“h by Morris Bishop when he was terminated. WARNING NOTICE NW 65924 Docld:32354592 Page 2 62 SECRET : 3. From the above description of Mr. X, it is reasonably clour clear that Mr. X is Antonio Carlos VECIANA Blanch (201-312966). VECIANA, an assistant bank manager and past presiden”
“… ember 1962. VECIANA was born on 4 October 1935 in Havana. He was a member of the People's Revo- lutionary Movement, an anti-Castro group in Cuba during 1960-61, and was one of the founders of Alpha-66. A certified public accountant by trade, 'VECIANA was with A.I.D. in La Paz in 1968 …”
“… g was arranged by a retired naval officer, James Cogswell, who had informed Chief, WII Division that he had information of valuc concerning Cuba. When Lucy arrived in New York City for the meeting, he was introduced by Cogswell to VEČIANA. He immediately launched. a discussion of the …”
“(104-10095-10202, TOTITEIN APM NEDIRACm /a 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 1 Wyateperfile 8 MAY 33733 MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Operations * SUBJECT : Media Inquiry to Cuban Exile Journalist in Miami re Cuba”
“asked about the activities of Reinaldo PICO (former 2506 Brigade member), Orlando PIEDRA (former Chief of Cuban Bureau of Investigation in Batista Government), and Rolando MASFERRER (former Cuban Senator and self-admitted former Communist). He also asked if ITT had an office ”
“-2- 6 1 nd 3. GOTTLIEB apparently has current information on the activities of the persons he mentioned; for example, he wen knew that Juan A. PAULA was involved in the jewelry business :. . (PAULA and Antonio Felix GENOVA Corzo, a WH/Miami proprietary. % employee recent”
“14-00000 ATTACHMENT A .12 Rene VIERA Gonzalez Reporter for Diario Las Americas; was speaker for Journalism in Exile at meeting held Flagler Theater, Miami June 1957. Had also been head of Public Relations for Cuban. National Bank, Date not given.: RE PRE T €. >4.1 ”
“… s Commission sent by Castro to Miami to negotiate release of prisoners in exchange for mechanical equipment and other supplies needed by Cuba. Defected and refused to accompany other members of Prisoners Commission on their return to Cuba in July 1961. POA granted 15 June 1964 f …”
“… eno PIEDRA-NEGUERLA (201-247879). aka - Orlando Eleno NEGUERLA-PIEDRA aka - Orlando PIEDRA aka - 0. ROCA Born 13 December 1917, Havana, Cuba Believed to be Cuban citizen currently Was Chief of Cuban Bureau of Investigation in Batista Govern- ment. Told FBI June 1959 he was for …”
“… U.S. neutrality laws......................... No indication Headquarters has been in touch, with subject at any time.. €.' Born 1918 in Cuba; typifies worst elements in former regime: of Batista. Name connotes ruthlessness, assassination, torture and extortion. - Still conside …”
“… inted Cuban Inspector General Instructor of the Ministry of State in 1933. He later became Under Secretary of Labor. In 1938 he returned to Cuba and.” served as Secretary of Commerce until 1940, lle later was appointed Minister of the Cuban Foreign Service. Appointed Minister of Comm …”
“the Chinese Communits. This operation aborted. This team was .then sent to work on the installation of the transmitters in the apart- ment over the NCNA office. 6. At 2400 hours on 14 September, Christ, who with the other technicians was working in the target apartment, fail”
“( ( (P S-E-C-R-E-T : to have been maltreated. 8. According to articles in the Cuban papers the three - technicians were arrested while in the apartment over the NCNA office and completing the installation of the equipment. The press article adds that the key to Mrs. Len”
“… ccessful. He was not permitted to see them but was told -. they were in custody. - • - --- -inged 10. The three technicians travelled to Cuba as tourists under 05- very light commercial cover, two, of them working for a company in New York and the third, . one in Baltimore, In e …”
“… ppears desirable or feasible. It would not appear that much support of any kind can be obtained from the law firm or the law firms in . : Cuba which are associated with them. ----- . 12. Insofar as the families are concerned, one of the technicians is a bachelor presently on hom …”
“been told what has happened and are being contacted at least once daily by TSD staffers and their wives who have been briefed on the situation. All conference with the two wives was held in TSD on 19 September to go over the whole situation and determine if there were any per”
“666 11 C CBC TZUL, Att 1 • RELEASE CONTINOENJOY OPLAN 62 -2 CHART OH Mar REFERENCE: Sectoral serozauticai charts stb requzred. TASK ORGANIZ ATICH: Det. 1, 1045th Operational Evcustion and Training Group. Major Billy B. Carpbell, Commander. 1. SITUATION: Daniel 1. Cars”
“104-10095-10326 • 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 .* 9 --- S EL SENSIIE LIES UZ 7 C. 7 24 April 1974 RYBAT/JMSPUR/PLVWCADET TRAFFIC REMOVED FROM C/WHD PERSONAL FILES DURING WATERGATE FILE SEARCH. TRAFFIC CAN BE FOUND IN SEA”
“nterest have become evident, both of which involve sensitive operational considerations: Mexico City •. Mexico City is considered one of the most important bases for Soviet clandestine operations against the United States. As a result Soviet and Cuban diplomatic installations hav”
“… e CIA was able to provide the initial firm evidence on Oswald's contacts with Cuban and Soviet officials, in his attempt to obtain visas to Cuba and the USSR. CIA, limited in not being able to conduct a traditional police- type investigation, was able to suggest to the Mexican author …”
“JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY : CIA RECORD NUMBER : 104-10096-10087 RECORD SERIES : JFK AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 80T01357A DOCUMENT INFORMATION AGENCY ORIGINATOR: CIA FROM: TO : TITLE : WARREN, RAYMOND A., C/LA DIV SA/DDO REPORT MENTIONING CUBA”
“ocld:32354957 Page 1 UKCLASSIFIED ☐ INTERNAL ☐ CONFIDENTIAL ONLY ☑ ☐ SECRET ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET SUBJECT: (Optional) SLHORIZON-1 Report Mentioning Cuban Minsiter-Counsellor Statement on the Assassination of President Kennedy EXTENSION NO. FROM: DATE C/LAD 1431 11 NOV 1977 TO:”
“… or his brother Marcos DIAZ Lanz, formerly Chief and Deputy Chief, respectively, of the Cuban Revolutionary Air Force. entered the U.S. from Cuba as exiles in mid-1959. that time the DIAZ Lanz brothers reportedly have been closely associated with, and involved in numerous activities w …”
“h were debriefed by the Agency, there is no indication that they were ever considered Agency assets. 2. Since Kingston Station queried source for further infor- mation as promised in paragraph 4 of the reference. The source said that the MC referred to the Kennedy assassina- tion”
“… YSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY INFORMATION DOCUMENT INFORMATION AGENCY ORIGINATOR : CIA FROM : TO : TITLE: REPORT: CIA OPERATIONS AGAINST CUBA PRIOR TO THE ASSASSINATION OF JFK. DATE : 01/01/1900 PAGES : 13 SUBJECTS : CUBA EXILES ANTI-CUBAN OPS DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER CLASSIFICATION: …”
“NST CUBA PRIOR TO THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ON 23 NOVEMBER 1963 A. INTRODUCTION 1. Agency planning and operations directed at C …”
“ions. Following the Bay of Pigs defeat, this net continued to function providing information on Cuba ابا via radio communication and Latin American diplomatic pouches. Radio NW 65924 Docld:32355013 Page 2 SECRET E2, IMPDET CL BY 055636 SECR …”
“… inistration urgings to do something about Castro, CIA established a large Station in Miami in September 1961 to continue operations against Cuba. The operations described below were developed and run by the Miami Station; many of them were still in the developmental stage at the time …”
“… which was mailed to 18 Latin American countries, to DMR members and to press and radio organizations in the U.S. Radio programs directed at Cuba were pre- pared and broadcast over station WMIE in Miami. Copies of these programs were sent to various Latin American countries and were b …”
“ets a year to various Latin countries and France. NW 65924 Docld:32355013 Page 4 - 3 - SECRET SECRET b. Union Deportiva de Cuba Libre (UDCL): A sports oriented organization established by CIA in October 1962. Led by a well known Cuban sports figure and a prominent Cu …”
“se of bulletin was to furnish information on the effect of Castro-Communist policies on Cuban youth. NW 65924 Docld:32355013 Page 5 4- SECRET SECRET”
“… Bay of Pigs. The DRE was primarily a para- military organization and prior to April 1961, 21 DRE members were trained and infiltrated into Cuba to create resistance and guerrilla units. This DRE apparatus was destroyed in the aftermath of the Bay of Pigs. Subse- quent paramilitary o …”
“1960 as a rallying point for middle and upper echelon trade unionists in exile. Led by former Cuban NW 65924 Docld:32355013 Page 6 - 5- SECRET SECRET labor leaders, FORDC published a weekly circular letter which was mailed to labor organizations throughout Latin America. Prior to”
“FORDC also maintained contact with international labor organizations. f. Unidad Revolucionaria (UR): Originally established in Cuba in December 1960 as a clan- destine resistance movement. Its leadership was largely put to death or imprisoned as a result of the Bay of Pi …”
“led to Cuba and other Latin American countries. On a NW 65924 Docld:32355013 Page 7 -6 SECRET SECRET weekly basis the UR published a list of free world …”
“… urposes, CIA also supported several prominent exiles who prepared propa- ganda materials. Zig Zag Libre was a successful satire magazine în Cuba prior to the Castro regime. The Agency supported its former editor who published an edition for mailing into Cuba. In the 1963 period it wa …”
“… nsiderably as a result of its use in the Bay of Pigs opera- tion. Most audience response was received from Caribbean countries out- side of Cuba. 5. Mailing Operation:”
“ost audience response was received from Caribbean countries out- side of Cuba. 5. Mailing Operation: Most propaganda mailing operations were directed to Latin American countries outside of Cuba. This project, initiate …”
“wn if the program was effective in increasing Cuban resistance. C. INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION/ESPIONAGE 1. Refugee and Defector Exploitation: Cuban refugees were entering the United States at the rate of 1700 per week during 1961-62. The Immigration and Naturalization Service (I&NS)”
“… NW 65924 Docld:32355013 Page 10. 9 SECRET SECRET refugees was large, and it was relatively easy to obtain information on current events in Cuba and Cuban exiles that could be utilized opera- tionally. Following the crisis, the flow of refugees decreased signifi- cantly. As a result, …”
“most valuable operational activity under- taken by the Station. In summary, this Group: activities. a. Infiltrated exile groups and reported on their b. Maintained extensive files on Cuban exiles, exile groups and Cuban Government personalities. c. Monitored Cuban radio broadcast”
“… 5013 Page 11 10 SECRET SECRET 3. Intelligence Net: In mid-1962, the Agency recruited a former Cuban politician to establish an agent net in Cuba. This individual recruited a member of the presidential entourage, a Cuban working in a foreign consul, and a third individual. These indiv …”
“in the arrest and conviction on espionage charges of all of the members of the net. 4. Juana Castro: Juana Castro, younger sister of Fidel Castro, was one of the more significant CIA agent recruitments. She was a strong supporter of her brother until she realized he had led the r”
“, or to obtain reporting. d. Exfiltrate significant political defectors. e. Commit acts of sabotage. Each of these operations were approved by the Special Group or its succes- sor, the 303 Committee. They were a major preoccupation of the Miami Station and large amounts of money ”
“… ducer of railroad ties. Its loss was felt, and noted in a Castro speech, when a hurricane destroyed most of the railroad's lines in part of Cuba several weeks later.”
“speech, when a hurricane destroyed most of the railroad's lines in part of Cuba several weeks later. NW 65924 Docld:32355013 Page 14 13 DET SECRET”
“judgment of the oversight committee. QUESTION: What is left to be done in the way of investigation? Senator Schweiker replied that the question of how high up and the purpose of the "cover up" needs to be pursued, as well as several other leads not identified within the report. Q”
“… Schweiker replied a couple of leads such as Cuban intelligence agents moving in flights in cockpits within Mexico and the US and then on to Cuba. NW 65924 Docld:32355060 Page 6 QUESTION: Do you know that the man riding in the cockpit of the aircraft was a Cuban intelligence agent? Se …”
“s a Cuban intelligence agent. QUESTION: What are other motives in President Kennedy's assassination? Senator Schweiker replied that he hated to speculate on this matter and that it could have been Castro retaliation, retaliation by anti-Castro grops or it could even involve the M”
“… ESIDING MAZON NUMBER 163 HAVANA, 2. (VALDIS) EMPLOYED AS STATISTICIAN MINISTRY HEALTH - 0% - C A110 WELFARE RAVAZA. SHE SCHEDULED RETURy CUBA CA 20 DEC FROM ,0231 UMERE REBEDIZLY COSPLETED LENGTHY STUDIES PROGRAM UDER |AGUSPICES WonL MZaLzHonaenizazicu. 3. no nexa races, moss. …”