AGENCY FILE NUMBER : v9.1 HW 54464 AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE: CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : DoclId: 32296111 JFK Assassination System Date: Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-10220-10387 HQ 105-114543-64 Document Information FBI SAC, SJ DIRECTOR, FBI 01/27/1964 il JURE, ASSOC, TRA, MEETING, ACA PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT : Unclassified 4 Redact 05/01/1998 INDEFINITE Released under the John Kennedy Lesassination Records ollection Act of 1992 INC LHM (44 Sc 2107 Note}. ase#: NW 54464 Date: WO-10-2017 Page 1 5/21/201
fooooN, : | | £9236 (Ray, 12-13-56) oN | : » ws | . Ky \ FBI ~ | Date: 1/27/64 2 | Transmit the following in | " (Type in plain text or code) _ AIRTEL AIR MAIL a Via (Priority or Method of Mailing) { ne a | TO : DIRECTOR, FBI (105114543) , yes | FROM : SAC, SAN JUAN (105-6242) ( PML i np MATION \g TAINED eg CLO, ACK TERETY SUBJECT: an) DATES bebe NY A Sets AIP W ~~ ES= CUBA of ee Be /b-14-4 EMMAE, - ReSJairtel with letterhead memorandum dated 1 17/64 Vif — if and SJrad to Bureau, 1/24/64, LLIN Enclosed for the Bureau are 11 copies of a letterhead memorandum (LHM) dated and captioned as above at San Juan, Puerto ry Rico, and an equal number of evaluation memoranda, Information copies are designated to New York and Washington Field. Four A, copies are designated to Miami. - Local dissemination is being made to ONI, INTC, OSI, US Customs and INS, a ane al Investigation at Ponce, Puerto Rico, was conducted A by SA JOHN A. NORRIS, JR. Va H | ANFORMANTS {A ry / LET ae : Ne i Idéntity Contacted By “SJ T-1 oy Soy pAQSE PH F, BRENNAN Copy to: CiA/ /Sitte7 13Di9/ 74 Z, CI 85 461-c \ ue .ONI/CS a ae if Zé by routing slip for info , i. ; ie & 35Bureau (Enel) (RM) A) AGA bea we Miami (Encl. 4) RM Date... 8.- “on bY pees iZits J St ope Q, of  . | 1- New York (Encl. 2) RM) (Info) A . ‘ 1- Washingt i \ jy Was ington Field (Encl, Os: MY SES — 1 wey (1- 105- 6498) ( ARMS FOR PUERTO RICO) “ | eset GS 12 JAPSU/I964 et ei Sent . ‘i Per HW 54464 DoclId:32296111 Page 7 ‘sf Sf ms on, ee ee
J Ces _/$I 105-62h2 rare SA W. GAYDEN WHITE, JR. JOSE LUIS CRISPIN PEREZ ALONZO, PSI - UD SJ T-3 SA JOHN L. SPURGERS, JR. FERNANDO LOPEZ LLOBET ; /Oowner, Editora Antillas, od Inc., mentioned in LHM et Pending receipt of advice from Bureau, as requested y? (ie reSJrad, no attempts to interview individuals indicated to ee be involved in alleged infiltration of Cuba, will be made. LEADS MIAMI DIVISION At Miami, Florida Will, at INS, Miami, obtain photographs of ALVARO CADENAS, INS #A12 778 282, and LUIS G, SERRANO, INS #Al12 481 941, so that photographs may be exhibited to CESAR QUESADA in an effort to determine if they were in group at Caja de Muertos Island . on 1/12/64, , SAN JUAN DIVISION At San Juan, Puerto Rico Wi11 continue to follow movements of "Venus" le and will determine if she is at Yaello Brothers Shipyard, Catano, Puerto Rico. 20 Will review INS, San Juan, files on ANTONIO BLANCA obtaining background information concerning him. At Ponce, Puerto Rico 1. Will interview RAMON E, DAPENA VIDAL concerning the "Venus," her crew, her trip to Ponce and her destination. ~2. HW 54464 Docld:32296111 Page 7
‘UN.."ED STATES DEPARTMENT OF - ISTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Post Office Box 4312 In Reply, Please Refer to San Juan, Puerto Rico 00905 File No. January 27, 1964 REVIEWED BY BBVJFK TASK FORCE —- SGONFEDENTEAL- |) RELEASE IN FULL Re: JUNTA REVOLUCIONARIA CUBANA (JURE) =... “RELEASE IN PART INTERNAL SECURITY -CUBA © 2.4) TY MATTERS. 0. 7.. © TOTAL DENIAL NEUPRALLTY MARTERS Ores FRANCISCO M. MELENDEZ, Deputy Collector, United . States Customs, Ponce, Puerto Rico, on January 17, 1964, advised _pthat a yeek or so before the "Venus" arrived in Ponce, RAMON Ee. + DAPENAYWIDAL,. described by MELENDEZ as an insurance agent in Ponce, came to the offices of United States Customs, DAPENA requested information as to the requirements for becoming or acting as an agent for a ship coming into Ponce. DAPENAhad no information concerning the ship's cargo nor did he know where the ship was coming from. Based on the fact that little was known about the ship, Customs said the vessel could enter but that the agent would have to place a bond of $10,000, This was done, _ ALBERTO A. PICO, Supervisory Customs Agent, United States Customs, Ponce, Puerto Rico, on January 17, 1964, advised that DAPENA had come into the Customs office about two weeks before the "Venus" arrived in Ponce and requested information concerning becoming an agent for a ship. PICO furnished him with the necessary documents to be completed by DAPENA and gave him information concerning the obtaining of a bond. PICO | explained that ships entering United States ports, when the cargo was not known, were placed under bond to insure that no goods on which there is a duty would be unloaded before checked by Customs. ; According to PICO, it was determined, when the ship arrived, that she carried no cargo. On the after deck she carried 10-15 empty oil drums. The ship, on arrival, was yellow in color and PICO noted that the ship, while in Ponce, had -been repainted and now has a blue hull with a grey superstructure, —GEet pee necuassrdass 1 GB ALAA xoludes—fram on Shag /s3 / “ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED we So one 248 -GIRY BDL PHAC KIL oe ‘ TFIL ; pee oa: HW 54464 DoclId:32296111 Page 4
& Re: ° JURE -QUESADA stated that he would know the man he had . talked to, if he saw him again, ‘ On January 24, 1964, MANUEL CASANOVA, United States Customs Agent, San Juan, Puerto Rico, advised that the "M/AV Venus" was presently at Pier 5, San Juan; Puerto Rico. The ship is scheduled to go to Vaello Ship Repdir, Catano, Puerto Rico, on this date or January 25, 1964, On January 24, 1964, R. D, ARNOTT, Marine Division, United States Customs, advised his records reveal the following: The "M/V Venus" is listed as being owned by JULIO AFTONZO residing at 6271 Southwest 2lst Street, Miami,..Florida,” FaS Ts also the master of this vessel. The crew for thts vessa@l ¥ as of January 19, 1964, was listed as Captain JULIO C.4*T0Nz0, pe Engineey LvanoYeaDannd, Steersman LUIS7SERRANO, Steersman a HILARIQ@AGUERRA “and Oilman SERGIO SANCHEZ, These individuals ea all listed their residency as being in Miami, Florida, with ~~ § the exception of SERGIOMSANCHEZ who 45 from Ponce, Puerto Rico. ' The "M/V Venus" was built in 1944 and named the "Explorer." It has a wooden hull, two 550 horsepower ‘General Motors diesel engines, 112 foot long, 18 foot beam and 10 foot draft, 118 gross tons and 76 net tons. The ship is listed as a freight carrier. The representative for this ship in Panama City, Panama, is JOSE EvRKEHRMAN, no further identifying Mr. ARNOTT stated that in conversation with the ship's master and owner, ALONZO, he was advised that the ship is presently located at Pier 5 in San Juan and scheduled to undergo minor repairs at Vaello Ship Repair in Catano, Puerto Rico. The ship will be taken to Catano on this date or on January 25, 1964, On January 23, i964, SJ T-2 stated he heard from EDUARDO MUNOZ, a member of the JURE, that JURE leader MANOLO RAY was planning an expedition to Cuba to occur sometime in the immediate future and this expedition would depart from Ponce, Puerto Rico. -6-— ss CCIEIDENTEAS- HW 54464 Docld:32296111 Page 3