oo : cop . . oe 5 : - ’ Sicgprd 4 ; ° “ae - , Altes foa-F7Le 3 # . ep: ; : LL NOY O77 ; HEMORANDUM FOR: Office of the Legislative Cennsel 13 f ‘ VIA: SA/ADDG 4 Gf FROM: "Raymond A. Warten : i. ° Chief. Latin America Division Co 4 SUBJECT: Allegation by a Senior Cuban Diplomat ca i Concerning the Role of Cuban Fuiles in: wd the Assassinatien-of President Kennedy) °.” : ~ REFERENCE: LA/CO/258-77 Dated 3 November 1977 j 3 3 1. Reference is wade to the referent memorandum which . a reported a staterent made bv a senior Cuban diplomat abroad - a . ‘alleging that “Cuban exites such as DIAZ Lan (f1u) (sic) : 7 and ethers had been involved in the assassination of : : President John F. Kennedy.“ We have received nothing i. further to date to supplement this information. Lye s 2. DDO ‘records indicate that Pedro DIAZ Lanz, and 7 ri 3 his brother “arcecs DIAZ Lanz, fernerly Chief and Deputy ‘ S : ‘ Chief, respectively, of the Cuban Revolutionary Air Force, - rH ; entered the U.S. from Cuba as exiles in nid-1959. Since aL a that time both DIAZ Lanz brethers reportedly have been: ae i “closely associated with, and invelved in humerous activities - ; with, Frank STURGIS (aka FIORINI), of Watergate fame. AF- a oo i ‘ i ‘though the individual allegedly involved in the assassina- $ H tion of President Kennedy could be either of the DIAZ Lanz. | brothers, it is noted that.the name Pedro DIAZ Lanz had: i been cited in recent newspaper items in this connect ion. t ‘We refer specifically to the New York Daily News article B | of 20 September 1977 entitled “Ex-Spy Says She lirove tot coat. ¥ j | Dallas With Oswald @ Kennedy “Assassin Squad’, a copy i _ pat | of which is attached. The Agency assisted in the evacuar . “F | tion of Marcos from Cuba to Miami, and Fedro entered the 4 U.S. on his own. Although both were debriefed by the a fh Agency, there is no indication that thes were ever con- i: ae Be "signed - 4 2 + i . . _ Bepmond A. Farren | a oo De . Raymond A. Narren rs 27 Attachrent: . Ds ; ae : c Newspaper Article SS 4 fo. ce: IG Staff ° ob/-L2 7 1 V4 OE oe emer et eee ee | ; P.O |... vee ier ashok Sree 2 ‘ WP rt Greg pe F - & wa ges tp ee < “pee r : eval wy set ce eg . - ere ee ne tee : g <0 G . ICT mee nina amet ot 3 . ; coe erunt se ONY : os , parkarour’ produce 7] - Not Re 3 -d.. ee ; at
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