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157-10005-10254

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Date: 10/05/93

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JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM

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RECORD NUMBER : 157-10005-10254

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FROM : KELLEY, BOB

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TITLE :

MEMORANDUM

DATE : 05/30/75

PAGES : 10

SUBJECTS :

INTERVIEW WITH STEPHENS, JOHN HENRY-CIA COVERT ACTION OPS

DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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RESTRICTIONS : REFERRED

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DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 10/05/93

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Interview with

John H. Stephens

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exact month) he was ordered to go to Guatamela to train the

Cuban airborne brigade that eventually was parachuted into Cuba

six hours in advance of the landing at the Bay of Pigs. This

training was conducted at a site in the Guatamelan jungle called

De Finca vor

other ran

me A nearby village was WRetalalaoy

(phonetic spelling) .

During the time this training was conducted, i.e. from

1959 to the Bay of Pigs invasion, Mr. Stephens recalls there

were two occasions when he and/or members of his 4-5 man train-•

ing cadre were told to give parachutes and weapons to individuals

who were to be parachuted into Cuba to attempt to assassinate

Castro. Mr. Stephens stated that he did not precisely recall

whether he was expressly told these individuals were going to

Cuba to try to kill Castro, but he said he was clear that from

either the instructions he received or the nature and details

of the particular situation that this was the mission.

I asked Mr. Stephens to describe what he would do after

being told to outfit the individuals who were to be dropped

into Cuba for these assassination efforts. He stated that he

or members of his cadre (he declined to specify whether he

personally outfitted these individuals or whether it was done

by his co-workers) would provide parachutes and whatever

weapons the individuals desired. He referred to an "assassi-

nation package." Such a "package" would contain a variety

of weapons, grenades, and other armaments, including a special

"assassination gun." This gun, Mr. Stephens said, was a 9 mm.

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