“Released under the John F* " Kennedy Assassination Recor is ollection Act o | DATE: 11-14- 2017 Assoc. Dir, be Cc: ‘ Go a XQ a @ ‘ . DERAL EAI VEST ATION - ° Dep.-~4.D.-Adm.__. eee ae FED BUR U_OF IRYESII > dg: oDep.-A.D.-Inv._ . AT | NS SECTION > sat. in ; an. f Ext. Aftaivs an 5 “Oct cr a a va a  TELEDNPE , ff i Laboratory af ’ @ Legal Coun. oo. ¥ Plan & Insp. _ f Ree. Memt seyponnc Sf yShi ee | Spee Inv, | Training www. f § Telephone Rm. .... f} . ‘ ; j Director " See’y «. www. f UNSUBS 3 SUSPECTED BOMBING +, Lia ATRL INES. De 8 NEAR BARBADOS » WEST INDIES, OCTOBER 6, 1976. NM = cuba WEST INDIES. | RECARTEL OCTOBER 12, 1976. ~ M, Tektipe 10/13/Ie Cavatas. Voced. Tek ws 3 DENTS RAMDWAR, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, TRINIDAD, AND TOBAGO POLICE FORCE, PORT OF SPAIN w Fé INIDAD 5 ARRIVED IN CARACAS ON OCTOBER 11, 1976, TO CONSULT, Ty YENEZIELAN AUT HOR I= TIES REGARDING THE CUBANA Nil Gwes cra sk 8 hon ta fad XeEn acoua uated WITH DEPUTY COMMISSIONER RAMDWAR\FOR SEVERAL YEARS’. RAMDWAR oct 21. 1976 TELEPHONED LEGAT AT HIS HOME AT APPROXIMATELY 19215 PM OW OSTORER.._| 11, 1976, STATED HE WAS AT THE RESIDENCE OF THE TRINIDAD AMBAS- SADOR AND REQUESTED A MEET ING WITH LEGAT. eer) . LEGAT PROCEEDED TO THE RESIDE NCE OF THE TRINIDAD AMBASS AD OR WHERE HE PICKED UP RAMDWAR AND THEY PROCEEDED TO.THE TAMANACO HOTEL , WHERE THEY CONVERSED. LEGAT RECOUNTED TO. RAMDWAR THE DETAILS OF HIS CASUAL ACQUAINTANCE WITH ONE OF THE sUSP REN. Oe og 0 i — : by ong) 3h sy, de rb fap (Bi 20s Mocs op Pec a eee ' for review at FBIHQ by 70 NOV 1 61976 Fea6 a ; okey ) HSCA re_2~ LY requeste: (See Bufile #62<117290) Docld: 32294573 Page 2?
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 19927 (44 USC 2107 Hote). DATE : 11-14-2017 S 2 BEGIN PAGE TWO CAR: (2-35 RANDWAR NOTED THAT WHEN LEGAT°S NAME AND TELEPHONE NUMBER was: FIRST FOUND AMONG ONE OF THE SUSPECT*S PAPERS, HE THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE AN INDICATION THAT AN ACTION MAY HAVE BEEN PLANNED AGAINST LEGAT. HE SAID THE SUSPECT LATER DISCLOSED HE HAD BEEN TOLD "BY HIS BOSS” TO.SEE THAT INDIVIDUAL @EGAT) IF HE HAD A VISA PROBLEM D@ | | aaloean ST ATED HE HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED BY THE TRINIDAD PRIME MINISTER ERIC WILLIAMS TO.UNDERTAKE THE INVESTIGATION OF THE — PLANE CRASH AS A CRIMINAL MATTER STRICTLY, AND NOT TO, BECOME IN-— VOLVED IN ANY POLITICAL ASPECTS, HE SAID HE THEREFORE PROCEEDED TO CARACAS WITH PHOTOGRAPHS AND FINGERPRINTS OF THE TWO.SUSPECTS INTENDING ONLY TO. HAVE THEM CHECKED THROUGH INTERPOL SECTION FILES OF THE TECHNICAL JUDICIAL POLICE. HE SAID, HOWEVER, THAT = UPON HIS ARRIVAL HE WAS MET AT THE AIRPORT BY A CONTINGENT OF OFFICIALS, INCLUDING THE TRINIDADIAN AMBASSADOR, AND THAT HE WAS PROMPTLY USHERED TO A MEET ING WITH VENEZUELAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS RAMON ESCOBAR SALOM. AT THE OFFICE OF THE FOREIGN MINISTER, RAMDWAR WAS TOLD HE COULD EXPECT THE FULL COOPERATION AND ASSIST ANCE OF THE VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT . HE SAID HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE INTERPOL SECTION WAS NOT THE APPROPRIATE oe OFFICE TO WHICH HE SHOULD DIRECT HIS INQUIRIES BUT THAT THE MATTER WOULD BE HANDLED BY DISIP. RAMDWAR STATED HE THEREUPON HAD. A Cy END. PAGE Two. 8 Docld: 32294573 Page 3
7Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 uUsC 2107 Hotey. DATE: 11-14-2017 ‘LENGTHY SESSION wou DISIP. OFFICIALS | WHO. PROMISED TO GATHER TRAVEL ED TO PORT OF SPAIN. HE SAID THE CUBANS WERE VERY INTENT BEGIN PAGE. THREE CAR (2-9) ALL INFORMATION RE GARD ING THE Two SUSPECTS AND TO.FORWARD ALL DAT A DEVELOPED TO. THE TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. POLICE THROUGH THE TRINIDAD AMBA SSADOR . COW | - RAMDWAR SAID HE REVEALED TO DISIP THAT IN VIEW oF EVIDENCE DEVELOPED, HE BEL IEVES ORLANDO BOscHAVILA WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PLANE CRASH AND HE ASKED THE OFFICIALS IF BOSCH WAS IN VENEZUELA. HE SAID HE WAS TQLD THEY WERE NOT CERTAIN AND HE REPLIED THAT BOSCH WAS, IN FACT » IN VENEZUELA AND THAT HE COULD FURNISH. BOSCH "S CARACAS TELEPHONE numBer. (RL) HE RELATED THAT AFTER HE RETURNED TO THE AMBASSADOR *S RESIDENCE, HE RECEIVED A MESSAGE FROM PRIME MINISTER ERIC WILLIAMS". OFFICE ADVISING HIM TO RETURN TO TRINIDAD AS THERE HAD BEEN A "SLIGHT CHANGE OF PLAN.” HE SAID HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT THAT CHANGE MIGHT se. (9-7) RAMDWAR COMPLAINED THAT HE WAS BEING GREATLY PRESSURED IN _ T HE INVESTIGATION BY GUYANESE AND CUBAN AUTHORITIES WHO HAD UPON OBTAINING CUSTODY OF THE TWO SUSPECTS, BUT THAT TRINIDAD | WAS NOT PREPARED To ALLOW THAT. HE INDICATED THAT THE SUSPECTS . WERE BEING HELD WITHOUT CHARGES SO FAR, AND HE WAS NOT CERTAIN (Bee, | END PAGE THREE | ZB 2179-79 Docld: 32294573 Page 4
one: under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 19927 (44 USC 2107 Hotes. DATE: 11-1452017 A TALL BE LG *, 1P: o | . ° Ou merh. PAGE FOUR CAR (2-9) g THEY COULD BE CHARGED WITH ANY WRONGDOING: IN TRINIDAD. RAMDWAR POINTED OUT THAT ON THE OTHER HAND, BARBADOS WAS RELUCTANT TO ASSUME JRISD ICTION IN THE MATTER AND WAS PRESSING: TRINIDAD TO BRING LOCAL CHARGES: AGAINST THE SUSPECTS. eu) AT ONE POINT IN. THE CONVERSATION, RAMDWAR STATED HE WAS POSITIVE THAT THE TWO SUSPECTS WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BOMBING OF THE AIRCRAFT. 20) | TOWARD THE END OF THE MEET ING WITH LEGATT, RAMDWAR CONFIDED THAT HIS MAIN INTEREST WAS TO CLEAR TRINIDAD OF ANY IMPLICATION IN THE BOMBING. HE SAID THERE HAD BEEN AN ALLEGATION THAT THE BOMB UTILIZED: HAD BEEN PREPARED IN TRINIDAD AND HE WISHED TO REF UTE THAT REPORT « oA RAMDWAR was TO.HAVE RETURNED TO PORT OF SPAIN EARLY OW OCTOBER 12, 1976. wa) ADMINISTRATIVE: ABOVE INFORMATION WAS FURNISHED TO.EMBASSY y CARACAS, FOR DISSEMINATION TO.SECRETARY OF STATE AND INTERESTED. EMBASSIES.( GU) BT Docld: 32294573 Page 5