CABLE RE 'NEW TIMES' MAGAZINE STORY ENTITLED 'EXCLUSIVE: JAILHOUSE INTERVIEW WITH CUBAN TERRORIST ORLANDO BOSCH'.
Originator: CIA
Document date: 05/05/1977
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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2. I3 MAY EDITION OF MAGAZINE "NEW TIMES" CARRIES STORY. "EXCLU-

SIVE: JAILHOUSE INTERVIEW WITH CUBAN TERRORIST ORLANDO BOSCH" BY

BLAKE FLEETWOOD. STORY CONCERNS FLEETWOOD'S OPENLY AND EASILY ENTER-

ING THE PRISON AND HIS INTERVIEW WITH BOSCH IN WHICH BOSCH COMMENTS

ON HIS REVOLUTIONARY BACKGROUND, INVOLVEMENT IN CUBAN EXILE GROUPS

AND ACTIVITIES AND HIS INTENTIONS TO CONTINUE THESE ACTIVITIES IN THE

FUTURE• THERE IS NO MENTION OF FLEETWOOD HAVING BEEN IN CONTACT WITH

U.S. OR CUBAN EMBASSIES IN CARACAS, NOR THAT HE PERSONALLY HAD ANY

PROBLEMS WITH VENEZUELAN AUTHORITIES DURING HIS TRIP TO OBTAIN THE

INTERVIEW. Y

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• 3• DURING INTERVIEW BOSCH CLAIMS HE WAS ARRESTED IN VENEZUELA

IN NOVEMBER 1974, HAVING ENTERED FROM THE DOMEP IN JUNE 1974, BY

DISIP AND MADE HIS FIRST FORMAL AGREEMENT WITH GOV AT THAT TIME. SAYS

HE DEALT WITH RIVAS VASQUEZ AND ORLANDO GARCIA AND SAID "I PROMISED

NO MORE ACTIONS AGAINST CASTRO'S FRIENDS WOULD BE TAKEN IN CARACAS,

AND THEY PROMISED ME IN THE MANE OF CARLOS ANDRES PEREZ THAT NO HIEH

OFFICIAL OF THE CUBAN REGIME WOULD BE ALLOWED IN VENEZUELA. IN

FALL OF 1976, BOSCH CLAIMS, ORLANDO GARCIA INVITED HIM TO VENEZUELA

IN THE NAME OF CAP TO MAKE A DEAL. SAYS HE WAS MET AT AIRPORT BY

ORLANDO GARCIA AND RICARDO MORALES WITH WHOM HE MADE A DEAL. BOSCH

AGREED THERE WOULD BE NO ACTIONS IN VENEZUELA, COSTA RICA AND THE

DOMREP, IN EXCHANGE FOR WHICH HE WOULD EBE PERMITTED TO LIVE IN VENE-

ZUELA UNDER AN ASSUMED NAME. AND ORGANIZE OTHER TERRORISTS' ACTIONS

ELSEWHERE• UNTIL TIME OF THE LETELIER ASSASSINEATION AND THE CUBANA

BOMBING, BOSCH SAID, "THE PACT WITH VENEZUELAI WAS GOING PERFECTLY

WELL. IN FACT, I WAS SUPPOSED TO MEET WITH PRESIDENT PEREZ ON

OCTOBER 10, BUT THEN THE PLANE BLEW UP ON THE.GTH AND ALL THE TROUBLE

STARTED. " BOSCH CELAIMED AFTER PLANE INCIDENT HE CONTINUED TO HAVE

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CONVERSATIONS WITH ORLANDO GARCIA WHO TOLD BOSCH THAT NOTHING UNTOWARD

WOULD HAPPEN, "UNTIL, ONE DAY GARCIA CALLED TO SAY THAT THE PRESIDENT

WANTED BOSCH TO STAY AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS." BOSCH CONTINUED THAT

HE HAS BEEN UNDER-"PROTECTIVE CUSTODY" FOR SEVEN MONTHS AND PEREZ

HAS SAID ON TELEVISION THAT BOSCH WAS A MEMBER OF CIA AND TRYING TO

DESTABILIZE HIS GOVERNMENT. BOSCH CLAIMS THAT GARCIA TOLD HIM THAT

HE WOULD BE RELEASED AS SOON AS THE PUBLICITY BLOWS OVER. BOSCH

SPOKE WITH EXTREME BITTERNESS ABOUT THE BETRAYAL OF THE CUBAN PEOPLE®

BY THE VENEZUELANS WHO HAD SO RECENTLY BEFRIENDED HIM, AND IS EVEN •

WILLING TO ENTERTAIN CHARGES THAT VENEZUELA SET HIM UP FROM THE DAY

HE WAS INVITED TO LIVE THERE. BOSCH CONTINUES THAT HE HAS DECIDED TO

RESUME THE OFFENSIVE, AND HE CANNOT KEEP QUIET ANYMORE. "WE'RE

PUSHED UP AGAINST THE WALL BY (PRESIDENTE PERMEZ. WE'RE GOING TO

ACCUSE HIM OF BETRAYING US. A TRAITOR TO DEMOCRACY, A TRAITOR TO THE

CUBANS, AND A TRAITOR TO THE AMERICAN CAUSE. I AM GOING TO DECLARE

WAR ON THE VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT IN THE NAME OF THE CUBAN CAUSE: I

DON'T CARE THAT I AM SITTING IN JAIL. PEREZ IS A TRAITOR. HE WAS

MAKING A PACT. WITH CASTRO AT THE SAME TIME HE WAS MAKING A PACT WITH

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US.. IF THEY WANT TO PUT ME ON TRIAL, THEY WILL ALSO HAVE TO ACCUSE

THE MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR, THE DISIP DIRECTOR AND THE PRESIDENT.

THESE PEOPLE CONSPIRED WITH ME. THEY SHOULD BE PUT IN JAIL AS WELL-MY

4. DEEREGARDING LETELIER INVESTIGATION ARTICLE CLAIMS BOSCH

DENIED KNOWING ANYTHING ABOUT ASSASSINATION. ARTICLE CONTINUES WITH

CLAIM "CONFIDENTIAL INTELLIGENCE' REPORT OBTAINED BY "NEW TIMES" CLAIMS

BOSCH WAS NOT SO RETICENT ABOUT LETELIER CASE WHEN QUESTIONED BY

VENEZUELAN AUTHORITIES SHORTLY AFTER HIS ARREST." ARTICLE CLAIMS

BOSCH FINGERED NOVO BROTHERS TO DISIP• LATER IN ARTICLE PARENTHETICAL .

STATEMENT IS MADE "CONTRARY TO REPORTS IN AMERICAN PAPERS, NO U.S.

OFFICIAL HAS BEEN ALLOWED BY VENEZUELAN GOUT TO SEE BOSCH." Y

5. HOS AIRMAILING COPY VIA APO 5 MAY AND WILL POUCH COPY ALSO.

BASED ON ABOVE PORTIONS WHICH WE CONSIDER MOST IBFLAMATORY RE VENEZUE-

LA, PLEASE CABLE YOUR AND AMBASSADOR'S COMMENTS REGARDING POSSIBLE.

VENEZUELAN REACTIONS TO ARTICLE WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS YOUR ESTIMATE

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HOW THIS MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT AFFECT STATION OPS. IN MEANTIME, WE

KEEPING IN CLOSE TOUCH WITH STATE HERE. WE WILL TAKE INITIATIVE TO

ASSURE STATIONS IN OTHER LAD COUNTRIES MENTIONED IN ARTICLE ARE KEPT

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