404-10224-10222 A aed sett ne ee 2% eet Ae es een ARLE Lt . FD264 (Roe, 30286) “-_ “ 2. ~ a Oe Ram on DBA Ses 7 | UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JusTICE “~ S FEOERAL DUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ss SECRET ~ Sepytes L~ INS, Miami, Florida (All 877 123) (RM) Reve oh EUGENE L, PAYNE OMe Miami, Florida . ye FEC 2G tyeg i Field Gilice Piles =. 105-6466: ‘Buroow Pile hs - . : po 7 a m— AL F7OFR - - por, File ” FELIPE VIDAL SANTIAGO ——~ zal , oT “ z oa : . ’ ‘ & - . : 1s ' PES ph . “4 _s a Co , . : 2 | Characten i INTERNAL SECURITY - CUBA ; o + Synopetae ee Subject, a Cuban:refugee, entored the U.S. on 8/9/60;. 0. from Colombia. Subject defected from the CASTRO govern-. | ment while employed as Cuban Naval Attache in Caracas, Venazuela, Subject {8 a former graduate of the Cuban - ae Naval Academy and in exile has beon involved in considerable ; ot _ antd-CASTRO clandestine activity against Cuba. Subject -_ has affiliated with various anti-CASTRO organizations in... the Miami, Fla., area and tn 11/62, was reported to ba associated with an individual having contacts with a Guatemala government official, ' PPS Aaa ie Rly Bae SBE eG, 6 ce a an en -C-« if DETAILS: — SECRET 0 Group 1 . Excluded from automatic — i XK downgcading and declasaification Thie doqument goniatna aeithet coggmuendations Por eciclualone of the F ib le the grapenty of the FOL aad te loaned te, Your agency; i ead iia Fosienta aee Hol 16 be diatsibuied ouiaide Your agesoy. . SEED ME TS ante meena anemone nn a rent passes re Meme IY ~~ a
14-00000 Me eam Men ete aes camino ttn mp aerate ete rep ata eterna cn edb a, Fea tah iti ne eta «tri saci anderen: TE ai wee tee. a a es a a NEw sane ene seamen seme sine come eemenentean evant, SE ne nme ce he a om ene see ® : . ‘FELIPE “DAL, 2293 Ne W. 7th Strae~ Miant, oS Florida, an individual "who. fornerly held a. re.peasibla . position in the Cubsa Navy, had accorpanied cn individual | & identified as JACK CANNON, a United States citizen,-on an --¥ antL-CASTRO clandestine trip to Cuba between October. 18 and 23, 1961, in which they were purportedly transporting $80, 000. 00 worth of ous. . The boat operated by CANNON, who also uses the ner:ie JACK SHEA, and the subdject waa sunk ‘along the North Coast of Cuba end the arms were lost. Although CANNON was allegedly entra ged ‘in antt- : CASTRO activities, I T-1's sub-cource pointed out that —— after doaling-with him in business end learning about his . background, he. suspected that CANNON was actualy involved BACKGROUND According te the records of Teotgration and. Naturalization: Service (INS), Miami, Florida, ‘as nade avatlable on December 6, 1962, by .CHARLES: CHALLANDES,. Investigator, subject régides at 2293: We We 7th Street, ae Miami, Florida. .— a B. Birth Data and Alien’ Status. on June 14, 1961, INS, Milani; ‘Plorida, made available to tha Miamt Office information relating to $e a lg st eet NEE 2 Te at : political refugocs entexing the United States singe January 1, 1959. Included in this list was FELIPE VIDAL SANTIAGO, born Fobruary 3, 1926, at Havana, Cuba, On December 6, 1962, Investt gator CHALLANDES, mentioned above, made available their file Number All 877 123 roratt ing to the. Subject, which contained the following infor- mation: 1 VIDAL arrived in the United Stezes en August 9, . 60, frou Bogota, Colorbia, and applied for a B-2 visa “Lur four months to visit his refugee wife, He pointed out he was a Licutenant. in the Cuban Navy fron 1944 to 1956 . "in 1958 ho affiliated himself with: PIDEL CASTRO and after’ Junuary 1, 1959, he was appointed Chicf of tha Maritéme Police by. the CASTRO government. On Octcbex 16, 1959, he. wea appointed Naval Atteche at Caracas, Venezuela, He elected on Mazch 7, 1960, in Cara & infiltration of the-Cuben " povernnent. ecaase of the cosmuntat mo: On April 8, 1961, VIDAL epplied for political cae ofthe MEDAL ind? fcated that in the. United pols he would ; veside at 708 N.W. 23rd Street, Miemi, Florida, end had in his possession a document identifying himself as the co- ordinator of the anti- -CASTRO organization Movimiento de oe Liberacion Democratico Revolucionario, Ca August 10, 1960, INS cbtained a sworn signed statement from VIDAL in which he stated he was discharged from the Cuban Navy under the gcvernnent of PULGENCIO BATISTA because of his opposition to BATISTA, - 3 =
14-00000 os , VIDAL medicated ha never joined the July 26th ' rev “uttonary ey focein of FISEL CASIO, bo was sft liated with all sroups cf the revolution. In Gctobor, 1957, VIDAL was co-¢rdinater ‘of the Crganfzceion Aceion Rocistenecia (Tha Clandestine Resistence Action Organization). He nointed out that in Havana, Cuba, he participated in dissemination of propaganca, Sabotace, organized strikes, and meetings in jails, all on behalf of the CASTRO , revolution, ; _ VIDAL pof inted out that in 1958 a pact was forned boo in Caracas naming MA NUEL URQUTIA as President of the now government, but that CASTRO later usuzged the presidency. ; : Aftes URRUTIA was overthrown, VIDAL becama disanchanted and ._ 4 _. © began. te. cooperate with. chti-CASTRO or ganizaticns. He 4 * , : asked £or : ‘foreign duty, and after ‘oting: continued CASTRO | . . 8 activitids againstthe governcent of RCMULO ‘BETANCOURT oo and the sioveméat of Russian agents to Cubs, he removed his: ~ ‘family from Cuba, want to Coloxdia, and defected; OS ; SLD RRaLSO tar Sapam tema, tte meee oon on, . VIDAL emphasized that he had never been a member of the Communist Party | in Cuba. , On October 3,. 1962, my T-2, a Cuban: refugee | a fant liar with certafn phases ‘of anti-CASTRO activity ini 5 of the Miami area aad. ‘who has Limited Jnfcvrtioa regarding communist activities in’ Cuba, advised that captioned subject Poh was personally ‘knewn | to him in Cubs, where he had the repu- Po tation of being an opportunist anid extremely fond of drinking and carousing. He was a Captain im CASTRO's Navy in Cient uegos, Cuba. 2) niet oe tention teense es eM wets so ep im 0 tne 6 smarany or ACTIVET c _—_ SUSUR’ OF acstuESIES sme peseeTrOy wor EY REGINE ener ee ! : The moIG6T 3 | a daly spe tee aber 7, 1960, 2SSue of "La, Prensa, " no carrier sont anguasea newspaver rudlished én Ne y poo. Front in hes tae, encitled, “Estsblish united Cuba orks — 7 Prone oe ae . Tais arti ale stated that the United by monbore rch tion in the city of Meee was aanoune d vepan Sane of the group, which ine cy Commander F LI TIAGO of the Movement of Dosoctatte Revolution 7 = sonary Liberation, émnong others, On February 29, L962. an with certain Cubsén activity ia the eee Guben fentidar ANTIAGO VIDAL and another individes! of on nied ‘group ara purchasing radio equipsant, an anti- ~CASTRO TERT STN Dem mer ey (ope stengrersner reper ie oan “On April 4, 1961, cakros PRIO S Prcsldent of Cuba, advise Sn Agent of see pane erage to Caresas ee VIDAL SANTIAGO, Zornax Cebsn Naval re eke . Gaba ots boas haa had been dispatched to cha con st ae had not te ao had been prone asor 7ONinately ten d “tad yet returned, PRIO sdvised the rurpose of the x a ~ trt 8 fel P.W8S to bring. cut of Cuba a ciose friend of PRIO, ya ree BE eco f A te ea 8 ae ng identified as JULIO cA! GARCERAN, forme= osots South F Court of Cuba, GARCERAN was oo paeate of the uth Florida «rea tn VIDAL's boat. & oscught te the 2 issve cf tha "p41. ar? article e language newsog epee published {n wie =0 las Anezicas," sie entitled, "United Froac for National Lives paper naa a at on,
14-00000 OD ES eR a ve irae | ould-inall probability ba included in the military ‘ ~ “ating in effect that the Constitution of 1940 vould be - Keestored by the iberating army and unify 1 the Cubana . . anti-comounist rorces. Tha article bore the signature of Cocmuander FELIPE VIDAL SANTIAGO on behalf of the "Dewocratla Recovery of Cuba.” Lo ; The April 27, 1962, fasue of the "Miaat Herald,” a daily newspaper published in Miami, carried an article — “pertaining to the training of exiles in the Miemf aroa, : Subject, on behalf of tha United Liberation Front, was a oo. _ieted_asone of the participants in this training, | . On May 25, 1562, MM T-1 advised that subject ~ comission of anti-CASTRO Cuban exiles which was. being . eganized by Central American countries to cooperate: ia. e the CASTRO government. CASTRO activities and has made 43 clandestine trips to Cuba in varfous ships, transporting arms and documents. and ex- . |. filtrating people, advised. his ship was ank somewhere along) |. the North Coast of Cuba, but was able to save -hinselé in a | small plastic boat with an outboard motor which was. on board, and arrived in.Cay Sals. He reportedly wag ac. . companied on the trip by FELIPE VIDAL, 2293 N. W. 7th -.. Street, Miami, Plorida, who formerly held a responsible. position in the Cuban Navy during the CASTRO regima. On. this trip, CANNON said they were transporting $80,000.00 worth of arms. and these wore xeportedly lost when the boat. ¢ According to the source of MM T-1, JACK CANNON, who “s a United Statea citizen and former CASTRO guerrilla- man, ie suspected of working for the Cuben government. Ha resides at 2020 N. E, 135th Street, North Miani, Florida, where he and his Cuban wife, MARIA SUAREZ, ate tanants. f The cource of MM T-1 advised he had had -some business relations with CANNON and upon. obtafning some information about him, strongly. suspects he is involved in sowa clandea« tine mission for the CASTRO regime, with ramifications of criminal offenses in Miami, He stated he suspects CANNON is the same man who was known in Cuba by thé nasa of DUVAL land who was MORCAN's adjutant during the executions pers | y oraed in Cuba. oo, we fF Laqazse - —_ t dole - _MM T-1 advised that on August 27, 1962, FRANK | ~PIORINI, an: individual active in anti-CASTRO activity, had /- indicated that he had participated in discussions for the previous three days with the subject and other sc&bers connected with the JULIO GARCERAN group, PIORINDT had. discussed participation in activity relating to tho pro- | éurezent of crews for a number of 8-26 planes, and it was decided that candidates for these crews were not to be ; members of the anti-CASTRO Cuban Revolutionary Council. | . | According to MM T-1, the pllote recruited were to be sent to unnamed Central American bases and targets were to be Guantanaso Naval Base and the City of Santiago de Cuba, or some target in that general vicinlty. No specific dese was set for this operation, but FIORINI was siven the date of August 31, 1962, as a tima limft to-find crews, FIORINI stated he had offered his aarvices to VIDAL, but/ was~told-he could not paxtiefpate, i... = ed on
14-00000 | 1! hited: HARGBA iS to ae | a a pay in an n upigent tfted — 2 “5 octcher 22, 1962, MM T-4, who b- 8 been ine volved in Cuban volutfonary activitics fo. che past ar five years, advised that the subject was Planning to depart that date for Cuba on a military mission, Ac- cording to MM T-4, VIDAL was accompanied by the American adventurer ROY HARGRAVES, VIDAL allegedly has 15 men in his group and recently viaitad New York. Pe On. Novembey 19, 1962, MH Th advised that VIDAL's Cb friend, ROY HARIGRAVEB, ie a frignd of JONN BONILLA, Consul bebo: General, of: Guatemala, and that poth are mutual ‘friends of an ald Nicaraguan revolutioniat, This Nicaraguan recently 7 : ald BONILLA, who. hi “the: escabiiohment of an Tater-Anerican Brigade, On. October 29, 1962, ari ‘T-4 advised that the . Ee of ned ‘t te, ns VIDAL. 18 repo: ted. to have: paid ‘that | Ey $milea off the Cuban coast, his boat. wag. os :ed by @ Cuban gunboat, and that ‘when they. were ten miles off tha ose, another gunboat jaincd in the survelllance, -At thig point. VIPAL returnéd to Miant. Ra was reportedly. using 4 berrowed boat and the purpose ef tha minaton waa te drop an agent: ‘dn the Matanzas Province . of Ccbae i . On Novanber. 13, 1962, MM T-4 advised that approxi- mately thrap waeka provicusly the aubject had departed from fe pecan tae there eat c ear a ee veneer | ee earn ae i mbar rit wk. ct emir aoe ee eh a i te ae Vaca Rey, Marathon, Fords, jn 4 private boat on a ertp to Cubsy. i ' PRYSTCAL DESCRIPTION : Po _ , The following é9 3 physical description of tha ho subjects. nn 7 : Name Ly . )) PELEPE VIDAL BANTIAGO i * Alfaa ae Felipe Vidal | , Vr ' Race | ee | _ White : Sex ‘a Hala , oo February 3, 1926 Havana, Cuba ; 2293 N. W, 7th Street Date of Birth: ae Placa of Birth, - Addréaa yo: _ SO , Miami, Florida Hoy ."" Heighe ca _ ni - Budtld , we “. Slender los 4 Hatr Des . Brown, receding : i . Peculiarities _.°- | Wears mustache ee . i ...' @ccupation ~—. a Cuban Naval: Officer .. Marital Stapp , Married | a i — Wee 7 RAQUEL GONZALEZ PEAL ne Pather oo  HONORATO VIDAL MADRAZO 2 | Mother CO ‘. MARIA DEL CARMEN SANTIAGO yop ! : ALVAREZ af Fingerprint "°° PS if '  Glassification 19. 17 W MITT _ <I. ui s 1 .u vco Cuban Passport No.- . 01432 j Alien Number | ALL 677 2300 7 ee,