Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection het ot 1907 (44 ust 7107 Ho ter DATE: 11-14-2017 oe a FD-36,(Rev. 7-27-76) (oY a ! | . FBI . I | TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLAS SIFICATION: | (7 Teletype [—} Immediate a (. TOP SECRET | ("] Facsimile [7] Priority SECRET * : (_] Airtel (_] Routine CONFIDENTIAL | COEFTO ! ! ‘( CLEAR . | Date | Approved: ——~—CSTT rans mniittttec, Per PAGE TWO sa (65-514 2-63 SECRET ON DECEMBER 1, 1977, HE CALLED CASTRO! - OFFICE AND WAS INFORMED - THAT CASTRO WAS "NOT IN. ON DECEMBER a, 1977, HE CALLED | — CASTRO'S HOME AND WAS TOLD BY CASTRO'S WIFE THAT CASTRO WAS "OUT OF TOWN," AND MAY BE BACK BY TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1977. (cae ASSET \CALLED AGAIN ON DECEMBER 6, 1977, AND WAS ADVISED BY Cs CASTRO'S WIFE THAT CASTRO HAD NOT RETURNED. CASTRO'S WIFE GAVE NO INDICATION OF. WHERE CASTRO WAS OR WHAT HE WAS DOING. (He C S] ASSET DID NOT KNOW IF CASTRO HAD .GONE TO VENEZUELA, BUT BELIEVED IT WAS VERY POSSIBLE HE DID GO. WHILE IN MIAMI, DURING THE PERIOD OF NOVEMBER 29, - DECEMBER 4, 1977,( THE ASSET )CONTACTED ROGER REDONDO. REDONDO CS STATED THAT ANTONIO VECIANA APPEARED ON. TV AND GAVE. INFORMATION REGARDING VECIANA'S INTERVIEW WITH THE FBI. REDONDO ALSO STATED. THAT HE HAD A FALLING OUT WITH VECIANA. (cue ASSET ALSO was In C S CONTACT WITH vczana..) vECTANA STATED HE HAD BEEN. TOLD BY EUSEBIO OJEDA THAT REDONDO AND SALVADOR ALDEREGUIA HAD A PLAN TO GET GUTIERREZ MENOYO RELEASED FROM PRISON IN CUBA. VECIANA ALSO STATED HE HAD BEEN INTERVIEWED BY.A U. S. SENATE INVESTI- GATOR AS A RESULT OF HIS APPEARANCE ON TV. VECIANA TOLD THIS (Number) (Time) GPO ; 1977 O - 225-539 » Docld: 32312684 Page 17
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 U5 2107 Ho ve y- DATE: 11-14-2017 ee — | FD-3G (Rev. 7-27-76) C ~ a ! ” FBI TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: . CLAS SIFICATION: | (] Teletype (~} Immediate (_] TOP SECRET (_] Facsimile [_] Priority erate Saar wt] SECRET x ! ! [_] Airtel {_] Routine . ae, ve Ne {(-) CONFIDENTIAL | CJEFTO | ( CLEAR | Date a E | | 00S a 6S PAGE THREE sa( 65-514 2-63 SECRET INVESTIGATOR THAT THE FBI TOLD HIM THAT’ HE (VECIANA) WAS ON A CUBAN "HIT LIST." THE INVESTIGATOR WANTED TO KNOW WHERE THE FBI OBTAINED THIS INFORMATION. VECIANA TOLD HIM HE DID NOT KNOW AND GAVE THE. INVESTIGATOR THE: NAME OF THE ‘INTERVIEWING AGENT. ACCORDING TO VECIANA, THE INVESTIGATOR WENT TO THE FBI, MIAMI, BUT WAS REFERRED TO FBIHQ. (THE asser \C S ADVISED THAT VECIANA HAS BEEN VERY NERVOUS AND ACTING STRANGELY. FOR THIS REASON { THE ASSET) 1S unaBLE To ren, CS}. HOW MUCH OF WHAT VECIANA SAYS IS TRUE. (THE ASSET|ExpResseDC S_) THE OPINION, AS prp(WrEp STALLION \IN REFERENCED mramr CS) TELETYPE, THAT VECIANA IS FABRICATING. THE INFORMATION HE HAS REGARDING THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION.AS PART OF A DEAL FOR AN EARLY RELEASE FROM PRISON. GE. ASSET {apvrsep. THAT AT ae THE TIME OF KENNEDY'S ASSASSINATION (THE ASSET [WAS VERY an) GOOD FRIENDS WITH VECIANA AND. KNEW: OF HIS ACTIVITIES. THE ASSET STATED a WAS HIS BELIEF THAT VECIANA BROUGHT DRUGS INTO THE U. S. THROUGH. DALLAS, TEXAS. FOR THIS REASON, AND NOT ANYTHING TO DO.WITH KENNEDY'S ASSASSINATION, VECIANA TRAVELED TO DALLAS. IN THE MANY. years (tHE asser | C SO ‘ . HA KNOWN ANA AND TH ay CE PROBAB KNOL var AKL LE Approved: Transmittedgen fs = —tséiPlr rane utter (Number) (Time) GPO : 1977 O - 225-539 | , Docld: 32312684 Page 15
Released under the John F.' Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 210° Hote; . DATE: 11-14-2017 ge ek, oe FD-36, (Rev. 7-27-76) C —_ oo ! | FBI i TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLAS SIFICATION: | ! _] Teletype [1 Immediate (_] TOP SECRET ; [7] Facsimile [7] Priority = °~ ~, =] SECRET * (7 Airtel [] Routine © © ++ *'T) CONFIDENTIAL CIEFTO | ( CLEAR ; Date ____ a Approved: Transmitted. epg PAGE FOUR co(es-stfa-e SECRET . | (serrer THAN ANYONE ELSE | VECIANA HAS NEVER INDICATED HE CSD HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH, OR HAD INFORMATION CONCERNING; THE ASSASSINATION OF KENNEDY. (THE ASSET FURTHER ADVISED THAT ON DECEMBER 7, 1977, Cs HE PARTICIPATED IN THE "MARCH OF..SOLIDARITY" IN SAN JUAN. HE STATED THAT THERE WERE NO INCIDENTS AND ALL WAS PEACE-. FUL. DURING THE DENONSTRATION(@HE. ASSET)TALKED WITH. REINOL Cs RODRIGUEZ. RODRIGUEZ AGAIN(ASKEDMuE ASSET )TO OBTAIN From C24 FRANK CASTRO SOME SLOW FUSE AND. BLASTING CAPS.» RODRIGUEZ GAVE NO INDICATION OF WHAT SPECIFICALLY HE .PLANNED TO DO WITH THEM OR WHEN HE MIGHT USE THEM. (THE assET \cor THE FEELING C S_} THAT RODRIGUEZ HAS ALREADY CONTACTED: CASTRO AND REQUESTED THAT THE FUSE AND BLASTING CAPS BE sent( WITH THE asset, S_} ON HIS NEXT TRIP ro PUERTO RICO FROM MIAMI. . (sue ASSET ADVISED HE WILL RETURN TO FLORIDA on C93 DECEMBER 9, 1977. (ce FURTHER ADVISED..ONE OF THE BOXERS HE MANAGES HAS A MATCH IN TRINIDAD ON DECEMBER 16, 1977. THE ASSET DOES NOT PLAN TO ATTEND THE: MATCH BUT WILL USE. IT AS AN EXCUSE TO SEPARATE HIMSELF .FROM VECIANA TO RETURN . (Number) (Time) GPO ; 1977 O - 225-539 i Doeld: 32312664 Page 19
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 st 7i0T Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 ae EN a FD-36 (Rev. 7-27-76) non — nee” | | FBI TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION: | [7 Teletype [_] Immediate [_] TOP SECRET ([] Facsimile [7] Priority : ira) SECRET } * (_] Airtel » ["] Routine re  *" > CONFIDENTIAL TIEFTO [] CLEAR } Date PAGE FIVE SJ 65- 514V2- 63 SEC. RET ° i CF FROM CASTRO. IF HE DOES NOT OBTAIN THESE ‘ITEMS }1E WILL ‘REMAIN Cs IN FLORIDA UNTIL DECEMBER 21, OR 22, 1977, WHEN HE WILL RETURN TO PUERTO RICO. (cuz asset\prans TO ATTEMPT TO CONTACT castro CS ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10,1977. AS THE BUREAU IS AWARE, THIS IS THE SECOND TIME RODRIGUEZ (tas REQUESTED THE ASSED)T0 OBTAIN. THE FUSE AND BLASTING caps 25 FROM CASTRO. { THE BUREAU IS. REQUESTED TO ADVISE IF THE ASSET MAY, OR MAY NOT, OBTAIN AND TRANSPORT. THESE ITEMS FOR DELIVERY TO RODRIGUEZ. AS WAS POINTED OUT IN REFERENCED SAN JUAN TELE- TYPE, NOVEMBER 7, 1977, SAN JUAN .FELLS THAT IN“ ORDER FOR THE ASSET TO BECOME A VALUABLE AND TRUSTED. MEMBER OF CORU, AND CONSEQUENTLY. VALUABLE TO THE FBI, HE MUST TAKE AN ACTIVE ROLE AND ACCEPT ASSIGNMENTS GIVEN.HIM. IN ADDITION, IT IS FELT THAT ANY PLANS RODRIGUEZ.MAY HAVE WILL BE CARRIED OUT WITH OR WITHOUT THE ASSET'S ASSISTANCE. IF THE ASSET IS ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS ACTIVITY THE FBI WILL HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF IT AND POSSIBLY BE ABLE TO. AVOID PERSONAL INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. WITHOUT THE ASSET'S PARTICIPATION, THERE | MAY. BE NO SUCH KNOWLEDGE AND, THEREFORE, INJURY AND DAMAGE MAY resunt, (9) Approved: Transmitted a Per ™ (Number) (Time) GPO ; 1977 O - 225-539 | Doeld: 32312684 Page 70