(104-10245-10006) . & . a | CADLE SECRETARIAT Diss EMINATION od Sar HED. Mesiact fora: Coors. 0 ROUTING ANC OR INITIALS SEEN 8 | H FEO Oto amet ROT PD ee . . woes leer : | oo ape SECRET oo | (oe ee —* {Wren Fidedind 0% ms i ¢ ADwWaAMCH COPY [_] ssue0 [Jarorco a od am &F be i : ease 06 f ete , = «SECRET 2515632 FEB 12 CITE wH/SlAl 13926 | — ) DARECTOR, I | tFo | . i | ii: TYPIC AKULE IUSTEER ae ste W 945873 37 bade 1, ON 24 FEBRUARY 72 TUSTecn/) (SOURCE) ADVISED THE FOLLOWING: ON 25 FESRUARY 72 HE SPOKe WITH JOSE PELLON (PROBABLY JOSe LEQNARDO | PELL ON BLANCO, £01-229313) WKO MAKES HIS LIVING AS A | PILOT. PELLON TOLD LUSTEzR/! THAT ON 21 FEBRUARY HE &AS APPROACHED IN MIANI BY ANOTHER PILOT JOSE M. HERNANDEZ CPROBAGLY . 1 JOSE MANUEL i ER WAND &€ Z HERNANDEZ, 201°286857) AND , ASKED IF HE NEEDED WORK. PéLLOn ASKED. FOR DETAILS. 2. HERNANDEZ INFORMED PZLLON THAT ON 21 FEBRUARY He AND FNU MACH ID IT O (NO STATION TRACES) APPROACHED THE _.. ONNER OF AIAMI AIR LEASING CORPORATION, EVELIO ALPIZAR (PROBABLY EVELLIDALPIZAR PEREZ, 201-264344) WITH A PROPOSITION. THEY ASKED ALPIZAR IF HE WOULD LET THEM USE A DC-3 BELONGING | te rey TO AIAMI AIR LEASING IN ORDER TO FLY CUBANS FROM SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA TO AN AIRPORT OLTSIDe MATAMOROS, MEXICO. HERNANDEZ mom came’ san ste wig alto ystbon Seeeeeies ola WOULD PAY ALPIZAR $563 PER Cu3Ad FLOWN. HERNANDEZ TOLD ALPIZAR THAT THIS DEAL WOULD CONSIST OF FLYING OUT APPROXIMATELY 4889 OS teh Hite MOK PPO RS fon ee pes eee Me oe ore te te waneeee ine on, 1% 6 acme sen nines arteries ee oe “ae ie * sont aw ieee mS EERE eee Ayre seer ne eco oe
14-00000 i. eee em te a ee Sean TO Cane een 7 2 mi eee ge Sapts ad Te ae TM! eat glad ope D7 Late wt . Caste E SECRETARIAT Dis DISSEMINATION CLASSiFigD MESSAGE = Tota Copies ROUTING AND Of INITIAL: GEEK 4 FP Oe Gee UT RO? =, GROUP O ; — SECRET ter aovance core C] 8uED C} sortase ‘eereneetreerreCRrE  EUEREFENTRESEaSeas_saeeneneaenungngnnsn, (When Filled Inj | OP ee AT Deseo ev, ore ACTICN Uta ACTiot ND PAGE 2 WIVM1aMI 13920 SECRET. CUBANS WHO WERE COMING TO SAN JOSE FROM MADRID, SPAIN. 3+ ALPIZAR SUPPOSEDLY TOLD HERNANDEZ THAT THEY HAD A DEAL IF HERNANDEZ WOULD PLACE 535,00 IN ESCROW INA LOCAL BANK INC CASE HIS DC-3 WAS CONFISCATED BY MEXICAN AUTHORITIES, © 4. HERNANDEZ DID NOT TELL PILLON IF HE HAD AGREED TO ALPIZAR'S EQUEST FOR THE 335,000 OR IF ANY FINAL ARRANGEMENT WAS REACHED. HOWEVER HE DID ADD THAT PLANS CALL FOR ONE FLIGHT PER WEEK: BEGIN- NING THE FIRST wEEK IN MARCH. (SOURCE COMMENT: THIS DC-3 HOLDS 35-40 PERSONS). HERNANDEZ FURNISHED PELLON NO OTHER DETAILS REGARDING THIS PLAN AND PELLON MADE NO COMMITMENT TO HERNANDEZ. i i i { t i i 5 FURTHER, PELLOW DOES NOT PLAN TO GET INVOLVED. ~ 5. SOURCE COMMENTS: HERNANDEZ HAS A REPUTATION OF EXAG-  GERATING AND DOWNRIGHT LYING, E.Ge, HERNANDEZ TOLD PELLON AS AN ASIDE THAT HE WORKS FOR COSTA RICAN PRESIDENT FIGUERES* SECRET SERVICE. ALPIZAR IN TURN HAS A REPUTATION FOR ILLEGAL ADVENTURES, E.G., Be25 RAIDS INTO HAITI, ATTEMPTED BOMBING RUN INTO cuba, ETC. | 6 STATION COMMENT: THE ASOVE REPORT IF FACTUAL CERTAINLY ADDS TO ALREADY EXISTING INFORMATION, SUCH AS REF, ON THIS SUBJECT. IF PELLON O3TAINS ANY MORE INFORMATION ADDRESSEES WILL BE ADVISED. | 7% FILES 281-2962334 22 1:-286857,-261-264544, 281-283488. GP-I SECRET > > 2 geérer:.~: wee oe. 2 ow ° 7 ; TTT eee mn ee rea ae me Gg eer a ne Ee ge a a ae FL ae Cohen 8 ev eee een