Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hotey. DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System Date: 4/30/201 Identification Form Agency Information ~- AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: 124-90152-10013 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: CR 105-152711-59 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: SJ TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: 04/09/1977 PAGES: 7 SUBJECTS : ANTONIO VECIANA FELIX ZABALA MAS DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: Secret RESTRICTIONS: 1B; 1C;4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: — 12/08/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : TT v9.1 7. Docld: 32339794 Page 1
"Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 21 DATE: 21-14-2017 p yo yy re. ° , / oe SJ0959 19999957 . 00 HQ MM OP ty a a fu DE SJ peony 0 9909252 APR /77 of LWVES THe gectle chy ok AD a rey suan ss-s1ater &: : 65-152 71/1 JES DIRECTOR (4AS—ASSFrH) IMMEDTA oat / epee T ECE EEE EET LLL EE: 2 : MI py HfEse 349), IMMEDIATE Oe G / : >) | | Classifiox by Sf6 GIA ae : = | Declaséify ans So ) SOADRYV27/Py | LA MAS,] IS-CUBAK) 00: Sd. Vi / / 108 - 1582 one q REFERENCE SAN JUAN TELETYPE TO BUREAU APRIL 6, 1977. ON APRIL s,\1977, (gusset Jus INTERVIEWED AT LENGTH ann (5-3 | Py er  \Fur Tsuen THE FOLLOWING s ROE (SA) | - a“ Ne (Guesect |anmrttep HIS ACTIVITIES WITH CUBAN GOVERNMENT AND CON- — WTACTS WITH CASTRO INTELLIGENCE AGENTS IN [JAMAICA ON OCTOBER on. C9) t Ne ; | “N1976, NOVEMBER 8, 1976,° AND NOVEMBER 29, 1976, IN KINGSTON, JAMAICA y\ aa SON( JANUARY 12, 1977, IN PANAMA | AND on (war cH 22, 1977, IN MEXICO _ a ; CITY (FOLLOWING AN ABORTED ATTEMPT TO CONTACT IN MEXICO CITY ON Cs) Sy MAR CH I9, I977. SUBJECT] CONFIRMED INFORMATION PREVIOUSLY FURNISHED / REGARDING HIS ACTIVITIES AND. CONTACTS WITH THE INFORMATION CLOSEL Wo a | ; ios i copies made BD AD. — gtl08 an ABCA Bhai ) | Vaal e e gDi % , RG a appt ffe 2: 17.240, fe oa , ie pe Ba DEMS. i ceeaer aa Ec eyIpue ve" 6: - Need (OY) tRECSS JOS -[8297/1 7 >, CPN recy, ne : ; - . : the a 7 APRS. ROUTE IN ENYELOFE Docld: 32339794 Page 2?
' Released under the John F. Kennedy. Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC 3107 Hote; . DATE: 11-14-2017 os O mower O ISECRET ‘PAGE TWO 89 Su (45-514 Ve ‘SECRET PARALLELING THAT PREVIOUSLY KNOWN. Fussscr was next contact C 5’) SCHEDULED FOR’ MAY 19,) 1977, 1n(ex1co c1TY.) No NEW SIGNIFICANT C53 DETAILS REGARDING THESE CONTACTS FURNISHED. FULL RECORD OF INTER- VIEW WILL BE EXPEDITIOUSLY FURNISHED To FBIHG WHEN TRANSCRIBED HOG) (5)(SuBsEct ADVISED HE BECAME INVOLVED WITH CASTRO GOVERNMENT ON BEHALF OF] ANTONE VECIANA,(HIS BUSINESS PARTNER AND CLOSE FRIENDS) VECIANA[APPROACHED SUBJECT IN SEPTEMBER OF 1976, STATING THAT) HE HAD BEEN CALLED TO TESTIFY BEFORE UNITED STATES CONGRESSIONAL Dat rare : al COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY DUR- ING 1976, ano (FoR AN UNEXPLAINED REASON,|NEEDED TO PUBLICLYCS 3 \ Gate raneghnetom oY . 1 NYY | yo. - BISHOP,” 4 J ri LEE nal ESTABLISH HIMSELF AS A FORMER CIA OPERATIVE. VE THAT HE, A CIA CONTACT WITH.A CODE NAME OF a HARVEY OSWALD HAD A MEETING APPROXIMATELY.ONE MONTH PRIOR TO THE ASSASSINATION OF KENNEDY IN 1963. VECIANA DID NOT FURNISH ANY OT HER INFORMATION (TO THE suBJECT.) Vectana Re QuESTED tuat tur [SJ susyect [rim sts CUBAN PREMIER FIDEL CASTRO , (THROUGH THE SUBJECT'S SISTER IN cusay DETAILS CONCERNING VECIANA'S PARTICIPATION IN A- 1971 PLOT TO ASSASSINATE CASTRO IN ome. Pave PURPOSE OF FURNISHING THIS INFORMATION WAS IN THE HOPE THAT CASTRO WOULD BROADCAST THESE DETAILS ON RADIO HAVANA, WHICH IS cLoseL yy (UL) [SECRET] Docld:32339794 Page 3
[ Released under the-John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992? (44 USC 2107 Hote} - DATE: :11-14-2017 . a ‘ i PAGE FOUR mercer ISECRET) VISIT OF CASTRO TO CHILE. AT THE TIME, VECIANA WAS WORKING AS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE U. S. EMBASSY IN BOLIVIA, HAVING BEEN SO EMPLOYED: SINCE 1967. DOMINQUEZ AND RODRIGUEZ WENT TO VENEZUELA IN 1971 WHERE THEY BEGAN A SIX MONTH SCHOOL IN TELEVISION CAMERA USE AS THEY WERE TO PASS AS CAMERAMEN WHEN THE | ASSASSINATION TOOK PLACE. THEY WERE TO HAVE A WEAPON INSIDE A FUNCTIONING T. V. CAMERA AND KILL CASTRO AT A NEWS CONFERENCE, FLEEING IN THE ENSUING CONFUSION. (SUBJECT STATED THAT \THE actua. C$ 3 WEAPON, AND HAND GRENADES TO BE USED, WERE SENT FROM THE UNITED STATES TO THE EMBASSY IN BOLIVIA VIA DIPLOMATIC POUCH AND SUBSE QUENTLY DRIVEN TO SANTIAGO, CHILE, IN AU. S. EMBASSY VEHICLE TO AVOID DETECTION. (SUBJECT sTATED THAT] A cHrtean CS) ARMY GENERAL, WHOSE NAME HE COULD NOT RECALL, WAS ALSO PART OF THE PLOT. THE PLOT FAILED WHEN DOMINQUEZ AND RODRIGUEZ FORGOT THE WEAPON FOR THE CAMERA, PROBABLY DUE TO NERVES, DURING THE FIRST PRESS CONFERENCE. A SUBSEQUENT ATTEMPT PLANNED FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY WAS ABORTED AS ONE OF THE MEN WAS STRIKEN wITH “APPENDICITIS AND THE SECOND MAN FLED CHILE AS HE STATED HE s HAD BEEN RECOGNIZED BY ONE OF CASTRO® S PARTY DUR TNG. THE FIRST aM [SECRET | Docld: 32339794 Page 5
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 3107 Hatey. — O © PAGE FIve su (65- 514 [sy TOP-SECRET | [SECRET ATTEMPT. (susse.et ws uE|HAS HAD NO CONTACT WITH THE rs] CIA SINCE THAT TIME (A ) Ls) : (suBuect WAS ALSO ABLE TO|CONFIR™M PARTICIPATION OF ORLANDO BOSCH AND FRANK CASTRO IN THE BOMBING OF THE CUBANA AIRLINER IN BARBADOS IN 1976 AS vect ana (Fu wrsweo im wire THY INFoRMatrony 5] ? sous STATED THAT) BOS CH, CASTRO, A CUBAN EXILE WORKING FOR THE * GOVERNMENT OF VENEZUELA NAMED ORLANDO GARCIA, AND AN UNKNOWN BRIGADE 2596 LEADER MET IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND PLANNED. , THE BOMBING, BOSCH LATER FLEW TO VENEZUELA TO CONTROL THE ATTEMPT AND WAS MET BY "MONO" MORALES IN VENEZUELA. MORALES HAD PREVIOUSLY TESTIFIED AGAINST BOSCH IN A MIAMI TRIAL, HOWEVER, NOW SAID THAT THEY SHOULD WORK TOGETHER AS FELLOW CUBANS. . MORALES FURNISHED BOSCH WITH AN AUTOMATIC WEAPON AND OFFERED A CAR AND DRIVER AND AN APARTMENT. BOSCH STILL DID NOT TRUST MORALES AND INSTEAD “STAYED WITH AL FREDO AQUIAR, ANOTHER CUBAN EXILE. (suBsecr WAS TOLD THAT THE GOVER NMENT OF VENEZUELA BACKED THIS o53 PLOT, WITH THE BOMB SCHEDULED TO GO OFF WHILE THE PLANE wAS ON THE GROUND IN BARBADOS, THE PLANE DEPARTED EARLY, wITH THE RESULTED TRAGEDY, WHICH WAS SO ENORMOUS THAT CORU (THE GROUP SOX DoclId:32339794 Page 6
Releazed under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 19923 (44 Ts 2i07 DATE : -11-14- 2017 | ’ . . Q . . CO) | | PAGE SIX SJ [s- -514 SECRET. SECRET) HEADED BY BOSCH AND seo) HOUR WOULD NOT TAKE CREDIT FOR THE ACT. Ae (Supue ct WAS NOT ABLE TO FURNISH ANY NAMES OF CUBAN CONTACTS IN THE UNITED STATES OR PUERTO RICO, ALTHOUGH HE DID STATE THAT HE WAS INSTRUCTED , DURING HIS JANUARY 10, 1977, MEET IN PANAMA, TO TELL HIS SISTER, AMALIA, WHO WAS VISITING HIM IN PUERTO RICO AT THE TIME, TO CONTACT A CUBAN EXILE IN SAN JUAN NAMED MANOLO RAY. (us- CS) SECT STATES HE was NOT “ToLn(ay THE CUBANS OR HIS SISTER )THE reason LS) FOR THE CONTACT, BUT KNOWS/THAT SHEJDID CONTACT RAY. RAY was DES-C5J CRIBED AS A LOCAL ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEER AND APPEARED TO BE IDENTI- CAL TO "MANUEL RAY, AKA TS CUBA" (BUFILE 97-4546) Ke) (GuBsect STATED ‘THAT \HE HIMSELF IS A FIRM ANTI-COMMUNIST, AND any HAS ONLY BECAME TMOLVED WITH THE cUBAN soveR sent (10 ORDER TO Cs) ASSIST HIS CLOSE FRIEND, VECIANA HOWEVER, HE IS WILLING TO “Coen WITH THE FBI IN ANY MANNER DESIRED, INCLUDING CONTINUED CONTACTS WITH CUBAN INTELLIGENCE. SUBJECT APPEARED TO BE SINCERE IN HIS BELIEFS WHEN, AFTER MANY HOURS OF DENYING HIS INVOLVEMENT ~ up FINALLY BROKE AND ADMETTED HIS ENTANGL ENE AT. (SUBJECT SAID HE wan 5) BEEN .IN CONSTANT FEAR OF HIS LIFE AND EXPRESSED RELIEF AT FINALLY ‘BEING ABLE TO TELL HIS STORY (AND EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO work wITH (SJ. THE FBT. SUBJECT \sT ATED THAT HE-WAS EMOTIONALLY AND PHYSICALLY @) SECRET Docla: 32339794 Page 7 Watey— 1 w
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (442 st 2107 Hate} . DATE: 11-14- 2017 t phy . a / r | PAGE SEVEN SJ [65-5 14 (Fon seenss SECRET] . EXHAUSTED FOLLOWING INTERVIEW AND, WHILE READILY AGREEING TO FURTHER INTERVIEWS, REQUESTED THAT HE BE ALLOWED TO SPEMD THE EASTER WEEX- END UNINTERRUPTED WITH HIS FAMILY, IN THE INTEREST OF MAINTAINING A GOOD RELAT 1ONSHTP vita Gyaueet) 8 REQUEST was GRANTED ann (SuBJECT|WwILEC SO (BE REINTERVIEWED DURING EVENING OF[APRIL 11, 1977, AT A “sare C3) HOUSE” WHICH WILL BE OBTAINED FOR THIS PURPOSE. AT THIS TIME SJO | WILL GO OVER GUBUECT’S)LENGTHY STORY AND OBTAIN FURTHER cLaRIFI- CS) : CATION AND VERIFICATION OF HIS STATEMENT. IN ORDER To TEST [guB- C5_\ ET's ERActTy, SJO PROPOSES QUERYING (SUBJECT JAS TO HIS wittine- CSS NESS TO TAKE A POLYGRAPH EXAMINATION. IT IS NOT BELIEVED THAT THIS | WILL. HAVE A NEGATIVE EFFECT ON(THE SUBJECT 4} IF HE MAS BEEN TRUSTFUL,CS =. AS HE STATED HE HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY POLYGRAPHED BY THE cra. GX) SAN JUAN WILL (SUBMIT A REQUEST TO DESIGNATE SUBJECT AS AN OA, 653 ' AND WILL JroRwARD COMPLETE TEXT OF: INTERVIEW VIA ARFCOS COURIER. 9) | THIS TELETYPE IS CLASSIFIED Bee SECRET AS DISCLOSURE OF THE INFORMATION HEREIN COULD REASONABLY BE EXPECTED TO RESULT IN’ _ EXCEPTIONALLY GRAVE DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL secur tty. GY BI . , ; {Ss : re A — C C. Zo PLL ren, _ ECRET Docld: 32339794 Page 8