fe rReleased under the’ Tohin F. ‘Kennedy- “Assassination ‘Records - Collection: Act or 1992 ° (4a use 2107 Fi tel. 1 1 . 4; “Lo -— Mr. DeLoach ~ “do — Mey Sullivan. | “1 Tt : “hen rORM NO. 10. - : ; fo ae — i. ~_ . - oo S _ a 4 : 5 . ~ oo leon o - h Ls SNe STATES “GOVERN NT NC Belmgar = hee “Memorandurn - ee ee a BUNT Mis . - rear We Ce “saaseansls a mo ‘pare: April ‘1, “L963 ° v4 SO - on _ 1 - Mr. Belmont” 5s eee oe 2 sii a me Me, Mohr 2! t FROM: ; Ry + Yanna . a ]-= Mr. Evans SUBJECT: | “ANTI- CASTRO ACTIVITIES . ~- Mr. Wannall LYE - - Liaison ph Op . oP rrr i - - Mr. Nasca Bbor, domme fi. Agus Cio). Me WL Qhisfi nediors oy . -For the. Director's information, there is attached a meriovandunt which summarizes the results of our investigations Of anti-Castro raids. &- cand, contemplated raids, as. ‘received through 3/31/63 = - aan. wos We. have obtained. ‘complete resumes on the: 3/26/63 raid - ae carried. ‘out ‘by L-66 on the Soviet: ship from some of the. participants ; and have earned both boats: used in the raid: had been docked previously, f° lat North Miami Beach.” One leader states the bomb used was made up... “oo jin the Bahamas from material taken from the U. S. and he also states... LS ~ fother arms used.were. provided hy CIA prior to. the April, 1961, dinvasion. of Cuba and were subsequently hidden at various locations in. the Bahamas. Those interviewed positively denied any U. ‘S assistance. or, support for. the raid, ; Z ae q aan ALL participants have been identified and Miami - is locating og and interviewing: those not already interviewed. [We are separately . ZS So fave .@) - advising British Intelligence of the new ramifications involving co Jo rthe- Bahamas, which are British possessions «) os re be CLASSEFTND DUCTSTONS FT TNALTZED At tact bee 7 a ACTION: py nepangumng RAVES Co p7e (DRC) ahi. eo Oe eed! Eoetihadot! 9 : “pwn Pale =8 et can eo GQ een ae if you approve, - “a SbL~ 1069 Ata OO So fe eh 7 ete (LAO wat rs CL) Attached letter ‘to the. Attorney ‘General enc. osing  eopy- -of the memorandum. will- ‘be sent. Copies have been designated -. for the. Deputy Attorney General and Assistant aba, a ae ae oe ae SeEe sik Wit: tate te 2.CLC ee ae wee ek 5 Weel 326 oS Aba SE A ee pte R assify gp: GA Ase om an Fe2 <0 24 A BY, TOA - Hansel” re “Q)? - Liaison: will aot E82 O38 % sre me Sno ran lum to Meg “Bromley gh at the. international situncion. Room of the White House. = op Paka bk Aakewe tend OB nfo. 3S ¢ Pe SE Abe Vie RE He Debt ae ogame OL OS Beg bx ae ) ale “ast re "109-584 We (RAM: dgwiyp (9). DoclId: 32290711 Page 2?
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 WSC 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 af UNITE, .3TATES DEPARTMENT OF us” OSE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION OUii oid iWVL ann WASHINGTON 25, D.C. MeN APFig yn A6AHIECTION TO ; | pe A »DVOR, Ce pp peanrr- -CASTRO ACTIVITIES RELEASE UF UIA INFORMATION. | q. _ jr -2 co. | IN THIS. DOCUMENT: ym 4 454 4 On March 29, 1963 , our Savannah, Georgia, Office have 4 inte:viewed Private Santiago Alvarez Fernandez, a Cuban trainee FIL lk stationed at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, with» the: ‘United. StatesF y, Army. Private Alvarez identified himself. as .the .son. of Doctor Santiago Juan Antonio: Alvarez. Rodriguez, owner’ ‘of* the "Alisan,'' which reportedly was used in the raid against ‘a. Soviet ship off Cuba on the night of March 26, 1963: He ‘said ” oes is father had telephonically contacted him from Mian Bieeidny oo on iiarch 28, 1963, to advise that he was back home safe and that the raid Was successful. He quoted his father as stating the venainder of the raiding group had returned to a base, 1 wWhicn Was not identified. On March 29, 1963, Santiago Juan Antonio Alvarez Rodriguez advised our ‘Miami Office as follows: B/w) He was formerly « Senator in Cuba and a doctor in Mexico, He resides in Miami and is unemployed at the present a time but owns and operates the "Alisan,'" which has two diesel q engines, The "Alisan" left Miami on March 17, 1963, and went to the vicinity of Orange Hey on the western edge of the Granc Bank of rhe Bahama isiancs, and thence proceeded north to u ponudezvous with a 23-foot boat which took place on March 1§, 1963, between Cat Cay and Orange Key. The 23-foot boat was au into tow with the intention that arms hidden in three Le locations in the Sahamas would be picked up. Bad ‘ovced a delay, but on March 24 and 25, 1963, some were collected. The 23-foot boat was used to make the and seven men particivated. Ke U) mz After the attack, the 23-foot boat was then used to . return the arms to the hiding places, and the "Alisan" subseque 1y. towed it to a point near the Miami shore. The "Alisan nn ais : presently docked at North Miami Beach, Florida. Kw ay a # 8322- os2y. 66% SLD chm & tof 2b 3 /e | suai, by fa Cee, no | : ‘Declassity on: GADR ! Wik ; #20526 % Gy! TaN. #324; 36 shi|86-0s ey ENCEOSURE on TON al 73H Docld:32290711 Page 3
/PPleased index. thes John F. » Kennedy. ‘Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44° USC 2107 Hotes. - Anti-~Castro Activities time the balance was $250. . Three individuals identified with ©. L~66 in Puerto Rico advised on March 28, 1963, that they had — no previous knowledge.concerning the date the L-66 raid would take place and that representatives of the group in Puerto -Rico.: had furnished nothing but money for this raid. It was stated the group's funds in-.Puerto Rico have been exhausted and that! what Jittle money had been available was sent to Pedro Muina ° ooo. dn Mia ami,. Florida, | oe Ne a Concerning the’ March 18, 1963, raid on Cuba’ conducted by | members of Alpha 66.and the Second Na tional Front of Escambray '. (SNPE), our Miami Office on March 29, 1963, interviewed ved Armando Fleites, a leader, of the SNFE, who has previously. been :°: identified as having participated in this raid. Fleites —.: claimed that all. boats and weapons which figured in this raid, “aS well as all participating personnel, are still located in a : "van area of the Caribbean which he declined to identify. However,” -he insisted that no part of the action or preparation therefor. occurred in United States territory, including Puerto Rico or a woe ': the Virgin Islands. He declined to be more specific or to Le “identify the participants in this raid, but claimed that’ no. a - Americans were involved. 4 ud _ With regard to the use of British territory in connection a with these raids, - it is noted that the British territory in ee “= gelosest proximity to Cuba is the Cay Sal Bank, located 40 miles «from the northern coast of Cuba.° This Bank includes many — ; “uninhabited islands and stretches over hundreds-of miles of. a water. E representative of British Intelligence who is located at Nassa Bahama Islands, advised our Miami Office on March. 19, o 1963, that the British Government in the Bahamas has very few Reta > patrol boats and that the Cay Sal is difficult to patrol because. tS »- Of its great distance from Nassau. He acknowledged that the... rs . Majority of recent anti-Castro raids have reportedly been © 33.8 oops conducted from islands located in the Cay Sal a ee re DoclId: 32290711 Page 4