VLADIMIR SECEN MILE RAVLIC REGISTRATION - INTERNAL SECURITY MATTER

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06769012
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: March 9, 2023
• Document Release Date: February 3, 2021
• Case Number: F-2021-00685
• Publication Date: December 11, 1970

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ONTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY.
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20505
MEMORANDUM FOR
ATTENTION
FROM
SUBJECT
Director
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Domestic Intelligence Division
Deputy Director for PlansVOL-
VLADIMIR SECEN 4
MILE RAVLIC
REGISTRATION - INTERNAL SECURITY MATTER
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11 DFC 191�
1. Reference is made to an inquiry to this AgenOY
from your Bureau concerning Subjects, your Bureau's File
No. 105-109086, and this Agency's teletype No. 19754
dated 26 July 1968, Subject: "VLADIMIR SECEN - INTERNAL
SECURITY DOMINICAN REPUBLIC."
2. For your background.information only, VLADIMIR
SECEN was of operational interest to this Agency from
1963 to 1966 as an occasional source of information on
Caribbean matters. SECEN's claim to your Bureau that
he was involved in a plan to overthrow the Government of
Haiti and was being paid by this Agency in furtherance
of this plan is completely false. However, SECEN did
inform this Agency on fwo occasions that he was allegedly
involved in such a plan. A resume of these reports follows.
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3. On 9 February 1966, SECEN informed a represen-
tative from this Agency in Miami that he had been offered
a post as military advisor to an expedition being formed
by Rolando MASFERRER Rojas, former Cuban Senator, to
depose President DUVALIER of Haiti. SECEN said he refused
the post, but later said that MASYEURER had remarked
publicly on several occasions that SECEN had accepted:hls
proposition. According to SECEN, this was a tactic
MASFERRER used to enhance the prest'
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4. On 2 March 1966, SECEN tol a represen a ve o
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this Agency in Miami that he had been contacted on 20-Feb=""��'
ruary-41966 by one Mile RAVLIC from Madrid who, according
to SFAtEll was en route to Haiti to perform a nitssionEgoBEC 22
Presk0' DUVALIER. According to SECEN, RAVLIC stopt22d in
Miami i _e him. In their meeting, RAVLIC -told
he had be3n"contacted in mid-February in Madrid by a Domin-
ican national residing in Haiti who was allegedly a confidant
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of President-JAILIER: The Dominican told IPTLIC `that
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-..DTIVALIKRIOnted to 'see him regarding VLADIMIR SECEN, an
inaividUaLyholp DUVALIER suspected of plotting to over-
- thtoy.the GoVernAnt. of Maiti. 'DUVALIER wanted RAVLIC
tol-influence SEbEN to atop his Haitian plotting and, if
SECEN agreed, DUVALIER was willing to offer SECEN a good
job in the-Haitian Government. SECEN reportedly told
RAVLIC that he was not engaged in any plot to overthrow
President DUVALIER and did not plan to become involved.
RAVLIC then told SECEN that he was going to Haiti to
report the results of his mission to President DUVALIER;
however, when SECEN warned RAVLIC that such a trip would
be too dangerous, RAVLIC took his advice and returned to
Spain.
SECRET
5. The files of this Agency reflect that Mile RAVLIC,
also known as'Mile RAVLIK de BOGETICH TEPCEVICH, Mille
KRAWIT, and Major MILLER, was born 15 June 1919 in Croatia,
YugodIaviatand is a naturalized citizen of the Dominican
Republic. He studied agriculture in Zagreb, Yugoslavia,
and graduated as an agronomist. During World War II, he
was a member of the Croatian Army. In 1957, he joined
the Dominican Army as a Major and became a Lt. Colonel
under President TRUJILLO. In April 1967, a reliable source
reported that RAVLIC, who traveled on a Dominican Republic
passport, was apparently involved in an import-export busi-
ness, but also carried out political and information-
gat4ering_missidns. At that time RAMC was reported to
have been iii-Madrid for the past month, but had made sev-
eral trips to France. Source also said that RAVI= con-
tinued to maintain contact with the TRUJILLOs. The most
recent information in this Agency's files reflects that in
September 1967, RAVLIC was reportedly in Paris waiting for
Mrs. Juan PERON. At that time, RAVLIC told a reliable
source that he was in business with Juan PERON.
6. Although this Agency has no current operational
interest in SECEN, we would appreciate receipt of any in-
formation which your Bureau may obtain on his. activities
in the Caribbean area, particularly in the Dominican Repub-
lic and Haiti or relating to the Cubans.
7. The above information is being.made available to
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and will not be used in any interviews which your Bureau
might have with SECEN.
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