Originator: FBI
From: SAC, NY
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 06/02/1965
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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124-10217-10036

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AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 2-1821-60, 61

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM:

SAC, NY

TO : DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE:

DATE: 06/02/1965

PAGES:

20

SUBJECTS :

CASTRO, FIDEL, ASSOC, PLOT TO ASSA,, DETAILS, INTV,

VDEH, SUSP, CUBELA, ROLANDO

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Secret

RESTRICTIONS: 1A

CURRENT STATUS: Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 02/13/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: APPROVAL OF CIA

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TWENTYSIX DAYS IN PARIS, WHERE HE WAS IN CONTACT VITH INDIVIDUALS

INVOLVED IN PLOT TO ASSASSINATE FIDEL CASTRO AND LEADING CUBAN

GOVERNMENT PERSONALITIES. ESPINOSA SAID THAT HE HAD RECEIVED A MESSAGE

TO MEET IN FRANCE WITH ROLANDO CUBELA, WHO IS A LIFE LONG FRIEND OF

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URGING OF CUBELA, WHO HAS BEEN A LIFE-LONG FRIEND OF HIS. HE ALSO

STATED THAT INVOLVED IN THE PLOT WAS/LAJGR JUAN ALMEIDA BOSQUE,

ESPINOSA SAID THAT CUBELA HAD RESIGNED FROM THE ARMED FORCES OF CUBA

AND IS NOW PRACTICING MEDICINE AT THE CALIXTO GARCIA HOSPITAL IN

HAVANA AND HAS A HOME ADJACENT TO FIDEL CASTRO-S AT VARADERO

BEACH. ESPINOSA ALSO ADVISED THAT HE WAS IN SPAIN FOR ONLY ABOUT TWENTY

HOURS, WHERE HE CONTACTED OTHER CUBAN EXTLE NO LEARNED THAT ILLIAN-

WHO IS IN CHARGE DE THE CIA OFFICE IN MADRID, VAS COGNIZANT IO AL

CERTAIN DEGREE OF THIS PLOI, BUT THAT THE CUBANS DID NOT TRUST, WILLIAM-

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ESPINOSA ADVISED THAT THE PLOT CALLS FOR THE ASSASSINATION OF

FIDEL CASTRO, RAUL CASTRO, ERNESTO "CHE" GUEVARA AND RAMIRO VALDES.

THE ASSASSINATION OF THESE INDIVIDUALS IS TO TAKE PLACE IN PUBLIC SO

• THAT EVERYONE CAN SEE THAT THE LEADERS HAVE BEEN KILLED• THE PLOTTERS

[HOPE TO SEIZE THE RADIO STATION AND CALL FOR AMERICAN HELP. ESPINOSA

SAID IHAT CUBELA AND OTHERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PLOI DESIRE TO KNOW

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URGING OF CUBELA, WHO HAS BEEN A LIFE-LONG FRIEND OF MIS• HE ALSO

STATED THAT INVOLVED IN THE PLOT WASEMAJOR JUAN ALMEIDA BOSQUE (4)

SPINOSA SAID THAT CUBELA MAD RESIGNED FROM THE ARMED FORCES OF CUBA

AND IS NOW PRACTICING MEDICINE AT THE CALIXTO GARCIA HOSPITAL IN

HAVANA AND HAS A HOME ADJACENT TO. FIDEL CASTRO-S AT VARADERO

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HOURS, WHERE HE CONTACTED OTHER CUBAN EXILES AND LEARNED THAT WILLIAM-

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POSSIBLY IDENTICAL WITHEARL JAMES WILLIAMSON, CIA REPRESENTATIVE LAST

KNOWN TO BE IN MADRID. S)

ESPINOSA ADVISED THAT THE PLOT CALLS FOR THE ASSASSINATION OF

FIDEL CASTRO, RAUL CASTRO, ERNESTO "CHE" GUEVARA AND RAMIRO VALDES.

THE ASSASSINATION OF THESE INDIVIDUALS IS TO TAXE PLACE IN PUBLIC SO

THAT EVERYONE CAN SEE THAT THE LEADERS HAVE BEEN KILLED. THE PLOTTERS

HOPE TO SEIZE THE RADIO STATION AND CALL FOR AMERICAN MELP. ESPINOSA

SAID THAT CUBELA AND OTHERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PLOT DESIRE TO KNOW

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