[1]124-90065-10029 | 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992
[3]JFK Assassination System Date: 6/9/2015
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[6]AGENCY: FBI
[7]RECORD NUMBER:. 124-90065-10029
[8]RECORD SERIES: HQ
[9]AGENCY FILENUMBER: CR 105-179869-31
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[11]ORIGINATOR: © CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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[20]CLASSIFICATION: — Secret ,
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[22]CURRENT STATUS: = Redact
[23]DATE OF LASTREVIEW: — 06/23/1998 ~
[24]OPENING CRITERIA: APPROVAL OF CIA ; K
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[26]COMMENTS: | MEMO
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[38]"°C. - TRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY |. .:
[39]WASHINGTON, D.C. 20505
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[43]TO : Director /
[44]Federal Bureau of Investigatzg
[45]Attention: Mr. S. J. Papich(
[47]FROM at Deputy Director for Plans i”
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[50]SUBJECT: Libertad ANTIGUA-Arrencibia
[51]Suspect Cuban Intelligence Agent
[53]— 1. Referencé is made to Subject on whom considerable
[54]oo information has been disseminated to the Bureau, the last from
[55]this Agency being CSCI-316/03970-68 dated 9 October 1968.
[57]at
[59]aot 2. Attached herewith is a copy of the 9 September 1968 ff
[60]\ debriefing of Libertad ANTIGUA Arrencibia which was provided ff
[61]‘\ by our Miami representative. i
[62]ae Ne
[63]3. Information on the following individuals was compiled
[65]from the files of this office and from the files of a group
[66]of Cuban emigres trained in the techniques of information
[67]collection: .,, TT oe eh
[68]cy 10d Le EE EO Yos- {77 769- 3).
[69]a. Manuel ABELEND Martin was @rn in Havana,
[70]Cuba on 17 April ¥911. He is married to_Elena
[71]~}RODR IGUEZXRegulez’, a Cuban citizen. His parents
[72]. ‘were Juan ABELEND, a former Cuban Consul in Lisbon,
[73]Portugal, and Concepcion ‘MARTIN. Both parents are -
[74]deceased. Manuel's. brather, Gonzalo ABELEND Martin,
[75]is employed at the Brazilian Consulate in Miami,
[76]Florida. Manuel was contracted to work for the
[77]Brazilian Embassy in Havana, Cuba from 1 January 1933
[78]’ through the first part of 1963.. He served as Vices) ~
[79]Consul up until his departure from Cuba in 1963. °°
[80]His wife.was.also.employed in the same Embassy.
[81]Since 1963, ABELEND has been in Paris, France reportedly
[82]serving as Consul in the Brazilian Embassy. According
[83]to a reliable source, he has traveled widely throughout
[84]Europe and Latin America. He is well educated, skillful
[85]and has a‘great deal of experience in clandestine
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[108]activities as a result of his working in the
[109]Brazilian Embassy in Havana, Source also
[110]reported that ABELEND has a past history of
[111]assisting personnel to escape prosecution by the
[112]CASTRO regime. According to available information,
[113]ABELEND has, in the past, provided asylum to anti-
[114]CASTRO Cubans. ABELEND is currently of interest to
[115]our Agency. :
[116]. 7 aa
[118]b. Ana Maria ABELEND. From an article published
[119]in the Cuban magazine Bohemia, 1 October 1965
[120]edition, page 41, it appears that one Ana M. ABELEND
[121]is a singer. The article mentions that her song is
[122]an Argentine tango, “Sin Ti No Se Vivir".
[126]“ec. Gonzalo ABELEND Martin, the brother to
[127]Manuel ABELEND Martin, is an Attache in the Brazilian
[128]Embassy in Miami, Florida. He was born in Havana, ©
[129]Cuba on 1 April 1924.-. Our files indicate that from
[130]1961 through 1963 Gonzalo ABELEND may have been a
[131]sub-source and also provided assistance to a former
[132]asset of this Agency through the use of his Diplomatic
[133]position, Sythe above is sensitive and restricted
[134]information. Our files indicate that the Department
[135]of State and the Immigration and Naturalization Service
[136]may have additional information on ABELEND.
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[140].d. .A search of our files failed to reveal any
[142]pertinent identifiable information concerning fnu
[143]JUVENAL and. Mario Inu.
[145]e. All available information concerning the other }
[146]individuals mentioned in the attached debriefing was- ,
[147]previously disseminated to the Bureau in CSCI-316/03651-68 -
[149]‘ dated 13 September 1968, and CSCI-316/03970~68 dated i.
[150]9 October 1968, Subject as above.
[152]4, This information has been made available to your representative \|
[153]in Miami, Florida. ; By |
[155]CSCI-316/03988-68 - me be
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[160]CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY”
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[177]TO : Director
[178]Federal Bureau of Investigation -;
[179]Attention: Mr. &. J. Papich
[181]FROM: Deputy Director for Plans
[183]es
[185]SUBJECT: Libertad~ANTIGUA-Arrencibia
[186]Suspect Cuban Intelligence Agent
[190]1. Reference is made to Subject on whom considerable
[191]information has been disseminated to the Bureau, the last from
[192]this Agency being CSCI-316/03970~-68 dated 9 October 1968.
[194]2. Attached herewith is a copy of the 9 September 1968
[195]debriefing of. Libertad ANTIGUA Arrencibia which was provided
[196]by our Miami representative.
[198]3. Information on the following individuals was compiled
[199]from the files of this office and from the files of a group
[200]of Cuban emigres trained in the techniques of information
[201]collection:
[203]a. Manuel ABELEND Martin was born in Havana,
[204]Cuba on 17 April 1911. He is married to Elena
[205]RODRIGUEZ Regulez, a Cuban citizen. His parents
[206]were Juan ABELEND, a former Cuban Consul in Lisbon,
[207]Portugal, and Concepcion MARTIN. Both parents are  _
[208]deceased. Manuel's brother, Gonzalo ABELEND Martin,
[209]is employed at the Brazilian Consulate in Miami,
[210]Florida. Manuel was contracted to work for the
[211]Brazilian Embassy in Havana, Cuba from 1 January 1933
[212]through the first part of 1963. He served as Vice!
[213]Consul up until his departure from Cuba in 1963. -
[214]His wife was also employed in the same Embassy. |
[215]Since 1963, ABELEND has been in Paris, France reportedly
[216]serving as Consul in the Brazilian Embassy. According
[217]to a reliable source, he has traveled widely throughout
[218]Europe and Latin America. He is well educated, skillful
[219]and has a great deal of experience in clandestine
[221]or
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[224]ea
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[226]er
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[230]activities as a result of his working in the
[232]Brazilian Embassy in Havana. Seurce also
[234]reported that ABELEND has a past history of
[236]assisting personnel to escape prosecution by the
[237]CASTRO regime. According to available information,
[238]ABELEND has, in the past, provided asylum to anti-. ;
[239]CASTRO Cubans. ABELEND is currently of interest to
[240]our Agency.
[242]b. Ana Maria ABELEND. From an article published
[243]in the Cuban magazine Bohemia, 1 Octeber 1965
[244]edition, page 41, it appears that one Ana M. ABELEND
[245]is a singer. The article mentions that her song is
[246]an Argentine tango, "Sin ‘Ti No Se Vivir".
[248]‘6. Gonzalo ABELEND Martin, the brother to
[250]Manuel ABELEND Martin, is. an Attache in the Brazilian oes
[251]Embassy in Miami, Florida. He was born in Havana, pe
[252]Cuba on 1 April i924. Our files indicate that from — aoe
[253]1961 through 1963 Gonzalo ABELEND may have been-a ale
[254](syb-source and also provided assistance to a former
[256]asset of this Agency through the use of his Diplomatic
[257]position {SD the above ig sensitive and restricted
[259]informat . Our files indicate that the Department
[261]of State and the Immigration and Naturalization Service x
[262]may have additional information on ABELEND.
[264]d. A seaxch of our files failed te reveal any
[265]pertinent identifiable information concerning fnu
[266]JUVENAL and Mario inu.
[268]e. All available information concerning. the other
[269]individuals mentioned in the attached debriefing was : ;
[270]previously disseminated to the Bureau in CSCI-316/03651-68 ~-
[271]dated 13 September 1968, and CSCI-316/03970-68 dated
[272]© October 1968, Subject as above.
[274]4. This information has been. made available to your representative
[275]in Miami, Florida. ;
[277]CSCI-316/03988-68
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