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REFERENCESrCS Case 46985

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a reference Sheets Ff468O I and 4681 II Am Series E-723 j

ZadCLOSUBE "A" Source's Memory Sketch of 6th Group 25th Battalion 4thCompany Camp]

/ CLOSURE "B" 5mm-cats Memory Sketch of 6th Group 22nd Battalion 1stCompany Cam27

5NCIOSURE "C" Chart of UI4AP Organizational Structure

From 26 Nov 65 through 22 i r 67 I was in the followings UMAP Military Unitfor the Assistance of Productio7 camps in Camaguey Provinc

a... From 26 Nov 65 to 26 may 66,..1 vas .with the 1st Company 24th Battalion of ."?,Ti 1889 (6th Group) located about two miles north of Sola Caragt y fapproxiaate carp coordinates 2259827. This camp is known as Campo UMAPFinca la Ofelia This camp has about 120 inmates who are actually prisonersforced:to work in the cane fields T3a:.camp is administered by ttiio Cubanoff ice s assisted by six sergeants :'" Zhere .is one political instructor (miiitar7 and six SI'D recruits who serve as"..camp ;guards . ..Other UMAP camps

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.general area are located follows and.are..also subordinate to MILT1889 (6thGroup) 24t..h Battalion

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1) Znld Conpl.,-s-This unit is located about five miles-west of SenadoCamaguey on a

farm.,called..la Fsperanza 5pproximate coordinates 2858577

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southeast of Sola Caaagmy.;Lin an area called El Colorado 'ource could notlocate. ;area on asp.7.; :+dy} y-A..,yyr,

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! 2 From 26 my 66 to 36 Feb -670.2 'was stationed with the 4th Compa iy 25th Bat--* . a ' ta] ion (MST 2506) at a farm known as . I s It.reves ,located about 22 lays north

.i. r h saes t of Puerto l nati "..Criente '"fource could not locate this ara -on "a napI3 ,CI0St.E E camp 3aynut7 The 25th U14 P Battalion is comPosed of

four companies,.eacIi Frith"-about-120 ran for a.total--strength of about 500,

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About 30% of the personnel of -this battalionsuffered-from diseases such asY";` asthua arthritis and heart ailments Maly of the seriously sick personnel

,:;':: -ti have been admitted to the Provincial lbspital in Camaguey treated ant discharged from UMAP service See IIZCI06t E "A for 4th Co 25th Bn camp layout-y7

IfI 3 _"from 17 Febfr 22 Ysr=67~ '.1 was as to _the ,1st company -22nd.:UM P

t=-"":~~'~-~sBa'ttal..ion .(MI2237).located<<in-a camptabout:14 miles,~northeast= of the ,S enado'SugarTMi11 .Camsguey,~:3a an .area kmita as Jggueycitb _~

` "_ .rL.-L eeINCIOSt "B"for-camp layout :.*Source :would 'not pinpoint location onjrT `.:t"~ p S a~ ! `~'~'?"~n:L's"'i ~ ";'`..w'":r =. Y tiy+%VP-1:1 J 1""'F"yat. j'f+s:i -:~F^ 'r nT} y~j~ y ice,. ,, ~tt'~r." 5~.F~tCT'.!-5"'^;7.ae .re ~f~Nr+ awwinFt(y~".~~"9.4 +wa~,.7yrs,~~,,,~ji/.hi.~k1"w.::"titi .i1 . ."'~:Y.."ar ..'~ r ^`zi ^r.~.e6 "~~"~;` ^TY~'.1.:?~--iF.i~""T1SJL'~YStt r~,~' y~,~ft^.~?~ t !~t~ !"Y-1-'~a.~ .w '':a c.rZ;.c{ 7w w.~'"A4 a "Y.1~a ""1.

.The 1st `,.'d$ .Coa ny22n Battalion'20 personnel A21 of these4_.7rhas

a.;,-= rates 'ere either aecused'of"living'the-good life_";being unemployedbeingv ncool*rative :touard,the,GOC being vagabonds refusing to-"serve-_in,the arced

s;force s,=being"membe of''certain religious sec.ts,-;or..being-3~omosexuals:~"Theix$gas .sage;-rto k5 years sand !they are paid;_: *from l6,.Cuban $700 a month

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Sunday is reserved for 'washing and mending clothes and sometimes playingvolleyball or baseball Once every third Sunday relatives of the prisonersare allowed to visit

c Food served at this camp included the following

Breakfast Coffee mil and crackers

Lunch Rice a banana ualan3a or k uca sweet peas and water

Supper Rice Soviet canned teat peas water (fresh beef oncea month)

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.8 A 10-thousand ,gallon water cistern.. Water is .brought by rail'taak scars ,~,(the railroad line is -located about-two kms east of the camp) and dwsped.3ntothe cistern from which it is pumped by .a small sportable "pump into tber tanks ..;

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Concrete barracks (140m X 10m X 5m) capacity 6o inmates x

Concrete .barracks (20m X 10m X 5m) for sergeants and 8's capacity '30

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Concrete building (40m X 10m X 5m) used-as the dining hall for all personnel including officers NCO's SD's and inmates The kitchen and tkestoreroom are also located in this building

lUo concrete water tanks each with a 1,600 gallon capacity (Each tankmeasures 1i meters in diameter and is 4i feet :_high.) Om .two tanks are mounted :on a 151 concrete` platform the entire structure (with tanks-,!and-platform)

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stands about 20 feet high ,cL '^te r;,

.10 Concrete shower room with 10 shower nozzles

The following items identify the numbered buildings of ENCLOSURE "13''f.

Concrete barracks (40m X 10m X 5m)i capacity 50 inmates I -AiA

Company Headquarters Building and dormitory for officers sergeants andpoliticalinstructor

Same as b]

Dining hall,kitchen and food warehouse This is a -concrete building (hOmX 10m X 5m) capacity 50

Zino concrete water tanks each with a 1,600 gallon capacity The tanksare supported by three 15 concrete pillars Water is pumped into the tankfrom a well located directly below the tanks

latrine (No showers are available in this camp all personnel bathe inthe Maximo River (canal) south of the camp.)

22nd Battalion Headquarters Building (NUN 2237) Five officers 10 enlisted non, one political Instructor are assigned to the headquarters Thisis an ordinary concrete structure equipped with a field phone The HeadquartersBuilding as well as the entire camp tas no electricity oil lamps providelight

Concrete dormitory used for civilian personnel assigned to weigh sugar cane

Building where scales motors etc. are maintained

Sugar cane scales

Guard post where one guard is on duty from 1000 to 0500 Fie is armedwith a M-52 rifle

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Tne work at this camp as well as most other uiIAP .zc:.^.pn includes tune

cutting fertilizing working in vegetable fields road rapair cutting tim

ber and planting tomatoes oranges and other citrus fruits

Treatment at this camp as well as the other UMA.Pcamps I van assignedto was always harsh The guards would insult us beat us with the rifle rnzttsand make us kneel for long hours in the hot sun. This type of treatment con

tinued until September 1966 when a remarkable change in the treatment occurredthe stern discipline continued but there were no more beatings -r iccu1ta andwe were treated more like human beings According to the SMJ Iernor:n el ac

signed to this camp the reason for the change was because of verld opinion_and the bad p biicity these camps have received Supposedly Castro himself

gave orders to stop the beatings

Security in this UMAP camp and the others in which I vas detained is

lax since camp offic.,als feel that if you escape you will soon be caughtThis particular camp had only a six foot (non barbed) wire fence surroundingit

G The camp had two Armor lieutenants six sergeants one political instructor assigned there were six military draftees who served as camp guards(A typical UMAP camp or company as it is known usually has this number ofImmanent pe'2sonnel assigned

h The following are the locations of the renaming companies of the22nd Battalion (biiM 2237)

2nd Company At Finca Las Msrias Camaguey source could notlocate site on map

3rd Company About six km northeast of Sole Camaguey Laoordinates 28802 This camp is called Laguna Grande All of its 120 inmatesare known homosexuals

4th Comps About six kms north of Sola Camaguey and is knownas r inca la Atomica coordinates 22205g /

UMAP Organizational Structure

a The headquarters for the entire UMAP System is known as ;'1JN 1015 and -2is located five blocks southeast of Casino Campestre Camaguey City UMAPf

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Headquarters has about 20 Army officer,'20 enlisted personnel one politil'.instructor and several FCC cell members assigned to it Captain Quintin Pin

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Machado is commander of UMAP Headquarters Ii is a ICC member ~._.1

b. Subordinate to the headquarters (MJN 1015) are six groups (agrupaciones)orated An "various cities"-in Camaguey ;Province Each of these six _groups has

a military unit number Each group has eight officers 15 enlisted men and_ _one-political indoctrinator source only knew 143N of unit to which he wasass igned7 There are five-battalions assigned to each of the six groups Eachbattalion has-five"-Cuban Armes of`f'icers,;.10 enlisted men one political instruc

.tor, and several FCC cell members assigned to it Each of the five battalionshas.rfour companies or "UMAP Camps Each company or camp has about 120 inmatesEach camp has two" officers :mix sergeants one political instructor and six

tees .There is usually. a PCCi-cell member assigned to each of the -camps

c As of March 1967 there were about 20 thousand men assigned to the morethan 16o UMAP camps throughout Camaguey Province Another 50 camps are underconstruction in Camaguey Province while others are to be constructed in Pinar

Tae following identify the numbered buildings of :TCLC,CrR ''A'

1 Guard post with one guard'armed with a M-52 Czech rifle

" 2 Company ibadquarters Building and dormitory for officers

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

fib. m.,ter4;I.~.t.uins informationaffecting the National Defense of the United Stales within the meaning =.,ijiirr;spiocw9e Laws Titlei 13 U J.C Secs 793 and 794 the transmissionor revelation of which in any manner to nn un"n,tho;i;:,d ptrson=is.pr'o 6jte"dby law

COUNFRYCuba

SU3JECT UYAP 'Headquarters Staff/OrganizationalSt:ucti.ze/ eatrent/Conditions/Security/Fersonml/Area Layouts

APPROVED FOR RELEASE 1993

CIA HISTORICAL REVIEW PROGRAM

DATEOr INFO Mar 67 and earlier

PLACE& DATE_ACCCoca guey Province/b]~r67_and_ earlierTHIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION

rSOURCE

.L:"'.'his report was develo d by an Air Force representative assigned to theoffice of preparation

Lrb.p reference Sheets #4680 I and 4681 II AMS Series E-723 j

L CLOSURE "A" Source's beery Sketch of 6th Group 25th Battalion 4thCompany Camp

5'NCLOSURE "B" Source's Memory Sketch of 6th Group 22nd Battalion 1stCoraFany Came

Z51CLC6tktE "C Chart of UMAP Organizational Structure_

From 26'Nov 65 through 22 Mir 67 I was in the fol1owingt UMAP Military Unitfor the Assistance of Productio7 camps in Camaguey Proving

a... From 26 Nov 65 to 26 key 66 I was with the 1st Company 24th Battalion of bLN 1889 (6th Group) located about two miles north of Sola Cams.guey ~ap~roxirate seep coordinates 2598 This camp is known as Campo UMAPFinca is Ofelia This ramp"'has abou2t 120 inmates who are actually prisonersforced to work in the cane fields .~e::camp is administered by tfio Cuban Armyofficals-assisted by six sergeants A:There is one political instructor(milltarf~ and six SMC recruitsvho serve as. camp guards. Other UMAP carats 'in this

generals area are Located as follows and are also subordinate to Mi7N1889 (6th~ Group ,).24th Battalion

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(1) 2nd_ Coinpny.-s This;:uinit is located about five miles-west of Senado)Camaguey on:.a farm called '.la Esperanza ~apparoximate coordinates 28585

2 )~

(3rd Companr#.44 niis unit is lose din a camp about a fight milessoutheast of Solar Canagusyin an area called El Colorado ~ource could not

ca -area on mspw7ae r' ''"tf~ rt r"'"/'~ 1

_ C3) th Korn y, -r;Rhis.-unit is-;located in a camp about three 1wnortheastOf:'Senado Canagusy in an area 'known as San Ignacio /oordinates334867

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d '1Lr-rr 'r is crFrom 26 Nhy 66 =to .16 Feb =f7 I Was stationed Stith the 4th Co

..~~ 25th Bet." ~`Y,r talion (M N 2506) at a farm known as =Ios :-N7erres,located about 22 kms north.~~ r jpies t of Puerto Nhnati .Oriente Lource could not 3.00ate :this area -on a nap_ jr II`'CI0SURE "A for camp layout The 25th UYJAPBattalion is composed offour companies each -With. about 120 men for a :.total -strength of about 500

.u personnel of-this battalion suffered. from diseases such asasthma arthritis anti heart ailments Yiiny of 'the 'seriously sick personnelhave been admitted to .the Provincial Hospital in Camaguey treated and discharged from UMAP service._ fee FNCIOS "A for4th Co 25thBn camp layout-,

3 ..Froms 17 Feb .67 to 22 Ir=67 .1 vas .assigned to ,the xlst_;.Compan3 :22nd p..Battalion .(MI 2237) isF~nit is. ~.ocated,d camp bout;;l ;.amil~es;sncrth,~ east of the .$enado'Sugar alt~ag~Ya:la~own.as7ggueydi't~ a t s

.See INCLOSURE camp la ut S tpies .niat~1~ Y~~;~ 9B:,.tar 3"0 ~ ounce could nomap { k ,r location on

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etas were eitler accused-'ot ""livt ~~onnel s,:AIZ.`o= theser good life ben. ue~~ z.t 'uncooperative.toward rthe GOC beJog -,~.agabonds retu$

m d,. 8.`'~ Y~ ,t forces =being .member certain rel aerve din ,the ^armed

iginus seccts or .being .homosexuals..2eirge ~from'16 to k FY.~ . a aa~ . c ~ +Sa

}and :thy are 7.00 a mo.FCi'/~"z-.3 S'a _ nCuba.r1''6'rlM-t -i..rr ~ ~"> ,tom -n ntht .4"~ rt }CJt Yr WI~(~"~'f!T K'riY"s'~~~i..tom".-T~ 4 1"~ fs_ Yi.h M~V1~Y4a.r/ 7~

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1130 1200

'Political indoctrination class

.Lights out

Sunday is reserved for washing and mending clothes and sometimes playingvolleyball or baseball Once every third Sunday relatives of the prisonersare allowed to visit

c Food served at this camp included the following

Breakfast Coffee milk and crackers

lunch Rice a banana i langa or yuca sweet peas and water

Supper -Rice Soviet canned meat as water (fresh beef oncea month) _

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The work at this camp as well as =et other ..e:;ii _eclades iune

cutting fertilizing working in vegetable fields c d ..pair cutting tim

ber and _planting tomatoes oranges and other citrus :ruita.

r eat 'e:r at this campU as well as the other A. camps 'a.i:i sf'a?-!.itedto was always t ':;h The guards would insult us beat l:z with he rifle oi tsand ram us knee_ "nor long hours in the hot stn type t treatment con

tinued until ,:c -deaber 1966 when a rerarkable change in thc -reatmat oca!ared ^

the stern discipline continued but there were no rror'`. atiar;a er leau tta andwe were treated :core like human beings According to the S')J ;:err,,,::;_ l ac

signed to this ::amp the reason for the change was e cruse or w:;r,;71 cp ien

and the bad F.aI,licity these camps have received Supposedly Castro himself

wave orders t! stop the beatings

Security in this Ui4AP camp and the others in which Ives detained is

lax c ince cau p oific.'als feel that if you escape you will soon be caughthis particular camp had only a six foot (non barbed) wire fence surroudingit

The camp had two Awes lieutenants six sergeants one political instructor assigned there were six military draftees who served as camp guards(A typical iTvla.P camp or company as it is lmown usually has this number ofpermanent pe sonnel assigned.)

The following are the locations of the remaining companies of the22nd Battalion (I'L 223T)

2m l Company At Finca Ias Marie's Camaguey Jource could notlocate site on nap

3rd Company About six lam northeast of Sole Camaguey .5oordinates 28802 This camp is called Laguna Grande All or its 120 inmatesare known homosexuals

4th Compa About six kms north of Sella Camaguey and is 'mownas Pinca la Atomica coordinates 222058

4 UMAP Organizational Structure

a The headquarters for the entire UMAP System is known as i.UN 1.015 andis located five blocks "southeast of Casino Campestre Camagt..y City UMMAPHeadquarters has about 20 Armor officers 20 enlisted personnel one political

I

':.instructor and several ICC cell members assigned to it Captain Quintin Ping(.Machado is commander of UMAP Headquarters Ea is a PCC member "%--._i

~rb Subordinate ate to the headquarters (,'vVN 1015) are six groups (agrupaciones)

located in :various cities--in Camaguey Province Each of these six groups hasa military unit number Each group has eight officers 15 enlisted iten and_ ..._

-one-political indoctrinator /'ounce only knew MDT of unit to which he was

assigned..7 Mere are. five battalions assigned to each of the six grouts. Each

L battalion has-five-Cuban Armor of'Picers,.10 enlisted men one political -instructor, and several FCC cell members assigned to it Each of the five battalionshas four companies or "UMAP Camps Bach company or camp has about 120 irzrateaDade camp has two officers ;six sergeants one political instructor and six

-draftees There is usually. a :BCC cell member-ass igred to *each of the camps

c As of March 1567 there were about 20 thousand ran assigned to the :Worethan 16o UNAP camps throughout Camaguey Province Another 50 camps are underconstruction in Camaguey Province while others are to be cons't t ted in Pinardel Rio Province

T -,e following identify the ntunbered buildings of UC r.i<^ .'

1 Guard post with one guard armed with a M-52 Czech rif

"-2 Company i adquarters Building and dormitory for officers

Concrete barracks (40m x 10m X 5m) 'capacity 6o 1.nanteo

Concrete .barracks (20m X 10m X 5m) for sergeants and;SM)'s capacity 30

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6 Concrete building (40m x 10m X 5m) used-as the dining hall for all personnel 'including officers NCO's SMD's and inmates The kitchen and thestoreroom are also 'located in this building

7 two concrete water tanks each with a 1,600 gallon capacity (Each tankmeasures 1i meters in diameter and is 4 feet'.high ) ..two -#tanks are mottited.on a 15 concrete platform the entire structure (with .tanks_:,and ":platformstands about 20 feet

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Concrete barracks (40m X lOm X 5m), capacity 50 irmates.

Company Headquarters Building and dormitory for officers sergeants andpol itic alinstr uctor

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Dining''hall,kitchen and food warehouse This is a.-concrete building .(40mX 10m X 5m) capacity 50

Zwo concrete water tanks each with a 1,600 gallon capacity The tanksare supported by three 15 concrete pillars Water is pumped into the tanksfrom a well located directly below the tanks

latrine (No showers are available in this camp all personnel bathe inthe Msucims River (canal) south of the camp.)

7 22nd Battalion Headquarters Building (MN 2237) Five officers 10 enlisted men one .political instructor are assigned to the 'headquarters Thisis an ordinary concrete structure equipped with a field phone The headquartersBuilding as well as the entire camp Ms no electricity oil lamps providelight

8 Concrete dormitory used for civilian personnel assigned to weigh sugar cane

9 Building where scaled motors etc. are maintained

10 Sugar cane scales

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