Cs\Ga ; the  . y ee ne | Wishes of his good friend VECIANA ———— an ' . 7s . aanaenruee . & a (zapan, A was questione d congersang) she reason why VECIANA had wanted him }to send the lette o Cuban Premier CASTRO detailing VECIANA's activities wi ithithe CIA, (ZABALA stated that )VECIANA was concerned about his Pe tere: neten( S) the. committee investigat ing the KENNEDY assassination and, for some unexplained reason ; wanted to establish himself in the U. S. Cuban Community as a former CIA operative. » KVECTANA ‘Said he was certain that CASTRO would broadcast this information on Radio Havana aS soon as he received it and as Radio Havana was continually monitored in Miami, these facts would soon be known among the Cuban community. ZABALA CS \ said that he \did not question VECIANA further as VECINWA obviously did not wish to-talk about it ae czaeana) SCS} decided to-go along (out of his friendship )for VECIANA a8C $ this seemed to be of the uth Iost importante to VECTANA ZABALA said that} when no broadeast occurred, VECTANACFoques sted te continue his“Contacts and urge the Cubans at each meeting to make the broadcast under the Bue that he (ZABALA) _wished the broadcast in order to embarrass VECIANA as he (ZABALA) was supposed to have had- a falling out with VECIANA S) At this time ZABALA\stated that he was extremely C §_) giad to have been able “fo get this off of conscience and Stated that he was physically and emotionaily exhausted, ZABALA expressed great confidence in the FRI and stated that (he wished to work with the FBI in any way possible. lucluding [further contacts with the Cuban Intelligence Agentsjor{in any other capacity in which he could serve. s) FAR eaS5ALA)|stated that he was a Loy American and firmly against the Communist system and had on become involved in contacts with the Cubans in order to garry out the S) cs) DoclId: 327177781 Page 23 |
we ees, Ea! Wnt or Ole rae Es Docld: 32177761 Wife The following description of (anne ZABALA MAS obtained through interview and observation: Name Also Known As Residanca Social Security Account Number Date of Birth Place of Bir th Sex Race Height Weight Hair Eves Scears/Marks Physicél Characteristic Puerto Rico Driver's License Father Mother Subject's decupation Subiect's Children Subject's Brothers Page 24 "SECRET os 13931 (Gepurx ZABALA Mas = S_) UTO; FELIX SABALA MAS - 350 Lerida Urbanization Valencia Rio Piedras,\Puerto Rico Gsr-90-5117 C$) October 18, 1937 Pinar Del Rio Cuba Male White 6 feet . (2x8 sounds) C33 | Black Brown Nene Right eve does not focus on what the left eve observing. 349670 . PR. JOSE L. ZABALA —— ANGELTINEASYPEROT of% Abbl Ay Entertainment promoter — ‘ CARMEN REGO (Date of birth February 17, 1938, at Havana, Cuba) BETTY ZABALA REGO, born November 4, 1966, at ; Havana, Cuba; ee. SUSANA ZABALA REGO, born [s . Jane 9, 1963, at San Juan, - &B -Puerto Rico: : FELIX ZABALA REGO, March 12, 1968, at Puerto Rigg. JOSE LUI4 ag "PEREITTS corn . Dacatbes 4, iresident av LOS Ma born | { Atlantic vi LOW , bE VENA | bd 5 om ys Gan Juan, a — LA also known an eel PISELCS Rico) CobA
=~ sw Fay a | Va TOP-SECRET : 7 . oo ; ee | = _f/ DOMINGO iZABALA, also known “EN fais? YNINO;," age 39 (currently ~a*re'sident of Santiago de . Cuba; ARMANDO ZABALA;, also known as "ARMANDITO," age 25 (student, Chicago, Illinois} “Subject's Sisters AMALIA ZABALA, age 50, ee ano ae me kame DoclId: 32177781 Page 25
le RDO (REV ELD 76) Csdon A rit a in jier ‘C "LIK ZARALA 5 28a interview iC Lee : by seen, Agents (SAS) PAUL MT. RUSH and HARRY . BRANDON, S77 in Sanigjuan, Puerto Rico. In the es urse of the “interviewee (emma Fornianed’ ‘the following information: Ss) ZARALA advised that luring his recent contacts withC S$ Cuban Government intellige ome Sources, they requested “he gather any informatica whatsoever concerning Cuba that would appear in Puerto Rican or United States newspapers and magazines. They requested that he par. ictpat re in the anti-CASTRO movement in Puerto Rico so thet he could later aa ivise the Cuban intelligence Service (CUIS) of the activities of the Coordinacion ‘de Organi-~ ; : zaciones Revolucionarias Unidas. (Coordination of United Revolu- tionary Organizetions) (cory) , CERANK CASTRO, REINOL RODR iauRZ,2S_J GUSTAVO CASTILLO, ENRE on E NUNEZ, MANO] BDO, BEBO FRANCO,\and ANTONIO VECIANA. At this point(Zas ALA Added that to the trs,c SJ) CORU is the same az Accion Cubsne (CuBAn fiction) (AC) and the Frente De Liberagion Nacional De Cuba (Cuban National Liberation Front) (FLMC). , ABALA Stated: that/the CUIS was also interested (S in informationfihe could obt tain Joonverning the progress of the (GYO | Sonqressional KENNEDY assassination Committe cges well as the rersons responsible fer(the dsath sof Anno ver@® They mentioned CSO 2 Gaath that they were of the Opinion taatfCORe did aWay with VERA\due a to internal arquing. According te oA; Fy wilh + 5A ar ‘ . avers daBane phic wrenunge sn 6OF SY) xg x) BALA, the CUTS showed an va | by] — >S interestfin VERA jas they “stated tney knew he was Gn Ruenos Aires,C on Ss! = Argentina, when a Cuban Embassy worker was shot. 4ABALA stated i Sar that Jon the date of his Latest conta act with the CUIS he advised : ic them that, he has nat been able to Gathertany pertinent informa- we tion concerning the “pove-mentioned, individuals inasmuch as he DO < has pee ee calhy. oucupied with his promotion work.\ The cuts (SJ Pao requested that Zh ABALA determine any information Pp S8sible CoD awa regarding the lLocasicon ofCJASPAR E. SEMENEZ., ZABALA stated that \CS_} Oe Cr weet! oh tee the CUIS had never asked anything about Puerto Rigo other than their interest in the above-mentioned ine ividualis ff URE Rd ane tae RON CERTAIN Boned 4 oi ALD INFOR) (ATI TION “SoNTATNED — HERELN TS HEC TPIED CES SS , ~ - . . Ee o as, BAS PAUL Me RUSE and ; DE Ha leans Sg RET a ‘y ~E . if a laaa iy, 7 ur ae gay y: pe Th is "focurment contains neither recommendacis MS Ror cenciusians ch 2 Eo is ‘ap a “~ “Se - ORS ity Poatents pare nor ify “7 LS do autsicte YG ite Sbeney, DoclId: 327177781 Page 26
‘ whe fc wu fot as 2 Gaus ALA advised that the Cuban Government isC S$) aware of who was sn eceponeibie for the killing cf several s menber bie "Pragmatistas")in Miami, Ploriea. The cus CF tL q Ae 4 { 4 4 3 ‘ cone pam tne names and at this moment,fZABALA bannot recall@ who the) re. Ke stated that the CUIS identified them es members. of woe "Eragmatistas." | ZABALA added that )the corse: > - has never stated.or inferred that they had any intelli igence ‘ agents working in Ptorida § 2 ameter eee eames kes ee ee a ee (an reviewing his activities ipChile in 1971 £53: ZABALA stated that he was recruited for]the planned killin Ss of CASTRO by VECIANA in Miami, in 1971. ° At this time V& was a United States Fmpassy employee in Bolivia. ZABALA. "Ves stated thatWafter they)Jnianned the attack, which was based C3) informatiof ‘VECIANA said that he had received from a Chilean. that CASTRO was coming to Chile in October of 1971, thatfhe (ZABALA) | fle ew to Venezuela ang WVECIANA went to Bolivia. Cuban. exits rrom Miami, also wé Root ia[with, him{tels bey lin trasning in photography and television camera techniques a ee EA we ne ee etiam eee <emyennah ma sggenemma as! as the plot involved their posing as cameramen. [ZABALA said that shortly after he arrived in venezuela ¥ne}went to Ch ile (S) ; (Cin February Jand yented_an apartment for the use of DOMINGUEZ and RODRIGHEZ He wasfin Chile for two or three days. (LZABALA Cs J was unable ro recall the location of that apartment ZABALA added that Jshort ly after this, VECIANA and a Cuban exile named G) NAPOLI, drove to Chile from Bolivia with the guns and grenade se used in tne attempt. The arms were hidden under the back seat of a United States Embassy car VECIANA used to transport the arms. The arms were later hidden in a closet of the ' apartment and NAPOLI and VECIANA returned to Bolivia. ‘the two cameramen went te Chile in July to await CASTRO's arrival. They had in their possession ferged Venezuelan and Dominican passports (which ZABALA had prepared. ZABALA got the passport S) : rom indgdid®he Venezuelan and Dominican nativnals in Venezuela ° by telling, them thatChe couldjhelp them enter the United States .< 31) they gave(him \their passport® asfhe said he would need then ZABALA stated chat he \steamed the pictures off the passports \S and replaced them with photographs of RODRIGUEZ and DOMINGUEZ... H [He then] stamped taem with hogus Government stamps which VECLANA 3) had ma@e previously. aa chat} the Federal Burean of S) . i eet i a Sgt . eT oe coe ~~ SECRET oo | DoclId: 32177781 Page 27