with chany

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FBLINFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED

4. Does the CIA believe that the source of TDFIR DB-315/10256
deliberately, delayed passing. on Bosch's and Posada's remarks
about hitting a Cuban plane until after the incidents?

3. Does the CIA have any additional relevant information
on any of the people named in the draft manorandum, or any.
other information relating to the sabotage of the plane.
which it has not yet disseminated in TDFIR form?

6. Would CIA please provide whatever information it has
concerning Orlando Garcia and Ricardo Morales so that para
b on page 8 of the draft memorandum can be completed?

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SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED --NOT RELEASABLE TO FOREIGN NATIONALS-

NOT RELEASABLE TO CONTRACTORS OR CONTRACTOR/CONSULTANTS.

CLASSIFIED BY RECORDED REPORTING OFFICER. XGDS-2.

DC-8 NEAR BARBADOS, WEST INDIES, OCTOBER 6, 1976,

HERNAN RICARDO LOZANO IS A NEWS PHOTOGRAPHER AND FREE-LANCE REPORTER AFFILIATED WITH THE MAGAZINE "VISION," AND HE IS ALSO EMPLOYED AS AN INDUSTRIAL INVESTIGATOR BY INVESTIGACIONES COMERCIALES E INDUSTRIALES, C.A. (ICI), AN INDUSTRIAL SECURITY FIRM OPERATED BY LUIS POSADA,FORMER HEAD OF

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POSADA, A CUBAN EXILE WHO IS NOW A VENEZUELAN CITIZEN, IS STRONGL

ANTI-CASTRO AND WAS SUSPECTED OF HAVING BEEN THE MAIN SUPPORTER OF
ORLANDO BOSCH AVILA DURING BOSCH'S PRESENCE IN VENEZUELA PRIOR TO HIS
ARREST ON NOVEMBER 19, 1975.LEGAT BECAME ACQUAINTED WITH

THE COURSE OF OFFICIAL BUSINESS DURING PERIOD

IN A

HERNAN RICARDO LOZANO FIRST BECAME KNOWN TO LEGAT IN APPROXIMATEĻ

JUNE, 1974, WHEN HE CONTACTED LEGAT FOR. ASSISTANCE IN EXPEDITING THE
PROCESSING OF A VISA TO THE U.S. THAT HAD BEEN REQUESTED FOR THE MINOR

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SON OF THE THEN

LEGAT WAS LED TO BELIEVE RICARDO WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF DISIP AND
ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED THAI RESULTED IN THE PROMPT ISSUANCE OF A
VISA TO THE

CHILD

RICARDO RECONTACTED LEGAT A FEW WEEKS LATER TO EXPRESS HIS APPRECIATION FOR ASSISTANCE PREVIOUSLY RENDERED, AND LEGAT THEN BE

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