424-90065-10027 JFK Assassination System Date: 19/2015 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-90065-10027 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: CR 105-176790-39 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: MM TO: . HQ ‘TITLE: <= DATE: 04/09/1968 “PAGES: 7 SUBJECTS : PODER CUBANO .RICARDO MORALES NAVARETTE DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Secret RESTRICTIONS: 1B; 4 ~ CURRENT STATUS: Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 06/23/1998 ; , OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE, APPROVAL OF CIA COMMENTS : AT v9.1 : 14 HW 50953 Docld:323297741 Page 1
PD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64) #* +: & “4 . ° a Lopes . oN | 0. -F BI anes EOTION T | Bain " Bok rd Ay iDOR, Date: . 4/9/68 Transmit the following dh 2 a we OMATION iy aay HS cube a echt Th (Type in plaintext or code) Via ___Atere pteept Fea the baneueTs . q (Priority) oe KP AAT cuagsieten ay Lab TO: 7 DIRECTOR, FBI (105~176790) DECLASSIFY OW. Ff FROM: Aber MIAMI (105- 18586) | of Co SUBJECT: PODER CUBANO : CUBAN POWER) r OSHA ga ¢ CONTR TS - CUBA | SAL IHFOSIEAT! LASSIFIEQ (74 (00: Miami)  eeesy WHERE ay ae aiMERWISE fe va “ReBuairtels 3/28/68. and 3/29/68, Vand Miami teletypes of Sa 3/23/68 and 3/25/68, captioned UNSUBS.; ATTEMPTED BOMBING fA pt OF CHILEAN CONSULATE, MIAMI, FLORIDA, 3/ 12/68, BOMBING. de BD MATTER, in which information is set forth re cont t by the: Miami office with CIA source, fe + ; ; Enclosed for the Bureau are two copies and for . Gf ew York, Newark and Washington Field one copy each of . ~ SIA, Miami memorandum dated 3/20/68, classified "SECRET," *, Val ‘inder the Cuban Power caption. This memorandum is identified cd as CAS/M-2401 and is the original dgocume received from p CIA which prompted interview with It is noted A identified by CIA as the sole-source of this SY M information, even though it was attributed to a group. = an ~ ; Bureau hote that ‘dnformation set forth(under . S Items l a, band c ‘and 2 a-in' CIA letter to the rector “ dated 3/26/68, is identical. with information in the . gabe ee . ; enclosed memorandum, with. gue e n of some minor s Xe No Oe Bishop » | @?. oa Sats ae) ~— A _ 3./~ Bureau (ines, pons Ze _ t + “Y - New York (Enc. 1) (105-94169) cage > fe Os aaa LA oe WO § 2 ~ Newark (Enc, 1) (105-22901) (RM) a ; 1 - Washington Field (Enc. 1) (RM) 12 AR e868 | 1 - Miami... -., ae iyo JCB:jhk ; mei ee ; Tia Rae Sem : en LY ) _ SIR 1 ‘ b in Approved: <S3 Sent uM Per ! ial/Agent in Charge ; rn i “ fi § : fe 3 . 4 ee te a ee a ae eee ee rd ope & z of een BS gre ane & EN LO i ; HW 50953 Daoctd: 32327741 Page 2
a can ee (~~. Ne 3 Neer _ ‘aN MM 105-15556 . f RE additions such as correction of the name IRMINA BOUZA ' ENRIQUEZ, addition of aliases of BOUZA, incorrect stating | of BOUZA's address, etc. Despite these additions, the basic information in these paragraphs obviously was taken from CAS/M-2408. 2) ‘As set forth in referenced teletypes, upon contact by Bureau Agents on 3/23/68, advised he had not furnished certain information attributed to bin jan this document, specifically that Cuban Power is composed of two numbered cells the listing of members of each cell. In fact, | Revises he had no information to the effect this organization is composed of two numbered cells, leading Miami to believe CIA has inadvertently furnished nieerere= information in their attempt to round out eport. advised Bureau Agents that on Saturday, 3/16/68, he had been seated in the Camaguey Restaurant, Miami, where he overheard a conversation among three Cuban males and one Cuban female seated nearby. With the exception of the female, he was unable to furnish any description of these individuals, stating he had not looked * in theix direction, The female departed and he briefly glanced at her as she passed, but he did not see her face and would not recognize her again. He could describe: her only as a white female, of Latin appearance, who was "tall and thin." (This is believed to be an attempt on " his part to strengthen the later identification of her | as BOUZA, who is actually nearly 6 feet tall and very “ ! slender.) Following her departure, one of those remaining inquired as to her identity and was told she was IRMINIA BOUZA, former secretary of WENDELL. ROLLASON and currently a night employee of "The Miami Herald" newspaper, According to all of the additional details concerning her 8, ; connection with and activities on behalf of the Cuban Power, as well as names of Cuban Power members and sympathizers and other details(set out in CAS/M-2401,]/were obtained by GW) eo him during this conversation. i. Lo - -2- | { / hig every hearing | NW 50953 Daoctd: 32327741 Page 3
t t i | { ; HW . feet ’ MM 105~15556 advised he is not acquainted with BOUZA, MORALES, CORNILLOT or any of their associates and was simply reporting information overheard by hin on the above occasion, Le Alttiough claimed he was able to recall without notes the names of all persons mentioned in this < conversation, he was unable to recall these names at the time of this interview and found it_necessary to refer_to ie a copy of his written report (to cra for these names, es) attention was directed to the fact” he had furnished a bank account number of RICARDO MORALES and he was specifically Be asked if he had also been able to recall this number without eed benefit of notes, at which time he admitted this number had ara been furnished by a "confidential connection" whom he refused to identify... He was obviously upset at being pinned down as to the source of his information and attempted to explain his refusal to identify his source by vaguely stating he was a friend in the bank where MORALES had maintained his account, ee i Te oe cert ras eerie ae whic is fat believed to be true, He denied his source was. OVIDI (KABA COSTA, Stating he had never met KABA, In connection with the above, during previous interviews with RICARDO MORALES, it was determined MORALES had loaned his car to KABA while MORALES was in jail. In the trunk of his car was a box of papers containing 2 passport | of BOUZA, erroneously issued under the name IRMINIA BOUZA, and in the locked glove compartment was a bank book showing MORALES* bank account number which was known only to him, — ~ DA - Me cod ¢ cry ‘t att re pw 50953 Daoctld: 32327741 Page 4
Nae C * : ; : ¢ ye MM 105~15556 eiik lt MORALES also indicated during these interviews that he had placed sports-type hub caps on this car just prior to his arrest on 2/14/68, when the car was loaned to KABA (note reference to sports wheels in enclosure). The car is a brown Pontiac sedan, purchased by MORALES in September, 1967, in the name of IRMINA BOUZA, his mistress, Although the car is in her name, she has no driver*s license and has never driven..it (note reference to her having transported explosives and Cuban Power papers in this car). Since she was unable to drive the car, it was loaned to KABA upon MORALES* arrest. . During a subsequent interview with MORALES, he. advised he had obtained a confession from KABA to the effect he had been Yollecting and reporting information to a Cuban OMWASIP, and it is now felt MASIP is probably stated he was positive of the date of the above conversation as 3/16/68, a Saturday, Regarding the identification of the "tall and thin" female-as IRMINIA BOUZA, it is noted inquiry by Bureau Agents at the apartment of BOUZA on the night of 3/14/68, in an attempt to locate MORALES for interview, determined MORALES had taken BOUZA- * to Mt. Sinai Hospital, Miami Beach, to have her baby. It. was subsequently determined that she had a baby on the night of 3/14/68 and remained in the hospital over the weekend. Thus, she could not have been in the Camaguey Restaurant am on 3/16/68, as claimed_b This fact, along with the illogicalness of story that he was able to overhear and retain al] names and facts set forth in this ~ leads to the conclusion his story was fabricated It would report and his subsequent evasiveness during interview, | appear this conclusion should have heen reached by CIA piso. u) [sdreport contains enough accurate informati such as names and account number of MORALES, to give it the’ ' appearance of authenticity when the source or method of _ obtaining the information is not known. If (CIA\had included (Su) = “No | — | oN Ee ay Be ge ag Qe pays gee Bod Bese gf BOY oe (HW 0953 Docld:329397741 Page 5
' i i HY 50957 MM. 105-1556 | | | SECRET in their memorandum the fact this information was hearsay or unverified rumor and gossip, which fact was reportedl furnishedyto CIA by| [this information could have ) bee lac yin its proper perspective. It would appear ne in an J if Sin fac (advised CIAJof his method of obtaining this information, (CIA deliberately omitted this point of ™* en: evaluation from their memorandum [to the Miami office, conveying J u) | the erroneous impression the fatts emanated from a knowledgeable ~ “~ source. Fe - A great deal of information sent to Miami (by CIA is attributed to “a group of Cuban’ emigres trained in the techniques of information collection," with no attempt at identifying the origin of the ‘information. Apparently, CIA, iami, operates several such groups, some of which are more Cu) reliable than others. {In most instances, it is apparent no effort has been made to evaluate the source or to determine jthe identity of the original source of the information, causing moe the Miami office to expend investigative effort in determining i the true.facts. All such information[furnished by cialis GO)\ u) OO given official character and.weight by its being placed in” | written inter-agency communication. It is felt street gossip 7 should be identified as such when included in this type of communication, particularly when this fact is readily known. All other facts which would have a bearing on the veracity of * the source or truthfulness of the information should be ob- tained [and reported by CIA, \along.with the information pein S( 4 - wy, a furnished. It is recognized this is a delicate issue and as stated in retel of 3/26/68, this matter was discussed in- °- formally/ with CIA liaison, AUSTIN HORN, on 3/25/68, at which “ time he agreed with these observations, stating he would discuss the matter with appropriate personn 1 and attempt to correct this situation in the future.- u) This matter was again brought up on 4/2/68(when the SAC met with PAUL HENZE, Chief of Station, CIA, ami. HENZE stated his organization is not now operating any agents or informants, as such, in exile groups, and is not . engaging in any counterintelligence activities in the United- States. He stated his station is, in fact, cutting back its | operations, and many :of the exiles they have previously vsea A Boclda: 323277741 Page 6