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i. .1•.-S 3 QC:J. -tic rtct Zu-nztant-!ftl
:4 az'b_ert gr-IXacArni. c=iriett.d. inte..s,n1
. of at-altag r...r= to +1W,1 a-p-rzt.-- t.le_ly
3559,vister he rze. eiTed. otrity i Tex.n.a
Itecttzse 0Z 1 ai tiiit1 z ith IicL1 Cas' -ol
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vasctted bp. sitthttein.
him e Vith
atr -in tt11;.!c 1czc, Iz.:Lbezza-tel.n ztatr---d.
that k.54-. d k...2tio. '7,2-Irevet,crt., La. zr...ci that . • • •.. •
deci.red. A-_-xxvi.noz a auto to Cat.--pt:r5-.) ,i - On ••
Faiblamstp_in. -stated . that - :fax r.,,..12.7:-:.,-szmtir.z. In .1.4.;--s .
dotztirz-las 4:f re.l.zaze fic
Calla?. of. three •=2, vi= -war* in Wir-1= ter.. zez.--,ticrk:A. •
25,= In tt.,:tzt.. ecwrersatiana: • Mciceclra
that1.7.1.3tztein i itI1 rith vraz_Lt
itaby -:-F; -e1,5 zmt1j that, ;zit:a' to- the
tht:t Ct felt into anfavca- in Statr,c, ba tad
in-L-srested L 2.1i=3 j4-:e-pat yatatea t11-1-;
Z1 t Tems.s„ he- recalL_-a.
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wor
- I - A unilbi to id--L-L.Li:7
ar=as :4d.E4ht be identit.-al lath the 7,*.rs.oni&dazvia.
that 7laitzra ite3ria is
Cub4. for ap:Jrcmi=ataly t.trn days 1-.u1 1...r 7'1,7 1559.
ztate5 that this w.3 his only trip to Cub d, that the'
13urr,-se of the visit;..14-itILVilll -daz to di=1.taa gzzb1in:3 cppor-_
tu.aities•La C;aba. YcW111- 1 15 a ho712.t. who ivn=r2,y
rt Worth., T-z-as • arA hciu -E-...,.;1.1oyee of the. -r..amilerbiza otol
in Ls 7,tegez, In. .ear1,7 iSo3,by
1.111.1aa fc,r 1ie td h..d it.zzileato 1 Vcs.:7-W4:n1:Le
nretar Ocint-4 the 2istol, L-1477.11 it vz.a.rt,..traerl to-apdlas.
The: attr:.3r and 1i of r-.7.&" at--vs to -;',a are
izit. to iain.g 'Co 421= Ili
in 1559 471.31`, tea dj riori. of the ration
riatz=":4itirnI Serviz=z,.. Pier/ 1f f3 3Va fr=
mittilt 41f S-1:-1-i-jter 22'f 1959 ar.4, retla-tatA to 1.7.-x4 Orleana
Septber 13/. 1959. ?..aby h nx--t iind tides
it in the trip to ich In. zL1itin, hr in vazo
-otia to ha'i rd iri in •tha fall. of 15K:3
tr.G of- s. Carr4...bean C4-nlize; h..rnF4',.17=1; it 13 n.o rn Nr.mt eforta
to 3/..trzh a trip.
haz.:
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3c-plYtat1z.....tir.:41 withot
to the 7.n.trioua o1it.izi roi
•
ae....-mi-ti with -C.,.-ahaa For
ez.txple, at the) 1)...rzs_aconf..trhce vhia District Attorrierf 1Jnry W-44.13
tz-.:141 in the. 2.at zIrt,rorts efo...c41 that Cz-ia fat •
the 13'roCib
▪
Czzi
•
tt.4 cre, the_a =4! -:....urds,-;er
40.
the.t. th:ztt
cut a
that wsz sY tc'reat
tria CLiba L-ind
2 1<A31 r;.,S=t5 thZ2.- f.,;ec-ret
Serrim v.t.rxt by c. go vho
that "been elmtac t-i...d. by c.lar..t.ain frti-e-reZte& iiz -V-
ette-Sing ar.:1 aut..1.-C;..ztro CULI.an. s...:41d. that the "2ZrZ-Cli.
cratactil the inf=ant )'.ar1 atztcd. 'our bae.'s.era 'weal ft 1.3:4-vs
freCeCTI va gets, rid of Ncnnz1-370 -4e. '11 have pl=t7 or
1,.....1.07.-e• • ' 1.1.714c intor 1..7=Itz
tarth-zr is ?e ‘4--itah 2 had contact-
of. the. Cubl._:r.s. al-roup ty,
the --"th-
-fan::.thcr is a o the
Pv.walliticznaris (.11:11.). 'Reth llover-.1-.4r. :tan ori.,--̀ t=117.
tb • Unit,Td. at:4-.tes r.z-Lay1 .15-60 vent 1..=litatctlytco. •
axe.s --azz 1.7 tha C. J. rx-1111.:z.
gr. ASL4Z-Cr42 y aZrtetit •
r. r-?-f.L.V--r. to ztn.d t1S:2 aZZOTAT,,alaied
zasocit..tz of has, since that date; riztumc,-1. to_:11 .1)3.-
1Ctla Las Vilizz, Cuba,.
Inauf_tietent inmestis-ztion tgtert zcnata.L-td to establlzh a
be.T.-4ten thiz Pcrc....qp twzi -;it her atah-y- Sianrice ta
ee.v.voring to astabliah wt---i-krzover relatimsbi,a this C̀, 21:,.a,
r... have IL-s?cd Yet thz Ccivziszion be. 1:,-st Infomad
CIA =30.
an=r3 7nri.zus 0.11-.s.an
ar augaated ru=rs ‘..,hiah have nct bettn Juffiir.ntly
!nvestigat,e, -r substantiatcd.
P;11 unt4:.;Itedinf.:a-J.-Lent in .f,tlento, !:".;!ecrgim atatcd
that TUby wa4 involved in E.= ramaina to Cuba in th,t early 190'1.1.
11_4 has giv.,--ath2 no4zez cr f c five t.-ersons- in the United States
-4.4s.are with ttzse zativities; laceaver, the ,FBI Lea not
. made coutdact with any of than :p.=r,tons so tht t state,=;',11t of the
informant rczains unc,antirzed.
'rat robability that By vas invzaved in illez,a1
-ctIvitiao in Cuba pr4= ta 1959 or, at leant that he viaited Cala
nort,.. thanna‘4 cocasion„ia by the atatqint of a
Dlta. Airline 4-ruplc..yee in n'av Crleans wha recalled that abcat saves
or eight .yeara ago, T,liby t1 ;Ito Ord t Zavana.- This air--
inte eaployee stataathatbe overheard _Ray telap'acne hla club in
Zs.11as and stati.i. that his trip Cabo was being ,dt.1 for by ao,.:Lwne
else and that no =a. should be advised of his wherzaboutn, It in
thAt this- airlin t1=11cyve is mistan a to ti =t2 ana
de-atimatIon, since the atory cevfor= in some .rvrtn to. 3nby's admitto4
viait 1!:it h L. J. gcWillie in: Cuba in 1959.
b. Two othar rumors 1.-7cave to do -41th alleged activity
by by in 71orido .r.ricr to 1953. On czan, ar :juestionable -werazit;y
zitsta that ane realthe- far aDp.r=inately two wee xs is 1953 in a te1.
in Isixmorad,l, Plorida which ra rtI b- a. ccpple named Jac-1 and
Iaabta.
She 5tat es that thin .14ek hdarsa atrillina zn::zmb e-o7te to
• 2u-zy. .n.artItt!r thax. tolci cr tat
ar 4.77.-.;,- -1....:;=.2; La a
- It:vol.:vv./ in LZ.1.;!..zr.,.r.irks
• f--:-n„:L- this stcr-j..
J,a;c:T. =(.1,
ar:res,,
A. rtra=. ct frcra livez1n rthm
ztz„tzt)s.that c
•
niztt, in 29581 abt -=1.•
a:3=as ez...o .1-3-aheza at Ilia F4,n-1 ttae-,
• eel). Danaz to a have rtzttn-d off
ikarthz‘r inve:stis3tim. cr that,r.
tit 2.
strtte.t.tht abal-t 1561 r2has ' 4 , .
•
Zx.1r.- ..F411.7ne-'4 tct1- r in 1:.-- 1icz to
ci Cab= arcp. Pare..:.°1i.7,,,,ratats-tezti toy; hizoiniers
- mxrd- -1-.2as _pc=rscas have. tal:12_1=---rviiiztl as a reault ae bar ztateman.
kesvia att,r2c.1:114.7t.-tr • tesfaarTr. VZ.4.1 P=.1.1r-t 411..
zhe..vc,rkerl• rcrr-Bab-y i a1,4-3-7-1.11-oth1c..2.1.. A
• ; tema.tr-s 01,-1A Lg. rr-J.4 za.t*Id = a.. -gr,--,.-7-„:"..7,4‘• f.cr Near:".r .
. s "Jailex -attack cfriTh e1.3 a.t.trzat=a IL) •
r*liAl.tlep •af.a•-f.=es fartLar. 1.1M-S-41grati 1.5
b-aZtd. ZZPtin
Tha ===.3 vhifth
•
:tub/
, 1.7 Jose: 1,,,,IrtLi-sell f..11 the D
that Ruby vii En ti YitIzin the 1 jr taLlata---t
with a =zed Prz.zkial 2.1r;t7 Piat:S.7/Z..3 Nt.) c-cE47 4.74=1- ac,'Lrye-ri/.
arar tht this Inia-arj
.;• p43.4.1-1.721
.2
.4. a
in Cuba z.ct r cczy..*
1-‘431-1.D.
flnlincial interest in a tziarist -ELmkin in
Za-iftnz pricr the Cz.at= ke grcr.
a f"..-rther
that 13.4iby flw to Cubs. st...r..et.iz.e.- in 17-63 -II:diXt•
a C.'7,..echc.a.1;,3vr...&-i..-...7,-4Laspart. inve-stiE;atian 'f...73.a bean
1:70_4.1-taken trc: eca-flm ref?..zt4
• rUlv...,—.1711.
e. A Ve-,--=.12. in a st.-z4.ten
that she fvunti a ..Seal..•-7,ard =I an 11:iVriZZ
• in her bushce acmeti- d=ring the latter ..aart c f"-t-ber
stiz t Nthisth. .7 t ea. Zia .„ a e
pas..-$='•€tt• ;11.ezat to Ek..1 thzit the 74vertining
rat-Le=z; J.sck
to be & telephene :rm. Zale ata tea
she' first f,..7=7:1, she. hizaleved that they been
a..samtiated uithlter- estral<„---ed. Eer de..--s.143hter tea- acafir
that the ncthz_r-did firA uuch a .1* Eft tha rft51-.
roed tictet a nt-y.xt by cof
-who hmi. Di^=-red to Pennsylvzmia fall 13633 afte'
hfi-ving fled Cab-a.= ab-ciat 1561. Yerr.sinaez 1.--e.a a tilt-a-ft:Ay newer aver
puoilaher in Cubs, pablishing (Aber thinest a daily ncii-spavzr
in Laa Villsa, Cuba- The acn-La-1=f cf th* infcr=ant 114:42 att-ptee.
to discredit the statenentn -vita ath "1").=tcr
7arnanaez, c ccura.t, !=nrei-dre ce the adyertisina.
al-tugh e( ,-J ta that th-z. tier
19 -it-lir-oil!. scn.
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*IP raLnt,t42.7-z:
11) az:zzos aetta•
try- a -7,:atatn, ,-412.1=r1
.4-mad E;zt hi
412!tt bttri. initiated. •
A.Chicagontn.1.4.1.per. atntvI• ttat,
the Chi:--ago p1i rrLzu ct —t ti-Cz;z4-s-ra
C=aitte2 Zeffi'l in
fc,.r u34'_ ,c.zAinat Ctro...zza 1=4 • . . ,
zszizatin u o.? 77,--ntertn.t 7 .• 4111-d- hat'e , btein ir.orzavcd-izthg•
•
uby. iz 1117.1st dit-Qatly 1i ti;'; f:sva2d. thresh.r1€r. Reccrt1-2„,.
thn. hz=1.2.aekz,ep:Jrt thz1, aa:Izzat larlzhsvala ccz-apicd
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The :=4:t izi itkz bert-vte.,.e.3 J FLy znd Vs..7:4!
art:4,m _*Pr..zident 1,42rats.'-'-dy z1iz1 t Ltraar4L-rli
iCiito Cubzna,
. • ' • tf..; th
is tb aiat.tr Bcrtha ClarA7-1, a fx1.---4 vf Zaati?;11:.7. In 1959,
tvc.1, C"abt,-:= zr:d li-rt=a to "4.,:ve zt-zided
Mr3 ::bat,:%. ChecI= :La raarrie..-.i to au In. the 1950s,
aake.1 Ze..rthaC2ii t it zerzral th---.,-72.3.=1 zoi1ri in
r.143.e. tinb vp.c.raticu uith Zhadfl.d.11.1=t rszcenr.ly,
alb:f 11,-.-N?Imb,e-x. la uhiciati d= 1111,2 &Li:razzed imr3-tirz
tr in vith :Ruby in a thc..
.:=.11 ,:r-Lc3.117.krZ tht 21-1by is a..1.3t.-A iifl
1.-1-,r/Q. aeret a. O 1t.
veaticr.,eri abottt t1‘.5 b7 th Laterril Rev-t-rue b-came
neticcab/7 agitated. azi -4-as to .gle n e 1zatit;-.1.7 the
.natzwe of the telt.
--;..O. 21, jaakn2..by to- have, visited the
office ofLz Thant, -.--ee1thy1.12.3 cU.zan„ bi to be ie_cati-za
with the E. L. P.ant active. III poll=cel a'zttivitics.
alby gives ea imacce= explanatim f'.r 1-31 n N-1,51t; t 1--as r.o •
recol_e' cti on. of te- call, Ira= ..2y vas erest, • six r:•-„ilio th.--21.1":t3 1;1- r.̂.Zral by H. L t 2-ere aiLto•-•
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tob2....vet displayed a2t vit1 by E. L. Thlr.;,-; to —1=';7+/S o r
statiam Datedaz.• h-ave zqt derelop:c these N'="1.CAla
activities, oral do Dot -sue-Lest t2at • -:71.7y vas r e lavolyed
active.17 vith r-v of tb.Ese Deo-ele vex a co-c-=.74pizator with th.
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