CONTACT WITH TONY VARONA.
Originator: CIA
From: WH/CA/PROP
To: MFR
Document date: 07/07/1961
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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2022 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992

7 July 1961

MERENDOM FOR TER RECORD

SUBIBCT: Contact olth Toay Varana

Lo The undersigned was advised by wH/4/Security on the

noring of T July that Tony Varona had called asting to speak

Farora 1s 11 lashington were ie 1s stay-

Ing st the Roosereit Botel, Dicatur 2-0800, room 707. He will

remain la Washlizton for taree or four days.

2. The undersigned vas able to reach Varona by sterile

teleptone at about 16:15. The undersigned gave bis sane as

Rayaord S. Clari - uno 18 a friend of Fren: EERiDER-eDd indicated

that Verons uigit teli the undersigned the seme things he would

tell Frank BalDER.

3. Varone brought up the followig four points:

he inquired es to the siate ci recruiting aná as

to that was teidng place in connection with the cuban

altuatios, presurably troa a military point of ther.

b. He said that he vished to get in touch with General

Terior, vierezon toe miersigned toià hia trat the netinod

at doing that vouid be through Mr. Goodwin.

C. He referred to e ruported arter by the Unlted

States to take care of hiaself, and his lasily vaile he vas

In the United States and Eat he had sot received payment,

the undersigned understood, for uns last sonth..

d. In gezeral, he vondered whether the U.S. was going

o do anytbing about cube or not, and he said that he had

talked with Goodrin and that nothing had been resolved.

A. with the exception of answering as to the beans of getting

In touch with Geseral Taylor, the undersigned stated that he knew

very ittle about the matters valch Varons brought up, but that he

voald pass on the inioraation to others.

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The undersigned got in touch vith varons only after having

the go-shead sign fron Iron C/iD and discussion the satter with

DC/WH/h, CHE/l/Security, Martha Inarpe and Prank E&ADER.

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