157-10005-10157 vot AGENCY ; | RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : | FROM: TO: TITLE : DATE: PAGES: SUBIECTS : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : JFK Assassinatio: System Identification | orm 2/23/201 Date: Agency Inform: tion SSCIA 157- 10005-10157 LETTER W/MEMORANDUM Document Info: mation CIA , KNOCHE, E.H. BELIN, DAVID W. TRANSMITTING CIA DOCUME? TS 05/02/1975 12 ASSASSINATION PLOT AGAINST CASTRO, FIDEL 303 COMMITTEE MEETING CUBA _ CASTRO DOCUMENT TYPE: | CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified. Consulted; 1A; 1B; 1C; Donor Rest icted Redact 07/15/1994 BOX 435-7 Wa 47129 Doold:32202347 Page 1
“tango. eam ete EE ATES ELSA al - Cy ges S-E-C-R-E-T A GN DISSEM/CON .OLLED DISSEM/NO DISSE) AB \D/BACKGROUND USE ONLY ct would be. honored only upon the preser tation of evidence that the three Cuban officials died <t the hands of the assasSins connected with Cameron's ccntacts. 6. In early April 1964 Eliseo Comez Fernandez met with Jose "Pepin" Bosch., Bosch agreed to advance $100,000 and Babun and his associates would ac.vance $2,500 for expenses. Julio Lobo Olavarria, a wealthy Cuban exile in New York, subsequently agreed to the terms, provided that his name was not involved. Accordingly, Babun gave Cameron $2,500 on 25 April. Cameron then advised his ‘group, and on 25 April he reported that his group had already called its man in Cuba and told him to procesd aS planned and that "their other man’ would be heading for Cuba shortly. The final comment was fwe hope to have some good news for you between ‘:0 and 25 May." Lobo planned to fly to Miami on 19 Muy to arrange for the transfer of $100,000 to a safety deposit box, the keys to which are to be held jointly by Cameron and a fips: Easaat of Lobo. . 7. The identities of the persois in the Cameron group and how they plan to proceed with this mission are not known. Babun's associates a-e reluctant to - make any unnecessary queries because they have invested $2,500 and because Cameron made it fiirly clear at the .beginning that the Mafia was involvei. Cameron re- vealed during the negotiations that 11S contact was a police officer in the St.Louis, Missouri, Vice Squad who was about to retire and who has iumerous connections in the Mafia, Cameron implied that ‘the other man" in question is in Spain. Cameron knows that he could be -indicted for conSpiracy and that if there is any , treachery on his part, Babun and his associates would not hesitate to sink his ship, the M’/V CAYMAN HOPE. 8. In late May 1964 a prominent Cuban exile who Spoke with Jose "Pepin" Bosch report:d that Teofilo Babun and Eliseo Gomez had a plan under way to assas- Sinate Fidel Castro for the payment of $150,000. Bosch - @laimed that he had committed himSelf to furnish $50,000 and that he was hoping he could get the balance property OF @ oe 3 THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE - e. OAGSE - 5S-E-C—~R-E-T MW 47129 Docld:32202347 Page 2? i meh BB. 8Pe ome, pe YEO LE Et he prea | oe oe “gs a § . eI [3 TPL SEIS TER Or aye i mise rgerrmend a cei ie IRS «ye es
S-E-C-R-E-T { - Z=GN DIESSEM/CuxTROLn .2 DISSEM/NO DISSEn ABROAD, ACKGROUND USE ONLY : a oF,® 8 the money from the United States Government or from -s other sources, Hesch indicated that ie believes that a _ Ug quick change for the better in the Cusan Situation can ear be brought about only by the.physical elimination of Te LS . Fidel Castro and that his elimination is well worth . Cote de >, $150,000. In pursuing his attempts to raise an additional 9 0°23 $100,000, Bosch is planning to ask Julio Lobo to con- on a a ". tribute at least $50,000. isk wes oe 4 . ye. “ye time. . - Richard Helms gee - isi, Deputy Divector for Plans -+ a ee yt ¢ & ee gt Oe * oe it is requested that this Agency be informed LOE “any action contemplated in regzrd to the persons ~ = . :.” ‘mentioned in this report be? 5 a Initiated. : Te Aa ad! Pian oraiae ice : we Bec ae i 7 2 * e = 4 orm . B | . (Fae WHITE HOUSE OFFICES 2850+ EL ho rh . S-E-C~R-E-T =. Loc “IGN OLSSEM/CONTROLLED DISSEM/NO DISSEY ABROAD/BACKGROUND USE ONLY NW 47129 Docld:32202347 Page 3
santa eld deci - Se eS E-ClRo aT ‘ : - | SIGN: DISSEM/CONTROLL  DISSEM/NO DISSEM ABROAD, .CKGROUND USE ONLY > fhe . a ae && an . Bo WH/SA/INTEL/440/RWT/30IC/es (10 tune 1964) - UFGA-159543' WAVE-7129 (IN-93714) . Lo: Distribution: oe : an ot ae DD/P er rs - INT/RC Se So! - C/WH ee oe - DC/WH/SA wo 0 a ~ WH/SA/Intel | on —.WH/SA/Intel/R - oe WH/SA/MOB WH/SA/EOB . . [ - se aet low . . sas etm ee ee eee . ok - eT ee 2 ~ ey ne’ + Copy furnished Mr, Hughes for {ecretary Rusk. . . Copy furnished General Carroll for Secretary McNamara, RENE He He RAT +t ns m, ee Tes t . . 3 is eo eainpedintodhl tind . q Tee 6 9h, Hy . S-E-C-R-E-T - RT wae ne SIGN DISSEM/CONTROLLED DISSEM/NO DISSEM ABROAD/BACKGROUND USE ONLY RW 47129 Docld: 32202347 Page 4 . . +6 Era ¥