</s>104-10173-10171 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 MATERIAL REVIEWED AT CIA HEADQUARTERS BY HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINTATIONS STAFF HUBERS LESLICK MAY FILE TITLE/NUMBER/VOLUME: LESLUCK MAY J/T-2092357 VOL. II INCLUSIVE DATES: CUSTODIAL UNIT/LOCATION: ROOM: DELETONS, IF ANY: DURD PEICY DOCUMENTT DATE DATE RECEIVED RETURED REVIEWED BY (PRINT NAME) SIGNATURE OF REVIEWING OFFICIAL 10.03.20 BETSY PALMER BETTY PALMER 20-202858 PAT. DER NO DOCUMENTS MAY BE COPIED OR REMOVED FROM THIS FILE

Summary: The documents detail the activities of Cuban exile groups and their connections to anti-Castro operations, U.S. intelligence agencies, and potential ties to terrorism and narcotics trafficking. Max Lesnick is identified as a central figure associated with anti-Castro publications such as *Replica*, which operated in Miami and Cuba. He is linked to Panamanian and Puerto Rican networks, including Ruben Dario Mascunana and Alfonso Jimenez, and faced threats from Cuban exile revolutionary groups led by Perico Martinez. Aldo Inocencio Vera Serafin, a former Cuban underground leader, fled to the U.S. in 1955 and was assassinated in Puerto Rico in 1974. The text references FBI and CIA monitoring of these groups, alleged planning of invasions and bombings against Cuban targets, and intelligence exchanges between U.S. agencies and exile organizations. Fragmented records also mention FRENTE DE LIBERACION NACIONAL DE CUBA (FELN) and its leader MAX LESNICK on 16 MAY 74, alongside administrative files related to revolutionary activities and personnel tracking.  

Key People: Max Lesnick (Cuban exile, editor of *Replica*), Aldo Inocencio Vera Serafin (former Cuban underground leader, assassinated in Puerto Rico), Orlando Bosch (anti-Castro group associate), Gabriel Gregorio Rodriguez (allegedly arrested in Panama for plotting against Torrijos government), Perico Martinez (Cuban exile revolutionary threatening Lesnick), Ruben Dario Mascunana (Panamanian exile linked to anti-Cuban activities), Alfonso Jimenez (Cuban exile associated with Lesnick), Esteban Hartin (Lesnick’s photographer), Alfredo Santiago Soler Alvarez, Jose Antonio Calatayud Riveros, Orlando Nove Idetical (possibly misspelled name).  

Key Locations: Miami (base of *Replica* and Lesnick’s activities), Panama City (intelligence operations and narcotics trafficking), Havana (Cuban government ties), Puerto Rico (assassination site of Vera Serafin), Panama (arrests and exile networks).  

Key Events: Lesnick’s involvement with anti-Castro radio programs, Vera Serafin’s assassination in 1974, FBI/CIA monitoring of Cuban exiles, alleged planning of invasions/bombings against Cuban targets, threats against Lesnick by Perico Martinez and associates, vandalism attributed to the "UMA" group targeting Cuban stores, coordination between Lesnick and FBI agents on potential threats, administrative records referencing FELN activities and personnel files.  

Key Organizations: *Replica* newspaper/magazine (anti-Castro publication), UMA (World Anti-Communist Union, claimed responsibility for vandalism), FRENTE DE LIBERACION NACIONAL DE CUBA (FELN), DIRECTORIO REVOLUTIONARIO (HR), Cuban exile groups, FBI/CIA intelligence operations.

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