404-10129-10235] . - fa ewe Fr _ SERET 8 April 1977 MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Security-Analysis G1 up FROM :  John.F. Sullivan, Jr./Micheel W. Renick SUBJECT . . : “El Mundo Exposure. 1. Reference is made to the attached cable from Caracas regarding an article that appeared in the 4 March™ 1977 edition of the Caracas Daily, El Mundo. | This-article accused eight Venezuelan news media “personalities of - being CIA agents and named seven other individuals as "CIA spies. " 2. .Office of Security indices have been searched in the names cited in the article and file reviews conducted. as appropriate with the following results: Name Cited in El Mundo SANCA Results and Comments Rafael POLEO . Probably identical with. Rafael David FOLEO Isava (OS#287 626), 2a former placement asset, Venezuela. Editor, El Murdo, 1963-1965. POA granted in January 1963. Files cancelec in July Felix MARTINEZ Suarez Probably identical with Felix Antonio MARTINEZ Suarez (OS#242 302), Director of EL Mundo in April 1961 when a ‘POA was granted and subse- quently updated in July for use by WH/3/V as Propa- ganda Placemert (PP) asset. Named as. CIA Ly De ARMAS (OS#591 865) in Havana press conference, April 1976. canceled as of December EZ IMPDET eGnel ‘ CL BY .007472 duh. Ht oad a
14-00000 ~ zee ‘ Name Cited in El Mundo Qo Salfador ROMANI Sofia (IMBER) RANGEL Carlos RANGEL | Ramon KOESLING a On ORE ak SANCA Results and Comments Probably identical to Salvador ROMANI-ORUE Garcia (OS#223 776) on whom an OA was granted in November 1960 for use by WH/4/ Cuba as a PP agent in Cuba and Caracas, Venezuela. Files canceled January 1967. Employed ‘by several newspapers 1953-1960 including El Mundo as reporter. Listed on PRQ one Dr. Manuel -ARTIME as Relative/Friend/ Correspondent in United States. Named as. CIA by, De ARMAS (OS# 591 865) in Havana press. conference in April 1976. Probably identical with Sofia Imber de RANGEL (0S#910 348) on whom WH/3/V requested name checks in February £ ‘for: use as TV asset in Caraca Files canceled in october || Probably identical to Carlos . Enrique RANGEL Guevara (OS# ; 910 350), husband of Sofia Imber de RANGEL above. WH/3/V requested name name-checks in February * for his use as a TV asset. Files canceled . in October [- Probably identical to Ramon Emilio KOESLING Salas (OS# 255 668) on whom an OA was ‘granted in January 1962 for use by WH/1/V as a PP agent in Caracas; interest was canceled in March 1963 apparently because of a drinking problem. WH/3/Venezuela requested name checks in September 1968 for his use as an unwitting press placement. Files canceled in April 1969.
14-00000 an hb” ¢ . soa * Name Cited in El Mundo ; _ Omar LARES Rolando BLANCO Orlando BOSCH CEORET SANCA Results and Comments No Office of Security traces. Probably identical to Rolando BLANCO Bolanos (0S#223 744) on whom an OA was granted in October 1960 for use by WH/4/Cuba as a PP agent in Cuba and Caracas, Venezuela. There is no indication if and when interest was canceled — but the Office of Security file was. retired in 1966. Possibly identifiable with Orlando BOSCH Avila (0S#257 971) on whom a POA was granted in September 1962 for PM Ops use by WH/4 in the Florida area. Files canceled in November 1962. FBI information reflects that BOSCH was sen- tenced in 1968 to 10 years imprisonment for shipbombings and extortion but was paroled. in 1972. A warrant for his | arrest was issued in 1974 © apparently for parole violation ( reinvolvement in terrorist activities) but he fled the United States. He was arrested by Venezuelan authorities in 1976 for his alleged involve- ment in the bombing of a-Cubana Airlines plane in October 1976. BOSCH was of interest to the ‘U. S.. Senate Select Committee on: Intelligence (SSCI) in December 1976 as a result of the Committe's investigation into the Agency's present and past relationships with members of the Cuban exile movement.
14-00000 = “Exe 643 F3 Name Cited in El Mundo ne scent cutie | CSET Ricard MORALES Navarette Orlando GARCIA Vasquez CRET _ SANCA Results and Comments Possible identifiable with Ricardo MORALES Navarette (p. 30 Monthly Intelligence Report, 1 September 1968, OS#364 014) an alleged member of a "Cuban Power'' group who was arrested in Miami in February 1968 for allegedly placing a-bomb in the office of a firm shipping packages to Cuba. Named by De ARMAS ~(OS#591 865) as CIA in Havana press conference. in April 1976. Possible identifiable with Orlando GARCIA Vazquez (OS# 224 866) on whomWH/4 requested a Covert Security Approval in September 1960. Interest was canceled in July 1961. WH/1/ Venezuela requested name checks -in October 1962 in connection with his proposed use as a ; Contact. [reportedly had ontact with him from a | 1960-1964. Name checks were again requested in November by WH/3/Venezuela in “connection with GARCIA's pro- ‘canceled again in November posed use as an informant. Filed were canceled in Noyember The case was reinstated in January fonly to be Security file reflects GARCIA became a U. S. citizen in 1945 but renounced his citizenship in 1959 to accept an appointment in the Ministry of State of Cuba. He was alleged to be-a Castro’ agent in 1960 but a 1961- poly- graph failed to substantiate this charge. GARCIA did admit assassinating a number of people including two individuals in Costa Rica (in 1953 or 1954). _ SEGRET
14-00000 . Name Cited in El Mundo A te GAY eden Antonio Ignacio BUSTILLOS ‘Perzez_ Luis POSADA Carriles Freddy LUGO and Hernan RICARDO Lozano use by .WH/3/V| Carriles was implicated in a SECRET SANCA Results and Comments Possibly identifiable with Antonio Ignacio de la Caridad BUSTILLO Perzez (OS#756 656) on whom name checks were requested in September and October 1964 for his proposed use by WH/SA/ IOS as a unilateral asset. Files canceled April 1965. Possibly identifiable with _ Luis Clemente POSADA Carriles (OS#319 235) in whom. Domestic Collection Division expressed an interest in 1963. Name checks were requested in. April 1965 for his proposed use by © WH/C/RR/OSOA. qs a Training ~ Instructor; in February 1968 for his use by WH/3/Venezuela (V)é and again in January] or his plot to assassinate Fidel Castro in December 1965. He was awaiting trial as of January 1977 for alleged complicity in the October 6, 1976, Cubana Airliner crask. POSADA was also of interest tc the U. S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) in December 1976 {see BOSCH above). ‘No Office of fecurity traces. However, FBI report dated 15 December 1676 regarding Orlando BOSCH Avila (see Orlando BOSCH, OS#257 971) indicates on Freddy LUGO and Hernan RICARDC Lozano were two Cuban exiles arrested in Trinidad and sent to Venezuela immediately after the crash of the Cubana Airliner on 6 October 1976. Both individuals were also of interest to the U. S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence in December 1976. O°eger
14-00000 3. In those cases above where a security file exists, 7 there is no evidence that any of the individuals are current, t active assets. Consequently, no further action is recommended. _Michael W. Renick . John F. Sullivan, Jr. oo Security Analysis Group Attachment SECHET