(to4-10169-10001]. SMWAVE ee Se ‘wre-7416 ao. 3 (+4 a= [Gaxacas: Jor a a - “eo cia] ¥ (for CINCSO) © _Seurce; iMRAZE-2, in reports dated s, 15, and 21 July 1965, ‘The , avé Declagaifica tion SECRET Roy V. WA mec oe) July 65 John C, TA ‘a > ae Philip G. ELKARD - 1 ey. each to litant reps. of; State, ¥.B.2Z., Customs, 2 = JMBARP’ (for COMKWESTFOR) TGNS, Border Patrol, U.8.C.G. [u-Po es q1P1C information in the Field Comments on Prince and Pelacz wan taken SG from information on file at JHWAVE. Julio Crus, mentioned in Para, 4, ; may. be Julio Marco Cruz Perez, 201-725868, who is a member of tha — GPR; bowever, thie Tueatification ig met definite, « RID: Please card the follcving for the field on ae : : @PRENCE, Jose, aka Jose Antonio '- be ef Social Information Center, branch of Chrintian . Geciel Movement, Former coordinater of MRP in Cuba, ‘davelvement in plans to acsxssinate Fidel Castro, : SPELARS Leyva, ‘Eduardo Francisco - Prob iden w/Pelaes (fnu), aka “Tito,” wre involves in plan ' @@ aggeegeinate Fidel Castro. Yorner mbes oe MRP in Camaauay Cuba, Arr in US 1962, : ’ @YECIARA Blanch, antonio - . Yeader of Alpha-66, Involvement in plan to assassinate Fidei Cagtro. Grou 13 Excluded from Coe automatic Downgrading an as
14-00000 6 wn I, ne —erenyeanen ant oe . . Biami from Cuba about mid-June to get spacial equipment to take i | Co ‘DISSEM Cuba : Plass to Agsagsim te e Fidel Castro Bus a, SO July 1965 7 a | & to 14 July 1968 | Wahted States, Miami | * @ to 16 July 1968). WG-7416 "4 Caban exile with excellent contacts ia the Movimiesnte ~~ , Beveluciew=sice del : usble (HGP, Revolutionary Movement of the -- People). He hag been an accurate reporter on this organizatioa ‘' @ad om general exile political developments since about aid-1943, Ye On 2 July 1968 Jose Princé, aka "Jose Antonio,”!. said that a ‘. captain in the Cuban Rebel Army (not identified) bad arrived in to Cuba for an “act of great importance," Prince aaid that he . ‘ oN had known the captain in Cuba and had confidence in him. He said: . | oO . that he also knew several.of tho men in the amall group in Cuba, 9. ~~ and that he had confidence in the success of the plas. Though - : | Prince disclosed no further details relative to this “act,” he } . acted visibly when agked apecifically whether the "act" involved - '. the assassination of Fidel Castro Rus. “. Be Prince set with Antonio Veciana Blaach, a leader of Alpha-€6, and. nal "Tito" Pelaes.“ on 20 July. Wid said that besides the tiree of then,. - the only people who knew of the plan te assassinate Castro were ; the captain of the Rebel Arig who had arrived.in Miumi, and ona ; wgon in Cuba (not identified) who knew no details, but would b iaforasd by the captain chen he returned te Cubs, 3 i. Ge Aecording to Prince, $5,000 (U.5.) will be needed te buy the , a necegsary equipmeat for the mission, Be had pglinsed to go to Curscas, Venozuola, to golicit money, but encountored difficultica in i getting permisaion to re-enter the United States, ‘Therefore, he Plans to finance @ trip for another person te go to Caracas te Selicit the funds, ier martes ee a ann ORD RS 6 OPENER ED 08 ae mt ORTEAT a ENE oe ed eT DoE TIT Eo eenandinen nate ree a 4 On 14 July Vecitana spoke of his own plans for aueagainating Castro, | One plan would be to infiltrate inte Cuba three trained cup who 7 _ twat be aware that they will be on a suicide .simsion,. The. only : Base mentioned in connsction sith the mission was: Julio: Crum, an - i |. @@tion member of the Segundo Frent® Nacional dol Escarbray €S¥NB, i; : -, Geeond National Front of the Bucambray), YVeoiana'’s recond plaa : _ Would consist of aa attempt to assassinate Caatre when he : ” ya@ited the United Nations, or some other place ia -. (h@ Free World. . ; . ne ee ren eet CONPIDEN FEAL, CONTROLLED DISSE
r4-D0000 ry psig Ve lat 7 a . TQITLOLE ED Ute F415 1. Source Comment: Prince ip a mesber of the Ccoatro de I[nfornn- ; clon Social (Cis, Social Information Ceater), the information - branch of tho Uovimiente Soczal Cristiano (isc, Christian ' Social Movemeni),. In about 1962 he wae & coordinator of the MRP um Cuba, He is a serioug-minded person tho ig not prone to promote wild echomes or missions. & ra Field Comment: Prince is probably identical with Jose Prince C1848, Tue according to information available, was born in Camaguey, Cuba, on 23 September A940... He was Provincial ; Coordinator «ff the HRP in Camaguey before becoming National Coordinator in Cuba in July 1962, . KH? was granted asylum in the Brazilian Embasity in Havana in Junuary 1963, and arrived im Puerto Rico in February of that yoar, — : 3, Source Comment: Pelaex was formerly a member of the MEP in WAZUOY » arrived in the United States in 2962, efter having been in asylum in the Brazilian Embassy in Havana, He ig snid to be in touch with membera (not identified) of the Cuban Rubel Wield Comment: Pelaez may be. identical with Eduardo Francisco 802 iayva, who according to available information, was bora Tn Camaguey, Cuba, on 11 January 1939. He arrived in the Vaited States on & September 1962 after having been in asylum dm the Uruguayan Babassy in Havana, . OO 3. Field Comment: Veciana’s plans are apparently not connected od C86 Of Prince. . Le : my sap tre oe eae wet ae cle sang ee enue cenmtnen yae ene mga SERGE ee Ranta OLS Erte heaton f .