457-10005-10151 AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORDS SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : SSCIA JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY INFORMATION 157-10005-10151 Date:09/30/93 Page: 1 ORIGINATOR : FROM : _ TO: TITLE : MEMORANDUM i DATE DOCUMENT INFORMATION CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY HELMS, RICHARD-DEP DIR FOR PLANS DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE PAGES : 8 SUBJECTS : mm, PLANS OF CUBAN EXILES TO ASSASSINATE CUBAN GOVT LEADERS #9) "COSA NOSTRA" ELEMENTS OFFER TO ASSASSINATE CASTRO : 06/10/64 DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION : U RESTRICTIONS : REFERRED CURRENT STATUS : P DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 09/30/93 OPENING CRITERIA : BOX 435-3 COMMENTS : om noc) SESE mG) SOS yuh aE EDN) WEEE GES come Se cron cums SHbh Ab nth Rh Gere eee eh Hd OSE A UNS SSS GL EG) RS WESC Gat GR GD EEE EY GES yO) EAE ED EEE EGE Nh fete am th SRS URN EN) ed pe es NI LO eS oe HY 50955 Bocld: 322702341 Page 1 [R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED
, S-E-C-K-b-r mo FOREIGN DISSEM/CONTROLLED DISSEM/NO DISSEM ABROAD/BACKGROUND USE 0%! e PROPERTY Ut cue WHITE HOUSE oFeics that the three Cuban officials died *t the hands of the assassins connected with Cameron's contacts. ; y_April 1964 Eliseo Gomez Fernandez met Spin Sch. WEBoSseh agreed to advance $100,000 his associates Zould advance $2,500 for expenses. Julio Lobo Olavarria, 4 wealtuy Cuban exile in New York, subsequently agreed to the terms, provided that his name was not involved. Accordingly, Babun gave Cameron $2,500 on 25 April. - Cameron then advised his ~~ group, and on 25 April he reported that his group had already called its man jn Cuba and told him to proceed as planned and that “their other man" would be heading for Cuba shortly. The final comment was "we hope to have some good news for you petween 20 and 25 May." Lobo planned to fly to Miami on 19 May to arrange for the transfer of $100,000 to a safety deposit box, the keys to which are to be held jointly by Cameron and a confidant of Lobo. " gould be honored only upon the presentation of evidence ‘ 7. The identities of the persons in the Cameron group and how they plan to proceed with this mission are not known. Babun's associates are reluctant to , make any unnecessary queries because they have invested $2,500 and because Cameron made it fairly. clear at the beginning that the Mafia was involved. Cameron re- vealed during the negotiations that his contact was 4a police officer in the St. Louis, Missouri, Vice Squad who was about to retire and who has numerous connections in the Mafia. Cameron implied that "the other man'' in question is in Spain. Cameron knows that he could be “indicted for conspiracy and that if there iS any treachery on his part, Babun and his associates would not hesitate to sink his ship, the N/V CAYMAN HOPE. 8. In late May 1964 a_ prominent Cuban exile who spoke withsJe even mees em reported that Teofilo Babun and Eliseo Gomez had a plan under way to assas=_ sinate Fidel Castro for the payment of $150,000. BO claimed that he had committed himself to furnish $50,000 and that he was hoping he could get the balance oe, we . ‘> S-E-C-R-E-T : < NO FOREIGN DISSEM/CONTROLLED DISSEM/NO DISSEM ABROAD/BACKGROUSD US one acne a a dane meamscrpn sgren@ eS Docld: 32202341 Page 2 canes
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