</s>104-10102-10231 |2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 SECRET 14 January 1977 MEMORANDUM SUBJECT: Jose Ricardo RABEL Nunez (AMLEO-3) (201-249386) 1. Born 7 April 1922 in Havana, Cuba, the son of a native-born American citizen. RABELS was brought up in comfor- table circumstances. He attended high school in Cuba, com- pleted the last year in New Orleans, Louisiana, and entered Tulane University in September 1938. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in December 1940 and eventually saw combat in France, Belgium, Germany and Austria. After eventually saw discharge in December 1945, RABEL returned to Cuba to attend the University of Havana and this began a life of job changes, moving rootless and forth between the U ., and Cuba, and, in general, rootless living. 2. RAEBL'S background reads like that of a man with no alllegiances-or loyalty and no particular goals. Viewed in retrospect, his career presents a picture of unreliability. It is probable that RABELL's rootslessness and apparent. unreliability applied both to his relations with CASTRO and to those with the Agency. It is quite possible, therefore, that he not only served the Agency to his superficial way but that he did the same for CASTRD at various times when it suited his purposes. Without postulating this sort of dual role (one which fits very well with his previous life) it is almost impossible to explain some of the reasonably good things he did for the Agency and the quite certain allegations that he was a CASTRQ agent. This explanation is not fully satis- factory, but it does explain his career better than the charge RETURN TO CIA Background Use Only Do Not Reproduce #12923

John F. Kennedy, the assassination, investigations, or related individuals and events:

* Names of people:
	+ Jose Ricardo RABEL Nunez
	+ Alfonso RODRIGUEZ
	+ Fidel CASTRO
	+ Camilo Cienfuegos
	+ Luis RABBL Nunez
	+ Dr. Marta FRAYDE Barrauej-in Paris Jim July 1963
* Dates and locations:
	+ Born 7 April 1922 in Havana, Cuba
	+ Attended high school in Cuba, completed the last year in New Orleans, Louisiana, and entered Tulane University in September 1938
	+ Enlisted in the U.S. Army in December 1940 and eventually saw combat in France, Belgium, Germany, and Austria
	+ Discharged in December 1945
	+ Returned to Cuba to attend the University of Havana
	+ Defected to the U.S. in December 1962
* Significant events or activities:
	+ RABEL joined the Cuban armed forces for further plotting and was assigned to the Cuban General Staff
	+ Involved with dissident Army elements; when they attempted a coup in April 1956, RABEL was arrested
	+ Worked in the chicken business for a year and then returned to the U.S. and worked with one of his brothers (Luis RABBL Nunez)
	+ Returned to Cuba and became involved with the 26th of July Movement but had to leave a year later when he was brought to the attention of the BACITASTA forces because of a bomb explosion
	+ Smuggled weapons to Camilo Cienfuegos for about a year and then in October 1958 joined the ClenfuegOS group
	+ Shortly after the CASTRo victory, CASTRD called upon RABELS to set up a Cuban Marine Corps, a job he held until February 1960
* Connections to JFK, the assassination, or related investigations:
	+ AMTRUNK Operation (related to JFK's assassination)
	+ RABEL was used to pitch Dr. Marta FRAYDE Barrauej-in Paris Jim July 1963, and to pitch out leads for the AMTRUNK.in Operation
	+ Later, in early 1964, RABELL was leader of the Rebel Army Group supported by the American Legion to the Miami and was involved in the Rebel Army Radio program
* Evidence, testimony, or findings mentioned:
	+ RABEL gave Alfonso RODRIGUEZ the following reasons for his defection: Communist pressure, hounding, and basic enmity of the Communist Party toward him; strong backing by Fidel which protected him from more serious attacks from the Party; obligation to protect non-communists in his department; uncertainty of his reception in the US; resentment against the confining nature of a Communist State
	+ RABEL was sentenced to 30 years imprisonment but was set free in July or August 1967, which is a strong indication that the charges that he worked for the DSE while in prison were true

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