Francesco/who-killed-jfk huggingface dataset:
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-4-information. Separate, finished, memoranda were prepared, on the basis of these data, including the heading *Findings*. This heading lists the specific document number (s) and other pertinent data, and a few lines providing the gist of the document (s) for purpose of easy and quick reference. These memoranda, with a copy of the document (s) attached, are filed in alphabetical order, by project and subject, in hard-back green folders as part of the official LAD/JFK Task Force files under the official classification number 019-604-001 (Volumes XI through XX). Also included in the records are two folders (Volumes IX and X) containing 1,439 draft memoranda with negative findings.4. Appended are the following:A) Chronology of Findings (125 pages) with Top Secret UMBRA Annex (14 pages);B) List of Task Force participants and their functions;C) Outline of the complete LAD/JFK Task Force files and description of their contents.![SECRET/SENSITIVE]
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# ATTACHMENT ACHRONOLOGY of FINDINGS (125 Pages)with a TOP SECRET Annex (14 Pages) Code Word Material
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# CHRONOLOGY OF FINDINGSAnti-Castro Activities - Cuba 19-9-9HVCA 11020 dated 28 February 1964A Caracas Station asset reported an operation called "Plan Judas" being constructed at that time inside Cuba. The plan reportedly involved an internal uprising with the support of certain Cuban military figures conspiring against Fidel CASTRO. Key figures reportedly included Juan ALMEIDA, Efigenio AMEIJEIRAS Delgado, Pepin NARANJO, Regino BOTTI, and two COSSIO brothers. On 24 February 1964, Francisco SUAREZ Quinones, a JURE (Revolutionary Junta) member in Caracas, told U.S. Embassy officials that JURE was then sponsoring a plan to assassinate Fidel CASTRO and other high-ranking Cuban Government officials as part of an operation designed to incite an internal rebellion in Cuba. The Station reported this plan, speculating that it may be connected in some way with Plan Judas.DBA 77673 dated 15 July 1964 (FBI)Reported plan of Cuban exile leaders to assassinate selected Cuban Government leaders. Individuals involved included Byron CAMERON, owner of m.v. "Cayman Hope," Teofilo BABUN Franco, co-owner of Antillean Marine Shipping
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- 2 -Corp. and two BABUN employees, Oscar FERNANDEZ Veigoand Eliseo GOMEZ Fernandez; also, Jose "Pepin" BOSCH,Julio LOBO Olavarria and Eduardo GARCIA of the GarciaLines, New York City. One of the ship owners allegedlyhad contacts with the underworld through his partner,a former police officer from St. Louis with tie-into elements of the "Cosa Nostra."DBA 92798 dated 7 December 1964 (FBI)An FBI source reported an attempt to be made againstFidel CASTRO, Raul CASTRO and "Che" GUEVARA withinCuba during period 20 Dec 64 to 10 Jan 65 by a smallelite group in La Cabana Military Base, Havana, whichbelonged to a security section inside of the CubanIntelligence Service. Plans were to be carried outby Cubans in Cuba with no help from the U.S.Anti-CASTRO PM Operations 19-9-9DBA 43687 dated 20 June 1963 (FBI)On 18 June 1963 an unnamed representative of EjercitoCubano Anticomunista (Cuban Anti-Communist Army) met witha representative of Santos TRAFFICANTE, described asa former gambling czar in Cuba and presently a memberof the Mafia in the U.S., in an effort to obtain rockets,high explosives, and detonators for use in raidsagainst Cuba.
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DBA 45327 dated 12 July 1963 (FBI)Manolo AGUILAR, 829 S.W. 9th Avenue, Miami, leaderof the Frente Revolucionario Anticomunista (FRAC)(Anti-Communist Revolutionary Front) obtained some100 Beretta 7.65 caliber pistols with silencers whichhis organization planned to eventually use in Cuba toassassinate various Cuban leaders. AGUILAR allegedlyobtained these pistols from an unidentified Americanwho had connections with the Mafia.DBA 45895 dated 19 July 1963 (FBI)On 15 July 1963 the Miami News carried an article "BackStage with Bobby" by Hal Hendrix, which related growingspeculation in Miami and Washington that Attorney GeneralRobert Kennedy was quietly backing a new anti-Castrooperation with exiles Manuel ARTIME, Enrique RUIZ Williams,and Roberto and Jose SAN ROMAN. A1l held high posts inBrigade 2506 (Bay of Pigs). Speculation linked Kennedy'sclose association with these exiles to a deal withNicaragua through ex-President Luis SOMOZA.Anti-CASTRO PM OPERATIONS 19-9-9/1DBA 78251 dated 18 August 1964 (FBI)Reported plan of Cuban exile leaders to assassinate
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- 4 -selected Cuban Government leaders. Prices allegedlyagreed upon were $100,000 to assassinate Fidel CASTRO;$20,000 for Raul CASTRO; and $20,000 for "Che"GUEVARA. This information was provided to the FBIby another Government Agency that allegedly hadseveral meetings with one Byron CAMERON, FortLauderdale, Fla. CAMERON allegedly was acquaintedwith several policemen in St. Louis with ties tothe underworld. CAMERON denied involvement withpolicemen connected with the underworld and said hehad never discussed with anyone plans to assassinateFidel or others.JMARC Operation - 19-120-15DIRECTOR 36823 (OUT 90086) 25 June 1960Cable to Mexico and Havana. Reported that fiveCastro agents recently left Cuba, 3 for Miami and2 for New York, with task to abduct AMHAWK (ManuelAntonio VARONA y Loredo). Source was PELAEZ (fnu) thruBARKER's wife. Information was passed to the FBI.Suggested that VARONA be warned to take normal securityprecautions.
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XAAZ 6269 (OUT 90031) 26 June 1960The Agency provided the above information on proposed abduction of VARONA to the FBI, and advised that the same information was being sent to I&NS.JMARC - PM Operations General 19-132-2DIRECTOR 09972 (OUT 88974) 31 Oct 1960Cable to Guatemala giving details of training of assault force for paramilitary ops against Cuba.GUAT 821 (IN 1688) 13 January 1961 to BELL.FYI: Reported that Alexander ROURKE, free lance newsman from New York City in Miami, told ESOLEO-1 that Frank FIORINI and Dr. Orlando BOSCH of Miami, representing man in Cuba named DIEGO (fnu), were recruiting and equipping force in Florida to assault Cuba 18 January.The organization was receiving financial aid from an organization in New York City known as Anti-Communist International Association.DBF 90801 dated 10 March 1961 (FBI)New York FBI office advised that invasion of Cuba was to take place week of 6 March 1961 by members of an anti-Castro group from Nassau, Bahamas, British West Indies.
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- 6 -JMARC Program 19-120-15/2MASH 1470 (IN 38669) 6 Nov 1960.Cable to CIA Headquarters and Havana stating thatRECAREY, (fnu), cousin of a Guat trainee, arrivedMASH from Havana on 5 November to check bonafidesof Eduardo OJEDA Camaraza. OJEDA had made contactwith AMYUM/AMRUNG Havana and told details of MASHrecruitment, training, names of trainees and missionin Cuba. MASH feared AMRUNG/AMYUM may try kill OJEDAas Castro penetration/provocateur if bonafides notestablished.RIMM 5846 (IN 2708) 4 June 1961Radio message #84 from agent in Cuba advised "functionary ofItalian Embassy by name of MORATORI says he works for oneintelligence org. of yours, says he is in contact withMartin Elena and others and that you have plans forinvasion within 30 days after killing Fidel. Advise ifwe can confide in MORATORI."BELL 0987 (OUT 9804) 6 June 1961Radio message #72 to agent "MORATORI unknown to us. Donot confide in him. MORATORI's information of pendinginvasion within 30 days after killing Fidel not true.Beware of rumor mongers and provocateurs."
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- 7 -AMBLEAK 19-6-58/3,4UFG 2267 dated 23 January 1963Reported on activities of Manuel Antonio VARONA of "Rescate" (Revolutionary Democratic Rescue) in Costa Rica and other Central American countries re discussing Cuban situation with foreign ministers of those countries. While in Costa Rica he negotiated with local political personalities to recruit and train an anti-Communist paramilitary force along lines then being developed in Colombia.AMBRUSH Operation 19-5-6Document dated 19 August 1961 (No document symbol)Handcarried to Headquarters from JMWAVE. Document contains comments from AMPAL-1 on pro-Cuban sources in the U.S. He reported information from other sources that Fidel CASTRO is sending in many G-2 women instead of men for his clandestine operations between U.S and Cuba. Also reported that the Russians have spies in the Pentagon that pull for Fidel CASTRO, and agents in all branches of the U.S. Government of importance including the CIA. Further, that all people in Cuba picked up for working for CIA are done so because of information from these agents. The source was told of suspicions of one Eugenio, a Cuban. /COMMENT: SLIPSTREAM-1 in 1976 advised that one Eugenio MARTINEZ in Miami was a Castro
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- 8 -agent. One Eugenio Rolando MARTINEZ Careaga wasa Miami Station agent involved in the Watergatebreakin. There was no reference to assassinationin this file.AMCANOE Operation 19-6-91TDCSDB 3/654,571 dated 9 May 1963Reported meeting on 7 May 63 between Paulino A. SIERRA,a Cuban lawyer from Chicago, and representatives of 43Cuban exile groups in Miami. SIERRA claimed he hadbacking of wealthy Chicago business people who werewilling to loan up to $30 million dollars for thepurpose of overthrowing the Castro Government. SIERRAsaid the money could be made available to organizationshaving the capability of carrying out clandestine activityin Cuba.WAVE 8743 (IN 43724) 22 May 1963A Miami Station asset reported information from JulioGARCERAN del Vall y Souza, of the PGCC, (Pro-ConstitutionalGovernment of Cuba in Exile) who, on 9 May 63, said thatCuban exile groups were puzzled with regard to the Americanpolicy toward Cuba and the exile community. GARCERAN saidthat among persons who recently visited him were EnriqueRUIZ Williams Alfert, a personal friend of AttorneyGeneral Robert F. Kennedy, and Jaime VARELA Canosa; also
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SECRET/SENSITIVE- 9 -PERULLERO (fnu). Those three reportedly represented a group of members of Brigade 2506 who had been training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. RUIZ Williams was trying to form a nucleus for an invasion force.GARCERAN had been offered use of a large ranch in Colombia for operations against Cuba but feared that use of such would create an international incident and provoke a war between Cuba and Colombia.Memorandum for the Record by Carl Trettin 3 Mar 1964AMCANOE-1 reported that an acquaintance of his (unidentified), a businessman and ship owner with interest in slot machine business - placing them in gambling houses - placed the man in contact with elements in the underworld primarily through his partner, a former St. Louis police officer. Through the latter, there was tie-in with the Cosa Nostra. The Cosa Nostra interests alleged to have numerous contacts still available to them in Cuba and offered to assassinate Castro for $150 thousand dollars.UFGA 15233 dated 15 April 1964Report on a Byron CAMERON who said that he represented an unidentified group of persons who had made contact with two Cuban gangsters who were willing to kill Fidel CASTRO. CAMERON reportedly was associated with a Mr. S.W. TYLER (no identifiable traces) of Caribbean Producer, Inc., Miami Springs, Fla., and Herbert F.
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- 10 -JENNE (no traces) with the firm F.A. Johnson, Inc.,Fort Lauderdale, Fla. CAMERON was reported asallegedly belonging to the Mafia.UFGA 15954 dated 11 May 1964On 3 March 64 CAMERON held a meeting with Teofilo BABUNFranco, Oscar FERNANDEZ Viego, Eliseo GOMEZ Fernandez,Freddie GARCIA, Eddie GARCIA and Miguel GuillermoTRUYOL-Gimeno. CAMERON mentioned that he was in contactwith an unidentified group who would be willing toassassinate select Cuban officials for cash: specificallyCAMERON was interested in assassinating Fidel CASTRO,Raul CASTRO and "Che" GUEVARA. They agreed on $100thousand for Fidel, $20 thousand for Raul and $20thousand for "Che." CAMERON made it fairly clear atthe beginning that the Mafia was involved.AMCLOCK Production and Correspondence 19-6-133/4(Currently PLSLSTEEL)ESGW 193 dated 2 September 1960Dispatch from Headquarters to Geneva and Bernforwarding general requirements for asset. Onequestion was precautions taken to prevent possibleassassination attempts of top Cuban officials.
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- 11 -TDCSDB 3/651,885 dated 25 October 1962Reported view of Soviet diplomat on the Cuban situation. The Soviet diplomat, Minister MOLYAKOV, told a Bloc diplomat that he thought the U.S. action with regard to Cuba was "an election affair." He professed to believe that Kennedy learned on an election tour that his popularity had dropped and undertook the Cuban measure to "become the leader again," and gain mass support. Further, that it worked, and Kennedy again had succeeded in being the ''man of the nation." The Soviet diplomat commented that the USSR would not let the American move go without retaliation. /COMMENT: This no doubt referred to the missile crisis.[^7]TDCSDB 3/652,011 dated 1 November 1962Reported reaction of Satellite officials to the Cuban missile developments. One remarked that Cuba was as important to the USA as to the USSR and thus conflict was inevitable. Some agreed that President Kennedy had made a tactical error in not simply invading Cuba without warning. An East European remarked that all the European nations had shown understanding of "Kennedy and his ships, and would let him play around with them until the elections, but after the elections he would have to put them away and negotiate seriously." The source commented that it was clear that the officials had no clear insight into Soviet intentions, or what the real[^7]:
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- 12 -ramifications of Cuba would be, but were talking to reinforce their faith.GNVA 6117 (IN 00894) dated 18 January 1964Report on Soviet Bloc officials' attitude towards U.S. internal political developments. An East European attributed the assassination of President Kennedy to the Birch Society but stated that something must have gone wrong at the last moment. He speculated that an attack on the USSR was to have followed on the heels of the assassination but had somehow been forestalled.GNVA 4523 (IN 38202 ) dated 19 December 1962Reported that Soviet offensive missiles were introduced into Cuba as part of a twofold Soviet-Cuba plan which was agreed upon "several months ago." Emplacement of Soviet defensive missiles was to constitute the first phase. For the second phase, a major Soviet fleet unit was to have been invited to visit Cuba on a cruise. This was expected to cause immediate U.S. reaction, but the presence of Soviet fleet units surrounding Cuba was considered an effective guarantee that the U.S. would not resort to immediate invasion or other armed action to eliminate missile threat. Purpose of exercise was to force
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- 13 -a major change of U.S. policy towards Cuba. It was anticipated that U.S. reaction would be violent, and from the beginning the plan called for immediate withdrawal at the price of agreement by U.S. that it would end hostile attitude towards Cuba. The Soviets did not implement phase two. This disappointed and angered the Cubans. The Cuban leaders considered that the Soviets had besmirched its own honor and offended the pride of Cuba. KHRUSHCHEV composed a letter to President Kennedy proposing a deal concerning Soviet missile bases in Cuba and American bases in Turkey. KHRUSHCHEV reportedly later regretted the phraseology and not having consulted with Cuba prior to dispatch of the letter.GNVA 6316 (IN 31199) dated 3 March 1964Raul ROA said that prior to his assassination, President Kennedy "established certain contacts" with Cuba. Kennedy had sent emissaries to contact Cubans. ROA specifically cited contacts that had taken place in New York. ROA thought that Kennedy would have gone on to negotiate with Cuba, for practical reasons, which would have been to Cuba's advantage. He thought that President Johnson was unaware of Kennedy's actions.
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- 14 -AMCOBRA (later AMBANTY) Operation 19-132-11WAVE 7250 (IN 57364) dated 12 November 1963Radio message from agent. "The sewage chief of Havana wasexecuted. He was accused of having given the sewageplans to the CIA in order to install the bombs thatexploded during Fidel's speech to the Defense Committees."WAVE 7523 (IN 61119) dated 15 November 1963Radio message from agent. "The obligatory militaryservice makes us reduce intelligence information. I willhave to decide between insurrection and departing Cuba.I have decided on insurrection. I hope you will helpme with the weapons I need."WAVE 7594 (IN 61966) dated 16 November 1963Message to agent. "As you agreed when you were here,there can be no insurrection in Cuba until it can takeplace simultaneously throughout Cuba. Such a totaluprising is not possible at this time."WAVE 7593 (IN 61967) dated 16 November 1963Message to agent. "If you insist on precipitant actionbefore the whole plan is ready you are going to draw allthe enemy forces down upon you and the people of Pinarwhich will result in the complete destruction of every-thing you and your men have labored so hard to create.We cannot support an insurrection now. We will continueto support you and group as agreed upon."
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WAVE 7707 (IN 62544) dated 17 November 1963Message to agent. We are unable to support insurrection in Pinar now because it would be premature.WAVE 8125 (IN 67382) dated 24 November 1963Message from agent. "Sincere grief and condolence for loss of the greatest leader and statesman of our time, John Kennedy."WAVE 8598 (IN 75428) dated 6 December 1963Message to agent. "Thank you for sincere condolences on death of President Kennedy."AMCOG Operation 19-6-63WAVE 1465 (IN 11710) dated 4 February 1964Agent reported that he was told that OSWALD was in Havana between 2 and 7 October 1963. A lady saw him in shirt sleeves, wearing good shoes and smoking American cigars accompanied by Clemente MORERA, an employee of Terminales Mambisas who belongs to the DSE. He (OSWALD) was seen by the sister of Comandante MIRANDA."/COMMENT: Note document # 517-218 for FOIA Review on June 1976./
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- 16 -COMMANDOS MAMBISAS 19-126-45A 4 November 1963 *Miami Herald* article, and 12 November 1963 *Washington Post* article revealed that Fidel CASTRO was extremely upset at the recent successes of the Commandos Mambisas raids targetted principally against sugar cane industry.AMCONCERT Project 19-6-41The Agency began this project in March 1960. Its objective was to provide information on plans and activities of the Government of Cuba and opposition to the GOC. The principal asset was Francisco VARONA Alonso (201-234983.). VARONA was recruited in April 1959 to elicit information from contacts in Cuba. He was arrested in April 1961, released, and returned to Miami in February 1962. He was used by Miami Station as an informant and terminated February 1969 for being unproductive, unreliable, a poor security risk, and hostile to the U.S. and the U.S.G.
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- 17 -Control of Cuban Travelers 200-9-49KNGS 0948 (IN 54974) dated 5 November 1963On 15 October 63 Dominican student Carlos ManuelCABRAL Lofontaine attempted to enter Cuba via Kingstonostensibly to attend architect conference. Jamaicanauthorities, suspecting the trip to be a pretext,returned CABRAL to the Dom. Rep.The First Secretary of the Cuban Embassy Ottawa, OsvaldoRELOVA, visited Kingston from 14-21 October 1963,purpose unexplained. While there he lived in theConsulate the entire stay.HABA 12,838 dated 5 November 1963Report concerning unofficial irregular air serviceestablished between Cuba and Brazil, for transportationof political rather than commercial travelers.POSN 0340 (IN 54917) dated 5 November 1963On 25 October 1963 a Russian plane arrived in Pointe-A-Pitre, Guadeloupe, with 60 passengers. 41 transferredto Panama for Rio; the remainder left on the "Russian"plane. COMMENT: note on cable states that the Cubanswere returning from architects congress.
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- 18 -AMCOVE Operation 19-6-93/2,3,4WAVE 7356 (IN 58343) dated 10 November 1963Re security crackdown in Cuba, largest since early 1961. Believed to be due to discontent among Cuban populace re economic failures, and CASTRO's fears of impact of recent raids on Cuba which would increase spontaneous sabotage inside Cuba which he may interpret as meaning U.S. Government has stepped up activities to overthrow his regime. CASTRO plans to counter these aspirations by USG with full use of police powers and repressive measures.TDCSDB 3/658,075 dated 27 November 1963All Cuban combat units were confined to bases effective 23 November 1963. Following news of death of President Kennedy, Defense Committee members and personnel at certain work centers in Cuba began to celebrate event.AMCOVE-1 SW Message #60 dated 24 November 1963Reported strange activities at the Brazilian Embassy in Havana following news of President Kennedy's death 22 November 1963.
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- 19 -AMCOVE-1 SW Message #66 dated 5 December 1963Report giving names of travelers from Prague on 22 November 1963; travelers from Spain on 23 November 1963. Also, report that high figures of CASTRO regime were very nervous on the day of Kennedy's death. This information came from AMCOVE-11 who obtained it from a doctor friend, who obtained it from a Navy Comandante who was not a sympathizer of the regime.AMCOVE-1 SW Message #68 dated 6 December 1963AMCOVE-11 (Dr. Pedro Antonio RODRIGUEZ Inigo) reported "rumors in Cuba that Lee OSWALD, assassin of Kennedy, was photographed in Varadero and Pinar del Rio, and that his (sic) sister, employed at Cuban Embassy Mexico, was a prisoner in Dallas, Texas, with personal documentation of OSWALD and $65,000 dollars. Swiss Ambassador Havana told employees that Lee OSWALD was an associate of Fidel CASTRO."AMCROAK Operation 19-6-97MADR 9866 (IN 74333) dated 5 December 1963AMCROAK-1 (Dr. Bernardo MILANES Lopez) discussed an operational plan with AMOT-2 (Joaquin SANJENIS Perdomo)
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SEONLITSENSITIVE- 20 -which consisted of elimination of high GOC personalities.MILANES had not mentioned the plan to the case officer.(MILANES was recruited by CIA in Madrid in December 1963. At the time of recruitment he was involved with a group planning to kill CASTRO, a completely extra- CIA affiliation.)MADR 9928 (IN 78595 dated 11 December 1963The above plan mentioned by MILANES concerned the physical elimination of Fidel CASTRO, Raul CASTRO, and "Che" GUEVARA. MILANES said that seven persons were involved in the plan and that they had studied it for eight months. The case officer told MILANES that the USG did not look with approval on such activities, but he would pass the information on / to his supervisors/DIRECTOR 88949 dated 12 December 1963In discussions with MILANES he was to be told that a coup against CASTRO resulting in ouster of CASTRO and the Communist regime was an internal affair for which only Cubans could be responsible. That in the event of a real coup against the CASTRO regime, the U.S. Government was prepared to render full support, upon invitation.UFGA 13793 dated 27 January 1964When discussing the plan with MILANES, the case officer