124-90158-10053 JFK Assassination System Date: 6/17/201 Identification Form penne A nana AEP nt Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-90158-10055 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: = CR 109-12-210-7113 tnt ie At tanta Document Information ORIGINATOR: = CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY FROM: CIA TO: HO TITLE: DATE: 11/01/1976 PAGES: 4 SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : LUIS POSADA CUBANA AIRLINE CRASH PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION : — Secret RESTRICTIONS: = 1B CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : epee erent A ttt vol HW 50953 DBocld: 32340396 12/08/1998 APPROVAL OF CIA CABLE Page i
P\ ae _ () . ROUTINE - | k cell I ion Cwrle a a | h,elligence nformat 7  Og5155 Q | WAENING NOTICE PAGE 1 OF 4 PAGES SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED STATE/INR JCS/MC (DIA) CIA/NMCS SWS NSA TREAS NSC/S  SDO NIO CRS (SY/1/PIB) SS,ID,.° FBI, ‘SECUR, DDA, OMS “DIRECTORATE OF Clessified hy Regmaded Reporting Officer. Exempt * trom General Declassificotion Schedvie of £0. 116382 Exemption OPERATIONS Category 5B Me 10: Bimpossible to Determine Date of Automati ic Daclassification. FURTHER DISSEMINATION ANE USE OF THIS INFORMATION SUBJECT TO CONTROLS STATED AT BEGINNING AND END. OF REPORT. Ps Se Wace AN) INFORMATION REPCRT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED. INTELLIGENCE ‘SECRET HELEAS POF cia FORMATION CITE TOFIR DB 315/10912-76 : K IN) THIS DOCUMENT, ereee fs He bnAces os NOVEMBER 1976 "REPORT CLASS _ SECRET- WARNING Monten. SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND “weThops INVOLVED- -NOT RELEASABLE TO FOREIGN NATIONALS- -NOT RELEASABLE TO CONTRACTORS OR CONTRACTOR/ CONSULTANTS - - DISSEMINATION AND | EXTRACTION OF INFORMATION CONTROLLED BY ORIGINATOR . (obo tre ate wai eag ADM. seis “COUNTRY cuBA/ VENEZUELA eee Bos 2 ge fi ‘00 _ '28 OCTOBER 1976 “SUBJECT COMMENTS OF CUBAN EMBASSY OFFICIALS IN VENEZUELA ON _ Up: ¢ 4 | bn | PERSONS. DETAINED BY VENEZUELAN AUTHORITIES IN CONNECTION seen non, “tpi nites AE Bi ease eae |, WITH THE CUBANA AIRLINE CRASH REO _ va Aca VENEZUELA, CARACAS (30 OCTOBER. Ho) p a _ FIELD NO. avd ss — fff a ! wa B1g jo P-/2 7 2a — ME 4 | SOURCE A VENEZUELAN BUSINESSMAN WITH CLOSE connecks in BUSINESS, GOVERNMENT, POLITICAL AND DIPLOMATIC CIRCLES. HIS_ nov - , @ NOV 8 o> KE moron bers tees | ' - RELIABILITY HAS NOT BEEN ESTABLISHED. | 1. ON 28 OCTOBER 1976 OFFICIALS OF THE CUBAN EMBASSY IN ‘CARACAS, VENEZUELA, SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF CUBA (GOC) IS WAITING TO SEE WHAT THE VENEZUELANS ARE GOING TO DO WITH THE INDI- |, VIDUALS UNDER DETENTION IN CONNECTION WITH THE 6 OCTOBER CRASH OF A 4 CUBANA AIRLINER. THE CUBAN EMBASSY HAS AS YET RECEIVED No | 3 ORES LONS, FROM HAVANA, AND THE CUBAN OFFICIALS PREDICTED THAT THE , SECRET nes L04- 12 -9/6—_ HW 50953,..,,R9GT0:32340396 Page 2 — BF GF Bm ir
Vvrepues § seserad G8F | 73 wD4h 2D Editions , eh tO GO0IS% - 0053 WARNING NOTICE SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED IN 085155 | TDFIR DB-315/10912-76 “PAGE 20OF 4 PAGES | _. FURTHER DISSEMINATION AND USE OF THIS INFORMATION SUBJECT _« SECRET To CONTROLS STATED AT BEGINNING AND END OF REPORT | 1) cl Ld GOC WOULD NOT MAKE A STM DECISION UNTIL 2 NOVEMBER, SINCE THE COURT'S FINDINGS ARE DUE FOR PRESENTATION ON 1 NOVEMBER. (FIELD COMMENT: ON 29 OCTOBER THE LOCAL PRESS INDICATED THAT THE COURT'S DECISION WOULD BE MADE DURING THE WEEK OF 1 NOVEMBER. ) 2. THE CUBAN OFFICIALS, HOWEVER, SAID THAT THEY BELIEVE THAT ORLANDO 6) “s CH, LUIS P “OSAD A, HERNAN RCT A RDO, AND FREDDY, Ab" ‘UG O, THE FOUR DETAINEES, WOULD BE RELEASED BY THE qa VENEZUELANS. DAVIDJMO RAL E sfSit0, A LEADER OF THE DEMON. “a : CRATIC ACTION PARTY (AD), THE CUBANS™ ‘sAtDY WANTS THE FOUR MEN RE-“\_ © | aE LEASED. ONE OF MORALES' LAW ASSOCIATES IS A GOOD FRIEND OF JUDGE | DELTA E S T AB A, WHO IS HEARING THE CASE, AND MORALES' REQUEST | FOR THE RELEASE OF THE FOUR IS BEING MADE VIA THIS LAW. ASSOCIATE. | (SOURCE COMMENT: THE CUBANS DID NOT ELABORATE ON THE REASON MORALES WANTED THE MEN RELEASED, NOR DID THEY IDENTIFY THE LAW ASSOCIATE. ) | 3. BOSCH, THE CUBANS SAID, WOULD PROBABLY BE TURNED OVER TO UNITED STATES AUTHORITIES. SHOULD BOSCH BE FLOWN OUT OF VENEZUELA VIA PANAMA, THE CUBANS SAID, THE GOC. WOULD TAKE BOSCH OFF THE PLANE | IN PANAMA REGARDLESS OF WHICH AIRLINE IS USED TO TRANSPORT HIM. |S IN ANY EVENT, THE CUBAN OFFICIALS INSISTED THAT, IF THE FOUR MEN : 5 WERE PSLEASED, THEY WOULD BE KILLED. THE CUBANS SAID THAT THE 62 (4 ° i. . =. , : . f, \ ~ - iy io
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