Se ae ae ee LG ee ate ee : most : Ln ; . . ~~ a nae aia . ae a Spm Se wee C 5 wed . re | _ . : Tas 4 vo . . - g Lat ( ZABALA said he also wished to go to extend the visit with Ch J his sister. ZABALA said that.he went. to Kingston, Jamaica, Pio and was only there for a.few hours, howev >, he was con- . ane tacted rD)a airport by JUAN CARBONELL. fee (ZABALA) ar Oe 2 a4 CARBONELL\a copy of the “JACK ANDERSON newspaper column ys which had to do with the KENNEDY assassination. [ZABALA - 70 ve said that he had carried the newspaper article with him” ry 7 in case he was contacted while in Kingston. ZABALA seid that]}]the article had to with the KENNEDY assassination an <4 4 a mysterious Cuban named "X" who had had some involvement | with the CIA_and with the Kennedy assassination. [-ZABALA said that he )believed this "N" to he VECIANA but id not (S) know how this information had gotten to JACK ANDERSON. i (ZABALA said that it appeared that his meeting with CARBONELL | / was accidental but\he believed that the Cubans were adept in planning meetings. and he assumed that inasmuch 23 (is } sister had left the airport to go to the Cuban Embassy , | that she had told CARBONELL that he (ZABALA) would be in | the airport area waiting to return to San- Juan $s At this time (ZASALA said}that he also recalled 253 ~ that (although his gister Jdid not Talk to him at all duringZ§ ; her Christmas vigit Jfrom Cuba about intelligence matters,Z2S hat during the (anuary 10.) 1977, meeting in@Panama \he CS) ‘was told by (the General Mo instruct{his sister in San Juan ¢$_) to contact MANOLOG RAY, (ZABALA said jhe-was not told why Cs) | his sister was to contactCRAY) but fave (nis sister/this CS) message wnen he returned to San Juan. (ZSBALA said)he waséS_) worried about(his sjster)being involved in this matter 2¢ so he waited_until(the day before she was to depart San Juan for Cuba)to givéfher)the message. At this time(she\ CS aSsked(him (ZABALL) )to contact/ RAY land arrange a meeting &@ S/ which ZasaLa) stated he had doe. CZABALA said_that she \ZS met with(RAY\the day before(She left for Cuba Jout he hascs no idea what” they talked. about (ZABALA described RAY € S°) as being a former Minister of Public Works in Cuba prior to the, Castro takeover} andisaid he was currently employed... as anCArchetictural Engineer )with his office being(ip a new £S_) building sonstructed on Ponce de Leon Avenue} in San Juan a ne the(Martin Peno Canal. ZABALA said )tHat he did not know€ 5 J CRAY vell and was not familiar with his polities or leanings ,¢$ although.he had supposed him, to be an anti-Castro meee XS) I Soir nr eue Pas Qronry POY RACES | - SECRET DoclId: 327177781 Page 52
. . 4 ‘ . » , a Pica ae oe Ss oe ECR EE CZABALA w Ss neo. send the lector the reason why CS) ° ae. oe 4 - ; nn rr we ae VECIANA had wanted{ him \to send the letter”to Cuban Pr mier CASTRO detailing: VECIANA's activities with the CIA. . ABALA CS) Stated that VECIANA was concerned about his testimony befor SH the committee investigating the KENNEDY assassination and, . for some unexplzined reason, wanted to establish himself in / the U. S. Cuban Community as a former CIA operative .W VECIANA mad qoIe use ye Sahl 26 WAS cerita ee ES ie Oi wih haladu eee ed mat CASTRO would Uroadcasi thid information on Eadio Uavana as soon as he received it and as Radio Havana was continually monitored in Miami, these facts would_soon be known among the Cuban community. CZABALA C$_) said that he)did not question VECIANA further as VECTANA CS ° Obviously did not wish to taik about it andfhie (ZABALA) JES3 decided to go alongfout of his friendsnip Sor VECIANA asc ; this seemed to be of the utmost importancé to VECIANA.. ~ ~2ABALA said that )Swhen no broadcast occurred, VECIANA Eequestea€ SI he continue his’ contacts and urge the Cubans at each meeting to make the broadcast under the guise that he (ZABALA) wished the broadcast’ in order to.embarrass VECIANA as he (ZABALA) was’ supposed to have had: a falling out with vecranyS) At this time (ZABALA) stated that he was extremely C$) glad to have beea able to get this off cf conscience and Stated that he was physically and emotionally exhausted, ZABALA expressed great confidence in the FBI and stated CS) that Che wished to work with the FBI in any way possiblé.)/ 2S) -inclu ing (Eurthe: contacts with the Cuban. Intelligence "10 $3 Agents jor Gn any other capacity in which he could serve. @¢') ZABA Stated that he was a loyal Americen and firmly against the Commuinist system and had only become involved in contacts with the Cubans in order to(carry out the wishes of his good friend vectane Vs) - j é i H ‘y 2 Ne ~ A tel att Et ean EER re Me etme ot eas | de ° “s ~ . a oo ———ee a SY A a ee | Docld: 32177781 Page 53
el % ne SE The following description offfELIx LABALA MESSoas obtained through interview and observa Name ALSO Rnown As Residence Social Security Account Number Date o: Sirth Place of Birth Sex Race - Height Weight Hair Eyes Scars/Marks Physicée.l Characteristic Puerto Rico . Driver's License Father Mother Subject's Occupation Wife Subject's Children Subject's Srothers DoclId: 327177781 Page 54 REPS oN) 0 (1932) (resident at 105 Marte 7 1 J ton: m | (CPenty eeeata uss Cs’) TUTO; FELIX SABALA MAS 350 Lerida Urbanization Valencia 4 ‘Rio Piedras, Puerto |Rico | naan (01-90-5127 Sy | ctober 18, 1937 | Pinar Del Rio,\Cuba r Male _ White 6 feet. (are pounds) C 2) . Black Brown . None . Right eye does not focus | on what the. left eye is 4 observing. , 349670. JOSE L. ZABALA ANGELINA MAS PEROJO Entertainment promoter CARMEN REGO (Date of birth: ' Pebruary 17, 1938, at Havana Cuba) a BETTY ZABALA- REGO, born November 4, 1960, at Havana, Cuba: SUSANA ZABALA REGO, born June 9, 1963, at San Juan, Puerto Rico: FELIX ZARALA REGO, born March 12, 1962, at San Juan, Puerto Rico. “ JOSE LUIS ZABALA, also known as "PEPE", born Dacember 4, (3\] = ¢ sade teen yon megeecette nee sep a __ a neti
a s-suiJSy | - | “SOEUR ue b. } ‘DOMINGO ‘ZABALA, also known as "NINO," age 39 (currently a resident of Santiago de Cuba; a ARMANDO ZABALA, also known _ aS "ARMANDITO," age 25. | (student, Chicago, Illinois) “AMALIA ZABALA, age 50, resident of Cuba; HILDA ROSA, ace 42, resident of Peru; ELVIRA ZABALA RUBAYO, age 46, resident of Carolina, Puerto Rico; ELENA ZABALA MARTIN, age 42’, resident of Cuba. -Subject's Sisters . 2 ee DoclId: 32177781 Page 55
“ EDERAL. BURE AUTUE “INVEST oe a ‘Meee ~ DEG k E ee any on Geri i 12 1977,/FELIY ZABALA MAS pwas interviewed Cs by Special Agénts {(SAs) PAUL“, RUSH and HARRY B, BRANDON, III, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. In the course of the interview, ZABALA \furnished the following information: % . (Compara advised that during his recent contacts with CSD Cuban Government untelligence sources, they requested ha gather any information whatsoever concerning Cuba. that would appear in Puerto Rican or: United States newspapers and magazines. They requested that he participa ate in the anti-CASTRO movement in Puerto Rico so ‘that he could later advise the Cuban Intelligence Service (CUIS) of the activities of the Coordinacion de Organi-~- zaciones Revolucicanarias Unidas, (Coordination cf United Revelu- tionary Organizations) (cont) , ERAN NK CASTRO, REINOL RODRIGUEZ, CS) GUSTAVO CASTILLO, ENRIQUE NUNE 7 MANOLO LEBO, BEBO FRANCO) and ANTONIO VECIANA. At this poi nE(GABALA hdded that to the7curs,¢€ $3 CORU is the same as Accion Cubana (Cuban Action) (AC) and che Prente De Liberagion Nacional De Cuba (Cuban Mational Liberation Front} (PLNC)}. (ZABALA stated that] t the CUIS was also interested S) in informationfhe could obtain} concerning the progress cf thds ongressional KENNEDY assassination committee as well as the DErSONS resnorsihie for (the aeath of ALDC VERA.) They mentionea CS that they were of the opinion that (corg qid away with VERA Jadue Zs) - to internal arguing. According to@ZABALA,\the curs showed anC$_) interest(in VE DRAJAS ‘they stated they knew he was G Buenos Aires, CS Argentina, when .a Cuban Embassy worker was shot. ZABALA stated thatjon the date:tof® his latest contact with the CUIS he advised them that he has not been able te gather anv pertinent informa~ tion concerning the ahove-mentioned individuals inasmuch as he has been(totaliyv ovcupied with his promotion work.) The CUTS C53 requested(that 7ABALA) determine any information possible C S_) regarding the location of(JASPAR FE. JIMENEZ. ZABALA stated thatlCs) the CUIS had never fasked anything about Puerto Rico other than their interest infc:he above-mentioned individuals . classi 3 - exempt x ry f wee BY: _— ~_Glapsimed ey 5 tC. SECRET. DECLASSIFY ON: X77 ; Interviewed ona A/UV/77_ of oan Juan, Puert erto Rico Rico moaso E551 a SAS PAUL M. RUSE and - 4 J} HARRY BE. BRANDON, 1 EL/PMR R/imé ; . 4 ne pater see nena enn nares eA SE Ce cette ee DTA dictated. a é fad LTD enn y Lt recommendsions aor concivsions of the FAL i is tha praperty of th DoclId: 32177781 Page 56 a {ALE TNPOR MATION CONTAINED 2 _ i ete at fo mertnardA SENN SERIE * MN ARIE Rr Be te Wan are tn ee en E  ,