Released unde the John F. Kenne ’ Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 3107 Hote). AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY: — FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10213-10369 RECORD SERIES: HO _ AGENCY FILE_NUMBER: 2-2173-98 DOCUMENT INFORMATION " ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: LEG. CAR TO: DIRECTOR. FBI TITLE: DATE: 10/16/1976 PAGES: 5 SUBJECT: DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER. TEXTUAL DOCUMENT ORIGINAL 7 Secret NEW CLASSIFICATION: CLASSIFICATION: REVIEW DATE: 08/01/1995 UPDATE. DATE: STATUS Redact RESTRICTIONS: JFK Act 6 (4) COMMENTS: ~ Docld: 32294593. Page 1
Released er the John F. Ke DATE: 11-14-2017 . =e) Assassination Records CokL ~" FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION COMMUNICATIONS SECTION aw ae 1976 TELETYPE wey ones Hi | Ext. Affairg | Fin. & perQe | 1 Gen. Inv. ag ft | Ident. Ge | : Intell. ...---44-——~ f “4 Laboratory -—~— § # Legal Coun. —— Hl! | Plan & Insp. — § 4 Spec. Inv. _—-—- | t Praining a f h Telephone Rm. — | { Director Sec'y - | \UNSUBS; SUSPECTED BOMBING or Conn AIRLINES DC -8 PN ERT a NEAR BARBADOS, WEST INDIES OCTOBER 6,_.19.7.6.5...NMe CUBA= ee eee ee neem WEST INDIES OCTOBER 6, 1976, NM CUBA- WEST INDIES, haa, OCTOBER, 12, 19763 CAR TELEPHONE CALL By Teletype 6/16/70 Caracas Le. Fi C) CDRS TO MIAMI, OCTOBER 13, 19766. , oe —— fe OW Stach WER TS) Ae is SUMMONS, LEGAT PROCEEDED TO DISIP-HEAD QUARTERS, *,. “ON OCTOBER 13, 1976, FOLLOWING A TELEPHONE al = CARACAS, VENEZUELA, AND MET WITH GENERAL RAUL ~ GIMENEZ GAINZA, DIRECTOR, ORLANDO GARCIA VA QUEZ, ao - MINISTER COUNSELLOR, RAFAEL RIVAS VASQUEZ, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, AND RICARDO MORALES NAVARRETE COMI SAR IO. hy 2c: en Vn RECO. W45 peg of 7 —— ranean ; LEGAT WAS INFORMED THAT THE REASON FOR THE oo, BS OCT 20 1976 REQUESTED MEETING WAS TO PROVIDE HIM WITH THE RESULTS oo OF PRELIMINARY INQUIRIES MADE BY DISIP INTO THE PRE~ SUMED SABOTAGE OF THE CUBANA AIRLINE AIRCRAFT “e) es SS END PAGE ONE oz th ISS Fai Ass 1697 wi aie qee/ee. ~ Docld: 322945953 Page 2? hon Act of 1992 (a4 use J-A0 RW HoTES .
’ Released under the -Rente r DAFE, 11-14¢ 2017 —C® . 4 o : . ° . PS) ud UN Ee PAGE TWO CAR (2-9) BARBADOS ON OCTOBER 6, 1976. GARCIA RELATED IT IS BELIEVED BY DISIP THAT THE KEY MALEFACTOR IS.ERANK Sona Desir, WHO IS PRESENTLY THOUGHT TO BE IN MIAMI, (FLORIDA, BUT IS PREPARED TO LEAVE For santo pominco, Dom (ep 5 . A NEI DOMINICAN REPUBLIC IN THE NEAR FUTURE. HE SAID IT IS CASTRO AND NOT ORLANDO BOSCH AVILA WHO REALLY CONTROLS: ANTI-CASTRO ACTIVITIES IN THE HEMISPHERE. HE SAID IT IS TRUE THAT BOSCH RECEIVED A TELEPHONE CALL FROM ONE OF THE SUSPECTED SABOTEURS FROM BARBADOS, AND IT IS ON THE BASIS OF THAT TELEPHONE CALL THAT VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT CARLOS ANDRES PEREZ HAS DECIDED THAT BOSCH SHOULD BE DEPORTED TO THE UNITED STATES. WHERE & WARRANT FOR HIS ARRESTfES OUTSTAND ING. 5 ) GARCIA STATED, THAT ANOTHER KEY FIGURE IN THE OPERATION IS von OF CARACAS ‘WHO HAS BISe 2 Vene 2n¢e L ARRESTED AND IS BEING HELD BY ‘DTSIP QUESTIONING. Uys ee HE SAID THE TWO SUSPECTS ARRESTED IN TRINIDAD AND OTHERS ALLEGEDLY INVOLVED IN THE ATTACK ON THE AIRCRAFT ARE ALL EMPLOYEES OR ASSOCIATES OF POSADA. GARCIA STATED FURTHER THAT ONE OF 1¥E SUSPECTS unver($) m PAGE TWO | ~ SECRET Q-3.\79° 98 Docld: 32294593 Page 3
“Released under the ICARD DDVLOZANOs | WAS PART PAGE THREE CAR (2-9) “ARREST IN TRINIDAD, HER NOI] } CimencnnMcE Ny irrtbboadect Me lie 2 OF THE DISIP SPECIAL SERVICES APPARATUS WHEN IT WAS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF POSADA, BEFORE POSADA’ S RESIGNATION FROM DISIP IN 1973(5) HE SAID A VENEZUELAN NAMED AL FRED QA@U —9 :; WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN IN BARBADOS WITH HERNAN eo RICARDO LOZANO IN JULY, 1976, AT THE TIME OF THE a ~~. BOMBINGS DIRECTED TED AGAINST “THE ‘BRITISH WEST INDIES™ i oe AIRLINES THERE. HE STATED THAT THE PRESENT WHERE} ABOUTS OF GUTIERREZ WAS NOT KNOWN. (5) GARCIA REVEALED THAT INVESTIGATION HAD DISCLOSED THAT A NOTH ER ee OLEG GUETOM Bk ISuEZ DE / Se ae Be ee Cea rae Cth Sta ce raesg on abel Nstineh tne TRETISCOREs “TOGETHER WITH HERNAN RICARDO- LOZANO, WAS IN PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD, ON AUGUST 39, 1976.’ HE SAID THE TWO SHARED ROOM 993 AT THE TRINIDAD HILTON HOTEL AND CHECKED OUT OF THE HOTEL AFTER ONE DAY. BOMBING OF THE GUYANESE CONSULATE IN PORT OF SPAIN . OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1976. G) GARCIA SAID THE ANTI- CASTRO GROUP APPEARED TO “HAVE CONTACTS ESTABLISHED IN TRINIDAD, BARBADOS ano S ) END PAGE THREE “aot SECRET 9 -2/73-98 7, Oe Docld: 322945953 Page 4
’ Released under the John ©. Remedy Assassination Records Collection Act ol L992 (ad Use JIT Re DATE: 11-14-2017 PAGE FOUR CAR (2-9) GUYANA, AND THE DIVERSITY OF ITS MEMBERS WAS PUZZLING. HE POINTED OUT THAT SOME OF THE PERSONS ALLEGED TO HAVE FORMED PART OF THE GROUP ARE DEFINITELY LEFTISTS AND WOULD NOT ORDINARILY BE THOUGHT TO BE INVOLVED IN ACTIONS AGAINST CUBA. HE MENTIONED AS AN EXAMPLE,. FREDDY LUGO, ONE OF THE SUSPECTS UNDER ARREST IN TRINIDAD. GARCIA STATED THAT LUGO HAS LONG BEEN KNOWN FOR HIS LEFTIST SENTIMENTS AND THAT LUGO HAD PRESENTED A PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION IN CARACAS IN 1975 THAT WAS BLATANTLY ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT.CO ) GARCIA STATED THAT INCONGRUETIES SUCH AS THIS LED DISIP TO THE SUSPICION THAT THE GROUP WAS SUPPORTED AND DIRECTED BY AS YET UNIDENTIFIED INDIVIDJALS IN VENEZUELA, AND POSSIBLY ABROAD, WHOSE “GOAL IT IS TO DISCREDIT DISIP AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF PRESIDENT CARLOS ANDRES PEREZ BY MAKING IT APPEAR THE VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT IS DIRECTING ATTACKS AGAINST THE CASTRO GOVERNMENT, AND THAT IT HAS, IN EFFECT, " DECLARED vat on cusa."() DISIP OFFICIALS ASKED LEGAT TO RELAY THEIR. Gb) END PAGE FOUR CORET 4-173 48 7) Docld: 322945953 Page 5
” Released under the vo ennedy Assazsination Records ollection of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Ho ‘DATE: 11-14-2017 “a 2 ee xe) “° , ras : SECRET PAGE FIVE CAR (2-9) @iiil , REQUEST TO FBIHQ THAT FRANK CASTRO BE LOCATED IN MIAMI, FLORIDA, AND INTERVIEWED FULLY REGARDING HIS SUSPECTED KNOWLEDGE OF THE CUBAN AIRLINES CRASH AND OF THE IDENTITIES OF THE PERSONS tnnuvens G) bsove noo loved How ” Lutnishev FOr. jafloten arte only as FarHg i ewene (per Leste Met didtiony Been [Rf e0w) CLD By Jin 7 ADMINISTRATIVE TRANSMITTAL OF ABOVE MESSAGE DELAYED DUE TO EQUIPMENT FAILURE IN CARACAS OFFICE, BT Docld: 322945953 Page 6 ice. - 13-% | ad |