: eS C ORLANDO BOSCH, CORU, REINOL RODRIGUEZ, FRANK CASTRO, ANTONIC VECIANA, and other members of anti-CASTRO groups In response ‘to VECIANA's letter to FIDEL CASTRO , CARLOS and CARBONELE J CSa _ felt that VECIANA's secretary disliked VECIANA and they reauestoad tratf?@hRare tkell the gaQcreuary that they will CS ares eee FUT ace oe SECRET © | i broadcast the information presented in "her" letter over - Radio Havana in about a week's time. /ZABALA. s! tated )that Cs inasmuch as(he was responsible for forwarding the supposed CS) - letter from VECIANA's Secretary, the Cubans believed that ~- ZABALA greatly dislikea VECIANA also. (ABALA. stated that)no CSS Such broadcast was ever made according to ANTONIO VECTANS. OB (ZABALA reported that)}in the course of the above-~ Ge. ‘mentioned contact with CARLOS and CARBONELL) the latter stated that they would Get in contact with him through +e S) Sister, AMALIA.) They as ced ZABALA Wi he needed any money and 53 e replied negatively. a (ZABALA MAS reported that )he returned to(Samaica { s3} around Novémber 3,\1976, and stayéd at the Sheraton Hotel SS During his first evening there, a strange voice telephoned Tr ne OL ae ee eal -his room and advised him to co outsides. He went down and i. .stood by the hotel swimming pool and then saw yee pra 5) and was again taxen by (GaRLOS and JUAN CARBONELL the hotel where he previously met hese on Hotattin &S Ginanin 28 Stated that)the cide from the (Sheraton Hotel\in &i Lngston, Jamaica;)to the »ther hotel takes approximately thirty : Minutes~by car and this hotel is located near the sea. ‘Upon | :* entering this hotel Cana ays Jas introdu d to("The General. 92 $) (At one time Gur ing the interview with @The General") the cs latter was referred to as (JORGE. ) AZABALA stated_ that JBe | also carried a bisinessman*s attach& case which(ZABATA LS Suspécted could scarrvfa gun. @ZABALA stated-that dur it Gg the Cs 3 | course of this contact™the entire conversation was taped a tape plaver{in the room.. granu Poser ibea[enoX general" CS} as a white mate, five feet S@ven ifiches tall ,~weighing. 160 ‘pounds, approximately 36 years of age, and from n Fuegos, Cuba} ZABALA Stated \that (The General ,*) Lecked like a well built, firm milicary tvpe.( He stated f€hat\this individual F ad dark_hair wich slight t¥Faces of grey On the side. he "General" had dark eyes and no other distinguishing pnySicai D. 6 characteristics. . DoclId: 327177781 Page 74
seeerey cee sae geaTy fee ae “seoRET od Gasan stated shadin the course of this contact the three Cs _ Cuban individuals wantea to know about the bomb on a ban _ Plane which had recently destroyed the Plane and cont. it Plunging into the sea, They wanted him to invite REINOL 4 RODRIGUEZ, FRANK CASTRO 3, and "BEBO" (Last name possibly RrMrIIAA > i “ Stars ae fod PRANCO, anc the oy Ea eee eh Diba ob Se Says a ma oS ol fi 4 Goods store waren is located at- Flaglor and ‘Lath Avenue, Miami, Florida) Jamaica \for reasons of placing ing bombs against pro- Cuban sD chools in Gamaicay) The Cuban ~§ C m individuals could then arrange for the(Jamaican uthorities to arrest ropricunz, C$ 3 CASTRO, and "BES" and Tater these could be given over to | the Cubans. In aGdition to the anove, the Cubans Wanted an | "up date" on Pictures of about: thirty individuals. These -individuals were all current Suspected (iovenper type iovember 95) 1976 CSD persons and laclided ENRIQUE NUNEZ. On according to “ABS \LA,) they gave him $500.00 for Dlane tickets <) and expenses. They wanted - him to go-to Venezuela to find . out about the above mentioned Cuban plane bombing. ELIX inaicacan’ advised that iovember 29) 1976, an he returned to(Jamaicaénd this time went to place w s known‘as the (Little Pub, in the city of Ocho fesse (EABATA stated that Japprox mately 9:60 p.m. that eveni three men came ito the (Little Pub." Cie Stated that Phess S individuals were tho€'Genéral, " CARLOS Jand a third Guban C$ whom he had not previously met. He described this. individual aS a white male, six feet three inches tall, weighing 220 pounds, having shot, dark hair, Approx cimately 38 years of age, and having neat prescription glasses. This latter individual infornec ZABALADthat he had been working in “theZS I Cuban Embassy in (Chile during 1971. ae Ct a - Meee _ rem: * Hp eee ‘ - teem - 4 nee ccedimainad | DoclId: 32177781 Page 75
dees eee Reererry coe ee Sa eg 1 Mn beats oe. —— ste ete id are ee ; j 1 i i; for-his November 29 anticipated meeting in ; him information to.furnish to the Cubans. ZABALA said that _that)VECIANA (told hi T4 514 Is) 7 Se mar ” mo : ao ~ SECRET _GABALA stated that]VECIANA had, és preparation. os): amaica, given - . VECIANA furnished(him with)Jinformation concerning the bombing of the Air Cubana Airliner stating that the infor- mation would appsar to be good and was true, however, it was well known within the anti-Castro Cuban,Community and. he did not believe if would harm anybody. (ZABALA said $O ip) that ORLANDO GARCIA, who was an S employee of the Government of Venezuela, and former CIA employee, had gone to Santo Domingo in 1976 and met with ORLANDO BOSCH an? FRANK CASTRO. VECIANA further advised that there was also present at the meeting a representative from Brigade 2505, name unknown. VECIANA said that at this time, BOSCH, CASTRO, GARCIA and the representative from Brigade 2506 vlaaned a bombing of:a Cubana airliner. At some time foisowing this BOSCH went to Venezuela to take command of the operation. Upon arrival. in Venezuela BOSCH © was met by "MONO" .MORALES, a Cuban exile living in Venezuela. VECIANA said that MORALES was the individual who had testified in a Federal trial against BOSCH a few years prior to this time. MORALES is supposed to have told BOSCH that he wished for all past differences to be forgotten ‘and for them to unite in this act, as-all good Cubans should ? try to get rid of CASTRO. At this time MORALES gave BOSCH a machine gun and offered a car and driver as well as the -use of an apartment that he (MORALES) stated that he had arranged for BOSTH. VECIANA said that: BOSCH still did not trust MORALES ani instead went to the apartment of ALFREDO AGUIAR, another Tuban exile in Caracas. BOSCH supposedly stayed at that arsartment and during this time was in contact with an old Cuban revolutionary named "PEPE" as well as a former CIA operative named "RICO." RICO was described as being a Cuban exile also. RICO supposediv gave BOSCH $2,00) during this time in arder to support the intended operation against the Cubana Airlines. BOSCH was also in contact with a Cuban exile attorney while in Venezuela, name unknown, however, it was stated that BOSCH was arrested in Taracas at the home of this attorne » following the bombing. at the ome of pts ZABALA [that Cs when the bomb went off, it was such a tragedy that ana GY) ’ CORU. group was afraid to claim credit for it. VECIANA veo eres tee . ee wet oe er . mre Steg . a ve yee DoclId: 3271777381 Page 76 eat a na ee ar ee a tt Nn eA ge ee Lt
_ . ‘ ee ‘ 7. : “further ned that. ‘the. Government - of Venezuela had bciter en had knowledge of the plans for this bombing, a however, they also became very nervous when.the bonb went } off with the plane in the air. VECIANA(told ZABAI La)thatC 52 Q- the plan had been for the bomb to go off while the” plane was on the runway in Barbados, avoiding serious loss of lives, however, the plane departed early and’thus the bomb went off while the plane was in the air. 9) (ZABALA reiterated that VECIANA had given him this CS) ‘information to furnish as he )(VECIANA) s stated that most of this infermatior hed been hinted at in the newspaners and 7 that he felt that ZABALA )oou ld impress the Cubans with this CS | information as well as tltilizing this information to cover. for the fact that ZABALA \pad actually not (gone to Venezuel CH as previously requésted By the Cuban intel igence Agents { ; 7 oe ee [ZaBALA said that he furnished this, informati C$ to) the Cuban Inteiligence Agents during the(November 39) 1676 OF m6éeting and they. appeared yery pleased with the information. - ZABALA said that)jhe also ‘Ces previously directed by VE an i . - told. the Cuban égents that VECIANA had been involved in,some 7 j sort of testimony regarding the KENNEDY assassination. PUZABALA 5 Pe ) ' said that he did not furnish ten with any details other than - telling him that VECIANA had traveled to Washington using a travel voucher issued under the name of Senator SCIIWIERER. (ZABALA said that|he did not know why VECIANA wanted this information given to the Cubans-unless it was(to further CS) ‘convince him that he (ZABALA) was furnishing them with good informationJin the hopes that they would utilize the t “previously furnished information and_give VECIANA the I publicity he desired on radio Havana |. Following the(November 255) 1977, meeting which wag C63 7 taped by the Cubans f ZABA A)said that he was instructed toCS . , meet(CARLOS)in Fanama jon Manuary 1041977, being instructed CS | to go to thef Panama ililten Hotel jand be standing in the O |: , parking lot at_$ p.m. He was told that somebody would pick I him up. C2anaE\added that he was given(700)at the C S$”) conclusion of this meeting by the Cubans, which was to provide expenses for the trip he was supposed to have taken. fo to{ Venezue ajas well as the trip for the @ovember 29,) 197 CSI E ' meeting. Coabara said at the conclusion of the meeting he asked the Cubans to help in gettinefhis mother and siste S. out of Cuba for a Christmas vacation Jin Puerto Rico and a SECRET DoclId: 32177781 Page Tf?