[1]124-10371-10015) (2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992.
[3]Date: 415/201
[5]JF Assassination System
[6]Identification Form
[8]Agency Information
[10]AGENCY: FBI
[11]RECORD NUMBER:  124-10371-10015
[12]RECORD SERIES: HQ
[13]AGENCY FILENUMBER:  62-117290-ADMIN FOLDER-B
[14]-Document Information
[15]ORIGINATOR: NIS
[16]FROM: NIS~
[17]TO: HQ
[18]TITLE:
[19]DATE: 07/18/1978
[20]“PAGES: 61
[21]SUBJECTS :
[22]HSCA ADMINISTRATIVE FOLDER, THIRD AGENCY
[23]CLEARANCE REQUESTS
[24]DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT
[25]CLASSIFICATION: — Secret
[26]RESTRICTIONS: 1A;1B
[27]CURRENT STATUS:  Redact
[28]DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 07/06/1999
[29]OPENING CRITERIA : APPROVAL OF CIA
[30]COMMENTS : INC FOLDER, INDEX, S/S, LET, ENV, REPORTS, RAP SHEET, LHM, MEMO, NOTES,
[31]DESPATCH, A/T, TELEGRAM, DATA REPORT, AIRGRAM
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[39]CEN. -AL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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[73]Director
[75]Federal Bureau of AN Fas, Gog
[77]Intelligence Division
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[81]ATTENTION :
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[85]: Travel to Florida of an agent’ forthe Soviets
[86]“in Bogota to report on Cuban Exile Activities
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[92]/SSUBJECT
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[96]fore DEl~
[98]“.1. Reference is made to our CIR- 316/00990- 74 dated 17 a i
[99]pril 1974 and to your reply QF il July. 1974. tS): we
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[102]1 2. [Eart0s Miguel KASSEL ° (ates tnoun as “Hoey aa
[103]3 (9) KASSEL] s, natural cover for his ‘stay in Miami and
[105]was in Miami, FYorida from il August to z9 August L974,
[106]contacts with Cuban exiles was that of "Asistente Internacional" | a
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[116]a ost. the Union de Trabaiadores de Colombia (UTC) and "Jefe de
[117]a ~~ Redaccion" of "Justicia Social" published by the UTC in
[119]Bogota. Since the,UTC is_sympathetic to and supports some :
[121]Cuban exile group > KASSEL feels his visit to and expenses
[123]‘in Miami can be fully justified. within the context of his
[125]ad functions asa ‘UTC official.
[127]: (5): _
[128]wo 4. The following were [kassei]s main contacts in the © re
[129]Miami area: ;
[131]“separ
[133]A. Ignacio LEDON Iglesias, former Miami area
[135]committee. Secretary for Propaganda of the Partido Revolu-
[136]« Cionario del. Pueblo (PRP), left-winger, friend of Nario
[137]| RIVADULLA (see belon) ga a
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[147]B. Maric RIVADULLA.
[148].* ality in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. RIVADULLA
[150]"arrived in Miami from Santo Domingo on 14 August.
[152]- CIRA- 0500-74 ;
[153]’ G@lassified by 061393.
[154]‘Schedule of .£0. 11652 Exemption Category 5B(2).
[155]to determine date of automatic declassification.
[157]Exempt from General Declassification
[158]Impossible
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[198]: a _ . , :
[199]- C.. Ramiro de LA FE, brother of Ernesto de LA FE
[200]who had been recently released from jail in Cuba.
[202]Dd. Rolando, MASFERRER, Editor of “Libertad.”
[203] &.. Alberto Siar Wasvidal, Editor ‘of "Miami Extra."
[204]a Z .
[205]FL “Max ESNIK, Editor of "Replica."
[207]So Gc. Vicente-RUBIERA, leader of ‘Telephone Workers .
[208]Trade Union in Miami..
[210]- H. sentiago Kor Fornas, 4 former Cuban Minister of
[211]Interior. . , ae an Doe .
[212]~ “ foo _
[213]I. Alberto. de RIO Chaviano, former wi General
[214]in | the Cuban Army. a wo, a
[215]5. Following are highlights « offeassai]® report for
[216]our representative who met him, in Miami:
[218]_ A. The Partido Revolucionario del Pueblo (PRP)
[219]has ceased to exist for all practical purposes. According
[220]to Ignacio LEDON, responsibility for the disintegration of the
[221]PRP falls on its leader Antonio | SANTIAGO, _whom [KASSEL describes
[222]as a "farsante."” . G)
[224]OF B. Mario RIVADULLA,’ a ‘member of the PRP Ex eoutiyes
[225]Committee who now lives in Santo Domingo, told /KASSEL] that )
[226]. it is impossible to organize a: political movement in exile
[227]which would be capable of influencing in.any way the develop-
[228]ment of events in Cuba. RIVADULLA now believes that there
[229]is no alternative but ‘to await. a spontaneous change of
[230]events in Cuba and a possible. overthrow or assassination of
[231]‘Castro by the mister, ;
[233]Cc. [kassEi] attended a meeting of about 15 persons
[234]on “16 August presided over by Rolando MASFERRER, Director
[235]_of the weekly "Libertad." MASFERRER told the participants
[236]‘that they should begin firing practice on a Florida farm to
[237]prepare themselves for action against Cuba before November,
[238]because he (MASFERRER). is sure that Castro will be overthrown
[239]by that time. MASFERRER pointed out’ that U. S. Security and
[244]a we ey ere rt (LLL ot eee emer enn “sn arene ee tapeerececncete er agegaelal
[245]ae LEENA ea EATER ONCE TO ce ae A CECA PT .
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[262]‘Intelligence Services are aware of his plans and that he has
[263]no difficulty in their implementation. Participants at
[265]the meeting were then asked to contribute funds for the
[267]urcha of weapons; the total cash raised exceeded $1,000.00.
[268]KASSELftommented that it is his impressiof that the. funds
[269]raised were intended for MASFERRER's Personal use rather
[271]than the purchase of soapons.
[273]D. asset’ discussed with. ‘Ramiro de LA FE the
[274]possibility of founding .a conspiratorial and secret political
[275]movement to create a mechanism of. penetrating Cuba for the
[276]purpose ‘of contributing © to conditions which would result in
[277]a military coup against Castro.. The movement would be
[279]. headed "in absentia" by’ Ernesto de-LA FE, who had been
[281]. |]. released from prison in Cuba two months ago. The decision
[283]fo launch. this movement Was made“on 25 August in the apart-
[284]of Ay ro de LA FE. Present at that time, in addition
[285]Big tess d Ramiro de-KA FE, were Armando NEDINA, Manuel
[287]CRVEDAS and Miguel A. ZERQUEIRA | (Cubans) and Juan. LOPEZ
[288](naturalized American). The new movement’ was named-Movimiento ;
[290]( Independence. Radical_de, Cuba. (MIRC) and Ramiro de LA FE pole
[291]was named its temporary leader. until such time as Ernesto
[292]de LA FE can leave Cuba.. The MIRC will seek contact with .
[294]Cuban armed forces to launch a: coup against Castro and it.
[296]will also seek contact with anti-Communist groups in Brazil
[298]and with the government of Chile. ‘Ramiro de LA FE claimed
[300]already to have contact with Patricia-BERDUGO, a-Chilean
[302]- supposedly working for the Chilean. Intelligence Service in
[303]Miami. During the meeting, Armando MEDINA said that he
[305]_» had once worked for CIA and thas he participated in an
[307]attack on a Spanish merchant vessel which was. mistaken for
[308]‘the Sierra_Maestra of the Cuban Merchant ap [kassetjG)
[310]was named [the Editor of. the MIRC Manifesto ich will be
[311]_ published in the ae American press on October.
[313]E. KASSE Se with Alberto DIAZ Masvidal, ‘Editor-
[314]in- Chief of "Miami Extra’,"' and offered his services as. an
[315]unpaid contributor of articles from Bogota. The offer
[316]was accepted. ; ae ;
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[335]6. ]KASSEL's draft report to his Soviet contact in
[336]Bogota is a single-spaced nine-page paper entitled "Composicion
[337]“politica de la Emigracion Cubana en. Miami, Florida." It so
[338]covers those groups with which KASSEL hag become most
[339]familiar: the PRP, the MIRC, Alfa 66, amd several. other ,
[340]minor groups. . Following are highlights of that report:] &.
[342]‘A. [In response to a‘specific requirement from
[343]-KASSEL's Soviet ‘contact to determine if U.S.- Government
[344]agencies, including specifically the CIA, support any of
[345]these groups, KASSEL makes emphatically clear in his report
[346]that none of the exile groups have the support of the U.S.
[348]- Government, although some groups falsely claim to have such
[349]support. He points out that: the U.S. Government not only
[350]ignores. the political exiles,: but places high priority on
[352]its relations with the USSR and is ‘disposed’ to lift the
[354]blgskade of Cuba and reestablish relations with Havana. .
[356]‘In connection with the latter point, KASSEL reports on his
[357]interview with Dr. Alberto DIAZ Masvidal, Director of the
[358]Spanish edition of Miami Herald, who told KASSEL that
[359]reestablishment of U.S. - Cuban relations is now imminent.]G)
[361]7 . B. Regarding on-island operations of Cuban exile
[362]_. groups, [KASSEL oncludes that none of them have any operational
[363]contacts in Guba. ; eh te ; . :
[365]a rn 3 .
[366]— .  G, Regarding terrorism, [KASSEL] eeports that
[367]Dr. Orlando BOSCH, a fugitive from the U.S. who now lives
[368]in Venezuela under an assumed jdentity, and Antonio’ VECIANA,.
[369]a founding member of the PRP who is now in prison, have a -
[370]plan of attack against Cuban embassies and consulates and
[371]. against Soviet Bloc missions in Latin America, to be put:
[372]- gnto effect when Venezuela, Costa Rica, and other unidentified
[373]countries reestablisli relations with Cuba. He also singles
[374]out Jose de- Jesus QINQAUMA, a Cuban political gangster who
[375]“Jast year planned an attack against a Soviet family in
[376]Venezuela, and the Frente Unido de Liberacion, which was
[377]|] gormed this month in Miami and which announced the launching
[378]of a terrorist campaign against Cuban and Soviet Bloc ,
[379]diplomatic installations in the entire Western Hemisphere.
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[400]WARNING NOTICE
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[403]4 If you wish, we will forward to you copies of
[404]9 fiasse Ss reports to our representative (paragraph 5 above)
[405]fant to his Soviet contact in Bogotey sy aceraph 6 above).
[407]8. We shall advise you if [Kasse] Qeits Miami again
[408]fon a mission for his Soviet contact in Bogota.S6)If and when
[409]e does, we shall request that a Miami representative of
[410]the Bureau participate in our representative's meetings
[411]with [RASSEL|O)as the subject matter oF ASSES reporting
[412]ais 0 ‘direct interest to the Bureau. — ;
[414]FOR THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS:
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