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2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992

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Date:

Identification Form

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Agency Information

AGENCY:

FBI

RECORD NUMBER: 124-90065-10029

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER:

CR 105-179869-31

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

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TO : : HQ

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DATE:

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SUBJECTS :

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DOCUMENT TYPE:

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION:

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DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 06/23/1998

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C. TRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20505

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705/02589951

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TO

:

Director

Federal Bureau of Investigati

Attention: Mr. S. J. Papich

FROM

: Deputy Director for Plans fAr

OEJECTION TO

DSCLAGRIRCATOR AND/OR

SUBJECT: Libertad ANTIGUA Arrencibia

RELEASE * CIA IPFORMATION

Suspect Cuban Intelligence Agent IN THIS DUCUMENT ExCEpT toR

the bRÄCkETS

KP 2-2-98

1.

Referencé is made to Subject on whom considerable

information has been disseminated to the Bureau, the last from

this Agency being CSCI-316/03970-68 dated 9 October 1968.

2.

Attached herewith is a copy of the 9 September 1968

debriefing of Libertad ANTIGUA Arrencibia which was provided

by our Miami representative.

3. Information on the following individuals was compiled

from the files of this office and from the files of a group

of Cuban emigres trained in the techniques of information

collection:

EX-100

fiercena

a .

Cuba on 17 April 1911. He is married to Elena.

RODRIGUEZ Regulez,

a Cuban citizen.

His parents

were Juan ABELEND, a former Cuban Consul in Lisbon,

Portugal, and Concepcion MARTIN. Both parents are

deceased.

Manuel's brother, Gonzalo ABELEND Martin,

is employed at the Brazilian Consulate in Miami,

Florida.

Manuel was contracted to work for the

Brazilian Embassy in Havana, Cuba from 1 January 1933

through the first part of 1963.. He served as Vice:

Consul up until his departure from Cuba in 1963.

His wife was also employed in the same Embassy.

Since 1963, ABELEND has been in Paris, France reportedly

serving as Consul in the Brazilian Embassy.

According

to a reliable source, he has traveled widely throughout

Europe and Latin America. He is well educated, skillful

and has a great deal of experience in clandestine

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activities as a result of his working in the

Brazilian Embassy in Havana.

Source also

reported that ABELEND has a past history of

assisting personnel to escape prosecution by the

CASTRO regime. According to available information,

ABELEND has, in the past, provided asylum to anti-

CASTRO Cubans. ABELEND is currently of interest to

our Agency.

b. Ana Maria ABELEND. From an article published

in the Cuban magazine Bohemia, 1 October 1965

edition, page 41, it appears

that one Ana M. ABELEND

is a singer. The article mentions that her song is

an Argentine tango, "Sin Ti No Se Vivir".

.

Gonzalo ABELEND Martin, the brother to

Manuel ABELEND Martin,

is an Attache in the Brazilian

Embassy in Miami, Florida. He was born in Havana,

Cuba on 1 April 1924... Our files indicate that from

1961 through 1963 Gonzalo ABELEND may have been a

[sub-source and also provided assistance to a former

asset of

this Agency through the use of his Diplomatic

position]SThe above is sensitive and restricted

information.

Our files indicate that the Department

of State

and the Immigration and Naturalization Service

may have additional information on

ABELEND.

d.

A search of our files failed to reveal any

pertinent identifiable information concerning fnu

JUVENAL and Mario Inu.

All available information concerning the other

individuals mentioned in the attached debriefing was

previously disseminated to the Bureau in CSCI-316/03651-68

dated 13 September 1968, and CSCI-316/03970-68 dated

as above.

4.

in Miami, Florida.

This information has been made available to your representative

CSCI-316/03988-68

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20505

BE GOT 1958

TO

Director

Federal Bureau of Investigation CiA HAS NO DJECTION 70

Attention: Mr. S. J. Papich

FROM

.: Deputy Director for Plans

SUBJECT: Libertad ANTIGUA Arrencibia

Suspect Cuban Intelligence Agent

HELLASE: CONMATION

IN THIS DOCUMENT, EXCEPT. F0C

ThE bRACKETS

KP 2-2-98

1.

Reference is made to Subject on whom considerable

information has been disseminated to the Bureau, the last from

this Agency being CSCI-316/03970-68 dated 9 October 1968.

2. Attached herewith is a copy of the 9 September 1968

debriefing of Libertad ANTIGUA Arrencibia which was provided

by our Miami representative.

3: Information on the following individuals was compiled

from the files of this office and from the files of a group

of Cuban emigres trained in the techniques of information

collection:

a .

Manuel ABELEND Martin was born in Havana,

Cuba

on 17 April 1911. He is married to Elena

RODRIGUEZ Regulez, a Cuban citizen. His parents

were Juan ABELIND, a former Cuban Consul in Lisbon,

Portugal, and Concepcion MARTIN. Both parents are

deceased. Manuel's brother, Gonzalo ABELEND Martin,

is enployed at the Brazilian Consulate in Miami,

Florida.

Manuel was contracted to work for the

Brazilian Embassy in Havana, Cuba from 1 January 1933

through the first part of 1963.

He served as Vice

Consul up until his departure from Cuba in 1963.

His wife was also employed in the same Embassy.

Since 1963, ABELEND has been in Paris, France reportedly

serving as Consul in the Brazilian Embassy. According

to a reliable source, he has traveled widely throughout

Europe and Latin America. He is well educated, skillful

and has a great deal of experience in clandestine

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activities as a result of his working in the

Brazilian Embassy in Havana. Source also

reported that ABELAND has a

past history of

assisting personnel to escape prosecution by the

CASTRO regime. According to available information,

ABELEND has, in the past, provided asylum to anti-

CASTRO Cubans, ABELEND is currently of interest to

our Agency.

b. Ana Maria ABELEND.

From an article published

in the Cuban magazine Bohemia, 1 October 1965

edition, page 41, it appeare that one Ana M. ABELEND

is a sigger. The article mentions that her

song is

an Argentine tango, "Sin Ti No Se Vivir"

c.

Gonzalo ABELEND Martin, the brother to

Manuel ABELEND Martin,

is an Attache in the Brazilian

Embassy in Miami, Florida.

He was born in Havana,

Cuba on l April

1924

Our files indicate that from

1961 through 1963 Gonzalo ABELEND may have been a

Sub-source and also provided assistance to a former

asset of this Agency through the use of his Diplomatic

Our files indicate that the Department

of State and the Immigration and Naturalization Service

may have

additional information on ABELIND.

A search of

our files failed to reveal any

pertinent identifiable information concerning fnu

JUVENAL and Mario Inu.

€ .

All available information concerning the other

individuals mentioned in the attached debriefing was

previously disseminated to the Bureau in CSCI-316/03651-68

dated 13 September 1968, and CSCI-316/03970-68 dated

9 October 1968, Subject

as above.

4.

This information has been made available to your representative

in Miami, Florida.

CSCI-316/03988-68

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