MEMO:VICTOR ESPINOSA HERNANDEZ
Agency: CIA
Originator: CIA
Document date: 04/27/1977
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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27 April 1977

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SUBJECT : Victor Espinosa Hernandez

REFERENCE:

SSC Final Report (Book V), Pages 78, 79,

and 105 - (A Cuban Exile)

1. Subject arrived in the United States on 2 May 1960.

granted a POA on

18 October 1960 for participation in operations

against the Cuban regime.

He was terminated on 20 March 1961 as

malcontent.

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2. In July 1963, Subject was involved with the purchase and

caching of 2400 pounds of dynamite,

100 pounds of practice bombs and

other related material,

and with plotting to bomb the Shell Oil Com-

pany and other Cuban

targets.

Since the FBI felt that the aerial

tack on Cuba had been effectively thwarted by seizure of the munitions

and impounding of the aircraft, they contemplated no criminal action

at that time against subject and his cohorts.

On 2 May 1965, Subject contacted an INS officer who, on the

basis of information in

Subject's story which appeared to affect U.s.

security, notified the FBI.

On the same day (2 May 4965), Subject

interviewed by the FBI and CIA was notified on 3 May 965.

contacted Subject on 4 Mosm the New York field office of the FBI.

The gist of Subject's story was that he was aware that AMLASH and

others had been planning a coup which involved the assassination of

that ClA had been involved with AMLASH and others in the

plotting.

Tand 15-2

DIRECTOR 17510, Headquarters advised the

"it evident that security

of our Cuban ops in some cases and our own

compartmentation not all that we would desire.

Urge therefore that

Stations

concerned continue take such steps as feasible to improve se-

201-File

Book of the SSC Final Report.

The ageney does not have copies of the FBI reports cited in

The information supplied by subjects adds little,

if anything,

to the overall SSC report.

It simply shows that the SSC was reviewing

every lead.

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