65-514-64, 67, 68, 69, 70
Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
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AGENCY: FBI

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Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

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TO:

TITLE: [Restricted]

DATE: 04/08/1977

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SUBJECTS :

ANTONIO VECIANA

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TO DIRECTOR (105-132711) FPIOPITY

SAN JUAN (S5-5142) PRIORITY CUIM MASHINGTO!)

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RE SAN JUAN TELETYPE TO BÚREAU AND MIAMI, APPIL SO 1097.

A REVIE! OF CLOSED MIAMI FILE 105-16782 ON ANTONIO

VECIALA-KRVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WHICH MAY ED

USEFLL IN THE OVERALL ANALYSIS OF MATERIAL FURNISHED ₽Y

(SUBJECT ON EPRIL 8, 1977J (5)

ON NOVEMBER I, 1972, VECIANA APPEARÉD AT THE OFFICT OF

LICÀT, LA PAZ, AND ADVISED THAT HE VAS INTERESTED IN FURNICHING

INTORMATION CONCERMING THÈ COMMUNIST MOVEMENT. IN CARACAS.

VECIAÑA STATED IMAT AG A SPORTS, PROMOTER E MAD A CRENT LEA:

OF CONTACT WITH THE HENS MEDIA IN CARAGAS WHICH ME DESCHILED

ATE INFORIATION CONTAINED

1S DEING -ILFILTRATED TY THE CONNISTS.

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VECIANA WAS INFORMED THAT THEME IS A LEGAT IN CARACAS

CEO THAT HE SHOULD FEEL FADE TO TALY TO HIMA VEGIANA MARTER.

VECIAL'S MOTIVES FOR MANTING IO COOPERATE APPEAPSN

CLESTIONABLE AND. THE PUREAU SUSSECUENILY ADVISED LEGAT, LA

PAZ APILTONT, CAPACAS, TO ACCEPT INFORMATION MEGINA OFFERET,

BUT NOT TO INITIATE CONTACI WITH HIM.

ON FEBRUARY 26, 1973, VECIANA VOLUMTARILY CONTACIEN THE

GIANI OFFICE OF THE FEI STATING THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO FISCUSS

MATTERS OF INTEREST TO TE FEI. VECIAMA STATEN, THAT HE INS

A MEMBER OF THE PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO DEL PUEDLO (FPP>

AJP. INGUIDED WHETHER THE FEI WANTED TUFORMATION ON THE PRF•

VECIANA VAS TOLD THAT ANY INFORMATION KE VANTED TO CONTOIFITE

OULD BE ACCEPTED. DURING INTERVIEN WITH HIM, VEGIANA DISPLAYED

AN, INTEREST IN KNOWING WHETHER ORLANDO EOSCH, WHO WAS A MEMBER.

OF THE PRP, WAS A COMMUNISI.

ON FEDRUARY 26, 1973, VECIANA RURNISHED A REPOPT PETAILING

THE MAKEUP AND ACTIVITIES OF TUF. PPPO MUCH OF THE REPORT

CONTAINED VECIANA'S OPINION AND INDICATES THAT HE AND MWOLO

PAY VERE THE MOST' CAPABLE AND INFLUENTIAL MEMBERS DE THE PEPO,

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UNNAMED COMPANY IN PUERTO RICO. INCICENTAL TO THIS INVES -

TIGATION, IRS AGENTS DISCOVERED THAT VECIANA HAD IN HIS

POSSESSION TVO KEYS TO THE SAFE DÉPOSIT EOX OF FELIX:

TAPALA AI THE REPURLIC NATIONAL BANK, MIAMI, FLORIDA.

IRS

PLACED A SEAL ON ZABALA'S BOX, NUMBER CO2, AND VECIANA

CLAIMED IRAT ZABALA WAS A BUSINESS ERIEND AND THAT HE WAS

MERELY HOLDING THE KEYS FÓR ZABALA WHILE ZABALA YAS TRAVEL-

ING SOMEWHERE IN SOUTH AMERICA®

MIAMI INDICES REFLECI, NUMEROUS REFERENCES FOR-ANTONIO,

VECIANA. THE. FILES FOR THESE REFERENCES ARE PRESENTLY DEING

DEVIEVER ANE IF ANY INFORMATION OF FARTICULAR SIRNIFICANCE

IS DEVELOPED, SUCH ENFORMATIDE WILL EE PROMPILY REPORTED TO

THE BURFAU AND SAN JUAN.

I' VIEN OF THE SUCCESSFUL INTERVIE OF (SURJECT SAN JUAN CSO

'SHOULD CONSIDER THE MATTER OF WHETHER OR NOT GURUFCT SHOlE (SJ

CONTINUE, TO PEPORT TO VECIANA

AS- HE KAS ALWAYS NONE, KEEPING

IN MIND THAT @NATEVER HE TELLS VECIANA VILL PROBAELY FE

PELOYED TO SGI, RAUL PLAZ" SOURCE, ROGER REDONDO (PROTECTS. .J.<S3

REQUEST OF THE BUREAU. IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT MENTION

WAS MADE OF: VECIANA HAVING MET WITH LEE HARVEY OSWALD A MONIN

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PRIOR TO THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION, THE PUREAU IS REQUESTER

TO, CONTACT APPROPRIATE RÉPRESENTATIVE FOR THE UNITED STATES

CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING THE ASSASSINATION OF

PRESIDEDT KENNEDY IN AN EFFORT TO OBTAIN À REPORT OF INFOR-

MATION FURNISKED TO THAT COMMITTÉE BY VECIANA

MIAMI AT MIOMI, FLORIDA. WILL CONTACT SGT. PAUL DIAZ,

DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SAFETY DEPIg, TO ASCERTAIN IN A HIGHLY

DISCREET MANNER IF HIS SOUPCE HAS FURNISHED-HIM WITH ANY

PEPTINENT INFORMATION RELATIVE TÒ WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED IN

SAN JUAN DURING IME PAST FEW DAYS.

IT WILL BE SIRFSSED UPON

DIAZ THAI HE SHOULD, FOR'THE TIME BEING, MAKE NO SPECIAL.

EFFORT TO NOTIFY HIS SOURCE AND THAT HE SHOULD SIMPLY WAIT

AND SEE IT HIS SOURCE CALLS TO ADVISE OF ANY PEPTINENT. INFeR-

MATION THAT VOULD INDICATE (SUBJECT HAS CONTACTED VECIANA (SO

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RE SAN-JUAN TELETYPE TO BUREAU; AND MIAMI, APRIL 8, 1977.

A REVIEW OF CLOSED MIAMI FILE 105- 16782 ON ANTONIO

VECIANA REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WHICH MAY BE

USEFUL IN THE OVERALL ANALYSIS OF MATERIAL FURNISHED BY

(SUBJECT ON APRIL 8, 1977] (S]

ÓN NOVEMBER 1, 1972, VECIANA APPEARED AT THE OFFICE OF

LEGAT, LA PAZ, AND ADVISED THAT HE WAS INTERESTED IN FURNISHING

INFORMATION CONCERNING: THE COMMUNIST MOVEMENT IN CARACAS.

VECIANA STATED THAT AS A SPORTS PROMOTER HE HAD A GREAT DEAL

OF CONTACT WITH THE NEWS MEDIA IN CARACAS WHICH HE DESCRIBED

A'S BEING INFILTRATED BY THE COMMUNISTS.

ALL XNFORMATSON CONTAITO

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VECIANA WAS INFORMED THAT THERE IS A LEGAT IN CARACAS

AND THAT HE SHOULD FEEL FREE TO TALK TO HIM. VECIANA AGREED.

VECIANA'S MOTIVES FOR VANTING-TO COOPERATE APPEARED

QUESTIONABLE AND THE BUREAU SUBSEQUENTLY ADVISED LEGAT, LA

PAZ AND LEGAT, CARACAS, TO ACCEPT INFORMATION VECIANA OFFERED,

•BUT NOT TO INITIATE CONTACT WITH HIM.

ON, FEBRUARY 20, 1973, VECIANA VOLUNTARILY CONTACTED THE

MIAMI OFFICE OF THE FBI STATING THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS

MATTERS OF INTEREST TO: THE FBI. VECIANA STATED THAT HE WAS

A MEMBER: OF THE PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO DEL PUEBLO (PRP):

AND INGUIRED WHETHER: THE FBI WANTED INFORMATION ON THE PRP•

VECIANA WAS TOLD THAT ANY INFORMATION HE WANTED TO CONTRIBUTE

WOULD BE ACCEPTED• DURING INTERVIEW WITH HIM, VECIANA DISPLAYED

AN INTEREST IN KNOWING WHETHER ORLANDO ROSCH, WHO WAS A MEMBER

OF THE PRP, WAS A COMMUNIST®

ON FEBRUARY 26, 1573, VECIANA FURNISHED A REPORT DETAILING

THE MAKEUP AND ACTIVITIES OF THE PRP•

MUCH OF THE REPORT

CONTAINED VECIANA'S OPINION AND INDICATED THAT HE AND MANOLO

RAY WERE THE MOST CAPABLE AND INFLUENTIAL MEMBERS OF THE PRP•:

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VECIANA'S REASONS OR MOTIVES FOR FURNISHING SUCH A REPORT

WERE UNKNOWN, BUT IT APPEARED THAT HE WAS INTERESTED IN

BECOMING AN. INFORMANT.

A COMMUNICATION RECEIVED ON MARCH 2, 1973, FPOM CIA

PER BUREAU REQUEST INDICATED SIMPLY THAT THE CIA HAD NO

CURRENT INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT.

CASE: ÓN VECIANA WAS SUBSEQUENTLY CLOSED DUE TO THE FACT

THAT VECIANA HAD NOT FURNISHED ANYTHING OF VALUE REGARDING

THE PRP AND THERE VAS NO REASON TO MAINTAIN CONTACT WITH HIM.

VECIANA VAS DESCRIBED AS AN OPPORTUNIST WHO SUFFERS. FROM

DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR; A PERSON WHO WANIS TO BE IN THE LIME-

LIGHT REGARDLESS OF THE CAUSE,

, AND WHO PLAYS ALL THE ANGLES

WHICH MIGHT BENEFIT: HIM.

ALL CONTACT VITH VECIANA: VAS TERMINATED AND ON JULY 25,

1973) DRUG EMFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION (DEÁ) , MIAMI, ADVISED

THAT DEA: HAD ARRESTED VECIANA CHARGING HIM WITH POSSESSION,

DISTRIBUTION AND CONSPIRACY TO IMPORT COCAINÉ INTO THE UNITED

STATES.: AS A RESULT OF THIS CHARGE, IRS UNDERTOOK AN INVES

TIGATION TO DETERMINE A' POSSIBLE TAX VIOLATION INVOLVING

VECIANA'S FINANCIAL HOLDINGS WHICH REPORTEDLY INCLUDED--AN

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UNNAMED COMPANY IN PUERTO RICO, INCIDENIAL TO THIS INVES-

TIGATION, IRS AGENTS DISCOVERED THAT VECIANA HAD IN HIS

POSSESSION TWO KEYS TO THE SAFE DEPOSIT BOX OF FELIX

ZABALA AT THE REPUBLIC NATIONAL BANK, MIAMI, FLORIDA: IRS

PLACED A SEAL ON ZABALA'S-BOX, NUMBER 292, AND VECIANA

*CLAIMED THAI ZABALA WAS A BUSINESS FRIEND AND THAT HE WAS

MERELY HOLDING. THE KEYS FOR ZABALA WHILE ZABALA WAS TRAVEL-

ING SOMEWHERE IN SOUTH AMERICA•

MIAMI INDICES REFLECT NUMEROUS REFERENCES FOR ANTONIO

VECIANA. THE FILES FOR THESE REFERENCES ARE PRESENTLY BEING

REVIEWED. AND IF ANY INFORMATION OF PARTICULAR SIGNIFICANCE:

IS DEVELOPED, SUCH INFORMATION WILL BE PROMPTLY REPORTED TO

THE BUREAU AND: SAN JUAN•

IN VIEN OF THE SUCCESSFUL INTERVIEN OF SUBJECT SAN JUAN CS J

SHOULD CONSIDER THE MATTER OF WHETHER OR NOT SUBJECI SHOULD CS

CONTINUE TO REPORT, TO VECIANAJAS HE HAS ALWAYS DONE, KEEPING

IN MIND THAT WHATEVER HE TELLS VECIANA WILL PROBABLY BE

RELAYED TO SCT. RAUL DIAZ SOURCE, ROGER REDONDO (PROTECT (S

REQUEST OF THÈ BUREAU. IN VIEU OF THE FACT THAT MENTION

WAS MADE OF VECIANA HAVING MET WITH LEE HARVEY OSWALD A MONTH

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PRIOR TO THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION, THE BUREAU IS REQUESTED

-TO CONTACI APPROPRIATE REPRESENIATIVE FOR THE UNITED STATES

CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING THE ASSASSINATION OF

PRESIDENT KENNEDY IN AN EFFORT TO OBTAIN A REPORT OF INFOR-

MATION FURNISHED TO THAT COMMITTEE BY VEGIANA:

MIAMI AI MIAMI, FLORIDA• WILL CONTACT SGT • RAUL DIAZ,

DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SAFETY DEPT, TO ASCERTAIN IN A HIGHLY

DISCREET MANNER IF HIS SOURCE HAS FURNISHED HIM WITH ANY

PERTINENT INFORMATION RELATIVE TO WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED IN

SAN JUAN DURING THE PAST FEW DAYS. IT WILL BE STRESSED UPON

DIAZ THAT HE SHOULD, FOR THE TIME/BEING, MAKE NO SPECIAL

EFFORT TO NOTIFY HIS SOURCE AND THAT HE SHOULD SIMPLY WAIT

AND SEE IF HIS SOURCE CALLS TO ADVISE OF ANY PERTINENT INFOR

MATION THAT MOULD INDICATE SUBJECT HAS CONTACTED VECIANA J (SJ

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On Apr1]. 11) 1977, FELIX ZABALA MAS was interviewed CS

by Special Agents (SAS) PAUL

in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

M. RUSH and HARRY B. BRANDON, III,

In the course of the

(ZABALA

furnished the following infornation Clinterview,

ZABALA dvised that during his recent contacts with ( 5J

Cuban Government intelligence sources, they requested he gather

any information whatsoever concerning Cuba that would appear in

Puerto Rican or United States newspapers and magazines:

They

requested that he participate in the anti-CASTRO movement in

Puerto Rico so thät he could later advise the Cuban Intelligence

Service (CUIS) of the activities of the coordinacion de Organi-

zaciones Revolucionarias Unidas (Coordination of United Revolu

tionary Organizacions) (CORU),/ FRANK CASTRO, REINOI, RODRIGUEZ, CS_

GUSTAVO ,CASTILLO, ENRIQUE NUNET,

ANTONIO VECIANA.

At this point (ZABALA addes

MANOLO LEDO, BEBO FRANCO} and

that to the cuis, (s?

CORU is the same as Accion Cubana (Cuban Action) (AC) and the

Frente De Liberacion Nacional De Cuba (Cuban National Liberation

Front (FLNC).

ZABALA stated that the CUIS was also interested CSJ

in information he could obtain concerning the progress of thel 5J

Congressional KENNEDY assassination committee as well as the

persons responsible for the daath of ALDO VERA, they mentioneds

that they were of the opinion that Coru did away with VERA due CS

to Internal arguing.

AccOrding toLZABALA, the CUIS showed an 57

interest in VERAjas they stated they knew he was in Buenos Aires, Cs

Irgentinal when a cuban Embassy worker was shot.

ZABALA stated

naton the date or his latest contact with the CUIs he advise

then that he has not been able to gather any pertinent informa

tion concerning the above-mentioned individuals inasmuch as he

has been totally occupied with his promotion work The CUIsCs]

requested that ZABAL determine any infornation possible lS]

regarding the locacion sLAASPAR E. JIMENEZ.

the CUIS had never asked anything about Puerto Rico other than

ZABALA Stated that (s]

their interest in the above-mentioned individuals.

81271986

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CLASSIFIED BY: SobY SLO/mIC

Class ited ly 2072

REASON: 1.5 (Ce)

Exempt from GOS, Category 2, -3, 1,

DECLASSIFY ON: X CISe

Date of Declassification. Indefinite

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AGE INTORMACION CONTARNED

FORREN IS UNCLASSIFIRD EXCUPS

Inter. lewed on.

4/11/77

in al.

SAS PAUL M.

FARRY B. BRANDON, III/PMR/3mf

San Juan, Puerto Rico Fin+ SJ (65-521 - 69](5)

_ Date dictaled.

4/12/77

Brander $

.. Thisalocumen: contains neiher recommendo ions nor conclusions of the FBi. I is the property of the FB! and is looned to your ogency:

* and its contents. are not lo be distributed

outside your agency.

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(FELIX ZABALA advised that the Cuban Government is

aware of who was responsible for the killing uf several

menbers of Che "pragmatistas) in Miami, Florida: The CUIs (5)

told him the names and at this moment, (ZABALA cannot recall S

who they were. He stated that the cuIs identified them as

members of the pragmatistas."

ZABALA added thal the CUIS (S]

has never stated or inferred that they had any intelligence

agents working in Florida.

In reviewing his activities in chile in 1971,CS.

LABALA stated that he was recruited for the planned killing ES.

Of CASTRO by VECIANA in Miami, in 1971.

was a United States Embassy employee in Bolivia. (ZABAIA (5]

stated that after they planned the attack, which was based on

information VECIANA said that he had received from a Chilean

that CASTRO was.coming to Chile in October of 1971, that he (s]

(ZABALA) flew to Venezuela and VECIANA went to Bolivia. CABALA (s]

stated that) JUAN DOMINGuEZ and MARCO RODRIGUEZ, two anti-CASTRO

Cuban exiles from Miami, also went to Venezuela (with hinto(s)

begin training in photography and television camera techniques

as the plot involved their posing as cameramen. ZABALA said (S]

that shortly after he arrived in Venezucla, hewent to chile

in February and rented an apartment for the use of DOMINGUEZ

and RODRIGUEZ. He was in Chile for two or three days. CABALA (S)

was unable to recall the location of that apartment.

ZABALA

added that shortly after this, VECIANA and' à Cuban exile named

NAPOLI, drove to Chile from Bolivia with the guns and grenades

to be used in the attempt.

The arms were hidden under the back

seat of a United States Embassy car VECIANA used to transport

the arms.

The arms were later hidden in a closet of the

apartment and NAPOLI and VECIANA returned to Bolivia. The two

cameramen went to Chile in July to await CASTRO's arrival.

They had in their possession forged Venezuelan and Dominican

ZARALA] got the passport (5)

from indigent Venezuelan and Dominican nationals in Venezuela

by telling them that he could help them enter the United States (S)

They gave him their passports asthe said he would need them. C'S

ABALÁ stated that he steamed the pictures off the passports (S

and replaced then with photographs of RODRIGUEZ and DOMINGUEZ.

He then]stamped them with bogus Government stamps which VECIANA (S)

had made previously. (ZABALA stated that]the Federal Bureau of CS]

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Investigation (FBI) had taken these stamps from VECIANA'S

nome in Miami In a subseqyent search. CZABALA stated that<s

the DOMINGuEs, who said to wid bean rematized by a cousia

the plot failed, as breviously explained, ZABALA statedlS.

in CASTRO's party, fled to Bolivia and RODRIGUEZ; who had

had an appendicitis attack went to Venezuela.

RODRIGUEZ,

who was a Federal fugitive at the time, later returned to

Miami where he was arrested on federal charges. ZABALA C SJ

added that the "General" confirmed that one of CASTRO's

former bodyguards was named DOMINGUEZ and had been in Chile

with Premier CASTRO in 1971. (ZABALA added thatone of the (S

persons he knew to be involved in the plot with VECIANA was

a Chilean senator named RENE PARADES, and had a slip of

paper which had his 1971 Santiago telephone number as

62111 (office),. and 259598 (home),

ZABALA stated that VECTANA later (tola him)that his (SJ

Central Intalligence Agenoy (Cia) contact in this matter was

code name "BISHOP," although ZABALA said henever actually / 5]

met this man.

VECIANA said recently that this was the same

"BISHOP" who was with him when they talked to LEE HARVEY OSWALD

in Dallas before President KENNEDY's death. CZABALA stated CS

that VECIANA was the only source of this information concerning

LEE HARVEY OSWAID contact in Dallas one month before that

assassination. (He stated that) VECIANA had put this information (s

VECIANA had told ZABALA) that VECIANA,

in a downtown Dallas office approximately one month before the

actual KENNEDY death.

(ZABALA stated that he believed tha VECIANA wanted (S}

the letter mentioned above routed to FIDEL CASTRO so as to

cause strife in ralations which were improving between the

United States and

the Cuban Government. (le stated that VECIANALS,

probably felt that a disclosure such as this concerning CIA

activities and the Chilean plot against CASTRO would cause the

Cuban Government to break off relations and cause adverse

publicity against the United States:

VECIANA originally wanted

to route that letter to FIDEL CASTRO via the Czechosiovakian

Embassy in Washington, D. C.

CABALA stated that he himself (S

suggested that he handle it through his sister in Cuba.

The

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letter yas subsequently sent by ZABALA to his sister for CS_

oucing to FIDEL, CASTRO and fôr this reason (LABALA's sister LS-

contacted ZABALA and requested that he come to Jamaica.(s

VECIANA waS in favor of ZABALA making such trips and

contacting the cuIs, and VECIANA paid ZABALA for the CS

expenses invoyed in his first trip.]CAt this point, ZABALACS

stated that he has advised VECIANA of all of the results of

his recent trips. and contacts with the CUIS.

ZABALA stateâ LS,

that VECIANA had placed in the above-mentioned letter the

names of MI. BISHOP, BLAIR, and KAIL, who VECIANA had reported

were members of the CIA and who were working in the United

tates, Embassy in Cuba prior to FIDEL CASTRO'S takeover.

LABALA

stated

that he has never been able to determine ifs.

VECIANA is himself a CIA Agent.

(ZABAZA was questioned as to the political

of ä current resident of Puerto RiCo, MAÑOLO RAY. (ZABALA CS

stated that he worked for the CASTRO

government as minister

of public works after CASTRO came to pover 'in Cuba and by

the time of the Bay of Pigs invasion, he was against FIDEL

Cuba,

and that around 1974 PAY had a construction business

'possibly dealing with architecture" in Jamaica. He stated (S]

that RAY had

the business for a two or three year period and

considered RAY to be a social Democrat, politically speaking.

He added that RAY still has his Cuban citizenship and is

currently in bad financial straights. (ZABALA stated) that the (5)

TABALA have his sister contact

visiting in

Puerto Rico and advised him that the Cuban Govern-

ment wanted

to help him get his business visa again in Jamaica.

They wanted, also, to meet him. (ZABALA reported that he told

nis sister, and shelsaw MANOLO RAY on Ganuary 15, 1977, in (5]

San Juan, Pue-lo Rico, for a period of three to four hours.

ZABALA'S

ruban Governmeni!:

MANOLO RAY her

Havana, Cuba.

address, number 1140 Nuevo Vedado, Calle 39,

ZARALA added that for a five minute period

prior to departure of his sister, MANOLO RAY discussed something 5

briefly with his sister. (5)

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was PrevIousLy furnished on April 8, 911 byhimself concernin

MARTIN was the truth. ZABALA stated that according to his L5-

sister, MAS MARTIN has a serious drinking problemand is no

à high afficial in the Cuban

Government.

ZABALA stated CSJ

that HAs MARTINis currently working with a Cattle project (S

around Matansas, Cuba.

He stated that MAS MARTIN was withS]

LABALAJaaded that MAS MARTIN was at one time the director of CS-

Radio Havana.

(ZABALA stated that Jin October, 1966, VECIANA and (S)

another individual, a resident of Miami, Florlda, and the edito

I Replica Magazine:there, MAX LESNIK, advised ZABALA)that 5

ALDREGUIA GALLEGO reportedly got $20,000.00 from the Cuban

Government during 1976, for some unknown reason. (BABALA / S7!

stated that GALLEGO had been working in Miami at a finance

company and that now he is the owneror a pet store.

stated that he had told the "Gener Tu on Covember 25) GoTEES

whatsoever.:

(ZABALA stated that) in his recent contacts wich the (S]

CUIS, he had given very little information concerning VECIANA

REINOL, RODRIGUEZ, GUSTAVO CASTILLO, aNd FRANK CASTROJ He <S]

stated that on the times that he was contacted by the CUIS they

showed him pictures and asked him about various people. At the

same time they taped all of the conversation and offered him

alcoholic beverages.

They had advised ZABALA)that they would CS

very much appreciate

if he could get VECIANA outside the

United States.

ZABALA believed that should this occur, the CS_

Cubans would attempt to seize him'by some manner.

ZABALA Stated that the Cuban Vice-Consul in Mexico LS -

on March 23, 1977,

told him that CARLOS and the "General'

wanted to see him indexico City on May 197 1977. ABALA (S

that he advises the Cubans that he

make a meet by calling

the Cuban Embassy in Mexico CIty

asking if the visa for Dr. MIRANDA PRADO: is ready. [5]

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GABALA stated that he currently has two post office(s

boxes.

He has an old box which is located in Old San Juan,

General Post Office Box 4073.

He stated that he acquired

new Post Office box at the Manillas Station, Santurce,

Puerto Rico

Number 402877 zip code 00904), and this is Post Office Box

• Both boxes are under his full name. He stated

that the Cubans know of his postal box in Santurce, Puerto Rico. CS-

The CUIs at one time wanted to know how they

ZABALA and he suggested a post Office box.(s puld contaos

ZABALA

savised that at this time he is on very good LS

with his Cuban contacts.

le stated that CARLOS and CS.

the "General.") had mentioned on several occasions that they CS)

would like him to go to Cuba for a vacation with them.

ZABALA was questioned about his involvement in an (S]

embezzlement matter in the early 1970's, which involved his

indictment and later imprisonment and probation

ZARAIA stated

that his group, which included VECIANA, himself; and four other CS

Cuban exiles/ who were residents of venezuela:

SECUNDINO ALVAREZ. (S

ANTONIO AROCHA, AGUSTIN BARES, and Engineer LUCILO PENAJ warted

to raise money for the Chilean operation which is mentioned

ZABALA advised that ifthe CUIS would want to contact LS.

him for

some reason they could possibly use his sister) to LS

contact him telephonically.

He stated that they could also

possibly contact him through his new Santurce, Puerto Rico, LS.

postal box. (ZABATA stated) at this point that he did not think (s

that they would use it.

ZABALA stated that over the period of the last several (5)

months he

nad received a total of approximatel

$1,900.00 from

the CUIS for his expenses.

of the Chinese jrcus GrOupJ (S]

this tus cougevenue received from is hand tong

(5]

to handle some

Circus Group.

He stated. he would return to Puerto Rico, probably

on Saturday, April 167 1977.05

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LABALA waS questioned as to his method of traveling<s

to Panama fearly in January, 1977.

ZABALA stated that he (S

raveled on Monday mornino

January 10, 1977, with Eastern

to(Panama. He stated that he spent one night in Panama and ‹

airlines light rumbers to miami, ond immediately went one s

immediately returned to Puerto Rico via Miami.

The interviewing Agents questioned ZABALAJas to CS]

polygraph exanination as to the truth of all of the facts

nentioned in this interview and those accounts mentioned 11

this the enoug adole

the latter hals of his interview ofApril 8, 1977, and he CS

responded positively without hesitation.

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AIRTEL

SECRET

TO:

DIRECTOR, FBI (105-132711)

FROM:

SAC, SAN JUAN (65-514))(5)

SUBJECT:

(FELIX ZABALA MAS (S)

IS-CUBA

00: SAN JUAN

Re San Juan teletype to Bureau, 4/8/77.

Enclosed for the Bureau are three copies of an

FD-302 reflecting results of interview with

the subject) on (S)

14/8/77.

San Juan, following

177. interview with the Cs

subject will furnish the Bureau

with an evaluation of the CS.

subject as a potential OA. It is recognized that the enclosed (5)

FD-302 poses some unresolved questions; however

anticipates obtaining clarification during the(/1iy77 inter-(S]

The Bureau will be expeditiously furnished the

results of the @/lIy?T interview. (SJ

8121145

REASON: 1.5

DECLASSIFY ON: X

SEQRLT

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iron GDS,

Category

2 & 3

Date of Declassification:

Indefinite

AST INDOPAAGTOL CONTAINEL

HEREIN IS UROLASSIITEO RYCEPA

FABLE SEOVE OCHERWISE.

Bureau (Enc. 3)

2) - San

Juan

HBB/Imf: pms

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Searched 5 = 514-6575)

Serialized

Indexed

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AIRTEL

SECRET

TO:

FROM:

SUBJECT:

DIRECTOR, FBI (105-132711)

SAC, SAN JUAN ((65-514)J (3)

FELIX ZABALA MAS S)

1S-CUBA

00: SAN JUAN

Re San Juan teletype to Bureau, 4/8/77.

Snclosed for the Bureau are three copies of_an

FD-302 reflecting results of interview with the subject on t s

4/8/77.

San Juan, following

subject will furnish the Bureau

subject

as a potential OA It is recognized that the enclosed S)

FD-302 poses some unresolved questions; however

carate altaint clarission duri prettier CST

The Bureau will be expeditiously furnished the

results of the /11/77 interview. (S

821195

REASON:

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DECLASSIFY ON: X_CI) (6)

JFK

SECRET

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Exempt from GDS, Category

2-& 3

Date-of-Declassification: Indefinite

Bureau (Ene. 3)

2/-

San Juan

-1IBB/Imf : pms

(4)

pros

ALT INTORNARIOS CONTAINED

ENZIN IS UNGIASSIFIED RECIPI

CHORE SOON OTHERITSA

Seärched 225-514-l08

Serialized_

Indexed

Filed.

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MIAMI: ((65-3346).

IMMEDIATE

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8/21/98

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(JAC

(FELIX ZABALA MASS IS-CUBA, 00= SO

PEFERENCE SAN JUAN TELETYPE TO BUREAU APRIL 6, 1977.

ON PRIL 82 1977, (SUBJEC AS INTEPUIEVED ÄT LENGTH AND (S)

FUPNISHED THE FOLLOWING::

(SIB JECT ADMITTED HIS ACTIVITIES WITH CLEAN GOVERNMENT AND CON-

TACIS WITH CASTRO INTELLIGENCÉ AGENTS IN (JAMAICA ON OCTOBER 280

Cs]

10T6, NOVEMBER DO ISTO, AND MOVERBER DO, LOTS, IN KINGSTON, LAMATCAS

ON JANUARY iD, 1977, IN PANAMA DAND ON MARCH 22, 1977, IN MEXICO (SJ

CITY FOLLOWING AN ABORTED ATTEMPT TO CONTACT INDEXICO CITY ON (S

MAPCH 19, 1977 SUBJECT. CONFIRMED INFORMATION PREVIOUSLY FUPNISHED

PEGAPDING HIS ACTIVITIES AND CONTACTS WITH THE INFOPMATION CLOSELY

Rush I

Searched

(To5 514-17(5)

Serialized_

Indexed_

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PAPALLELING THAI PEVIOUSLY KNOWN. (SUBJECT)HAS NEXI CONTACT (S]

SCHEDULED FORMAY 10, 1977, IN MEXICO CITY, NO NEW SIGNIFICANT (S

DETAILS REGARDING THESE CONTACIS FURNISHED. FULL RECORD OF INTER-

VIEW WILL BE EXPEDITIQUSLY FURNISHED TO FBINQ WHEN TRANSCRIBED.

SUBJECI ADVISED HE BECAME INVOLVED WITH CASTRO GOVERNMENT CS

ON,BEHALF OFJANTONIO VECIANA, ELS BUSINESS PARTNEP AND CLOSE FRIEND JOS)

VECIANA APPROACHED SUBJECT IN SEPTEMBER OF

1976 STATING THAT HE ](SO

HAD BEEN CALLED TO TESTIFY BEFORE UNITED STATES CONGRESSIONAL

COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY. DUR-

ING 1976, AND FOR AN UNEXPLAINED PEASON, NEEDED TO PUBLICLY (SJ

ESTABLISH HIMSELF AS A FORMEP CIA OPERÁTIVE. VECIANA CONFIDED SU

THAI HE, A CIA CONTACI WITH A CODE NAME OF "BISHOP," AND LEE

HAPVEY OSWALD -HAD A MEETING APPROXIMATELY ONE MONTH PRIOP TO THE

ASSASSINATION OF KENNEDY IN 1963. VECIANA DID NOT FUPNISH ANY

OTHER INFORMATIONO THE SUBJECT ' VECIANA GEQUESTED THAT THE (S3

SUBJECTJFUPNISH CUBÁN PREMIER FIDEL CASTRO, CHROUGH THE SUBJECT'S CS]

SISTER IN CUBA, DETAILS CONCERNING VECIANA'S PAPTICIPATION IN A

19.71. PLÓI IO ASSASSINATE CASTRO IN CHILE. THE PUPPOSE ÓF

FUPNISHING THIS INFOPMAIION WAS IN THE HOPE IHAT GASTRO WOULD

BPOADCASI THESE DETAILS ON RADIO HAVANA, WHICH IS CLOSELY

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- MONITORED BY MANY CUBANS IN MIAMI. VECIANA HOPED THAI PUBLIC

EXPOSURE OF HIS CIA ROLE WOULD ESTABLISH HIM AS A FORMER CIA

AGENT, FOR REASONS NOT EXPLAINED J (5)

(SUBJECT ADVISED THAT HE WAS PICKED AS VECIANA CRUSTED HIM

(5)

KNEW THAT HE COULD DELIVER THIS MESSAGE CHROUGH HIS SISTER, (SJ

AMALIA MAS. (SUBJECT FUPTHER STATED THAT HIS DELIVERY OF THE (SJ

MESSAGE WOULD DE CESSIELE AS HE MUEGIANO HAD ACTUALLY

PAPTICIPATED IN THIS PLOT TO KILL CASTRO, AMD THAT THEYJHAD (5)

INDICATION THAT CASTRO HAS SOME KNOWLEDGE OF THIS PLOT. (SUBJECT (53

WAS TO STATE THAT HE HAD FECENTLY HAD A FALLING OUT WITH

VECIANA OVER BUSINESS MATTERS AND WAS TAKING THIS ACTION AS

PEVENGE. SUBJECT WAS TO ADMIT HIS PARTICIPATION: IN THIS PLOT

AS A TUPTHER MEANS OF ESTABLISHING CREDIBILITY.

(SURJECT STATED THAT HE AND VECIANA HAD ACTUALLY BEEN A (53

PART OF THIS 1971 CIA BACKED PLOT IN CHILE: (SUBJECI SAID THAT HE JES]

WAS RECRUITED BY THE CIAN MIAMITO TARE PART IN THIS PLOT,

ALONG CS3

WITH JUAN DOMINQUEZ AND MARCO PODRIGUEZ, FELLOW CUBANSEXILES, NOT,

OTHERWISE IDENTIFIED. (SUBJECT VENT TO BOLIVIA IN 1971 AND HE, J CS]

VECIANA, AND THE CIA AGENT: "BISHOP" BEGAN PLANNING THE ASSASSINATION

OF CASTRO: THE ATTEMPT WAS IO TAKE PLACE DURING A PROJECTED

SECRETA

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VISIT OF CASTPO. TO CHILE.

AT THE IIME, VECIANA WAS WORKING

AS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE L. S• EMBASSY IN BOLIVIA, HAVING BEEN

'SO EMPLOYED SINCE 1967 DOMINQUEZ AND RODRIGUEZ, WENT TO

VENEZUELA: IN 1971 WHERE THEY BEGAN A SIX MONTH SCHOOL IN TELEVISION

CAMERA USE AS THEY WERE TO PASS AS CAMERAMEN WHEN THE

ASSASSINATION TOOK PLACE. THEY WEPE TO HAVE A WEAPON INSIDE A

FUNCIIONING I. V. CAMERA AND KILL CASTRO AT A NEWS CONFERENCE;

FLEEING IN THE ENSUING CONFUSTOM: (SUBJECT STATED THAT THE ACTUAL (5)

WEAPONS AND HAND. GRENADES TO BE USED, WERE SENT FROM THE UNITED

STATES TO THE EMBASSY IN BOLIVIA VIA DIPLOMATIC POUCH AND

SUBSEQUENTLY DRIVEN TO SANTIAGO, CHILE, IN. A U.S. EMBASSY

VEHICLE TO AVOID DETECTION. (SUBJÈCT STATED' THAJA CHILEAN ( SJ

ARMY GENERAL, WHOSE NAME HE COULD NOT RECALL, WAS ALSQ PAPT OF

THE

PLOT. THE PLOT FAILED WHEN DOMINQUEZ AND RODRIGUEZ FORGOT

THE WEAPON FOR THE CAMERA, PROBABLY: DUE IO NERVES, DURING THE

FIPST PPESS CONFEPENCE. A SUBSEQUENT. ATTEMPT PLANNED FOR THE

FOLLOWING DAY WAS ABOPTED AS ONE OF

THE MEN WAS STRIKEN WITH

APPENDICITIS AND THE SECOND MAN FLED CHILE AS HE STATED HE

HAD BEEN RECOGNIZED BY ONE OF CASTRO'S PARTY DURING THE FIPST'

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ATTEMPT. SUBJECT STATED MESHAS HAD NO CONTACT WITH THE CSJ

CIA SINCE THAT TIME:

(SUBJECT WAS ALSO ABLETO CONFIRM PAPTICIPATION OF ORLANDO (SJ

BOSCH AND FRANK CASTRO IN THE BOMBING OF THE CUBANA AIPLINER

IN SERIOUS SO IS NO MORATIES ARE MIT THIE ENRANCSI

SOUPCE STATED THAT)BOSCH, CASTRO, À CUBAN EXILE WORKING FOP THE ES

GOVEPNMENT OF VENEZUELA NAMED ORLANDO GARCIA, AND AN UNKNOWN

BRIGADE 2506, LEADEP MET IN THE DOMINICAN REPUGLIC AND PLANNED

THE BOMBING. BOSCH LATER FLEW TO VENEZUELA TO CONTROL THE

ATTEMPT AND MAS MET BY "MONO" MOPALES IN VENEZUELA. MORALES

HAD PREVIOUSLY TESTIFIED AGAINST BOSCH IN A MIAMI TRIAL, HOWEVER,

NOW SAID THAT, THEY SHOULD HOPK TOGETHER AS FELLOW CUBANS.

MORALES FURNISHED BOSCH WITH AN AUTOMATIC WEAPON AND OFFERED A: CAP

AND DRIVER AND AN APARTMENT. BOSCH STILL DID NOT IPUST MOPALES

AND. INSTEAD STAYED WITH ALFPEDO ACUIAR, ANOTHER CUBAN EXILE:

SUBJECT WAS TOLD THALTHE GOVERNMENT OF VENEZUELA BACKED THIS CS

PLOT,: WITH THE BOMB SCHEDULED TO GO OFF WHILE THE PLANE WAS ON

THE GROUND IN BAPBADOS. THE PLANE DEPARTED EARLY, WITH THE

PESULTED TRAGEDY, WHICH WAS SO ENORMOUS THAT COPU (THE GROUP

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HEADED BY BOSCH AND CASTRO WOULD, NOT TAKE CREDIT FOR THE ACT.

(SUBJECT WAS NOT ABLE TO FURNISH ANY NAMES OF CUBAN CONTACIS

CS]

IN THE UNITED STATES OR PUEPTO RICO, ALTHOUGH HE DID STATE THẠT_HE

WAS INSTRUCTED, DURING HIS JANUARY 10, 1977, MEET IN PANAMA, TO

TELL HIS SISTER, AMALIA, WHO WAS VISITING HIM IN PUERTO PICO AI. THE

TIME, TO CONTACI A CUBAN EXILE IN SAN JUAN NAMED MANOLO RAY. (GIB- CS]

JECT STATES HEDIAS NOT TOLD BY THE CUBANS OR MIS SISTERHE PEASON ES)

FOR THE CONTACT, BUT KNOWS

THAT SHEDID CONTACT PAY. PAY WAS DES- ES

CRIBED AS A LOCAL ARCHITECTURAL ENGINÉER AND APPEÁRED TO BE IDENTI-

CÁL TO "MANUEL PAY, AKA IS-CUBA"'; (BUFILE 97-4546) .

(SUBJECT STATED THAT HE MIMSELF IS A FIRM ANTI-COMMUNIST, AND (SJ

HAS ONLY BECAME INVOLVED WITH THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT IN ORDER TO CSJ

ASSIST HIS CLOSE FPIEND, VECIANA HOWEVER, HE IS WILLING TO

COOPERATE WITH THE FBI IN ANY MANNER DESIPED, INCLUDING CONTINUED

CONTACTS WITH CUBAN INTELLIGENCE.

SUBJECT APPEARED TO BE SINCERE

IN HIS BELIEFS WHEN, AFTER MANY HOURS OF DENYING HIS INVOLVEMENT

HE FINALLY BROKE AND ADMITTED HIS ENTANGLEMENT. SUBJECT SANDHE HAD CS

BEEN IN CONSTANT FEAR OF HIS LIFE AND EXPRESSED RELIEF AT FINALLY CSJ

BEING ABLE TO TELL HIS STORY AND EXPRESSED A DESIPE TO WORK WITH'

THE FBI. SUBJECT. STATED THAI HE WAS, EMOTIONALLY AND PHYSICALLY

SECREN

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EXHAUSTED FOLLOWING INTERVIEW AND, WHILE READILY, AGREEING IO FURTHEP

INTERVIES, REQUESTED THAT HE BE ALLOWED TO SPEND THE EASTER WEEK-

END UNINTEPRUPTED WITH HIS FAMILY. IN THE INTERESI OF MAINTAINING A

GOOD PELATIONSHIP WITH GUBJECT, PEQUEST WAS GPANTED AND SUBJECT WILL (SJ

BE REINTERVIENED DURING EVENING OF APRIL 11] 1977, AT A "SAFE

(5)

HOUSE" WHICH WILL BE OBTAINED FOR THIS PUPPOSE. AT THIS TIME SJO

WILL GO OVERSUBJECT'S LENGTHY STOPY AND OBIÄIN FUPTHER CLARIFI- (S

CATION AND VERIFICATION OF HIS STATEMENT. IN OFDER IO LESTEUS- CSJ

JECT SUERACITY, SUO PROPOSES QUERYING(SUBJECTJAS TO HIS WILLING -CS

NESS IQ TAKE A POLYGRAPH EXAMINATION. IT IS NOT BELIEVED THAI THIS

WILL HAVE A NEGATIVE EFFECI ON(THE SUBJECT, IF ME HAS BEEN TRUSTFUL, CSJ

AS HE SIATED HE HAS BEEN-PREVIOUSLY POLYGRAPHED BY THE CIA:

SAN JUAN WILL (SUBMIT A REQUEST. TO DESIGNATE SIBJECI AS AN OA, ('S J

AND WILL FORWARD COMPLETE TEXT OF INTERVIEY VIA ARFCOS COUPIEP:

THIS TELETYPE IS CLASSIFIED TOP SECRET AS DISCLOSURE OF IHE

INFORMATION HEPEIN COULD REASONABLY BE EXPECTED TO RESULT. IN

EXCEPTIONALLY GRAVE DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY.

GLASSIFIEDIBY DOTE, YODS GO SAND 4, INDEFINITE.

B.T

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STM SAN JUAN (65-5143) (P)

TO DIRECTOR ( 185-132711) IMMEDIATE

MEAM: 65-5340) MEDIATE

AI& INPORVATTON CONTAINEL

HERETE IS UNCLASSYPITO BICEPS

THARE SHOWN OTHERMISE.

REASON:

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DECLASSIFY-ON X OX6)1

SECRET

(S)

JPK

FELIX ZABALA MAS, IS-CUBA. 00? SJo

REFERENCE SAN JUAN TELETYPE TO BUREAU APRIL 6, 19770

ON APPIL 82 1977, (SUBJECT WAS INTERVIEVED AT LENGIN AND (SJ

FURNISHED THE FOLLOWING:

(SUBJECT ADMITTED HIS ACTIVITIES WITH CUBAN GOVERNMENT AND CON- (SJ

TACTS WITH CASTRO INTELLIGENCE AGÉNTS IN JAMAICA ON OCTOBER 28.

1976, NOVEMBER 8, 1976, AND NOVEMBER 29, 1976, IN KINGSTON, JAMAICA, LS J

ONJANUARY 1O, 1977, IN PANAMA, AND ON MARCH 22, 1977, IN MEXICOISO

CITY HOLLOWING AN ABOPTED ATTEMPT TO CONTACT IN@EXICO CITY ON (SJ

MARCH 19, 19770 SUBJECT CONFIRMED INFORMATION PREVIOUSLY FURNISHED

REGAFDING HIS ACTIVITICS AND CONTACTS WITH IHE INFORMATION CLOSELY

Sorho 65-514-ie7J(5)

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SCHEDULED FORMAY 197 1977, INCHEXICO CITY NO NEW SIGNIFICANT (SJ

DETAILS REGARDING THESE CONTACTS FURNISHED. FULL RECORD OF INTER-

VIEW WILL BE EXPEDITIOUSLY FURNISHED TO FBIHQ WHEN TRANSCRIBED.

SUBJECT ADVISED HE BECAME INVOLVED WITH CASTRO GOVERNMENT CS.

ON BEHALF OJANTONIO VECIANA, CUTS BUSINESS PARTNER AND CLOSE FRIEND. CS)

VECIANA APPPOACHED SUBJECT IN SEPTEMBER OF 1976, STATING THAT ME:

HAD BEEN CÁLLED TO TESTIFY BEFORE UNITED: STATES CONGRESSIONAL

COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY DUR-

ENG 1976, AND CEOR AN UNEXPLAINED REASON NEEDED TO PUBLICLY ES3

ESTABLISH HIMSELF AS À FORMER CIA OPERATIVE. VECIANA (CONFIDED (S]

THAT HE, A CIA CONTACT WITH A CODE NAME OF "BISHOP," AND LEE

HARVEY OSWALD HAD A MEETING APPROXIMATELY ONE MONTH PRIOR TO THE

ASSASSINATION OF KENNEDY IN 1963. VECIANA DID NOT FURNISH ANY.

OTHER INFORMATION TO THE SUBJECT VECIANA QUESTED THAT THE CSJ

SUBJECT FURNISH CUBAN PPEMIER FIDEL CASTRO, EHROUGH SHE SUBJECT•S C53

SISTEP IN CUBÀ DETAILS CONCERNING VECIANA*S PARTICIPATION IN A

1971 PLOT TO ASSASSINATE CASTRO IN CHILE. THE PURPOSE OF:

FURNISHING THIS INFORMATION WAS IN THE HOPE THAT CASTRO WOULD

BROADCAST THESE DETAILS ON RADIO HAVANA, WHICH IS CLOSELY

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EXPOSUPE OF HIS CIA POLE WOULD ESTABLISH HIM AS A FORMER CIA

AGENT. TOR REASONS NOT EXPLAINED (S

(SUBJECT ADVISED THAT HE WAS PICKED AS VECIANA (TRUSTED HIM (SJ

AND INEN THAT HE COULD DELIVER THIS MESSAGE CHROUGH HIS SISTER, (S

AMALTA MAS. SUBJECT FURTHER STATED THAT NIS DELIVERY OF THE (53

MESSAGE MOULD BE CREDIBLE AS HE ANDJVECIANA HAD ACTUALL

PARTICIPATED IN THIS PLOT TO KILL CASTRO, AND THAT THETJHAD (SJ

INDICATION THAT

CASTRO HAS SOME KNOWLEDGE OF THIS PLOT. (SUBJECT CS

WAS TO STATE THAT HE HAD PECENTLY HAD A FALLING OUT WITH

VECIANA OVER BUSINESS. MATTERS AND WAS TAKING THIS ACTION AS

REVENGE • SUBJECT WAS TO ADMIT HIS PARTICIPATION IN THIS PLÓT

AS A FUPTHER MEANS OF ESTABLISHING CREDIBILITY

SUBJECI STATED THAT ME ANDTVECIANA HAD ACTUALLY BEEN A (SO

PART OF THIS 1971 CTA BACKED PLOT IN CHILE. (SUBJECT SAID THAT HEJ (S3

WAS PECRUITED BY THE CIAN MIAMITO TARE PART IN THIS PLOT, ALONG SJ

WITH JUAN DOMINQUEZ AND MAPCO RODRIGUEZ, FELLOW CUBANSEXILES, NOT'

OTHEPWISE IDENTIFIED. SUBJECT WENT TO BOLIVIA IN 1971 AND NE,J. CSJ

VECIANA, AND THE CIA AGENT "BISHOP" BEGAN PLANNING THE ASSASSINATION

OF CASTRO. THE ATTEMPI WAS TO TAKE PLACE DURING A PPOJECTED

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VISIT OF CASTRO TO CHILE. AT THE INME, VECIANA WAS WORKING

AS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE U. S. EMBASSY IN BOLIVIA, MAVING BEEN

SO EMPLOYED SINCE 19670 DOMINQUEZ AND RODRIGUEZ WENT TO

¡VENEZUELA IN 1971 WHERE THEY BEGAN A SIX MONIH SCHOOL IN TELEVISION

CAMERA USE AS THEY WERE TO PASS AS CAMERAMEN WHEN THE

ASSASSINATION TOOK PLACE THEY WERE TO HAVE A WEAPON INSIDE A:

FUNCIIONING IO VO CAMERA AND KILL CASTRO AT A NEWS CONFERENCE,

FLEEING IN THE ENSUING CONFUSION. (SUBJECT STATED THATTHE ACTUALES

WEAPON, AND HAND GRENADES TO BE USED, VERE SENT FROM THE UNITED

STATES TO THE EMBASSY IN BOLIVIA VIA DIPLOMATIC POUCH AND

SUBSEQUENTLY DRIVEN TO SANTIAGO, CHILE, IN A U, So EMBASSY

VEHICLE TO AVOID DETECTION. (SUBJECT STATED THATA CHILEAN S3

ARMY GENERAL; WHOSE- NAME HE COULD NOT RECALL, WAS ALSO PART OF

THE PLOT. THE PLOT FAILED WHEN DOMINQUEZ AND RODRIGUEZ- FORGOT

THE WEAPON FOR THE CAMERA, PROBABLY DUE TO NEPES, DURING THE

FIRSI PRESS CONFERENCE. A SUBSEQUENT ATTEMPT PLANNED FOR THE

FOLLOWING DAY WAS ABORTED AS ONE OF THE MEN WAS STRIKEN WITH

APPENDICITIS AND THE SECOND MAN FLED CHILE AS HE STATED HE

HAD BEEN RECOGNIZED BY ONE OF CASTRO'S PARTY DURING THE FIRST

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CIA SINCE THAT TIME.

(SUBJECT NAS ALSO ABLE TO CONFIRM PARTICIPATION OF ORLANDO (S J

BOSCH AND FRANK CASTRO IN THE BOMBING OF THE CUBANA AIRLINER

IN BARBADOS IN 1976 AS VECIANA FURNISHED, HIM WITH THIS

INFORMATION. (SJ

(SOUPCE STATED THATBOSCH, CASTRO, A CUBAN EXILE HOPKING FOR THE (SJ

GOVERNMENT OF VENCZUELA NAMED ORLANDO GARCIA; AND AN UNKNOWN

BRIGADE 2506 LEADER MET IN THE DOMINICAN REPUSLIC AND PLANNED

THE BOMBING. BOSCH• LATER FLEW IO VENEZUELA TO CONTROL THE

ATTEMPT AND WAS MET BY "MONO" MORALES IN VENEZUELA. MOPALES/

HAD PREVIOUSLY TESTIFIED AGAINST BOSCH IN A MIAMI TRIAL, HOWEVEP,

NOW SAID THAT THEY SHOULD WORK TOGETHER AS FELLOW CUBANS.

MORALES FURNISHED BOSCH WITH AN AUTOMATIC WEAPON AND OFFERED A CAR

AND DRIVER AND AN APARTMENT BOSCH STILL DID NOT TRUST MORALES

AND INSTEAD STAYED WITH ALFPEDÓ AQUIAR, ANOTHEP CUBAN EXILE.

(SUBJECT WAS TOLD THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF VENEZUELA BACKED THIS (S

PLOT, WITH THE BOMB SCHEDULED TO GO OFF WHILE THE PLANE WAS ON

THE GROUND IN BARBADOS.

THE PLANE DEPARTED EARLY, WITH THE

RESULTED TRAGEDY, WHICH WAS SO ENORMOUS THAT CORU THE GROUP

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HEADED BY BOSCH AND CASTRO) WOULD NOT TAKE CREDIT FOR THE ACI.

(SIE JECT HAS NOT ABLE TO FURNISM ANY MANES OF CUBAN CONTACTS 5J

IN THE UNITED STATES OR PUERTO RICO, ALTHOUGH HE DID STATE THAT HE

WAS INSTRUCTED, DURING' HIS JANUARY 10, 1977, MEET IN PANAMA, TO

TELL HIS SISTER, AMALIA, WHO WAS VISITING HIM IN PUERTO RICO AT THE

TIME, TO CONTACT A CUBAN EXILE IN SAN JUAN NAMED MANOLO RAY. (SIB- CS]

NECT STATES HE WAS NOT TOLD EY THE CUBANS OR HIS SISTER) THE REASON (S

FOR THE CONTACT, BUT KNOWS THAT SHEJOID CONTACT PAY. PAY WAS DES- (S]

•CRIBED: AS A LOCAL ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEER AND APPEARED TO BE IDENTI-

CAL TO MANUEL RAY, AKA IS-CUBA" BUFILE 97-454610

SUBJECT STATED THALJHE HIMSELF IS A FIRM ANTI-COMMUNIST, AND 6 S3

HAS ONLY BECAME INVOLVED WITH THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT EN ORDER TO (S

ASSIST HIS CLOSE FRIEND, VECIANA HOWEVER, HE IS WILLING TO

COOPEFATE WITH THE FBI IN ANY MANNER DESIRED, INCLUDING CÓNTINUED

CONTACTS WITH CUBAN INTELLIGENCE®

SUBJECT APPEAPED TO BE SINcERE

IN HIS BELIEFS WHEN, AFTER MANY HOURS OF DENYING HIS INVOLVEMENT

ME FINALLY MORE NO ADMITED HIS LNTANGLEMENT (GUACI SARDINE HAD CS)

BEEN IN CONSTANT FEAR OF MIS LIFE AND EXPRESSED RELIEF AT FINALLY

BEING ABLE TO TELL HIS STORY AND EXPRESSED A DESIDE TO WORK WITH (SJ

THE FBI, SUBJECT STATED THAT HE WAS EMOTIONALLY AND PHYSICALLY

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EXHAUSTED FOLLOWING INTERVIEW AND, WHILE READILY AGREEING TO FURTHER

INTERVIEWS, PEQUESTED THAT HE BE ALLOWED TO SPEND THE EASTER WEEK-

END UNINTERRUPTED WITH HIS FAMILY• IN THE INTEREST OF MAINTAINING A

GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITHSUBJECT, REQUEST WAS GRANTED AND SUBJECT WILL CS)

BE REINTERVIEVED DURING EVENING OFCAPRIL VE, 1977, AT A "SATE CS)

HOUSE" WHICK WILL BE OBTAINED FOR IHIS PURPOSE. AT THIS TIME SJO

WILL GO OVER(SUBJECT SILENGTHY STOPY AND OBTAIN FURTHER CLARIFI- (SO

CATION AND VERIFICATION OF HIS STATEMENT. IN ORDER TO TESTSIB-<$J

JECT•S VERACITY, SUO PROPOSES QUERYING SLEJECTJAS TO MIS WILLING- LS)

NESS TO TAKÉ A POLYGRAPH EXAMINATION. IT IS NOT BELIEVED THAT THIS

WILL HAVE A NEGATIVE EFFECT ON THE SUBJECT IF HE HAS BEEN TRUSTFUL, ESJ

AS HE STATED HE HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY POLYGRAPHED BY THE CIA •

SAN JUAN WILL (SUBMIT A REQUEST TO DESIGNATE SUBJECT AS AN OA, (5]

AND WILL FORMARD COMPLETE TEXT OF INTERVIEW VIA ARFCOS COUPIER.

THIS TELETYPE IS CLASSIFIED TOP SECRET AS DISGLOSURE OF THE

INFORMATION HEREIN COULD REASONABLY BE EXPECTED TO RESULT IN.

EXCEPTIONALLY GRAVE DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY®

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(FELIX ZABALA NASS ?S-CUBA. 00: SJ.

(JEK)

REFERENCE SAN JUAN TELETYPE TO BUREAU APRIL 6, 1977.

ON APRIL 8J 1977, (SUBJECT) WAS INTERVIEWED AT LENGTH AND (S)

FURNISHED THE

FOLLOWING:

(5) (SUBJECT)ADMITTED HIS ACTIVITIES WITH CÜBAN GOVERNMENT AND CON-

TACTS WITH CASTRO INTELLIGENCE AGENTS IN(JAMAICA ON OCTOBER 28 (S)

1976, NOVEMBER 8, 1976, AND NOVEMBER 29, 1976, IN KINGSTON, JAMAICA,

ON FANUARY 10, 1977, IN PANAMA, AND ON MARCH 22, 1977, IN MEXICO (5]

CITY FOLLOWING AN ABORTED ATTEMPT TO CONTACT IN MEXICO CITY ON (5)

MARCH 19, 1977. SUBJECT CONFIRMED INFORMATION PREVIOUSLY FURNISHED

REGARDING HIS ACTIVITIES AND CONTACTS

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PARALLELING THAT PREVIOUSLY

KNOWN. (SUBJECT HAS NEXT CONTACT (SJ

SCHEDULED FOR MAY 19, 1977, IN MEXICO CITY NO NEW SIGNIFICANT (SI

DETAILS REGARDING THESE CONTACTS FURNISHED. FULL RECORD OF INTER-

VIEW

WILL' BE EXPEDITIOUSLY FURNISHED TO FBIHQ WHEN TRANSCRIBED.

SUBJECT ADVISED HE BECAME INVOLVED WITH CASTRO GOVERNMENT C'S

ON BEHALF OFJANTONIO VECIANA, (EIS BUSINESS PARTNER AND CLOSE FRIEND, (S)

VECIANA APPROACHED SUBJECT IN SEPTEMBER OF 1976, STATING THAT HE

(5]

HAD BEEN CALLED TO TESTIFY BEFORE UNITED STATES CONGRESSIONAL

COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY DUR-

ING 1976, AND FOR AN UNEXPLAINED REASON, NEEDED TO PUBLICLY (S)

ESTABLISH HIMSELF AS A FORMER CIA OPERATIVE. VECIANA (CONFIDED)(S J

THAT HE, A CIA CONTACT WITH A CODE NAME OF "BISHOP, " AND LEE

HARVEY OSWALD HAD A MEETING APPROXIMATELY ONE MONTH PRIOR TO THE

ASSASSINATION OF KENNEDY IN 196%. VECIANA DID NOT FURNISH ANX

OTHER INFORMATION (IO THE SUBJECT. VECIANA REQUESTED THAT THE (5]

SUBJECT FURNISH CUBAN PREMIER FIDEL CASTRO, THROUGH THE SUBJECT'S (5]

SISTER IN CUBA, DETAIIS CONCERVING VECIANA'S PARTICIPATION IN A

1971 PLOT TO ASSASSINATE CASTRO IN CHILE. THE PURPOSE OF

FURNISHING THIS INFORMATION WAS IN THE HOPE THAT CASTRO WOULD

BROADCAST THESE DETAILS ON RADIO HAVANA, WHICH IS CLOSELY

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MONITORED BY MANY CUBANS IN

MIAMI. VECIANA HOPED THAT PUBLIC

EXPOSURE OF HIS CIA ROLE WOULD ESTABLISH HIM AS A FORMER CIA

AGENT, (EOR REASONS NOT EXPLAINED. (5)

(SUBJECT ADVISED THAT HE WAS PICKED AS VECIANA TRUSTED HIM (5)

AND KNEW THAT HE COULD DELIVER THIS MESSAGE THROUGH HIS SISTER, (S]

AMALIA MAS SUBJECI FURTHER STATED THAT HIS DELIVERY OF THE (S)

MESSAGE WOULD BE CREDIBLE AS HE AND)VECIANA HAD ACTUALLY

PARTICIPATED IN THIS PIOI IO KILI CASTRO, AND THAT THEY)HAD (5)

INDICATION THAI CASIRO HAS SOME KNOWIEDGE OF THIS PLOI, (SUBJECI

WAS TO STATE THAT HE HAD RECENTLY HAD A FALLING OUT WITH

VECIANA OVER BUSINESS MATTERS AND WAS TAKING THIS ACTION AS

REVENGE. SUBJECT WAS TO ADMIT HIS PARTICIPATION IN THIS PLOT

AS A FURTHER MEANS OF ESTABLISHING CREDIBILITY](S)

(SUBJECI STATED THAT HE ANDJVECIANA HAD ACTUALLY BEEN A (5)

PART OF THIS 1971 CIA BACKED PLOI IN CHILE. (SUBJECT SAID THAI ELICS)

WAS RECRUITED BY THE CIA (EN MIAMI IO TAKE PART. IN THIS PLOT, ALONG (S]

WITH JUAN DOMINQUEZ AND MARCO RODRIGUEZ, FELLOW CUBANSEXILES, NOT

OTHERWISE IDENTIFIED. (SUBJECT WENT IO BOLIVIA IN 1970 AND HE,J(5)

VECIANA, AND THE CIA AGENT "BISHOP" BEGAN PLANNING THE ASSASSINATION

OF CASTRO. THE ATTEMPT WAS TO TAKE PLACE DURING A PROJECTED

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VISIT OF CASTRO TO CHILE.

AT THE TIME, VECIANA WAS WORKING

AS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE U. S. EMBASSY IN BOLIVIA, HAVING BEEN

SO EMPLOYED SINCE 1967. DOMINQUEZ AND RODRIGUEZ WENT TO

VENEZUELA IN 1978 WHERE THEY BEGAN A SIX MONTH SCHOOL IN TELEVISION L

CAMERA USE AS THEY WERE TO PASS AS CAMERAMEN WHEN THE

ASSASSINATION TOOK PLACE. THEY WERE TO HAVE A WEAPON INSIDE A

FUNCTIONINGT. V. CAMERA AND KILI CASTRO AT A NEWS CONFERENCE,

FUBEING IN THE ENSUING CONFUSION. (SUBJECT STATED THAT THE ACTUAL (53

WEAPON, AND HAND GRENADES TO BE USED, WERE SENT FROM THE UNITED

STATES TO THE EMBASSY IN BOLIVIA VIA DIPLOMATIC POUCH AND

SUBSEQUENTLY DRIVEN TO SANTIAGO, CHILE, IN A U. S. EMBASSY

VEHICLE TO AVOID DETECTION. SUBJECT STATED THATJA CHILEAN (S)

ARMY GENERAL, WHOSE NAME HE COULD NOT RECALL, WAS ALSO PART OF

THE PLOT. THE PLOT FAILED WHEN DOMINQUEZ AND RODRIGUEZ FORGOT

THE WEAPON FOR THE CAMERA, PROBABLY DUE TO NERVES, DURING THE

FIRST PRESS CONFERENCE. A SUBSEQUENT ATTEMPT PLANNED FOR THE

FOLLOWING DAY WAS ABORTED AS ONE OF THE MEN WAS STRIKEN WITH

APPENDICITIS AND THE SECOND MAN FLED CHILE AS HE STATED HE

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HEJHAS HAD NO CONTACT WITH THE (SJ

CIA SINCE THAT TIME.

(SUBJECT WAS ALSO ABLE TO CONFIRM PARTICIPATION OF ORLANDO (SJ

BOSCH AND FRANK CASTRO IN THE BOMBING OF THE CUBANA AIRLINER

IN BARBADOS IN 1976 AS VECIANA FURNISHED HIM WITH THIS INFORMATION. (5)

SOURCE STATED THAT BOSCH, CASTRO, A CUBAN EXILE WORKING FOR THE

GOVERNMENT OF VENEZUELA NAMED ORLANDO GARCIA, AND AN UNKNOWN

BRIGADE 2506 LEADER MET IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND PLANNED

THE BOMBING. BOSCH LATER FLEW TO VENEZUELA TO CONTROL THE

ATTEMPT AND WAS MET BY "MONO" MORALES IN VENEZUELA. MORALES

HAD PREVIOUSLY TESTIFIED AGAINST BOSCH IN A MIAMI TRIAL, HOWEVER,

NOW SAID THAT THEY SHOULD WORK TOGETHER AS FELLOW CUBANS.

MORALES FURNISHED BOSCH WITH AN AUTOMATIC WEAPON AND OFFERED A CAR

AND DRIVER AND AN APARTMENT. BOSCH STILL DID NOT TRUST MORALES

AND INSTEAD STAYED WITH ALFREDO AQUIAR, ANOTHER CUBAN EXILE.

SUBJECT WAS TOLD THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF VENEZUELA BACKED THIS (S]

PLOT, WITH THE BOMB SCHEDULED TO GO OFF WHILE THE PLANE WAS ON

THE GROUND IN BARBADOS. THE PLANE DEPARTED EARLY, WITH THE

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HEADED BY BOSCH AND CASTRO) WOULD NOT TAKE CREDIT FOR THE ACT.

(SUBJECT WAS NOT ABLE TO FURNISH ANY NAMES OF CUBAN CONTACTS (

IN THE UNITED STATES OR PUERTO RICO, ALTHOUGH HE DID STATE THAT HE

WAS INSTRUCTED, DURING HIS JANUARY 10, 1977, MEET IN PANAMA, TO

TELL HIS SISTER, AMALIA, WHO WAS VISITING HIM IN PUERTO RICO AT THE

TIME, TO CONTACT A CUBAN EXILE IN SAN JUAN NAMED MANOLO RAY. (SUB- (5]

JECT STATES HE)YAS NOT TOLD BY THE CUBANS OR HIS SISTER THE REASON(ST

FOR THE CONTACI, BUT KNOWS (THAT SHE)DID CONTACT RAY. RAY WAS DES EST

CRIBED AS A LOCAL ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEER AND APPEARED TO BE IDENTI-

CAL TO 'MANUEL RAY, AKA IS-CUBA"' (BUFILE 97-4546).

(SUBJECT STATED THAT HE HIMSELE IS A FIRM ANTI-COMMUNIST, AND(S)

HAS ONLY BECAME INVOLVED WITH THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT IN ORDER TO (S)

ASSIST HIS CLOSE FRIEND, VECIANA HOWEVER, HE IS WILLING TO

COOPERATE WITH THE FBI IN ANY MANNER DESIRED, INCLUDING CONTINUED

CONTACTS WITH CUBAN INTELLIGENCE. SUBJECI APPEARED TO BE SINCERE

IN HIS BELIEFS WHEN, AFTER MANY HOURS OF DENYING HIS INVOLVEMENT

HE FINALLY BROKE AND ADMITTED HIS ENTANGLEMENT. (SUBJECT SAID HE HAD (5)

BEEN IN CONSTANT FEAR OF HIS LIFE

XAND EXPRESSED RELIEF AT FINALLY

BEING ABLE TO TELL HIS STORY AND EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO WORK WITH ST

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EXHAUSTED FOLLOWING INTERVIEW AND, WHILE READILY AGREEING TO FURTHER

INTERVIEWS, REQUESTED THAT HE BE ALLOWED TO SPEND THE EASTER WEEK-

END UNINTERRUPTED WITH HIS FAMILY. IN THE INTEREST OF MAINTAINING A

GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH(SUBJECT, REQUEST WAS GRANTED AND (SUBJECT)WILL (S)

BE REINTERVIEWED DURING EVENING OF(APRIL 11, 1977, AT A "SAFE (5J

HOUSE" WHICH WILL BE OBTAINED FOR THIS PURPOSE. AT THIS TIME SJO

WILL GO OVER SUBJECT'S) LENGTHY STORY AND OBTAIN FURTHER CLARIFI-(5)

CATION AND VERIFICATION OF HIS STATEMENT. IN ORDER TO TEST (SUB- (5)

JECT'S VERACITY, SJO PROPOSES QUERYING SUBJECT AS IO HIS WILLING-

NESS TO TAKE A POLYGRAPH EXAMINATION. IT IS NOT BELIEVED THAT THIS

WILL HAVE A NEGATIVE EFFECI ON THE SUBJECT, IF HE HAS BEEN TRUSTFUL, (5)

AS HE STATED HE HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY POLYGRAPHED BY THE CIA.

SAN JUAN WILI (SUBMIT A REQUEST IO DESIGNATE SUBJECT AS AN OA, (5)

AND WILL FORWARD COMPLETE TEXT OF INTERVIEW VIA ARFCOS COURIER.

THIS TELETYPE IS CLASSIFIED TOP SECRET AS DISCLOSURE OF THE

INFORMATION HEREIN COULD REASONABLY BE EXPECTED TO RESULT IN

EXCEPTIONALLY GRAVE DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY.

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On/ April 8L 1977, FELIX ZABALA MAS;

) also known as CS

TutoJa resident at 350 Lerida, Urbanization Valencia CS)

R1O Pledias, Puerto Rico, was advised of the identity'of the

interviewiny, Agents, and he furnished the following informa-

fIom 1961

to 1960.

advised that he was a memper of Alpha 66 (S]

is currently a member of Circulo Cubana, C SJ

a large Cuban exile social group in Puerto Rico, and beyond

this belongs to no other policical or social group in Puerto

Rico. He stated that he is not a nember of Frente Liberacion CS_

vacional de cuba (Cuban National Liberation Front) or the

oordination of United Revolutionary Organizations (CORU).

stated that on April 3, 1977, he attended a meeting which

concerned

itself with human rights and was presided over by

one. FRANKLIN DELANO LOPEZ who was interested in sending five

Cuban exile individuals to Washington, D. C., and present a

case: to the United States Department of State to tell President

CARTER how to deal with the Cubans. He stated that their main

concern here was the political prisoners and the system. of

Communism under. CASTRO.

no other similar activities.

ZABALA stated that he parcicipated inC

He stated that he does

close relationship with a very political individual, ENRIQUE (SJ

NUNEZ, who is the editor of Replica Magazine in San Juan,

Puerto Rico.

AMALIA ANGELINA (SJ

ZABALA MAS and his mother, ANGELINA MAS, Came to Puerto RiCo

rom Cuba on December 23

WAstateh her moral marine puerto Rigels

in June, 1977, and thatsheis currently attempting

three months longer in Puerto Rico and is awaiting

word from Cuban authorities through her daughter who has since ls_

returned to Cuba to secure a Cuban government OR to remain in

Puerto Rico.

Upon receipt of that OK from the Cuban government,

subject's mother will then apply to the United States 5

Immigration and Naturalization Service (USINS)/ for a three

sieter

extention a Chorvisa to visit Puerto Rico LIABALA'S CS,

MALIA, WaS in Puerto Rico Iron December

• 19763C5

until

January 17, 1977,

it which time she returned to Cuba.(s

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4/8/77

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SAS HARRY

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BRANDON and

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PAUL, M.

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Hato Rey, Puerto Rico

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FELIX ZABALA stated that (AMALIA is married to JULIO CESAR (5J

MAS MARTIN who is a medical doctor who has a very 9005.

ZABATA)stated that (AMALIA's husband is not a political-type (S

person and he is not considered te be a Communist.

stated that JULIO CESAR MAS MARTIN is happy living under CS_

vicinity of Matanzas, Cuba.

Communist and an anti-Batistite. (ZABALA Jadded that hisCS

Cuba. (ZABALA reported that he went to Jamaica land met his cS.

sister and his mother on December 21, 1976, and assisted in

their travel to puerto Rico by helping them to a hotel in

Kingston, JamaicaDand then to the United States Embassy there CS -

to secure a visa to visit Puerto Rico.

1955 he had only talked toChis sisteDon the telephone (S

approximately every six months.

ZABALA stated that he rarely writes to any friends (S

or family

members in Cuba.

DOMINGO ZABATA, also known as Nino, is currently an athletic (Su

live in Cuba.

also known as (PIPE,

" DOMINGO, and hinself spent various periods(s

of time in Cuban jails.

Tay of 1961, Downie, MooSes 5)

was in jail for 18 months fron (S

ZABALA stated that he himself wasks

In jail only forseven days) which began in May, 1961.

ZABALA) (5J

added that the reason that

the above individuals received jail

terms had to do with their affiliation with a group which

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(FELIX ZABALA MAS stated that he doesn't know any(S

individuals who are in FINC or CORU.

He stated, that (REINÖL(S

RODRIGUEZ is a good friend of his and they have been

associated since ZABALA's affiliation with Alpha 660 HelS

stated that he did not think that REINOL RoDRIGuez is stilits

a member of the latter organization.

He stated that he has

that that group placed over 100 bombs in and around Havana,

Cuba, protesting the CASTRO government.

resides at Number 311 Northwest 30 Ct., Miami, Florida, 33125

ZABALA stated tha VECIANA left Alpha 66 in 1966 and that he CS~

Is definitely anti-castro and would personally like to kill

CASTRO..

He did not krow VICIANA to be affiliated with any

political groups at this time. (LABALA stated tha Jfour or CSJ

five years ago that VECIANA, ENRIQUE NUNEZ, and MANOLO RAY

went to Costa Rica and formed a revolutionary party lanti-

CASTRO), which had the same ideals of Alpha 66. He added tiat

this group which was known as Partido Revolutionario Del Pueblo,

Lasted parhaps eight months.

ERLIX ZABALA MAS revealed that on October 28, 1975CS

ne left San Juan, Puerto Rico, and traveled

faLls Suri abmit putting on the Chinese cirous Review from

for the purpose of seeing an entertainment promoter, CS

Taiwan? He'

added that he met no one other than ELIX SMITH (SJ

during his stay in Jamaica.

He insisted that he had met no one

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who could be a representative of any foreign government,

particularly from cuba. FELIX ZABALA MADreported that on Con

November 8, 1975whe traveled to Miami and then on to CS

Ringston, Jamaica,

He stated that he went there to see the le

oromoter, FELIX, SMITH and discuss problems on how to get (S-

money out of Jamaica if ZABALAwere to bring the Chinese CS

circus Review from Taiwan to Jamaica.

ZABALA added that

this was approximately one month prior to the popular

elections and there is always a problem bringing money out

of Jamaica.

ZABALE again stated that he had contacted not S

one other than FELIX SMITH. (S)

seen no family members or anyone who could be possibly

considered a representative.of a foreign government.

added that while in jamaica he traveled by public automobiles (SJ

Center Bad itse that he had rented Es

the period between December, 1974, and July, 1976.

he gavegup this line of business in that he was not making it

financially.

He added that at the momant he is not in

financial straights and

that he has been receiving current

income from his Pronotion of the Taiwan Circus Group and two (S

professional prize fighters (both Dominicans) , HECTOR JULIO

MADINA and ADRIANO MARRERO, also known äs Nane. He statec

chat the latter two individuals are under his controllas he CS.

is their/manare? and receives approximately 33 percent of anyCS"

purse for seiting up their fights(s)

CZABALAstated that he would like to go back to Cuba (S)

if CASTRO

and

the Communist system of government was out of

Cuba.

He added that he personally believes in a system of

socialism and Denocracy. (ZABAIA)reported that his family (5J

here does not lile the Communist form of government and that

syStem. LABALA was not sure if bis sister, AMALIA, likes the (S

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HUGO PERE Cuban exile who deal that she laden. es

MARTIN likes the good style of living that he currently

enjoys in Havana, Cuba, as aranking medical doctor.

added that duco perezisent alot of clothing back to cuba calfs

wach Lis. sister, AMALIA, fOr HUGO PEREZ' father. (S

plans are

ZABALA avised that as far as his future traves (S]

conserted, he intends to do to Los Andeles.

California, abous the 15th of April and there, prepare

theatrical arrangements.

) He stated that this would take s

yo to Santo Domingo at some future date for the theatricalls.

presentation of the Chinese Circus Review from Taiwan. He

stated that this would probably be in Maye 1977.

at this point that VECIANA, supra, and he set uo all the S'

New York, after May, 1977.

The interviewing Agents reminded [ZABALAJthat he at C5

one time in 1966 was interviewed and polygraphed by a United

States Government: official. (ZABALA, who stated that he dia<s

not know the results of that

interview or the polygraph.

stated that he remembered taking the test and being interviewed

at a hotel room in the Miramar Hotel, Miramar, Puerto Rico, CS.

but that. he did

not know who or what organization was behind

He stated that an Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investi

gation (FBI) at that time had set up the interview and the

examination.

He stated that at that time he was asked about

going to Cuba and working for the United States Government

for intelligence reasons.

He could not furnish any details

about any of the individuals, approximately three or four.

who were in the room at that time.

, 1977C5

He was confronted with information that revealed that he had

trayeled with Pan American Airlines, flight 585, to Panama JLS

United States

Passport number

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tourist card number (745643, and that he returned to the <S

United States on January 11

Airlines flight,

1972-27 another Pan Americans

ZABALA stated that he was

Panama for one nimit and thereecter traveled to Miani C$j

rlorida, and west Palin Beach, where he spent one night in

in Puerto Rico (telephone number 783-4367). He stated thatS

he went to Panama on this occasion for boxing business and LS=

that he saw LUIS ESPADA, a boxing promoter and Dr. RODIGO (SJ

He stated that he

that he was out of shape land therefore could not fight DURAN 5J

LABALA added that he has exclusive permission to sign als

contract re MEDINA.

fight with the aforementioned radio commentator.

The interviewing Agents again requested that (ZABAIN (5]

be perfectly honest with them about any possible contact of

foreign agents or other government representatives while on

the above trips outside Puerto Rico.

He strongly advised that

the interviewing Agents had his word that he never contacted.

anyone from a foreign government, embassy official, consular

official, foreign attache, or intelligence officer.

(ZABALA stated that on the above mentioned dates. c

In light of the subject's currenterobation)regula (5)

tons with United States Probation Office, he was questioned

as to whether

Corricer to travel toPanama during January of 1977.

he had gotten the permission of (his probation

He stated (SJ

that he had this permission.

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ZABALA) was asked if he had ever been requested tols

bring anything back to Puerto Rico from any of his above

meritioned travels and he stated that he never brought back

any money other than business money. He stated that in

197Es he brought back to Puerto Rico FromLsanto CS

presentations.

Laced these checks in an account at Banco Obrero

berto rico, in the account of Pronoter Antillana, which is

• nimselt and VECIANA. He added that in December of 1976)LS.

e prought back to Puerto Rico from Jamaica approximately S

interviewing Agents questioned FELIX ZABALA!

MAS about his relationship with one GABRIEL FIGUERO and

453

ossible so, 000 advertising problem he has with this CS-

ZABADA stated that (FIGUERON is the owner ofC 5.

an advertising firm, Communications Arts, and was responsible(S

Espasas Advertising,

Thanization Balueden, orto Rey auerto nico (00919.

Espasas] (5)

eportedly made the delivery to FIGUEROAJand then immediatel

(S.)

a cashiers check from his bank in s

Puerto Rico to FIGUERO inasmuch as the first check would not CS

e cleared by

izami, Florida, bank for approximately two

weeks.

that on March 2, 1977) he sent the CS)

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FIGUERDA and that the

first check, which should not have been

deposited in light of the second check, was placed in an

unknown bank and when it finally reached Puerto Rico there

were insufficient funds

to cover it. (ZABALA stated that bothCS]

checks were made out to Communications Arts. ESJ

leaving Cuba.

Pent nore hinto an accent in at aprogan te here

would have morey to leave that country.

He (S)

United States Embassy to secure the necessary visas.

The interviewing Agents questioned (ZABALAJabout his 5J

and HECTOR JULIO MEDINA. He

£1,200.00 from his presentation of the Chinese Circus in Miamil S_

fighter, HECTOR JULIO MEDINA.

and it fell

through. LZABALA Jadvised that betweenl

and March

1977, he earned approximately ($3, 300.00

from the performances s)

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of the Chinese CircusJin(San Juan, Mayaguez, and Ponce, J<59

FELIX ZABALA MAS Who had been furnished by the (S)

interviewing Agents a Spanish copy of the Advice of Pights

form which he said he understood and signed, was presented

a reading of the statutes having to do with foreign govern-

advised that he had been asked to tell the truth in all the

above matters and that any discrepancy in his account coula

possibly be a

violation of his current Eederal probation CS~

which extends to January 29, 1978(5)

At this point, FELIX ZABALA MAS advised the inter-(S]

viewing Agents that he had no idea how the FBI had gotten

all the facts about him and that the FBI seems to know.

everything about him.

He stated that he is not a Communist

that anvehine political that he would do would be agains

FIDEL, CASTRO.

9= this point, ZABALA MAS stated that he hadl s

waited for

long time for this moment and that he is now

willing to tell the interviewing Agents everything. (ZABALA 5_

Mas stated thay the following accounts arefonly known by Cs

friend, ANTONIO VECIANA.

VECIANA recently had some problems with

a United States

VECIANA had to appear on approximately three occasions in

C., the last of which was around December 10

1976. ZABALA stated that approximately one month before (Si

was shot in Dallas, Texas, VECIANA and an

individual who(ZABALA felt was associated with United StatesS

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), "Mr. BISHOP," met with

LEE HARVEY OSWALD in Dallas, Texas. ZABALA stated that C5J

"Mr. BISHOP" knev? VECIANA since 1961. (He added that BISHOP CS)

handled an assassination

attempt against FIDEL CASTRO

while CASTRO was in Chile in 1971. CABALA stated that J VECIANA (S)

went to Bolivia to work for the United States Government around

1967. He stated that) VECIANA(and he)went to Chile in 1971 (5]

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to set up an operation to kill CASTRO. He stated tha to (SJ

expedite this, false Venezuelan passports were made,

the

necessary guns were brought in in the dipiomatic pouches,

hand grenades were picked up in Bolivia, and a United States

diplomatic car carried that paraphenalia from Bolivia to

Chile. (ZABALA stated that]the plan was prepared in Miami, (S)

Florida, and at that time VECIANA was still working for

ECIANA rented the room in santiago,

for two or three days.

(ZABALA stated that] JUAN DOMINGUEZ (SJ

and MARCO RODRIGUEZ (Cuban exiles not further identified)

thereafter took over inat room and enrolled in an approximately

six month course in photograph and television in Santiago.

The purpose of the endeavor was to place a gun inside one of

the cameras which would be used by DOMINGUEZ Or RODRIGUEZ and

when FIDEL CASTRO made his appearance before members of the

a he ma te shot by one of these individuals. (LABALA (S]

that= high official in the Chilean government secured

the necessary press permits for these individuals to come in

the proximity of CASTRO when he arrived in Chile in 1971.

(He stated that the operation was not successful as DOMINGUnz [s]

and RODRIGUEZ

failed, by some means, to shoot CASTRO on the

first day that he was

presented before the members of the

press and that on the second day one of those individuals

stated

that he must go to the hospital as his appendix was

bothering him.

The other individual

stated that someone in

CASTRO's vicinity identified him and thereafter, that potential

assassin left Chile and was later seen in Bolivia. :

ZABALA reported that ANTONIO VECIANA prepared a (S

letter

for the benefit of FIDEL CASTRO in Cuba in which he

signed the nickname of his

(VECIANA's) secretary, MARGARITA.

(MARGARITA

is HILDA CAO, who is currently a resident of

San Juan, Puerto Rico, an employee of the United States

Government in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico.

secretary while he was

in Cuba and

She was VECIANA'S

From 1961 to 1967..

while he was in Puerta

and associated with Alpha 66). That let

contained information concerning ANTONIO VECIANA'S connection

with the United

States Central Intelligence Agency and his

attempt to kill

CASTRO in Chile in 1971. (ZABALA stated that (S

the information in the

letter was known to no other individuals

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his sister, AMALIA, in Cuba for personal delivery to FIDELC Su

CASTRO.

ZABALA stated that the letter inferred that CS

VECIANA'S secretary was dissatisfied with VECIANA and that

VECIANA wanted a large amount of pubiicity due to his

appearance before a United States Government group which

sister, and he, went to a large hotel (one or two level

POssibly outside kingston, Jamaica.

ZABALA (5]

described CARLOS as a white male, five feet six inches tall, CS)

weighing 130 pounds (over weight), having dark eyes, dark

hair, with grey streaks in the sides. (CARLOS]vas further (5J

described as being approximately 40 years old and that he wore

ne ha him the nap on can characte sees .

up in the Cuban government intelligence. (CARLOS carried withe 5J

him at all times

businessman's

& platol. CaBar 5 did not sea the

attache case which contained

pistol at any time.(s)

vice-consul of the

Cuban Embassy in Kingston, Jamaica, JUANCS]

CARBONELL.

ZABAI., Jiescribed (CARBONELLas being a white male<S

weighing 170 pounds, five feet eleven inches tall, having

black hair, dark eyes,

and wearing glasses with dark plastic

frames.

No other distinguishing characteristics were noted

bY (ZABALA) IS]

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ORLANDO BOSCH, CORU, REINOI, RODRIGUEZ, FRANK CASTRO, ANTONIO

VECIANA, and other members of anti-CASTRO. groups.

In response

to VECIANA's letter to FIDEL CASTRO, (CARLOS and CARBONELL CS

telt that VECIANA's secretary disliked VECIANA and they

requested that [ZABALAtell the secretary that they wililS]

broadcast the information presented in

Radio Havana

"her" letter over

, in about a week's time. (ZABALA stated) thatS)

inasmuch as he was responsible for forwarding the supposedl S

setter from VECIANA's secretary, the Cubans believed that

ZABALA greatly disliked VECIANA alsO. CZABALA stated that no (S

such broadcast was ever made according to ANTONIO VECIANA.

mentioned

ABALA reported thatl in the course of the abovers.

contact witn(CARLOS and CARBONELL, the latterlS

that they would get in contact with him through his (S

sister, AMALIA.

They asked ZABALA if he needed any money and(S

he replied negatively.

ZABALA MAS reported that he returned to/ Jamaica

CS]

around Novenber 8> 1976, and stayed at the Sheraton HotelSCS]

During his first evening there, a strange voice telephoned

stated that the ride from the Cheriton Hotel inCingston, Es

minutes

entering this hotel, ZABALA)was introduced to The Generai. (S)

(At one time during the interview with me General the <5-

suspected could carry a gun.

course of this contact the entire conversation was taped onC S

3 tape player lin the room. (ZABALA described the "General"KS_

white male, live feet seven inches tall, weighing 160

ad dark hair wich slioht traces of grey on the side. (The CS

"General had dark eyes and

characteristics.

no other distinauishino physica

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ZABALA stated that in the course of this contact the three (S)

Cuban individuals wanted to know about the bomb on a Cuban

plane which had recently destroyed the plane and sent it

They wanted him to invite REINOL

RODRIGUEZ, FRANK CASTRO, and "BEBO" (Last name possibly

FRANCO, and the owner of a sporting goods store which is

located, at Flagler and 18th Avenue, Miami, Florida) to

Jamaica

oI reasons of placing bombs against pro-Cuban CS

schools

In Jamaica. The Cuban individuals could then S

arrange for the Jamaican) authorities to. arrest RODRIGUEZ (S]

CASTRO, and "EEBS" and. Tater these could be given over to

the cubans, In addition to the above, the Cubans wanted ar

'up date" on pictures of about thirty individuals. These

individuals were all current suspected anti-CASTRe type

persons and included ENRIQUE NUNEZ.

On November 9, 1976,CS

according to ZABALA, they gave him $500.00 for plane ticketsCS]

and expenses.

They wanted him to go to Venezuela

to find

out about the above mentioned Cuban plane bombing,

FELIX ZABATA MAS advised that (November 29J1976, (S]

e returned to Jamaica and this time want to a place whiches

5. Known as the Clittle Pub,")in the city of Ocho Rios. (S

ZABALA stated thit approximately 9:00 j.n. that evenino (5J

Ehree men came in to the "Little Pub.

individuals were(the "General,

whom he had not previously met.

He described this individual

as a white male,

six feet three inches tall, weighing 220

pounds, having

short, dark hair, approximately 38 years of

age, and having heavy prescription glasses..

This latter

individual inforned ZABALA that he had been working in thes

Cuban Embassy in Chile during 1971.

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stated that VECIANA had, in preparation CS_

Ior his November 29 anticipated meeting in Jamaica, given

information

VECIANA Furnished him with intormation concerning the s

ZABALA said that

bombing of the Air

- Cubana Airliner stating that the infor-

mation would appear to be good and was true, however, it

vas well known within the anti-Castro Cuban, Community an

ne did not believe it would harm anybody. (ZABALA sai,

that VECIANA/told him that ORLANDO GARCIA, who was an

employee of the Government of Venezuela,

and former CIA

employee, had gone to Santo Domingo in 1976 and met with

ORLANDO BOSCH and FRANK CASTRO.

VECIANA further advised

that there was also present at the meeting a representative

from Brigade 2506, name unknown. VECIANA said that at this

time, BOSCH, CASTRO, GARCIA and the representative from

Brigade 2506 planned a bombing of a Cubana airliner. At

some time following this BOSCH went to Venezuela to take

command. of the operation. Upon arrival in Venezuela BOSCH

was met by "MONO" MORALES, & Cuban

exile living in Venezuela..

VECIANA said that MORALES was the individual who had

testifiad in a Federal trial against BOSCH a few years

prior to this time.

MORALES is supposed to have told

BOSCH that he wished for all past differences to be forgotten

and for them to unite in this act, as all good Cubans should

try to get rid of CASTRo.

At this time MORALES gave BOSCH

a machine gun and offered a car and driver as well as the

use of an apartment that he (MORALES) stated that he had

arranged for BOSCH.

VECIANA said that BOSCH still did not

trust MORALES and instead went to the apartment of ALFREDO

AGUIAR, another Cuban exile in Caracas.

ROSCH supposedly

stayed at that apartment and during this time was

in contact with

en old Cuban revolutionary named. "PEPE"

as well as a former CIA operative named "RICO." RICO was

described as being a Cuban exile also.

RICO supposedly

gave BOSCH $2,000 during this time in order to support the

intended operation against the Cubana Airlines. BOSCH

was also in contact with a Cuban exile attorney while in

Venezuela, name unknown, however, it was stated that BOSCH

valores the maras the lue de Cos LAStnat (S)

following the bombing.

when the bomb went off, it was such

a tragedy that the

CORU group was afraid to claim credit for it. VECIANA

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further advised that the Government of Venezuela had

previously had knowledge of the plans for this bombing;

however,

they also became very nervous when the bomb went

off with the plane in the air.

VECIANA told ZABALAJ that

CS]

the plan had been for the bomb to go off while the plane

was on the runway in Barbados, avoiding serious loss of

lives, however, the plane departed early and thus the bomb

went off while

the plane was in the air.

ZABALA reiterated that VECIANA had given him this <S_

information to furnish as he VECIANA) stated that most of

this information had been hinted at in the newspapers and

that he felt that ZABALA)could impress the Cubans with this (S

information as well as utilizing this information to cover

for the fact that (ZABALA had actually not/gone to Venezuela CS.

as previously requested by the Cuban Intefligence Agents.

CZABALA said that he furnished this information (S_

told the Cuban Agents

that VECIANA had been involved in some

sort of testimony regarding the KENNEDY assassination ¿ZABALA?

said that he did not furnishthem with any details other than

telling him that VECIANA had traveled to Washington

using

a travel voucher issuea under the name oi Senator SCHWIEKEE

ZABALA said that he did not know why VECIANA wanted this S_

information given to the Cubans unless it was to further

(5]

convince him that he (ZABALA) was furnishing them with good

information in the hopes that they would utilize the

previously furnished information and give VECIANA the

publicity he desired on radio Havana.

Following the November 29J 1977, meeting which was (S

conclusion of this meeting by the Cubans, which was to

provide expenses for the trip he was

supposed to have taken

out of Cuba for a Christmas vacation)in Puerto Rico anaL LS-

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they told him that they would help him. (ZABALA at this (S)

time stated that he also recalled that :

iring this meeting

they requested That he get any infornation possible in

reference to CORU and "Condor," which ZABALAdescribed. as CS.

a cover name for cort. He stated that they were also inST

need of information as to who had placed a recent bob

in the Cubana Airline Office in Madrid. They told him

that they had some information which led them to believe

that la black male, who was from Puerto Rico had placed CS.

the bomb.

they further said that this black male resembled&

an Indian Jin appearance. (ZABALA added that at this meetings

he had also given them nine papers which he had written

out foncerning old bombings in Puerto Rico. (ZABALA saidCS_

that these papers were false and had to do with bombings

four and five years old which the cubans belleved were

if he needed to contact them and ask, "If the visa is ready lS

fOr JUAN CASTILLO. "

ZABALA said he was told that if he

leeded to contact them to follow the procedure and trem

automatically go the following night at y

ittle Pub Night Club in echo Rios: Jamaica, where he woul

e met. (ZABALA said that he never did have occasion to CS

use this procedure:

CZABALA said tha the next contact he had with (S

any of the Cuban Intelligence Officers was an 'accidental

contact on December 21, 1976, when he vasn Jamaicato (S

and that ABilot emiss fist yaste throwen (55

Kingston, Jamaica, enroute to participating in the opening

Of a new Embassy in Mexico City. At this timelCARLOS gaveL 5.

ZABALA $300 which represented the portion of the money that (Su

ZABALA himself had placed with ALMACEN ESPANOD in Miami (53

in order to help(get his sister and mother out of Cuba. <5J

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ZABALA said

lot by CARLOS,

who walked up and then said,

"Let's go for

a walk." (ZABALA said they walked two or three blocks and co

as they were walking a car pulled up alongside and CARLOSCS.

directed him

to get into the car. ZABALA said he did notC S

see

the face of the driver of the

Car.

The driver drove

only a short distance and stopped. ZABALA said that at CS.

this time they left the car and the driver and entered an

apartment building where they proceeded to an apartment.

ZABALA said that when he and CARLOS entered the apartment

CS]

The General'! was already in the apartment with his tapels

ecorder set up. (ZABALA said that at this time he gave (S

them (telephone books from San Juanas well as Miami telephone C5

Irom the cuban section of Miami as they had previousl

requested these telephone books.

ZABALA said that he diaCS

not have any other information to give them and they

again requested that he obtain general information concerning

the activities of anti-Castro groups in Puerto Rico and

Ilam]. GABALA said that during this meeting they gavelS

ImL580 for expenses. ZABALA said that they arrangeds

another contact in Mexico City, with the contact scheduled S

forMarch 6,1977

a leather type me holden which has time he man ever

hich was to be a cootact telephone number for him to caà.

Ihis telenhone number was furnished in

officers. CABALA said that he was furnished the new code? "fe&si

case ZABALA needed to make contact with the Cuban Intelligen

word which was lis the visa of Dr. SALGADO ready."

ZABALA (5J

said that he was also told that if he called the Embassy CS

in(Mexico Cit he was simply to ask this question and hang 5]

and then proceed the next night to a store called Gigante, (S

UDO YOU

taxis around here J and ZABALAwas told to answer,

"I saw

see any Es

but it is broken,") which would identily one to the other.

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ZABALA said that following this meeting he became

very involved with the promotion of the Taiwan Circusand

was doing extensive traveling. CABALA said that he did CS

not make the March 6J 1977;

was in California with (the

meeting in Mexico City as

ousiness ceasons was not able to go to mexico City.

ZABALA CS)

said that during this period of time that he and VECIANA

were having financial problems with the Taiwan Circus and (SJ

was able to obtainca $15, 000 loano kely continue their ses

needed money rather desperately. ZABALA said that VECIANA

tour of the Taiwan

-Circus and that he (ZABALA:) was able

to borrow $20,000 from his cousin in Puerto Rico, who had

a short time before won the Puerto Rican lottery in the

amount of $400,000. ZABALA said that due to (promotiona]CS

difficulties they continued to have money problems and thats

at this time VECIANA suggested that ZABALA try to contact 5)

the Cubans in Mexico City and see if they would give him

ZABALA said that on March 18, 1977, he called

Mexico City irom Los Angeles utilizing the phone number Cs

he had been givenon January 10,

1977, and used the (code LS-

phrase, "Is the visa of Dr. SALGADO ready," when the

Embassy answered.

and on the morning of March 19J 1977,

431A sald that as previous instrucs

ilew to Mexico City.. ZABALA said that he went to the S

appointed place at 6 p.m however, nobody showed up.(SJ

ZABALA said that this was never explained. (s

(ZABALA said from Mexico Cits Jine returned to (5]

Via Mexicana Airlines

(5]

March 22, 7977, ZABALA said that he

again called the 25)

ZABALA (5]

said that he then flew to Miami on

proceeded to Mexico Cityxfrom Miami.

and a man

approximate

told him he was from the Embassy and that they walked

a very short way down the street into a restaurant.

ZABALA (SI

was unable to recall the name of the restaurant. (ZABALAJ<ST

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said at this time he gave this man a sealed package contalnin

"Replica" newspapers from San Juan and Miami and told the man<

that inasmuch

roup be ald not have much new intormation. LABAls salu chat

he man appeared to be content with this and told zABALAlS

that he would deliver the package to CARLOS.

that unbeknownst; to this man, he had also encloseda CS,

sealed letter acidressed to CARLOS in which he asked

CARLOS fOr $20,000 in order to help him (ZABALA) with his C S

financial problems.

ZABALA said that he explained in the 5o

letter to CARLOS that some of the problems had been as a (S

his traveling to meet the Cubans, but ended the

letter by stating that in the event that CARLOS could not CS

get him the

money that

hiin. ZABAIA said that the man from the Embassy then S

said that "The General and CARLOS wanted to meet with (S

AbalA guring weyland they agreed upon the date of May 19, Cs

1977.

LABALA saIdhe was instructed to go to the Xolals

Station of the Mexico City Metro System and stand under

the sign for the subway to Tacuba.

vas to meet at a p.m. on May 12/1977, under the Tacuba CS

sign.

• ZABALA said that all of these arrangements were

made

without the man knowing that he had a letter requesting (S

$20,000, addressed to CARLOS.

heard from any of the Cubans since that time

and assumes

that he would be expected to make the Wlay 19, 1977, meet (S]

to the CIA and teil them what had happened and offer to

work with the CIA.

(ZABALA said he was most hesitant to (S]

do so fand aci told FECIANA that he did not wish to do soj (Sa

At this time ZABALA stated tha he also recalled (SJ

another brief contact with Cuban Intelligenge Agents which

1977, when he flew from San Juan to CS

Jamaica with his sister when she was

-ABALA said that he decided to go to Kingston: Jamaica, (S.

last minutelas she had a large number oilS.

Luke aid was amule to handlell of the fugeaze herseless

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ZABALA said he also wished to go to extend the visit with as

his sister.

ZABALA said that he went to Kingston, Jamaica,

and was only there for a

few hours, however, he was con-

which had to do with the

a copy of the JACK ANDERSON neWSpaper COlBALA (SO

KeNNEDY assassination.

said that he had carried

the newspaper article with him

in case he was contacted while in Kingston.

ZABALA said

that the article had to with the KENNEDY assassination and

a mysterious Cuban named "x" who had had

some involvement

with

the CIA and with the Kennedy assassination.

CZABALA

said

that he believed this "X"' to be VECIANA but did not

know

how this information had gotten to JACK ANDERSON.

ZABALA said that it appeared that his meeting with CARBONELLCS

was accidental but he believed that the Cubans were adept

in planning meetings and he assumed that inasmuch as his

sister had left the airport to go to the Cuban Embassy,

that she had told CARBONELL that he (ZABALA) would be in

the airport area waiting to return to san Juan. (SJ

that although his sister did not talk to him at all during

was told by the Generaito instruct his sister in San JuarICS

LABALA saidThe was not told whylS.

his sister was to contact RAY.) but gave his sister this (5.

at this timelshese

sked him (ZABALA)) to contact RAY and arrange a meetingc S

no idea what they

being a former Minister of Public Works in Cuba prior

o the Castro takeover, and said he was currently employe

is an Archetictural Engineer with his office being in a new eS.

quilding constructed on Ponce de Leon Avenue in San

near the Martin Peno Canal.

ZABALA said that he did not know CS

(RAY well

and was not familiar with his politics or leanings, (SJ

although he had supposed him to be an anti-Castro Cuban.

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LABALA waS questioned concerning the reason why CS.

VECIANA

nad wanted him to send the letter to Cuban Premier LS.

CASTRO detailing VECIANA's activities with the CIA. ZABALACS-

stated that VECIANA was concerned about his testimony before

the committee irvestigating the KENNEDY assassination and,

some unexplained reason, wanted to establish himself in

U. S. Cuban Community as a former CIA operative.

• VECIANA

said he was certain that CASTRO would broadcast this

information on Radio Havana as soon as he received it and

as Radio Havana was continually monitored in Miami, these

facts would soon be known among the Cuban community. (ZABALALS)

said that he did not question VECIANA further as VECIANA

obviously did not wish to talk about it and he (ZABALA)J (S.

decided to go along out of his friendship for VECIANA

this seemed to ke of the utmost importance to VECIANA

ZABALA said that when no broadcast occurred, VECIANA (requested (5J

he continue his contacts and urge the Cubans at each meeting

to make the broadcast under the guise that he (ZABALA)

wished the broadcast in order to embarrass VECIANA as he

(ZABALA) WIS SUPPOSed tO have had a falling OUt WItH VECIANA)(S]

At this time ABALA)stated that he was extremely (SJ

glad to have been able to get this off of conscience and

stated that he was physically and emotionally exhausted

ZABALA expressed great confidence in the FBI and stated]CS

that (be wished to work with the FBI in any way possibies-

including further contacts with the Cuban Intelligence

Agents or In any other capacity in which he could serve.&S+

ZABALA stated that he was a loyal American and firmly

against the Communist system and had only become involver

systen ana had ontane

in contacts with the Cubans in order to carry out the

wishes of his good friend VECIANA (SJ

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The following description of FELIX ZABALA MAS was CS_

obtained through interview and observation:

Name

Also Known As

Residence

(FELIX ZABALA MAS

TUTO; FELIX SABALA MAS

350 Lerida

Urbanization Valencia

Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico

Social Security

Account Number

(581-90-5117

(5)

Date of Birth

Place of

Dotober 18, 1937

Birth

Sex

Pinar Del Rio, Cuba

Male

Race

White

Height

6. feet

Weight

(2is Pounds) (53

Hair

Black

Eyes

Brown

Scars/Marks

None

Physical Characteristics

Right eye does not focus

on what the left eye is

(5)

observing:

Puerto Rico

Driver's License

Father

Mother

Subject's Occupation

Wife

349670

JOSE L. ZABALA

ANGELINA MAS PEROJO

Entertainment promoter

CARMEN REGO (Date of birth

February 17, 1938, at Havana,

Cuba)

Subject's Children

BETTY ZABALA REGO, boin

November 4, 1960, at

Havana, Cuba;

SUSAN

ZABALA REGO, bors

June 9, 1963, at San Juan,

Puerto Rico:

FELIX ZABALA

REGO, born

March 12, 1968, at San Juan,

Puerto Rico.

Subject's Brothers

JOSE LUIS ZABALA, alsO Known

as "PEPE"

, born December 4,

1931 (resident at 105 Marte,

Atlantic View, Isla Verdo,

SEARIT

Puerto Rico)

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Subject's Sisters

DOMINGO ZABALA, also known

as: "NINO," age 39 (currently

a resident of santiago de

Cuba;

ARMANDO ZABALA, also known

as "ARMANDITO," age 25

(student, Chicago, Illinois)

AMALIA ZABALA, age 50,

resident of Cuba;

HILDA ROSA, age 48.

resident of Peru:

ELVIRA ZABALA RUBAYO,

age 15, resident of

Carolina, Puerto Rico;

ELENA ZABALA MARTIN,

age 42, resident of Cuba.

(5)

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