Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: LEG, BUE
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 09/23/1977
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Date:

4/17/201

Agency Information

AGENCY:

FBI

RECORD NUMBER:

124-10221-10272

RECORD SERIES :

HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: CR 185-789-1603

Document Information

ORIGINATOR:

FROM:

TO :

TITLE :

FBI

LEG, BUE

DIRECTOR, FBI

DATE:

PAGES:

SUBJECTS:

09/23/1977

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[Restricted]

DOCUMENT TYPE :

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION :

Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS :

4

CURRENT STATUS:

Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW:

06/13/1996

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

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SEP 23 9 55 AM '77

RECEIVED

FEDERAL BUREAU

OF INVESTIGATION

COMMUMICATIONS SECTI

23129 9Z SEP 17

FM BUENOS AIRES (157-35) (P)

TO DIRECTOR (185- 789) PRIORITY 224-23

CARACAS" (174-8) PRIORITY 035-23

M. BT

Assoc. Dir.

Dep. AD Adm..

Dep. AD Inv..

Asst. Dir.:-

Adm. Serv

Crim. Inv.

Fin. & Pers._

Ident.

Intell

Laboratory

Legal Coun

Plon. & Insp.-

Rec. Mgnt.

Spec. Inv.

Tech., Servs.

Training-

Public Affs. Off..

Telephone Rm.

D'rector's Sec'y-

CHIL BOM;

I PFO-MURDER; EID; DOJ. CO: WFO.

REMYCAB AUGUST 31, 1977, WHICH OUTLINED A MEETING IN SANTIAGO,

CHILE BY LEGAT WITH COLONEL MANUEL CONTRERAS, THE DIRECTOR OF THE

CENTRO NACIONAL DE INFORMACIONES (CNI) (FORMERLY KNOWN

AS DINA) ON

AUGUST 26, 1977, WHICH DEALT PRIMARILY WITH TRAVEL BY CHILEAN

PRESIDENT PINOCHET TO THE UNITED STATES DURING SEPTEMBER, 1977. IN

A SUBSEQUENT MEETING WITH THE CNI DIRECTOR ON AUGUST 27, 1977, COLO

, CONTRERAS TOLD LEGAT THAT CNI HAD PREPARED A REPORT ON THE

ACTIVITIES OF CUBAN

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EXILE

VISITED

CHILE DURING THE PAST SEVERA

YEARS, SPECIFICALLY ORLANDO BOSCH AVILA AND ROLANDO OTERO

@ SEP 28 1977

HERNANDEZ, COL. CONTRERAS TOLD LEGAT THAIE HE WOULD PROVIDE A COPY C

OF THE CNI REPORT BY MEANS ÔF THE CNI REPRESENTATIVE AT THE CHILEAN

EMBASSY, BUENOS,

AIRES,

COL. GRILTON CÓNTRERAS (NO RELATION TO THE

CNI DIRECT OR) •

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PAGE TWO BUE 157-35 GE CREI

ON SEPTEMBER 22, 1977, COL. MILTON CONTRERAS, CHILEAN

EMBASSY, BUENOS AIRES PROVIDED A COPY OF THE CNI REPORT. THIS

REPORT RUNS THREE PAGES AND IS IN THE SPANISH LANGUAGE. IT

CONTAINS SEVERAL ITEMS OF EXTREMELY PERTINENT INFORMATION IN

CAPTIONED INVESTIGATION, WHICH ARE BEING SET FORTH IN SUMMARY

FORM. A COMPLETE TRANSLATION OF THE CNI REPORT WILL BE PROVIDED

TO THE BUREAU BY AIRTEL ON SEPTEMBER 27, 1977. 848

PERTINENT PORTIONS FROM THE CNI REPORI FOLLOW: (U)

WITH REGARD TO ORLANDO BOSCH AVILA, THE REPORI REITERATES

PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AND REPORTED INFORMATION CONCERNING BOSCH AND HIS

ARRIVAL IN CHILE. REPORT INDICATES THAT IT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED

THAI WHILE IN CHILE, BOSCH WAS IN CONTACT WITH CORVETTE CAPTAIN

CARLOS ASCHION (CHILEAN NAVY, WHO WAS ASSIGNED TO THE CHILEAN

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN RELATIONS. OTHER INDIVIDUALS WITH WHOM BOSCH

WAS IN CONTACT, ACCORDING IO CNI, WAS A NEWSPAPERMAN FOR "LA

SEGUNDA" NAMED MANUEL FUENTES WED ING AND ALSO WITH UNIDENTIFIED

ELEMENTS OF "PATRIA Y LIBERTAD." AFTER DEPARTING CHILE DURING

AUGUST, 1975, BOSCH REENTERED

CHILE WITH A FALSE CHILEAN PASSPORT

ORLANdO

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XAViLA

UNDER THE IDENTITY OF

HECTOR DAVANZO

*CINTOLESI.

ACCORDING TO

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PAGE THREE BUE 157-35

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THE REPORT, THE CHILEAN PASSPORT IN THE DAVANZO CINTOLESI IDENTITY

UTILIZED BY BOSCH WAS FALSE; HOWEVER, ALL BIOGRAPHIC DAIA CONTAINED.

IN THE PASSPORT IS IDENTICAL WITH DATA PERTAINING TO THE

BROTHER OF THE COMMANDER OF THE CHILEAN NAVAL TRAINING SHIP, "ESMER-

ALDA. " THIS INDIVIDUAL'S IDENTITY WAS NOT SET FORTH IN THE REPORI.

THE REPORT NOTED THAI IN A MEMORAND UM DATED DECEMBER 4, 1974,

NUMBER R-287, FRIGAIE CAPTAIN JAIME ROJAS BRUJES (CHILEAN NAVY),

THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY TO THE UNDER SECRETARY OF FOREIGN RELATIONS,

ADVISED THAT THE PRESIDENT OF A CUBAN CLUB IN ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY,

LUCAS BORGES, REQUESTED THE CHILEAN GOVERNMENI TO ALLOW BOSCH IO

COME TO CHILE TO RESIDE.

CREPORT CONTAINS BRIEF INFORMAT ION GUILLERMO NOVO

SAMPOL WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED *0

THE REPORT CONTAINS INFORMATION CONCERNING CUBAN EXILE JOSE

DION ISIO SUAREZ., THE REPORI IDENTIFIES SUAREZ AS A MEMBER OF THE

CUBAN NATIONAL IST

DECEMBLE

CHhA

MOVEMENT AND INDICATES THAT HE ENTERED CHILE ON

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COL

WITH A VENEZUELAN PASSPORI, • NUMBER

1•289.3860

SUAREZ ARRIVED IN CHILE FROM VENEZUELA AND DEPARTED

ON DECEMBER 19, 1974 FOR COLOMBIA. Y

140

JUITH REGARD TO ROLANDO OTEROYHEMANDEZ, REPORT IDENTIFIED OTERO

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AS A MEMBER OF THE GOLDEN FALCONS AND INDICATED THAT THIS GROUP

WAS AGAINST ISRAEL AND IN FAVOR OF "PALESTINIANS." REPORT INDICATED

THAT OTERO'S POL IT ICAL AFFILIATION WAS QUESTIONABLE. THE REPORT

INDICATED THAT IT WAS ASCERTAINED THAT OTERO WAS WORKING WITH

RICARDO MORALE SYNAVARRETE "A COMMUNIST DOUBLE AGENT" WHO WAS

FLOVEN

CONNECTED WITH THE VENEZUELAN INTELLIGENCE SERVICE. ACCORDING TO THE

REPORT, OTERO RESIDED IN MORALES NAVARRETE'S HOUSE DURING 1968.

THE REPORT CONCLUDED BY INDICATING THAT ACTION OF CNI AGAINST

OTERO PROVOKED UNFAVORABLE REACTIONS AMONG CUBAN EXILES IN THE U. S.

THE ARQUS INFORMATION WE LO APPEAR IO IDENTIPY BOSCH' CONTACTS LA

IN CHILE AS MEMBERS OF THE CHILEAN NAVY, ALTHOUGH THIS MAY WELL HAVE

BEEN NORMAL, SINCE BOSCH'S PRESENCE IN CHILE WOULD BE OF INTEREST

TO THE CHILEAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN RELATIONS WHICH IS UNDER THE JURIS-

DICTION. OF THE CHILEAN NAVY. LEGAI INTENDS TO REQUEST ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION FROM CNI WITH REGARD TO BOSCH'S ALLEGED CONTACTS WITH

"PATRIA Y LIBERTAD." ALSO LEGAT WILL ASCERTAIN THE SPECIFIC IDENTITY

OF THE BROTHER OF THE COMMANDER OF THE CHILEAN NAVY TRAINING SHIP

"E SMERALDA," WHOSE INFORMAT ION WAS UTILIZED ON BOSCH'S

FALSE CHILEAN PASSPORT. (V

• INFORMATION CONCERNING JOSE DIONISIO SUAREZ'

VISIT TO CHILE

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IS EXTREMELY INTERESTING SINCE THE CHILEAN

MATIONAL POLICE

FREVIOUSLY REPORTED NO RECORD COULD BE LOCATED INDICATING THAT

SUAREZ HAD ENTERED CHILE. INTERVIEW WITH SUAREZ CONCERNING HIS.

TRIP TO CHILE IS BEING LEFT TO THE DISCRETION OF THE 00.

he

IT IS SUGGESTED THAI LUCAS BORGES OF ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY

BE IDENTIFIED AND INTERVIEWED CONCERNING HIS REQUEST TO THE CHILEAN

GOVERNMENT TO ALLOW BOSCH TO COME TO THAT COUNTRY AND RESIDE ME le

lic

IT IS SUGGESTED THAT LEGAI, CARACAS, IF POSSIBLE, ATTEMPT

TO ASCERTAIN WHETHER VENEZUELAN PASSPORT 1.289. 386 WAS ISSUED TO

SUAREZ. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SUAREZ MAY HAVE BEEN PROVIDED WITH

FALSE DOCUMENTATION BY MORALES NAVARRETE IN ORDER TO FACILITATE

SUAREZ • TRIP TO CHILE. IT IS NOTED THAT SUAREZ ARRIVED IN CHILE

ONE DAY AFTER BOSCH AVILA AND GUILLERMO NOVO AND DR. ORLANDO FERNANDE

AND THAT HE DEPARTED WITH GUILLERMO NOVO EN ROUTE TO COLOMBIA.

THE INFORMATION, IF TRUE, THAI OTERO HERNANDEZ RESIDED WITH

MORALES NAVARRETE OR AI THE LATTER'S RESIDENCE IN 1968, MIGHI

EXPLAIN OTERO'S CONFIDENCE IN MORALES NAVARRETE WHEN HE FLED THE U.S.

TO EARLE 1OTE TO ANOTE PENS MARIO TA EMPIRE CHANCES TO LORRIE

ABOVE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE CNI REPORT IS THE FIRST

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PAGE SIX BUE 157-35 SECRET

POSITIVE SPECIFIC INFORMAT ION WHICH HAS NOT DEALT IN VAGUE

GENERALITIES TO BE FORTHCOMING FROM ANY ELEMENT OF THE CHILEAN

GOVERNMENT. LEGAT BELIEVES THAT THE ABOVE CNI REPORT WAS

SUBMITTED IN ORDER THAT A RESPONSE TO AUSA PROPPER'S REQUEST FOR

INFORMATION CONCERNING THE ACTIVITIES OF CUBAN EXILES IN CHILE

MIGHT BE PREPARED. IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT ALL

INFORMATION SPECIFICALLY LINKING CHILEAN NAVAL PERSONNEL WAS

ELIMINATED IN THE REPORT SUBMITTED TO AUSA PROPPER BY THE CHILEAN

EMBASSY IN WASHINGION. ADDITIONALLY, THE REPORT SUBMITTED TO

BUREAU REQUESTED TO ADVISE MIAMI, NEWARK, NEW YORK AND WFO. (U)

ARMED AND DANGEROUS.

GLASSIFIED BY 5931 XGDS-2 INDEFINITE.

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