Released under the John F. DATE: 11-14-7017 '- AGENCY: RECORD NUMBER: RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR: FROM: TO: TITLE : DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE: CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : v9.4 _ Docld: 3259359644 Page 1 Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 se 2107 Hotter.” JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-90152-10063 CR 105-152711-41 Document Information FBI MM 11/11/1976 4 ANTONIO VECIANA 1 PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT. Secret 1B; 1C; 4 Redact 12/08/1998 INDEFINITE MEMO Date: 4/30/201
pee under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 [{ DATE :. 11-14-2017 « : ‘ a ° : 2 mos x ios ® a . a 2, 9 : “\ fe te . © et . NAS . | eg \ , ; MEMORANDUM ; : * 107.C7-17A e , StU j; me a TO T, Lyons, Supervisor oc iN "DATE November 11, 1976 Tactical Investigation Section ‘ SuBsECT Information ‘FROM P. Janosky, Sergeant Terrorist & Security Unit able ue SAINED “te i 3ST KTED EXCERR ald. INE On Monday November l, 1976, at approximately 10:00 p.m. this i writer was contacted by a confidential source of previously (Bieron [Ex ished reliability. Source stated that he had- learned ) ff (: rom{FELIX SABALAS aka TUTO|\that he had made contact.-with an V “alleged Cuban government intelligence Officer’ The following __information was relayed to this writer Oftnat FELIX SABALAS \(who presently resides in aay Rico), sesh XC - CLASSIFIED BYse Fer tf _ REASON: bel DECLAS . . V4 15 (& ) oN former megber.of ALPHA 66 and(close associate JQfYANTONIO SD) mm -UECTANA, Pass (2 sister in Cuba pamed MAYRA SABADZS-mas. saABALAs C$ is a cousin of LUIS. MAS RTIN,] allegedly a member of the Cuban eee Party. (GaBALAS \eta tea that he was contacted by fis Hes from Nate who stated that (she wante RELIX to travel = JamaicaJto (meet a friend of h . SABAL efayed this tayG) ee 1fO VECIANA, * hho recommendedf/to SABALAS that he (SABALAS travel to (Gainaic and fontact his sister ang ascertain the aa identity of his sister's ee t014(SABALAS] to CSS. use (as an excuse for his trip tg Jamaica t promotion of S circus fr ES Taiwan, which circus is represented in Miami b VECIANA. te ners me (SABALAS arrived in Kingston, Jamaica on Thursday, 28 october ICS} 1976. While staying at an unknown hotel ,CSABALAS Jwas contacteds} (by his sister.| Later on the same date (€Thursday, 28 nanets ~S) 1976) (SABAL ‘SJwas introduced(by his sistér\to a Cuban male Gescribed as medium height, early 30's, round face, known only as (CARLOS, CARLOS Jjallegedly played for (SABALAS{a tape ewes eho . ing a message from Fidel Castro urging{ SABALAS Jto cooperate ees oo in any way possible with (CARLOS ~ According to(SABALAS, eratanl meeed hte was introduced by{SABALAS" sister as the man in charge of con-C $s") 5 «tO tacting Cuban government operatives in the Caribbean and Latin ee ' BAmerica,. | (Sank allegedly ane ALAS Jto fiaintain close contact with - | 7 Ab ANTONIOMV-EGLANA . ARLOS Jalso aske (SABALAS) to. find ont any “information and a peySonal habits Qf ANDRES NAZARIOASARCEN a _ Poy FELTRERIVERO and MAXALESNIK. [carnos itegediy cold @aparas \CS 1 ict that’ the Cuban goverAment had not killed any Cuban exiles but that due to the bombing of a Cuban plane in which 73 persons | were killed, the "Prime Minister was contemplating retaliation against | Cuban exiles in Colombia, Venezuela, Puerto Rigo an Miami" Ne OS \yagra:32539944 Page 2 ——-
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of [997 (4a Usc 2107 Hotter. DATE:, 11-14-2017. . Le a tT, Lyons -222.\04\i.hs November 11, 1976 40 miles from Kingston})where ARLOS) would introduge a second € $ Cuban male {to SABALAS.| This Cuban male would bé(SABALAS' con- "6 J tact in Kingston. SABALAS, accompanied by his sister,\ was - driven in a Cuban Embassy car driven by a B/M(¢to a ca intss cnLOland another un 40 miles from Kingstonlwhere he met with (cartog Ithen w kendevaatuhere o9roceed tofa, cabin approximately Css CARLOS\and another unidentified Cuban male. (CARLOS Jadvisea CS3 SABALAS| that on or about the 5th of November [976 the Cuban ¢, $_) “Yadio would begin a defamation campaign against VECIANO, LESNIK, RIVERO and NAZARIO. (SABALAS)\was_ also advised by CARLOSStolS_) travel fto Jamaica on{30 Novembe 1976%where he would again con-(/ £ . tact the Cuban agents. (SABALAS disclosed the aforementioned C5 information to ANTONIO VECIANA, MAX LESNIK and the confidential source. - On Sunday ,(7 November 976, this writer was again contacted by C8) the same confidential source, who. related the following infor- . mation. Source stated that(FELIX SABALAS)had received_an urgent€$ J call from fhis sister, MAYRA, in Cuba, who asked SABALAS\toC $_J travel to (Jamarge on Monday, 8 November}1976, for an important meeting. That (SABALAS advised ANTONIO VECIANA and VECIANA in,’ turn advised SABALAS to travel to Miami on Monday, 8 November’ 1976’ where VECIANA would furnish SABALAS with money for a ticket to Jamaica and to furnish SABALAS with some information an VECIANA so that SABALAS could furnish it to the Cubans YS) (SABALAS)3 rived in Miami on board EAL_flight 95g J£rem Puerto s2 Rico AG 220 p.m. Monday, 8 November }1976. ABALAS \allegedly cm) departed for Jamaica from Miami at approximately 3500 p.m. . [Monday ,_8 November J1976, to(Kingsto Jamaica.) In Kingston C5) SABALAS Jstayed at the({Sheraton. Hotel.| At approximately 8:00C $ > p.m. (Monday, 8 Noyember}]1976,(SABALAS)received a call from thel$) lobby from(CARLOS, who asked{SABALAS jhis room number. _- ARLOS|( 57} proceeded Eo (GABA s*\ room where he introduced (SABALAS oO, twod ¢ *} other alleged Cuban government agents. First male described . as early 30's, known only aslENU CARBONELL») According to CSO CSABALAS, CARLOS |advised him that(CARBONELL jhad worked in the CSS Cuban Embassy Chile, Second male was introduced as C5. — , (i ) _ _f{Comandante JORGE YPENA, in his 40's, white_male, dark complected, C$) (x yiGg/park hair. (PENA }Js&emed to be in charge of the other two.€5 ppPROd- According to GABALAS, PENA)may be from Las Villas Province ings} Cuba becaus PENA JaskedCSABALAS Jif -he knew a Cuban exile named ¢ 53 CEUSEBTO OJEDA. OJEDAJis from a very small town in Las VillasCs 3 rovince called Jorobadas. of (GARALAS) stated that he was again advised by the Cuban agents CS) that the Cuban government had not killed any Cuban exiles and that they do not want any problems with the United States government. According to SABALAS,) this was strongly stressed/6) Peed poo: snsoocs Pagé 3 y i
[Released under the John F. Kennedy Assa=sinati DATE:, 11-14-2017 ‘ a e x o BL. fo» § ¢ ~ . ' . on Records Cottectr ~~ ety T. Lyons — =3- :) {ig November 11, 1976 during their conversation. (SABALAS further advised the source that the Cuban agents wanted to know the following: how VECIANA found out about Fidel Castro's trip to Chile circa * 1971-72. According to the Cubans, the details of Castro's trip were highly confidential, known only to.persons very high in the Cuban government and very close to Castro. According to ' CSABALAS,| the Cuban agents believed that someone very high in(<7 the Cuban government passed the information to the United, “ States CIA and the CIA in turn passed it on to VECIANA. (anaras CS) was “allegedly told by the Cuban agents that Castro has: -a personal . interest in this matter. The Cuban agents also wanted to know wg ALLEGO" jis. ac- ($_) cording to ‘the Cuban agents, (Cu GALLEGO) Kosasco® exile in- CS) volved in terrorist activitiés in the United States. The Cuban | agents alsgq wanted information on the- following: - REYNOT san oo - y ODRICURZSCONZALEZ, "OROZOULTO" (possibly RAMON O), and .. Lew DSRANINICAS SRO. ». CSABALAS Jwas allegedly advised by CENA that if CS) BQ har 0 he he (SA ALAS) (needed tO contact the Cuban agents. in an omer gency G oe he Could contact {CARBONELL_in the Cuban Embassy in Tie Gt on, Jamaica.) That he SABALAS}) cou d then ask (CARBONELL) if (iene visa for Juan Castillo is ready" That (CARBONELL wo ld thenC$ know’ that (SABALAS feeded to contact them and (SABALAS-Would re ceive the necessary directions. According to SABALAS Bena) $a59 further stated that if the Cubans were to contact(SABAL hey would then send (SABALAS) a. telegram advising/ SABALAS ohare’ SJ (esuan Castillo's visa is read and the location where the visa@$_) would be ready, which would indicate to Gapanassene p place where £23 he should meet the Cubans . would attempt to go to@amaica in December {1976. Aithe Cubans allegedly also(told SABALAS\to try to get ANTONIO VECIANA to€ $ travel (to Jamaica,) that they (the Cubans) needed to find out 2S7 from VECIANA how VECIANA learned the details about Castro's trip to Chile \ fecoxaing to(SABALAS ,) the Cuban agents’. told him, x Castro £3), According to covvce, Enbaragjatec stated that the interview os) with the Cubans lasted approximately four hours and that the ; whole conversation was taped by the Cubans. (ABALAS further ZS_} stated that ne was reimbursed for all his expenses by the Pes in U. S. cu ney and that a P. O. box would be opened for SABALAS) in Ne w York City \where he would receive messages a ‘<ee | the TA (SABALAS \arrived in Miami on(Tuesday, 9 ose 1976. Note: Source stressed the fact that only four persons have access to the aforementioned information, for which reason the bi SAN JUAN) \Pocld: 32339844 Page 4 : : xg
\Docld: 32359644 Page 5 = (Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Recor: DATE: , 11-14-2017 . 2 ; _— \ ae. wea \ ‘ 7. Lyons | --SECKEL November 11, 1976 | | source requests that none of the persons who have access to . said information be contacted, at least until(SABALAS |could < 43 become more knowledgeable of what the Cuban intelligence agents' - objectives are. Source will continue to keep close contact wi th (GABALAS and ANTONIO VECTANA |/ 5) This writer will contact FBI S/A Vincent Warger and provide him with a copy of this report. Prepared by: ; = . ~ R. Diaz, Officer TT | | Terrorist & Security Unit \ RD/do sibitel