EX-CIA AIDE, 3 CUBAN EXILES FOCUS [ ]

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00419R000100190005-1
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 14, 2004
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: April 12, 1977
• Content Type: NSPR

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Ex=CIA Aide, Cuban Exiles Focus o`
By Bob Woodward
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A former CIA explosives expert and
hree Cuban exiles will soon be
ougb v federal authorities for ques-
ioni i the investigation of -last
ear's Embassy Row bomb-murder of
ormer Chilean Ambassador Orlando
,etelier, according to informed
ources.
Fdwin P. Wilson, the former Cell-
ral Intelligence ;Agency operative,
Ind the three Mlami?based Cuban ex-
ies came to the attention of federal
Ifficials when they learned that Wil-
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By Haroldf 4, 4,ogan
and Donald;P. Baker
WUhlnatan Poser 8fa$f Writers
ANNAPOLIS, ApAl 11-With
seconds remaining in 't a life of
the 1977 Maryland General Assem-
bly, its leadership forced",hrough
legislation,,#o finance the canverS-
Can Corflpany factory in Baltini`gre
into a,iiew 890-inmate state priso
line approached, State Senate Presi-
son was under FBI investigation in all
unrelated assassination plot abroad.
Wilson allegedly sought to reerult
the three Cubans to kill a political op-
ponent of the Libyan leader, Col.
Aluammar Qaddafi, last year, accord-
ing to the sources.
Wilson heads a small consulting
firm here called Consultants Interna-
tional. It is involved in the arms ex-
port business. Wilson was out of the
country yesterday and could not be
reached for comment.
In reviewing information developed
in the Libyan investigation of Wilson,
investigators have established these
possible connections with the Letelier
case:
? Wilson had a secret contract with
the Libyan government to provide de-
tonation devices called "timing pen-
cils"-a tube filled with chemicals
that can be remotely controlled to
trigger explosions. Such a "timing'
pencil" is believed to have been used
to detonate the bomb that exploded
beneath Letelier's car.
? The three Cuban exiles arrived in
the Washington area just three days
before the Sept. 21, 1976, bombing of
Letelier's car.
? One of the Cuban exiles, an ex-
plosives expert believed to have been
trained by the CIA in the 1960s, met
in Miami recently with a close 118806
ate of other Cuban exiles who have
been chief suspects in the Letelier
case.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Eugene M.
Propper, who is in charge of the Lete-
lier investigation, met with CIA offi-
cials last week and asked for all files
and information on Wilson and the
three Cubans, the sources said. .
The three Cubans are not among
the 10 anti-Castro Cubans who have'
reportedly been questioned alrea:ly
by the grand jury investigating the
Letelier murder.
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Nation Economic Commission on
Latin America.
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Arica, Chile, and Tacna, Peru, carries
mainly the "packeters"` or small-time
smugglers, according to the Tacna
customs afters. "Well, it isn't very
mug id they're none of them rich,"
sh gged one guard.
Of course, his livelihood may de-
considered to be much morethan A two-car electric train between
wishful thinking.
The few exceptions Include Ven-
ezuela and Brazif,both of whose econ-
omies are s ig enough to be bragged
about ven there, however, most
diplomats feel that the number of
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Between coups, reliable statictii"s"
continued to be as elusive as,;he''thou-
sands of emerald-smuggler's who of.
ficially too not exist: ii Colombia. An
Informant In $oliVla once asked to be
paid for ,purticularly tantalizing bit
of da~the true size of the national
It remains a closely guarded
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meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, ac,
ling to the sources,
,upon learning of ' this, the CIA' re-
quested the FBI open an investigation
of Wilson. This case was so sensitive
that President Ford was personally in-
formed of it.
Wilson's contract with Libya in
eluded a promise to supply thousands
of timing pencils. "It is one of the
most alarming things I've ever seen,"
one source said. "There were enough
[timing pencils] contracted for to sup-
port terrorist activity for the rest of
the century."
The Libyan government has in the
past supported terrorist activity. At a
news conlfrrenec last .1uly W. Presi-
dent Ford said, "We do know that the
Libyan government has in many ways
done certain things that might-have
stimulated terrorist activity."
a addition, the sources said that
ere is some evidence that Wilson
may have had contact with one or
ens O
more current CIA employees who
have access to supplies of timing pen-
cils.
It is not clear from the investiga-
tion how many, if any, timing pen-
cils Wilson actually supplied to the
Libyan government.
The sources said Wilson also tried
to recruit other former CIA employ-
ees to be explosives instructors in
Libya.
One former CIA employee was of-
fered $100,000 a year but turned it
down. Wilson himself had contracts
valued at hundreds of thousands of
dollars with Libya, according to the
sources.
Wilson has declined to answer,ques-
tions from FBI agents in the Libyan
investigation, the sources said.
Consultants international is located
at 1425 K St. NW. An official there
said yesterday that the firm was not
involved in any questionable activity.
According to the firm's own promo-
tional literature, Consultants Interna-
tional could supply an army with
equipment including patrol boats, par-
etelier Inquiry
achutes, airborne accessories and arv
mor-protected vehicles.
"Armaments can be arranged to
meet the requirements of the pur-
chaser," the literature says.
Sources said that Wilson had a con-
tract with Libya to clear land mines
but the contract was the "cover" far
the real purpose of supplying detona.
tion devices.
"Explosive detection devices" are
one of, the items on the firm's, sales
list.
Wilson's firm has received numer-
ous licenses from the State Depart-
ment Office of Munitions Control to
export arms related material though
no license has beed granted to export
any thing to Libya, according to gov-
ernment records.
Letelier, 44, former Chilean ambas-
sador to the United States, was for-
eign minister and minister of defense
in the government of the late Chilean
Socialist President Salvador Allende.
At the time of his death, Letelier
headed a foreign affairs research pro-
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gram at the Institute for Policy Stud-
ies in Washington. A staff member of
the Institute, Ronni K. Moffitt, also
died in the explosion. Her husband,
Michael, a research associate, sur-
vived the blast.
. Ben Weiser assisted in the report-
ing of this article.
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