Francesco/who-killed-jfk huggingface dataset:
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# SECRETABLE SEC DISSEM AYPERSON. UNIT NOTIFIEDADVANCE COPY HEDSLOTTEDACTION UNIITOTAL COPIESREPRODUCTION BY OTHER TIEN ISSUING OFFICE IS PROINDITES!FILE VRPAGE 21-21IN 732419TOR:8421272 NOV 75LMIM 23900SECRET 2422532 NOV 75 STAFFCITE LA/MIAMI 23928TO: PRIORITY DIRECTOR,1. FHI/MIAMI NOTIFIED STATION ON 4 NOVEMBER THAT ON THAT DATE MIANI MAYOR MAURICE FERRE HAD ASKED FOR LIST OF ALL CUBANS THAINED IN DEMOLITION BY BKHERALD. REQUEST APPARENTLY RESULTED FROM RECENT BOMBING DEATH OF ZUBAN EXILE LEADER ROLANDO MASFERRER. MAYOR FERRE APPARENTLY BELIEVES LIST OF 6KHERALD TRAINEES WILL HELP ASSIST APPREHENSION OF KILLERS OF MASFERRER AND PERPETRATORS OF OTHER RECENT BOMBINGS.2. 435 4ILL PRESUMABLY BE QUERIED SINCE ABOVE REQUEST WILL BE FORWARDED TO FBI HOS.5. Flie DEFER. E2, IMPDET.SECRETRECORD COPY4 Nov. 15201-42669
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FBI doc9 May 75 (Miami)Re-Rolando Masferrer RojasBureau #100-344127
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DISSEM BY PERTOTAL PAGESRCA BYSECRETE2, IMPDETCL. BY: 007622PERSON/UNIT NOTIFIEDAGENCY MESSAGEADVANCE COPY ISSUED/SLOTTEDACTION UNITBYAT1 FILE, VR, DDO, PS/EGC, IP/AH, IW, CPS/INT 2, CI/OP 2,23LA 12ACTIONSS 4. OSG/IC,T 884321EI4228PAGE 21IN 531142TOR: 241716Z MAR 75PACY 31894SECRET 241644Z MAR 75 INTELCITE PANAMA CITY 31894 (SANCHEZ ACTING)HZP-13-384TO: DIRECTOR.INTEL ZRWAHOOSUPDATA: ZRWAHOD FOR HOS REVIEW. PLS REVIEW SOURCE COMMENT.FLOYD H. MCNERTNZP (NOC) FROM SUBJECT OF 201-8927762.INDEX: ORGALLEZ. NOT FOR PASSAGE TO LIAISON.OD OBJECTIVE: C.1. FILE: 19-5-41. CL BY 235122.FILED: 2416442SECRET
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SECRETCIA INTERNAS USE ONLYDATE 24 MARCH 1975IN 531141PAGE 1 OF 2 PAGESINTELLIGENCE INFORMATION CABLESENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVEDThe following Report, transmitted from a CIA Field Statior, requires review within the Directorate of Operations before being released outside the Agency. Pending results of this review, a copy is being provided for your advance information.THIS INFORMATION IS NOT TO BE INCLUDED IN AND OTHER DOCUMENT OR PUBLICATIONDISTRIBUTION TO SDOE2 IMPORT CL BY SCREECOUNTRY: PANAMA/CUBADOI : MID-MARCH 1975SUBJECT: JOINT CUBAN-PANAMANIAN SURVEILLANCE OF CUBAN EXILE VISITING PANAMA CITYACO : PANAMA, PANAMA CITY (22 MARCH 1975)FIELD NO. HEP-13,386SOURCE : AN EMPLOYEE OF THE PANAMANIAN GOVERNMENT WHO HAS CONTACTS IN THE PANAMANIAN SECURITY SERVICE. HE IS BELIEVED TO BE A RELIABLE REPORTER. HE OBTAINED THIS INFORMATION FROM AN EMPLOYEE OF A SECURITY SERVICE.1. IN MID-MARCH 1975, LIEUTENANT COLONEL MANUEL NORIEGA, THE G-2 OF THE NATIONAL GUARD (GN), ASSIGNED LIEUTENANT CLETO HERNANDEZ, A MEMBER OF THE G-2, TO WORK WITH MANUEL ORGALLE FERRER, WHO IS LISTED AS THE CHAUFFEUR OF THE CUBAN AMBASSADOR IN PANAMA, TO CONDUCT A SURVEILLANCE OF ROLANDO MASFERRER, A CUBAN EXILESECRET
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# WARNING NOTICESENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED# SECRETVISITING PANAMA CITY. MASFERRER IS A RESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. IN PANAMA CITY HE STAYED IN ROOM 485 OF THE CONTINENTAL HOTEL. HERNANDEZ AND ORGALLEZ, WORKING AS A TEAM, LOCATED MASFERREE AT HIS HOTEL SHORTLY AFTER HIS ARRIVAL AND KEPT HIM UNDER CONSTANT SURVEILLANCE UNTIL HE DEPARTED PANAMA ON 21 MARCH, ACCORDING TO ORGALLEZ MASFERRER WAS A WELL KNOWN CUBAN SUWAN AND AN EXILE TROUBLE MAKER. (SOURCE COMMENTS ORGALLE DESCRIPTION OF MASFERRER IS NOT TRUE. HE IS THE SON OF & PROMINENT MEMBER OF THE CUBAN EXILE COMMUNITY IN MIAMI.)(FIELD COMMENTS HEP-13,367, TDFIRDB-315/81842-75, FROM THE SAME SOLACE, REPORTED THAT IN JANUARY 1975 THE GN G-2 DETAINED A CUBAN-EXELE IN COOPERATION WITH THE CUBAN EMBASSY.)2. FIELD DISSEMS EMBASSY CAMBASSADOR ONLY), CINCSO (GENERAL ROSSCA GALYS AT PANAMA CITY.REPORT CLASS SECRET/WARNING NOTICE-SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED/NO FOREIGN DISSEM/CONTROLLED DISSEYAG DISSEN ABROAD/THIS INFORMATION IS NOT TO BE INCLULES IN ANY OTHER DOCUMENT OR PUBLICATIONCLASSIFIED BY RECORDED REPORTING OFFICER, EXEMPT FROM DE CLASELFS CATSON SCHEDULE OF E.0. 11652 EXEMPTION CATEGORY SB (2).IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE DATE OF AUTOMATIC DECLASSIFICATION.SECRET
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SECRETDO DOCUMENT EXTRACTTHE FOLLOWING INFOMATION CONCERNING THE SUBJECT OF THIS 201DOSSIER HAS BEEN EXTRACTED FROM ANOTHER OFFICIAL DO FILE.PERSONS PERFORMING ЧАМЕ ТРАCES APE CAUTIONED THAT THE DOCU-MENT FROM WHICH THIS EXTRACT WAS PREPAGED CONTAINS ADDITIONALINFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE SUBJECT AND SHOULD BE REQUESTEDFROM IP/FILES.MASFERRER, POLANDO201-0042669SEX M201-0209258080-8125225 SEP 74FBIP2USA, FLA, MIAMI. MSX LESNICK /201-0209259/CLAIMS SUBS IS LESING A CRIMINAL CONSPIRACYAGAINST HIM.DATE 28 JAN 7509234230211-42669SECRETE2 IMPOET CL BY 054979![photo of L letter]
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# OUTGOING MESSAGESIGNAL CENTER SE ORL.PAGE 1CLASSIFICATIONSECRETDATE/TIME GROUP142311ZMESSAGE REFERENCE NUMBERS611615DISSEM BY: 45STAFFDIRECTORCONF: LAS INFO: FILE P/IN, OPS/WAR2, C/OISTO: ASUNCION INFO LA/MIAMI, CARACAS, PANAMA CITY-4REAM MHABYSS YREFS: A. ASUNCION 16391 |IN 384848|B. LA/MIAMI 22536 |IN 386045| Y1. SUBJ REFS POSSIBLY IDENTIFIABLE WITH ROLANDO ARCADIO MASFERRER Y ROJAS (201-004266-1) CUBAN EXILE RESIDING 2000 W FLAGLER ST., MIAMI, FLA. MASFERRER, FORMER CUBAN SENATOR AND NEWS- PAPER PUBLISHER, WAS INDICTED AND CONVICTED 28 FEB 1968 AFTER ABOR- TIVE ATTEMPTED INVASION HAITI 1967. SUBJECT UNSUCCESSFULLY APPEALED CASE FEDERAL COURT. AND BEGAN SERVING FOUR YEAR SENTENCE SEPT 1970.AS OF MAY 1974 HE ALLEGEDLY OPERATISING TRAINING CAMP IN FLORIDA EVERGLADES WITH INTENT PBLANNING RAIDS AGAINST CUBAN SHIPPING AND POSSIBLY CUBAN MAINLAND.Y2. HOS UNABLE VERIFY MASFERRER'S ASSOCIATION WITH RAINBOW SALES CORPORATION. FIRM ADDRESS, ACCORDING TO MIAMI PHONE LISTING: 2416 NW 72 AVE., MIAMI (592-5805).43. ABOVE INFO MAY BE RELINQUISHED ORALLY TO DEA.Y4. NO ADDITIONAL HQS TRACES ROLANDO MASFERRERDATE:OFIG:UNIT:EXT: D-200-11-11/3![signature]![stamp Doc Micro Ser. 1.24 11.74 microfilmed]![stamp Record Copy]CLASSIFICATIONSECRETREPRODUCTION BY OTHER THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE IS PROHIBITED E 2 IMPDET CL BY: 51-1437
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# OUTGOIN MESSAGESIGNAL CENTER USE ONLYAGE COI ICP TYPE IRO OCICMF 0 0 0 0 0 0PAGE 2 OF PAGES 2**SECRET**STAFF DIRECTORCONF: INFO: FILE 611615DISSEM BY:PERBETANCOURT.YFILE: 201-0042669; 200-11-11/3. E2 IMPDET.LA/COMMENT - REF REQUESTED TRACES ROLANDO MASFERRER PRES. RAINBOW SALES CORP., RECENTLY ARRIVED IN ASUNCION TO ESTABLISH CONTRABAND TRADE FROM PANAMA TO PARAGUAY.LA/NARC - HOWARD OPR (DRAFT)BEO/OPS/NAR LithperDATE: 17 OCTOBER 1974 BELA/COG - TOM CLINES (DRAFT)OPIS: KAREN JONES/SELUNIT: LA/SB/UP/IAEXT: 1839C/LADC/LA/SBE 2 IMPDETCL BY: 51-1437**SECRET**
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Coast Guard Cables -1. 1 July 742. 5 July 743. 23 May 744. 21 May 745. 20 May 74State Dept Cable16 May 74 (#102137)Coast Guard Cables -1. 10 May 74
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SECRETDO DOCUMENT EXTRACTTHE FOLLOWING INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SUBJECT OF THIS 201DOSSIER HAS BEEN EXTRACTED FROM ANOTHER OFFICIAL DO FILE.PERSONS PERFORMING NAME TRACES ARE CAUTIONED THAT THE DOCU-MENT FROM WHICH THIS EXTRACT HAS PREPARED CONTAINS ADDITIONALINFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE SUBJECT AND SHOULD BE REQUESTEDFROM IP/FILES.MASFERRER ROJAS, ROLANDO201-0042669-SEX M100-009-014CBD-7829531 JUL 74FBIECRMER CUBAN SENATOR HAS BEEN INVOLVED INNUMEROUS ANTI-CASTRO ACTIVITIES IN PAST INCLINVASION ATTEMPTSDATE 20 AUG 7409158053201-042669SECRETE2 IMPDET CL BY 054979![RITY]
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# SECRET(When Filled In)# DOCUMENT TRANSFER AND CROSS REFERENCESUBJECT OF DOCLAMENTDOCUMENT IDENTIFICATION2RI FILE NO.3- BISPATCH OR SOURCE DOC. SYMBOL -4. DATE7- SOURCE CRYPTONYN. DATE OF INFO- - EVALUATION8. DATE PROCESSED10. BISSEMINATED IN11- DATEDOCUMENT DISPOSITION12- CROSS REFERRED TO THIS FILE13. TRANSFERRED TO    RI FILE NO.PERTINENT INFORMATIONMASFERRER ROJAS, ROLANDO201-06266942-669SEX M DOB ?201-335909DBC -9864809 NOV 70FB1CIT CUBAOCC ?< USA, FLORIDACOOPERATING WITH TORRIENTE PRIOR TO SEP 70TO OVERTHROW CURRENT CUBAN GOV PRESENTLY INFEDERAL PENITENTIARY IN ATLANTA, GEORGIAR 7012090138FILE THIS FORM IN FILE NO.FILE IN 201042669SECRET![photo of form 657 section]
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SECRETDO DOCUMENT EXTRACTTHE FOLLOWING INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SUBJECT OF THIS 201DOSSIER HAS BEEN EXTRACTED FROM ANOTHER OFFICIAL DO FILE.PERSONS PERFORMING NAME TRACES ARE CAUTIONED THAT THE DOCU-MENT FROM WHICH THIS EXTRACT WAS PREPARED CONTAINS ADDITIONALINFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE SUBJECT AND SHOULD BE REQUESTEDFROM IP/FILES.MASFERRER, ROLANDO 019-012-200201-0042669 DBD-74101SEX M 14 MAY 74FBIREPORTEDLY TRAINING PERSONNEL WHO PLANNINGATTACK AGAINST CUBANS TRAINING IN FLA EVERGLADEATTACK PLANNED TO OCCUR IN JUN 74DATE 24 MAY 74 09114145201-042669SECRET E2 IMPDET CL BY 054979
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SECRETDO DOCUMENT EXTRACTTHE FOLLOWING INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SUBJECT OF THIS 201DOSSIER HAS BEEN EXTRACTED FROM ANOTHER OFFICIAL DO FILE.PERSONS PERFORMING NAME TRACES ARE CAUTIONED THAT THE DOCU-MENT FROM WHICH THIS EXTRACT WAS PREPARED CONTAINS ADDITIONALINFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE SUBJECT AND SHOULD BE REQUESTEDFROM IP/FILES.MASFERRER ROJAS, ROLANDC 201-0299292201-0042665 DBD-67951SEX M 16 JAN 74FBIP4WARNED BY ORLANDO BOSCH /201-0299292/ TO STOPRADIO EDITORIALS AGAINST HUBERT MATOS. SUBJ NOTINTIMIDATED.DATE 31 JAN 74 09059788![PRIORITY stamp]SECRET E2 IMPDET CL BV 054979
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# SECRETEXTRACT AND CROSS REFERENCEDOCUMENT IDENTIFICATIONDOC. SUBJECTSOURCE INFORMATIONTEXT OF EXTRACT (Also cite doc. distribution, Dissem. No., etc. If applicable)MASFERRER-ROJAS, ROLANDO---201-042669SEX M DOB ?CIT ?OCC ?FIRST MET AND DISCUSSED POLITICAL SITUATION INHAITI WITH JACK SIMMONS HORGER BEFORE 67100-009-016DBD -5373902 APR 73FBIR 7304280885Indicate The Subject, Project Or201 File No. In Which ThisForm Is To Be Filed.201-042669SECRET
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# SECRETEXTRACT AND CROSS REFERENCEDOC. SUBJECTDOCUMENT IDENTIFICATIONDATE OF DOC.FILE CLASSIFICATION OF RECORD COPYSOURCE CRYPTO RTESOURCE INFORMATIONDATE OF INFO.EVALUATIONTEXT OF EXTRACT (Also cite doc. distribution, Dissen. No., etc. - if applicable)MASFERRER, ROLANDO201-042669SEX M DOB ?201-292423DBD-5259416 MAR 73FBI94CIT ?OCC ?R 7304100736Indicate The Subject, Project Or201 File No. In Which ThisForm Is To Be Filed.SUBJECT OF 201 (Last, First, Middle)201- 42669FORM 867SECRET
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SECRETEXIKACI AND CROSS REFERENCESOURCE INFORMATIONTEXT OF EXTRACT (Also cite doc. distribution, Dicare. B., etc. If applicable)MESFIRMEK, KOLANDO /CR/201-042669 :SEX M DOB ?CIT 7UCC ?100-009-016DBD-4974924 JAN 73FBIP2ACTIVE AS AN HAITIEN EXILE ASSOCIATED WITHJACK S. HORGER. AN EXILED CUBANR 7302201152Indicate The Subject, Project Or201 File No. In Which ThisForm Is To Be Filed.201-42669SECRET
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SS REFERENCEDOC. SUBJECTSOURCE CRYPTONTOSOURCE INFORMATIONTEXT OF EXTRACT (Also cite doc. distribution, Dissem. No., etc. - if applicable)MASFERKER RUJAS, KULANDO ARCADIO201-042669SEX M DUB 2CIT 7OCC ?ASSOCIATE OF FATHER JEAN BAPTISTE GEORGES/201-270455/.100-009-C16DBD-4722908 DEC 72FBI.R 7212250360Indicate The Subject, Project Or201 File No. In Which ThisForm Is To Be Filed.SUBJECT OF 201 (Last, First, Middle)201-042669SECRET
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## EXTRACT AND CROSS REFERENCE| DOC. SYMBOL & NO. | DATE OF DOC.       | FILE CLASSIFICATION OF RECORD COPY || ----------------- | ------------------ | ---------------------------------- || DOC. SUBJECT      | SOURCE INFORMATION |                                    || SOURCE CRYPTONYM  | DATE OF INFO.      | EVALUATION                         |TEXT OF EXTRACT (Also cite doc. distribution. Dissem. No., etc. if applicable)MASFERRER ROJAS, ROLANDO ARCADIO201-042669 201-276455SEX M-008-7 DBD -39687CIT ? 10 JUL 72OCC ? FBIALLEGEDLY INVOLVED IN INVASION PLANS RE HAITI.R 7207266332Indicate The Subject, Project Or 201 File No. In Which ThisForm Is To Be Filed.SUBJECT OF 201 (Last, First, Middle)201-042669SECRET
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SECRET(When Filled In)EXTRACT AND CROSS REFERENCE| DOCUMENT IDENTIFICATION |               |                                    || ----------------------- | ------------- | ---------------------------------- || DOC. SYMBOL & NO.       | DATE OF DOC.  | FILE CLASSIFICATION OF RECORD COPY || DOC. SUBJECT            |               |                                    || SOURCE INFORMATION      |               |                                    || SOURCE CRYPTONYM        | DATE OF INFO. | EVALUATION                         |TEXT OF EXTRACT (Also cite doc. distribution, Dissem. No., etc. - if applicable)MASFERRER ROJAS, ROLANDO201-042669SEX M DOB ?CIT ?OCC ?< USA, ILL., MARICAICC-CCS-016CEC-3858502 JUN 72FBIR 72C71CG264Indicate The Subject, Project Or201 File No. In Which ThisForm Is To Be Filed.SUBJECT OF 201 (Last, First, Middle)201-042669SECRET
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MASFERRER, KOLANDOBPCUBASo. Sunday AdvocATE NEWS, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS, W. I 27 SEP 1970![three men walking side by side, the man in the center is wearing a hat, and has his hands cuffed behind him]### Ex-Senator Is off to Jail*MIAMI,. Florida:* FBI agents lead handcuffed Rolando Masiferrer from the FBI building recently. Masferrer, former Cuban senator and newspaper publisher, was arrested for his part in an aontive attempt to invade Haiti in 1964 and will begin serving a three-year sentence. Masierter was arrested on the basis of a bench warrant issued in June for failure to surrender to the United States marsisał to begin serving his sentence after an appeal was desied
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# CONFIDENTIALDEPARTMENT OF STATEBiographic Information Division## MASFERRER Y Hiles, RolandoUSAFormer Cuban senator Rolando Masferrer is now living in exile in Miami, Florida, where he is a leader in counter-revolutionary activities against the Castro government. Masferrer typifies the worst elements in the former regime of Fulgencio Batista. In Cuba, his name connotes ruthlessness, assassination, torture and extortion. Allegedly a member of the Communist Party from 1933 to 1945, Masferrer later became a staunch anti-communist and organised the so-called Revolutionary Socialist Movement (MSR), which was noted principally for its terrorist acts and gangsterism. Despite his violent nature, he has been described as cultured, intelligent and very able. Masferrer, who still considers himself to be a Marxian Socialist, has been a virulent critic of the U.S. in the past.Born in Holguin in the Province of Oriente, Cuba on January 12, 1918, Masferrer obtained a law degree from the University of Havana and later taught school, practiced law and worked as a newspaperman. He joined the Cuban Communist Party (PCP) in 1933, worked for the party newspaper *Hoy* and fought with the International Brigade in Spain between 1937 and 1939. Masferrer was assistant editor of *Hoy* from 1939 to 1945, when he was expelled from the PCP. At that time, he formed a weekly news magazine *Tiempo en Cuba* (Time in Cuba) with a pro-Batista, anti-Communist and anti-US orientation. *Tiempo*, which Masferrer owned and operated, was described as the worst newspaper in Cuba, with a reputation for yellow journalism, complete irresponsibility and corruption.After leaving the Communist Party, Masferrer furthered his own ends by organizing the MSR, which was active in the abortive invasion of the Dominican Republic in 1947. Within this organization, he organized a group of personal bodyguards known as the "Tigers" which constituted the nucleus of his own private army. Masferrer was elected to congress during the presidential campaign of Carlos Prio Socarras in 1948, but when Prio was ousted, he turned up at Batista's side. He was elected to the Senate in 1954 and, in September 1955, formed the Movimiento Sindicalista Radical, a labor movement designed to augment his influence over Cuban workers. Masferrer remained in Cuba until the end of the Batista regime, although Batista allegedly accepted support principally because he feared the opposition of Masferrer and his "hoodlums."Masferrer is married and has a son and a daughter. He speaks English fluently.HS/21February 1960CONFIDENTIAL
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# PAS FERRER dende۱ GUYANA GARANIE19 SEPT 70## FBI arrest## MasforrierMIAMI: Rolando Masferrer 52-year old one-time feared "tiger" of pre-Castro Cuba, was arrested by FBI agents here Thursday night in his home in the little Havana section.Masterrier disappeared three months ago when he lost an appeal against a four-year jail sentence for attempting to lead an invasion against President Francois (Papa Doc) Duvalier's Haiti In 1967.The move was foiled when Masferrier and a group of Cuban and Haitian exiles were raided by police at a house in the Florida keys.
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# SECRETEXTRACT AND CROSS REFERENCE| DOC. SYMBOL & NO. | DATE OF DOC. | FILE CLASSIFICATION OF RECORD COPY || ----------------- | ------------ | ---------------------------------- ||                   |              |                                    || DOC. SUBJECT      |              |                                    || SOURCE CRYPTONYM | DATE OF INFO. | EVALUATION || ---------------- | ------------- | ---------- ||                  |               |            |TEXT OF EXTRACT (Also cite doc. distribution. Dissem. No., etc. if applicable)MASFERRER, ROLAADC /DR/201-042665SEX M CCE ?1CC-CCS-C16CEC-3883722 JUA 72CIT ?OCC ?LCR OF URE ACUVELLE VIEFBIPEA 7267100004Indicate The Subject, Project Or201 File No. In Which ThisForm Is To Be Filed.SUBJECT OF 201 (Last, First, Middle)201-042669SECRET
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State Dept. name trace6 Oct '72Subject: Marquez, Alcides
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# DISPATCH**SECRET**TO Chief of Station, TegucigalpaINFO Chief of Station, WH/MiamiFROM Chief, Western Hemisphere DivisionSUB Political/General - Rolando MASFERRERACTION RECURRED-REFERENCESReference: HHTA-6426, 30 August 19721.  Headquarters has an extensive file on Rolando MASFERRER    Rojas (201-042669). There is no indication that Headquarters    has been in touch with Subject at anytime; however, Subject's son    has been a source of information to WODISH on several occasions.2.  Subject's indicates that he was imprisoned in    1970 for his part in an abortive attempt to invade Haiti in 1966.    There is no indication in the file when Subject was released from    prison. Subject's contacts are within the Cuban exile community    and elsewhere in Latin America along with his own private holdings    whereby he would not have needed assistance in resettling in    Honduras.3.  To assist Station in any inquiries they may receive on    Subject, the following is a background sketch:Subject is a former Cuban Senator who was living inexile in Viazi, where he was a leader of the counter-revolutionary activities against the Castro government.Subject allegedly typifies the worst elements in theformer regime of Fulgencia Batista. In Cuba, his nameconnotes ruthlessness, assassination, torture andextortion. Allegedly a member of the Communist Party from1933 to 1945, Subject later became a staunch anti-Communist and organized the so-called RevolutionarySocialist Movement (MSR), which was noted principally(continued)Distribution:2 - COS, Tegucigalpa1 - COS, WH/MisaiCS COPYHHTW-3074 4 OCT 1972SECRET 201-042669| OFFICE        | OFFICER:        | ORIGINATING         | EXT. || ------------- | --------------- | ------------------- | ---- || WH/COG/OS     | Vivian Earlyiak | 9/29/72             | 4163 || OFFICE SYMBOL | DATE            | OFFICER'S NAME      |      || C/WH/COG      | 2203            | Laurence Sternfield |      || WH/2/H        | 2 Oct           |                     |      || OFFICE SYMBOL | DATE            | OFFICER'S NAME      |      || AC/WH/2       | 10/3            | William J. Murray   |      |DISPATCH
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CONTINUATION OF DISPATCHSECRETHHTW-3074for its terrorist acts and gangsterisa. Despite his violent nature, he has been described as cultured, intelligent and very able. Subject, who still considers himself to be a Marxian Socialist, has been a virulent critic of the U.S. in the past.Subject was born in Holguin in the Province of Oriente, Cuba, on January 12, 1918, obtained a law degree from the University of Havana and later taught school, practiced law and worked as a newspaperman. He joined the Cuban Communist Party (PSP) in 1933, worked for the Party newspaper Hoy and fought with the International Brigade in Spain between 1937 and 1939. Subject was assistant editor of Hoy from 1939 to 1945, when he was expelled from the PSP. At that time, he founded a weekly news magazine Fiezno en Cuba (Time in Cuba) with a pro-Batista, anti-Communist and anti-U.S. orientation. Tiempo, which later became a daily newspaper, was described as the worst newspaper in Cuba, with a reputation for yellow journalisa, complete irresponsibility and corruption.After leaving the Communist Party, Subject furthered his own ends by organizing the MSR, which was active in the abortive invasion of the Dominican Republic in 1947 Within his organization, he organized a group of personal bodyguards known as the "Tigers" which consituted the nucleus of his own private Army. Subject was elected to congress during the presidential campaign of Carlos Prio Socarras in 1948, but when Prio was ousted, he turned up at Batista's side. He was elected to the Senate in 1954 and, in September 1955, formed the Movimiento Sindicalista Radical, a labor move- ment designed to extend his influence over Cuban workers. Subject remained in Cuba until the end of the Batista regime, although Batista allegedly accepted his support principally because he feared the opposition of 'Subject and his "hoodlums".Subject is married and has a son and daughter. He speaks English fluently.Wanda F. BREMSON