Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC 2107 Hote}. AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY: FBI. RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10220-10001 RECORD SERIES: HO AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 2-2173-197 DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: DIRECTOR. FBI TO: SAC.MM TITLE: DATE: - 11/05/1976 PAGES: 6 SUBJECT: DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER. TEXTUAL DOCUMENT ORIGINAL Secret NEW CLASSIFICATION: CLASSIFICATION: REVIEW_DATE: — 05/14/1998 UPDATE DATE: STATUS  Redact ot RESTRICTIONS: JFK Act 6 (1)(C) JFK Act 6 (4) COMMENTS: Docld: 32297725 Page 1
Released under the John F. ’ DATE: 11-14-2017 . v , UNSUBS;_ BOMBING OF CUBANA AIRLINES DC- ~ 3 NEAR BARBADOS, WE ST_INDIES» OCTOBER § Ss. 197s. _NEUTRAL ITY MATT ERS = CUBA - WEST INDIES: -RICARDO MORALES NAVARRETE UNEXPECTEDLY TELEPHONED... . LEGAT AT HIS’ HOME: AND EXPRESSED THE. -ON THE MORNING OF : Ta Tele, eet, AFTER NO- CONTACT S WHATSOZVER IN SEVERAL DAYS; ON THE NIGHT OF NOVEMBER GN QOUYN: DESIRE TO.VISIT LEGAT AT HIS OFFICE. NOVEMBER 4, 1976.4)(U\ Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hotey. Assog. Dir, oo. . : Dop.-A.D.-Adm.., cous ng REAU OF ai Dopod nbd os (ev “ \ . ot aoe STAR EL my Fey Tet ep yr | “ pow SOO hot AT APPROXIMATELY 14 AM ON NOVEMBER 4, 1976, a . _ MORALES TELEPHONED LEGAT AND SAID HE WAS NOT ABLE TO LEAVE THE. PLACE WHERE HE WAS AND THAT HE WOULD NOT BE. APLE TO SEE LEGAT IN HIS OFFICE AS HE HAD HOPED. HE ut N/ END PAGE ONE ‘SAID. HE WAS “GOING ACROSS THE BORD ER” AND ASKED LEGAT : TO JOT Down HIS MOT HER *S TELEPHONE NUMBER IN name fu { | Docld: 32297725 Page 2?
Released ‘under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 ‘Hotes. DATE: .11-14- 2017 oo. _ 7 ; _ SEGRET | PAGE THREE GAR~C2-93-S-E-C-R-E-P MORALES* MUCH PUBLICIZED ALTERCATION AT THE. CARACAS | | AIRPORT WITH THREE AMERICAN JOURNALISTS ON OCTOBER 21, 1975(KYUl | LEGAT BELIEVES MORALES IS NOW BEING SENT OUT OF | THE COUNTRY BY VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, Colem 61a * PROBABLY BY AUTOMOBILE TO _CGReeREBTRRAND THAT MORALES WILL SUBSEQUENTLY ATTEMPT TO RETURN TO THE‘UNITED STATES | FROM THERE. AFTER THE AIRPORT ALTERCATION, THE VENEZUELAN | | KINISTRY OF INTERIOR NOT ONLY PUBLICLY DENIES THAT MORALES - WAS AFFILIATED WITH DISIP BUT DISCLAIMED ANY KNOWLEDGE OF HIM) | SO IT FOLLOWS THAT THE VENEZUELAN GOVERNNENT WOULD WISH TO, | | “GET MORALES OUT OF THE WAY IN ORDER TO AVOID ANY FURTHER _ eneannassment (34) UJ Be 2 ON NOVEMBER 2, 1976, SUB-CONISARIO CARLOS FABBRI HEAD’, EXPLOSIVES SECTION, DISIP, VISITED THE LEGAT OFFICE AND” . a | EXPRESSED TO LEGAT HIS INDIGNATION AT HAVING: BEEN SUMMONED TO | 5 . | | -DISIP HEADQUARTERS AT 2 AM ON NOVEMBER 1, 1976, AND SUBJECTED TO AN INTENSIVE INTERROGATION BY ORLANDO GARCIA VASQUEZ, | MINISTER COUNPELLOR ATTACHED TO DISIP AND DE FACTO HEAD 5) 1 | ~ END PAGE THREE Docld: 32297725 Page 4
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC 2107 , | t ove}. PATE: 11-14-2017 © a WS PAGE FOUR A aD SHER ET REGARDING HIS KNOWLEDG ae CN ee ee DN OF THE BOMB OR BOMBS USED IN THE SABOTAGE OF THE CUBANA AIRLINES PLANE ON OCTOBER 6, 1976. FABBRI SAID PRESENT AT THE INTERROGATION WERE RAFAEL RIVAS VASQUEZ, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF DISIP, AND THREE OTHER UNKNOWN PERSONS WHOM FABBRI DESCRIBED AS CUBANS. HE SAID HE WAS ACCUSED OF HAVING FURNISHED HERMES ROJAS PERALTA WITH A PENCIL DETONATOR AND THAT HE CATEGOR ICALLY DENIED IT. FABBRI STATED HE READILY | ADMITT ED ACQUAINTANCE WITH ROJAS, WHO.UP TO.TWO.YEARS AGO HAD WORKED WITH HIM IN DISIP. HE SAID HE HAD _ FURNISHED NO BOME MATERIALS WHATSOEVER TO ANYONE, _FABBRI RELATED THAT GARCIA WAS FINALLY CONVINCED THAT FARPRT HAD HAD NOTHENG TO DO WITH THE BOMBING: INCIDENT AND THAT THE MEETING ENDED AMICABLY. FABBRI DID NOT CONCEAL THAT. HE WAS STILL UPSET BY THE INTERROGATION, - | 7 voue ven ($)°! ‘Retour oD mia | oy . IT IS SUGGESTED THAT THE MIAMI OFFICE REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBLE RETURN OF RICARDO MORALES NAVARRETE TO THE MIAMI AREA IN THE NEAR FUTURE. LEGAT BELIEVES MORALES COULD SHED CONSIDERABLE LIGHT ON NOT ONLY THE renperaatons/i)(U/ END PAGE: FOUR oo | a) | | 4 J-173 197 Docld: 32297725 Page 5
~ Rg Tet, PAGE FIVE DATE: 11-14 to @ 3s “oO. OF THE CUBANA AIRLINES CRASH BUT ALSO WHETHER OR NOT ORLANDO-~ BOSCH AVILA WAS INVOLVED IN THE ORLANDO LETELIER ASSASSINATION. WHILE MORALES MAY HAVE BEEN CONSTRAINED FROM DIVULGING FULL INF OR MATION WHEN HE WAS PHYSICALLY IN VENEZUELA , IT Is BELIEVED THAT IF HE SHOULD RETURN TO.THE UNITED STATES My HE WILL BE READY-AND WILLING TO.DISCLOSE ALL HE KNOW a .. ee Tat Docld: 32297725 Page 6 / 7 ; i i q { | ay Ape i \ UD thes AY