Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: = 124-10214-10499 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER:  2-1917-18 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: DIRECTOR, FBI TO: SAC,MM TITLE: DATE: 09/30/1965 PAGES: 4 SUBJECTS : GPH, ASSOC, RECRUITMENT, CUBAN EXILES DOCUMENT TYPE : : PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: Secret RESTRICTIONS: 1B; 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: — 07/21/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS: - INC MEMO eee v9:1 Docld: 3229522353 Page 1 10
| Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). DATE: ” am y. Conrad DoctId: eho 2 . interview should be conducted in accordance with Bureau tna: w with subdects of this investigation. The interview shovid determine ~, bis complete knowledge of the alleged recruitment of the Cubans to oe. serve in the Dominican Republic which would include identities of MAILED 10 Q ¢ a0 io65 |. [3 | 71 cP SEP 301° | or ARSIFIED oy Stk We _coumest DEC) ASSIFY ON: 25X | CIA HAS No oBJecr ION F Siz, wy LASSI IRRTY ON “ANDIOR. ™ SECRET 3 Docent ORMATION yet ay R (QRE . IN THIS DOCURA — wax room] reveryee unit LI KP | [-1$- “4 ah . 11-14-2017 Os ‘ | “ Oy 7 PX a SAC, Miami (2-387) | 9-30-65. | Director, FBI (2n1917)--/'1 SECRET. \ REC- 121 og OT-K9 1 -~ Mr, Patterson, JULIO ATON CONSTANZO PALAU; GERALD PATRICK HEMMING; et al. NEUTRALITY MATTER. | IS = DOMEZNICAN REPUBLIC Enclosed for the Miami and Washington Field Offices is’ one cepy each of a letter from Thomas 1 Bushes, pda 5. Depertacnt | of State, to the Director dated 9n%6-65. f that I. Irving Pavideen and Guilierme Belt Ramirez are not acting puilass ve in any capacity for the Department of State in the alleged _recrpit=20 pos lev. | ment of Cuban exiles for service in the Dominican Republic, fy uy Fl 97 | Washington Field Office is authorized to interview Gait elt Renivrez as retatieom in Washington 5 leid Letter dated Gu BTaG t is noted that Guillerno Belt RamirezQGe the father of up 1683-5 6) Sictdons regarding interviews of subjects inasmuch as he has been in ‘contact . persons involved, leaders of the recruitment move, source of the . financing for the preject, and any plans that have been made for the future. The interview, of course, should not be Limited to the above, but should clarify this matter thoroughiy. (ep )OUMSA 240-48 | 322952723 Page ?
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Record i Re . s Collection Act of 1992 ; DATE: .11-14-2017 R ES NIE NOEY - oe - oh wf cA | & / i : mY ‘ . | | ot Letter to SAC, Miami (2-387) sas Be: JULIO ATON CONSTANZO PALAU; SECRET GERALD PATRICK HEMMING; et al. “CIA on June 9, 1965, furnished data indicating subjects were forming a commando force in Miami to be used by Dominican General Antonie Imbert. They were reportedly recruiting Cuban refugees and American adventurers to make up this force. We also received information from CIA that Guillermo Belt Ramirez, former Cuban Ambassador to the United States, and I, Irving Davidson, Washington, D. C., public relations man and registered agent of various Latin= American Governments, may be involved.: Subjects indicated: contact with one or both of these individuals who supposedly represented the United States Government and/or the Organization of American AS)_in recruitment of Cuban exiles to serve in the Dominican a@phe son of Belt Ramirez is an informant of the Washington's Field Offfe@ and has furnished information that to his knowledge hi father is not involved with the recruiting of any Cubans,| but he had presented a suggestion to the OAS that Cuban technical people in the United States could be voluntarily formed and placed in ‘the Dominican Republic as part of the existing Inter-American Peace Ss )A Miami source close to the subject, Hemming, has described the eritire story as a figment of Hemming's imagination.(@) | Interview with Belt Ramirez should furnish accurate information concerning this entire matter. It has been determined that Belt Ramirez and Davidson are not employed in any capacity by CIA or the State Department. Docld: 3229522353 Page 3