65-514-124
Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: SJ
To: HQ
Document date: 05/27/1977
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER: 124-10324-10430

RECORD SERIES: SJ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: SEE TITLE

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM:

SJ

TO:

HQ

TITLE: [Restricted]

DATE: 05/27/1977

'PAGES:

14

SUBJECTS :

ANTONIO VECIANA

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION :

Secret

RESTRICTIONS: 1B; 1C

CURRENT STATUS : Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 09/02/1998

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INFORMATION IN THE PAST, ADVISED THAT HE MET WITH MEMBERS OF THE

CUBAN INTELLIGENCE SERVICE (GUIS) ON MAY 19, 1977, AT THE(SAN (SJ

MIGUEL HOTEL, PUEBLA CITY, MEXICO, AT THIS TIME, (THE SOURCE WAS (SJ

ASKED QUESTIONS BY THE CUIS AND THE SOURCE'S RESPONSES WERE

RECORDED ON VIDEOTAPE. THE CUIS EXPLAINED TO THE SOURCE THAT

THIS TAPE WOULD BE SHOWN TO HIGH CUBAN OFFICIALS INCLUDING

FIDEL CASTRO AND WOULD NOT BE MADE PUBLIC.

8/20/98

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IN HELPING APPROXIMATELY TWENTY-EIGHT CUBAN EXILES AND ARMS PASS

THROUGH PUERTO RICO TO SANTO DOMINGO FOR USE AGAINST CUBA AND THAT

ALL BUT FOUR OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED CUBAN EXILES HAD RETURNED

TO PUERTO RICO. THE FOUR WHO DID NOT RETURN ARE NOW IN

CUBAN JAILS.

THE SOURCE WAS ASKED TO GIVE MIS COMMENTS ABOUT HIS PARTICI- (SJ

PATION INJAN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT OF FIDEL CASTRO IN CHILE

IN 1971. (THE SOURCE STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN ONE OF THE

INDIVIDUALS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE ATTEMPT WITH ANTONIO VECIANA.J (SJ

THE CUIS ASKED IF VECIANA HAD BEEN EMPLOYED BY THE CENTRAL INTELLI-

GENCE AGENCY AND (THE SOURCE REPLIED THAT HE DID NOT KNOW, MOWEVER, CS

ASSUMED HE HAD BEEN. THIS ASSUMPTION WAS BASED ON THE FACT) VEGIANA (SJ

HAD USED A CAR WITH UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC LICENSE PLATES TO

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TRANSPORT THE NECESSARY ARMS AND EQUIPMENT FROM BOLIVIA, WHERE

VECIANA WAS EMPLOYED IN THE UNITED STATES EMBASSY, TO CHILE.

THE SOURCE WAS QUESTIONED ABOUT A 1961 ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT (5]

OF CASTRO IN CUSA IN WHICH THE SOURCE PARTICIPATED AND THE SOURCE (5J

STATED THAT HE. VECIANA, AND BERNARDO PRADRERES MAD AT THAT TIME

TRIED TO KILL CASTRO WITH A BAZOOKA. IN THIS CONNECTION, THEY

FIRST WENT TO THE UNITED STATES EMBASSY IN CUBA IN AN UNSUCCESSFUL

QUEST TO OBTAIN A BAZOOKA AFTER WHICH THEY HAD TO USE A BAZOOKA

THAT HAD BEEN USED AGAINST BATISTA DURING THE CASTRO UPRISING IN

CUBA• THEY WAITED IN AN APARIMENT, WHICH WAS RENTED ON MISSION

STREET IN HAVANA, CUBA, BY VECIANA'S MOTHER-IN-LAW, FOR NINE MONTHS

FOR CASIRO TO APPEAR AT THE NEARBY CUBAN CAPITOL. PRADRERES HAD

HIRED TWO OTHER INDIVIDUALS(NOT KNOWN TO THE SOURCEITO DO THE (S

ACTUAL FIRING, BUT WHEN CASTRO FINALLY APPEARED, THE BAZOOKA FAILED

TO FIRE DUE TO ITS DETERIORATED STATE FROM HAVING BEEN BURIED FOR AN

EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. THE RENT FOR THE APARTMENT HAD BEEN PAID

FOR AN ADDITIONAL TWO MONTHS AFTER THE ATTEMPT, AND, WHEN THE

RENTAL EXPIRED, IT WAS THEN THAT THE CUBAN AUTHORITIES DISCOVERED

THE BAZOOKA, WHICH HAD BEEN LEFT IN THE APARTMENT, AND, AS AJ (S);

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AND TO COMMENT ON WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS THE POSSIBILITY OF RENEWED

PELATIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CUBA, (TO WHICH THE SOURCE] (S)

RESPONDED THAT MANY CUBANS WANTED TO RETURN TO CUBA FOR FAMILY

REASONS WHILE OTHER CUBAN EXILES ARE STILL HOSTILE TO THE CASTRO

GOVERNMENT •

IN HIS VIDEOTAPED MESSAGE TO THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT,

THE SOURCE STATED THAT HE WAS SORRY FOR HIS ANTI-CASTRO ACTIONS;

THAT HE WANTED TO REVISIT CUBA AND WANTED TO HELP THE CUBAN

GOVERNMENT. (S)

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SHIP WITH THE CUIS. HIS RESPONSE WAS THAT THINGS APPEARED TO BE

GOOD IN CUBA AND THAT EVERYONE RECEIVES FREE EDUCATION AND

MEDICAL TREATMENT THERE. HE ADDED, HOWEVER, THAI HE HAS NEVER

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1963. IN ONE OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS, THERE APPEARED AN INDIVIDUAL

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ASKED TO POINT OUT, WHICH HE DID, THAT SAME INDIVIDUAL, AFTER WHICHI

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TELETYPES TO DIRECTOR (MAY 23) 1977 AND MAY 24, 1977. NO COPY ES]

(MAY 24D) 1977 TELETYPE TO MIAMI. (5]

SOUPCE IS SU 1349-0A, DEBRIEFED ON MAY 23,J 1977. [5}

FOR THE INFORMATION OF RECIPIENTS, TIME LIMITATIONS IN

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MORE DETAILED BISCUSSION OF THE QUESTIONS POSED OF (THE SOURCE, [5J

AND HIS REPLIES. ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO DEBRIEF (SOURCE) <SJ

IN MORE DETAIL CONCERNING THIS MATTER.

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THAT CASTRO WAS TO BE INTERVIEWED BY A FEMALE REPORTER OF A

MAJOR U.S. NETWORK DURING THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. SAN JUAN HAD

SPECULATED THAT THE VIDEOTAPE COULD POSSIBLY BE USED DURING THE CS]

NETWORK INTERVIEW FOR PROPAGANDA PURPOSES, ALTHOUGH IT WAS

CONSIDERED UNLIKELY. WHOA, AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE RADIO STATION IN

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO, REPORTED IN THE MORNING OF SEP ZOSR 26,

1977, THAT BARBARA WALTERS OF ABC NEWS HAD RECENTLY INTERVIEWED

CASTRO. THE WHOA REPORT RELATED VARIOUS SUBJECTS THAT HAD BEEN

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FAMILY LIFE IN CUBA BEFORE THE CASTRO REVOLUTION, AFTER WHICH HE CSU

WAS ASKED IO COMMENT ON THE FORMER BATISTA REGIME IN CUBA. CHE CSJ

WAS THEN ASKED WHAT POLITICAL MOVEMENTS HE HAD BEEN A MEMBER OF,

AND HIS RESPONSE WAS WITH ALPHA 66 AND ESCAMBRES. (HE TOLD THI (SI

INTERVIEWER THAT IN 1964 HE THE SOURCE)) HAD WORKED WITH ALPHA 66, 5J

IN HELPING APPROXIMATELY TWENTY-EIGHT CUBAN EXILES AND ARMS PASS

THROUGH PUERTO RICO TO SANTO DOMINGO FOR USE AGAINST CUBA AND THAT

ALL BUT FOUR OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED CUBAN EXILES HAD RETURNED

TO PUERTO RICO. THE FOUR WHO DID NOT RETURN ARE NOW IN

CUBAN JAILS.

THE SOURCE WAS ASKED TO GIVE HIS COMMENTS ABOUT HIS PARTICI-(S]

PATION IN AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT OF FIDEL CASTRO IN CHILE

IN 1971. THE SOURCE STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN ONE OF THE (SJ

INDIVIDUALS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE ATTEMPT WITH ANTONIO VECIANA

• THE CUIS ASKED IF VECIANA HAD BEEN EMPLOYED BY THE CENTRAL INTELLI-

GENCE AGENCY AND THE SOURCE REPLIED THAT HE DID NOT KNOW, HOWEVER, CS J

ASSUMED HE HAD BEEN. THIS ASSUMPTION WAS BASED ON THE FACT VECIANA (SJ

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LOPSECRET

TRANSPORT THE NECESSARY ARMS AND EQUIPMENT FROM BOLIVIA, WHERE

VECIANA WAS EMPLOYED IN THE UNITED STATES EMBASSY, TO CHILE.

THE SOURCE WAS QUESTIONED ABOUT A 1961 ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT (S

OF CASTRO IN CUBA IN WHICH THE SOURCE PARTICIPATED AND THE SOURCE CS

STATED THAT HE, VECIANA, AND BERNARDO PRADRERES HAD AT THAT TIME

TRIED TO KILL CASTRO WITH A BAZOOKA. IN THIS CONNECTION, THEY

FIRST WENT TO THE UNITED STATES EMBASSY IN CUBA IN AN UNSUCCESSFUL

QUEST TO OBTAIN A BAZOOKA AFTER WHICH THEY HAD TO USE A BAZOOKA

THAT HAD BEEN USED AGAINST BATISTA DURING THE CASTRO UPRISING IN

CUBA. THEY WAITED IN AN APARIMENT, WHICH WAS RENTED ON MISSION

STREET IN HAVANA, CUBA, BY VECIANA 'S MOTHER-IN-LAW, FOR NINE MONTHS

FOR CASTRO TO APPEAR AT THE NEARBY CUBAN CAPITOL. PRADERES HAD

HIRED TWO OTHER INDIVIDUALS(NOT KNOWY TO THE SOURCEITO DO THE (S]

ACTUAL FIRING, BUT WHEN CASTRO FINALLY APPEARED, THE BAZOOKA FAILED

TO FIRE DUE TO ITS DETERIORATED STATE FROM HAVING BEEN BURIED FOR AN

EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. THE RENT FOR THE APARTMENT HAD BEEN PAID

FOR AN ADDITIONAL TWO MONTHS AFTER THE ATTEMPT, AND, WHEN THE

RENTAL EXPIRED, IT WAS THEN THAT THE CUBAN AUTHORITIES DISCOVERED

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PARTICIPANTS IN THE UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT ON CASTRO'S LIFE.

(THE SOURCEJWAS NEXT ASKED IO SEND A MESSAGE TO FIDEL CASTRO CJ

AND TO COMMENT ON WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS THE POSSIBILITY OF RENEWED

RELATIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CUBA, IO WHICH THE SOURCE 4)

RESPONDED THAT MANY CUBANS WANTED TO RETURN TO CUBA FOR FAMILY

REASONS WHILE OTHER CUBAN EXILES ARE STILL HOSTILE TO THE CASTRO

GOVERNMENT. CEN HIS VIDEOTAPED MESSAGE TO THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT, CSJ

THE SOURCE STATED THAT HE WAS SORRY FOR HIS ANTI-CASTRO ACTIONS;

THAT HE WANTED TO REVISIT CUBA AND WANTED TO HELP THE CUBAN

GOVERNMENT.

(SOURCE WAS ASKED HOW HE LIKED WORKING WITH HIS CUIS CONTACTS (5]

AND

HE RESPONDED IN A FAVORABLE FASHION AFTER WHICH HE WAS

REQUESTED TO COMMENT ABOUT THE CUBAN REVOLUTION AND HIS RELATION-

SHIP WITH

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GOOD IN CUBA AND THAT EVERYONE RECEIVES FREE EDUCATION AND

MEDICAL TREATMENT THERE. HE ADDED, HOWEVER, THATHE HAS NEVER (S]

LIVED UNDER COMMUNISM AND AS A RESULT HE COULD NOT COMMENT IN

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SIMILAR IN DESCRIPTION IO LEE HARVEY OSWALD AND THE SOURCE WAS C ST

ASKED TO POINT OUT, WHICH HE DID, THAT SAME INDIVIDUAL, AFTER WHICH

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ADMINISTRATIVE:

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TELETYPES TO DIRECTOR (NAY 23, 1977 AND MAY 24J 1977. NO COPY CST

(MAY 24, 1977 TELETYPE TO MIAMI. CS)

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MORE DETAILED DISCUSSION OF THE QUESTIONS POSED OF THE SOURCE] (SJ

AND HIS REPLIES. ARRANGEMENIS HAVE BEEN MADE TO DEBRIEF{SOURCE]CS

IN MORE DETAIL CONCERNING THIS MATTER.

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THAT CASTRO WAS TO BE INTERVIEWED BY A FEMALE REPORTER OF A

MAJOR U.S. NETWORK DURING THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. SAN JUAN HAD

SPECULATED THAT HE VIDEOTAPE COULD POSSIBLY BE USED DURING THE (S)

NETWORK INTERVIEW FOR PROPAGANDA PURPOSES, ALTHOUGH IT WAS

CONSIDERED UNLIKELY. WHOA, AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE RADIO STATION IN

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