ROLANDO L. CUBELA Y SECADES
Agency: SSCIA
Originator: FBI
Document date: 06/18/1962
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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RECORD NUMBER : 157-10004-10052

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Released under the John

Assassination Records

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TITLE :

ROLANDO L. CUBELA Y SECADES

DATE : 06/18/62

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SUBJECTS :

CUBELA Y SECADES, ROLANDO L.

TRIP TO FINLAND

TRAVEL TO PARIS

DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 05/12/94

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Miami, Florida

June 18, 1962

In Reply, Please Refer to

File N° 209-1671

CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO

RELEASE Or SM AO ORMATION

IN THIS DOCUMENT.

.GIB 1/26/94

(9803 RAD/ Gel 0/5/94 TEK

Re: Rolando L. Cubela y Secades

2.4

On June 11, 1962, MM I-1, a Gaban-bushneco con mich

extensive contacts among cubans in the Mlau, Plorida area,.

and some other areas ofsthe united States, who has furnished

reliable information in the past, stated that he had received

the following information from a

source whom he considers

reliable who was recently in contact with Rolando L. Cubela

y Secades in Cuba.

Cubela was one-time commandante in the Directorio

Revolucionario (Revolutionary Directory), which fought against

the regime of former Cuban President Fulgencio Batista. He

also was one-time president of the Cuban University Student

Federation (FEU).

Cubela has beem designated by the Cuban Government

to attend a soclalist Congress in Helsinki, Finland. He

departed Cuba en route to Prague, baechoslovakia, on June 10,:

1962, en route to Finland.

According to information made available by the

source, Cubela has indicated that he plans to remain in at-

tendance at the congress until it terminates sometime during

the latter part of July, 1962. He then plans to return by

way of Paris, France, instead of Czechoslovakia. He stated

that he is desirous of remaining outside Cuba and defecting

from the Cuban Government.

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Unauthorized Disclosure

Subject to Criminal Sanctions

REVIEWED BY FBI/JFK TASK FORCE

ON 3/31/94 das

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