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From: CIA
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Document date: 11/01/1976
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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DATE: 11/01/1976

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SUBJECTS:

LUIS POSADA

CUBANA AIRLINE CRASH

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Secret

RESTRICTIONS: 1B

CURRENT STATUS: Redact

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28 OCTOBER 1976

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SUBJECT COMMENTS OF CUBAN EMBASSY OFFICIALS IN VENEZUELA OP

PERSONS DETAINED BY VENEZUELAN AUTHORITIES IN CONNECTION

WITH THE CUBANA AIRLINE CRASH

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VENEZUELA, CARACAS (30 OC59-08 DE40

1976 REC-57, 09-12

SOURCE A VENEZUELAN BUSINESSMAN WITH CLOSE CONTACIS IN BUSINESS,

GOVERNMENT, POLITICAL AND DIPLOMATIC CIRCLES. HIS: -.

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1. ON 28 OCTOBER 1976 OFFICIALS OF THE CUBAN EMBASSY IN...

CARACAS, VENEZUELA, SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF CUBA (GOG) IS

WAITING TO SEE WHAT THE VENEZUELANS ARE GOING TO DO WITH THE INDI-

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VIDUALS UNDER DETENTION IN CONNECTION WITH THE 6 OCTOBER CRASH OF A

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EMBASSY HAS AS YET RECEIVED NO CAba

INSTMAR IONS FROMGAVANA, AND THE CUBAN OFFICIALS PREDICTED THAT THE

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GOC WOULD NOT MAKE'À FIRM DECISION UNTIL 2 NOVEMBER, SINCE THE

COURT'S FINDINGS ARE DUE FOR PRESENTATION ON 1 NOVEMBER. (FIELD

COMMENT: ON 29 OCTOBER THE LOCAL PRESS INDICATED THAT THE COURT'S

DECISION WOULD BE MADE DURING THE WEEK OF 1 NOVEMBER.)

THE CUBAN OFFICIALS, HOWEVER, SAID THAT THEY BELIEVE THAT

ORLANDO BO SEH, LUIS O SA DA, HERMAN I CAREG, AND WEN

FREDDY/L U GO, THE FOUR DETAINEES, WOULD/BE RELEASED BY THE

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A-LEADER OF THE DEMO-

CRATIC ACTION PARTY (AD), THE CUBANS' SAID, WANTS THE FOUR MEN RE-

LEASED. ONE OF MORALES' 'LAW ASSOCIATES IS, A GOOD FRIEND OF JUDGE

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RELEASE OF THE FOUR IS BEING MADE VIA THIS LAW ASSOCIATE.

(SOURCE COMMENT: THE CUBANS DID NOT ELABORATE ON THE REASON

MORALES WANTED THE MEN RELEASED, NOR DID THEY IDENTIFY THE LAW

ASSOCIATE.)

3. BOSCH, THE CUBANS SAID, WOULD PROBABLY BE TURNED OVER TO

UNITED STATES AUTHORITIES. SHOULD BOSCH BE FLOWN OUT OF VENEZUELA

VIA PANAMA, THE CUBANS SAID, THE GOC WOULD TAKE BOSCH OFF THE PLANE

IN PANAMA REGARDLESS OF WHICH AIRLINE IS USED TO TRANSPORT HIM.

IN ANY EVENT, THE CUBAN OFFICIALS INSISTED THAT, IF THE FOUR MEN

WERS RELEASED, THEY WOULD BE KILLED. THE CUBANS SAID THAT THE

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VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT, THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, AND THE

CUBAN EXILES ALL HAVE REASON TO WISH THE FOUR DEAD AS A MEANS OF

KEEPING THEM QUIET. THE CUBAN OFFICIALS SAID THAT THE CUBAN

GOVERNMENT INTENDED TO KILL THEM, UNLESS ANOTHER GROUP DID IT

FIRST. THE CUBANS SAID THAT NO MATTER WHICH GROUP ACTUALLY

CARRIED OUT THE ASSASSINATIONS, EVERYONE WOULD BELIEVE THE CUBANS

WERE RESPONSIBLE. THE FOUR MEN, THE CUBANS SAID, MUST PAY FOR

THEIR ACTIONS BECAUSE, SHOULD THEY GO FREE, OTHER INDIVIDUALS OR

GROUPS WOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO ATTACK CUBANS ANYWHERE. (FIELD

COMMENT: FOR AN EARLIER REPORT ON CUBA'S INTENTIONS TOWARDS THOSE

7522, TDFIRDB-315/10534-76,

IMPLICATED IN THE CUBANA CRASH SEE HVG

OF 21 OCTOBER, FROM THE SAME SOURCE.)

4. WHILE THE OFFICIAL CUBAN COMMUNITY IN CARACAS HAS ALWAYS

BEEN CAUTIOUS, SINCE THE CUBANA ATTACK THEIR PRECAUTIONS HAVE BEEN

INCREASED. THE CUBAN OFFICIALS, INCLUDING THE AMBASSADOR, CURRENTLY

CARRY TWO PISTOLS AT ALL TIMES. A LARGE CALIBER PISTOL IS CARRIED

IN MEN'S PURSES, WHICH ARE FASHIONABLE IN CARACAS. A SMALLER

CALIBER PISTOL IS CARRIED IN THEIR BELTS.

5. FIELD DISSEM: EMBASSY, FBI AT CARACAS: SENT TO PANAMA

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