424-90158-10056 v HY AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : 94 50953 DBDactd: 32340399 JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-90 158-10056 HQ CR 109-12-210-7116 Document Information CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY CIA HQ 11/01/1976 4 LUIS POSADA CUBANA AIRLINE CRASH PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Secret IB Redact 12/08/1998 APPROVAL OF CIA CABLE Page i Date: 6/17/201
“i pe a C) .@ ROUTINE. ~ Intelligence Information Cabie : c in 085155 WARNING NOTICE . PAGE 1 OF 4 PAGES SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED STATE/INR JCS/MC (DIA) CIA/NMCC SWS REAS NSC/S SDO NIO CRS ; j DIRECTORATE OF . Classified (SY/ I/ PIB) one Ds, FBI, Declas ECUR,, DIA LOMS\N OBJECTION TO {VA OPERATIONS | Category 58 GBF imponibie to Determine Date of matic Declassiftcation. DECLAS SEICATION AND/OR FURTHER DISSEMINATION AND USE OF TALS | RMATION SUBJECT ALO: OF CIA INFORMATIO CONTROLS STATED AT BEGINNING AND END.OF REPOR(. THIS DOCUM Kk , UMENT EX(EDT, __ a THIS IS AN INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE FOU WME OXF Oh l}s SECRET CITE TDFIR DR - 315/10 OL 76 sy 7 7) ; FEDERAL GOVERNNEN?, . IGT) 02 [ la Wears — Cabe, ) REPORT CLASS SECRET-WARNING NOTICE-SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND DIST 1 NOVEMBER 1976 METHODS INVOLVED--NOT RELEASABLE TO FOREIGN NATIONALS--NOT RELEASABLE aa 7 | | TO CONTRACTORS OR CONTRACTOR/CONSULTANTS--DISSEMINATION AND . EXTRACTION OF INFORMATION CONTROLLED BY ee ee a a“ to) : Adbm. mMAMUAGS | ALL FBI INFORMATION CBNTAINEY COUNTRY CUBA/VENEZUELA HEREIN 18 URICLASSFIED _ dol 28 OCTOBER 1976. SUBJECT COMMENTS OF CUBAN EMBASSY OFFICIALS IN | PERSONS DETAINED BY VENEZUELAN AUTHORITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE CUBANA AIRLINE CRASH : ig ACQ VENEZUELA, CARACAS (30 OcTORER 1976 peo, 52, ne NO. vd sss 4 “108 DE-4g MING — fih--ak—f F 1s SOURCE A VENEZUELAN BUSINESSMAN WITH CLOSE CONTACTS IN BUSINESS, A GOVERNMENT, POLITICAL AND DIPLOMATIC CIRCLES. HES»... RELIABILITY HAS NOT BEEN ESTABLISHED. is Noy a in7e : 1.- ON 28 OCTOBER 1976 OFFICIALS OF THE CUBAN EMBASSY -IN__ 7 CARACAS, VENEZUELA, SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF CUBA (GOC) IS WAITING TO SEE WHAT THE. VENEZUELANS ARE GOING TO DO WITH. THE INDI- VIDUALS UNDER DETENTION IN CONNECTION WITH THE 6 OCTOBER CRASH OF A 5 pee naiannnatannann ten ne Irartocen 4XCUBANA AIRLINER, 3 mys AAR TL SY it ; INST IONS F ORHAVANA, AND THE CUBAN OFFICIALS PREDICTED THAT THE . SECRET ~eers Te HW 50953 Docld: 32340399 Page 2 = ace THE EUBON EMBASSY HAS AS YET RECEIVED NO ca a 7? RE GD Btn
4-73 I 1D Editions ’ wWhewwrnen se LT eereE EP aITM F887 Gols & - (0056 WARNING NOTICE SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED IN O8SISS — TDFIR DB-315/10912-76 PAGE 20OF 4 PAGES a : O/RURTHERY DISSEMINATION AND USE OF THIS INFORMATION SUBJECT ° , SECRET. \{oO° CONTROLS STATED AT BEGINNING AND END OF REPORT ami Stasetfioation) nn fiiseem controle) 9 GOC WOULD NOT# wake! 4 FIRM DECISION UNTIL 2 NOVEMBER, SINCE THE aby COURT'S FINDINGS ARE DUE FOR PRESENTATION ON 1 NOVEMBER. (FIELD COMMENT: ON 29 OCTOBER THE LOCAL PRESS INDICATED THAT THE COURT'S DECISION WOULD BE MADE DURING THE WEEK OF 1 NOVEMBER.) 2. , THE CUBAN OFFICIALS, HOWEVER, SAID THAT THEY BELIEVE THAT Yen onsarog OSCH, Lurgh OS AD A, HERNANYR I C A RDO, AND | FREDDY UG O, THE FOUR DETAINEES, WOULDEBE RELEASED BY THE F VENEZUELANS. ai ORA L ES SELLO, A ‘LEADER OF THE DEMO- CRATIC ACTION PARTY (AD), THE CU ANS SAID, WANTS THE FOUR MEN RE- LEASED. ONE OF MORALES' “LAW ASSOCIATES IS A GOOD FRIEND OF JUDGE “DELT ESTABA, WHO IS HEARING THE CASE, AND MORALES' REQUEST | FOR HE RELEASE OF THE FOUR IS BEING MADE VIA THIS LAW ASSOCIATE. (SOURCE COMMENT: THE CUBANS DID NOT ELABORATE ON THE REASON MORALES WANTED THE MEN RELEASED, NOR DID THEY IDENTIFY THE LAW | ASSOCIATE. ) : 3, BOSCH, THE CUBANS SAID, WOULD PROBABLY BE TURNED OVER TO UNITED STATES AUTHORITIES. SHOULD BOSCH BE FLOWN OUT OF VENEZUELA VIA PANAMA, THE CUBANS SAID, THE GOoC ‘WOULD TAKE BOSCH OFF THE PLANE IN PANAMA REGARDLESS OF wHTCH “AIRLINE Is USED TO TRANSPORT HIM. 7 IN ANY EVENT, THE CUBAN OFFICIALS INSISTED THAT, IF THE FOUR MEN ° aN RELEASE, ‘THEY WOULD BE KILLED. THE CUBANS SAID THAT THE ° © SECRET (| cranes SSOm COM ETOLS...», veccemeammrme HY 50953 Doocld: 32340395 Page 3
Sama wer ay maltions ~~ 3 : . .* oe J WARNING NOTICE O. . » \ _ : SENSITIVE: INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND wETHOD): TVOLVED . «6 \ ae | IN 085155 . TDFIR DB-315/10912-76 PAGE 30OF 4 PAGES FURTHER DISSEMINATION AND USE OF THIS INFORMATION SUBJECT ° » SECRET TO CONTROLS STATED AT BEGINNING AND END OF REPORT eC ee OL) VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT, THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, AND THE CUBAN EXILES ALL HAVE REASON TO WISH THE FOUR DEAD AS A MEANS OF KEEPING THEM QUIET. THE CUBAN OFFICIALS SAID THAT THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT INTENDED TO KILL THEM, UNLESS ANOTHER GROUP DID IT FIRST. THE CUBANS SAID THAT NO MATTER WHICH GROUP ACTUALLY CARRIED OUT THE ASSASSINATIONS, EVERYONE WOULD BELIEVE THE CUBANS WERE RESPONSIBLE. THE FOUR MEN, THE CUBANS SAID, MUST PAY FOR THEIR ACTIONS BECAUSE, SHOULD THEY GO FREE, OTHER INDIVIDUALS OR - GROUPS WOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO ATTACK CUBANS ANYWHERE. (FIELD COMMENT: FOR AN EARLIER REPORT ON CUBA'S INTENTIONS TOWARDS THOSE IMPLICATED IN THE CUBANA CRASH se| _[%s22, TDFIRDB-315/10534-76, OF 21 OCTOBER, FROM THE SAME SOURCE. ) 4. WHILE THE OFFICIAL CUBAN COMMUNITY IN CARACAS HAS ALWAYS BEEN CAUTIOUS, SINCE THE CUBANA ATTACK THEIR PRECAUTIONS HAVE BEEN INCREASED. THE CUBAN OFFICIALS, INCLUDING THE AMBASSADOR, CURRENTLY CARRY TWO PISTOLS AT ALL TIMES. A LARGE CALIBER PISTOL is CARRIED IN MEN'S PURSES, WHICH ARE. FASHIONABLE IN GARACAS.” A SMALLER CALIBER PISTOL IS CARRIED IN THEIR BELTS. | . 5. FIELD DISSEM: EMBASSY, FBI AT CARACAS: SENT TO PANAMA CITY, CINCSO (J-2 ONLY) , REPORT CLASS- SECRET- WARNING NOTICE-SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES hm bo Gm Gt
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