(DELETION) HORIZON-1 REPORT MENTIONING CUBAN MINISTER-COUNSELLOR STATEMENT ON THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY.
Originator: CIA
From: LAUDER, GEORGE V. DC/LA DIV
To: BENSON GRAYSON SA/ADDO
Document date: 09/30/1977
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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2022 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Benson Grayson

SA/ ADDO

FROM

SUBJECT

REFERENCE

:

George V. Lauder

Deputy Chief, Latin America Division

:

[STHORIZON-I Report Mentioning Cuban

Minister Counsellor Statement on the

Assassination of President Kennedy

• 16-5

: a. Kingstony 24950 (IN 416072)

b. New York Daily News Article, dated

20 September 1977

1.

Reference: AZRWAHOO intelligence report, mentioned

that the Minister Counsellor (MC) of the Cuban Embassy in

Kingston, Jamaica addressed the regular monthly meeting of the

Communist Party of Cuba members assigned to Jamaica on 24 Sep-

tember 1977.

such

The MC said, among other things, that Cuban exiles

as FNU DIAZ LAN and

others had been

involved in the

assassination of President John F. Kennedy: The MC did not

further elaborate.

2. Latin America Division believes that the basis for

the MC's statement was, probably,

an

article which appeared in

he New York Daily News on 20 September 1977. This article,

which is attached, quoted Maritza LORENZ as saying she, Orlando

BUsch, Frank STURGIS, Pedro DIAZ Lanz, two unnamed Cuban exile

brothers and Lee Harvey OSWALD formed

an assassination squad

which went to Dallas to assassinate President Kennedy. We know

of no information in Agency files to substantiate that state-

ment.

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3.

There have been various articles in the past alleging

that Ms. LORENZ

was a CIA agent.

There is no official file on

Ms. LORENZ, nor is there any information indicating that

she

was an agent or employee of this Agency.

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4.

We have asked Station

Kingston to obtain more

•information on the MC's Statement and source, it possible.

We will prepare memoranda for the FBI, the Inspector General,

and the Office of the Legislative Counsel concerning this case

and include any additional information obtained by our Station

in Kingston.

The memorandum to the OLC will be for passage to

the House Select Committee on Assassinations.

George V. Lauder

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Attachment:

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DDO/C/LA/COG/CIOS HSpeed) js (1325) (29 Sept 77)

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