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104-10103-10340 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (07/09/1965)

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E UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992

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ARA/CCA - Mt. Steveipson

ARA *- George Lister


Visit of Cuban Exile Victor Espinosa.


July 9, 195


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     In accordance with  our .conversation yesterday- I have set
forthebelow a-report -on the visit.of .Victor Espinosa*:

     A Venezuelan Christian Democratic  friend of mine, Valmore
Acevedog called me-from New York City yesterday .morning,;to ask
as. a ..personal, favor -that :I receive a Cuban :exile -living there
who.ha  something. amazing: tot tell ,men . When1 I expressed mild
skepticism, Acevedo :urgently repeated his .-request and I agreed.
Within-a 9urprisingly.,short time the Cuban ,-.Victor Espinosa,..-
arrived- at my office (he.:said he .bad. taken :the plane immedi-,
ately) ;. Espinosa gave-his. address.and; telephone number as
follows:  415 East  52nd Street, HA 1-7875. A summary of his
atatements:follows:-- y;.-   '                     -

     Espinosa,,has -been jinvolved, in Cuban liberation,activities
for many -years, z dHe opposed.Batista and opposes -Castro He is
not a-member of, the March 13 Movement. but-bas long =been very
close-to many of its-leaders,. including Cubela,. :,Espinosa -was
trained. by CIA, in both Louisiana and, Guatemala, and was one.
of those who was sent- into Cuba prior to the :Bay of Pigs.. He
plans.. to become an-American -citizen, in August of. this -year....
He admires.,the United, States. and American. strength and .compe-
tence -in many fields.. He asked a New York acquaintenance of:
his for. the name of -someone in the Department. involved in
Latin American. affairs. .. He-was told Acevedo knew such an
official.  Espinosa asked Acevedo (without, he claims, re-
vealing his story), and the l.-tter called me.          -

     A little earlier this year Espinosa received a request
from one. of his reliable Cuban contacts in-Furop4, asking that
he come there quickly.  Espinosa went to Miami, obtained fa1se
Cuban papers, and went to Paris.  .There,.apparently.in .the . -
presence of the Cuban Ambassador -to France, .he met one o: . the
top security men of the Castro regime, who -had come to:-Paris
for that purpose.  During various -meetings, both-in -France .and


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