TT a ee eT ee in MOREE Rn EE sa B5-s14) ‘they told him-that they.would help him. {ZABALA at this Cs) ° "time stated thatj/he also recalled that during this meeting ' conducted by ,anti-Castro groups. ; , . “2 soot : ae, they reauested that he get any information passible in “eee reference to CORU and "Condor," which(ZABALA Wescribed as Cs a a cover name for CORU. (He stated that)they were also in€ 4 OO need of information as to who had placed a recent bomb ~ in the Cubana Airline Office in Madrid. They told him anl that they had scme information which led them to believe that(a black male, who was from Puerto Rico, Jnad placed Cs) A .the bomb... They further said that-this(black male)resembled€S_) 1g had aiso given them niné papers which ne hga written out concerning old bombings in Puerto Rico. (ZABALA saidfs_) ‘that |these papers were fulse and had to do with vombings four and five years old which ‘the Cubans believed were (Zapata gail that he now C$) recalis thatj)during that meeting they also gave him the Embassy phone numnbver(in Jamaica, \with instructions tio calle $) if he needed to contact them (ar -for JUAN CASTILLO." ZABALA said {he was told that if he needed to contact them to follow the procedure and then automatically gof{the following night at 9 o'clock to the $3 _ Little Pub Night Club ors eee Jamaica) where he would be met. (ZABALA said that use this vrocedute. he never did havé occasion to Ss) _ (ZABALA said that }the next. contact he had with CSD -any of the Cuban Intelligénce Officers was an accidental contact on (Decemser 21, )1976, when he wasGn Jamaica to) cs) meet the Cubana Airline plane with(his sister and mother.¢€9S J ZABALA said\that he saw ("CARLOS" |getting off of the same’ e, his sister aid his mother were staying at the Sheraton/$ otel in Jamaica}jwhen he was contacted by (CARLOS. ZABALA ZS said that CARLOS Jcontacted him yery briefly at his room and told ZABALA_}:hat he ((CARLOS ) was just passin through ( £3 ee (sen and nodded to him. (ZABA A said that)that evening (S . h of a new Embassy In Mexico City.) At this tim ARLOS Fave ¢s3 ZABALA $300) which represented e portion Snore money that Ss. “ZABALA himself \had placed with (ALMACEN ESPANOL Sin cuba] & Kingston, Jamaicn,\jenroute to ye} At this t ‘in (the openingZS_. in order to help get(his sister and mother out of Cuba -eeQRpeT DoclId: 327177781 Page 46 { . @n Indian jin appearance. (ZABALA added that_at this meeting@S.) and_ask, "If the visa is readyC$_) : . : Pees epg) Sen EEE EN i ES cate Ene an ane NN Na a ent at Na ae ee” Sm at ¢ ee i a
Sates tp Rr aah adhe og? os ect iat ee ete 0 sath, TET Adee HEEL ER EE ay gb om whe . F NRE OI hee LI Ce acter TTS Ee . > a. Nee * . ee TORSSEET he Aba said that) the fiext contact was on(Janvar 1 ‘Cm 977, anama. ZABALA Said that\be flew from Miami to Cs ; C@anama during the day of'fJanuary & ,} 1977, arriving(in Pana Cs3 | t 8: ZABALA said (Panama Hilton and checke lot at 9 p.m lot by CA Los } who Walked up and then’ said, “Let's a walk." Z: as they were walking a car pulled alongside an directed him to get into the car. C2 see the face of the driver.of the car. The driver e immedfately proceeded .in, and then went to e to che parking { ZABALA|said that he was met fat the parking©S- go for hey walked two or three blocks oe a¢CARLOS a = ABALA saidJhe did no oro \ only a short distance and stopped, (EABALA said jthat at ‘this time they left the car and the daviver and entered an apartment puilding where they eRLOs bat to an apartment. ZABALA said kthat whenfhe -and CARLOS ntered the apartment C5) The General’ jwas already in_the apartment with his tapecs ) - recorder set up. (ZABALA said that. at this time he them (Celephone books from San Jue ag well as Gliami gave £5) telephone C53 books from. the Cuban section of rant as pened previously requested(these telephone books. ZABALA said \chat not have any other information to.give them and. they again requested that he obtain general information he did CS) concerning the activities’ of anti-Castro groups in Puerto Rico and Miami. (ZABALA said that )during this meeting they gave cs) him $so or expenses, (ZABALA said that) they arranged €$_) another contact in@iexico City with the contact scheduled? $) ._forClarch 1977. (GABALA said Jat this time he was given C$ a jeather tipe key hoider\which had a slip of paper wn le was to be a contact telephone number for him M inside CS} to call case (ZABALA needed to_make contact wita the Cuban intelligsenge CS) ° Officers. ABALA said|that he was furnished the word\which was ('Is the visa of Dr. SALGADO ready." exico x ity.) This telephone number was furnished in cS ew code © ZABALA - said that)he was &lso told that if he ca lled{the imbassx7 GJ in (Mex it City)h2 was simply to ask this question and hang up and then prog2ed the next night tof(a_ store called pe which was near(tie Embassy in Mexico City.\ He was in front of(the"sigante at 6 p.m.{ and would be met was furnished with afcode phrasefwhich ae serve identify the Cuban Agent The¢phrase\was, ("Do you taxis around here, "Sand BALAjJwas told to(Canswer, ‘one but it is broken ,"\which would identify one to DoclId: 327177781 Page 49 to st “ie Cat see any C$) "T saw the staf S) — atten rs
ar eT Tene ina par fp: dae ce os rae henry Oe Canal ven Oren cote same re wey Aen ‘ atm oe Die te deem ee he Ml cee REMI Bn A a es ace wae - were having] financial ( ZABALA said that Ee ORE Es (ZABALA said that} following this meeting he pecame CS very involved withfthe promotion, of the Taiwan ircusJan (a was doing extensive traveling. (ZABALA aid thats e did CS not make the(March 6,)1977, meeting in Eexico city Jes he 3 was in California with Che Taiwan Cir us and due~to 5 business reasons was not able to go to(Mexico City. ZABALA said that \during this period of, time that (he and VECIANA ‘Nome ore. ee MOeaen th - PERS, Qr ct EASE t 3 Pater S . problems Git the Taiwan Cireusdand a) ‘, cesperately. PAaABALA said than YECTANA CS) was able to ob ain(a $45,00 loan $o help continue (heir tour of the Taisan “Circus and that he (ZABALA) was able to borrow $20,000 from his cousin in Puerto Rico, who had a short time before won the Puerto Rican lottery in the amount of $400,090. ZABALA said that due tofpromotional IOS) difficulties(they )continued to have mosey prdédbleinas and atc 3) at this time(VECIANA suggested that ZABALA try to contact C$.) the Cubans in Mexico City and see. if they would give him money. ZABALA said that on Mareh 18, 1977.) he called Mexico City)from Los Angeles utilizing the none number CS) ; 8 p e had beef give; on (January 10,1977, and used the Gade ZS: phrase, "Is the visa of Dr. SALGADQ_ ready." when the Embassy answered. ZARALA said that. las previously instructed _ he then hung up and on the morning ‘Of March 19,$1977, he CS) flew to(Mexico City. ZABALA said thatJhe went ~to thel¢ appointed placefat 6 p.m) however, nobody showed. up..C $ this was never explained. Ss ~ (ZABALA said iron Mexic City he returned to Cs San Juan on(Marci 20731977, via(Mexicena Airlines.) on C$ March 2x) i977 ,(“ABALA said thatjJhe again called the €%) umber in(Mexico City Jand gave the(code word. ZABALA (FI said that fhe then flew vo(iitamns on March 22, 1977,\ andCs proceede co (lex:ec City from Miami. ZABALA said (chat ZS on (March 22,\197”7, he went to (the parking lot jin che C S_) Gigante sto¥re erea)and aman came up and gave the propsr Cf code word. ZABALA}described this man’ as a Cuban male,€% ‘approximate age 30, 5'5"_tall, heavy build, weighing CS) approximately 170 pounds, long straight black hair and as having a very round face. CZABALA said that\the mand $ told him he was from the Embassy and that they walked _ a very short way down the street into a restaurant. (zasaracs was unable to recall the name of the restaurant. CZABALA . a9 DoclId: 32177781 Page 50 oe Oe ae ar et ee nee tr ei gee
4 rey) reer eee ee ae eek rT I enna ta A RN EAE thal AE eS boswseure rey t aan "CARLOS for $20,069 aid that("The Ceneral? ARLOS {wanted to meet with 25) - (ZABALA during Hay dand they -agreed upon tne date of Glay 19 )C $2 Docld: 32177761 ss Bes TRP-SEARET ('Replica" newspzpers from San Juan and Miam ' that_inasmuch as . that unbeknownst to this ma +» he had “sealed letter v600 fine to 0 A rn Or OL eo SECREY > at this time he gave this man-a sealed ackage containing (7 Dana told the man CS he had been away fromfPuertc. Rico with a tourC 5.) group jhe did not have much new information. ZABALA said ees \CS). the man appearec. to be content with this and told(VZABALA Cs that he would deliver the package ro[Cantos. ZABALA said cs} h lso enclosed4g Cf) - ARLOS in whign he asked in order to help him((ZABALS) Meith nis CSD ‘ont ‘ financial problems (GABALA said that) he explained in the 052 letter(to CARLOS that some of the problems had been as a LS) result of his traveling to meet the Cubans,\but ended the letter by stating that(in the event that ARLOS could not C $_J get him the money that (ZABALA) Would continue to work with him: (eaeats say BASES man from the Embassy then cs) Cc and 77. CZABALA saidJhe was instructed to go ta (the Xola CS.) Station of the Mexico City Metro System jand stand QnderCS_) the sign for the subway to Tacuba. ZABALA said that he was to meet at (E p.m. on May 19, 1977, under the (fatuba C$ Sign. ZABALA said that \all-of chese arrangements were made without the man kHOwing thatfhe had a let er requesting Cs} | $20,000, addressed to CARLOS, ZABALA said thatShe has not heard from any of the Cubans since tha time wand assumes make the(May 19.,)1977, meet( J) i | that he would be expected to | oo | (ZABALA said that during the past week he had < SD) | | been in Miami and at this time VECIANA)wanted(him ko go 2S] to the CIA and tell them what had happened and offer to work with the CIA, (ZABALA said\he was most hesitant to_ do so @nd had told VECIANA that he did not wish to do sd. <) Cat this time ZABALA stated that )he also recallea CS) another brief contact with Cuban Intelligence Agents which - occurzred(on January 17 1977, when he flew Grom San Juan tod $') Jamaica with his sister when she was eturning to Cuba. ZABALA said that )he decided. to go to(Kingston, Jamaica \C$J with her at the’ last minutefas she had a large number of CS, luggage \and was unable to handle (all of the luggage herself SJ . Page 51