fc4 « rVtOU» ii r CENT RAL t IN7EIUGENCE AGENCY _ Intelligence Information Cable in 64285 _________ ______________ ____________PAGE 1 OF 4 PAGES s „ r r ' NAVY A l JC 8 8ECOCF NSA N IC A ID U S IA 800 ONI OC OR DC CO __________________________ ’ __________ _____________________________£ j o T H I S IS A N I N F O R M A T I O N q R E P O R T N O T F IN A L L Y E V A L U A T E D IN T E L L IG E N C E CITE D » 0 « R » D » -N O TORDIOl pippB»l tj £ DIST 1 0 M AY 19 6 7 _ BATOR__ COUNTRY BOLIVIA CUBA CONGO DO J A N U A R Y - A PRIL 1967 rJiJSCT THE P R E S E N C E OP E R N E S T O MC H E H G U E V A R A W I T H THE B O L I V I A N G U E R R I L L A S AS R E P O R T E D BY JULES REGIS D EB R A Y AND C I R O R O B E R T O BUSTOS _BUOGCT _DAVI3 GINSDURGH --------- ------------------ACQ _____ ________________ joHNSOS _JOROEM 1 JJtEENY f _K0ME8 1 „_M0YER31 I TAYlOBt ___________________ pfflUQMNJ SOURCE COMMENT 1 THE FOLLOWING IS THE FIRST REPORT OF PERSONS W H O CLAIMED T O •HAVE SEEN AND TALKED W I T H “CHE G U E V A R A — 4 3 2 1 bb iz contains information afr#ctlna tb « National Dcfcnsa of tho Unitod St tea within tho moaalna o l U»« Eanlonao# Lawa T IU It D A O a n i m thr transmlMon or revelation or which in any manner to an unauthortJMxl paraoa U prohibited by law ______ • _ 5 C IA N M C C ‘ SANITIZED E 0 13526 Sec 3J I N U 01-jllV Py 4 A __NARA Pale T-yo-II U -C -R -E u — H a P O K D I O W- 0 X 0 0 DM M liW W cantrolMj______________________ COPY LBJ LIBRARY 1 r n - - i- «» - IN 64285 PAGE 2 OF «4% PACES •9-B »o - n- n -r no ru m iiu r'DUJBM 'c 'a ri ct«onJ dtiitm controlt _______ __________________________ _________ SINCE HE DISAPPEARED IN MARCH 1965 2 THE FAMED ARGENTINE-BORN CUBAN GUERRILLA LEADER ERNESTO CHE - G U E V A R A WAS PRESENT WITH THE MAIN GROUP OP BOLIVIAN GUERRILLAS IN SOUTHEAST BOLIVIA FROM LATE MARCH UNTIL AT LEAST I 20 APRIL 1967 HE WAS SEEN IN THE CAMP BY JULES REGIS DEBRAY AND CIRO ROBERTO BUSTOS DURING THIS PERIOD HE PERSONALLY MET WITH DEBRAY THREE TIMES AHEJflTH BUSTO§_9NSS • IN ORDER TO DISCUSS WITH THEM THE POLITICAL SITUATION AND TO GIVE THEM INSTRUCTIONS TO CARRY TO EUROPE AND TO ARGENTINA CHE GUEV ARA JTOLD_ BUSTOS DURING THEIR CONVERSATION THAT HE HAD ARRIVED IN BOLIVIA DURING SEPTEMBER OCTpBER 1966 IN ORDER TO BEGIN A GUERRILLA MOVEMENT THAT WOULD SPREAD TO OTHER PARTS OP LATIN AMERICA 3 CHE GUEVARA ARRIVED AT THE MAIN GUERRILLA CAMP HEADED BY GUIDO PEREDO LEIGUE SHORTLY AFTER 20 MARCH 1967 WHEN PEREDO HAD RETURNED FROM A RECONNOITERING MISSION IN THE AREA TO THE NORTH OF THE NACAHUAZU CANYON GUEVARA WAS STILL WITH TOE GUERRILLAS WHEN DEBRAY AND BUSTOS LEFT THE GUERRILLA_ 5 4 3 2 0- C- C -R »l3 T COPY LBJ LIBRARY -MO POKETCT UJSBBU 1 'irina « « rn»viou« Jupvi coition „ ' IN i— 6 4 2 8 5 - 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