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In 1975 the United States Congress set up an investigative group to look into a number of issues that involved the intelligence agencies of the United States. This group became known as the Church Committee (CC) and they would uncover a number of foreign assassinations of leaders that the CIA was involved with. They also looked at the assassination of President John F. Kennedy (JFK) in a much smaller way than the Warren Commission (WC) had in 1964 due to time constraints.
In their report on the JFK assassination they outlined some leads that were not pursued by the WC when they should have been. One of these leads involved a Cubana Airlines flight on the afternoon of November 22, 1963, that had been delayed for five hours. This information came via the CIA as they received information from an unknown source on December 1, 1963, that made note of this flight that was leaving Mexico City, Mexico, and heading to Cuba.
The flight was delayed from 6:00 p.m. until 11:00 p.m. E.S.T., waiting for an unidentified passenger. Eventually this passenger arrived at the airport in a twin-engined aircraft at 10:30 p.m. and then boarded the Cubana flight without going through customs which would have required him to display identification such as a passport. Furthermore, this man was allowed to travel to Cuba onboard the Cubana flight in the cockpit of the plane instead of sitting in the cabin. Why?
The CC wrote this in their report.
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In response to a Select Committee request on January 9, 1976, the CIA wrote that it had no information indicating that a follow-up investigation was conducted to determine the identity of the passenger and had no further information on the passenger, and no explanation for why a follow-up investigation was not conducted.
In early December 1963, even more intriguing information was received by the CIA, and passed almost immediately to the FBI. In the case of the Cuban-American, a follow-up investigation was conducted. Although the information appeared to relate to the President's assassination and one source alleged the Cuban-American was "involved" in the assassination, the follow-up investigation was not conducted as part of the FBI's work for the Warren Commission.
The CIA learned that this Cuban-American crossed the border from Texas into Mexico on November 23, and that the border had been closed by Mexican authorities immediately after the assassination and reopened on November 23. The Cuban-American arrived in Mexico City on November 25. He stayed in a hotel until the evening of November 27, when he departed on a late evening regularly scheduled Cubana airlines flight to Havana, using a Cuban "courtesy visa" and an expired U.S. passport. He was the only passenger on that flight, which had a crew of nine.
In March 1964, the CIA received a report from a source which alleged the Cuban-American had received his permit to enter Mexico on November 20 in Tampa, Florida. The same source also said the Cuban-American was somehow "involved in the assassination." There is no indication that the CIA followed-up on this report, except to ask a Cuban defector about his knowledge of the Cuban-American's activities. (Church Committee Book V, p. 61)
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This is interesting stuff. If you are familiar with the JFK assassination case then you probably are NOT shocked to read that the CIA did no follow-up investigation on this lead. If it didn't point to Lee Harvey Oswald (LHO) then there was no interest from the CIA.
This man had to be involved as we see he was able to do the following:
1) He was able to arrive for the flight in another plane and then board without going through customs which allowed him to avoid showing any identification;
2) He was able to cross the Mexican border when it was CLOSED due to the assassination. Okay, he could have entered an unguarded area, but I don't think that he did that. Why? Because if he did this, how would the CIA learn about his entry? It would seem he entered in a way that left a trace.;
3) He is then allowed to get on the plane alone and ride in the cockpit of the plane.; and,
4) He was allowed to travel using an expired passport and a courtesy visa for Cuba.
Obviously this man did have something to do with the JFK assassination to receive this kind of treatment. What normal person would receive this kind of treatment? The Report goes on to tell us that surprisingly (my own word) the FBI did investigate this individual after they receiving the report from the CIA.
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The FBI did investigate this individual after receiving the CIA report of his unusual travel. However, by the time the Warren Report was published, the Cuban-American was still residing in Cuba and therefore outside [the] FBI's jurisdiction. Before the FBI terminated the case, it had developed the following confusing and incomplete information.
The Cuban-American applied for a U.S. passport at the U.S. Consul Office in Havana in June 1960. In July 1960, he was issued a passport, but it was only valid until January 1963, when he would become 23 years old (sic)...In August 1962, the Cuban-American married an American woman.
On November 17, 1963, according to several sources, the Cuban-American was at a get-together at the home of a member of the Tampa Chapter of the Fair Play for Cuba Committee, where color slides of Cuba were shown.
There was some talk about the Cuban-American having been. at the residence for some time waiting for a telephone call from Cuba which was very important.
It was understood that it all depended on his getting the "go ahead order" for him to leave the United States. He indicated he had been refused travel back to his native Cuba.
On November 20, 1963, the Cuban-American obtained a Mexican tourist card at the Honorary Consulate of Mexico in Tampa and on November 23 crossed the border into Mexico Neuvo Laredo. Since the Cuban-American was not apparently listed as the driver of any vehicle crossing the border that day, the FBI concluded crossed in a privately owned automobile owned by another person
At a regular monthly meeting of the Tampa FPCC in December 1963, a woman told the group that she had telephoned Cuba at 5:00 a.m. and was informed that the Cuban-American was not working in Cuba but was spending a great deal of time playing dominoes.
The preceding was the extent of the FBI and the CIA investigation. So far as can be determined, neither the FBI nor the CIA told the Warren Commission about the Cuban-American's strange travel...The suspicious travel of this individual coupled with the possibility that Oswald had contacted the Tampa chapter (FPCC) certainly should have prompted a far more thorough and timely investigation than the FBI conducted and the results should have been volunteered to the Warren Commission, regardless of its failure to request such information. (Ibid., pp. 61-63)
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This is compelling stuff as it shows once again how the FBI , the CIA and the WC had NO interest in anything that didn't point to LHO acting alone. This incident even involves the Fair Play for Cuba Committee (FPCC) which should have caused the WC to look into the matter. How can you claim LHO was a "loner" when he was supposedly running a chapter of a group who was on the suspicious list for both the FBI and the CIA?
Years later we would learn the name of this individual. He was Miguel Casas Saez and he was twenty-three-years-old at the time of the assassination. A CIA dispatch says something about this individual.
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On October 31, 1963, the subsource [informant] reported that he saw CASAS in Miami and that CASAS entered the U.S. under the fictitious name of Angel DOMINGUEZ Martinez. (CIA Dispatch #510-199, p.2)
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According to this CIA dispatch Casas came to America at least in late October 1963 under a fictitious name. But, what if he came in September instead? Remember that one of the Cubans with "Leon Oswald" at Sylvia Odio's apartment went by the war name "Angel" and that was the alias Casas used. Coincidence? Another classified (at the time) CIA message gave us more details about Casas in terms of his appearance.
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Age 22-23, 5'10", Dark, strong build, dark brown hair, brown eyes...Aunt Lucia (Lopez) told her dentist that nephew MIGUELITO (Casas) in Dallas Texas day of KENNEDY assassination, managed to leave through Laredo. Boarded plane fMexico ar (sic) for Cuba...Dentist informed AMLAME-4 CASAS had firing practice in militias and capable of doing anything. (CIA Cable NARA #104-10021-10030)
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This shows us he had some experience with a rifle. Further investigation showed that he had been poor, but suddenly had "much money" and dressed very well. (Ibid.) The cable also said that Casas allegedly spoke Russian very well. This is a very interesting lead that once again nothing was done with. Where did Casas get his money from? How was he able to slip into the U.S. and then Mexico with no valid passport? Was he one of the shooters or just one of the men that assisted the shooters? Sadly, we will most likely never know since it was not investigated.
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In 1975 the United States Congress set up an investigative group to look into a number of issues that involved the intelligence agencies of the United States. This group became known as the Church Committee (CC) and they would uncover a number of foreign assassinations of leaders that the CIA was involved with. They also looked at the assassination of President John F. Kennedy (JFK) in a much smaller way than the Warren Commission (WC) had in 1964 due to time constraints.
In their report on the JFK assassination they outlined some leads that were not pursued by the WC when they should have been. One of these leads involved a Cubana Airlines flight on the afternoon of November 22, 1963, that had been delayed for five hours. This information came via the CIA as they received information from an unknown source on December 1, 1963, that made note of this flight that was leaving Mexico City, Mexico, and heading to Cuba.
The flight was delayed from 6:00 p.m. until 11:00 p.m. E.S.T., waiting for an unidentified passenger. Eventually this passenger arrived at the airport in a twin-engined aircraft at 10:30 p.m. and then boarded the Cubana flight without going through customs which would have required him to display identification such as a passport. Furthermore, this man was allowed to travel to Cuba onboard the Cubana flight in the cockpit of the plane instead of sitting in the cabin. Why?
The CC wrote this in their report.
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In response to a Select Committee request on January 9, 1976, the CIA wrote that it had no information indicating that a follow-up investigation was conducted to determine the identity of the passenger and had no further information on the passenger, and no explanation for why a follow-up investigation was not conducted.
In early December 1963, even more intriguing information was received by the CIA, and passed almost immediately to the FBI. In the case of the Cuban-American, a follow-up investigation was conducted. Although the information appeared to relate to the President's assassination and one source alleged the Cuban-American was "involved" in the assassination, the follow-up investigation was not conducted as part of the FBI's work for the Warren Commission.
The CIA learned that this Cuban-American crossed the border from Texas into Mexico on November 23, and that the border had been closed by Mexican authorities immediately after the assassination and reopened on November 23. The Cuban-American arrived in Mexico City on November 25. He stayed in a hotel until the evening of November 27, when he departed on a late evening regularly scheduled Cubana airlines flight to Havana, using a Cuban "courtesy visa" and an expired U.S. passport. He was the only passenger on that flight, which had a crew of nine.
In March 1964, the CIA received a report from a source which alleged the Cuban-American had received his permit to enter Mexico on November 20 in Tampa, Florida. The same source also said the Cuban-American was somehow "involved in the assassination." There is no indication that the CIA followed-up on this report, except to ask a Cuban defector about his knowledge of the Cuban-American's activities. (Church Committee Book V, p. 61)
www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=1161#relPageId=67
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This is interesting stuff. If you are familiar with the JFK assassination case then you probably are NOT shocked to read that the CIA did no follow-up investigation on this lead. If it didn't point to Lee Harvey Oswald (LHO) then there was no interest from the CIA.
This man had to be involved as we see he was able to do the following:
1) He was able to arrive for the flight in another plane and then board without going through customs which allowed him to avoid showing any identification;
2) He was able to cross the Mexican border when it was CLOSED due to the assassination. Okay, he could have entered an unguarded area, but I don't think that he did that. Why? Because if he did this, how would the CIA learn about his entry? It would seem he entered in a way that left a trace.;
3) He is then allowed to get on the plane alone and ride in the cockpit of the plane.; and,
4) He was allowed to travel using an expired passport and a courtesy visa for Cuba.
Obviously this man did have something to do with the JFK assassination to receive this kind of treatment. What normal person would receive this kind of treatment? The Report goes on to tell us that surprisingly (my own word) the FBI did investigate this individual after they receiving the report from the CIA.
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The FBI did investigate this individual after receiving the CIA report of his unusual travel. However, by the time the Warren Report was published, the Cuban-American was still residing in Cuba and therefore outside [the] FBI's jurisdiction. Before the FBI terminated the case, it had developed the following confusing and incomplete information.
The Cuban-American applied for a U.S. passport at the U.S. Consul Office in Havana in June 1960. In July 1960, he was issued a passport, but it was only valid until January 1963, when he would become 23 years old (sic)...In August 1962, the Cuban-American married an American woman.
On November 17, 1963, according to several sources, the Cuban-American was at a get-together at the home of a member of the Tampa Chapter of the Fair Play for Cuba Committee, where color slides of Cuba were shown.
There was some talk about the Cuban-American having been. at the residence for some time waiting for a telephone call from Cuba which was very important.
It was understood that it all depended on his getting the "go ahead order" for him to leave the United States. He indicated he had been refused travel back to his native Cuba.
On November 20, 1963, the Cuban-American obtained a Mexican tourist card at the Honorary Consulate of Mexico in Tampa and on November 23 crossed the border into Mexico Neuvo Laredo. Since the Cuban-American was not apparently listed as the driver of any vehicle crossing the border that day, the FBI concluded crossed in a privately owned automobile owned by another person
At a regular monthly meeting of the Tampa FPCC in December 1963, a woman told the group that she had telephoned Cuba at 5:00 a.m. and was informed that the Cuban-American was not working in Cuba but was spending a great deal of time playing dominoes.
The preceding was the extent of the FBI and the CIA investigation. So far as can be determined, neither the FBI nor the CIA told the Warren Commission about the Cuban-American's strange travel...The suspicious travel of this individual coupled with the possibility that Oswald had contacted the Tampa chapter (FPCC) certainly should have prompted a far more thorough and timely investigation than the FBI conducted and the results should have been volunteered to the Warren Commission, regardless of its failure to request such information. (Ibid., pp. 61-63)
www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=1161#relPageId=68
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This is compelling stuff as it shows once again how the FBI , the CIA and the WC had NO interest in anything that didn't point to LHO acting alone. This incident even involves the Fair Play for Cuba Committee (FPCC) which should have caused the WC to look into the matter. How can you claim LHO was a "loner" when he was supposedly running a chapter of a group who was on the suspicious list for both the FBI and the CIA?
Years later we would learn the name of this individual. He was Miguel Casas Saez and he was twenty-three-years-old at the time of the assassination. A CIA dispatch says something about this individual.
Quote on
On October 31, 1963, the subsource [informant] reported that he saw CASAS in Miami and that CASAS entered the U.S. under the fictitious name of Angel DOMINGUEZ Martinez. (CIA Dispatch #510-199, p.2)
www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=7899#relPageId=3&search=miguel_casas%20saez
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According to this CIA dispatch Casas came to America at least in late October 1963 under a fictitious name. But, what if he came in September instead? Remember that one of the Cubans with "Leon Oswald" at Sylvia Odio's apartment went by the war name "Angel" and that was the alias Casas used. Coincidence? Another classified (at the time) CIA message gave us more details about Casas in terms of his appearance.
Quote on
Age 22-23, 5'10", Dark, strong build, dark brown hair, brown eyes...Aunt Lucia (Lopez) told her dentist that nephew MIGUELITO (Casas) in Dallas Texas day of KENNEDY assassination, managed to leave through Laredo. Boarded plane fMexico ar (sic) for Cuba...Dentist informed AMLAME-4 CASAS had firing practice in militias and capable of doing anything. (CIA Cable NARA #104-10021-10030)
www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=109927#relPageId=3&search=miguel_casas%20saez
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This shows us he had some experience with a rifle. Further investigation showed that he had been poor, but suddenly had "much money" and dressed very well. (Ibid.) The cable also said that Casas allegedly spoke Russian very well. This is a very interesting lead that once again nothing was done with. Where did Casas get his money from? How was he able to slip into the U.S. and then Mexico with no valid passport? Was he one of the shooters or just one of the men that assisted the shooters? Sadly, we will most likely never know since it was not investigated.