w . Date : 07/14/98 Page : 1 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION: FORM AGENCY INFORMATION Released under the John AGENCY : NSC Bennedy : WSsassination Records RECORD NDReas : 145-10001-10265 - bollection Act of 1992 ecco SEER 38 (44 USC 2107 Note). AGENCY FILE N : ase#:NU 54214 Date: DOCUMENT INFORMATION wO-O4—-2017 ORIGINATOR : DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE-FBI FROM : TO : TITLE : PLANS TO ASSASSINATE CUBAN LEADERS DATE : 06/04/65 PAGES : 2 SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : 1A CURRENT STATUS : RELEASED WITH DELETIONS DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 02/17/98 OPENING CRITERIA COMMENTS [R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED HW 542714 DBocld:32981163 Page 1
ke Ln UNITED STATES DEPAKTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BURFAU OF INVESTIGATION WASUINGTON, D.C. 20535 Reply, Please Refer to .- PLANS TO ASSASSINATE CUBAN LEADERS On June 2, 1965, Victor Domindador Espinosa Hernandez, a Cuban refugee, was interviewed at the New York City Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Espinosa advised as follows: ee eT AST Se NN On May 29, 1965, he returned to New York City after - spending twenty-six days in Paris, France, where he was in contact with individuals involved in a plot to assassinate | Fidel Castro and other Cuban Government leaders. The main figure in this plot is Rolando Cubela, a close friend of Espinosa and an intimate friend and current neighbor of Fidel Castro. Cubela is identical with former Major Rolando L. Cubela y Secades, who has resigned from the armed forces of Cuba and is now practicing medicine in Havana. Alberto Blanco, an employee of the Cuban Foreign Ministry, and Major Juan Almeida Bosque are the other leading figures in this plot. , He conferred in Paris for about ten days with _Alberto Blanco who was then on an inspection tour of Cuban , Embassies and Consulates abroad. He learned that the plot ' ds directed toward the assassination of Fidel Castro, his brother Raul Castro, Ernesto "Che" Guevara, a Cabinet member in the present Cuban Government, and Ramiro Valdes, the Chief of the Cuban Intelligence Service. The assassination of these individuals is to take place in public, possibly on July. 26, 1965, when all.the Cuban leaders would be together at the annual July 26th celebration in Havana. After the assassination, vy those involved in the plot hope to seize the radio station , and call for American help. Cubela and others associated with hin in this plot desire to know whether or not the United States would help if the plot was Successful and if ZSPenet. Croup 1 Excluded froma automatic downgrading and declassification fA see orm om armen meme . . . . A CC LL CEC ee ——aae - HW 34214 DocId: 32981163 Page 2
> PLANS TO ASSASSINATE CUBAN LEADERS the United States would be ready to give this assistance at a moment's notice as the plotters may be able to hold the Covornment for only a day or two. He.was in Spain for about twenty hours during his, : peceat trip and in that country he ntacted other Cuban ~ | exiles and learned that a man nazed[¥2 Lianson, who is in 1,02, | charge of the Central Intelligence rzency Office in Madrid is aware of this plot a certain degree. The Cuban exiles do not trust|Williamson|]and allege he has been compromised Of. mee DY a Cuban girl nicknaned "Tota," who was sent from Havana oe 7 Sere for the specific purpose ef getting in contact with Of: a Wil .. liamsoa. He requested to be prt in contact with a representative of the Central Intelligence Agency wno was thoroughly familiar with the Cuban situation and !} knowledgeable concerning the individuals involved in the plot. _—_- ay . ee a moe eee a . Te be ees mee ee et eee enn ener s meee ene am eeene in) ne ape perenne ae oe mee ee ee we: . —— sae peeww 6 we meme apteee ES , - 9 ww wm te me kw we HW 542714 DBocld:329391163 Page 3