</s>204-10177-10226 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 OUTGOING MESSAGE 19-0-0 TO: FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION/SENSITIVE INVESTIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS GENERAL INVESTIVATION/DIVISION R.K. MCHARGUEL/R. K. MCHARGUEL / 1.0 1 130 SECRET/WARNING NOTICE - SENSITIVATE INSENSITE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES ARE NOT RELEASABLE TO INVOLVED NOT RELEASABLE to FOREIGN NATIONALS-NOT RELEASED TO CONTRACTORS OR CONTRACTOR/CONTRACTER/CONSULTANTS-DISSESSIONATION AND EXTRACTION OF INFORMATION CONTRACTED BY ORIGINATOR.V OF FIRCI-32/33/3777-7/8/7/9 SUBJECT: POSSIBLE TRAVEL TO THE U.S. US. OF RICARDO MORALES NAVARETEY 1. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION US AS AGUSED BY CTA PURSUANT TO SUSPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTIVITY-V <loc_503><loc_499>ITS RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE COLLECTION OF INTELEGENCE OF INFLIGENCE OF FOREIGENCE ON FOREIGH ASPECITY OF INTERNATIBILITY FOR A SOURCE WHOSE RELIABILITY HAS NOT BEEN ESTAB-

Summary  
The document compiles intelligence records from the 1960s–1970s detailing Ricardo Morales Navarrete’s involvement with Venezuelan and U.S. intelligence agencies, his alleged ties to Cuban exile networks, and operations linked to anti-Cuban activities. Key figures include Morales, who served as a high-ranking official in Venezuela’s Directorate of Intelligence and Prevention (DISIP), and individuals such as Orlando Bosch, a Cuban exile leader, and Rafael Rivas Vasquez, a DISIP official. The records reference investigations into the 1976 Cubana Airlines bombing, U.S.-Venezuelan intelligence cooperation, and Morales’ alleged dual citizenship. They also mention covert operations in the Congo under Project VIRINAM and administrative files related to his recruitment for special missions.  

Key People  
- **Ricardo Morales Navarrete** (Venezuelan national with ties to DISIP, Cuban exile groups, and U.S. intelligence)  
- **Orlando Bosch** (Cuban exile leader linked to anti-Cuban operations and the "Cubana" case)  
- **Rafael Rivas Vasquez** (DISIP official associated with Morales’ activities)  
- **Octavio Lepage** (Venezuelan Minister of Interior who approved Morales’ DISIP appointment)  
- **Carlos Andres Perez** (Venezuelan president at the time of some operations)  
- **General Raul Gimenéz** (former DISIP director confirming Morales’ involvement in investigations)  
- **Orlando Letelier** (Chilean foreign minister assassinated in the U.S. on 21 September 1976, linked to anti-Cuban activities)  

Key Locations  
- **Venezuela** (Caracas, Anaco Hilton Hotel; DISIP headquarters)  
- **Cuba** (linked to exile groups and the 1976 Cubana Airlines bombing investigation)  
- **United States** (Miami, Washington, D.C., unspecified locations; sites of intelligence monitoring and operations)  
- **Congo** (Project VIRINAM operations, 1965–1968)  
- **Mexico, Spain, Brazil, South America** (regions where Cuban exile activities were observed)  

Key Events  
- Investigation into Morales’ alleged ties to Cuban exiles and DISIP operations  
- Monitoring of Morales’ movements by U.S. intelligence agencies  
- Alleged involvement in the 1976 Cubana Airlines bombing investigation  
- Back-dated directives to obscure Morales’ role in Venezuelan intelligence  
- Planning for attacks on Cuban interests, including a targeted airliner strike  
- Assassination of Orlando Letelier in the U.S. (21 September 1976)  
- Recruitment and operational assignments for covert missions in the Congo under Project VIRINAM  
- Administrative records detailing Morales’ contracts, insurance, and security agreements  

Key Organizations  
- **Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)**  
- **Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)**  
- **Directorate of Intelligence and Prevention (DISIP, Venezuela)**  
- **U.S. Department of State** (via legal attaches in Caracas)  
- **SIFA** (agency linked to EKTRUT, with ties to Morales’ operations)  
- **Special Operations Division (SOD)**  
- **Project VIRINAM** (Congo-based covert operations)  
- **Project VIFEGASUS** (utilized personnel for special missions)  
- **Narcotics Source Registry system** (U.S. intelligence tracking narcotics-related activities)

JFK Declassified Files

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