CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO. DECLASSIFICATION ANDYOR, ST] RELEASE OF CIA INFORMATION. =r9gcu. 76 in This DOCUMENT. ¥eeP Pot the “PR Ba1e157 mao77 Zn 13-41) FM CARACAS 7-2) CP Tatell. Plan. & oT SECRET TV) Kontos ON. ON, } ~ — Beclassity on: OAD ATTENTION: FOREIGN LIAISON UNIT RICARDO MORALES NAVARRETE, REGISTRATION MATTEM -  RECARTFL SESRUARY 23, 1977. “TN LATE NOVEMBER, 1976, AT A MEETING AT THE DIRECTORATES OF INTELLIGENCE AND PREVENTIVE SERVICES (DISIP HEAD QUARTERS IN CARACAS, - ' s RICARDO MORALES NAVARRETE SUGGESTED TO GENERAL RAUL GIMENEZ GAINZA, CHIEF OF mar QND ORLANDO GARCIA, MINISTER COUNSELLOR, DISIP, THAT S$ ; BE A OFFICER SSASSINATED IN ORDER TO : a "TAKE THE HEAT OFF" DR. ORLANDO BOSCH AVILA, WHO HAS BEEN CHARGE WITH COMPLICITY IN THE BOMBING OF A CUBAN AIRLINER OFF en axe cewepan ot GIMENEZ AND GARCIA WERE BOTH DUMBFOUNDED AT AND STATED ABSOLUTE DISAPPROVAL, tL DECLASSIFY Ce siee ; DT. . SSIF mM. IN DECEMBER, WHEN 4 SHOT WAS FIRED THROJGH A Wino aT La(PK) END PAGE ONE ane y CLASSIFIED Noes 5 ofl ion 5 by EXTE NG | “105 or 503- REASGN A 7d eure gine Gen. inv tHE} i é Ident. -—--— Legal Cou he Bm. pes ; ON FEBRUARY 23, 1977, ADVISED AS FOLLOWSpS) | a ~ 9) “te S| = RESIDENCE, NARROWLY MISSING MR, f2 HE wasieee ee Spec. Inv. — Training --———; oiht. oe : —— AL i Telephone Boh. = TO DIRECTOR PRIORITY MR. > th od LB iree sort Sah aoa 2-4 | : aan y cs aMn.m | . Be ae ‘ sows sfia7 ra a1 HY 50953 DBoctd: 32306364 Page 2?
rh freon tee ie rata aie pats nee iter ay Pie ail De nite tained tte CA Pi AR Eee al didetennane A dete talent «Whaat ita tetels PAGE TWO CAR 97-2 SECRET - Bo Bo ! Ne wo SUBSEQUENTLY REASSIGNED TO ANOTHER POST FOR HIS OWN SAFETY/‘¥€ ~~ Q ) 0 I: E | } | ANNOT STATE DEFINITELY THAT THE SHOT WAS FIRED BY MORALES OR SOMEONE ACT ING FOR HIM, BUT THIS 1S NOT BEYOND THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY. (RA | 3ELIEVES THAT THE ONLY PURPOSE THE ASSASSINATION MOULD HAVE SERVED WOULD HAVE SEEN TO STRAIN RELATIONS BETWEEN VENEZUELA AND THE UNITED STATES, AND MOST CERTAINLY WOULD 7 NOT HAVE AIDED THE ORLANDO BOSCH AVILA CAUSE IN ANY WAY. (x) ee Ro A | Has: ADVISED THAT at A RECENT PARTY AT THE (\ | ae al RESIDENCE OF ORLANDO GARCIA, MORALES, WHILE QUITE INTOXICATED, ASKED IF SEEING THE CUBAN FLAG AND HEARING THE CUBAN NATIONAL ANTHEM DID NOT EMOTIONALLY AFFECT SOURCE, SOURCE ANSWERED In THE AFFIRMATIVE, AND MORALES THEN STATED TO THE EFFECT THAT HE “COULD LIVE WITH BRESHNEY," REFERRING TO THE SOVIET PREMIER. MORALES IS “NOT RPT NOT CURRENTLY ON THE ROLLS OF OFFICIAL DISIP EMPLOYEES, HAS VACATED HIS APARTMENT AT THE ANAUCO HILTON, LEAVING AN UNPAID BILL OF BS, 16,@99, WHICH WAS PAID BY ORLANDO GARCIA, AND HAS | “TAKEN UP RESIDENCE IN AN APARTMENT, THE COST OF WHICH IS PROHIBITIVE “ON ONLY THE SALARY PAID BY DISIP, THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS THAT | END PAGE TWO - | | | | >A 50953 Daoctd: 32308364 Page 3
PAGE THREE CAR 97-2 SECRET x MORALES CONTINUES TO BE PAIN BY DISIP, POSSIBLY AS A CONTRACT EM PLOYEE, BUT HIS ST AND ARD OF LIVING CERTAINLY INDICATES ANOTHER wee KB SOURCE OF INCOME, IF HE IS, IN FACT, PAYING HIS CURRENT | Bits. AB.) [_ PRareves THAT IN VIEW OF THE FOREGOING, AND THE -VITUPEROUS ATTACKS MORALES HAS MADE AGAINST THE CIA AND THE FBI, THE POSSIBILITY CERTAINLY EXISTS THAT HE IS MENTALLY UNSTABLE, AND “MAY VERY. LIKELY BE A CASTRO DOUBLE AGENT. 1o.— * v ~ » LEGAT FEELS VERY STRONGLY THAT ANY CONTACT WITH MORALES ‘BE VERY CIRCUMSPECT, AND ANY INFORMATION FURNISHED BY HIM OR ATTRIBUTED TO HIM, BE CAREFULLY ANAL YZED BEFORE BEING ACCEPTED AS Fact. £(U) ADMINISTRATIVE: FOR THE INFORMATION OF THE BUREAU, ORLANDO GARCIA IS CURRENTLY CONFINED TO BED AT HIS RESIDENCE DUE TO VERY “SERIOUS LIVER PROBLEMS, “WE HAS BEEN ADVISED BY HIS DOCTOR THAT IF HE DOES NOT STOP DRINKING IT WILL KILL HIM IN SHORT orner. BAW GARCIA IS MORALES’ PROTECTOR IN DISIP, AND SHOULD HE EXPIRE OR BECOME INCAPACITATED, MORALES WOULD MOST CERTAINLY LOSE HIS INFLUENCE WITH GENERAL GIMENEZ GAINZA AND BE COMPLETELY SEPARATED END PAGE THREE ‘tin abe ta OR PMA OM aie IST pene adhd sali wakiiatee Kew Loeb Lat HY 50953 Daoctd: 32308364 Page 4 1G)
I coer tp meng emmenserenonem spowaege peameayrra i [enue pcan Wiebe Ore ena Se wpe am eet PAGE FOUR: CAR 97-2 S’E CRET FROM pisir. ie (u) a, | BUREAU IS REQUESTED TO ADVISE MIAMI AND OTHER INTERESTED “OFFICES, - | ae oe - LEGAT WILL FOLLOW CLOSELY wimfsourcegl | . . Steyr wet Oe HY 50953 Daoctd: 32308364 Page 5 3 ‘ ' d