Francesco/who-killed-jfk huggingface dataset:
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- 44 -a cable from Havana stating that an employeeof the Foreign Relations Office of theembassy had been badly treated with regardto finding out about OSWALD's passport; OSWALD,Kennedy's assassin. That they would like toconfirm if it is true.CHELO : Ignores him, since they had not received thecable directly from Havana.CALLER : Said Cuba had protested against Mexico forthat action.CHELO : Said, wait a moment. The embassy has no newsconcerning that particular --CALLER : Tells PEREGRINA that the cable is from Miami.A radio transmission from Havana was pickedup. Minister Raul ROA announced that he haddelivered a protest to Ambassador GilbertoBOSQUES of Mexico against the Mexicanauthorities who had arrested Silvia DURAN, anemployee of the Cuban Embassy, supposedlyconcerning OSWALD's passport.PEREGRINA : Said they had no news with regard to that.CALLER : Asked if the arrest took place.PEREGRINA : Said no, they have no news of that.
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- 45 -CUBAN INTELLIGENCE SERVICES 19-5-1OOA 3/215,189 dated 27 March 1962Concerns Fidel CASTRO's intelligence service that operated out of the 13th floor of the INRA Bldg., in Havana. Appears that its mission was to infiltrate counter-revolutionary groups operating in Cuba and the U.S. Juan ORTA was head of it before he defected to the U.S.OOA 3/215,192 dated 27 March 1962Concerns agents of Fidel CASTRO's intelligence service. Luis TACORNAL made several trips to the U.S. on missions for Fidel. TACORNAL told Juan ORTA he was recruited by Rolando MASFERRER to form resistance unit in Havana. ORTA told TACORNAL to carry out mission to see how many counterrevolutionaries he could get to join the resistance unit.DBA 67028 (FBI) dated 24 March 1964Concerns interview of Harry DEAN in California on 10 December 1963. DEAN said he was connected with July 26th Movement as early as 1958; visited Havana and saw Juan ORTA personally in June 1960; and on return to Chicago joined the FPCC (Fair Play for Cuba Committee) at the instigation of Cuban Consul in Chicago. DEAN
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- 46 -met in Cuba man by the name of Frank VEGA who spokeperfect English, and is believed to have identifiedhimself as G-2; was disturbed that DEAN saw ORTAbefore seeing him (VEGA).CUBAN INTELLIGENCE SERVICES General 19-5-1CSCI 3/764,016 dated 20 February 1961Jose PAZ Novas, an exile formerly with the G-2, reportedthat Juan ORTA worked for the Premier's group; a groupof intelligence operators who worked directly underFidel CASTRO with offices on the 18th floor of the INRABuilding.CUBAN REVOLUTIONARY COUNCIL (CRC) 19-124-25UFGA 3926 dated 1 May 1962Dispatch from JMWAVE Station to Headquarters. Notedthat the Station had major concern with regard to theextent and scope of non-CIA support, in the clandestinefield, to the Cuban exiles and to the Cuban underground.WAVE 6617 (IN 98730) dated 1 April 1963Cable from WAVE to Headquarters, states widespreadanti-Kennedy, anti-U.S. reaction to U.S. State Dept.
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- 47 -ban on travel of Cuban exiles outside Dade County, Fla.DGI (GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF INTELLIGENCE) Organization,Functions, Policies, Standards (Soft File)CSCI 3/777,001 dated 10 July 1963.Bureau "N" in the National Section of the G-2 wascharged with controlling six targets including hotels,casinos and former gambling groups.DGI - Targets and Assignments (Soft File)Cross-reference form, 3 September 1963 (FBI doc?)Subject of document - Alwin Artilano ODIO TAMAYO y Suarez."Target of greatest importance was to penetrate CubanArmy of Liberation to determine date of any possibleinvasion of Cuba. Leaders were to be identified to beassassinated later."DGI - Guerrilla and Miscellaneous Training of ForeignersSoft FileTDCSDB 3/657,936 dated 18 Nov 1963Source AMTURVY-1 (Arturo Maria de Jesus VERONA Alonso),from sub-source, a militiaman: As of 17 November 1963rumors were circulating that Fidel CASTRO may have leftCuba for China or the Soviet Union.
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- 48 -DSE - DEPARTMENT OF STATE SECURITY A-13 - GeneralNon-Official file - No file no. - Soft FileTDCSDB 3/656,765 dated 20 September 1963A Bogota [liaison]source reported that Manuel PINEIROsaid that the Cubans were aware of two CIA agents amongdelegation of U.S. students; also, that the CIS wasaware of an assassination plot against Fidel CASTRO bya group in the GOC being directed by CIA.DSE - Soft FileCSCI 3/779,828 dated 4 February 1964Report on Mario GUTIERREZ, nicknamed "Mayito", a Cuban,who in February 1964 was residing in the U.S. In 1959he was working in hotels and night clubs and acting asa penetration agent for the Cuban Intelligence Service.GUTIERREZ and Manola ALVAREZ worked for the Chiefof "N" Bureau of the National Section of the G-2 SecretAparat in Havana.AMDOSE Project 19-6-77/2-4OSMA 14727 Att. A. dated 2 January 1962SW message from agent, AMDOSE-1, dated 7 December 1962,includes the statement "the majority of us hope thatKennedy finishes with Fidel before Christmas." /Seems to be
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- 49 -more a statement of mood or feeling rather than fact.7AMEMBER Operation 19-6-116/2,3,4Memorandum to the DCI from the DDP dated 10 June 1964Concerns plans of Cuban exiles to assassinate selectedCuban Government leaders. Persons, who were parties tothis action, advised Agency officers of plans toassassinate certain Cuban leaders. Further advised therewas tie-in with elements of Cosa Nostra with on-islandcontacts who could do the job. Agency officers madeclear that the U.S. Government would not condone suchaction.AMFAUNA Project 19-6-50/3UFGA 10,085 dated 24 July 1963Dispatch from JMWAVE Station to Headquarters, advisedthat AMFAUNA-1 reported that a friend of AMFAUNA-7was planning to assassinate Fidel CASTRO before the 26thof July and wanted financial support.SW Message from AMFAUNA-1 received 30 July 1963(Mge #134 dated 15 July 1963)AMFAUNA-7 reportedly asked AMFAUNA-1 to inform thelatter's friend abroad (CIA) about A-7's plans to
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- 50 -assassinate CASTRO and to request financial support. A-1said he was one of the five persons who knew the identityof the person who was organizing it, but could not revealit, even to CIA, because those Cubans believed thatU.S. policy toward Cuba had been so wrong that the U.S.Government agencies must have been penetrated by traitorsto democracy. A-1 said he did not believe in assassinationbut felt it was his duty to report it. A-1 said theconspirators didn't know him (A-1) at all, that they knewonly A-7, but they did know that the above informationreached CIA.WAVE 2086 (IN 91617) dated 2 August 1963On 23 July 1963 an unidentified individual said he wasraising money for the purchase of more dynamite to use in theassassination of Fidel CASTRO. He said that he was one ofsix men planning to kill Fidel. RENGO (fnu), formerlyan official of the CASTRO Government, was leader of thegroup. They planned to trigger an explosion in a sand truckwhen Fidel went by. If not killed by the explosion, Fidel wasto have been shot by five of the group who would closein on him.WAVE 2316 (IN 95289) dated 8 August 1963SW Message #143 dated 1 August 1963Reported information from a Bernardo ALVAREZ Mon, thatan attempt on CASTRO's life had been prepared for 26 July
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## SECRET/SENSITIVE- 51 -banquet at the Presidential Palace. A large calibermachine gun on a tripod had been discovered behind acurtain. AMFAUNA-1 said that this had nothing to dowith AMFAUNA-7's plan which was still pending.UFGA 13428 dated 15 January 1964Dispatch from JMWAVE Station to Headquarters, reportedinformation from HULAKE-1 on 8 Jan 64 indicating thatthere had been a general roundup in Cienfuegos, whichbegan on 26 Dec 63, possibly in connection with asuspected plot against the life of Fidel CASTRO. Atleast 17 persons were arrested. One person appeared tobe AMLAME-5 (Luis PUIG Tabares 201-329604). NeitherAMFAUNA-26 nor AMLAME-5 were believed to be involvedin any plot against the life of Fidel, but could have beenhigh on the general suspect list.FRENTE REVOLUCIONARIO DEMOCRATICO 19-9-11/1(Democratic Revolutionary Front)UFGA 1933 dated 24 July 1961Dispatch from JMWAVE to Headquarters, transmitting anoperational plan presented to WAVE Base by Raul F.HERRERO Morales, Member of the Executive Board, FrenteRevolucionario Jose A. ECHEVARRIA. HERRERO was toldby a WAVE Base contact that the Agency could not helphim. The plan called for the physical elimination ofFidel CASTRO, several members of the Cuban Communist
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Party, the Soviet Ambassador in Cuba, a few membersof the Minister's Council and some other 2,000 personsconnected with the Communist Party or Cuban Government.FRENTE REVOLUCIONARIO DEMOCRATICO (FRD) 19-9-11 (General)(Revolutionary Democratic Front)DBF 71256 (FBI) dated 15 January 1962On 19 January 1961 Thomas Frank MIKA and Thomas LawrenceKANE told the Chicago FBI office the following: KANE saidhe was recruited into the CASTRO movement in Miami in May59, went to Cuba, became disillusioned and returned tothe U.S. in December 1959. He visited the FRD office inChicago, and was advised of a plan to assassinate theprincipal members of the CASTRO regime; Fidel CASTRO,Raul CASTRO, and "Che" GUEVARA. Allegedly members of theFRD sounded out KANE for participating in such an attempt.If the mission could be successfully executed, themembers participating would be paid $500,000.00.AMHIM Project 19-126-41/3,4UFGA 15383 dated 8 May 1964Dispatch from JMWAVE Station to Headquarters. AMHIM-2
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- 53 -learned during a visit to San Juan, Puerto Ricoin late March 1964 that Manuel RAY Rivero, leader ofJURE (Cuban Revolutionary Junta), planned to infiltrateCuba. Included in RAY's plans was a plot to kill FidelCASTRO.JUNTA REVOLUCIONARIA CUBANA (JURE)(Cuban Revolutionary Junta)SJAN 0884 (IN 44753) dated 4 January 1963Manuel RAY Rivero, head of JURE, told SKDIKE-1(San Jose Station source) that JURE was then concentratingon infiltrating Cuban militia through which he hopedultimately to effect the assassination of the Cubanhierarchy.WAVE 7824 (IN 05509) dated 13 June 1964Manuel RAY Rivero on 11 June 1964 denied to AMCARBON-1(JMWAVE Station contact) that he and JURE were receivingCIA help. He indicated, however, that he was gettingnon-specific help from Tad SZULC of the New York Times,Karl MEYER of the Washington Post, and Sam HALPER ofTime.
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OLIVE- 54 -The ZRKNICK section, because of its classification - TOP SECRET UMBRA - is included as an annex. According to Mr. King, Richard King, the Comint Control Officer for the Office of Sigint Ops, the material should retain that classification.
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- 55 -AMLACE Operation 19-6-62/2,3,4Memorandum to Chief, TFW/FI from F.W. Flott dated 1 October 1962AMLACE-1 was asked about succession in the event of CASTRO's death. He responded in October 1962 that in the event of CASTRO's death, even the gusanos (worms) say it would be useless to kill Fidel. No one thinks that his death would be useful to the counter-revolution.AMLEG Operation 19-6-80/2,3,4DIRECTOR 33866 dated 19 April 1963Cable from Headquarters to the Hague, stating that approval has been granted for sabotage of Cuban ships ranging from delaying ship to putting ship out of commission.
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- 56 -DIRECTOR 34099 Dated 20 April 1963Cable from Hqs. to the Hamb and Fran, stating sabotage program against Cuban shipping of sufficiently high priority to require utilization any appropriate asset.HAGU 3698 (IN 22804) Dated 22 April 1963Proposed that AMLEG-29 place a four hour delay explosive "CLAM" to one of 34 drums of "TETRAHYDROFURAN" which to be loaded on the deck of the HAVANA.DIRECTOR 35006 Dated 24 April 1963Cable from Hqs. to HAGU, BRUS, HAMB, FRAN, CASB, RABA stating U.S. Govt policy calls for all feasible forms pressure on CASTRO Regime to inhibit its success and culminate in disorder leading to its downfall. Realize motivation of assets will be major key to success ops, and that difficulties will be encountered due their interpretation USG policy, Burden of positive motivation thus rests on case officers involved who must decide each case on own merits and use considerable judgement to induce cooperation.DIRECTOR 41673 Dated 21 May 1963Sabotage operation failed for reasons yet unclear. Prohibition on use explosives or incendiary devices has been removed. All addressees now urged consider utilization full range sabotage and harrassment techniques against Cuban
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- 57 -ships and cargoes. Now appears AMLEG agents generallyunsuited for violent sabotage.DIRECTOR 39186 Dated 11 May 1963Restriction on sabotage applies only to explosiveand incendiary type actions such as limpets and shapecharges. Wish to explore possibility of non-violentmethods of sabotaging Cuban ships. Wish to minimizeUSG sponsorship of sabotage acts whenever possible.This program is to be held on stict need to know basis.Therefore, no briefing of State personnel without priorHqs. approval. Request for approval in most cases willbe denied. Rationale for revision is that State fullyrepresented in approval this program and may brief theirChiefs of Mission thru own channels if they wish./RESEARCHER COMMENT: In view of large number of personsbriefed on the program in a short period of time, itappears likely that the Gov't of Cuba could have possiblylearned of the program by June 1963, some four monthsbefore the assassination of President Kennedy. The StateDept. approved the operation and Ambassadors were to beinformed on a strictly "need to know basis." There wasa minor flap when it was learned that Amb. McArthur(Belgium) was informed of the program.
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- 58 -AMLEO Operation 19-6-75/2,3,4UFGA 15995 Dated 2 June 1964In February 1963 AMLEO-3 (Capt. Jose Ricardo RABEL Nunez) Cuban defector, in debriefing claimed that he had high-level anti-Communist contacts in the GOC (whom he refused to name) who would listen to Rebel Army exiles but would take no positive action with them unless they demonstrated their power by eliminating Fidel or carrying out other strong action that would prove they had strong outside backing. RABEL said that the death of Fidel would be the best way to change the Government of Cuba. [^1] COMMENT: RABEL was used in relation to the AMTRUNK Operation. He returned to Cuba on his own in 1965. RESEARCHER COMMENT: Appears possible RABEL may have been CIS provocation agent whose mission was to convince the CIA or some exile group to try to undertake a plot to assassinate Fidel.[^7]LIAISON with Department of the Army (ACSI) re Cuba 19-2-12WAVE 1196 (IN 07492) Dated 20 June 1964A letter from AMSHOT-1 (now SLFREE-1) on-island, dated 8 January 1964, advised that one Francisco BLANCO was arrested on 17 Oct 1963 for involvement in a planned assassination of Fidel CASTRO. BLANCO was employed by the Office of Planificacion (sic) JUCIPLAN. JMWAVE Station[^1]:[^7]:
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provided a copy of the letter to local FBI office.LIAISON WITH OTHER U.S. AGENCIES 19-2-4DIRECTOR 03964 Dated 8 December 1962Hqs. CIA Cabled Secret Service, FBI and State Dept. Security, giving text of a letter from Havana, dated 27 November 1962, concerning a plot to assassinate President Kennedy. Letter also stated that Fidel was very anxious to know how plans were progressing. Letter was addressed to a Post Office Box in Miami belonging to the Radio Libertad La Voz Anti-Comunista de America. Since the addressee was unknown to members of Radio Libertad, one of their Maimi reps. passed the letter to a contact of JMWAVE Station. Addressee was Bernardo Adalberto MORALES-Rivero. /COMMENT: See CUBAN Foreign Relations 19-9-2, DBF 47612, 27 Apr 1960.7DIRECTOR 04013 Dated 8 December 1962Hqs. CIA provided White House Secret Service, FBI and State Dept Security with traces on Bernardo MORALES, above, who entered the U.S. in May 62 on fraudulent visa.DBA 28980 (FBI) Dated 12 December 1962Advised the Agency that the FBI had no information iden/with MORALES-Rivero, intended recipient of the above letter, or Jose MENENDEZ, the sender.
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- 60 -UFGA 15233 Dated 20 April 1964JMWAVE Station forwarded to Hqs. Special Affairs Staff, copy of a report on Byron CAMERON which it had sent locally to the FBI. A usually reliable source reported that CAMERON said he was representing an unidentified group of persons who had made contact with two Cuban gangsters who were willing to kill Fidel CASTRO.DIRECTOR 23308 Dated 22 May 1964Hqs. CIA sent to State Dept. EYES ONLY to CRIMMINS and BOWDLER, message which Harvey SUMM asked CAS Miami Station to transmit to Office of Coordinator of Cuban Affairs, Dept. of State. During visit to SUMMS office 21 May, Tad SZULC mentioned conversations he had had with Manuel RAY of JURE within past few days. RAY expressed appreciation for help he had received thus far from USG, and said he could use more.DBA 73544 (FBI) Dated 8 June 1964Memo from FBI Newark, N.J. office. Reportedly man or men working for H.L. Hunt, Texas millionaire, discussed the possibility of doing away with Cheddi Jagan or CASTRO or both. Was on private basis; not in any way connected with U.S. Government. Reportedly the CIA knew about it though.
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- 61 -DIRECTOR 61320 Dated 2 November 1964Cable from Hqs. to WAVE, stating FBI requested declassificatin of pages 1,8,10 and 11 of FBIMiami Report, 20 December 1963, File # 105-8342,Subj: Lee Harvey OSWALD, based on WAVE info. dated 7,11,12 December 1963. Material required for use Warren Commission.AMLILAC Operation 19-132-29/1,3,4UFGA 13775 dated January 1964Dispatch from JMWAVE Station to Hqs. Special AffairsStaff providing a list of sabotage and caching attempts and the results, conducted during January 1963 through January 1964. There were 7 successes out of 25 attempts; several failures; most were cancelled for one reason or another.MEMORANDUM Dated 3 June 1964Lists following sabotage operations (raids) run by CIA from 1 August 1963 to date of memo. Those from Aug to Nov were:19 Aug 63 - attack on sulphuric acid plant at Santa Lucia, Pinar del Rio Province; considerable fire damage.30 Sep 63 - sabotage operation to destroy a lumber mill in Baracoa, Oriente. Heavy damage was inflicted.21 Oct 63 - an underwater demolition team attacked a dredge in La Isabela harbor, Las Villas Province. Vessel
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- 62 -was sunk.15 Nov 63 - had information that Cuban defense forces were on the alert and possibily forewarned of upcoming operations.23 Nov 63 - sabotage operation against sawmill postponed indefinitely.AMLISP Project 19-6-59/3SW Message #352 dated 24 January 1964, from AMLISP-1 reported an attempt on life of Fidel CASTRO that failed because one of the conspirators talked. Was to have been carried out at meal in Jagua Castle. Many persons in Cienfuegos allegedly were executed.SW Message # 44 dated 18 March 1964 to AMLISP-1 Agency requirements were sent to asset for more details on all assassination attempts and plots against CASTRO by civilians or disaffected military.SW Message #390 dated 14 March 1964 from AMLISP-1 Reported conversation with a Cuban military officer who said "they can prepare it (a coup d'etat) but when its ready the government will pull the string and squash it, because everything was under control." It is unknown whether this information was sent to the FBI or other agencies.
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- 63 -AMLOAN Operation 19-6-79/3EGGA 3171 Dated 2 November 1964Dispatch from Hamburg Base to Hqs. On 15 Oct 1964, after publication of the Warren Commission Report, untested source (Prof. Walter SIMON) reported the following to AMLOAN-1 (Wilhelm Bernhardt John KESSLER.) SIMON obtained the information from well-known Cuban scientist APIAGAS (fnu) in Havana on 23 November 1963.APIAGAS claimed he was at the Havana Airport, by chance, on 22 Nov 63 when at 1700 hours an aircraft with Mexican markings landed and parked at the far side of the field. Two men whom he recognized as Cuban "gangsters" (identities not given), alighted, entered the rear entrance of the administration building and disappeared without going through the normal customs procedures.APIAGAS learned that the aircraft had just arrived from Dallas, Texas via Tijuana and Mexico City. The plane had been forced to land at Tijuana due to engine trouble. By combining the date, the origin of the flight, and the known reputation of the two men, APIAGAS theorized that the two men must have been involved in the assassination of President Kennedy. APIAGAS speculated that Lee Harvey OSWALD had acted in the pay of CASTRO, and that
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- 64 -the two Cubans had been in Dallas to organize oroversee the operation. APIAGAS said he had been greatlydistressed by what he had seen and heard.CSCI 316/02545-64 dated 15 December 1964Provided the foregoing information to the FBI. Itdid not include the name of APIAGAS (fnu) or [Prof. ]Walter SIMON but did state that follow-up wasimpossible because the source [(SIMON)] had sincepassed away.DBA 94347 dated 31 December 1964 (FBI)The FBI responded that "in view of the geographicallocation of Tijuana in relation to Dallas and MexicoCity, it seemed unlikely the aircraft would have landedthere due to engine trouble if it was on a flight fromDallas to Mexico City. Also, that due to the distancesbetween Dallas and Tijuana, Tijuana and Mexico City,and Mexico City and Havana, the aircraft would havehad to leave Dallas a number of hours before theassassination of President Kennedy to arrive in Havanaat 5 p.m." The FBI suggested that CIA may wish todetermine at the airport in Tijuana whether any aircraft
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SLONETYDENSITIVE- 65 -landed there from Dallas on 22 November 1963 reportingengine trouble and then proceeded on to Mexico City.The FBI advised it was making no investigation of thematter in the absence of further information fromCIA./COMMENT: There is no name trace record ofAPIAGAS (fnu), Walter SIMON or his widow. Since[SIMON'S widow had been willing to provide informationin the first interview, a subsequent interview afterher husband's death might have yielded results. Inview of vagueness of original report, its receipt ayear after the assassination, and lack of CIA assetsin Tijuana, Headquarters decided not to follow-up.
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- 66 -MISCELLANEOUS - Cuba 19-500DBF 54461 Dated 4 August 1960 (FBI)Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin WARENSAJOLD advised the FBI Honolulu office on 1 August 60 that on 29 July 60 an unidentified male, said to be Cuban, whom they met at Canlis Broiler Cocktail Lounge Honolulu, said the U.S. would find its President with a bullet hole in his head and that Cuba would get even with the U.S. for what this country did to Cuba in the sugar field. Unidentified Cuban was described as: ca. 30 years old, 5'10" tall, 160 lbs., black hair, brown eyes, prominent teeth, well built, handsome and prosperous looking. Said he was in the sugar business.DBA 72715 Dated 21 May 1964 (FBI)On 12 May 1964 one Orlando Antonio Salomon DIAZ Canal, Cuban, appeared at Dallas, Texas FBI office; had a scrapbook which reflected he had plans to go to Cuba for the purpose of assassinating Fidel CASTRO. /COMMENT: traces show that he claimed (in 1963) to be founder of organization called "Suicide Battalion" with 200 men in U.S. and about 50 in Cuba, with purpose to assassinate CASTRO.UFGW 4420 Dated 12 October 1964Dispatch from Hqs. SAS to JMWAVE Station requesting WAVE Station reaction to request from FBI to declassify for