CIA Cuba Desk Cryptonym Identification for HSCA (104-10061-10115)
This National Archives file, part of the March 2025 JFK Assassination Records release, is a CIA Counterintelligence Staff memorandum dated 16 February 1978 titled 'Request for Cuba Desk Crypts by House Select Committee on Assassinations.' Prompted by an HSCA inquiry (a 'Crypt request from Leslie Wizelman, 2/15/78'), CIA staff decoded numerous cryptonyms and pseudonyms tied to Cuba and Cuban operations. The document pairs coded designators with true names or organizations — for example AMCLATTER-1 as Bernard L. Barker, AMPALM-5 as Jose Ignacio Augusto Rasco y Bermudez, AMWAIL-3 as Joaquin Sanjenis Perdomo, AMHAWK-1 as Manuel Antonio Varona, QDDALE as William D. Pawley, and pseudonyms such as 'Trafficante' for Mafia figure Santos Trafficante and 'Roselli' for Johnny Roselli. It also references CIA officer David A. Phillips and various 201 personnel file numbers. The materials constitute reference lists passed by the CI Staff to officers Chris Hopkins and Bill Sturbitts to support the HSCA's investigation of the Kennedy assassination and Cuban matters.
Description
A 1978 CIA Counterintelligence Staff document responding to a House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) request to identify Cuba Desk cryptonyms and pseudonyms. The file lists dozens of coded designators (crypts/pseudos) alongside their true-name or entity identifications, including CIA officers, Cuban exile figures, and organized-crime associates. Released by the National Archives in the 2025 JFK Records disclosure.
Claims
The pseudonym 'Trafficante' refers to Mafia figure Santos Trafficante.
85%The pseudonym 'Roselli' refers to Mafia figure Johnny Roselli.
85%AMCLATTER-1 was CIA asset Bernard L. Barker (201-251689).
85%QDDALE was the true name William D. Pawley (deceased).
82%The identification list was passed to Chris Hopkins and Bill Sturbitts by the CI Staff.
85%
Events
Feb 14, 1978
HSCA crypt request originated
Crypt request from Leslie Wizelman for Cuba Desk cryptonym identifications.
Feb 15, 1978
CIA CI Staff response memorandum
CIA memorandum identifying requested Cuba Desk crypts and pseudos for the HSCA.
Mar 17, 2025
NARA 2025 release
Document released to the public under the JFK Assassination Records Act.
Dates mentioned
Keywords
Entities
Organizations
People
Extracted text (OCR)
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SUBJECT: Request for Cuba Desk Crypts by
House Select Committee on Assassinations
1. CI Staff asked that we provide the identity of
the following crypts and pseudos in response to a request
from the HSCA. If responding, I asked the CI Staff to
please let us know,in advance, any such future requests
from the HCSA relating to Cuba and Cuban operations.
4! AMBER I assume this is AMEER-1
who is Aureliano SANCHEZ Arango
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TRATHCANTE (pseudo) This no doubt is the Mafia figure,
true name Santos TRAFFICANTE.
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AMHAWK- 1 Manuel Antonio VARONA y Loredo
201-196435 |
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Roselli (pseudo) This no doubt is the Mafia type,
Johnny Roselli.
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AMECRU- 1 Guillermo ALONSO Pujol
AMS LAW-1 Pedro Julio MARTINEZ Fraga y Fernandez
AMI RON (FRD) Frente Revolucionario Democratico- .
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AMJAG Justo A. CORRILLO Hernandez
QDDALE -William D. Pawley (true name-deceased)
PLAYDON William D. Playdon (pseudo)
AMJUT | No record
AMJUTE-1 Arnesto Napoleon RODRIGUEZ y Gonzalez
AMRUNG- 1 Rogelio GONZALEZ y Corzo
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