MASFERRER AND HIS HAITI INVASION PLOT; INFORMATION ON LUCIANO NIEVES MESTRE
Agency: CIA
Originator: CIA
Document date: 01/01/0000
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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CIA MISTORICAL-RENEW PROGRAM

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Masferrer claimed that his Haiti invasion

"plot was approved by the U. S. Government (varying

between the CIA and the FBI as, the approving

agency).

Agency concern, at the time,

possibility of unfavorable publicity and the

While the cA a valet was there ten

compromise of sources and methods if the Agency Do Not Reproduce

was

forced to disprove Masferrer's charges in

1975 when his car was

blown

apart by a bomb in Florida. No further

details regarding his death were

contained in

his subject files.

Since Masferrer has never

been affiliated with the Agency, despite his

claims,

it is believed that Dade County officials

should be referred to the FBI for information

regarding Masferrer.

c. Luciano Nieves--Office of Security files

contain only polygraph. (IRD 72615) infornation

eardin october los destredate and lace

Nieves was polygraphed on 4 February 1966 ir

Florida.

It-was developed that he was a Cubar

national who had been arrested, tried, and

sentenced to 20 years in

mately 16 months of his sentence and went to

15-21

spain briefir where he was g5 interest to the

In August 1965 he entered the

united. states and in November 1965 was contacted

by Directorate of Operations (DDO) representatives.

From November 1965 until approximately January

1966 he was of operational interest to the DDo.

It is noted that the DDO maintains a

201 file (201-788521) regarding Subject and it

is believed that the Office of Security would

have to defer any decision regarding the release

of information concerning Nieves to, the DDO.

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