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CTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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18 OCT 1968
ΤΟ
FROM
:
SUBJECT:
: Director
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Attention: Mr. S. J. Papich
Deputy Director for Plans An
Libertad ANTIGUA Arrencibia
CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO
DECLASSIFICATION AND/OR,
RELEASE QA INFORMATION
Suspect Cuban Intelligence Agent IN THIS DOCUMENT, EXCEPT FOR
THE BRACKETS
KP 2-2-98
1. Referencé is made to Subject on whom considerable
information has been disseminated to the Bureau, the last from
this Agency being CSCI-316/03970-68 dated 9 October 1968.
2.
Attached herewith is a copy of the 9 September 1968
debriefing of Libertad ANTIGUA Arrencibia which was provided
by our Miami representative.
3. Information on the following individuals was compiled
from the files of this office and from the files of a group
of Cuban emigres trained in the techniques of information
collection:
EX-100
a.
TBCLONE
5705-179869-31.
Manuel ABELEND Martin was orn in Havana,
Cuba on 17 April 1911. He is married to Elena
RODRIGUEZ Regulez, a Cuban citizen. His parents
were Juan ABELEND, a former Cuban Consul in Lisbon,
Portugal, and Concepcion MARTIN. Both parents are
deceased. Manuel's brother, Gonzalo ABELEND Martin,
is employed at the Brazilian Consulate in Miami,
Florida. Manuel was contracted to work for the
Brazilian Embassy in Havana, Cuba from 1 January 1933
through the first part of 1963. He served as Vice
Consul up until his departure from Cuba in 1963.
His wife was also employed in the same Embassy.
Since 1963, ABELEND has been in Paris, France reportedly
serving as Consul in the Brazilian Embassy. According
to a reliable source, he has traveled widely throughout
Europe and Latin America. He is well educated, skillful
and has a great deal of experience in clandestine
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activities as a result of his working in the
Brazilian Embassy in Havana. Source also
reported that ABELEND has a past history of
assisting personnel to escape prosecution by the
CASTRO regime. According to available information,
ABELEND has, in the past, provided asylum to anti-
CASTRO Cubans. ABELEND is currently of interest to
our Agency.
b. Ana Maria ABELEND. From an article published
in the Cuban magazine Bohemia, 1 October 1965
edition, page 41, it appears that one Ana M. ABELEND
is a singer. The article mentions that her song is
an Argentine tango, "Sin Ti No Se Vivir".
'C.
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Gonzalo ABELEND Martin, the brother to
Manuel ABELEND Martin, is an Attache in the Brazilian
Embassy in Miami, Florida. He was born in Havana,
Cuba on 1 April 1924. Our files indicate that from
1961 through 1963 Gonzalo ABELEND may have been a
[sub-source and also provided assistance to a former
asset of this Agency through the use of his Diplomatic
position. (5) The above is sensitive and restricted
information. Our files indicate that the Department
of State and the Immigration and Naturalization Service
may have additional information on ABELEND.
d. A search of our files failed to reveal any
pertinent identifiable information concerning fnu
JUVENAL and Mario lnu.
e. All available information concerning the other
individuals mentioned in the attached debriefing was
previously disseminated to the Bureau in CSCI-316/03651-68
dated 13 September 1968, and CSCI-316/03970-68 dated
9 October 1968, Subject as above.
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This information has been made available to your representative
in Miami,
Florida.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. 20505
OCT 1968
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ΤΟ
FROM
:
SUBJECT:
Director
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Attention: Mr. S. J. Papich
: Deputy Director for Plans
Libertad ANTIGUA Arrencibia
Suspect Cuban Intelligence Agent
CIA HAS NO DRJJECTION TO
PRCLASSIC
HELLASYONMATION
IN THIS DOCUMENT, EXCEPT FOR
THE BRACKETS
KP 2-2-98
1. Reference is made to Subject on whom considerable
information has been disseminated to the Bureau, the last from
this Agency being CSCI-316/03970-68 dated 9 October 1968.
2.
Attached herewith is a copy of the 9 September 1968
debriefing of Libertad ANTIGUA Arrencibia which was provided
by our Miami representative.
3. Information on the following individuals was compiled
from the files of this office and from the files of a group
of Cuban emigres trained in the techniques of information
collection:
a. Manuel ABELEND Martin was born in Havana,
Cuba on 17 April 1911. He is married to Elena
RODRIGUEZ Regulez, a Cuban citizen. His parents
were Juan ABELEND, a former Cuban Consul in Lisbon,
Portugal, and Concepcion MARTIN . Both parents are
deceased. Manuel's brother, Gonzalo ABELEND Martin,
is employed at the Brazilian Consulate in Miami,
Florida. Manuel was contracted to work for the
Brazilian Embassy in Havana, Cuba from 1 January 1933
through the first part of 1963. He served as Vice
Consul up until his departure from Cuba in 1963.
His wife was also employed in the same Embassy.
Since 1963, ABELEND has been in Paris, France reportedly
serving as Consul in the Brazilian Embassy. According
to a reliable source, he has traveled widely throughout
Europe and Latin America. He is well educated, skillful
and has a great deal of experience in clandestine
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activities as a result of his working in the
Brazilian Embassy in Havana. Source also
reported that ABELEND has a past history of
assisting personnel to escape prosecution by the
CASTRO regime. According to available information,
ABELEND has, in the past, provided asylum to anti-
CASTRO Cubans. ABELEND is currently of interest to
our Agency.
b. Ana Maria ABELEND. From an article published
in the Cuban magazine Bohemia, 1 October 1965
edition, page 41, it appears that one Ana M. ABELEND
is a singer. The article mentions that her song is
an Argentine tango, "Sin Ti No Se Vivir".
c.
Gonzalo ABELEND Martin, the brother to
Manuel ABELEND Martin, is an Attache in the Brazilian
Embassy in Miami, Florida. He was born in Havana,
Cuba on 1 April 1924. Our files indicate that from
1961 through 1963 Gonzalo ABELEND may have been a
[sub-source and also provided assistance to a former
asset of this Agency through the use of his Diplomatic
position. The above is sensitive and restricted
information. Our files indicate that the Department
of State and the Immigration and Naturalization Service
may have additional information on ABELEND.
d.
A search of our files failed to reveal any
pertinent identifiable information concerning fnu
JUVENAL and Mario Inu.
e. All available information concerning the other
individuals mentioned in the attached debriefing was
previously disseminated to the Bureau in CSCI-316/03651-68
dated 13 September 1968, and CSCI-316/03970-68 dated
9 October 1968, Subject as above.
h
This information has been made available to your representative
in Miami, Florida.
CSCI-316/03988-68
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