Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC Vi0T Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 6/2/2015 JFK Assassination System Date: Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-90135-10192 RECORD SERIES: HQ 105-82298-54 v9.1 Docld: 32336797 Page 1 AGENCY FILE NUMBER : Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: MD TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: 07/29/1960 PAGES: 6 SUBJECTS : ELOY GUTIERREZ MENOYO DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Secret RESTRICTIONS: 1B CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: — 09/25/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : LHM 12
Released under the John F.«Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC 3107 Hote. DATE: 11-14-2017. . : 4 : ~ 7“ wn oe ee f PRATER “om TA | hye _ . Le UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 3 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION . In Reply, Please Refer to . WASHINGTON 25, D. CG r, | File No. : BET Yaz SOT vet a «opt Re: ELOY GUTIERREZ MENOYO cp tae The following information on the subject was. “furnished by a confidential source abroad on July 27, 1960: ee (lS Subject has the rank of Major (Comandante) in the CASTRO Army. He arrived in Madrid, Spain, from Cuba on July 16, 1960, and remained there until July 20, 1960, when he departed for Brussels, Belgium, on Sabena Airlines flight 958. Subject is the bearer of Cuban diplomatic passport 59/921 issued on December 28, 1959. CH) (WY) Source said that while in Madrid GUTIERREZ .MENOYO Lpesed held lengthy conversations with Colonel RAMONN ARQUIDXLOPEZ, @ 27272" described as head of a Cuban arms purchasing commissiom in Kurope nd who resides in Madrid, and with aides of BARQUIN named VARELA and GUTIERREZ. He also conferred with one(Oaaiias, described byZs_\ \ source as a[iMilitary Aide toTRAUL CASTRO ccording to . the source ,CO FORAMAS \had come temporarily to Madrid. from the Soviet and satellitec¢) countries, where RAUL CASTRO was then visiting. ne ty 4 Furry 5 hes GL) wie . 7 SZ pol Smal ig FY ON The source said that prior ko the departure of G TLERREZ i; ‘cy 2X MENOYO from adrid for Brussels, the latter sent a telegram to gS one_ARTURO G. » Poste“Restante Centrale, Lieges,~Belgiun. Source said that. in the telegram GUTIERREZ MENOYO told MATA to wait for him there as,.GUTIERREZ MENOYO was leaving for Belgium IN with instructions. Gx: The source said that it might be entirely a coincidence but that he recalled.that while in the Dominican Republic as a member of a group being prepared there for an invasion of Cuba. to overthrow the CASTRO regime, there was a member of a so-called Legion eet prepared for the same purpose who was named_ARTURO.. Net? ered et and Lo DEC “\GONZALEZAAWATA. He. described this person as a Spaniard holding. the rank of Lieutenant, and it was his recollection the GONZALEZ 1 MATA left the Dominican Republic for Europe after it became obvious | “that the plans for the invasion of Cuba could not’ be carried "Aa v 2 This document contains neither y S ‘ xecommendations wor eenclusions of n; Ss the FBI. It is the property of ; ; YAN ‘the FBI and is leaned to your agency$ | ‘ \ it and its coutents are not to be Ww NY — caerestspngik x distributed outside your agency. i a Rear | | Docld: 323356797 Page 2?