(‘Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act. of DATE: 11-14-2017 fom * FD-36 (Rev. 7-27-76) ~— FBI y ! . TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLAS SIFICATION: E-' Teletype [7] Immediate [7] TOP SECRET Facsimile (_] Priority (-] SECRET (~] Airtel (1) Routine [7] CONFIDENTIAL ! ClEFTO ! | (] CLEAR ! ! re Date ot 1 [pack suven s3(65-514 0)" Mp sacuen 77 EXHAUSTED FOLLOWING INTERVIEW AND, WHILE READILY AGREEING TO FURTHER INTERVIEWS, REQUESTED THAT HE BE ALLOWED TO SPEND THE EASTER WEEK- ! END UNINTERRUPTED WITH HIS FAMILY. IN THE INTEREST OF MAINTAINING A GOOD RELATIONSHIP w1TH (SUBJECT) REQUEST WAS GRANTED anp(suBsECT \WILL C5) BE REINTERVIEWED DURING EVENING or( APRIL 11\ 1977, AT A "SAFE C$) \ | HOUSE" WHICH WILL BE OBTAINED FOR THIS PURPOSE. AT THIS TIME SJO | WILL GO ovER(SUBJECT'S )LENGTHY STORY AND OBTAIN FURTHER CLARIFI-C > | CATION AND VERIFICATION OF HIS STATEMENT. IN ORDER TO TEST &éup-C s) JECT 'S\WERACITY,, SJO PROPOSES QUERYING SUBJECT AS TO HIS WILLING- NESS TO TAKE A POLYGRAPH EXAMINATION. IT IS NOT BELIEVED THAT THIS . | WILL HAVE A NEGATIVE EFFECT ON(THE SUBJECT \ IF HE HAS BEEN TRUSTFUL | s) AS HE STATED HE HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY POLYGRAPHED BY THE CIA. SAN JUAN WILL{ SUBMIT A REQUEST TO DESIGNATE SUBJECT AS AN OA, re) AND WILL \FORWARD COMPLETE TEXT OF INTERVIEW VIA ARFCOS COURIER. THIS TELETYPE IS CLASSIFIED TOP SECRET AS DISCLOSURE OF THE INFORMATION HEREIN COULD REASONABLY BE EXPECTED TO RESULT IN EXCEPTIONALLY GRAVE DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY. 4 | LGEASSEFIED-BY-20727-X6DS-25 SAND 4, INDEFINITET— | . BT ‘ Approved: ____ ss —~“‘«i‘«~rT ransmiitted LL TT —“‘“‘“‘ CP er (Number) (Time) . DoeId: 32313052 Page 40
ee oreo DATE : “i ~i4- 2017 FEDERAL BUREAU OF | INVESTIGATION ~ VORUAeE seamen, oe Dete oieentons —SC8/ 77 — ‘on fori o} 1977» (eputx ZABALA Mas) also oye 659 t5 a Cyto resident-a 9 Lerida, Urbanization Valencia] Rio Piedras ,[Puerto Rico, was advised of the identity” of ¢ e interviewi Ageats, and he furnished the following informa~ tion: nt - mo (eur zanandbaavi sed ‘that he was a member of Alpha weed. from 1961-to 1965. He is curre fly a member off Circulo Cubana, Cs) a large Cuban exile social group jin Puerto Rico, and beyond , this belongs to no other political or social group in Puerto ' 7 Rico. He stated that > he is not a member off Frente Liberacion CS Nacional de Cuba (Cuban National Liberation Front} or the Coordination of United Revolut tionary Organizations (cone) He a | Stated that on April 3, 1977, he attended a meeting whic concermnned itself with human rights and was presided over by one. FRANKLIN DELANO LOPEZ who was interested in sending five Cuban exile individuals to neashington, CD. -€., and present a case to the United States: Gpartment of. State to tell President CARTER how to dezl with che Cubans. He stated that their main | concern here was the political prisoners and the system of | Communism under CASTRO, ZABALA stated that| he participated inS] J no other similar activit}es, He stated th=t he Goes bave a + close relaticnship with a very political individual , (2yRIOUR CoS. NUNEZ, who is the editor of Replica “ese san Juan, ae Puerto Rico. Lo ae _Gemribasvies that (his sister, AMALIA ANGE etme €83 ZABALA M is Ss mother, ANGPELINA MAS,Jcame to Puerts Rico a fron Cuba on(December 23, 1976) for a Vacation in Puerto ce Cs) ABALA \stated that(his mother. ias six month visa which CG : 5) 7 expires in June,)1977, and th rat( she wS curr rently attempting sy to stay thrée months longer in Puerto Rico and is awaiting word from Cuban authorities through(her daughter Jvho has since CS) returned to Cuba to secure a Cuban government OF to ramain in Puerto Rice. Upon receipt of that OK from the Cuban: soverpmant the (subject's motner\will then apply to the United Statesé <a : Immigration and Natiiralization Service (USINS)/ for a thre a | “month extenticn of (Chez }eisa to visit Puerto Rico. Cansatn? s OS sister AMALIA J was in Pues be Rico | frop{ Dgcember 23, 19 TENCS til (Ganuary i7, 1977) a waich time she returned t to Cuba's Se open SMa OOP cnt pen BE eee cininsidienimmmiammnazdE ies - = — and ek, Fr-30r-. oert TC Beteany ow 4/13 |S | SOR te alale., BO i a ~ “ateowrtewn 4/3/77 __ oa, _Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. Goel sy Interviewed on SAS HARRY B. BRANDON ana . ete P_PAUL M. RUSH/PMR/imf | —_ ae pos Sept C8277 crf 7 \) See wie - Lf §: sine 5 BYLOOKS Ar conciusions of the he PF eRe Y obing 5 es Ay Rage to ; Rif MIN, Ne your oge f Cite ecominenc your arene; | vekemrageants ee OR. Gre ior be distri ; Docld: 32313052 Page 41
SEC ARTS EAT AR BEES { FELIX — chat (AMALIA is married ‘to. “JULIO CESAR ia SL S MARTIN,Jwho is a medical doctor who hasia very 9098 i ZABALA) A )stated that (AMALIA! S husband jis not a political- type CSD CS3 _-person’ and he is not considered rie -live in Cuba. He stated that(his brother, JOS also known as (PEPE ," DOMINGO ,) and that /"Paeetfe various periods es} I ‘ practicefjn Calixto_Garcia aoe Havana, Cuba. 2e a Communist. He stated that( JULIO CESAR MAS MARTIN lis happy living under CS) the Cuban system of government because he is a doctor and therefore lives extremel y. well. ZABALA stated that the “5 latter's brother (LUIS MAS. MARTIN lis currently livingZ S$ . outside Havana(assigned to_an agricultural project. ZABALA \C $9 tated that(Lu MAS MARTIN ,) who is approximately 50 years old, is currently having a severe drinking problen. C2BBALA} bel. 7ev55 cs ‘that he is (let sing with thefagriculture projéct jin the ‘vicinity. of Matanzas, Cuba, ~ ZABALA \termed(LUI§ MARTIN \a C53. Communist ant an anti~Batisti te. mibaLa Jaded that hisCs_ sister's recent trip to Puerto Rico was her first trip ever CS o this country.) He stated that he last sawfher in 1965 Cuba. (ZABALK recorted that he went to(Gamaica and met(hbis inca ‘Sister and.htS mother on December 21 , T976,\ and ass isted in their travel to Suerte Rico by helping them to a hotel in Kingston, Jamaica, and then to the United States Embassy thereCS _) ‘to secure a visa to visit Puerto Rico. He stated that since 1965 he had only talked to(his sister on the Fetepronel oS approximately every six months. ; (ZapALA \sta ted that he rarely writes to any friends Cs) or family Members. in Cuba. He stated that(his brother JCS DOMINGO _ZABALA,| also known as(Nino,\is current y(an athletic CST promoter jand works: in a group known asCthe Instituto Nacional Deportes Revoiucionarigy in wa ashe THEE Lest. thar CSI his father,(JOSE L. ZABALA, \die on(Rovember | 23, 1954) ings Cuba and tha is two sist@rs, AMALIA end ELENA currently ZS) LUIS” ZABALA,\CS) of time in Cuban jails. He Stated that/"p and nine months Which began inf Mav of 1961. “BOMING GO) rt 3) ZABALA \termec SS” non-Communist, was in Salil fo orC1e rn ithe} foc § september, 1961, to 1963. ZABALA Btated that he himself was in jail only for(seven days) which began in Bey ¢ L961 ZABALA ran added that the reason that the ahove individuals received jatl terms had to do with their affiliation with a group which was going to plant, bonibs (in cr near the waterworks in Havana, 5 S005). in 1961, : Doeld: 323135052 Page 42 SC. 2107 Hotep™ "PEPE" Jserved (four og CSO |
DATE: 41-14-2017 2. . , {Relea ed under the John'F.: Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Ac es “$9 (65-514 (See o a LIX ZABALA Mas stated that he doesn't. know any $_) individuals who are in FLNC or CORU. He stated, that(REINOLC $*) RODRIGUEZ is a good friend of his and they have been - —_ associated since ZABALA's #ffiliation with( Alpha 66. HeC ST Stated that he cid not think that(REINOL RODRIGUEZ fs still 5} a member of the latter organization. He stated that he has only belonged to_one political. group in Cuba and that. he was - a member. of the(Movimiento Revolutionario Pueblo (MRP) JandC SJ that that group placed over 100 bombs in and around Havana, - Cuba, protesting the CASTRO government, oo ZABALA \was questioned about his relationship with’S} one ANTONTQ VECIANA and he stated that VECIANA is like G ; . own brother.) He added that VECIANA is(his son's Godfat .. and is curréntly a resident of Miami, Florida. (ZABALA reported that VECIANA(and nimself were)in Aloha 66 and at S? ea time atiempted (to form an Alpha 6 group in San Juan CS ; Puerto Rico.) two other individuals, Gace rding to ZARBALA, . . i were in on this enterprise: TONY CUBSTA \who is possibly living CS) now in Miaini, Florida). ZABALA Jconsidered VECTANA to not onl CS 3 be his. friend. but(his business partner fand added that VECIANAC S$") resides at Number 811 Northwest 30 Ct., Miami, Florida, 32125. | (ZABALA stated that \WECIANA left Alpha 66 in 3966 and that he CS J is definitely anti-Castro and would personally like to kill CASTRO. He did not know VECIANA to be affiliated with any _ | political srouss at this time. (GABALA stated that )}four or CS_$ | oy five vears ago that VECIANA, ENRIOUE NUNFZ, and MANOLO RAY went to Costa Rica and formed a revolutionary party {(anti- CASTRO), which had the same ideals of Alpha 66. He added that . this group which was known as Partido Revolutionario Del Pueblo, lasted perhaps eight months. co | (FELIX ZABALA MASJrevegled that on{October 28, 1976, JCS) he left San Juan, Puerto Rico, (and traveled cto Kingston, S Jamaica,)|for the purcose of seeingfan entertainment pr norer SS FELIX SMITH, Jabout putting on thefChinese Circus Review from €. Taiwan.) He’ added that he met no one other than (@ELIx sMitH CS) during his stay in Jamaica] He insisted that he had met no one ral TA? SECRET ' Doclda: 32313052 Page 43