SECRET (FELIX CABALA: advised that Jthe Cuban Government is C&D aware of who was resvonsible_for the killing of several members of(the "Pragmatistas" in Miami, Florida. . The cuts C $ told him the names and at this moment ,/ZABALA fannot recall CS who they were. Ke stated that the CUTS identified them as members of the("Praumatistas." ZABALA added that khe curs C$ has never stated or inferred that they Aad any intelligence “agents working : in Florida. : In reviewing his activities Source in 1971 LSI (anata stated that he was recruited for] the planned killing lS £ CASTRO by VECIANA in Miami, in 19717 At this time VECIANA was a United. States Embassy employee in Bolivia. ([2ZABALA stated thatfafter they )planned the attack, which was based on information VECIANA s@id that he had received from a Chilean, that CASTRO was coming to Chile in October of 1971, that/(he (2ZABALA) flew to Venezuela and|VECIANA went to Bolivia. snento fe stated cthat_|7uan DOMINGUEZ an” MARCO RODR RIGUEZ, two anti- oe Cuban exiles from Miami, also went to VenezuelaGwith ‘him to& begin training in photograpny and television camera. pintte&) as the plot involved their posing aS cameramen. / ZABALA said . that shortly after he arrived in Venezuela ¥he \went to Chile 6) in February and rented an apartment for thé u of DOMINGUEZ and RODRIGUEZ. (He was\ in Chile for two or three days. (aaeara CSO was unable to recall fhe location of that apartment. ZABALA added that] shortly after this, VECIANA and a Cuban exile named NAPOLI, drove to Chile from Bolivia with the guns and grenades to be used in the attempt. The arms were hidden under the back . | K seat of a United States Embassy car VECIANA used to transport 4 the arms. Thé arms were later hidden in a closet of the apartment and iWAPOLT and VECIANA returned to Bolivia. The two cameramen went tc Chile in July to await CASTRO's arrival. They had in their possession foraed Venezuelan and Dominican passports (which ZABALA had prepared. ZABALA ]got the passpert (S) from indigent m that(he. and Dominican nationals in Venezuela Dv o gavegh t vi that (he couldbhelp them enter the United States C$_) ~ They gave(h him ir passports asfhe said heSwould need them.c ZABALA statec that he] steamed the wictures off the passports(s and replaced them wit photographs of RODRIGUEZ and DOMINGUEZ, ; {He then] stamped them with bogus Government stamps which VECIANA’ 5) had made previously. (Expatafotated that |the Federal Bureau of [S$ “ 7 : eon . od “Tim - . . _ 4 wate ne etter ee ranean . . . { dl s oma ‘ : 4 She a , . dueedatea satiate mereeare Nise “ sis Shatin cate Sa cau MS ade Mente bedi ee ese ata aL anime Ae Aan bth niente nahn mo ike Eh Sd nett DoclId: 32177781 Page 57
1. . so (6: ela y SECRET a | Sot, investigation (PET) ‘had taken these stamps from VECIANA's home in Miami in a subsequent search. CZABALA stated that] Dye) when the plot failed, (as previously explained, ZABALA state mou DOMINGUES who said he had been recognized by a cousin ' in CASTRO's party, fled to Bolivia and RODRIGUEZ, who had ‘ - had an appenticivis attack went to Venezuela. RODRIGUEZ, who was a Federal fugitive at the time, later returned to Miami where he was arrested on Federal charges, ( ZABALA added that the *General"]Jconfirmed that one of CASTRO'S (S) former bodycuards was named DOMINGUEZ and had been in CH with Premier CASTRO in 1971. (ZABALA added thatyone of the ( S) persons he knew to be involved”in the plot with VECIANA was a Chilean senator named_RENE PARADES, and had a Slip of paper which had his 1971 Santiago telephone. number as 62111 (office), and 259598 (home) Bay (aavars3erated jehat VECIANA later {cold hinJenat his (9) Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) contact in this matter was code name "BISHOP," al though (ZABALA said hejnever actually & met this man. VECTANA said recently that this was the same “BISHOP" who was with him when they talked to_LEE HARVRY OSWALD in Dallas before President KENNEDY's death. ]ZABALA stated that JVECIANA was the onlv source of this information concerning (S LEE HARVEY OSWALD contact in Dallas one month before that assassination. He stated that]VECIANA had put this information(S in the suvposed Aen from VECIANA's secretary to FIDEL CASTRO VECIANA had told YZzABALA hat VECIANA, "BISHOP," and OSWALD met 3) in a downtown Dallas office approximately one month before the actual KENNEDY death. ZABALA stated that ngfbed ieved that) VECIANA wanted (S) the letter menticned above. routed to FIDEL CASTRO so. as to cause strife in relations which were improving between the United States and the Cuban Government. (He stated tha€)vacrana C$) probably felt that a disclosure such as is concerning’ CIA activities and the Chilean plot against CASTRO would cause the Cuban Government to break off relations and cause adverse publicity against the United States. VECIANA originally wanted to route that etter to FPIDEL CASTRO via the Czechoslovakian Embassy in Washinaton, D. C., [ZABALA stated that he himself suggested that he handle it through his sister in Cuba} me (($) “ . ‘ La) » a ‘ er rater CURA ERR DAE oe ete TARRY EES ae gage See ee aus oe SPSS ias teeters A ipeeiiatare roam esse 3S phon ae 2 oe tetera eee Peery eS Re EE one i ma DoclId: 327177781 Page 56
Lm ee te A aga nn SO! El RR ATR la MIT a eh ea Fea lls a A I he lle ye FOr ete ee eR ae ID atte NEA OO Tage Se gb nr ane ate nr we LR ASA NR: AUNT te So eo dd AL Cla nai A ae Re gmt eq . ; . . e- ca he Yin OF ; , : . ~- olay 7 | eg cRE! —_ ; - LS os fretter was subsequently. sent (by ZABALA to his sister for CSD re) outing /to_FIDEI, CASTRO and r this reason (Z@ABALA's sister Cs) contactéd (ZABALA jand requested that he come/td -Jamaica.\¢ 5S VECIANA‘ was in €4vor of ZABALA\making such trips and (7S) tontacting the CUIS, and(VECIANA paid ZABALA forjJthe ZS) | _@xpenses involved(in his First trip. At this point, ZABALA CS) C2RBALA stated that%h stated that he\has advised VECIANA:-cf all of the results of his recent trfps and contacts with the CUIS.. Gavsun statea ¢ SI that\VECIANA had placed in the above-mentioned Tetter the %) names of Mr. BISHOP, BLAIR, and KAIL, who VECIANA had reportéd were members of the CIA and who were working in the United States Embassy in_Cuka prior to FIDEL CASTRC's takeover. eJnes never been able to decermine if Co) ECIANA is himsel? a“CIA agent.CRQ_ - CZABALA was questioned as to the political sympath C$.) of a current reZident of Puerto. Rico, MANOLO RAY. /@ABALA CS) stated that jhe worked for the CASTRO goverrment as minister of oublic Works. after CASTRO came to power in Cuba and by the time of the Bay of Pigs invasion, he was against FIDEL CASTRO. In 1953 and 1964, MANOLO RAY formed an orqanization known as JURE in Puerto Rico. (ZABALA advised that RAY has Cs) lived in Puerto Rico all the. time that ne has been out of Cuba, and that around 1974 RAY had a construction business ‘possibly dealing with architecture” in Jamaica. (He stated JCS) that RAY had the business for a two or threo year period and had to leave Jamaica due to visa reasons. KAY believed that the Cuban Government wanted him out of Jamaica. (ZABALA ) C $_) considered RAY to be a social Democrat, pclitically speaking. He added that RAY still has his Cuban sitizenship and is. urrently in bad financial straights. (ZABALA stated |that the€ S_) "General, © Jon Ganaary 11,1977, in Panama, wanted -to have Cl $ ZABALA haVe his sister \dontact MANOLO RAY while(She was C $ visiting in Puerto Ri€oland advised him: that the Cuban Govern- mant wanted to help him get his bysiness visa again in Jamaica. They wanted, alsc, to meet him. (/ZABALA reported that he told CS) his sister, and she)saw MANOLO RAY on(Ganuary 15) 1977, in CS San Juan, Puerto Rico, for a period of three to four. hours. ZABALA’s sister toid ZABALA_that)RAY had to think about the CS°) Cuban Government's offer. (ZABALA's sister (AMALIA) gave CS.) - MANOLO RAY her address, number 1140 Nuevo Vedado, Callie 39, Havana, Cuba. ZABALA added steed a five minute period prior to departure(of his sister,|MANOLO RAY discussed something? S$) briefly with(his sister 75) 2 OSE SECRET on 4 ". ‘os ' ee ee AE ee ee tee ee ane, “ 4 ae DoclId 132177751 Page 59
- _ Coronas Was questioned about_the edrrent status e689 (Luis MAS MARTIN jJand GABALA stated that jthe informati which CS ) was previously furnished on(April 8,) 1977, erGicees Dig eoyiay CO MARTIN }was the tru hi CGABALA stated thatDaccording tofhis -_ Sister, MAS-MARTIN Jnas a serious. drinking problen/and Ys no longer @ high official in the Cuban Government. 7ZAEALA stated CSD - that (MAS MARTIN Jis currently working with a feattle project C$ around Matansas, Cuba. He stated that MAS MARTIN )was with CASTRO in the mountains rior ta S takeover of the Government in Cuba and that later,(MAS MART res UL CASTRO's secretary.C SD ZABALA Bdded_that MAS MARTIN } vas at one time the(director of CS). Radio favana |S) (CenBaLn stated that)in October, 1966, VECIANA and LsJ another individual, a residént of Miami, Florid 1, and the editor of Replica Magazine.there, MAX LESNIK, advised(/ZABALA Sthat C5) ALDREGUIA GALLEGO reportediy got $20,060.00 from the Cub= rovernmant - suring LO76, for some unknown reason. gaparn 3 C5 Stated ‘that LLESO had been working in Miami at a finance company ang that now he is the owner_of a pet store.: neat eo8) stated that he had told Ghe "General" n Govember 29,)1976, C53 this sever concerning GALLEGO, and there was no reaction * whatsoever. (GABALA stated that)in his recent contacts with the C32 CuIS, he had given very little information concerning VECIANA BINOL RODRIGUEZ, GUSTAVO CASTILLO, and FRANK CASTRO, He Stated that on the times that he was contacted by the CUIS they showed him pictures and asked him about various people. At the same time they taved all of the conversation and offered hin alcoholic beverages. fhey had advised(ZaABALA khat they wouta C$ very much appreciate if he could get_VECIANA outside the United States. (2ABALA believed that )should this occur, the CS) Cubans would att@inapt to seize him by some manner a (2aBALA stated that the Cuban Vice-Consul.in Mexico City, on Mare: 23, 31977, told him that (CARLOS Jand the £E3Dc0 | wanted to see him in(Mexico City on (Hay 19,J1977. ZA Keeng stated: that ie Galting the Cubaffs that he is on his way to _ make am (cailing the Cuban Embassy in Mexico City and asking if the. visa: for Dr TRANDA PRADC. is ready.[($) DoclId: 3271777381 Page 60