er the: John : F. ’ Kennedy“ Ass ee sou ree Jtraves led from. Miami, ‘Florida,  tolttexice ¢ city os “wa, Mexico via (Aerctaves, Airlines- Flight( #411, on May 19,) 1977, SL > leaving Miami at 3 p.m. and arriving at Mexico City ht 5 p. wits . fSsource vas yey by. no ‘one at the airport and went to his room, $_ f#5035\:atthe(Ei: ‘Diplomatico:jHotel ‘inf Mexico city) At 7:20" P: 1 £39 "Bourcéjtook: one. taxi _to tre middile..of .town.and then another the assigned. meeting “place ‘with the CUIS. Gource stated thatqe Oey. this was’a maneuver_to avoid. easy detection of where Je was ~ 6 destined. (He stated) that he "Cie to.the Metro ane ees and C He © .:, Saw people across. ey stree » Stated that he)walked ane. cs] a tunnel and then returned to - center of’ the sidewalk where $9 he was-.met by CARLOS, [khom/ (ne Ahad previously ‘net. ) and another ‘ ‘Cuban - individual. “(Source stated that \CARLOS. was wearing a '. Gark. jacket, a. ‘bln 2 | T-shirt under thé. jacket’,. dark. pants. and — Carrying a small ha sndbag in whieh there was a gun. Source 3 »Stated.. ‘that fthe-.-of her: Cuban: Wa Be aewh te: ina flees. -approximate ly. v28-years .Old, weighing 150, .5'8" tall, and. braving. black hair a -€worn medium length and- parted: ‘on. ‘the’ Tight side which was: combed down. This individual who was referred to as RAUL, had no sideburns, no-mustache and was wearing white-rimmed glasses. He was dressed with a light jacket, white shirt with a collar, and dark pants. RAUL, although he-did not smoke, often had at black cigzsrette holder’ ‘in his mouth. He carried ‘nothing in - his hands. "(Source believed ‘nat Joantos wv was the apparent leader CL Of thestwo., 2 7 Le an (CScoureead ed that his sister from so Cuba, anans%) asa CSI CSOnot. travel to (Mexico Cit to be with the CUIS q@uwring theif meet with ~..° ( the source] ( Source was \told by CARLOS that they did not want CS.) is sisterjinvolved in His affairs with the CUIS and, herefore ,€S3 She did not come to meet him as was previously arranged. Cs 3 S wbtdeceil P SECRET
oop SECRET” DB oe aa (Source advised. a thagJnavi, left. CARLOS(and the soured) cs) re) pick vp an apparently rented car .a Short. ‘distance 03 4. 2 stated that, Jthis car. was a 1975 ‘Light green two- ES) » Source noted what appeared to belcar rental papers. ain “with the works. Puerto: Rico" as ‘part of the ( Qj $4rm'3s: name. Upon’ entering. the .car-, CARLOS. statea CS) mo ‘that they dia not want to..use.a.. Cuban: Embassy €ar. for. these. jo... ‘meets ‘Tor: “Z@entification reasons. ..Source- ‘stated that’ they) traveled in the automobile for gpproximately cne and. on aa half hours and went to a HatelfSan Miguel in Puebla City. CS He “in@buep 1s) | they \traveledi out s\Genue: City jon, the. Express sway CS a -and went 1 RG RES ¥ 4 3 “and in(Puebl went off at (Reforma Avenue, proceeded two blocks. ancthen right.for tWoc hlotKs (Source ‘stated that CS). the Hotel (San Miguel: appeared’ wery run .down and third: aot He stated: sheet the CUIS -had epparently rented two rooms one on the ound floor and the cther-on the first floor iin som : wed ee “Upon” entering ‘the (Gan Miguel Hotel, ‘the y soureT ict Cae a white: Cuban maleCwho was. intreduced to -him-as |HECTOR. HECTORCS.S was approximstely 45 years of age, 5'6" tall, weighing 185 | pounds, ‘hav: dark eyes and slightly eney black hair, which Was combed-sivaight back. HECCIOK wore no glasses and. “ha .d ono mustache norpeard. (Source, understood HECTOR to beja televis sion CS and videotape technictTar. (LOS told source. that JHECTOR cameC $3 from Cuba and worked with the CUIS in Cuba. Cupon entering the ground floer<room, the source noted an automatic pistol lying on the _b ahd ‘he understood that this pistol bel ronged to secron YS) | “Source advised that up to this point in conversation with RAUL, the latter had talked a lot about the good times that he recently had on a trip ‘to the Soviet Union when he * ‘accompanied “IDEL CASTRO there. He stated that the Cuban , delegation enjoyed many big parties in Russia and there was an abundawcesmof beer, vodka and Russian women. RAUL felt * that the -Russian people loved FIDEL CASTRO. Source, stated «that while:.emroute to the San Miguel Hotel, CARLOS advised -. the sourve® hat JCRGE sends his regards to the source. Source. stated that..JORGE is "The Genera who has previously met with. the: Sour ‘ce on recent veces (S)" " SECRET | DocId: 32313056 Page: 6..
Released ‘under the vo at DARE: “eke td-2017 ° ee ae In the ground, “floor. room. of. ‘the hotel; the. SOUTCE Hs oe whe oe “met “another. Cuban. who was introduced to him as . SANTANA... “Source ...,.  @eSétibed ‘him as 2° Mulatto; who had. Negro features. He © is 52 '8" tall, weighing approximate ly 160 pounds’, 40 years: of age and has black. kinky hair. - Source’ angel SANTANA works ‘for. ‘the Cuban Embassy in ‘Mexico City oye Chile énroute “to the San. Miguel. Hotel) | RLOS (ca) mentioned Co the. source]that the .CUIS. had. wove) aos <5. “wideot ape.of a contact: with the source and to later show this)only..to FIDEL- CASTRO and: other high-ranking Cuban- Government - officials. «Source agreed to this. Source noted. in the room that a videotape camera, which appeared to be a Sony product, was.mounted-on 2 tripod on a table and a > —_ microphone placed just off to the .Side of the table. Source Stated that the video. machine was. black and: white | in color _ and ‘that he unders tood. the filming would also be in: “Diack . and white.V6\ oe . ae say 4 4 4 Le (frior to. the videotaping of the source, there had Cs ‘been, conversation”® concerning “MANOLO: RAY. Source. advised: that | ‘CARLOS told him-that ‘While ‘the source's sister was recently.. “im Puerto Rico: ‘du¥ing | January, 1977, RAY had told her that. » he was interested. in meeting the CUIS, ' RAY had stated at. that time that ‘the would be sending a letter to the source's “sister in Cuba. Source aimderstood that RAY. would be making ‘a meet with the CUTS in the near future. Souree stated “it appeared that the 4 “source's sigter-and videotaping, CARLOS Cuba to (lexi co City very late... that f1S wanted no connection between the RAN: in conversation prior to the J ‘advised ‘the source that helhad come from a onthe evening of (May 185) 1277, arriving C$} SECRET cee aenantanamaene tal
re (Soares ‘sa ndvised. that. prior to, ‘the: videotaping, RAUL and SANTAN left.the room: and - “apparently went ‘upstairs to. “+Room 102-to Skeep. ‘Source stated that he sat. alone at.the - table- upon which the: videotape* machine’. was-mounted and CARLOS. “asked him a list’ of questions, ‘This taping, in. which three .reels were used, took one -hour and 25 minutes. Source was “asked about his. family situation in, Cuba’ be fore’ FIDEL -CASTRO ‘took - over’. He was asked about his thoughts on the Batista : Regime in Cuba... He was asked’ to comment about his pres cs” family situation in and out of Cuba. He. was asked. abo what political movements he had been a. member | of, and h® responded with Aipha 66 and fise ambrey . When questioned about CS). > Alpha 66, the source told:the int erviewer that in 1964 )he had helped. Cuban exiles and arms to’ pass through ‘PuerTo Rico .to Santo Domingo to be used .against Cuba. (He stated that. CS 3 during that year he -had helped approximatel y 28 individuals and that all but. four of those individuals had returned. He stated. that the other four who made it to Cuba were now in “Cuban prisons “Scurce was asked to. give | comments about | nis CS © “participation. in Jan assassination. attempt: of FIDEL - CASTRO in Chile in 19 , (and the source did. He was asked to LS 3 comment on the assaSsination of JOH} ¥. KENNEDY in 1963S” and about his contacts and knowledge of ANTONIO VECIANA. en's ‘interviewer wanted to know VECIANA's position with the U. Embassy in Bolivia in 1971. (He was asked to comment about LCSD. ofl 2) oa Mr. BLAIR and Mr. KAIL, who were reportedly employees of ‘. . the U.S. Embassy in Cuba during the takeover of the Cuban .» Government by FIDEL CASTRO. - The CUIS suspected these a individuals of being associated with the U.S. Central Intelligence _ Agency and asked the source that if he knew where they are now and-if he had aver contacted them at the U.§ hmbassy. Source was questioned about his participation in Jenother assassination attempt of FIDEL CASTRO which too plac ' 1961 in Havana, Cuba. (Bource stated thatjat that time CSO VECIANA, BERNARDO PRADRERES(and he \tried to kill FIDEL eae. C33) with a Bazooka. (Ge stated that \an apartment was rented-don Mission Street iflHavana, Cuba, by VECIANA's mother-in-law. (Source stated thatjthey v waited nine months for FIDEL castro CS‘) to appear at a public gathering at the Cuban capitol which was ,. only one block away, but (heir operation) had no success, Giel $9 “" stated that \PRADRERES had hired two others to fire ““ the Bezook& and later they reported that)it was too old and OS) not functional. source stated that this, Bazooka » Which was CS used against: BATISTA , “had been’ hidden until the time of the”