157-10005-10202 Date:10/01/93 Page:1 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM eae PEACSSER? een com em ese est cet emt rpm mer cee my Sry rm ome QPUE CPT Su meet me gm EE GEE TDS uO GPE NYE EES CUS GND NS ETE GE EN] ANTE ED GH MP ED tl GaN AE GENE ED Oe) nf MD OD AE GED GED GM GO GES OD NO GS GD OD POY GND Oo ONE es Ge GE tem me AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY : SSCIA RECORD NUMBER : 157-10005-10202 RECORDS SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR : CIA FROM : KNOCHE, E.H. TO : BELIN, DAVID W. TITLE : MEMORANDUM/ATTACHMENT DATE : 06/04/75 PAGES : 7 SUBJECTS : ». RE: PLANS OF CUBAN EXILES TO ASSASSINATE SELECTED CUBAN LDRS DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION : T RESTRICTIONS : REFERRED CURRENT STATUS : P DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 10/01/93 OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : BOX 436-7 [R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED HY 50955 DBoctd: 32202392 Page 1
es a REIGN. DISSE/CONTRO™ ED DISSEM/NO DISSEM ABROA “BACKGROUND USE ONLY eal CE. RAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY , ou - ¢ . ° - < - . .« '% os tiie a — Joe @ oe 2857-10 June 1964 - ae MEMORANDUM FOR: _The Director of Central Tatelligence - “Plans ‘of Cuban Exiles ‘to “Assassinate Cakes  belected Cuban Government Leaders: awk: ve 1. “The gollowing ‘report vas ‘compiled “from informa~ 7” “tion obtained by Agency officers from persons who were - — ¢ parties to the actions described. Agency officers made clear to each of the sources/that the United States : -"Government would not, under dny circumstances, condone-. — othe planned actions. Presumably the sources of the * oo report, in submitting this information, were motivated “sy dn part by the belief that by disclosing the information they would obtain imnunity against legal action should . oy they ‘succeed in implementing the plan. “pds lode : 5 agen PEN ay Bec 2...A ‘Cuban exile was approached on 2 ‘Warch 1964 by iv, an ‘acquaintance who wished to discuss a plan, which was 2 still in the embryonic state, to assassinate Fidel Castro. “IT The acquaintance was described as a businessman and a 7 -Shipowner who owns at least one shipfwitich’sazls under * gene ‘Brbtishpelag, and who also has a legally sanctioned | a sinterest in distributing and placing slot machines in-- -:; 3S set houses. The involvement of the acqmaintance in- cae _the slot-machine business brings the man in contact with “elements in the underworld, primarily through his partner aa “who is a former police officer from St. Louis and through ‘whom there is a tie-in with élements: of "Cosa Nostra. - The "Cosa Nostra" elements are alleged to have numerous. ioe contacts Still available to them in Cuba, and they have ~ *Scoffered to assassinate Castro for $150, 000: mo advance. -. “yy Funds were requested. If the mission cannot be accom=_~" ::plished, or if the plan: is unsuccessful, an amount. not —_——." * to exceed $10,000 would be paid for the travel and living = oo expenses of five men involved in the mission. The -Cuban : exile commented that he believed he had been approached 7 with this ‘Pian because of his. family’: 3 wealth; he told | ay? j : 4, Lae ° fy a, watge tt iy vee e . ° "4 weg Hy a” * Sk orl * 2 a . Sq Eseteded trav actamatic TH W YORE owt Gewngradiog 228 - ann, a Goclarsificatica S-E- !-R-E-T + JREIGN DISSEH/CON: ‘ROLLED DISSEM/N iO DISSEM ABROAB/BACKGROUND USE HW 50955 DBoctd: 32202392 Page 2