‘404-10167-10434 sree cetera ce tee mentee rere rear) Seana . 1 coment cow et ARNE FOR AEN EA YPM LEP BRAS tet Orad® wages Mkt vt ie ss sa oe conn eemcemegninenttan actmmmttetenanenitinn tin emats OtrdOettes ante SOc i 8 Bett t . : ° . Sy SGT ppvoTtOn!. . We refer specifically to the New York Daily News article ‘Of 20 September 1977 entitled “Ex: Spy Says She Urove to \- sidered Agency assets. “Attachment: SOE gee P bee IE Sete es 4 : Fe, . LACS ft-77 11 HSV 1977 MEMORANDERE FOR: Office of the Legisfative Counsel . ’ VIA: SA/ADDO FROM: Raymond A. Warren ‘Chief, Latin America Division SUBJECT: Allegation by « Senior Cuban Diplomat | | 8 Concerning the Role of Cuban Exiles in . the Assassination of President Kennedy 3 REFERENCE: _ —-LA/CO/258-77 Dated 3 November 1977 | a 1. Reference is made to the referent memorandum which , ( i2ported a statement made by 2 senior Cuban diplomat abroad alleging that “Cuban exiles such as DIAZ Lan (frnut (sic) and others had heen involved in the assassination of = Presidemt John F. Kennedy.” te have received nothing i further to date te supplenent this information. . i 2. ODO records indicate that Pedro DIAZ Lanz, and : his brother Marcos DIAZ Lanz. formerly Chief and Neputy oe Chief, respectively, of the Cuhan Revolutionary Air Torce, : SZ entered the U.S. from Cuba as exiles in mid-1939_. Since. oo that time both PIAZ Lan: brothers reportedly have been 4 ' closely associated with, and invelved in numerous activities with, Frank STURGIS (aka FICRINXI) of Watergate fame. Al-: | though the individual allegedly"involWed" in~-the-assaséina- oe ce tion of fresident Kennedy could he either of the {147 Lanz - — 4 brothers, it is neted that the. name. Pedvo -DIAZ Lanz -had i been cited in recent newspaper items in this cennection. ‘Dallas With Oswald §& Kennedy ‘Assassin Squad'," a copy “of which is attached. The Agency assisted in the evacua- ‘tion of Horcos from Cuba te Miami. and. Pedro ‘entered the U.S. on bis own. Although both were debriefed by the ‘Agency, there is no indication that they were ever ‘con- signed ; _Bapaoud A. Tarren Bo a oO ‘Raymond A. Karren OS ‘Newspaper Article — co, ere a 7 cl . ' So. fo eee
ene f, ® f err ie se abet SUBJECT: Allegation by Fy Senior Cuban Diplomat Concerning the Role. of Cuban Exiles in the Assassination of President Kennedy Lad ele ent im He me, DDO/LA/CO/C.Nepkins:gm 10 Novenber 1977. xt494 Pistribution: : Orig & 1 - Addressee ~ ‘ - SA/ADDO ; i b - IG Staff . C/TLAD : : - LA/CO ; a 4 (Originator) 4 ({LA/CO/Meno. Cpreno) (201-259120)v (201-259716) oe ey e BASED ON: le29s0 (IN 416072), 28 September 1977 103951, 29 September 1977 22974 IN 421984), 4 October 19777 . SECRET + 4 t | i \ RETURN TO CIA. | "Background Use Only. - - Do Not Reproduce _. de ce nl ee ee ee eee et a ee ee eS _—
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art Ts ae 28 meee 2 ents, rte coe apt e a* > Pom © : A 4 a ey a BS . f {949 with © Oren soy to iE enedes £ “4318 $000 Sher the nm lees ' eotnatvtres " take liewletec: ? ; fuens dt 2 st £ See 5 ‘ ile added fh. ls hay siven tie ces. - tuile trip ts eT dere af. . Sh . st there «eee? added tis they cartiet eeu ~—e, hes “rifles ond scope:” .— in tre ears, was aeny = a =! “. When they reached ft. e said it, we ot they all checked int 3 Poh. he ¥ reeruitet Cubans divin't want 9 occa + fn 1g59 kite : Ms; Lorenz centiaued, ‘4 Costeo In Havaes, = .. , fo Blizaai tre next day.” Cube ose returned op tes! an ! - “And to days} “Seeret. missions. The first was t grey" i _ Flane (6 Kew- York Z YE Sui } [ angowtes: that “residens ady hd } Leen shot in Dallas.” she ea: eco. : : | Informed cf ret stor:, Sturgis fal: ‘ ! The News. verterday: “Tg the best f+]. cream. ny knowletze. I never mee Gswald.” [7 He.s3id he has kocwn Boseh agai. Diag Lanz for mony years aad "f be. Keve.sha (2%: aorens). mar kare beag: “ et.my hause one time whes they wers there.” Sturcis ale> said be Sid been ip “Dallas ccstrsh times Lefore the segocet: mation, but ke insistec teat he veut there alone znd ‘ the time Kesnee 22, he said, “I ws iy -fayaily . thicg os 1 s mel wita zed Fo watched the whote the Eade hesa one stir Stury ' : already zlout ise afsassingticy $2 se i : Senate Watergsta Commies, 21.2" Sen. . an ' ate Intellico: ce Committee, “> Hous3 . . | Assassination Communities sng Sy fermer “Ge Vie President Prelsas Trexefetler’s i] Setemissice thar investigated the Cia. ! a2 Wold then alt. that Dead netting [+ i ee nee SHE A: . : * . -_= oe oem ~ ‘x _ -— umes sashebemmnieieiianienmmemeannemes oa come vo timmmer eee ace ee oe me : SS a _f ‘neem