Pin ein a aT BS, Ba NS oe. Sur eins 2 said he also wished to go to extend Shen visit with his sister. ZABALA said that he went to Kingston ,° Jamaica, — ,and.was only.there for a -few hours, howev , he was. con- tacted at_the airport byYJUAN CARRBONELL. He (ZABALA) zavel(S) CARBONELL copy of the“JACK ANDERSON newspaper column which had ‘to do with the KENNEDY assassination. [ZaBaLa said that he had carried the newspaper article with him in case hé was contacted while in Kingston.,. ZABALA said that )the article had to with the KENNEDY assassination and (S) a mysterious Cuban named "x" who had had some involvement ‘with the CIA and with the Kennedy assassination. [aapa.s said that he Welteved this “ ta be YECTANA but did not fs Anow now this inzormation had gotten t.o JACK ANDERSON ALA said that it appeared that -his me eeting with CARBONELL C3 was accidental but e believed that the Cubans were adept in planning meetinf&s and he assumed that inasmuch as lis Sister had left whe airport to go to the Cuban Embassy , that she had toli CARBONELL that he (ZABALA) would, be in the airport area waiting to return to San Juan JCS) At this time (ZABALA said\that he also recalled 2S | that (aithough his sister}did not Taik to him at all. during CS her Christmas vigit from Cuba about intelligence matte 5,05 hat during the(@anuary 10 1977, meeting n(Banana he C53 was told byfthe Generaljto instruct his sis ter San Juan € S52 to contact MANOLO RAY J ZABALA said he was not toid why is sister) was to coniact (ay but gavefhis sister this CSD essage wnen he returned an Juan. CZABALA said he was € $_) worried about(his sister rSbeing invoived in this matter so he waited_until the (aa before she was to depart San $3 Juan fgr Cuba)to giveCher the Gas age. At this time Gbhe} £39 asked {him (ZABALS) \to contact(B RAY Jand arrange. a neon hea which(ZABALA stat od he had done. (ZABALA. said that she, met with(RAY] the day before(she left for Cuba_put he rat Sov no idea what they talked about. CZABAL A described RAY Cs as being a former Minister of Public Works in Cuba prior to the Castro takeover) and said he was currently employed as an(Archetictural E ngineerJwith his office_being Gin a new és) building constructed on Ponce de Leon Avenuclin San Juan the (@lartin Peno Canal. ZABALA said that}he did not ‘knowl $9 Gaewers & and was not familiar with his politics or leanings 257 although he had supposed him to be an anti- Castro Cuban, oS) DoclId: 327177781 Page 62
PN 6 AM RL Ree ew [ZABALA was questioned concerning he reason’ why C52 VECIANA had wanted (him Jeo send the letter™to Cuban Premier CS) CASTRO detailing VECIANA's activities with,the CIA. ABALA stated that]VECTANA was concerned about his testimony before S) the committee irvestigating.the KENNEDY assassination and for some unexplzined reason, wanted to establish ve. in the U. S. Cuban Community as a former CIA operative TECIANA Said Me wes certain tray CASTRO would broadeast this information on Radio ilavana as soon as he received it and ‘as Radio Havana was contin ually monitored in Miami, these said that She did not question VECIANA -further as VECIANA obviously did net wish to talk about it andfhe (ZABALA)\C £D decided to go alongfout of his friendship)for VECIANA asc gs 3 his seemed to be of the utmost importan®e to VECIANA,. ZABALA said that}when no broadcast occurred, VECIANA Grequested he continue his”contacts and urge the Cubans at each meeting to make the broadcast under the guise that he (2 “ABALA) wished the broadcast in order to embarrass VECIANA as he (ZABALA) was supposed to have had a falling out with VECIA axaTes J facts wo oP: soon be known among the Cuban community. Gaara C5) At this time GABALA stated that he was extremely wae) glad to have been able fo gef this off of conscience and tated that he was physically and emotionally ‘exhausted. (Zabats expressed great confidence in the FBi and stated cS) that (he wished. ts work with the FBI.in any way. possible, Ls} including further. contacts with the Cuban Intelligence <2) Agents )or any other pacity in which he could se rve.c$} ZABALA stated thit he was a loyal American and firmly againSt the Comminist systein and had only become involved in contacts with the Cubans in order yee ouc the wishes of his good friend VECIAN AVS) . DoclId: 327177781 Page 683
ee ae The following deser obtained through interview an Name AT gs Toe as ey hoe ALSO Known As Residence Social Security Account Number Date of Girth Place wf Birth Sex Race Height Weight Hair Eyes ' Sears/Marks . Physic#.l Characteri Puerto Rico Driver's License Father . Mother Subject 's Occupation Wife Subject's Children Subject's Brothers DoclId: 327177781 Page 64 __ (re pounds YS ) SticsfRicht eye does not focus . - . : . ; . } lption of @ELIX ZABALA ‘MAS on dad observatton: (FELIN ZABALA MAS LULO; FELIX SABALA MAS 350 Lerida Urbanization Valencia Rio Piedras;)\Puerto Rico (581~90-5117 CS) October 18, 1937 ' Pinar Del Rio>\Cuba Male White 6 feet Black Brown None On what the left eye is observing. 349670 . JOSE L. ZABALA ANGELINA MAS PEROJO Entertainment promoter CARMEN REGO (Date of birth > February 17, 1938, at Havana, Cuba) BETTY ZABALA: REGO, born November 4, 1960, at Havana, Cuba;. SUSANA ZABALA REGO, born June 9, 1963, at San Juans Puerto Rico; , FELIX ZABALA REGO, born March 12, 1968, at San Juan, Puerto Rico. 7“ JOSE LUIS ZARALA, also known as"PEPE", born December 4, L931 (resident at 105 Narte, Redcorbaiem Views, esd: Vowrks ,
& 4 i . ets ke. ; ‘DOMINGO ZABALA, also known as "NINO," age 39 (currently a resident of Santiago de j i j Cuba: } ARMANDO ZABALA, also known «4 | as "ARMANDITO,". age 25 (student, Chicago, Illinois) AMALIA ZABALA, age 50, resident of. Cuba; HILDA ROSA, ace 42, resident of Peru; age 46, resident of Carolina, Puerto Rico; ELENA ZABALA MARTIN, age 42, resident of Cuba. Subject's Sisters DoclId: 327177781 Page 65
od ws ann - . : . Re La OS PEDERAL BUREAU OF Inves TG PMON: Co te ON Su gegen en! . ; oe oe we - { Lhe — Pn we | haa a SEGRE acl ina on Gori ll, _ ‘Conus ZABALA MAS }was “interviewea lJ © by Special Adéfnts (S255 PAUL M. RUSH and HARRY B. BRANDON, III, in San Juan, Puexr =o Rico. In the course of the ‘interview, (ZABALA furnished -the foliowing information: (s ia é i [eanaun « advised that during his recent contacts witnd S37 =n i Pnice a at a MN A RE ER Tae jd later advise che. Cuban Intelligence Service (CUIS}) of the activities of the Coordinacion de Organi- zaciones Revolucicnarias 5a) Ge (Coordination of United Eavolu- tionary Orcanizetions) (cong) RANK CASTRO, REINOL RODRIGUEZ C$) i Toe | GUSTAVO CASTILLO, ENRIQUS NUNEZ, Mamano pra4 v1 Cuban Government tell sou urces, they requested he gather any informatica whatsos: neerning Cuba that would appear in Pugrto Rican owe United States NEWS TIAOarS Sa Begazine S. They requested that he parcicipate in the €Anti-CASTRO movement in Puerto Rico so that he cou 5 Pia eR yp SiN tO, iO PR? WHOS , and 1 ANTONTO VECIANA. At this point @ZABALA Raded that to the CUIS a? CORU is the same az Accion Cubana (Cuan Action} (AC) and the Frente De Liberagion Nacional De Cuba (Cuban National Liberatio Front) (fLNC). (ZRBALA stated thaifthe CUIS was also interested . in informationf[he could obtain|concerni ng the progress of the(< Sy Congressional KENNEDY assassifation committee as well as the | @ersons responsible for (the. dsath ALDO VERALY They rentionea CS | i- . at they were of the op¥hion thaé qic away with VERA duel | to ‘to internal arguing. According tof@ABALA,Sthe CULS showed an 2S , interest(in VERA Jas tney stated they knew he was Gin Buenos Aires, Z$-J | Argentina, when a Cuban Embassy worker was shot. ZARALA stated | that lpn the date of his latest contsct with the cuts née advised them that he has not been able to gather any pertinent informa- : tion concerning th? »hove-mentioned individuais inasmuch as h has been sptally Orcupied with his voromotion work The pis ¢ sD requested (that ZABALA \determine any information rossibie regarding the location of (GASPAR E, JaEN NEZ. ZARA stated On ‘6 ' the CUIS had never asked anythin i cher than Neg interest in che above-menti : Abel p By: £2 | REASON: 1.5 ( | DECLASSIFY ON: ) enn, a7 c - Mt ae inter“iewed on AS/IV/77 aan Juan, Puerto Riso : Ie i a a ae EE EEE SAs PAUL M. RUSH ara b HARRY B. BRANDON, J LE/PURSIMe | ~ bate dictated A/LE/TT i > ‘+ to, this foculaant contains neither recommenda i: b3 nor conciesisns of the FHL ic thi pronerty af the Fel and js loomed ta yee : “ALE T Tk HOME TON ODN MENED inet f curiae pet + miney om) wow XN CLASSIFIED |) HESE.N GUCLASS® : - | Classified by | OTMERWISE Lo Ce mt eats ease” declassiy on: OATR [af aa ae ee Ye ceo tke — - . - DoclId: 3271777381 Page 656
Cov ZABALA advised sng the Cuban Government is CSD aware of who was responsible for the killing of several members of (the "Pragmatistas "Jin Miami, Florida. The curs 63 told him thé names and at this moment, ZABALA cannot reca all 250 who they were. _Fe stated that the CUIS identified them as monbers of the (Esaqnatistas.” ZABALA added thatJthe Sate CS has never stated or inferred, that they had anv intelligence agents working in Florida C8) ZAPALA state? that he was recruited forfthe planned killing(S. Of CASTRO by VECIANA in Miami, in 1971. At this time VECIANS was a United States Embassy emplovee in Bolivia. (Zapara stated thatfafter they] planned the attack, which was based on(S) information VECIANA Said that he had: ‘received from a Chilean. that CASTRO was: coming to Chile in October of 1971, that/he (ZABALA) flew to Venezuela and JE ECIANA went to Bolivia. { ZABS LAG) stated that JUAN DOMINGUEZ and MARCO RODR GUEZ, two @nti-CASTRO ‘Cuban exiles from Miami, also went to Venezuela [with hin) te S) begin training in photography and television camera técnniques as the plot involved their nosing as cameramen. (ZABALA said that shortly after he arrived in Venezuela he went to Chile(S Gn February) and yented_an apartment for thé ue of DONLRGUEYS], 6 4 G Cs . was unable to recall the location of that apartment ZABSALA (in ‘reviewing his activities inJChile in mon ee ee ee ee te and RODRIGUEZ. (He wasSin Chile for two or thrée days. ( ZABA®? added that]shortly after this, VECIANA and a Cuban exile naned S) NAPOLI, drove to Chile from Bolivia with the guns and grenades to be used in the attempt. The arms were hidden under the back seat of a United States Embassy car VECIANA used to transport ‘ the arms. The arns were later hidden in a closet of the apartment and NAPOLI and VECIANA returned to Bolivia. The two cameramen went to Chile in July to await CASTRO's arrival. They had in their possession. forced Venezuelan. and Dominican passports [which ZABALA had prepared. ZABALA.jgot. the on from indigent Venezuelan and Dominican nationals in Venezuela [ y telling. them thatdChe could Shelp them enter the United states 23) : ey savefhin)their passports asChe said hejwould need then |. . - OfZABALA stated that he }steamed the pictures off the passports and replaced them with photographs of RODRIGUEZ and DOMINGUEZ. He then| stanped trem with bogus Government stamps which VECIAINA had made previously. Cnvaraystated that the Federal Bureau of $ SS SECRET > rr ry . toe see ' Sop ee DoclId: 32177781 Page 87
4 fot ote KO a, a Po, oo o Den oo —s Investigation (FBI) had taken these stamps from VECIANA's home in Miami in a subsequent search. (ZABALA stated that i) when the plot elen fas previously exslained, ZABALA stated that] DOMINGUEZ, who said he had been recognized by a cousin (S) in CASTRO's party, fled to Bolivia and RODRIGUEZ, who had had an appendicitis attack went to Venezuela. RODRIGUEZ, oA i who was a Federal fucitive at the time; later returned to | j Miami where he was arreszed on Federal charges. (ZABALA ‘ added that the "General" Jconfirmed that one of CASTRO's (S 4 former bodyguards was named DOQMINGUEZ and had been in. Chile i with Premier CASTRO in 1971. (ZABALA added that\one of the S) " persons he knew to be involved in the plot with VECIANA was a Chilean senator named. RENE PARADES, and had a slip of paper which had his 1971 Santiago televhone number as i | 62111 (office), and 259598 “rone) «OS | (aanaLaxstated) that VECIANA later(told hin)that his€) Central Intelligence AGency (CIA) contact in this. matter w code name "BISHOP," although (AB 3ALAYsaid he)never actually (6) met this man. VECIANA said recently that this was the ety "BISHOP" who was with him when they talked to LEE HARVEY OSWALD ~ 4 'in Dallas before President KENNEDY's death. (ZABALA Stated that|VECIANA was the only source of this information soe LEE HARVEY OSWALD contact in Dallas one month before that assassination. oo stated th ia C\VECIANA had put this information in the supposed istter from VECIANA's secretary to FIDEL CASTRO 4 VECIANA naa(tolayt BABALA }that VECIANA, "BISHOP," and OSWALD mat G) in a downtown Dallas office approximately one month before the actual KENNEDY death. a) (Gasara stated that nivel ievea that JVECIANA vanteaS) | . the letter mentioned above rou to. FIDEL CASTRO so as to | cause strife in relations which were improving between,the r United States and the Cuban Government. (He stated chab vecrana C5) : probably felt that a disclosure: such as fhis: concerning CIA : activities and the Chilean plot against CASTRO would cause the Cuban Government to break off relations and cause adverse } publicity against the United Statés.. VECIANA originally wanted to route that cxztter to PIDEL “CASTRO via the Czechoslovakian Embassy in Washington, D. C. ZABALA stated that he =a) Tel (9 suggested that he handle it through his sister in Cuba.| The SECRET DoclId: 327177781 Page 86
4 ~%, 8 7 co was subsecuently sent (sy ZABALA to his sister for © Outing }to_ FIDEL CASTRO and for this reason BASALA! Ss ieee) contac £26 CANBALA and requested that he come (to Jamaica \¢ $5 VECIANA was in favor of ZARALA jmaking such trips and Cs contacting the CUIS, and WECIANA paid 7ABALA fox) the . excenses invelved(in his first trip. Rt this SSint, ZAPATA ce stated that he\has advised VECIANA of all of the results of -t his recent trips and contacts with-the CUIS. C2ABALA stated that ]VECIANA had placed in the above-mentioned letter the (§) names of Mr. BISHOP, BLAIR, and KAIL, who VECIANA had reported were members of the CIA and who were working in the United States Embassy in Cuba prior to FIDEL CASTRO's takeover. (ABALA stated thatjhe has never By able to detarmine if CSD VECIANA is himself a CIA Agent. eneAatte cane whom ers C2nBALA \was questioned as to. the political sumpatny C8I of a current reSident of Puerto Rico, MANOLO RAY. ABALAC $7] stated that Jhe worked for the CASTRO government as Minister a of public ‘works after CASTRO came. te rower’ in Cuba and by © the time of the Rav ef Pigs invasion, he was against FIDEL CASTRO. In 1963 and 1964, MANOLO RAY formed an. organizati known as JURE in Puerto Rico. (Z2BALA advised that) RAY has 25D lived in Puerto Rico all the time that ine has been out of oy Cuba, and that around 1974 RAY had a construction business a ‘possibly dealing with architecture" in Jamaica. Cie stated} 05) ’ that RAY had the business for a.two or three year period and had to leave Jamaica due to visa reasons. RAY believed that _ the Cuban Government wanted him out of Jamaica. C2aBara)C5_) considered RAY to be a social Democrat, politically” speaking. . He added that RAY still has his Cuban ctizenship and is currently_in bad financial straights. (ZABALA stated \that ene C5 J Cseneral , 5} on January 11,{ 1977, Cin Panama J wanted t have CS ABALA have his sister \SSéntact MANOLO RAT while (She- was’ cs) visiting in Puerto Rifcojand, advised: him that the Cuban. Govern- Z ment wanted. to help him get his. business visa again in Jamaica. “5 They wanted, also, to meet him. CZABALD reported that he tola £33 4 his sister, and sne}saw MANGLO RAY on Ganua ary 155) 1977, in Cs’) an San Juan, Puerto Rico, for a period of three to four hours. mis ZABALA'S sister told ZABALA that RAY had to ‘think about GSO ace Cuban Government's offer. ABALA's sister (AMALIA) gave MANOLO RAY her address, number 1140 Nuevo Vedado, Calle 335, i Havana, Cuba. G@A3ALA added that)\for a five minute period prior .to departure(of his sister, MANOLO RAY discussed something) 7 . . briefly with (his sister |(S) : a a pt ET ate le ate tt ere faye nee erm bree knee eevberiiny Mena wt reign tree arms nat — DoclId: 327177781 Page 689
Gaendyas, questioned about the curr ent status of C 2 (Luis MAS MARTIN nd [ZABALA stated that) the information which © was Pues the furnished on @pril 8.) 1972, by fiimsol? mien 2 oy C savant) was the truth. GaBaLa stated that Jaccord ing a fhisC $s | | : . | pE-nJGy ; - . 8 | SeOREN | : : Sister, MAS MARTIN has a serious drinking problemjand is neo longer a nigh official n the Cuban Govermment. [GABALA stated Cs3 ; . that {HAs MARTIN \is- currentl y working with a (cattle project C4 around Matansas, Cuba. . He stated that MAS MARTINiwas with CASTRO in the mountains ding to his takeover of”the Government - _ in Cua and that later,(MAS sepennipes GU: CASTRO'S secretary ae : ZABALA Jadded th AS NARTIN f vaS at one time the Girector SS Radio Havana. 5) ‘ a “na stated hab) in October, 1966, VECIANA. and Cs3 i another individual, a resid€nt of Miami, Florida, and the editor of Replica Magazine.there, MAX LESNIX, advised(ZABALAQthat€$ ] . ALDREGUIA GALLEGO reportedly got $20,000.00 from the Cuban Government during 1976, for some anknown reason. G@aBALA) CS). i i i Stated that] GALLEGO had been working in Miami at a finance | COmpany, ant that now he is the owner_of pet store, ee j Cstated that he naa told(the een November 29,)197.6,0°S H this information concerning GALLEGO, and there was no, reaction whatsoever. (S) } CORBALA stated that \in his recent contacts with theCS ) UIS, he had giver very little information ok eaeTg) “le CS ‘(RRINOL RODRIGUEZ, GUSTAVO CASTILLO, and FRANK CASTRO He stated that on th2 times that he was contacted by t CUIS they hy showed him picturss and asked him about various people. At the - same time thev taved al] of the conversation and offered him “ é alcoholic beyerag2s. They had advised (in5ALA Yona they + soula C$ ‘ very much appreciate if he could get VFCIANA Outside the United States.  (ZABALA- believed chadenoutd this "OSA" the CS) ‘Cubans would-attempt to seize him by some manner. Ra rr item niin Tat aa nM Le Fale a ae sn 7 .o a ZABALA stated that the’ Cuban Vice-Consul_ in Mexico C5) y “". City, on Mare’ 2£3,51977,.told him th t(CARLOS fand the. "senoral JC) | ; a Cit 9 ALA \ CE * _ wanted to see him indiiexice City n iad 193 1977. ZABALA ) (ae) ui stated that}he advises the Cubans that he is on his way togy make a meet bv (calling the Cuban Emhassyv in Mexico rs)" ane" asking if the visa for Dr. MIRANDA PRADO is ready. YS) Bo SECRET eee > DOLE YET TE Ctr reerengs Thee ES , teensy ONT + Se Trae ener ime yieyee ay ed mS DoclId: 32177781 Page 90