AGENCY INFORMATION Released under the John . Eennedy ; ; WSsassination Records AGENCY: FBI ; Ollection Act of 1992 RECORD NUMBER: 124-10279-10038 \ (44 USC 2107 Note). RECORD SERIES: HO pases uy 89992 Date: AGENCY FILE NUMBER: CR 97-4275-42. 43 DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM:  SAC.MM TO: DIRECTOR. FBI TITLE: DATE: 07/13/1976 PAGES: 15 SUBJECT: OBA, CUBAN EXILE GROUPS, MILITARY ACTION, COSTA RICA GOVERNMENT, INTV, SAMPOL, IGNACIO ROBERTO NOVO DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER. TEXTUAL DOCUMENT ~ ORIGINAL | Secret NEW | ' CLASSIFICATION: | CLASSIFICATION: REVIEW DATE: — 09/15/1998 UPDATE DATE: STATUS  Redact | | | . RESTRICTIONS: JFK Act 6 (4) COMMENTS: INC 2 MEMO, 2 LHM | HW 53932 DBocld:32301703 Page 1
a, : OPTIONAL FORM NO, 10 e . . es @- JULY £973 EDITION > om . te <3SA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 7 _ UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 9“ * “Meniorandum . DIRECTOR, FBI (97- 4275) DECLASSIFCATSCN AND/OR, O RELEASE OF CIA INFORMATION SUBJECT: IGNACIO ROBERTO NOVO SAMPOL IN THIS DOCUMENT, Im - CUBA . | LIMINARY INQUIRY (Initiated 9/5/7K G-lg -47 a Wy i00: iami) Re Miami letter with enclosures, dated 3/11/76. en Lie SAC, MIAMI (105-12858) (?) > CIAHAS NO OBJECTION TO | Enclosed for the Bureau are six copies of an LHM, dated and captioned as above. | .A copy is being disseminated to INS, Miami. - \ MM T-1 is MM 1337-S. Jb } “MM T-2 is MM 974-S, a LEADS 73 gpPRES AL: \ 2 : MIAMI paar \ aoeee | At Miami, Florida: ‘* Will continue investi and keep the Bureau advised. pECYs SS: TIED gl REO its Seanad WIS = Bureau | (Enc ee 23 JUL 26 1976 RJD:ml1 BAGS GCS co tdci 3 | Cae DAE CAE) LaOPy t0 SSF yl MS SLE by one slip’ Aa . Cy set action . date.i 4 ~~ 7S \ Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan 7 HW 53932 DBocld:32301703 Page 2?
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Miami, Florida Fil July 13, 1976 i . Lefe :, IGNACIO ROBERTO NOVO SAMPOL a = a, Preetell 5 TERNAL SECURITY - CUBA as r ifyén: VAUN TT Tee LIMINARY INQUIRY (Initiated September NOVO SAMPOL continues to live at 1855 West 60th Street, Hialeah, Florida, and is employed as a car salesman at Austin Ford, Incorporated (Inc.), 3801 N. W. 27th Avenue, oe MM T-1, a Cuban exile actively involved in Cuban | exile terrorist activities, on March 15, 1976, furnished the - following information: A group of Cuban exiles living inthe Miami area K have been recently meeting and discussing the possibility of A) taking military action against the Government of Cos ica. h wh r discussions are based on the fact that ND OSCH - @ Cuban exile terrorist, at that time, was in jail“in sta Rica, Rg )(u ) , in Among thé persons meeting to consider action against mo NY costa Rica, were some of BOSCH's supp rs in Mjami, Florida, (; XS along with IGNACIO NOVO and GUILLE OVO. Kt These Cuban exiles discussed the possibility of ‘ | “obtaining dynamite to be used against the Costa Rican Embassy or business establishments in the United States or some third \ - country. No definite plans were made and the oup at that . _ .; time did not have access to explosives. K ( Y Rt MM T-2, a Cyban exile involved in re lutionary / matters for the p six years, on’ March 16, 1976, reported (de that WALDO¥CASTROAVERDE, ALDO-WERA, and RAULYVARANDELA, member SSS oe BECLIBSIZ ED BY 2,665 SUF N; e Ri 22 LE eae (EE). Torr eT oly at This document contains neither recommendations nor hi conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is ee loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. Sources whose identities are concealed herein, have furnished reliable information in the past, except where otherwise noted, HW 53932 DBoclId:32301703 Page 3
RE: IGNACIO ROBERTO NOVO SAMPOL of BOSCH's terrorist group, recently met with IGNACIO and ~  GUILLERMO: NOVO, to discuss retaliatory action to be taken against the Government of Costa Rica. They discussed the possibility of bombing Costa Rican business | and diplomatic establishments outside of that country. y said if BOSCH is not released fromtjail, they will be foneed to take such terrorist action, WR ) (u) MM T-2 said he was unable to, evaluate this group's ability to carry out such activites. RX u) : MM T-2 on March 26, 1976, stated tHat two days — previously, . a meeting was heid. at the home of MERCEDESAROSELLO in Miami, where about 14 different Cuban exile political FTC / | | figures attended <X, RSCG U) , . Amon oxy attending were the NOVO brothers, IGNACIO ) and GUILLERMO. XY U\ The general.discussion centered around the arrest : of Cuban exile revolutionary_LUI ORNES, who was then in jail i LOT in Venezuela... The group decided to form a committee to i collect money for TORNES to. pay for his legal fees. The > S group feared that if this Venezuelan Government put pressure 7 on TORNES, he would give information jnvolving those persons in attendance at the meeting. (X RR 4 i MM MM T-1, on May 26, 1976 jJadvised that the Cuban Le National Liberation Front (FLNCY, a Cuban terrorist organiza- tion which has been involved in bombin for the past two years, is headed by..FRANKYTASTRO .» OF FRANK CASTRO stated he wanted to hold a meeting in the Dominican Republic to invite about five other Cuban terrorist organizations to form a unity pact with the FLNC. One of the groups to be invited is the Cuban vat ionat ist Movement (CNM), of which the NOVO brothers are member's «(96 Roe (y MM T-1 advised that the FLNC had such a meeting in . the Dominican Republic between June 11, 1976 and June 13, “1976.~ As a result of this meeting, a unity group was ‘formed Gey HW 53932 DBocld:32301703 Page 4
sey: 5 Ay ~ . . Pa 4 TO yy} /OR, 5 rON CIA HAS NO 0 DECLASSIFICA JRL WPL OCS) s7PTE/ CLP Juss A977 t le Kpb-ChA ESS, HW 53932 © “JULY 1973 EDITION \ L SG _ , GSAFPMR (41 CFR) 101-116 sos oe . : : ~ . 4 "UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AC . ECTION TO GN ABD SNFGRMATI Vi a OM-FD RELEASE OF CIADN AN THIS DOCUM ENT. °° because unauthorized disclosure would jeopardize sources 5010-110 ec. 8 oN OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 Memorandum DIRECTOR, FBI (97-4275) SAC, MIAMI (105-12858) (C) IGNACIO ROBERTO NOVO-GAMPOL - CUBA GekezivmNany tyyasrrcarton | MENITIATED 9/5/75) ; : MIAMT) Re Miami letter with enclosures dated 7/13/76. Enclosed for the Bureau are six copies of an LHM ated and captioned as above. A copy is being disseminated to Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), Miami, Florida. (\ AG) The enclosed LHM is being classified confidential i MM T-1 is MM 1337-8. MM T-2 is NK 5775-S. whose protection is required in the interest of national security. This classification is being exempted from automat downgrading because the information discloses intelligence sources. a Ne A This IS-Cuba case is being closed inasmuch as it me NS does not come within the: purview of the present Internal Bi at . Security criteria. A new Meutrality Matter-Cuba case will RE oS be opened concerning the subject. Investigation will con- SA tinue and the dvised. gry ascirien py S665 SCH/GCE... DRE ‘ ON [ele (we). . . GT Yb I5-4-3 CORRECTED 1 - Miami = c We “F Nein: r vhs Payroll Savings @) Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on Sn DoclIda: 32301703 Page 5
* a _ by CARLO LOSK IVER ROYCOLLADO, a Cuban exile in Miami/who defected | a AY ” GONEEDENTERL Md — | RE: IGNACIO ROBERTO NOVO SAMPOL RIVERO explained that about two years ago, he met for the first time with DIONISIO SUAREZ, but has had no - oy further contact with him. oo RIVERO claimed that IGNACIO NOVO responds to the activities of the CNM in the New Jersey area and is not associated with the CNM membership and activities in the Miami area. MM T-2, a Cuban exile who is associated with CNM activities in the New Jersey area, on. Sevtember 24, 1976, advised that on September 16, 1976, the Russian ship "Ivan Shepetkov" at Elizabeth, New jersey, was bombed | by an explosive device. MM T-2 felt that GUILLERMO NOVO was behind the bombing and the possibility existed that i) IGNACIO NOVO was in New Jersey during that period of time On October 18, 1976, FELIPE RIVERO DIAZ was interviewed by WQBA, a Spanish language radio station in Miami. RIVERO said that recently an article appeared in El Nacional, a daily newspaper published in Caracas, Venezuela. The article alleged that IGNACIO and GUILLERMO NOVO were involved in the assassination of the ex-Chilean Ambassador to the United States, ORLANDO LETELIER, which took place on September 21, 1976. RIVERO stated that terrorist acts of which he cls and CNM membérs have been accused, stem from a iam: (ho defect to Cuba~in TVEROKCO! 1974, RIVERO denied_that—he or the NOVO brothers had anything to do with LETELIER's assassina- Me HW 53932 DoclId: 327301703 Page 6
Stef. oF pe a e io ZA, Elk ety: t che he. OM fap! y ; i“ Ge 6 nad : . Be 4 . . aes “YOPTIONAS FORM NO. 16 J’ fom, . , . my . 3 ° ° > JULY 1973 EDITION ¢ : : \ " GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 ‘UNITED STATES GO-vERNMENT ‘ - Memorandum COT DATE: 12/1 4/76 TO Doo DIRECTOR, FBI (97. FROM. : ~SAg, MIAMI (105-12858) (C) | ( SUBJECT: . ' IGNA IO ROBERTO Novo SAMPOL WU ee CUBA | Zz PRELL ENVESPIGETION) atl A) ME a eee Enclosed for the / Bureau are six copies of an LHM ' dated and captioned A copy is b ing disseminated to ane ae ee laturalization Servicd (INS), Miami, Florida. | Dd AN | aes (nt ae MM T-1 is MM \337-S. NG s aN MM T-2 is NK 5V75-S. Yai i) aN e enclosed is being classified confidential . aX to better protect sources ‘of continuing value. This IS-Cuba jcase,is being closed. inasmuch as it does not come within | the purview of the present Internal Security criteria. . ew Nelitrality Matter-Cuba case will be opened concerning “the subjec Investigation will CONS ag tinue and the Bureau will be KGvised SOSA oncl 20] eg BY x 3 we us o- Bureau (Enc. 6) ‘(RM) ~ Ae 8 SS -2 ts Miami. Sse oe NW oe [ 2 HW 53932 DBocld:32301703 Page 7