a Polish Jew was formerly a commissar in Spain His wife is European His son Maximo is a graduate of the Lenin I stitute in Moscow On his frequent trips to Bolivia Uruguay and· Cuba he carries a Bolivian diplomatic pass'port identifying him as traveling inspector of the · Bolivian Fore'ign Ministry 2 Gruber is being assisted in h_is tasks in Colombia by Jaime Guerra also known as Captain Veneno One of his liaison officers to the Communist Party of Colombia is Bl anca Diaz y Collazo a lawyer and former member of the ·Cuban Embassy in Bogota who was trained in Prague in 1952 · 1 · _' j UNEVALUATED Headquarters Comment An official British service 'reported in April 1961 that Maximo Grobart nationality unknown was training guerrillas i-n the Sumapaz area Grobart who claimed to be of Hungarian or·igin had a Cuban passport in the name o Jose Blanco and might have had other passports of different nationalities • ' i •j I ••• r ··1 •• ' I 1 _ I · _··1 - l -' ·1 l _- l ' j - -NW 50955 Docld 32423736 Page 105