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name I believe is Jorgito-, went on a trip that lasted four weeks. He returnedto Quito, we were all collecting reports and received the LandRover back. Then we wanted to pass this jeep to Luis Vargas, penetratingagent in the Communist Party. For this, I gave the Land Roverto Molestina Pepe, who had a gas station on Columbus Avenue. Pepeand I managed a reasonable price. Then Vargas was presented to“buy” the jeep, but without Molestina knowing that Vargas was ouragent. Vargas could then use the Land Rover for his work within theParty. So I could get closer to Rafael Echeverria and receive betterinformation (10).JG. Mario Vargas and Cárdenas were closely linked, for years, withinthe Communist Party. I understand that they were attracted to the CIAprimarily by money. Right?PA. Yes. And they had lost interest in the party.JG. And what was the contact or link to them?PA. The person who served as contact with them was Miguel Burbanode Lara, a man of great value to the CIA. He knew how to very skillfullymanipulate these contacts within the Party. He was once Panagra Managerat the airport in Quito.JG. Another agent to penetrate the Communist Party who was denouncedby you, was Atahualpa Bazantes, who published a whole storyabout their activities within the CIA. It further states that he broke violentlywith you during an incident; it seems, in the Humboldt Hotel.PA. Bazantes was a curious case because he had many contradictionswithin himself. He wanted to see a socialist revolution in Ecuador.He went to Cuba, sent by us to collect information back in 1961. Whenhe returned, he praised the Cuban Revolution. For us it was a case of a38