AGENCY: RECORD NUMBER: RECORD SERIES: AGENCY FILE NUMBER: ORIGINATOR: FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: PAGES: 9 SUBJECT: DOCUMENT. TYPE: FBI LEG. CAR DIRECTOR. FBI AGENCY INFORMATION FBI 124-10220-10043 HO 2-2173-228 DOCUMENT INFORMATION 12/09/1976 PAPER. TEXTUAL DOCUMENT ORIGINAL Secret NEW CLASSIFICATION: CLASSIFICATION: ‘REVIEW DATE: 12/05/1996 UPDATE_DATE: STATUS  Redact RESTRICTIONS: JFK Act 6 (1\(B) JFK Act 6 (4) COMMENTS: Docld: 32297767 Page 1
Reltepsed “under the John F. ‘Kennedy ‘“fissassination Records Collection Act of 199? (44 USC ote;. 11- 14- 2017 2 ‘ Ooms . i . ‘ es ‘ & ovina. econo. 10 on f \ ; as, ana’ ey MAY 1962 SEDITION . , oer Pe "GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 an Lg / -¢- . ~S ~UNIFED STATES Gé_sRNMENT . . * ae . . emora ndum: CIA HAS NO oR JECTION TO . DECLASSIEICATION AND/OR, | TO “TOR, FBI (2-2173)RELEASE OF CIA FORMATION TE: 12/9/76 IN TES “count One SECRET | FROM SECRET T, CARACAS (2-9) (ey ‘SUBJECT: UNSUBS ; CO SUSPECTED BOMBING. to CUBANA om Tt 1 ose ie NEAR BARBADOS , WEST INDIES LoreztE CG Nif— CUBA - WEST INDIES 4, sent Ae eee Lacan, Alay tucte tiene 's Enclosed for the:Bureau are three of tes pe SW iet e en- titled, "Examination of the Floating Wreckage (Flotsam) Recovered ‘From Cubana Airlines DC8 CUT 1201," by Eric Newton of Great Britain. (@) feta b. LA The report was furnished on 12/8/76, in strictest confi- 077 3 dence by Sub-Commissioner CARLOS FABBRI of the Directorate of Intelli- | “NN et Pan gence and Preventive Services (DISIP), Government of Venezuela, fe (2.2 Caracas, Venezuela, who requested it not be disseminated outside. the me i FBI. ly KG) | Ss FABBRI is Chief of the Explosives Unit of DISIP and a J xs frequent contributor to the FBI Bomb Data Program. SCS) th NS FABBRI advised he had just returned to Venezuela from™ _ ™~\ England, where -ae had been permitted to examine all evidence by . © SS NEWTON’ NEWTON had stated during personal conversations that he was 3 conviiced: in his own mind on the basis of the evidence that the . ca cn Cubana ‘Airplane was sabotaged, that the explosive device was nitro-fearn . aoe glycerine based, probably dynamite, that a fire had followed the HO a ‘explosion, and the explosives had been placed in the aft cargo hota os . of the aircraft. (2G) - REC- 13 QR Xf) i FABBRI stated he was very surprised the blast had been ak the result of a nitroglycerine-based explosive as anti- Castro ~Gubans=*) have not typically used this explosive. (2) He added that the report would be placed in the hands of — the Venezuelan judge in charge of the case on 12/9/76, and-opined —=<= that it would. be a serious setback for the prosecution as their case, is based upon the concept that C- 4 explosive was used, and that it fam, was.: planted in. the cabin area, perhaps a lavatory, by “FRE: PDY LUGO pe and HERNAN RICARDO LOZANO. 5) 4 tw DEC 22 1976 : | ~ Bureau (Enc. 3) ~ FLU 5010-108-08 Docld: 32297767 Page 2?
i eleased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (442 USC Fi0T Hote. FNYPATE: 11-14-2017 ~ one > 4 roa ; ‘ af » ‘ . . . : i CAR 2-9 ; SECRET | He pointed out that if the explosive had been placed in checked baggage, the baggage would had to have been checked through to Havana on the basis of a ticket to Havana. The possibility, of course, exists that the infernal device was placed on the aircraft as air freight at any stop between Georgetown, Guyana, and Bridgetown, Barbados. | FABBRI stated that a full forensic report of the examina- tion of the recovered flotsam would be forthcoming, and he would endeavor to make that report available to Legat, Caracas, ee Ambassador and [CIA Station, Caracas ,| have been brieted. (XY) | Mart ao ’ at avn ee SECRET | gearyer ; A | een UO __ ee Docld: 32297767 Page 3