424-10280-10076)., AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10280-10076 RECORD SERIES: HO AGENCY FILE NUMBER: CR 109-12-228-2441 DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR: CIA FROM: CIA TO: TITLE: DATE: 11/09/1976 PAGES: 5 SUBJECT: OBA, CUBAN EXILE LEADER, ASSOC, 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: 32302139 Page i
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“ — BF0 lop ! | BORM ‘OP OLETE PREVIOUS G98 3007 ‘ ‘EDITIONS IN D43bb3 ‘ a TOFIR DB-315/11216-76 | WARNING NOTICE 7 . , SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED PAGE 4 )OF 5 PAGES SECRET (elassttiontion) FURTHER DISSEMINATION AND USE OF THIS INFORMATION SUBJECT TO CONTROLS STATED AT BEGINNING AND END OF REPORT. HAS NOT BEEN ESTABLISHED // 0 OY oF DUR ING THE WEEK 0 NOVEMBER, DISIP DIRECTOR RETIRED eerie GENERAL RAUL ma & 2X AalnzA SAID THAT "MORALES IS STILL WORKING AT pisie AND 1s 1s ACT PVELY INVOLVED IN THE CUBANA INVEST I= GATION. IN AN EFFORT 10 MITIGATE ANY FURTHER PUBLICITY CONCERN= “ING MORALES AND HIS CONNECTION WITH THE VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT, “GINENEZ SAID HE HAS UFFICIALLY RELIEVED MORALES AS CHIEF OF DIVISION 54, THE RECORDS ANNOUNCING MORALES’ REMOVAL HAVE BEEN | BACK-DATED TO 2 OCTOBER. — Yor 7. GIMENEZ SALD THAT HE IS AWARE THAT CIRO ] ED LN Ap CHIEF “EDITOR OF "BOHEMIA". MAGAZINE + Has IN WIS OSSESS.ION A OF DISIP'S DIVISION 54, MEDINA GIMENEZ SAID» IS ATTEMPTING TO TREULAR ANNOUNCING THE APPOINTMENT ‘OF MORALES AS. ‘CHIEF HAVE THE CIRCULAR REPRINTED IN THE VENEZUELAN PRESS, BUT THUS. FAR, HAS BEEN UNABLE TO FIND AN OUTLET WILLING TD PUBLISH IT. 8 MORALES» GIMENEZ SAID» WAS APPOINTED TO DISIP ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF ORLANDO G ARC ] As A SECURITY ADVISER TO PRESIDENT CARLOS ANDR . P E R E Ze JHE CIRCULAR APPOINTING. MORALES 1s SIGNED BY G IMENEE “ENBisk CC OBDI NG TO GIMENEZ, WAS apenbueb 98Y acTAVIDIKEP A G—S1 MINISTER-~ OF INTERIOR» AWS. PRESIDENT/PEREZ. spencrencsearseiraa, cH \ RE ge bd ot TIN asa wy i Sa gt Lo SECRET | he. nD HY 50953 DBoctd:32302139 Page 5