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================================================== Page 1 ================================================== 14-Q0000 104-10234-10102/ 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F_ KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 QusOndm DocEssing ACUOM DISPATCH 5 € € R € T DNrd) # MIODC} To 5 Eoul: uQMud DEEUIXCHAEE MHLSA BJo Calt Qnldrd erSI Cr {0 Duua Brow wictsi] chlee_Oe STATJON,_JMAAVE Mtypic/ AatRuhKIMHAPRON_OPERATIOWAL IRAHSMLIIA_oe_copx QFE_ MEKOREGAROLNG_AMIRUNK-9_JNELL MLCH KTOAMQURID RUUITASSED To Acsi 19 JANUARY 1965 Fyi A WAVE-7262 0 _ WAVE-7248 Transhitted Under_SEPARATE_COVER VIA FLEXOWRITER IS A Copy Of The WavE MESO]To Acs) As PReSENTED To AcSi ON 19 JANUARY 1965 , 2, The ''CAS SOURCE' ' KENT |ONED THROuGHOUT The MEMORANDUH iS Arice-14_ The Y'sub-SOURCE ' in PARAGRAPHS 11 THRouGh 14 Axq The #su8- soircEt in PARAGRAPH 24 ARE ThE SAME PERSON, idEN A Of REFS . 3 , Later ] DEVEL OPMENTS Since THE PASSING QF This MEMORANOUM Are THAT Bot THE Nife OF AHTRNNK-9 AND Ahice-14 Have ideNtified ' 'Jorge' " Awd ''TORRES' AS ThE SAKE]_PersOn fROr A PHOTOGRAPH Pro- VIdEo By AcSi AND, PER PARAGRAPH THAT Twe Mife OF AMTRURK-9 iWho No? BEL iEves HER HUSBAHD To Hue BEEN TAKEN Prisoner IS Exerting PRESSURE UPON Acsi FoR ODYOKE To HEGOTIATE Through_Diplo: KATic CHANMELS FOR HER HUSBAND'5 RELEASE REPOrTEOL Y ThE Mife OF aMtRuNk-9 HAS ASKEO FOR AND received PERMission FRom i'TORRES : To Mrite A Letter To The Mife Gf GPiDEAL PLEADING HER HUSBAND'$ CASE . Ahdrek K _ REUTEHVAN ATTACHAEHT USC MAVE Mwo]_To Acsi DATED 19 JaX 65 Ak, distributioh Huxsh-t By TAPE 3 Oc/th/SA HIAtt 675 uertr T7 Ounte ooTrey 1i edutiota RDROR T0 Ooeato s11Bo N@ Numbbr Dat WFGA-J9569 22 JahuARY 1965 QASSICATON MQs FILE NumbER $ € € R € T 201-728707 ================================================== Page 2 ================================================== Ooooo Ci"5810i 'u Dnichstytx BND #jMELR continuation Of DISPATCH 5 [ C R [ T AttTO_UFGA.L956SPc } KEMORAXCUH FoR ACSI , Miami SuBJECT ImFiltratioh intc CUBA By Mooesto ORLAXDO Crczco BASuLTO AT ABCuT 1800 HcuRs _ 29 OEcekbER 1564 MRS JGSefINA LOPEZ AnguLO ce GRAECUT MIfe Of Aciesho CRLANDO ORcZco @Asui T6" MKA 'BEBO' TeLepKCNED A CAS {OURcE who HAS BEem FRieMdLy m|th GRCZCC FCR SEVERAL YEARS mrS _ CRCZCC AsKEd THE CAS scurce To Visit HIR AT HER HOE That Evemixg . 2 . The CAS SOURCE ARRiVEd LATER THAT Evehing_ Mrs ORozcO Asked Txe CAS scurci if HE K}ew THAT HER HWSbAHO Had Left fGR Cuba _ CAS SCuRce REPLIED THAT #E HAd HEARD RUMORS To THAT EffEct MRS _ Orozco Said THAT SHE WAS VERY HoRRied aBbOuT KER Kusband BECAUSE Shie Had Not HEARu A Mlru FRC CR ablui min >inct Hl Ltt [ wi rh 2 OTheRs a Days PREVicusLy , CN 21 DE cExB€R 1964 orozco Kad PLANNED To RETURN iN A WeEk, HRS GrGzco ASKED CAS SCurce To Try To Find Out ScMEthimg AbcutCRoZCO ThRCugh 'His friehds in CUBA ' CAS Source SAid THAT HE KCuLD TrY Sihce MER HUSBAND HAD BEEN Gocd Fri End :OF His eut THAT He KOULd MEEd So*E cetails OF THE Propgsed Trip TC MELP Him in mis imvestigations _ 3 , MRS Orozco Skio THAT Her KUSBAKD HAd Gone into CUBA To ReSCUE JOSE VASQUEZ MERET Ahd 3 others #O Were hiding in The: HomE OF AFCMAN Kahcd GLoRia CABRERA Mho Liveo AT NO .72 27mH STReEt BETkeEm "H" AKD 1'0'' APT 3 VedADO _ HAVARIA MRS ORozco Sain THAT The AddreSS Had BEem Given to OROZCO dy Hortemsia Orizordo KENESES Acsi Scurce Nc 180/ MRS Orozco Added THAT Both SHE Ahd HeR HUSBAHD HAD KNOWN GlorIA CABRERA im MhE SiERRAA MAESTRAS And THAT SHE imRS _ CROZCO/ did NOT TRUST HeR BECAUSE ShE HAD BEEN CompLeteLY mit ThE Regime Until CHLY A FEM KOIThs AGo' 4 mrS CROZCO TCLD CAS SOURCE THAT HER HUSBAND HAD BEEm Visited About Five Times BeTweEH_h1/d-NOVEFBER Ano Kio-OEcEkBER 1s64 BY A PuERto Rican Mc identified HihseLf AS Jorge iT MAS Jorge' * Rcccrdimg To MRS CRozco Mho TOLD HER HUSBand CF ThE PLiGht OF JOSE VASQUEZ MEREY DURIKG THE SEcOND OR Third Meetins, 1 Jorge ' 1 Mentioned TXE MakE] Of HcRtexsia' LATER denTified AS HORTEMSia Orizonco MENESES, aRCzcoGs" CONfGoRping To Mrs CRCZCC OR / ZOOO HAS FRCK THAT tike COntACT in THE VAsQUEZ AFFAir . ALThCuGH 01 JoRGE' ' 01d NoT AT ANY Time REPRESENT HImSELF As Cia, MRS Orozco ASSUMED THAT HE WAS SEMT By cia This AssumpTicn ShE PASSED CN To CAS SOuRcE , Jorge Vv Kever |dentified MHE CRGAMIZA- ticn Mhich He REPRESENTEO But HE 0id TELL MRS . CROzco TMAT HE HAS NoT FROH CiA. 1 6 Jorge did: HOwEVER, contimue To REPRESENT HiHSELf AS HAVING Cfficial BACK /RG FRC# The United STATEs GOVERNMENT 0 JCRGE ' HAS DESCRIBED A5 5' 6' To 8' Mediuh Build, DARK BrowN SLICKED-BACK HAIR Mith Xo PART dark]_Brolm_EyeS CL#ve COKPLEXIOH, ABOuT33 YEARS GLD, AND SpeAkI HG NEAR-PERFECT SPANISH_ 5. THE CAS SOURCE RE#ARKED TXAT A Trip OF Tis NAtuRe REQuIREd 4 substantial AHCunT OF MCiEy A}ID Supplies MO HAD XEL?ED OROZCO To GET THE BCAT To Equip iT Ahd FUEL iT AND TO PRovide THE Otker necessities? Ts_ ORozco REPLiEd THAT ThE FindinG; EQUe Ppikg AND ReAdyimg Of Tke 8QAT HAD BeEN Her HUSBAND' $ ResPONSibiLity But THAT OR / ZONCO Had PRcVideo THE FUNOS _ 145 KiLL BE SEEN BELOw This ALLEGATiCH THAT Orizgndo MAS Mhe PAYHASTER Fgr ORozcC ' $ tRie IS SUPPORTEO By A SimiLAR STATEHENT BY AKOTHER CAS sub-Scurce To Mho ORozco TALKED Quite FrE{LY AbOUt A MECK BEfcre his DEPARTURE / akSKO, PnGI Gorm 3 53a UrE prevous EDitorl Eo1 Cotnued V ================================================== Page 3 ================================================== 14-00000 Cussinication [eh:OM S,vbo N0mnea COMIINUATION Of DISPATCH S : € ? [ T ATT IO_UFGA-L5569 PG 2 6_ CAS SCURce ASKED mRS orozco ixTO mich AREA 0i0 Ker Kusbnid imtend To iwf ILTRATE CuBA MRS CrCZCC Said MHAT He Plannec To G0 into rCrTheaSTeRm HATANZAS PrcVinci TC ThE Mrti AREA Mhlre HE HAD SEVERAL ccmtacts MhO HAD HELpED wim Ix Tht PAST CAS SOURcE PRESSED FOR other DETails Of The ACTUAL site Of infilfration But ;rS CRozco PRCTLSTED IGMORANCE Of Further Details SHE Said {HAT #EP KlsCA#: #Ac #it Pib 4 EYDEPT' MNE) ''Mfec' , S4o KnEY The AREA COMPLETELY _ i"'MTEQ' ' Kas LATER inintified 4s ALBERTO GCNZALEZ ORTiz CAS Files indicate ThAT GCMZAL EZ Has HAdE A NUHBER Cf CLANdESTime Trips To CUBA MHILE CCHTRAcTing To BR/MG Out RELATIVES Qf ExiLe; FoR MoNEY_ #is Reputaticm Is UmSAvCRY BASED UPON ThE GENERALLY-ACCEPTED FACT TKAT HE HAS Accepted LARGE SUMS Of . MCNEY To Bring Failies Cut And HAS FREguentL y Failec To MAKE GCCD. HI s PromisLs iT IS ASQ A CCMHCNL Y-AcCEPTEd FACT AmCG TH€ Exile fiSHERMEN That GCNZALEZ WiLL NEVEr UNOERTAKE SUch A TRip UMLESS HE HAS BEEn PREViousLy PAID OR 15 cOHPLeTeLY certAim Tat The Money MILL Be ADE AvRiLABLE UPCN mis ReTuR/ 1 , MRS . Crozco SAid Tkat ShE di0 Hict KRCH Txe Nahe Of HER HUSBAND'$ imterded Primry CcntaCT in ThE FRTi AREA _ SME Hentioned One 0, CAND I DC ' oiaz A F SHERMAN_ AhD ONE PEDRO BARB| THE CwER OF ThE BATI MlaRINO RESTAURAMT ik CAROENAS Orozco HAD TOLC AiS Wife THAT hE inteRdED To SEE THESE PersCnS To HELP Him Yith Travispcrtation TC HAVANA AND To Provide Mim Mith FuMds HRs Orozco Contends--AND it I$ A SORE Point Hitk HER--ThHAT OROzCO LEFT Hit ORLY A FEH counterfeit Pesos/ CNCE in HAVANA CRozco PLANNEO To Go First To ThE HCME Of MARio GIl GONZALEZ ihis PATRORYHic HAS ALSO BEEX SPELLED "HILL"' | FRCM TherE , OROZCO PLAINED TC Go diREcTLy To ThE AdorEss 0f ThE CABRERA WOMAM Mich HE HAD REcEiVed Frot Orizondo, Pick UP VASQUEZ And Group And Leave 8 _ MRS _ Orozco SAid THAT Her Kusband TCLO HeR THAT HE HOUL0 SEND A TILEGRAH To HER As SOoN AS HE REACHED HAVANA SAFELY SHORTLY BeFoRE His depaRTuRE _ HE RouLd SEMd Anotxer CABL E In PRE-ARRAMGED COdE To {roiCATE THAf HE AS ON his MAY CUt MrS CrOZco WAS MhEM To CALL: Orizondo Who WAS To ARRANGE AN Air SEARCH FCa ThE BOAT iAs LATER TOLO BY MRS CRCZCO incLuSicn Of The WORD '8 | Ebi' (GoOdi in A CABLE ixdicated THAT 'ORozco WAS SAFE im HAVANA incLusioh Of ThL Woro 'SALi0'' ILEFT OR DEPARTEd/ WOULO indicate THAT HE MAS ON His way Out _ 9 MRS ORozcO SAID THAT Orizomdo HAD CALLEO HAVANA CM 30 deceF3 ER 196* PRESUMABL Y To TKE CABRERA WCMAM' 5 KCHE VASGCUEZ HimsElF HAD AHSHERED THE PXONE AND STATED THAT TherE HAS No NEHS From ORozco OR FROM AMYONE ELSE_ VASCUEZ ANd ThE GR0UP HERE STiLL Mitimg For CONTACT . 10 _ CAS Scurce Asked MRS _ Orozco How FUCH Horey Orozco HAD Left BEHIRD FOR HER SupporT SHE REPL /Ed THAT HlR HUSBAND HAD Left $50.00 But THWAT He HAD TOLD HER To Re-CONTACT Or| ZcNdO if SHE SHOULD Need Hore . M1 , 4 CAS su8-SCURcE REPORTED THAT Orozco HAD ccME To his HOME ON 12 DECEKBER AND HAD TOLO Him THAT He PLARMED To Go To CUBA To RESCUE VASGUEZ orozco SHOMEO SUB- SourcE A RECEIPT For -/ .00 foR RepaiR TC AM QuTBQARD MOTOR _ OrOZcC SAid THAT The BCAT HAS NOT FAST But Quite SEAwORTKY orozco Said THAT OR/ ZONDO HAD Paid The BILL FOR Me MotoR RE?AiRS Ajd HAD Provided THE OTER MecessaRY FUHDS _ ORozcO NAMED Orizchoo AS A PerSON MOM #E icRozcoi HAd BRCUGHT Out CF CubA AND MO HAD worked IM CUBA UndZR ONe DaVtd CABEZAS AS REPORTED By su8-SOURce , Grozco TOLD Hih MHAT CRizondo HAD TCld Him CF VASGUEZ ' damger AND ASKEO FoR His HELP in RescUiNG Mim OROZCO ToLd sub-source THAT HE HAu REPLIED TAT He MCULO 90 ANyMhing To HELP His FriEnd VASQUEZ But THAT HE MANTED To Know Who THE PECPLE NERE BEH IRD HIR /OrizCndo/ OrizcNdo KAD REPLIEO THAT She MAS GcING To PUt Him II TCuch mith A PeRSCN YXC SPcke FLUEiiT SpanI SH but KAS Not CUBAR _ ThIS HAS JORGE ' Amd FrCh MhAt SuB - SCURCC 1S ABLE To RECCNSTRUCT ORozco MET JORGE ' in A BAR Om FLAGLER STREET CN Thurscay Morning, 10 DECEMBER 1964_ KeRE ME AccoUNcQE ILs_SUA_squrcE_Ls SCro3iat AIVABLANCE NLDMAL Page 50 Doa 3 530 Use Prlmor €ottom 180 colnuEd ================================================== Page 4 ================================================== 14-QQQQQ Ciays {1{;u DnmtoriStvbi moRaed coNtinuation Of DISPATCH ; [ C R [ T Ait_IO_VEGA-19S69_Pi 3 HrS _ ORCZCO TOLD CAS Scurce/ _ 12 orozco TOLD Sub-SCURC ThAt c;rizcndc HAd SEt UP ThE MEET- ing For WESNESOAY HORN I RG, 9 decemir Hith ThE Txo Perscns YC WOULD ACCOMPAMY Him Ohi Thl Trip Oczco MET THEH Chi FLAGL ER StrEcT At A SpEcific CcrmtR which CRCZCo Di3 MOT Hevition TC sub- SCURCE _ 13 = orozcc Said THAT KE KAD ASKED FCR A RecEived $400 .00 For EACH HLHBER @F THE Crew IT IS UHCLEAR MHETHER Crozco ACTUALLY RE - ceivld This SUM CF MONEY for HiksELF 45 MELL/ PLUS A PRCMI S2 To TakE CARE Of ALL CF Thicir fmmilies If They 0iu lCT REturif _ 16_ ORozco CALLED Sub-SQURcE 3Y TILephONE LATE oii THE ~Vexing OF 14 DECEHBER TC TELL Hih TKAT HE XAS ''01 hi: IAY To THE Kens' ' OROzco TOLO Sub-Source TXAT ThE ARRANSEMENTS FCR THE MomE Y AND Mhe ASSURANCES To TAKE CARE Of The Failies HAd Bffn AGRE E@ "pcx _ 15, AT A Secohid Meeting BEThzzi MRS = ORczCo AND CAS SCURCE ON 8 JAHUARY M?S OROzCC TOLO CAS Scurce THAT SHE HAD CCME imTC The Possessicm CF SChE iNFORFMAT | ZN FROH Am UNNAED f SHERMHAN Lho HAD RECENTLY COME Out OF CuBA _ This infcrtiohi imicated ThaT SEVERAL ARRESTS HAD BEEH MADE in THE SamE AREA im iich HER HUSBAHO ixtenoed To InF ILTRATE MRS CRozco Said ThAT SHE HAO ALSO KEARD A Rejio BROAOCAST THE Oay beforL 7 JAMUARY Stating THAt 4 irF iLTRATCRS HAd BEER Picked UP in Tht CAROENAS/MATANZAS AREA OF MATAHZAS PRoVince . MRS ORozco HAD CALLED Cri zondo AND insisted Upoh SEeing 11 JCRGE ' To give ThIS InfoRAT ion To Him Persohally . 16 . 1 JCRGE ' 6 And ORIZCndo ARRi VED AT HeR XOME ABCUT 2000 HCURS , 7 JANUARY MRS _ OrCzco Said THAT SHE TCLD Vo Jorge ' THE iNforhATioh_About ARRESTS M The AREA And MENTioned A PERSOM Xahed PEdRO' ArS Crozco Said THAT 60 JCRGE ! 0/ Had Pricked UP #IS EarS At The Mention Cf THE Hae ''PEdRO' Jorge 1 ASkEd MRS Crczco THE LAST NAME OF 'Pedrc' Mrs CRCzco REPLIED THAT SkE 0id #ot Knom 'Jorge' ' ASKED HIAF BusimesS mhis Pfdro ' HAS Im _ HrS _ ORozco SAid THAT She ThGUGHT ThAT Pidro' $ Cwned A RESTAURAMT ih CARDEMAS MATAvZAS ProvincE AcccRo | NG To KRS orczco _ 0' JoRsE'' Then idemtified PEDRO' AS PedrO BARB| Cr Balba / FEBLES Ald SAiD THAT BARB | 01d Not ' 1 WCRK Hith THE amcRicams OR mit AHY ORGAM ZAtiO But THAT HE HAD HELPEO HANY PEOPL E MRS CRczco SAid THAT . ThIS PieCE Of NEws HorRiEd HER GreaTLY BECAuSE HER HUSBAMD HAO TOLD KER HE intended TO CONTACT ThiS PERSCN Accordihg TO HRrS _ OROZCO OR/ zordo ThEN BROKE INTO Tke CCHVERSATiOX To DECLARE THAT ' 'WE PRESUMABL Y MEANI RG SHE AND 1 JORGE' ' / HAD DOwE ALL The PLANNING FoR OROZCC'5 TRIP AND THAT CROZCO WAS ROT SUPPOSED TO CCNTACT BARB / AccCRDiNG To THIs PLAt _ HRS Crozco REPCRTEO THAT JCRGE ' did RCT Cchent About ORizcndo' $ USE CF THE TERM 'ME ' 17 _ TkE LicEnSe HUMBER OF The AuTcKCBILE in Mich JORGE' ' ANd ORi iondc ArRiVEd HAS NOTED As A KEX YorK PLATE BU-5523 _ THE CAR KAS DESCR/BEd AS A LARGE FiAT Tis Licerse NUHBER MAS TRACED AND iT HAS Reported By ThE NEw York #OTCR VEHicLe AuthcRities THAT it WAS REGISTEREO To ONE LEwiS Burms 75 EAST PARADE Avenue BUFFALO. New YoRK_ The ONLY OTHER 1 NFCrTiON AVAILABLE Frt+ The motor ViHicLe Reco?ds NdicAed THAT BURNS MAS BCRN 11-10-98, MHAT HE MAS Retired AHO THAT THE AutoXCBILE REGISTERED UNDER Tis NurbER HAD BEEH A 1950 Buick _ RS CROZCO 5aio SHE Mhcught THAT This HAS The SAXE CAR Jcrge HAD USeD On PrEviOUS Visits . 18 _ MRS orozco Sho EO CAS SCURCE A Note bich HRS _ Orozco idewtified AS HaviNG BEEN writtem BY CR/ZONdO To #ER HUSBAND iSEE ATTACHMEMT Ai THE NCTe Mhich #AS Not DATED STATEd THAT Mhe ACCCHPAMTING ~500 .0o WAS For Crozco To Use TC Bejim PREPARATiONS FOR His Trip . ANCTHER 5200 .0 MAS FcrthcCMinG But SHE Advised GUSSUCKO Dczr Form 30 530 Us{ PREMIOus EDitrox Vo continued ================================================== Page 5 ================================================== QoooQ CONTiNuATION Of CLAssiCATiON Dosm Nuiuvll" DISPATO SE CRE T TJ ufgx-19559 PG @ OROZCC Not To TELL Tis TC "'Los MuchachOs' / PRESUMABL Y OROZCO' $ Crfw HiERS _ THE Notc Herticmco 4 PEREON AfuiEo iC AND AlSO 'JCRGe' MRS CRCZcC Said Smie 010 Not THINK Orizcmdo RLALIZED That SHE i*5 _ oRczc3; Hi] Stiii im POSS[sSiCN CF Tmis hGTE _ 19. HRS _ ORozcc REPORTED THAT OrizcwcG HAD RETURNED To HER HCUSE THE McrkihG AFTIR HER Visit With JCRGE 01 Krs THAT Ox | ZJndc HAD BEem VERY #ATCHFUL Ahd TkaT it " sItHis Crozco Said OROzCC THAT THE PurpOSE Cf OR1zc1izo' 5 TRIP HIAS To EF#Emptc MRS WASH Jurge Of Any CCIMIEC icn With ORczco'S Trip To mitc- inFoRMAticm MAS VCL UNTEERED FREELY To CAS SUURCE As an' 8bse Of MRS . Orozco/ UR / ZCNOO TLD HRS ORTZcC ThAT JORGO"SERVDTION ONI GcMe PLQHE Yity HcR TKE PrIv{cs {"{hRG C{CAUSE HAD [d im WHAT HAD HAPPENCD To Orozco AMD THAT HE ' | #ii Mn; iftzrest- nothirg MHATEVER To do Mi Th Orizco ' 5 TRIP HRS Jorge' HAD Had Orizcmdc THAT it KAd Bieh ''JoRGE '= Mo HAD' ORi ORcZCC REMIFOEd CrozcO To TELL Him About VasQuEz'3 PL iGHT AXd HGATALHJCRGEF '1 To SEE Visited OROzco SEVERAL Tikes THEREAFTiR_ Hcw WAS it JCRGE Had Jorse' HAD #othing TC OC with Crozcc ' $ TriP {SKEDPARS BCRC TXGT CRIzcnoo PRCTEsted THAT JCRGE WAS ONL Y 1 NVOLVES MRS CRCZcO _ GET nfcrmtiom AbOut VASQuEZ _ in Tryirg To 20 _ MRS _ CROZcO RutARKED_Schething To The EFfEcT ThAT SHE did Not KNOK if CriZondo CoNs/DERED HeR A CCHPLETE IMRS Orozco KMEW THAT SUCH A Trip FCCL But SHE Of MonEY AT LEAST 10g8 .00 ANO REQUIred A ConisidERABLE AMCNmT C*d NoT HAVE THAT Kind Cf HoNEY That ShE Has CERTAiM THATOrizohdo REPL IED THAT SHE HAd RaiSed Of HeR CiH Cr4zondo REPORTEDLY PERSISTEd Ahd STATEO THAT THE Moncy From FRiENOS Mrs , ORCzCO THAT IT HAD BEEM SHE HAS COMPL ETELY SuRE ih heR Ow Mind Money OR | Zonoo DidhnotGENSHERAN {SRGE= wrio HAO SUPPL |E0 THE OROZCO CLAiMEd ansher _ SEE PARA 26 BELCr in mich Mrs _ To HAVE OVERHEARD A CONveRSATION DeTIEEm 11 Jorge' $ AND CRCZCO Ih Which 1 JCRGE 0 STATEd He COULd NCT Trip directly ButCOULD SUPPLY Funds/ SuPPORT Orozco' 5 21 MRS orozco ToLd Orizondo THAT SHE MAS STiLl Jorgt'5' ' CREdENT IALS MRS CRCZCO TCLD OrizoNoo UKc [Rtaim OF Husband HAD HAD GREAT TRuST in Orizondo AxO SHE THAT HeR REALiZED THAT Anythimg ORIZOHDO XAS INVOLVEd in {A3s;oORBRCCU= BEST ADVATAGE But AT ThE SAME Time SHE CCULD Xot HER HuSband'$ FEEL Mhe SAME CONF | DENCE IM 16 Jorge = 61 AS Bring KERSELF To ORI ZONdO TOLD MRS CrOZCo THAT SHE FELT ih ORizondo Rican, A AERICAN citizch JoRGE HAS NCT Cubam_eut"Puerto ORizordo MmO korked For TkE PENTAGCK' SAid THAT SKE HERSELF YAS NQt__Actively Wcrking For THE 'PENTAGON' , Amy LONGER But THAT MHERE BRE Times WhN Her FORMER EKPLOYERS NEEO HELP AT Mich Times They CALL UPOM HER IORi MRS _ CROZCO SAid THAT Her Husband HAD TOLD KER THAT Both ZCNdo/ And 1 JORGE KoRKEd FCR THE ''PENTAGCH' OR|zondo 22 = CrIZCNOO TOLD HrS Orozco THAT She OuLD Provioe To MRS _ OROzCO AMY HOhEY MHAT SHE NEEDED To SUPPORT The Faily_ 4 JANUARY_ Crizondo HAD GiVEM MRS OROzco $100_0 To OH Cr 5 IFCR W icm SUM MrS _ orczco 0id #ot sign A PA HER RENT TOLd MRS Orozco THAT JORGE " KCuLd BE receipti _ Ori ZOndO ALsO SPECIFIE6 PERiOD _ OUt Cf TCtFor AH U- 23 _ Orozcndo PA |d #RS _ orozco ANOTHER Visit ON 11 JANUART . Accordi HG 01 TC MrS_ CROZCC , Or|ZChDO HGw CLAiMEd THAT NE THER ShE NoR JORGE' ' KAD HAD Ahymhing To DC With Crozco '5 TRiP FACT Mhey NAD BOtH Tried To TALK Him Out Cf Hking frthaT im THE 24_ AOTHER Sub- scuRcE Paid A SCciaL Visit To MRS Crozco The EVeNiNG CF 1 JAHUARY _ MRS CROZCO ShCiE? This Oh SaHE MoTe Mhich UNdiCaTeD THAT CrizoNda HAD 'GivEH oRcyecSog8G5 The FoR MHE initial PREPARATicNS FCR His TRip . MS Orczco ?500.00- TCLD This Torm QASSITKCATGN FAGE No 660 530 Use PrewiQus EDitiom ================================================== Page 6 ================================================== Ooooo classtsicatiom DSMTCASMba ANd Huvber CONTiNUATION OF DISPATCH : € & % { T UFGA-1956s Att PG5 SUB-SOuRCE THAT Bot Crizchico AND 1 $ JCRGE = 6 #ORK FCR THE Peiitagon Amd ALSO MENTicmed Orizomcc' ; Visits CM e Axid 11 JARUARY in Mich Crizondo Att[HPTEd To disclaim AHy PART FCR HERSELF GR JCRGZ ' 1m ORozco ' 5 TriP _ HRS CRcZcC Told T}ii sua-;ouRce ThAT S;6: KAS Gcing To Put Prt ssure UpoN Thise RZPRESENTATIVES OF ME PE'iTAGCN (Crizomdo AMD ' JoRGl' '_ To LitheR GET XER KUSBAMD OUt Of CubA OR Failing THAT To Buy #im Out . 25 , 1 1 Jorge ' ' Paij Ah UNAHINOUKCED Visit To HRS CRozco On 13 JAIINARY_ Dur | iiG ThIS Visit HE CchfF|ded TG MRS CRCZcT That his MAME HAS NOT I6 JCRGE 6 SUT TCRRES ' TORRES Said THAT mis ORGAN / ZATioN HAD Not BEih INTERESTED in VASQUEZ Put ih Two AGemTs (HE USE: THE TERH AGEMTES' ' ( Bho WERE in Hiding im ThE SAME House with VASQUEZ _ At Mhick PoiRT Mrs CRCZCO ASKEd ''Torres" 11 iICW HE HAPPENED To Know About miS If His CLAiM WERE TRUE ThAT HE HAd Rothing TQ 0 W!TH HER 4+2:4?'$ TRi? _ 'TCRRES' 6 X4de #C Ri?Ly, AccoRdinG To MRS Orozcc . 26 _ MRS Crozcc ThEn CCHEMTEd THAT SH€ KREM From PERSONAL EXPERI EncE KCH 0|FFicuLt it WAS To RAISE EVEm 4 FEW KUNORED CCLLARS in THE Exile CCiuIum TY SXE Said THAT SHE KMEW CRIzchoo Did Not HAVE The S1O00.00 CR MORE Mich HAd Been SPENT FoR iier Husband' $ TRiP_ This Led HER To THE cCNcLusion_ M?s _ CROzcC Sai) THAT TORRES' , AND #is CRGAY| ZATiOM HAD SUPPl Ed THE FusdS AgiIN There HAs NO REpLY frot 1 | TORRES' 1CM 11 JAtUARY 4964, MRS OROzcC TGLO SAJE CAS Scurce MEMTICNED im 'initial PARAGRAPHS THAT ShE HAD CVERHEARD A coiversation BETYEEM HER KWSBAND ANO TORRES ' A WEEK OR TWO 8 [ FORE Orozco' $ DEPARTURE im mich ToRRzs" TOLD ORCZCO THAT KE COuLD NoT support HiS TRiP "DIRECTLY'' BUT CCULD PRvIdE MoNEy Mich OROZCO CCULO USE To MAKE HiS OwM PREPARATIonS/ 27 _ MRS _ orozco SAID THAT SKE HAD HAD Two Specific PROPOSALS To BRING UP To 1 ToRRES' ONE , THAT IF HcRO NERE REceiVED FRCM HER Husbamo THAT HE KAS StilL ` Hidin} Out TCRREs ' 1 CRGamii Zation Seiid A BOAT IN To HELP Him EXF ILTRATE _ ThE OTHER MAS THAT if iT BECAHE CCNF |RMED THAT HER HUSbamd HUAS A PrisomER 1 TORRES ' ORGANIZATion NEGOTiATE FoR #is RELEASE MRCUGH DipLCiATic CHANNELS . A5 PART Of This LAST PRCPCSAL} HRS OROzCC SUGGESTED That SHE BE Provided with Sufficient MonEY TC TRUVEL TQ Hexico To TaKE UP MeR HUSBAND' $ CASE PERSONALLY Mith Tke PresidEnT OF MExicO TORRLS'' SAiD THAT HE HAO To TAKL THE MATTeR UP Mim #is URGANI iarioN ' 'TCRRES RE- EXPHAS Zed That hE PERSONALLY HAO HAD #Cthing To DO Mith HER HUSBAND' $ TRIP _ hE WAS StilL AttemPTiNG To USE ALL The RESOURCES AT his CCiAAND To Find Out MHAT HAD HAPPENED To Orozco AND Wize HE XAS VeRy SCRRY About HeR KUSBANO' $ MISFCRTUNE , HE STATEd THAT it HAO BEEN Crozco '5 O+ decisign To Go Om THIS TRIP . 28 _ Upon LeAVinG, MRS Orozcc Took NotE Of The LicENSE NuMBER O1 1 TORRES 1 BLACK VOLKSHAGEH _ SHE ASsuMEd But COULO Mot BE CERTAim THAT iT WAS A FLORIdA Licehse PLATE RC.6801304 OR 680 AccoROinG To A CAS' investigaticm THE PREFi; 680' REPRESEMTS A PLATE BLOCKEd AT The TALLAHASSEE LEVEL foR The Covert USE Of ThE UmiTed STATES GOVERNMENT _ 29 _ ORI zoNoo Visited MrS Orozco LATER THAT SAHE EVEmINg Of 13 JANUARY SHE SEEMED SURPRISED To LEARI THAT JORGE ' HAd Mnsited MRS ORoZCO EARL IER THAT DAY ORI ZONdo AttehPTED TO CCN- Vince IRS orozco TIAT The Jorge MeNTIOMED IN A Hote SHE HAD LeFT FGR ORCZCO NAS CNE JORGE MAYO iOR MLLO/ CAROOSO , A FR#emd Of Orozco' $ in The REBEL-Arxr- IM-EXILe GRGANIZATicN } EJeRciTO LibertadOR ' To Mich AMOTHER CLOSE friemd OF CRozcC 5 JCSE LCPEZ LEGON AKA 1 PEPE EL ToRO ' B ELCHGS HRS CRGZCO REMARKEd To Orizondo THAT SHE did Nct KRCH HOw STup|d CrI ZONDO CCwS DrEd HeR To BE but THAT SHE WAS COMPL ETELY certain THAT TXe JcRGE Mentioned in ThE Note WAS THc SAHE Jorge FhO #Ad VisitEd Her AND HER HUSBANO _ MRS ORozco ALSO TOL0 Ori zcmdC THAT 60 Jcrge HAp TCLd HER THAT his MAME NAS 1 1 TORRES ' OrIzondo CONf RHEd THAT ThIS NAS His NAME Qsstonm page HQ 7ot 25 530 Use PreMOus [Dmonl Lo contiNued 4364 01. ================================================== Page 7 ================================================== 14-QQQQQ CONTINUATION Of Classiicatio Dsatcks 5,0EX Kohumblr DISPATCH : € C R E T AtT To UFGA-19569 Pg 6 30 _ im ATT[MPT iNG To R[-Construct Hoh Much HCNEy MAS SpEmT To PREPARL The BOAT AMD EquiphemT fcr Urozco ' $ Trip it APPEARS Likely THAT CROZCO HAS [XaggeRATiMG Whem HE SAid THAT Ht Had AskEd fcR Amd RecEivcd ~4OC .02 FCR {ECh MEMBER 0f THE CRew_ MRS orozco HAS STATEd THAT orozco MAd givlx THEA EACH S20c .'0 4md She Thougkt But HAS noT COMPLETELY CERTAiN THAT ME Hao LATER Givem EACH Cf THEm AN Add;Tional unsp[cified Suh, StARting wiTh THE figure Cf $700 .00 Mich I5. 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