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that organized: erime’ thay” have had a continuing knowledge™: of. all CIA opertions against Castro during the. 1960" 8. oMfhe..1967 .1.4GsReport noted that - intonation given 1960- 1962 ‘CIA “plots” to assassina anemnneas in other words, the informati n yu ~~ A review of the 1967 I.G. report does not sustain the Senate's conjecture in that there is no ‘available evidence cited in the Report to suggest that "A" (victor Spinosa Hernan- dez) had knowledge of, or involvement with, any of the syn- dicate or Cuban exiles who participated in Phase IT or II of the CIA-Mafia assassination.plots during 1960- 62. What Book XE did was to seize upon the 1967's tentative identification io? Gek iy “ek of “siene ‘name links" between the 1960- 62: Gravee! r 6 pet mt ten and AMLASH intrique, and expand: the amorphus nature of those "name links," which included "A," into a theory that "A" was. the conduit through which the Syndicate’ became knowledgeable of both the AMLASH operation and the initial CIA efforts to
» x M re n , an eliminate castro. The only solid factual basis for Book Y's tie-in. between AMLASH and the 1960-62 CIA syndicate plots ig bed wane upon Victor Espenosa's exile activities in June- July 1963, which Book Y% bx wiv BS CMore, ‘CIA. “Files contained at least some FBI reports on "A," the Cuban exile who was involved in transporting explosives to New Orleans in 1963. These reports detail his involvement with anti-Castro exiles and Vundgrworta fi- gures “sho were operating the guerilla training camp in New Orleans in July 1963. ; og The “underworld figures" reference relates to Mebie and William McLaney who have been considered organized crime affiliates by some law enforcement and media ‘personnel. (See profile.) Again, however, no evidence From any source places McLaney into the early CIA plots to Kill Castro or into the AMLASH operation. A review of the’ June-July 1963 activities of McLaney and Victor Espinosa leads only to the inference that’ their operation was a private limited venture with no agency or syndicate support and very little chance of success. (See. Review-ofLake~Ponchatrain™in-MéLAKey” Pro- file.....Footnete- re. Vietor-Espinoesay)- Moreover, the link between McLanéy, Espinosa and the organized crime principals connected to, the initial CIA Castro plots must be dissected in order to make a judgement as to a SSE the likelihood of Begk=itt's. speculation that the syndicate held "inside" information on Agency operations in 1960-65.
Since the Senate did not attempt to interview either of the McLaney brothers or Victor Espinosa in 1975 nor ite ASIC erincs pats of “5 the 1960-62 plots imso oF their knowledge or relationship to McLaney or Espinosa, the Senate's hypothetical question of underworld knowledge of the full range of CIA Castro plots is based upon a minimum of hard data and a maximum of free-wheeling cénjecture. The evidence linking Espinosa to any Known organized crime figures consists of his admission to being friends with "Cappy" Rothman, Norman Rothman's son, and a casual knowledge of American gamblers gleaned from his studént days of visit- ing the Havana casinos. i Mike McLaney “gear | Sigemembeee ties to organized crime have been secrou-ly questioned within federal law enforcement agencies since the 1950's but no solid evi- dence has linked him to Trafficante, Rosseli or Giancana. Since Mchaney has been most frequently mentioned as a "Lansky man." To place a witting Ihclameg into the 1960-62 plots, & so vo ¥ it requires a series of major speculative hurdles which ay AM be oT an . i a include.(a) Myer Lansky was a plotter with Trafficante; ie - ut . A : | en ar ral . ae . , a (b) McLaney was Lansky's "action" man;*(c) the various under- world figures acted in concert in promoting anti-Castro opera- Go Elges, RE Gat tions. «None of these premises are easily supportable with facts Ga HORNBECK/br
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