ANTONIO CARLOS VECIANA BLANCH (AMSHALE-1).
Originator: CIA
From: LAD/JFK TASK FORCE
To: MFR
Document date: 03/01/1977
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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104-10181-10176 .

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

SECRET

May 1977

MENO RANUDUM FOR THE RECORD

SUBJECT: Antonio Carlos VECIANA Blanch (AMSHALE-1) 201-312966

dpob 1928, Cuba

1. Information from review of VECIANA's 201 file:

.a. HKHA 6958, 21 Oct 60:

1960 -

resident of Association of Publi

Iccountant.

1957-61

former Agency contact.?

Formerly Chief of MRP (People's

Revolutionary Movement) in Havana area.

b. HAVA 7133 (IN 14188) 9 Dec 60:

On 7 Dec 60 VECIANA called on COS Havana with

Felix FERNANDEZ Yarzabal,

former member of the

WhAlL group, who at that time represented the

AMRANG movement in Sagua La

was Justo CARRILLO Hernandez' Montecristi Group/ AMBANG

/must have been Cuban Revolutionary Council.

Station had contact with CRC member Manuel RAY7.

VECIANA told the COS Havana of a plot against

Fidel CASTRO, et al., in which VECIANA was

involved.

OOS gave VECIANA no encouragement

Whatsoever.

VECIANA said he had previously spoken

with

State political officer (iden not given).

C.

7 Oct. VECIANA entered U.S. at Key West.

Had

passport, no visa.

$100 month refugee assistance.

Came via small boat, received

d. WAVE 0311. (IN 41277) 29 Dec 61:

29 Dec 61

JUWAVE Station requested POA on VECIANA

for use as sabotage man

for MRP.

children were living in Cuba.

His

wife and

living

His parents pere

came

To U. Spain.

Wife:

Sirà Antonio SUINO, later

RETURN TO CIA

Background Use Onty

Do Not Reproduce

ipal

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VECIANA

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JUAN 0636 (IN 24738) I July 62:

VECIANA, principal of ALPHA 66 attended meeting

• July 62 in home of Emilio fueNtes,

Bayanon,

Puerto Rico.

Purpose was to solicit lunds

from 40 persons attending (above-average Cuban

exile professionals).

VECIANA pitch was

demand

rather than request for funds with

inférence reprisals against any who failed

to fulfill this

"duty."

VECIANA said it was

necessary that they undertake an action program

outside of U.S. control.

In this connection

In. CIA and were taking precaution

öf avoiding

CIA penetration.

VECIANA left

P.R. & July

for fund raising junket to Chicago.

0OA (5) 3232106 (WH 765) 26 July 62:

VECIANA was interviewed by Harry REAL 23 July

REAL was officer of New York Contact

VECIANA said they needed Agency

help, but under no circumstances would the

Agency be identified with its activities.

VECIANA Said they already had $50-60 thousand

dollars at their disposal scattered in different

places in the U.S. and P.R.

VECIANA'S immediate

requirement was conversation with someone in

Agency sufficiently highly placed to make

commitment.

DBA 18681, 8 Aus 62:

VECIANA allegedly went into voluntary exile ca.

in Key West

via small boat from

On 5 July 62 he left P.R. for Chicago and

New York City to collect funds for Alpha 66

activities.

VECIANA had been contacting Cuban

ali can one being placed in

carry out plans.

Banco de Ponce,

Santurce, P.R.

FBI Informant said VECIANA indicated names of

following three individuals then in Cuba who

were expected to assist Alpha 66:

Vicente NOBLE

Guillermo RUIZ /believed to be VECIANA's

cousin's husband Orestes

Guillermo RUIZ - DGI7.

Bernardo PARADELA

Informant said he knew all three

connected in 1956 with sre Mitary had

Intelligence Service) in the D.R.

PARADELA wes then

in jail in Cuba, but NOBLE

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VECIANA

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and RUIZ were on the losse in. Cuba, and were

cold blended killers.

h. DIRECTOR 73652, & Sept 62:

Alpha 66 meeting conducted in San Juan on 30

Aug 62 by Geronimo ESTEVEZ. attended by 200

Cuban exiles.

Jeetings were held weekly. Had

plans to recruit young Cubans in Venezuela,

..R: and Miani..

1. DBA 25402, 22 Oct 62:

VECIANA was trying to obtain 2 boats from some

unknown Americans somewhere in TEXAS.

VECIANA 'S

org (Alpha 66) centered in P.R., pperated out

of unidentified Islands in Bahamas, and had

In resentatives in Guatenala and sympathizers

J. Memo to FBI from CIA, 6 Nov 62:

Reported that Alpha 66 officer Dr. Ramon PEREZ

Da who are castro Cuban infiltrators.

assistant to Dr. Jose Luis GONZALEZ, both

k. DBA 28528, 1 Dec 62:

of money were allegedly donated to

Lace to a to activities by Jullo LOBo.

1. Memo for Record, 31 May 86:

Has an identical twin brother

Had sister in Cuba, at tht time,

who was

M. JNICOBRA 0190 (IN 63607) 2 Aug 68:

VECIANA told Cuban Affairs officer Miami 1 Aug 68

that Orestes Guillermo RUIZ Perez (DGI) married

to VECIANA's cousin,

was dissatisfied with Castro

regime and receptive to recruitment. VECIANA

same into.

to Cuban Affairs officer in

64.

In

68 VECIANA served with AID in La Paz.

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VECIANA

21-16

n. (LAPAZ] 4964 (IN 97745)

VECIANA appeared at State political section

VECIANA

'RUIZ case. 27, 16-16

0.

OGC 74-0019, 4 Jan 74:

Letter to U.S. attorney N.Y. from OGC, John

Greaney re Antonio VECIANA and Ariel POMERES

1n te unlawful acts of both from 1 Nov 72

to jan 74 re unlawful importing of cocaine

or other narcotics.

2. N.B.. The Guillerno RUIZ married to VECIANA's cousin:

2.

lived in the U.S. illegally in 57.

b. was assigned to Cuban Embassy, Mexico City, Sept 63

as diplomat.

was to penetrate

counter-revolutionary organizations.

flew Iron Mexico City to Havana on 22 Nov 63.

c. Married to VECIANA's cousin.

d.

Reported by VECIANA to support Alpha 66 activities.

Chris Hopkins

LAD/JFK Task Force

N.B. VECIANA has allegedly been involved in

several assassination attempts against

Fidel CASTRO which for one reason or

another never came off.

cornected with the Agency.

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