‘Rele. sed under: the: John fF. Ke . 3 GJ | cashiers check via (Espasas Advertising, ' Incorpor oorated) to aon CercuERoa land that the first check, which should not-have been deposited in light of the second check, was piaced in an “unknown bank and when it finally reached Puerto Rico there were insufficient funds to cover it. (ZABALA. tated that Son checks were made out co (Communications Arts. 3 ; FELIX ZABALA advised that his brother, Gnvr oss C$ LUIS ZABA A), his sister ELVIRA, )and he, paid an organizationZ $ 5) which handles the paperwork fof Cubans who wish to visit , outside Cuba "(Al nacen Espanol) proximately (Si, 290, 08 os “secure the financial aspect of( his mother and sister' leaving Cuba. Ha stated that/Hts brother, PEPE, filed Ics com necessary a applications regarding(his mother anc sister) to CO Almacen Espanol )\in Miami. He stated that Carers hal fe of the money wenk into an account in Kingston, Jamaica,) Cs render secure that(his sister and motherJwould not be a financial burden t he (Gamaican Government) and that Ee c an would have money to leavé that country added that ea Ss‘). r himself had nothing to do with/his mother's ands 3 Sister’s\leaving Cuba other than ano} in the necessary application pavers to(Almacen ont in.Miami, Flerida. He CS dded that he went to Peasica)on(b nou) in 21, 1976) to helpd $ Chis sister and his mother) an that aft, they landed from($ Cuba he took them to(the Sheraton “attest later on to the gS). United States Embassy to secure the necess sary visas. The interviewing Agents cuestioned ZABALA \about nisC 5 recent source of income and he stated that he earned approxi-~ mate iv($3 000. OO)from afprize fight jwhich wasfheld in @ayanan CSD uex Rico, \onG September 19, 1976, between [ESTEBAN DE JESU ations LIO MEDINA.) He added that_he earned approninateinZ 23 | 200.600 \from nes (presentation) of the(Chinese_Circus in Miami? SD | | C1 200 Florida, between(October 5 ana Tf , 19763) He stated that he got approximatelyG2, 000.00 or about(December_18 s$_) 1976, as a result of his selling his(cights and Gontract \t® the 59 fighter, HECTOR JULIO MEDINA, ZABALA stated, howeve 7 that h $° iad to pay this: money back tofpromot®r DON kK IN@and @ antalones€. Ss Santiago as his fighter backed Out of the deal and it fell through. (2ABALA advigSed that between february i) and(March 6 CSI 1977, he earned approximately (3, 800.06| from the s(eertornances S) ' Doeld: 32313052 Page 48
ee acini. — : (ers 7 6) - | ie Se TET SS ‘The Advice of Rights form was furnished tofFELIX ZABALA Mas )C$ prior to the aforementioned discussion of his travel outside “of the Chinese circus)inGan Suan, Mayaguez, and Ponce, \Z5/) fos -Puerto Rico. — oy rr re eT Loe . (ZELIX ZABALA MAS) who had been furnished by the CS J interviewing Agents a Spanish cepy of the Advice of Rights form which he said he understood and signed, was presented a reading of the statutes having to do with foreiqn. govern- ment agents and the Foreign: Agents Registration Act of 1938 ie of Puerto Rico in the last. six months. ZABALA was sternlyC $_) advised that he had been asked to tell the truth in all the - above: matters and that any discrepancy jn his account could oe possibly be a to Ganuar of oh current(Federal probation ios J i 978.C 8) which extends to(January. 29, | At this point,(FELIX ZABALA MAS Jadvised the inter-CS_\ | Viewing Agents that he ha no idea how the FBI had gotten all the facts about him and that the FBI seems to know. everything about him. He stated that he is not a Communist and that anything political that he would do would be against . FIDEL CASTRO. At this point,/ZABALA MAS Jstated that he haal S$ J waited for a long time for thié moment and that he is now willing to tel} the interviewing Agents everything. ZABALA C$ _) MAS stated that\<che following accounts arefonly known by C$. , himself and hiS friend, ANTONIO VECIANA, |} stated that VECIANA recently had s6me problems with a United States Government assassination committee which was looking into. the assassination of JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY. He stated that VECIANA had to appear on approximately three occasions in Washington, D, C., the last of which was around December 190, 1976. (ZABALA Stated that approximately one month before C§3 JOHN F. KENNEDY was shot in Dallas, Texas, VECIANA and an ‘individual whofZABALA \felt was associated with United StatesC$) Central Intelligence ‘Agency (CIA), "Mr. BISHOP," met with LEE HARVEY OSWALD in Dallas, Texas. (ZABALA stated that)C$3 . "Mr. BISHOP" knew .VECIANA since 1961. Ge added that JBrsHop CS) had handled an assassination attempt_against FIDEL CASTRO . a while CASTRO was in Chile in 1971. CZABALA stated that -vectana C$} went to Bolivia to work for the United States Government around |. 1967. (He stated that). VECIANA (and hé\went to Chile in 1971 £ S$") | Docld: 32313052 Page 49
d-under the Joh 'F =. QL-14-2087 to set up-an operation to kill castRO. (He stated that)to C52 _ expedite this, false Venezuelan passports were made, the’ — ; _ mecessary guns. were brought in in the diplomatic pouches, - hand grenades were picked up in Bolivia, and a United States ; . diplomati¢ car carried that paraphenalia from. Bolivia to 4. Po -- Chile. CZABALA stated that)the’ plan was prepared in Miami,CSJ ost. Florida and at that time -VECIANA was still working for - a >...’ the United States Embassy in Bolivia. (He added that he anal\OS) | VECIANA rented the room in Santiago, CHile, and staved there for two or three days. (ZABALA stated thaf)JUAN DOMINGUEZ Cs and MARCO RODRIGUEZ (Cuban exiles not further identified) . . thereafter took over that room and enrolled in an approximately /Six month course in photograph and television in Santiago. The purpose of the endeavor was to place a gun inside one of © the cameras which would be used by DOMINGUEZ or RODRIGUEZ and when FIDEL CASTEO made his appearance before members of the ‘press, he would be shot by one of these individuals. (éasata CS} added that}a high official in the Chilean government Secured the necessary press permits for these individuals te come in. . the proximity of. CASTRO when-he arrived in Chile in 1971. (He stated that)the operation was not successful as pomincurz( s.5 and RODRIGUEZ failed, by some means, to shoot CASTRO on the first day that he was presented before the members of the press and that on. the second day cone of those individuals Stated that he must go to the hospital as his appendix was bothering him. The other individual stated that someone in CASTRO's vicinity identified him and thereafter, that potential assassin lefe Chile and was later seen in Bolivia. Tose Pure a 3 , ZABALA reported that JANTONIO VECIANA prepared ats) letter for the banefit of FIDEL CASTRO in Cuba in which he “signed the nickname of his (VECIANA's) secretary, MARGARITA, “(MARGARITA is HILDA CAO, who is currently a resident of San Juan, Puerto Rico, an amployee of the United States Government in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. She was VECIANA's secretary while he was in Cuba and while. he was in Puert@ from 1961 to 1967, and associated with Alpha 66). . That 1léeee contained information concerning ANTONIO VECIANA's connecticn with the United States Central Intelligence Agency and his ‘Ga aA, | attempt to kill CASTRO in Chile in 1971. ( ZABALA stated that ICS) the information in the letter was known tO no other. individuals | | { i } q } } i | DocId: 32313052 Page 450
—- ———_- — ee pe rrr ia oe oa An OD sc) 210T fi " Rel do under. the John F. Kennédy Assassination Record= Collection Act of 1992 (47 Use elease ler. the John F. Kennedy Assassinats Re (44 Use BATE: 1414-2017 SB ha a Re eg Po nd VECIANA had equeated ZABALA Jto transmit that letter to C$ fog a Chis Sister, AMALTA, in}Cuba for personal deiivery to FIDELC SU °:. CASTRO. (ZABALA state® thatJthe letter inferred thar CS) VECIANA'S secretary was dissatisfied with VECIANA and that -VECIANA wanted a large amount of publicity due to his appearance before a United States Government group which | >» dealt with the assassination of JOHN F. KENNEDY. This letter —_ . Was submitted to cuba(via ZABALA's sister,lon or about CS 2. ; oo (September 1D) 1976. (ZABALA stated that hejJthen received a Cs) call fromChis sister, AMALIA, Ji Cuba, and (she stated thatC 5) she: Wanted to sea him in(Janica on Gctober 28") 1976. He CS, add@éa that he responded to (iis Sister's |request and was inCs - , Jamaica on October 28,)1976, and was mét there by(his sister. ZS} e Stated that he was staying at(the Sheraton Hotel in OS eo 28 ' Kingston, Jamaicz,\ an .on his first night there he met 4 rst i Cuban by the nameof (carnos. He added: that(Carios, ZABALA'S Cs} | : sister, |and he, went toa large:hotel (one or two level . C 7 | § cabana~Style) p gsibly outside (Kingston, Jamaica, ZABALA,) $ | i described(carnos lac a white male, five feet six inches cali,Cs) i weighing 180 pounds (over weight),- having dark eyes, Gark 4 i hair, with grey streaks in the sides. (CARLOS Was further CS | i described ag being approximately 40 years ©ld and :that-he wore _  y no glasses or had no other destingupishing ‘Dhysical characteristices, : — Céartos\aescribed himself to ZABALA \aS a person who was hichC S-j of { “up in the Cuban covernment intelligence. (CARLOS carried with¢ $) H him at all times a businessman's tache case which contained r a pistol. (ZABaLA\dia not see the ([pistol|se any time.C ¢ | | s In addition to meeting CARLOS, supra, CZABALA\met CSI ' : the driver of the_automobiie which tookCZABALA, ZABALA's \C. 5) | | Sister "ana (canned to the hotel. This individual was the C$) | , & vice-consul of thé Cuban Embassy in Kingston, Jamaica, suaNC $_J p CARBONELL.,.- ZABALA Hescribed (CARBONELL as being a white male fs) ; — weighing 170 pounds, five feet elevén inches tall, having | _ black hair, dark eyes, and wearing glasses with dark plastic : | 4 frames. No other distinguishing characteristics were noted 4 X AB e " : : i | Upon arriving at the hotel, Gasata}was, questionea ($I ; 8 by (CAR OS and JUAN CARBONELL jin the presencé of (his sister, G$_) 4 MMAEIA,) end they wanted to know current information. concerning , : E : oe ' . DoeId: 32313052 Page 51