</s>124-10218-10058 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 JFK ASSASSINTATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: 124-102418-100058 RECORD SERIES: HO AGENCY FILE NUMBER : 2-2173-1ST NR 130 DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR: DOS FROM: Saunders. HAROLD H. TO: THE SECRETARY TITLE: DATE: 10/18/1976 PAGES: 10 SUBJECT: CASTRO, FIDEL, SPEECH, ALLEGATIONS, CIA INVOLVEMENT, CUBANA AIRLINER, BOMBING DOCUMent TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT ORIGINAL NEW CLASSIFICATION: Secret CLASSIFICATIONS: REVIEW DATE: 05/12/1998 UPDATE DATE; STATUS Redact RESTRICTIONS: JFK Act 6 (1(1)(1B) . JFK Act 4 (4) COMMENTS: INC MEMO NW 50953 DocId: 32296782 Page 1

Summary:  
This document details U.S. intelligence agency (CIA) investigations into allegations of CIA involvement in the 1976 bombing of a Cubana Airlines airliner carrying Cuban government officials. It outlines interactions between the CIA and individuals linked to Cuban exile groups, including Luis Posada, Orlando Bosch, Ricardo Lozano, Freddy Lugo, Frank Castro, Orlando Garcia, and Ricardo Morales Navarrete. The text includes questions posed by the CIA regarding their relationships with these individuals, particularly after Posada's termination from Venezuelan intelligence (DISIP) in 1974. It references a U.S. Legal Attache in Caracas, S. Joseph Leo, who had contact with some suspects for visa-related matters. The document also notes that the CIA claims no recent or current contacts with most individuals but acknowledges past interactions, including Posada's role as a former informant and his alleged ties to CORU, an umbrella organization of Cuban exile terrorist groups.  

Key People:  
- Luis Posada Carriles (Cuban exile, former DISIP official, linked to CORU)  
- Orlando Bosch (Cuban exile, accused in the Cubana bombing, allegedly involved with CORU)  
- Ricardo Lozano (Venezuelan citizen, photographer for Posada, suspected bomb plot participant)  
- Freddy Lugo (Venezuelan citizen, arrested with Lozano, employed by Posada's company)  
- Frank Castro (FLNC leader, component group of CORU, allegedly involved in the bombing)  
- Orlando Garcia (Venezuelan security advisor to President Perez, linked to Bosch and Posada)  
- Ricardo Morales Navarrete (Garcia’s deputy, possibly aware of the bombing plot)  

Key Locations:  
- Caracas, Venezuela (center of investigations, DISIP operations, and CIA contacts)  
- Trinidad (where Lozano and Lugo were arrested)  
- Miami (Frank Castro's residence)  
- Panama and Jamaica (sites of failed bomb attempts on Cuban flights)  

Key Events:  
- 1976 bombing of Cubana Airlines flight 452, which killed Cuban officials.  
- CIA investigation into alleged CIA-CORU ties to the bombing.  
- Arrests of Posada, Bosch, Lozano, and Lugo in Venezuela.  
- Alleged planning of a bomb attack on a Cuban airliner by CORU members in late 1976.  
- U.S. efforts to deport Orlando Bosch from Venezuela due to parole violations.  

Key Organizations:  
- CIA (Central Intelligence Agency)  
- DISIP (Venezuelan intelligence service)  
- CORU (umbrella organization of Cuban exile terrorist groups, including FLNC and AVBC)  
- AVBC (Association of Veterans of the Bay of Pigs, a component group of CORU)

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