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104-10308-10021 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (8/24/1965)

handle is hein.jfk/jfkarch84626 and id is 1 raw text is: 1104-10308-10021 SI 2023 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 . ( U3-5-C-H--E-T ( MEMPRANDUM FOR: Acting Deputy Chief, WID for Cuba SUBJECT REFERENCE : Attempted Assassination of CASTRO June 1965. : SMA41978?, 11 Augus t 1965 1. Or' retu -:ing to Ma'drid :i 10 August, 0/ANTU 51 Spanish diplomat rho has been in Havana for years, reported at Mario SALA RRIA Aguinr, former Commandante in the Cuban National Police 1944-47 and chief of Police Intelligence (SIIE) 1945-47, and 27 unidentified persons were arrested for congiring to kill Fidel CASTRO late in June or early July 1935. According; to QUANTUM-51 who talked with members of his family, SALABARRIA hac sworn t iavenge the death of Eufemio FERNANDEZ Ortoga, former National Police Captain. As the lender of this conspiracy, SALABARRIA worked closely with Dr. Bernardo MILANES L_' !ew u the assRss na plans and nllegedl ~bg none a ns rom tie nited sr MILANES, according to -; s informa ion, was arrested before the plotters were ready to ca y out their plans. SALABARRIA then advanced the Cate set for the assassination. The conspiracy was discovered cnd he was arrested. When his w1fe learned that SALABARRIA vas to be condemucc to dcenth, she went to Fidel to plead for her husband's life. Fidel, who at one time had been their friend, denied knowledge of SALABARRIA's case but assured her that his life would be spared. According tolQUANTUM-51) SLABARRIA's wife knows nothing further of her husband's fate? 2. News of SALABARRIA's role in an abortive assassination :attempt and of his arrest is significant confirmation of current reports regarding the exposure of a plot to kill CASTRO in Havana in June-July 1965. The Agency has knotsn of Mario SALABARRIA's conspiratorinl activities rnd -personal dedication to his role as Fidel's murderer since the summer of 1963. At that time SALABARRIA vas seeking 'weapons and funds for his mission. Through his confidant, AMTURVY-4 a barkeep on the havana waterfront and a long time friend o, QUANTUM-51lIhe F;ought contact with AMTURVY-1, then a minor OC offic :al. SALABARRIA had known AMTURVY-1's brother, AMCONCERT-1, for twenty years and he assumed that AMTURVY-1 tas in touch r'ith the Agency through AMCONCERT-1 in Miami. Accordingly at their first .eeting in the summer of 196? in AMTURVY-4's bar, SALAJARRIA toLId AMTURVY-1 that he was a member of a group which was plotting CASTRO's death. He asked AMTURVY-1 to help him obtain money and weapons for this conspiracy. He emphasized, in particular, that he needed money to purchase vehicles which were essential if the roup were to succeed in their mission. In return for whatever t2r r ' n V .24 1\UG 1.965 I ?I .,

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