Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: DEEGAN, J. G.
To: GALLAGHER, R. J.
Document date: 11/5/76
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote).

DATE: 11-14-2017

JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM

IDENTIFICATION FORM

AGENCY INFORMATION

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER: 124-10220-10008

RECORD SERIES: HO

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 2-2173-202

DOCUMENT INFORMATION

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM:

DEEGAN. J. G.

TO: GALLAGHER. R. J.

TITLE:

DATE: 11/05/1976

PAGES: 5

SUBJECT:

DOCUMENT TYPE:

ORIGINAL

CLASSIFICATION:

REVIEW DATE:

STATUS

PAPER. TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Secret

05/14/1998

Redact

NEW

CLASSIFICATION:

UPDATE DATE:

RESTRICTIONS:

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JFK Act 6 (4)

COMMENTS:

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Released under the John,

Kennedy Assassination Records

Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hotej.

DATE: / 11-14-2017

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MAY 1902 EDITION

GSA GEN. REG. NO. 27

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum

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- Mr.

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- Mr. J.

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- Mr.

D.

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- Mr. W. K. DeBruler

TO :

Mr. R. J. Gallag

DATE.

11/5/76

Assoc. Dir.

Dep. AD Adm. _

Dep. AD Inv.

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Asst. Dir.:

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SUBJECT UNKNOWN SUBJECTS; BOMBING OF

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CUBANA AIRLINES DC-8 NEAR

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OCTOBER 6,

AIL INFORMATION CONTAXED rector Ser'y -

NEUTRALITY MATTERS - CUBA - WEST INDIES

HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED

EXCEPT WHERE SHOWN

CHILBOM; PROTECTION OF FOREIGN OFFICIALS OTHERWISE

MURDER; EXPLOSIVE:: AND INCENDIARY DEVICES CLASSIFIZOVM

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PURPOSE: To advise of recent developments in connection with JFK

captioned matters and Ricardo Morales Navarrete,

Venezuelan Counterintelligence Service (DISIP). FU

SYNOPSIS: Navarrete has been a central figure in the intrigue

surrounding the bombing of captioned Cubana airliner.

currently an embarrassment to the Venezuelan Government who now

denies his existence.

He has told a confidential source of the

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Miami Office that prior to the bombing of captioned airliner he

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participated in two meetings in Caracas at which plans to bomb a

By teletype 11/4//6 Legat,

Caracas, advised that Navarrete

requested a meeting but was unable?

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to keep

the appointment indicating he was

being held against his

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will.

In a cryptic telephone conversation, Navarrete related that

he had a lot to tell Legat,

that he was "going across the border"

and that "Remberto" was

Remberto Uzcatequi

was past Director.": of DISIP.r Legat believes Navarrete may

return to Miami, Florida, area where 'he could be debriefed

regarding captioned matters (8) wo

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Released under the John

DATE: 11-14-2017

Kennedy Assassination Records

Collection Act of 1992 (14 USC 2107 Note).

SECRET

Memorandum to Mr. R. J. Gallagher

Re:

Unknown Subjects; Bombing of

Cubana Airlines DC-8 Near

Barbados,

West Indies,

October 6, 1976

CHILBOM

SECRET

DETAILS: Navarrete has been a central figure in the intrigue

surrounding

the bombing of captioned Cubana airliner.

He is a

former Miami informant who has been an unpaid confidential source

of Legat, Caracas: As an official of DISIP, Navarrete was

responsible for the care and debriefing of Orlando Bosch Avila,

an anti-Castro terrorist who had sought refuge in Venezuela and

is now being held in connection with the Cubana bombing.

Navarrete has provided information obtained from Bosch to

Legat, Caracas, including the allegation that Guillermo anc

Ignacio Novo were responsible for the murder of Orlando Letelier

former Chilean official in Washington, D. C., on 9/21/76.G 4)

As evidence mounted that the Cubana bomb plot was hatched

in Venezuela and that a number of present and former Venezuelan

officials were implicated, Navarrete went on the offensive and

attempted to discredit CIA, FBI and the American Government

a Dade County, Florida, organized crime officer traveled to

Caracas to persuade Navarrete to testify in the Florida trial of

anti-Castro bomb figure Rolando Otero.

Diaz confidentially advised

our Miami Office that he was

told by Navarrete that Navarrete

participated in two meetings in Caracas at which plans to

bomb a Cubana airliner were discussed. Navarrete also related

that if Luis Posada, one of the persons arrested in connection with

the bomb plot,

were to talk then he (Navarrete) and others would go

"down the tube" in a Venezuelan styled Watergate. Navarrete became

an embarrassment to the Venezuelan Government after forcing

three American journalists to leave Venezuela on. 10/21/76.

Venezuela now denies the existence of Navarrete and Navarrete is

reported to have called his Miami,

her not to call as

Florida

girlfriend and told

"he does not exist. "(R)U)

By teletype 11/4/76, Legat, Caracas

advised that

Navarrete desired to meet with Legat on 11/4/16, but was unable

to keep the appointment indicating that he was being held against

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" Released under the John

DATE: 11-14-2017

Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note).

SECRET

Memorandum to Mr. R. J. Gallagher

Re:

Unknown Subjects; Bombing of

Cubana Airlines DC-8 Near

Barbados, west Indies,

October 6, 1976

CHILBOM

SECRET

that he had a lot to tell Legat but could not talk over the

phone and that he was

"going across the border."

Navarrete

volunteered that

person was

"behind everything" and gave the

name "Remberto. " (» (U/

(S)CRemberto Uzcatequi was the Director. e of DISIP during

period that Posada was a member of that organization. Legat did

not know what cryptic comments of Navarrete meant but no

elaboration waV!

Offered by Navarrete and conversation was

terminated.

Legat believed Navarrete is being kept in seclusion, and

that he may

Legat/

speculated that if Navarrete returns to the

United States he may be able to shed light on Cubana bombing and

Letelier's assassination. daU

In another development Raul Diaz,

supra, received a

elephone call from Navarrete late on 11/3/76. In this call

Navarrete alleged "that the CORU meeting in the Dominican

Republic was sponsored by the CIA."

CORU is an anti-Castro.

terrorist group which has taken credit for numerous terrorist

acts throughout the Caribbean since June, 1976. CORU was formed

as an umbrella organization at a June, 1976, meeting in the

Dominican Republic attended by five anti-Castro terrorist groups.

It is believed that Navarrete was refering to this meeting.(f-(u)

In this telephone call Navarrete aso told Diaz that if

George Gomez, Alfredo Chumaceiro and Armand Santana were out of

jail at the time of the Letelier bombing then they were

responsible for it. If these men were in jail, according to

Navarrete, then two of their associates perpetrated the Letelier

bombing.

YU)

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Released under the John

DATE: 11-14-2017

Kennedy Assassination Records

olection Act of 1992 (11 USC 2107 Hote) .

SECRET

Memorandum to Mr. R. J. Gallagher

Re:

Unknown Subjects; Bombing of

Cubana Airlines DC-8 Near

Barbados,

west Indies,

October 6, 1976-554

CHILBOM

SECRET

Gomez,. Chumaceiro and Santana were

arrested by

New York City police on 7/24/76 while they were attempting

Navalace spe bleed that Meadedes Resto, entro erstal

Cuban who associates with persons involved in anti-Castro

activities transported some

"items" for the Cubana airlines

bombing from Miami to Venezuela.

'Rosello resides in Miami

Diaz advised he does not knownwhether Navarrete

is furnishing reliable information or whether he is furnishing

this information as part of the plan by him or the Venezuelan

Government to place the blame on the U. S. Government for acts of

terrorism conducted by anti-Castro organizations.(*) (U)

OBSERVATION: Navarrete's attempts to discredit the CIA,

FBI

and U. S.

Government never gathered steam. *He is currently on

the "outs" with the Venezuelan Government who may be contemplating

his elimination through deportation or otherwise. Navarrete,

in furnishing this recent information, may be attempting to

ingratiate himself with U. S. law enforcement who may be asked to

provide a haven for him should he reach our shores * (u)

Dissemination has been made of above intormation to

the Department of Justice, Department of State, Central

Intelligence Agency and U. S. Secret Service.

SECRET

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