RESPONSE TO FBI VERBAL REQUEST CONCERNING VECIANA'S RELATIONSHIP WITH CIA
Originator: CIA
Document date: 04/29/1977
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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SUBJECT: RESPONSE TO FBI REQUEST CONCERNING VECIANA'S RELATIONSHIP

WITH CIA

1. WITH REGARD TO YOUR REPORT OF YOUR INTERVIEUS ON & AND IL

APRIL 197? WITH FELIX ZA BAL A MAS AND TO YOUR ORAL QUESTIONS

TO US CONCERNING STATEMENTS MADE BY HIM ABOUT VECIANA. IN

THOSE INTERVIEWS, THIS AGENCY HAS REVIEWED ITS FILE ON ANTONIO CARLOS

VECIAN A BLANCH. AS STATED TO YOU ORALLY AT OUR MEETING ON 13

APRIL: 1977, THIS AGENCY HAS NEVER HAD A CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH

VECIANA.. ACCORDING TO OUR RECORDS, VECIAN A CONTACTED

THIS. AGENCY ON THREE OCCASIONS TO DISCUSS HIS PLANS TO ASSASSINATE

FIDEL CASTRO. ON THESE OCCASIONS, OUR OFFICERS LISTENED TO

VECIAN A BUT EXPRESSED NO INTEREST IN AND OFFERED NO ENCOURAGE-

MENT. TO HIM AND NEVER RECONTACTED HIM ON THIS MATTER. THESE CONTACTS

OCCURRED IN HAVANA IN DECEMBER, 1960, AND IN NEW YORK CITY IN JULY

1962 AND APRIL 1966- THERE ARE NO INDICATIONS IN THE FILE THAT:.

DATE:.

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REPRODUCTION BY OTHER THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE IS PROMIBITED

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IN CONTACT WITH: VE CIAN A WAS NAMED BISHOP, BLAIR OR KAIL:

ACCORDING. TO OUR RECORDS, VECIAN A •NEVER RECEIVED ANY FUNDS

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2. AGENCY OFFICERS WHO SERVED IN HAVANA REMEMBER THAT THERE

WAS A MAJOR OR COLONEL. KALE OR KAIL IN THE MILITARY ATTACHES

OFFICE IN THE U.S. EMBASSY PRIOR TO THE BREAK IN RELATIONS. "

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LA COMMENT: FBI OFFICIALS HAD PROVIDED COPIES OF THE DEBRIEFINGS OF .

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