Releazed under the John F. DATE: 11-14-2017 AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : . RECORD SERIES : . AGENCY FILE NUMBER : , ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: PAGES: ~ SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : v9.1 _ Docld: 32330369 Page 1 Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 199? (44 USC 2107 Hote). JFK. Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-90090- 10032 HQ JUNE MAIL CR SEE TITLE Document Information FBI MM HQ [Restricted] 65-6 VISI-I11- 96 07/06/1967 2 ROLANDO MASFERRER PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Secret 1B; 1C Redact 07/30/1998 INDEFINITE FD-302 Date: _ 11/22/20
ed under the “John F.- Kennedy Assassination _Regords- Collection Act of T9593 (a4 USC 2107 Hotey. ATE: 11-14-2017 ; . : | -FD-302 (Rey. 4-15-64), > ; : ™ ”“ ' . _- » . a ) Pc OERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION oo — On the evening of July 6, 1967, JOSE CARBONERA: “MARRERO, 3614 N.OW. 12th- Terrace, Miami , Florida, a _ naturalised 8. 8. citize; ,» voluntarily appeared at the jami office of the FBI4and indicated thati he was win ing to cooperate, with the U. §e “Governnent and - furnish ‘information conce rning his involvement in Cuban ~ PHe was interviewed by Special” “Agents LENAN Lo “STAFFORE D » JR, EDWIN L. SWEET and oo | WILLIAM ¥, STEVENS, who ide tified ‘themselves to CARBONELL and explained | his’ rights. ag —_ ce 2° GARBONELL stated that he understood what his _pignts « were ‘but he did wish to cooperate with the U. 8. "| Government and to” combat Castro’s communism in Cuba in @ny way that “he “coul ccore ingly, he furnished intorma- ‘tion as fottows!) 6) : "Involvement in Catan Affairs 1959-1962 Bu) or corse Ps T ALL rive a - Sines. ‘early in’ the. Castro regime, CARBONELL had been ‘anti-Castro and eo to Castro's political . takeover of Cuba. He i completely. opposed ,to communism in. Cuba or elsewhere. (he declined to Be coon whether he had ever bee omm r of the unist> Party, USA in the past. OR) _ co ‘Accordingly,. during the _periog 1959..1960, CARBONELL had become actively ociated ith the anti- RGi i aaa. Castro organization of RERERA, AS, former Cuban Senator and newspape: blisher . n this “capacity. and “utilizing thé alias of MAR TO" , CARBON. several trips from Miami, Flerida, te Cuba, during hich time he was in contact with ‘the Cuban Government ; (GOC) ._ During thede’ contacts, he’ ‘was requested by. nembers of . the Castro/Cuban regime to furnish information con-,.,. ‘cerning gati<Castro, eotivith S in the Miami area. <0) % i; ay agitied nS sty DN fac YBY. f ble Os ayy Lt Leg _ oa x — " NS Pea rome) ; 5 j Domi aeest “GN? CUBR A v ‘Declassify on:/ GARR " el 6 3 Y ON: A serene Le "On T8ip 7 te ‘iani, pare hy) oe P — 65-2945 S$) on by WILLIAM W.. " STEVENS WHS sed “yp 7/18/67. . . ate dictated ; This document contains neither recommendations nor “conclusions of the FBI. It is the {he property of the FBI and is loaned to af your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside. your “Cb : EGRET guiclos CNET — 72 + Docld: 32330369 Page 2?
7ReTeased under the’ John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 27107 aa Se}. ma ere a DO len - - a . - | ; Bld SECRET | CARBONELL, who in reality was working as a courier. for and with ROLANDO MASFERRER, did furnish ‘ to the ‘Cuban Government a quantity of misleading and false information supplied to him by MASFERRER, which OS, spread. much confusion throughout the Castro Government yan ‘cost the Government of Cuba a great deal of money. x (ue FA ‘In addition to spreading false and valueless information to. confuse the Cuban Government, CARBONELL at MASFERRER‘s direction was active .in Cuba organizing many people to oppose the Castro regime and in encouraging hundreds of people to leave Cuba. 3 (u) ‘On March 21, 1960, CARBONELL using the name | MIGUEL SANCHEZ was arrested in Cuba by the Cuban Militia for his involvement in the William Shergalis~Howard Rundquist ' ‘flight, the OfALvAR of which was allegedly \ to get DAMASO; ,MONTESINOZ ALVAREZ out of -Cuba. ARBONELL denied that 1is flight’ was an obvious. frame-up by the GOC to make the United States look bad, or that he had bee pare by the GOC for his participation in the CARBONELL remained in prison until May 18, 1961, and spent much of this time at San Severino Prison, Matanzas, Cuba... CARBONELL’s fellow prisoners knew him Loe as MIGUEL’ SANCHEZ, but the Cuban Government was aware of = 8 CARBONELL's true identity. Among zthe friends CARBONELL - *. ade while in prison were {A {ANTON I9 GONZALES and (ALBERTO. a ‘Vy > ions ssinno had both been ar for anti-Castro 'NWactivities TON IO soled, +a Cuban woman, approkimately[3 éfears of age, named . RMAJSUAR ERN AN DEAS who resided with her family at C3 ardenas 7 frequently visited by Havana, Cuba .CARBONELL became quite friendly w h [IRMA SUAREZPas a result of these, visits and he- has ‘been in contact with her ever since. ( f ~ During CARBONELL' s imprisonment at San Severino - Prison, he was. questioned closely by a Lieutenant... ae ® CISNEROS, who was in charge of the prison, On one ~— — “ecasion, CISNEROS called CARBONELL aside and promised eh - Docld: 32330369 Page 3 ;