157-10004-10240 Date:09/01/94 Page:1 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM <> IDENTIFICATION FORM —— AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY : SSCIA RECORD NUMBER : 157-10004-10240 RECORDS SERIES : CABLE AGENCY FILE NUMBER : DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR : FBI FROM : FBI, NEW YORK TO : DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE : VICTOR DOMINDADOR ESPINOSA HERNANDEZ DATE : 06/02/65 PAGES : 4 SUBJECTS : ESPINOSA, VICTOR DOMINDADOR HERNANDEZ NEUTRALITY MATTERS co CASTRO ASSASSINATION PLOTS CUBELA, ROLANDO DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION : U RESTRICTIONS : 1A, 1B, 2, 4, DONOR REST., REFERRED CURRENT STATUS : X DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 09/01/94 OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : CIA HAS NO OBJECTION To DECLASSIF CATION AND/OR F THIS DOCUMENT AS SANITIZED N rem ee eee ae tae nee ae wee tak an nk NA nee cme moe he meee ee ey ee ree So 0h EE FOO Ge OO en cee me mm ssa ee [R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED HY 50955 Docld:is2202129 Page 1
acess 7». GIAHASNOOBJECTIONTO SECRET” May f- 2 Oe eee Ornish ae SsCl BOX ic | 773 . feta ere as Ci. Se arene 7 -10-4Y spf 3), 7 © cre oe RI ak T4- cdebincesiopzen CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO f°“ | Thies DECLASSIFICATION AND/OR, Jo 40.00 7 Ration oveatht ty Fit ti TY “oct RELEASE OF CIA INFORMATION © FBI NEW YORK thous eb mite! rob 0nse , ENE, nhcke ge: * a 3 A - Pres, Lorteng tts use ° Your » Cm. AA GY. Von.. fh 4-SOURGENA §~-2-65 JLW 1 PProvag Oe not a “ini tne iy | LA i: __ fe f i mies Ul. _ oe : ~ to “TO DIRECTOR /4/ .. 2- 1g2] > ENCODED ; ee Selosed 45 te: = - . é Sad wa ; = FROW NEW YoRGusas RE on.8érion TO Classified by 720726 : BER RELEASE OF ritiS DOCUM Declassify on: wer ae oe aoe VICTOR DOMINDADOR ESPINOSA HERNANDEZ, NEU: usta TY IATTERSs 5’ IS = CUBA. 2 us eeu HIB/IY > rw oF e ESPINOSA APPEARED AT THE NEW YORK OFFICE ON JUNE TWO, SIXTYFIVE ea 3 PERRIER so a ae a a akGs Tr! THE COMPANY ‘OF INS INVESTIGATOR “EDWARD KAVAZANJIAN AND FURNISHED THE wd TSA etl Bee ae OT Be FOL, LOWINe INFORMATION. +e | | . AFTER SPEND ESPINOSA RETURNED TO NEY YORK ON FIVE TWENTYNIWE LAST AFTER S! TVENTYS IX DAYS IN PARIS, WHERE HE WAS IN Can’ fact WITH INDIVIDUALS peteees nie wena vee ne INVOLVED Tv PLOT TO ASSASSINATE FIDEL CASTRO AND LEADING CUBAN aN GOVEANYENT PERSONALITIES. ESPINOSA SAID THAT He HAD RECE Iv ‘ED A HESS, LSE eee ee ee SE Tete Ie mare ; TO MEET IN FRANCE WITH ROLANDO CUBELA, WHO IS A LIFE LONG FR TEND OF i ESPINOSA AND 1S ALLEGED TO BE THE MAIN FIGURE IH THE PLOT. CUBELA yas Is IDE NTICAL WITH FORHER MAJOR ROLANDO Le CUBELA Y SSSADES, WHO 1s . PAN INTINATS FRIEND: oF FIDEL CASTRO. ESPINOSA FURTHER STATED THAT en en cet enn i | HE CONF eReD IN PARIS FOR ABOUT TEN pars WITH AL3ZERTO BLANCO, WHO T5 > | oO | CON NECTED WITH THE CUBAN FoRET ER ESTRY AND HAS. ou AN INSPECTION ZZ TOUR OF THE CUBAN EMBASSIES: SAND WS GULATES | ABROAD. “ESPINOSA SAID Ti “wat | HE HAD NO PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OF THIS PLOT AND WE WENT TRECEWED! FROM ee eS Los. - REEL sang (ws E ; vat JUL aes [ue esi BELUGA FOR WE On ween ons on 9) 1 CR bee oG IOS 0% ao L. “tj iets on i. . . an HW 50955 Docld: 32202129 Page 2? ~_
are _ SECRET a eo _ oe SSCI BOX # 3 77— PAGE TWO URGIUG OF CUSELA, WHO HAS BEEN A LIFE-LONG FRIEND OF HIS HE ALSO gee eer STATED THAT INVOLVED IN THE PLOT WAS snaGh alin cathe roesesssinae. SPINOSA SAIN THAT CUBELA HAD RESIGNED FROM THE ARMED FORCES OF CUBA AND IS NOW PRACTICING MEDICINE AT THE CALIXTO GARCIA HOSPITAL IW TA oe eo rags Havana AND HAS A HOE ADJACENT TO FIDEL CASTRO-S AT VARADERO ) BEACH. ESPINOSA ALSO ADVISED THAT HE WAS IN SPAIN FOR ONLY ABOUT THENTY ; HOURS, WHERE HE CONTACTED OTHER CUBAN EXILES AND LEARNED THAT. ce ign WHOIS. 1S, ie CHARGED (Oy THE © ClA CYPIGH “Im HADRON, hie if ' CERTAIN DEGREE OF THIS PLOT, BUT THAT THE cUBANS DID NOT TRUST Gubeee jo. > ' pe )SECAUSE THEY CLAINED HE HAD BESNCONPROHISED [BY A CUBAN GIRL, YHOS 1 ON ee Biv iCe ys ; ial NICKVANE WAS “TOTA™, WHO HAD BEEN SENT PROV HAVANT Wa FOR THE SPECIFIC . PURPOSE OF GETTING IN CONTACT uITH oERCere THIS. INDIVIDUAL IS G4) i ee ESPINOSA ADVISED THAT THE PLOT CALLS FOR THE ASSASSINATION OF IDEL CASTRO, RAUL CASTRO, ERNESTO "CHE" GUEVARA AND RAMIRO VALDES. KE ASSASSINATION OF THESE INDIVIDUALS IS TO TAKE PLACE IN PUBLIC SO F T THAT EVERYONE: CAN SEE’ THAT THE LEADERS HAVE BEEN KILLED. THE PLOTTERS HOPE TO SEIZE THE Raps) STATION AND CALL FOR ANERICAN HELP. ESPINOSA S) AID THAT CUBELA AND OTHERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PLOT DESIRE TO KNOW END PAGE TWO | RECEIVED FROM p a | oo. | DO), mal | SECRET - HY 50955 Docld: 32202129 Page 3
fb So Dos pe SSCL BOX # 37% .- PAGE THREE WHETHER OR NOT THE UNITED STATES WOULD HELP IF THIS PLOT Was SUCCESS- ‘FUL AND IF THE UNITED STATES WOULD BE READY AT A MOMENT-$ NOTICE To ', i ; { 3 ' iGIVE THIS ASSISTANCE AS THE PLOTTERS NAY ONLY BE ABLE TO HOLD THE } GOVERNNZNT FOR A DAY OR TWO ESPINOSA SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED TO i i ‘BE Put IN CONTACT WITH A REPRESENTATIVD OF CIA, WHO WAS THOROUGHLY [FAMILIAR WITH THE CUBAN SITUATION AND COGN IZANT OF THE INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN THE PILOT. ESPINOSA STATED THAT TINE IS OF THE ESSENCE ‘THAT A STRONG POSSIBILITY WOULD BE JULY TWENTY SIXTH, WHEN ALL THE 4 DERS WOULD BE TOGETHER AT THE ANNUAL JULY TWENTY SIATH CELESRATION + IN HAVANA. THE BUREAU IS REQUESTED TO FURNISH THIS INFORHATION TO CIA i! ! fi i. is AND THAT THIS PLOT WILL COMe OFF IN THE NEAR FUTURE AND INDICATED { lie i: bi I {AND ASCERTAIN ‘VKETHER OR NOT CIA DESIRES TO TALK TO ESPINOSA AT THE | EARLUEST POSSIBLE TIME. AND AT A PLACE SUITABLE TO THEM « THE BUREAU tS REQUESTED To OBTAIN A- DEFINITE ANSYER FROM CEA AND FURNISH CiAa- | tein anh CRC ary cen NER gt 2: O Rammawoe- seeetieee re eee Benes,  auswer To THE NEW YORK OFFICE BY BY MOU, WINE TEREL SIXTY RIVE 50 “THAT ESPINOSA CAN BE ADVISED OF CIA-S DECISION. ° exo PAGE THREE | . | | | oO _ RECEIVED FROM OS i HY 50955 Docld: 322027129 Page 4
ce TS On, ssc poy. 37 7- G> PAGE FOUR" - , . ESPINOSA Is RESIDING AT FOUR ONE FIVE EAST FIFTY SECOND STREET, NEW YORK CITY, AND CAN BE CONTACTED AT TELEPHONE NUNBERS HA ONE DASH SEVEN EISHT SEVEN FIVE OR T& TWO DASH NINE SIX FOUR TWO. SND RPP FBI WASH DC - RECEIVED FROM CLLLED: co-Mik. SULLIVA r ae ¢ ee _ SECRET . He ee HY 509545 Doecld: 322021279 Pagé - io tee