ye” QPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 uP», 2'sGio-104-02 we, UNITED, STATES Gov iment Whe emorandum | To fe | DIRECTOR, FBI (105-98178) od 4 BETH MICHELE: WOLLAND Is ~ CUBA . , Louis HENRY “TON. NE Repelet to Bureau, > 4/25/61 and Bulet to to “Legat, Aco, 5/12/61. When 7 pe, rigor (105-5947) _ i —_ A. - . . . For the intovnar to ron of New York, which has no rior BLs that soa hOSSE case, CG 6403-S advised on January 87, 1961, that JO: \ROSSEN., Chairman.. of , the... Chicago. Chapter, Tair’ Play for Cuba ’ ‘Committee, at a meeting of the Executive COUNELY “of that’ organization stated that a BETH WOLLAND (PH) =described as. a faculty member of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Michigan, had recently called him and advised. rc N CONTAINED =. ZX WMeLASSISIED EXCEPT ~ x 7 that she and other faculty members of this University were © Swriting to the University of Havana requesting teaching, EBA 2 positions there. to commence on or: about March 1, (1961. ae CG 6403- S advised on February 20, ‘1961, ‘that at fowl wk ~~ g meeting of this same group on February 19, 1961, ROSSEN AG “said that a "graduate student" from the University of a . Michigan at Ann Arbor, Michigan, had called him and that in ae “the course of their conversation she had stated that she and > ae an ‘some others are planning to-attend the University of Havana .- J | . in Cuba and will "sneak" through Mexico. Informant is of the Le ' > opinion that this is t ame person referred to in his : = SO , earlier contact spove. RCH) : SO Ni So  CSDE 403-S, who has furnished reliable information Gr f£ in the past, advised SA J. RAYMOND COGHLAN on April 17, 1961, ~ ‘ |” that he had determined there is no one presently or in the , } Mii. recent past affiliated with the "faculty" of the University _ NS Michigan by the name BETH WOLLAND or by logical spelling OX vardar sons of that name as origingl! given phonetical y by the DCN WK _ fiex. an Oo -{10 . aor Bureau - (recistTEeREs) ike Se scoru - New York (REGISTERED) . “1 + Washington’ Field (INFO) crscistat 2 - Detroit 1g CS 4 4] — aut NOT RECORDED, ™ or 136 JUN qt +i oe. } SM / an 3m ay wer a 126, 198i 58 itt g7196 1 ee HW 45323 Docld: 32567966 Page 1 ORIGINAL
DE 105-5947 . | believed identieal with the Subject veferred to by CG 6408-S  ° \ae _ was identified by the Informant as captioned Subject, BETH MICHELE WOLLAND. Informant said that the University of . concerning this individual who was entrolled as a graduate’ ~ to University records, as born May 4, 198 New York, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. EDU -'-communication dated April 7, 1961, advised data had‘ been .. 16-year-old U. S. citizen; LOUIS HEN .1595958, - It was om BeXSANCHEZ, Coo carried a letter of 7 crmnammanieanssin — a 7 6 ee ma ne 07 seo > 2 Uf } wy rN par < \- rn | 1 Sl tne bs ufanse aN aren ttt Informant said that the only “graduate student" Michigan has available quite limited background information - - = student at the University of Michigan for only one semester, - that being the fall term of the school year 1960-1961. _. Informant said Subject is not presently enrolléd and her -, present. whereabouts are not known. Her home address while enrolled at the University of Michigan and available as a forwarding address when Subject terminated enrollment. Febru aa an 1961, appears as 3346 Stockholm Road, Shaker Heights, ohio. AML) Informant described BETH MICHELE WOLLAND, according 8,-New York City, o WOLLAND.,of the “Shaker Heights, Ohio address listed above. She entered the ne --““Iniversity of Michigan on a Bachelor of Science Degree from Ase! »-Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, at which University — ps she apparently, according to the Informant, did all of her * 4 a Las aah atts aS adage EES Dee atte GTN “t ' undergraduate work, “". %'/i, Spock bolabh Fic AD, AWA HICHTS OHIO hater yb ea agra PAS Me fate’ devine dad teat titetdalet payin een ReBulet to Legat, Mexico, advised that CIA, in a ‘received from an untested but highly sensitive source that — BETH: MICHEL WOLLAND of New York, who carried Passport Number — BO 53303, had letter from a Fair Play for Cuba group of New York and was one of a group who desired to travel o Cuba from Mexico, The other members of the group who desi ed to go to Cuba from Mexico were identified as JOHN ARTH)mSWEETMAN, a vo [AY RY JONES and his wife, % APRs, 1... LENNA SCHWEITZER. JONES. The JONESes were described as U. Sw ‘ik: citizens from Ann Arbor, Michigan, and it was revealed they <- were in possession of U. S,, passports numbered 1595957 and 7 f7i recommendation from B<A\ SANCHEZ, Coordinator of. the, July,..26t Movement, Chicago, Ittinoiss “This letter noted they were ee oe | friends of the revoTitién and of JOHN ROSSEN, who is -§ “4\ associated with a Fair Play for Cuba group from enicaso (@) Uj. . ReBulet instructed Legat, Mexico, [to furnish - additional data concerning the Subject, SWEETMAN and the |. JONESes [received from sourcea{ Detroit was: instructed tol WU | ‘and her companions... Detroit was also instructed to furnish th - Havana University for teaching positions furnish the Bureau additiona ata concerning the Subject Bureau names of. any additional ernie s (171 Mae contacted - ; =e HW 45323 DoclId: 327567966 Page 7
re ae =< DE 105-5947 en Oo CSDE 308- -s, who has furnished reliable information _ in the past, advised SA J. RAYMOND COGHLAN on May 26,' 1961, that he received no information indicating Subject's present. - Whereabouts. The Informant noted that JOHN ARTHUR SWEETMAN, _. LOUIS HENRY JONES and LENNA SCHWEIZER JONES were not " '. personnally known to him. The Informant said he had received re no information indicating any of these individuals or any other ‘ ‘members of the faculty or graduate student body of the University . Of Michigan having requested teaching positions cat universities --, outside the United States. u- Re, ' The informant added that the only LOUIS JONES * _. “recently connected with the University of Michigan to his - knowledge was one LOUIS H. JONES who attended the University. . of Michigan as a graduate student for the fall term of -_ 1960-61 only. JONES, according to the Informant, was the - announced "Co-Chairman of an Organization formed in December, 1960, at the University of Michigan under the name "Committee. for Inproved Cuban-American Relations.'' ‘The informant said . that JONES claimed to have visited Cuba early during 1960, presumably during the summer of 1960. His purpose in’ . organizing. the Committee for Improved Cuban-American -. Relations is announced as his intention to use this . , SE organization aS a vehicle for arranging low cost Christmas a tours to Cuba for students attending. the University of Michigan. 4 The Informant said that the limited activity of this group a appeared to follow the national program of the Fair Play for Cuba organization which latter organization initiated the ' "Holiday in Havana" student vacation tour for Christmas, -- 1960. The Informant said that when the U. S. Department of as State issued an official caution to students on American . “.. Campuses participating in the Christmas holiday tour. to Havana, > of “+. 3" the purpose for the Committee for Improved Cuban-American . De ~ Relations at the University of Michigan was frustrated and ‘what limited student interest had: existed in this tour vanished. The Informant commented that the attempted . organizing of the Committee for Improved Cuban-American * Relations on the Michigan campus proved an. aborted attempt in view of the lack of student interest in the vacation - proposal and the. organization. failed to ‘become a functioning: ~ campus group. / So - Informant-said that to his knowledge JONES". ’ connection with the University. of Michigan was limited to — the one > Semester, - fall of 1960, fey tn i yo, HW 45323 DoclId:32567966 Page 7
DE 105-5947 : my 1 an Pave alten heed AAAs piercer wnhemipnran if: tne owe ne fo CSDE 575-S, who has furnished reliable information in the past, advised SA J. RAYMOND COGHLAN on June 6, 1961, that the only LOUIS JONES recorded as recently having any official connection withthe University of Michigan is .' Heights, Ohio, This individual, on enroliing at the ‘University =~ _. OF Wi¢higan, September, 1960 aS a graduate student, identified~ aoa himself as a U. S. citizen. ‘He identified his wife as LENNA vo .. BE. JONES and stated prior attendance at Columbia.University, RA “ New York, New York, 1958-1960. He. holds a Master of Arts ee degree from Columbia University obtained February, 1960. He ALM Co attended the University of Michigan for only the fall term — eG . 196061, and listed "future address" on leaving the University of Michigan as in care of Dr. MORTONJSCHVEITZER, 310 W. 94th. “Street, New York 25, New York, He fisted thelatter address 4S an “adult acquaintance who’ would be aware of his future -. addresses." : ae , mo This Informant advised that LOUIS JONES’ in September,  °' 1960, co-founded an organization at the University of Michigan Lt known as the Committee for Improved Cuban-American Relations.: _ (.The purpose for the organization was to provide guided tours. . of Cuba during. the Christmas, 1960, vacation for students of we the University of Michigan. The state purpose for the tours + "was to "obtain an objéctive view and evaluation of the . 7 ‘situation in Cuba by as many students as possible." So | |The Informant said that this Christmas, 1960, tour “wag reportedly jointly sponsored by the National Fair Play for. Cuba Committee and by the Cuban Government. In connection ' - with the tour arrangements, JONES reportedly stated that 7 _ Viper CASTRO of Cuba was a personal friend of one ROBERT... -ATAPER. whome he described as the Vice.President of the Fair "Play for, Cuba, Committee. WAS re _< Phe Informant said that he had no additional "information concerning. JONES. He added that Subject was not -. known to him. Informant said that neither of these individuals — were known to him to have engaged in other activities at the © University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Informant noted that both Subject and LOUIS JONES were enrolled at the University . of Michigan only for the one term, Fall, 1960. - , HW 45323 Docld:32567966 Page 4