CABLE CONCERNING TWO CUBAN ILLEGALS RESIDENT IN THE U.S.: QUESADA ROMAN AND CEPEDA.
Agency: CIA
Originator: CIA
From: WH/MIAMI STATION
Document date: 09/30/1971
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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1. STATION MIAMI HAS BEEN TRYING UNSUCCESSFULLY FOR MANY

WEEKS TO IDENIIFY WHAT MAY BE TWO CUBAN ILLEGALS RESIDENT

IN THE UNITED STATES NEW YORK, WASHINGION AREA AND/OR MIAMI.

THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS FNU QUES ADA

ROMAN AND FNU CE PE DA. CHYSAGE- I ALLEGEDLY HAS HAD DIRECT

CONTACI WITH QUESADA ROMAN BUT SEEMS KNOW LITTLE ABOUT DEPEDA.

WE ARE 9D PERCENI SURE THAI THE NAME QUESADA ROMAN IS AN ALIAS, AND

CEPEDA BEING AS COMMON AS IT IS LEAVES US NOWHERE. THERE IS

REASON TO BELIEVE THAT CHUSAGE-I KNOWS THE TRUVIDENTITY OF

QUESADA, BUT SHE HAS REFUSED IO TELL US AND ADDITIONALLY HAS

PROVIDED CONFUSING AS WELL AS CONFLICIING INFORMATION ON HIM.

SORTING OUT CHISAGE-L'S STATEMENIS ON QUESADA, WE BELIEVE SOME

OF THE FOLLOWING MAY BE TRUE. TO WIT:

A•. HE IS 35-40 YEARS OF AGE, DARK HAIR! WHITE

SKIN, SLIM BUT STRONG BUILD, HEIGHT APPARENTLY

5 FEET S TO 10 INCHES CAPPROX). MAY HAVE A BIRTHMARK

OR SCAR ON UPPER LEFT SIDE FOREHEAD. ON RIGHT SIDE

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OF NECK AND SMALL BLUE DISCOLORATIONS OR SCARS

RESULIING FROM EXPLOSION OF A DEMMLITION DEVICE

IN VENEZUELA• QUESADA ALLEGEDLY A SABOTAGE

DEMOLITION EXPERT AMONG OTHER THINGS. WAS ACTIVE

SOMETIME DURING 6D IN SABOTAGE VENEZUELAN OIL

FIELDS.

DURING ONE OPERATION THERE WAS PREMATURE

¿EXPLOSION OF DEMOLITION DEVICE WHICH PLANTED

SHRAPNEL FRAGMENTS. IN HIS NECK WHICH SIILL WORK TO THE SURFACE FROM

TIME TO TIME AND ARE EXTRACTED.

B. HE ALLEGEDLY SERVED IN MEXICO SOMETIME

DURING THE PERIOD 63-66 AND MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE

BEEN IN THE EMBASSY. HE WAS DESCRIBED BY ENSAGE -1

AS A SPECIALIST PROBABLY IN SABOTAGE, EXECUTIVE

ACTION; ETC•, BUT ALSO COULD BE A SPECIALIST VIS

A VIS THE AMERICAN DEPARIMENI. HE ALSO ALLEGEDLY

TRAVELLED TO PANAMA EILHER LATE 63 OR EARLY 64

AROUND THE TIME OF THE PANAMA RIOTS.. THIS COULD

MEAN THAT HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN CONNECTED WITH RICO

GAL AN NOW SERVING A PRISON SENTENCE IN MEXICO•

HYSAGE -1 ALSO TOSSED THE VAR NAMES OSCAR AND GABRIEL

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AROUND AS RELATING IO THIS PERSON, BUT WE BELIEVE

THIS MAY BE SNOW. THERE IS SOME REASON IO BELIEVE

THE PERSON SHE DISCUSSED MAY BE ROGELIO RODRI -

GU EZ LOPEZ WEO SERVED IN MEXICO CITY DURING

THAT PERIOD AND SPECIALIZED ON CENTRAL AMERICA•

ADDRESSEES WILL PROBABLY REMBER THAT ROGELIO

RODRIGUEZ, WHO LNERGO DESCRIBES AS A HIGHLY COMPETENT

AND DANGEROUS CASE OFFICER, WAS PNGED OUT OF NEW

YORK SOMETIME,AGO. IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOUTH AFRICAN

GIRL WHO WAS REPORTING ON THE DIPLOMATIC COLONY IN

WASHINGION.. STATION MIAMI ALSO NOTES THAI ABELARDO

CUR BELO PARDON SERVED IN MEXICh ABOUT THE

SAME TIME.

C. RE VENEZUELA: (HUSAGE-I DESCRIBES HIM ONLY

.- AS HAVING LIVED AS AN ILLEGAL IN VENEZUELA FOR

SOME TIME AND SERVING SUCCESSFULLY AS A SABOTAGE

TRAINER AND/OR IMPLEMENTOR OF SABOIAGE OPERATIONS.

SHE HAS SUGGESTED THAT HE WAS THERE DURING THE

MOST ACTIVE PERIOD OF SABOTAGE, WHICH SHE RECALLS

WASH DURING THE EARLY GOS: THIS MAY OR MAY NOT BE

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TRUE. THE PERSON IN QUESTION COULD JUST AS EASILY

HAVE BEEN CONNECTED WITH THE BRAVO GROUP IN LATE 60S.

MIAMI'S RECORDS OF SABOTAGE OPERATIONS IN VENEZUELA

PRIOR TO 1968 ARE INCOMPLETE. CARACAS, THEREFORE,

MAY BE ABLE TO ISOLATE TWO OR THREE PERSONS WHO

FIT THIS GENERAL CRITERIA FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION.

D. CHISAGE- 1 ALLEGES THAI QUESADA WAS IN NEW

YORK CITY AREA AND MET WITH HER DURING THE WEEK OF

13 SEPTEMBER. IF THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED, IT MIGHT

ELIMINATE ROGELIO RODRIGUEZ (DEPENDING UPON HIS

PRESENT WHEREABOUTS) AS A PRIME CANDIDATE.

FOR HEADQUARIERS: STATION MIAMI WOULD APPRECIATE

RECEIVING PICTURES OF THE CUBAN COUNTER-SURVEILLANCE

PERSON WHO APPARENTLY COVEREDCHYSAGE-I DURING THE

PERIOD SHE DELIVERED A LETTER TO PONCHAYS

HOTEL. BELIEVE BOTH HEADQUARTERS AND MIAMI SHOULD

STUDY MIM AGAINST THE MUG BOOK.

• 30 REALIZE THE FOREGOING IS MOSI TENUOUS AND INCOMPLETE.

WILL APPRECIATE, HOWEVER, ANY ASSISTANCE YOU CAN GIVE US IN

THIS IDENTIFICATION.

FIlE: 298-6-49113; 65876-4213- GP-1

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