BIOGRAPHIC DATA ON CUBELA SECADES, ROLANDO LAZARO
Originator: CIA
Document date: 01/01/0000
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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Ne e: Cubela Secades, Rolando Lazaro.

Really (Lazaro Rolando, et)

Note: When Cubelas signed an affidavit requesting a U. s.

immigration visa after escaping to Charleston, S. C., after hé "

Latest kaour address:

killing of Lt. Col Antonio Blanco Rico, he

signed his full name as:

Lazaro Rolando Cubela

Secades.

DFOB: 19 January 1933, in Stefnegos, Las Villas Province, Ciba.

Grenfuegos

Rela÷10.1:

sagua es: Spanish, of Cuba.

f French descent for some time. Interested in learning French

Is studying French at Alliance in Paris during Oct. 196.

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visit to France.

Height:

5° 11°°

Weight: 175 lbs.

Race: Caucasian - fair complexion

Crlor hair: Dark, wavy, thinning noticeably on top; hair usually

needs combing.

C-1oг yes: Brown, rather small for his face; very intense.

Left

eyelid reportedly droops when Subject is bored and/or fatigued.

Istincuishing baracteristies: Alnost petulant mouth; small nose

Iresses infornally by preference, and is prone to wearing jacket.

without a tie.

According to Hainwright, Cubela presents a good

appearance in a masculine way when dressed up.

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Parily tack rowd. Father 1s In the tailoring business. Cubela's

parents have

been aivorced for gone time.

His Father has recently

(in 1961 or 1962) married a girl many years his junior. Cubela.

does not approve of this marriage.

Mother: Virginia Secades de C'ibela. When Cubela is in Havana,

he generally lives with his Mother.

Her last address, as of

february 1965, was given as Calle 38, #122, Esquina (corner of)

•venida zoologico, Alturas de Vedado (known also as Nuevo Vedado,

Havana.

Marital status ard children:

Wife: Mirtha Novoa Delgado do Cubela

Subject is separated fron his wife, whom he felt obligated to marry.

It is assumed that she became pregnant prior to this marriage.

They have one child, reportedly a girl, now (1963) about three.

Cubela reportedly likes and admireshis wife, and is concerned for

her welfare and happiness, although he does not love her in a

husband-wife sense, according to a statement Tepedino made to

Wainwright in 1962.

During the summer meetings in Europe in 1962,

Cubela told Mainwright that he could not go back to her if he

wanted to because she had been too outspoken in her dislike for the

Castro regime.

He also mentioned (cont'd on next page):

(Press

article 1n Diario de la Marina confirmed the narriage 1n 59):

Extra

arlidi artiiitles are!r acerra: -ris: loretta Germey (no Has traces),

Pan American stewardess of French descent based in Miani (at least

1n 1962). Cubela wanted her to go t) Europe while he was there in

1962.

Cubela appears to have known her for some time, since

Tepedino reported that the stewardess had nade some comment to

Cubela concerning Cubela's political frame of mind in 1961 which

made Cubela (or Tepedino) think that she was working for us in some

way.

Wainwright told Tepedino that so far as he kney there wag no.

basis for this statement. Tepedino sald he would try to get her

full name for us.

Cubela 1s also

friendly with a Cuban dancer named Sonia Calero

Sansana.

One report from Army Intelligence on 9 June 1961 called

her Sonia Calero de Cubela (which would make her appear to be

Cubela's wife.

This is an obvious error, view above.

This report added that Sonia was a Cuban Intelligence agent workin

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cont'd from

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preceding page:

Family background;

marital ¿tatis and children:

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and of her desire to get out of Cuba.

This commentias based on

the supposition that Cubela would be working for us in Cuba on

his return, and was made to Tepedino-Hainwright during the

1962 meetings in Europe.

Wainwright expressed the belief that

"we" (possibly he was including Tepedino in his comment) do sot

think that Cubela does want to go back to his wife.

There has

also been

the comment that some of Cubela's "guilt" feelings come

from the necessity of resolving the probles of this separation.

Note:

since he still likes and admires her, he may be more

cautious while worsing against the regime while she, their child,

and his Mother remain in Cuba. Ed note.)

Extra rarital activities and/or aberrations: cont'd from preceding page:

in Havana.

(Another report identified her as the sister of a known

Ga agent, Oscar Calero, who worked at one time in this job out of

Montivideo, Uruguay.

The Army Intel report further stated that she

was the nistress of Osmani Cienfuegos,

Cuban Minister of the Interior.

Two addresses for her were given in 1962:

1) Hazo 256, Ayestaras,

Havana and 2) Calle 30, Esquina (corner of the) Avenida 27.

Sonia is a dancer who made a trip to the USSR with an artistic group 1

In 1961, and another trip to Prague in June 1962. ))00-A3,252,031 of

26 February 1963 states that she was in the USSR in 1960 and again in

August 1962. (This means that she could possibly have been in Prague

In the sumner of 1962 when Cubela went there.

Nacional, and 1s also a self-admitted Communist.

She is a niliciana

and performs guard duty at the CHIQ offices, and also does volunteer

work.

Cubela is known to have phoned her fron Paris to tell her thes

he was returning to Havana in mid-summer 962, according *Coat grigat

(classification)

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