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AGENCY FILE NUMBER: CR 185-789-1603

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DATE: 09/2311977 PAGES : 6

SUBJECTS : [Restricted] DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION : Unclassified RESTRICTIONS : 4 CURRENT STATUS : Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 06/1 3/ 1996

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REMYCAB AUGUST 31 9 1977 9 v.rHICH OUTLINED A MEETING IN SANTIAG0 9

CHILE BY LEGAT WITH COLONEL ~1ANUEL CONTRERAS 9 THE DIRECTOR OF THE

CENTRO NACIONAL DE INFORMACIONES CCN!)

AUGUST 26 9 1977 9 WHICH DEALT PRIMARILY WITH TRAVEL BY CHILEM~

PRESIDENT PHJOCHET TO THE UNITED STATES DURING SEPTEMBER9 1977o IN

A SUBSEQUENT MEETING WITH THE CNI D~.~CTOR ON AUGUST 2 79 1977 9 COLo

CONTRERAS TOLD LEGAT THA_ T CNI HAD f'REPARED A B,__EPORT · ON THE// 1J ~r; 1 JJE-61. ~~ REC-5. ~ I f S - ,7 J?CJ- f.P (J, } ACTIVITIES OF CUBAN EXIL\.~~ VISITED. CRILE DURING THf": r-~~1 ~R£t~l

YEARS 9 SPECIFICALLY ORLANDO BOSCH AVILA AND ROLANDO OTERb - - 9 SEP 28 10'" 17 PROVIDE A ..s2!J...,.. ~ IQL;;:: ,_,...,..,

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PAGE T~JO BUE 15 7-35 q:_c -rt-6 I____..., ON SEPTEMBER 22, 1977, COL. MILTON CONTRERAS, CHILEAN

EMBASSY, PROVIDED A COPY OF THE CNI REPORT. THIS

REPORT RUNS THREE PAGES Af\lD IS I N THE SPANISH LANGUAGE. IT

CONTAINS SEVERAL ITEMS OF' EXTREMELY PERTINENT INFORMATION IN

CAPTIONED INVEST !GAT ION, l1JH!CH ARE BEING SET FORTH IN SUMMARY

FORM, A COMPLETE TRANSLATION OF THE CNI REPORT WIL\.Bf PROVIDED TO THE BUREAU BY AlRTEL ON SEPTEMBER 27, · 1977. ~ UA.f

PERTINENT PORT IONS F'F~OM THE CNI REPORT F'OLLOI.JJ: (U)

WITH REGARD TO ORLANDO BOSCH AVILA, THE REPORT REITERATES

PREVIOUSLY KN01JJN AND REPORTED INFORMATION CONCERNING BOSCH AND HIS

ARRIVAL IN . REPORT I NO !CATES THAT IT HAS BEEN ESTABL !SHED

THAT WHILE IN CHILE, BOSCH WAS IN CONTACT ~liTH CORVETTE CAPTAIN

CARLOS ASCHTON

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN RELATIONS. OTHER INDIVIDUALS \,J!TH I.•JHOM BOSCH

WAS IN CONTACT, ACCORDING TO CNI, WAS A NEWSPAPERMAN FOR "LA

SEGUNDA" NA MED MANUEL FUENTES WED ING AND ALSJ WITH UNIDENTIFIED

' ELEMENTS OF' "PATR !A .Y LIBERTAD." · AFTER DEPARTING CHILE DURING

AUG-UST, .1975, BOSCH REE )NTER. ~HILE WIT~~ FA)..SE CHILEAN PASSPORT 0/ZL-A NcJ,o o.sM,~ v/ iA· UNDER THE IDENTIT.Y OF HE~T~R DAVANZ_ O~TOLESI •• ACCORD_ING TO ·~ 1--,, /e (~

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THE REPORT 9 THE CHILEAN PASSPORT IN THE DAVANZO CINTOLESI IDENTITY UTILIZED BY BOSCH WAS FALSE; HOWEVER, ALL BIOGRAPHIC DATA CONTAINED.

IN THE PASSPORT IS IDENTICAL WITH DATA PERTAINING TO THE

BROTHER OF THE COMMANDER_ OF THE CHILEAN NAVAL TRAINING SHIP, "ESMER-

ALDA." THIS INDIVIDUAL"S IDENTITY \vAS NOT SET FORTH IN THE REPORTo

THE REPORT NOTED THAT IN A ~1EMORANDUM DATED DECEMBER 4, 1974 9

NUMBER R-287, FRIGATE CAPTAIN JAIME ROJAS BRUJES

THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY TO THE UNDERSECRETARY OF FOREIGN RELATIONS,

ADVISED THAT THE PRESIDENT OF A CUBAN CLUB IN ELIZABETH 9 NEIJJ JERSEY 9

LUCAS BORGES,_ REQUESTED THE. _CH~AN GOV~RNMENT TO ALLOW BOSCH TO COME TO CHILE TO RESIDEo ~. t'1L .. · '0 ~~c~ORT CO NTA INSBR IEF INFORMATION CO NCER Nl:~ GUILLERMO NOVO_ ~OL WHICH HAS ALREADy BEEN REPORTED A ~ . .. TH,E REPORT CONTAINS INFORMATION CONCERNING CUBAN EXILiE JOSE

THE REPORT !DENT IFIES SUAREZ AS A MEMBER OF THE • MOVEMENT AND HID I CATES THAT HE ENTERED CHILE ON t/e.N. ~ i;f!TH A= VE-NEZ-OEL A N PASSPORT ,_, NUMBER = 1.289.386e SUAREZ ARRIVED IN CHILE FROM AND DEPARTED ON D·~;~E~ 19, 1974 FOR ~~MBI~~ ti4 . (IWITH REGARD 10 RO_LANDO/\Q{ERO~RNA~DEZ, REPORT IDENTIFIED OTERO · veN, ~~

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PAGE FOUR. BUE 157-35~ AS ,0. MEt1BER OF THE GOLDEN FALCONS AND INDICATED THAT THIS GROUP

l,~IAS AGAINST ISRAEL AND IN FAVOR OF "PALES.T INIANS." REPORT INDICATED

THAT OTERO'S POLITICAL AFFILIATION WAS QUESTIONABLE. THE REPORT

INDICATED THAT IT 1.11./~S ASCERTAINED THAT OTERO 'v/AS WORKING WITH RICARDO~ORALE!ii'1(NAVARRETE "A COMMUNIST DOUBLE AGENT" t~HO WAS · · __t£;..~ Jl e tv_ CONNECTED· vJITH THE~ VENEZUELAN I NTELL !GENGE. SERVICE. ACCORDING TO THE

REPORT: . OTERO RESIDED IN MORALES NAVARR~_USE DURING---J268. ~ THE REPORT CONCLUDED BY INDICATING THAT ACTION OF CNI AGAINST

OTERO PROVOKED UNFAVORABLE REACT IONS AMONG CUBAN EXILES IN THE U. s.~

THE ABOVE INFORMATION \;OULD APPEAR TO IDENTIFY BOSCH'S CONTACT~I/) IN CHILE AS MEMBERS OF THE CHILEAN NAVY, ALTHOUGH THIS MAY WELL HAVE ·

BEEN NORMAL, SINCE BOSCH'S PRESENCE IN CHILE ~!OULD BE OF . INTEREST

TO THE CHILEAN !\1INISTRY OF FOREIGN RELATIONS WHICH IS UNDER THE JURIS-·

DICTION.OF THE CHILEAN NAVY. LEGAT INTENDS TO REQUEST ADDITIONAL " L INFORMATION FROM CNI \I}!TH REGARD TO BOSCH'S ALLEGED CONTACTS 1NITH

"PATRIA Y L_IBERTAD." ALS) LEGAT WILL ASCERTAIN THE SPECIFIC IDENTITY

.OF THE BROTHER OF THE COMMANDER OF THE CHILEAN NAVY TRAINING SHIP

"ESMERALDA," ~VHOSE BACKGROUND INFORMATION ~JAS UTILIZED ON BOSCH'S FALSE CHILEAN PASSPORT. ~ . INFORMATION CONCERNING JOSE DIONISIO SUAREZ' VISIT TO CHILE

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PAGE FIVE BUE 157-35 ~ ~ ·f\L IS EXTREMELY INTERESTING SINCE THE ~IOWA! , POl ICE,... ~IQllSI ~ iJi:gQRn'fJ NO RECORD COULD BE LOCATED INDICATING THAT SUAREZ HAD ENTERED CHILEo INTERVIEW WITH SUAREZ CONCERNING HIS TRIP TO CHILE IS BEING LEFT TO THE DISCRETION OF THE 00. ~ ~~ IT IS SUGGESTED THAT LUCAS BORGES OF ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY

BE IDENTIFIED AND INTERVIE~JED CONCERNI~IG HIS REQUEST TO THE CHILEAN . GOVERNMENT TO ALLOW BOSCH TO COME TO THAT COUNTRY AND RESIDE;~~

IT IS SUGGESTED THAT LEG AT, , IF POSSIBLE 9 ATTEMPT ~"'\..;,}

TO ASCERTAIN WHETHER VENEZUELAN PASSPORT 1.,289.386 1.~AS ISSUED TO

SUAREZ., IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SUAREZ MAY HAVE BEEN PROVIDED WITH

FALSE DOCUMENT AT ION BY MORALES NAVARRETE IN ORDER TO FACILITATE

SUAREZ• TRIP TO CHILEo IT IS NOTED THAT SUAREZ ARRIVED IN CHILE

ONE DAY AFTER BOSCH AVILA. AND GUILLERMO NOVO .AND OR. ORLANDO FERNANfJ\ AND THAT HE DEPARTED WITH GUILLERMO NOV~ EN . ROUTE TO COLOMBIA.'~

THE INFORMAT ION 9 IF TR UE 9 THAT OTERO . HERNANDEZ RESIDED WITH MORALES NAVARRETE OR AT THE LATTER" S RESIDENCE IN 196S, MIGHT

EXPLAIN OTERO'S CONFIDENCE IN MORALES NAVARRETE \vHEN HE FLED THE UoSo IN EARLY 1976 TO AVOID BEING ARRESTED ON BOMBING CHARGES IN FLORID~ ABOVE INFORMATION CONTAINED (N THE CNI REPORT IS THE FIRST J.i) ~

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PAGE SIX BUE 15 7-35 :5'"'4.. e R E:--i-- POSITIVE SPECIFIC INFORMATION WHICH HAS NOT DEALT IN VAGUE

GENERALITIES TO BE FORTHCOMING FROM ANY ELEMENT OF THE CHILEAN

GOV~RNMENT. LEGAT BELIEVES THAT THE ABOVE CNI REPORT WAS

SUBMITTED IN ORDER THAT A RESPONSE TO · AUSA PROPPER'S REQUEST FOR

INFORMATION CONCERNING THE ACTIVITIES OF CUBAN EXILES IN CHILE

MIGHT BE PREPARED. IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT ALL

INFORMATION SPECIFICALLY LINKING CHILEAN NAVAL PERSONNEL WAS

ELIMINATED IN THE REPORT SUBMITTED TO AUSA PROPPER BY THE CHILEAN

EMB.ASSY IN WASHINGTON. !l.DD IT IONALLY, THE REPORT SUBMITTED.· TO ([\ A USA PROPPER. CO NTA !NED NO MENT !0 N 0 F JOSE D !O Nl S!O SUAREZ~ ,.._.)

BUREAU REQ.UESTED TO ADVISE , NE\~JARK, NEW YORK AND lvFO.(U)

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