157-10004-10113 Date:06/26/94 Page:1 a _ JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM | IDENTIFICATION FORM we AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY : SSCIA RECORD NUMBER : 157-10004-10113 RECORDS SERIES : MEMORANDUM AGENCY FILE NUMBER : DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR : FBI FROM : SAC, NEW YORK TO: TITLE : NEUTRALITY MATTERS; INTERNAL SECURITY - CUBA DATE : 07/02/65 PAGES : 4 SUBJECTS : NEUTRALITY MATTERS - CUBA INTERNAL SECURITY - CUBA VICTOR DOMINADOR ESPINOSA HERNANDEZ ASSASSINATION PLOTS DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION : U RESTRICTIONS : 1B, DONOR REST., REFERRED CURRENT STATUS : X DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 06/27/94 OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : box 377 (toh emt Sachs nto ant ees ne) 90h heh ES NESEY GS ED GWSS SUE NS eis enh) EOD sey Sst mh cSt) ET SE. EET OES ONE ES GETS CYAN se ‘te abd teh etl Ot Sete NN HR) us to spel orl el bed OE EO HOU OE DSS ODEO GY om et [R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED 50955 Dactd: 32202002 Page 1
OPTION SL FO RO. 16 . 3010- ot : Se MAY 1042 EOITION “OE eet . DECLASSING qh UNITED STATESHRO a, N} sows RELEASE CATION NP TO 29 . %@ prepared tn OF THIS D bog, @ % cman eet wigan ee eter rent Nese a é cont ? u + ae : 1 thout the express approval of toe Fs (soe 3d 19 nang foie: es @- =. Vio X. -DIRECTOR, FBI (2- 1821) DATE: yyL 2 1965 eS Ku, NEW YORK (2-608) ae SUBJECT. VICTOR DOMINADOR ESPINOSA HERNANDEZ; NEUTRALITY MATTERS ; s* i ye = pe wy D fs foe eet : Re New York teletype dated 6/2/65, captioned , as above. ; 2] LO» They, following information is being furnished X iby in order tok ering the Bureau up to dete on developments i in the allegéd plat to assassinate certain leading Cuban personalities and furnish details of recent contacts wih coth ESPINOSA and CIA: : A OFFIRER EB) \O ger CaP Cle aise, CIA, telephonically contacted the NYO on 6/4 /o5 2 a Revexereiiie Ci Ar OFFICER. Q, eerste nal come from Washington, D.C., to interview ~ ESPINOSA. eer requested to meet ESPINOSA in tne f- presence of SA FRANCIS J. O'BRIEN at the NYO, and also ; recuested tnat SA O'BRIEN be present during the interview iS with ESPINOSA. s3Seeee@m interviewed ESPINOSA in the NYO ~ \ on 6/4/65 from enoroximately 3: 40 pem. to 5:50 p.m. The oO details of —— a \ After ESPINOSA departed the NYO, See] advised that 98 ver cent of the information furnished regarding the alleged assassination plot by ESPINOSA was accurate, and tnat the only reservation CIA had was that they disliked vane two individuals who had contacted ESPINOSA concerning RS - _ v2e Dlot and considered the contacts of ESPINOSA, ALBERTO “| \, “BLSNCO aka "El Loca", and JORGE/ROBRENO aka "Mago", to be Nii ce vandividuals of questionable reputation. . "Os g! 2 BS REC. 65" Q-18al - CS i 2-Bureau (RM) = l-New York (66- 7479) (CIA OPERATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES ey DOMESTICS OPERATIONS PIVISTON) eee, D-FROM ee l-New York ' es ie aft cl | REVIEWE Liew tas io Sui FJO:bab on 4/ 9) UR SRE ¢ JUL \ SiR 158 [> ay S4gs yy 20 1965 ey : 131 Cl RELEASE IN FULL _- \ RELEASE we a Buy.| U. 5 Savings Po a on the Payroll Savings F Plan ‘APictNAL PILED I¥ ory - al ~,. ta Ve HY 50955 DBoctd: 322702002 Page 2
\B @ x ssistanc is information was furnished to CIA, a on 6/7/65, and the NYO was informed ad - ehat this inrormation would be forwarded to <iiemiacaaie one NY 2-608 e CIA Agent @sezsaa@ instructed ESPINOSA in the event née got any furtner information from either BLANCO or ROBRENO, that he snould contact SA O'BRIEN, who in \ turn would relay the information + ogee esenage s svated that this arrangement would ce necessary as ’ he was leaving on tne morning of 6/6/65, for Madrid, Spain, and Paris, France, and would te. out of the ; country for several days. | . : Cik ‘ESPINOSA telephonically contacted the NYO _— er on 6/7/65 and advised that he had received a vevennone OFFICE. call on 6/5/65 from ROBRENO in Madrid, and on 6/6 [85 had received « telephone call from ALBERTO BLANCO in Paris, Frante, who desired to know what reaction he hed received from officials of the United States Government relative to their request for possible mere From 6/7/65, until 6/25/65, the NYO had received several vecephonic contacts from ESPINOSA desiring to know whav the decision was relative to CIA's peepee ation or assistance. On 6/25/65, CIA Agent stents Would § ie SSCs cone) wo feceeee on 6/25/65 stated that ne nad teen in contact wine . who stated that he desired that the NYO should inform ESPINOSA that this was a very difficult and far reaching question a2 which CIA could not definitely commit itself. ESPINOSA. Was to ce advised that all the information furnished by him regarding the alleged plot to assassinate leading Cucan Government figures had been passed on in Washington, D.C., to the proper authorities, and that for the time teing CIA could not give any definite answer to ESPINOSA his friends who were involved in this plot. RECEIVE vet) FROM Mav 28 19% oe * ge pect: ‘ HW 50955 DBocld: 32202002 Page 3
HY , o BY “~ oe ! \ Said thes seveml months ago, exac "J ROLANDOACUSSLAS_met in Rome’ with 7s ¢ NY 2-608 The above instructions received from CTA on 6/25/65 were given in person to VICTOR ESPINOSA. ESPINOSA manifested discouragement over the lack of cooperation from the CIA and merely stated ‘that he Was absolutely positive that the people involved in this Dlot, and primarily ROLANDO L.“;\CUBELAS, would definitely an tne near future make an attempt upon the lives of FibEL CASTRO and several other leading figures in the Cuban Government. ; ‘ ESPINOSA on 6/25/65 stated that CTIA probacly was reluctant to commit itself to him but he felt sure that one way or another, CIA must be fully cognizant of the plot or have some interest in it. ESPINOSA £ dace not xnown, 2 onl for a long wime has veenf@aerom Ig Cu sa ¢- fostering revolutionary a¢tivities among the Cutan” exiles. This meeting between®< Ze and CUBELAS Ss ‘Was arranged in order for CUBELAS to take some "piece of equipment" tack to Havana, with him. ESPINOSA stated that ne knew that CUBELAS took the piece of equipment to Havana and that he had received this equipment from esses ESPINOSA said that he reasoned that if this at equipment telonged to: had gotten it in tne first place from CIA and that it was given to CUBELAS either with or without CIA's approval but in all events CIA certainly knows what this "niece of N/ equipment was" which CUBELAS got from @="2 Concerning the above point, it should te sed 6/ '-/65 in private conversation with dM cs Confirmed thats [3S met with ROLANDO $¢ eac€ (2 POUBELAS in Rome, Italy, and did take sometype of equipment Wo .ita him to Havana, Cuba. From the conversatio CECE ) BK. ree «it is assumed that the equipment taken to ~UVEna cy CUBELAS was some type of radio in order to méintain contact with individuals involved in the plot coth inside and outside Cuba. / - .. “ WAT oT ATES M AUR Sea 50955 Dactd: 322027002 Page 4
SECRep ® NY 2-608 As of the present time, the NYO contemplates no further contact with CIA concerning this matter, but ESPINOSA on 6/25/65 Stated tnat he would maintain beriodic contact with the NYO and in the event he ottained any additional information concerning the plot he would notify the NYO immediately, RECEIVE FRA: ww a ae a Cn ane @ . SECRED WW 50955 Docld: 32202002 Page 5