Washington Cesar Santos

The committee also found that Ruby had been connected with other Trafficante associates — R.В D.В Matthews, Jack Todd, and James Dolan — all of Dallas. Finally, the committee developed corroborating evidence that Ruby may have met with Trafficante at Trescornia prison in Cuba during one of his visits to Havana in 1959, as the CIA had learned but had discounted in 1964. While the committee was not able to determine the purpose of the meeting, there was considerable evidence that it did take place. During the course of its investigation of Santos Trafficante, the committee examined an allegation that Trafficante had told a prominent Cuban exile, Jose Aleman, that President Kennedy was going to be assassinated. According to Aleman, Trafficante made the statement in a private conversation with him that took place sometime in September 1962. In an account of the alleged conversation published by the Washington Post in 1976, Aleman was quoted as stating that Trafficante had told him that President Kennedy was В«going to be hit.В» Aleman further stated, however, that it was his impression that Trafficante was not the specific individual who was allegedly planning the murder ...»