RESPONSE TO FBI REQUEST CONCERNING VECIANA'S RELATIONSHIP WITH CIA.
Originator: CIA
From: DIRECTOR
To: FBI
Document date: 04/29/1977
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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RESPONSE TO FBI REQUEST CONCERNING VECIANA'S RELATIONSHIP

J. WITH REGARD TO YOUR REPORT OF YOUR INTERVIEWS ON & AND 11

APRIL 1977 WITH FELIX ZABAL A MAS AND TO YOUR ORAL QUESTIONS •

TO US CONCERNING STATEMENTS MADE BY HIM ABOUT VECIANA IN

THOSE INTERVIEWS, THIS AGENCY HAS REVIEWED ITS FILE ON ANTONIO CARLOS

VECIAN A BLANCH. AS STATED TO YOU ORALLY AT OUR MEETING ON 13

APRIL 1977, THIS AGENCY HAS NEVER HAD A CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH

VECIANA. ACCORDING TO OUR RECORDS, VE CI AN A CONTACTED

THIS AGENCY ON THREE OCCASIONS TO DISCUSS HIS PLANS TO ASSASSINATE

FIDEL CASTRO. ON THESE OCCASIONS, OUR OFFICERS LISTENED TO

VECIAN A BUT EXPRESSED NO INTEREST IN AND OFFERED NO ENCOURAGE-

MENT TO HIM AND NEVER RECONTACTED HIM ON THIS MATTER. THESE CONTACTS

OCCURRED IN HAVANA IN DECEMBER, 1960, AND IN NEW YORK CITY IN JULY

1962 AND APRIL 1956. THERE ARE NO INDICATIONS IN THE FILE THAT:

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ALIASES OF MORRIS BISHOP, BLAIR OR KAIL: OR IB} ANY AGENCY OFFICER

IN CONTACT WITH VE CI AN A WAS NAMED BISHOP, BLAIR OR KAIL.

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ONE OF OUR OFFICERS IN HAVANA WHO LEFT THERE IN THE SUMMER OF 1959

HAD THE FIRST NAME OF BLAIR.Y

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ZABALA MAS AND HAD ORALLY REQUESTED CIA COMMENTS RE THE AGENCY'S RELA-

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