AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY: — FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10280-10075 RECORD SERIES: HO _ AGENCY FILE NUMBER: CR 109-12-228-2439 DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR: CIA FROM: CIA TO: TITLE: DATE: 10/19/1976 PAGES: 6 SUBJECT: OBA, CUBAN EXILE LEADER, ASSOC, TRA, VENEZUELA, BOMBING, CUBANA AIRLINER DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER. TEXTUAL DOCUMENT ORIGINAL Secret | NEW . CLASSIFICATION: CLASSIFICATION: REVIEW_DATE: — 06/08/1998 UPDATE. DATE: STATUS Redact RESTRICTIONS: - JFK Act 6 (1)(B) COMMENTS: HY 50953 DBoctd: 32302136 Page i
ee No SECRET (When Filled In) : MS 4° ROUTINE : Intelligence Information Cable ! ‘i | WARNING NOTICE IN OP3659 | SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED STATE/INR JCS/MC (DIA) CIA/NMCC SWS NSA TREAS NSC/S$ SDO NIO crs PAGE 1 OFL PAGES. x ate of Automatic Declassificatio Classified by oF cm od LS ing Officer. Exempt from General Declassification Schedule ef E.0. 11652 Exemption, a. IRECTORATE OF Cotegary 58 (1) Impossible to Determine OPERATIONS FURTHER DISSEMINATION AND USE OF THIS INFORMATION SUBJECT TO JH CONTROLS STATED AT BEGINNING AND END OF REPORT. THIS IS AN INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE i \ { CITE TOFIRDB-315/104S4-?b SECRET aaa FEDERAL COVERNMEND: rb! © Bir cq fH Mere Moree: DIST 45 OCTOBER L976) NOT RELEASABLE TO CONTRACTORS OR, CONTRACTOR/ CONSULTANTS SN COUNTRY: VENEZUELA ue ror APR cob vetaséit, | an HEREIN, IS LINCLASSIELED € pee ASS! 160. _ ) “ vat DOT: =. MID# OCTOBER 1976 DATE ZBL 475 Sie ¢ Ne a —= “Cyere | UX SUBJECT: VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT ATTEMPTS TO TIE THE SOCIAL % NS CHRISTIAN PARTY TO INDIVIDUALS LINKED TO THE BOMBING Ne OF A CUBANA ATRIAINER | = > S ACQ! a QURCE: SEE BELOW. Ore if VENEZUELA, CARACAS (46 OCTOBER 1976) FIELD fF spo. wd | Me E27 aS SUMMARY! OFFICIALS OF THE DIRECTORATE FOR THE SERV ICES “OF SINTELL IGENCE AND PREVENTION (DISIP) HAVE BEEN ORDERED To FULLY. fy Ak SECRE  T HY 50953 DBoctd: 32302136 Page 2? VAL 19760 pap | INVESTIGATE THE VENEZUELAN CONNECTIONS To THE 6 oc7OBER NOYe S$ BOMBING OF UBANA AIRLINER, UNOFIFICIALLY» HOWEVER, DISIP te Cy RY OFFICERS HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED TO BUILD A CASE “ince SSPE 1 70 e oaNG x THOSE INDIVIDUALS IMPLICATED IN THE INCIDENT. ON THE OTHGR 08 q | S "HAND + DISIP OFFICERS Pear THAT INFORMATION LINKING SOME yISIP B= e Nae T OFFECIALS To CUSAN EXILE ORLANDO BOSCH MIGHT BECOME PUBLIC Sie + KNOWLEDGE, EMBARRASSING THE GOVERNMENT AND FURTHER TAINTING) Sei, ): = 42 h~ | P, ‘Og OF SUMMARY. — | =e 28 | |
som 3007 onsougrg ous | DBO-(407s— .* a] VED . - ‘ oo in 073859 ; | a ToFIR DB-315/1L04S4-?6 RES ceive O\Ws. |. | WARNING NOTICE 7 | (ute (SENSHIVE INTEL LIGENGE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED PAGE2 OF b PAGES 3 i SECRET ia rag FURTHER DISSEMINATION AND USE OF THIS INFORMATION SUBJECT TO | , aS | ae ; . CONTROLS STATED AT BEGINNING AND END OF REPORT. cot “af sassisteation } ; i “CHRISTIAN PARTY (COPEL), DISIP OFFICIALS, THEREFORE,HAVE HY EMPLOYEE WHOSE POSITION GIVES HIM ACCESS TO OFFICIAL REPORTS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS, HIS RELIABILITY HAS NOT SEEN ESTABLISHED. _ ~ _ THIS ANFORMATION JS NOT TO BE DISCUSSED WITH ANY FOREIGN ; 1+ SOURCE OF PARAGRAPHS 233 A VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, INCLUDING THOSE OF THE VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT, +2, WHILE OFFICIALS OF THE DIRECTORATE FOR THE SERVICES OF INJELLIGENGE AND PREVENTION (DISIP) HAVE RECEIVED OFFICIAL | INSTRUCTIONS To CARRY OUT A COMPLETE INVEST [GAT ON OF ALL | | | VENEZUELANS CONNECTED WITH THE 6 OCTOBER 1976 soneine OF A CUBANA AIRLINER: UNOFFICIALLY DISIP OFFICERS: HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO CONCENTRATE THEIR INVESTIGATION ON MEMBERS OF THE SOCIAL | DRAWN UP A LIST OF LOW TO MEDIUM*LEVEL OFFICIALS OF COPEL : - I WHOM DISIP INTENDS TO TIE To LUIS PQS AD A, A FORMER DISP OFFICER WHO TS CURRENTLY UNDER DETE ON IN CONNECTION WITH THE BOMBING, AS CURRENTLY PLANNED, DISIP WILL BEGIN PICKING UP THESE COPEI LEADERS FOR QUESTIONING DURING THE WEEK OF. 48 OCTOBER, (SOURCE COMMENT! ALTHOUGH POSADA DOES HAVE COPE] CONNECTIONS, MOST DISIP OFFICERS DO NOT BELIEVE THAT COPEY” ~ PLAYED A ROLE IN POSADA'S ANTI@CUBAN ACTIVITIES, RATHER THEY oy SECRET ~ ~ ed we 50953 Daoctd:32302133 Page 3
as FORM: ry. OBSOLETE PREVIOUS 9-75, 3007 - EDITIONS j : “e i + . . ne 3 . sp ° ¢ . 7 on a a aa . o IN 073854 - TOFIRDB~31L5/L04S54~7b WARNING NOTICE . SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED PAGE 3 OF L, PAGES , SECRET , FURTHER DISSEMINATION AND USE OF THIS INFORMATION SUBJECT TO CONTROLS STATED AT BEGINNING AND END OF REPORT. (classification) oot BELIEVE THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS ATTEMPTING TO IMPLICATE COPEL FOR POLITICAL REASONS, ) | 3, AT THE SAME TIME THAT IT IS WORKING ON ITS CASE AGAINST COPEI» DISIP OFFICIALS ARE CONCERNED THAT INFORMATION CONNECTING DISIP OFFICIALS AND CUBAN EXILE LEADER ORLANDO Coa Nig 9 SCH, WILL BECOME PUBLIC, SUCH REVELATIONS, DISIP OFFICERS BELTEVE WOULD BE HIGHLY EMBARRASSSING TO THE GOVERNMENT OF PRESIDENT CARLOS ANORESIXR & Ez AND, DISASTEROUS FOR DISIP, WHICH HAS RECENTLY BEEN HURT BY CHARGES™OF MISTREATING PRISONERS ACCUSED OF BEING INVOLVED IN THE KIDNAPPING OF WILLIAM F. NIBHOUS, 4, SOURCE OF PARAGRAPHS 5=8} A VENEZUELAN WITH CLOSE CONTACTS AMONG VENEZUELAN SECURITY OFFICIALS» HIS RELIABILITY HAS NOT BEEN ESTABLISHED. Je av’ 5, ON 44 OCTOBER DISIP DIRECTOR RETIRED GENERAL RAUL AINZA SAID THAT PRESIDENT PEREZ HAD ORDERED HIM TO CARRY OUT AN EXTENSIVE INVESTIGATION OF THE VENEZUELAN CONNECTION IN THE CUBANA INCIDENT, ALTHOUGH GIMENEGZ SAI THAT HE INTENDED TO CARRY OUT THE PRESIDENT'S ORDERS, HE PERSONALLY. FEARED THAT SUCH AN INVESTIGATION MIGHT LEAD To PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTEES OR TO COPE! LEADERS, IN EITHER CASE, GIMENEZ SAID SECRET a pee HY 50953 DBoctd: 32302136 Page 4
is FORM 3007 OBSOLETE ions a 7 - a 7 DbL-| Ubne é 9-75 HY THAT HE FELT THERE COULD BE DIFFUCLTIES FOR THE PEREZ HOWEVER, THAT THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE LINKING GARCIA TO THE IN 073859 TDFIR By “94720454 AB cE WARNING: ‘NOTICE: « ‘ ; SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED’ PAGE yo OF b PAGES SECRET ~~ guatite® DISSEMINATION AND USE OF THIS INFORMATION SUBJECT TO | CONTROLS, STATED AT BEGINNING AND END OF REPORT. (elasstHeation) ADMINISTRATION. “64 IN THE FIRSTXINSTANCE, GIMENEZ SAID HE HAS PERSONALLY | | : Z CONCERNED THAT ORLANDOKXG ARC I A“7 PRES IDENT PEREZ! INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY WV ISER WHO CHAS BEEN ACTING AS ‘De FACTO HEAD OF DISIP+ MIGHT BE IMPLICATED, GIMENEZ QUICKLY ADDED, BOMBING INCIDENT, BUT THAT HE IS KNOWN To BE INVOLVED IN UNSPECIFIED ANTI CUBAN GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES. GIMENEZ SAID © | THAT AS AN ADDED PRECAUTION HE HAS ASSIGNED SPECIAL GUARDS FOR BOSCH AND POSADA, 80TH OF WHOM ARE CURRENTLY UNDER DISIP DETENTION, 7s (FIELD COMMENT§ FOR AN EARLIER REP ORT ON BOSCH'S RECENT ACTIVITIES IN VENEZUELA AND POSADA'S AND GARCIAS!S CONNECTION WITH HIM SEE 5145 TDFIRDB* 315/10256-76, ‘FROM A USUALLY RELIABLE | REPORTER-. IN NEWS BROADCASTS A LOCAL TELEVISION STATION (CHANNEL 2) HAS REPORTED THAT SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS CURRENTLY HOLDING POSI7i ONS WITH DISIP WERE SEEN ABOUT CARACAS WITH BOSCH. THE STATION INDICATED THAT IT WOULD REVEAL THE IDENTITIES OF THESE OFFICERS -AT A LATER DATE.) ar ve = SECRET 50953 Daoctd: 32302133 Page 5