AGENCY : JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information - FBI Date: 6/8/2015 Peleased under the John Kennedy RECORD NUMBER:  124-10206-10468 Lssassination Records Ollection Act of 1992 RECORD SERIES: HQ (44 USC 2107 Note). asex#:NWU 54027 Date: AGENCY FILENUMBER:  97-4133-1ST NR 152 ne—-29-2017 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: SAC, SJ TO: . DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE : DATE: — 11/29/1966 ‘PAGES: 4 . SUBJECTS : MRR, DIAZ, NINO, ASSOC, ACA ‘ DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION : — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: = 06/04/1998 ‘ OPENING CRITERIA: “INDEFINITE k COMMENTS : v9.1 HW 54027 Docld:32291192 Page 1
“e Yes BE UN . Tolson.....- | ce a a . TELETYPE UNIT -_ ee Driaach — q ‘ - NUV 291966 i [Mn Wick : 7 Mr. Casper..___. ENCODED MESSAGE. | Mr. Catan ~ : id MY. Oonrad___... CONFIDEXTIAL Me Belt | cor tise CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TAosen_ WR -34 PM URGENT 11-29-66 ALL 4 mM " DECLASSIFICATION ANMOR CT? — RECTOR (199-584) AND MEANT (105-1742) RELEASE OF Cid int MATION —— TO I N THIS DOCUMEN MIAMI VIA WASHISGTON (ENCODED) ' TAGE FROM SAN SUAN C189-+44) as ne ANTI-FIDEL, CASTRO ACTIVITIES, IS - CUBAs; NEUTRALITY MATTERS. bs peCLASSIT BY 5OG£83 bt Bie | oo fe x me ao: q | Classified by Qe meen 3) fe taaeRaER TWO EIGHT LAST. Beclassify ont ¢) Se O8 NOVEMBER TWO EIGHT LAST. RAUL PELEGRINI, RETIRED US J ARMY CAPTAIN, SAN JUAN, TELEPHONICALLY CONTACTED THE SuO AND b.. ae ALL INFORMIAZION CONTAINED ’ “ADVISED AS FOLLOWS -- Spr? neice Ie CAG EXCEPT ) ERE SHOWN OTHERWISE. 1 > ; | | WH HE HAS RECEWTLY BEEN CONTACTED IN SAN JUAN BY A CUBAN EXILE p NAMED JAIME LLOPIZ (REPEAT JAIME LLOPIZ) CONCERNING PELEGRINI'S PARTICIPATION. IN HELPING TO TRAIN SOME CUBAN EXILES IN PUERTO RICO. LLOPIZ KNOWS THAT PELEGRINI IS & MEMBER BF A LOCAL SHOOTING CLUS AND THAT HE IS NOW A MEMBER OF THE US ARMY RESERVES. HE INTRODUCED PELEGRINI TO A CUBAN KMIWN ONLY AS "NINO" AND NINO IN TURN EXPLAINED THAT HIS GROUP, THECHOVINIENTO RECUPERACION REVOLUCIONARIO. (MRR), IS ATTEMPTING TO UNIFY ALL CUBA EXILE GROUPS SO THAT THEY, MAY ACT TOGETHER AGAINST CASTRO. THEY DESIRE TO BE TRAINED IN SMALL ARMS 44 MAP READING, COMBAT INTELLIGEACES BAW ESCAPE AND SURVIVAL reanane XO END PAGE ONE GY 1G3- |  ) 6 a] NEC 9 3 1966 : NOT RECCEDED a qeaxcuu lS 28 Wr) | | ‘CONFIDANT! Aj -BBEAXED 70 MM ra HW 54027 DBocld:32291192 Page 2?
oe 7 a , A PAGE TWO | THEY DO NOT DESIRE UNITED STATES MONETARY AID NOR DO THEY DESIRE TO SUBMIT THEIR PLANS TO THE FOREIGN POLICY PICTURE OF TNE UNITED STATES. SUCH A FIGHT WILL BE DONE BY CUBANS FROM A BASE OUTSIDE OF THE VS PELEGRINI STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO ASSIST THIS GROUP AS A ee PRIVATE CITIZEN AND AS LONG AS THE -U. S. GOVERNMENT INTERPOSES NO is OBJECTIONS. HE SAID HE WILL CLEAR ANY TRAINING HE GIVES WITH CAPTAIN STEIN, GHIEF, MILITARY INTELLIGENCE DETACHMENT, SAN JUAN, TO ASSURE “THAT NO’ CLASSIFIED DATA IS DISCUSSED ¥( (A) . \ en ON NOVEMBER TWO NINE INSTANT, PELEGRINI ADVISED THAT HE MET WITH | THE ABOVE GROUP IN SAN JUAN ON THE NIGHT GF NOVEMBER TwO EIGHT LAST AND SET UP A SCHEDULE TG TEACH THEM TWO NIGHTS A WEEK, STARTING OUT WITH MAP READING. ONLY FOUR PEOPLE ARE IN THIS INITIAL CLASS, IT BEING HIS IMPRESSION THAT THEY ARE A VANGUARD OF INFILTRATORS WHO WILL BE SENT TO CUBA SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE. HE SAID THAT "NINO'S" FULL NAME IS NINO DIAZ AND THAT HE IS THE COORDINATOR WHO RESIDES IN MIAMI, FLORIDA, AND WRO WILL BE RETURNING TO FLORIDA WITHIN A Few DAYS. BESIDES LLOPIZ, HE WAS ABLE. TO IDENTIFY ONLY TWO OTHER PEOPLE, ANA LUISA COTERA, A FEMALE CUBAN EXILE, AND EWRIQUE ESME, A CUBAN JUST DISCHARGED FROM THE US aan. (LA? foray foal WO ~ s END PAGE Two HW 54027 Docld:32291192 Page 3
. As x “ee . Li “CONFIPRYTIAL —— PAGE THREE ADMINISTRATIVE - NINO DIAZ APPEARS IDENTICAL TO HIGINIO DIAZ ANE, A KSOWN MEMBER OF MRR WHO HAS BEEN INTERVIEWED BY THE MIAMI OFFICE FN THE PAST. (Carne LLoPizZ MAY BE TGENTICAL TO JAIME LLOPYS RODRIGUEZ, A CUBAN EXILE MENTIONED IN CIA, MIANI (CAS/M DASH ONE FOUR-TWO SEVEN DATED MAY TEN LAST) COMMUNICATION FORWARDED TO SAN JUAN BY MIOMI LET DATED MAY TWO FIVE LAST UNDER CAPTION! ~ OF “WPIPR, IS DASH PRN" WHEREIN LLOPYS “Ge) uy PERSON WHO FURNISHED | INFORMATION RE MPIPR ACTIVITIES TO’. cin JS s W) vo 1cRs NEGATIVE i RE COTERA, ESME AWD’ PE LEGRINT. (2 | PELEGRINI ADVISES THAT AN INTERVIEW. WITH LLOPIZ AT THIS TIME WOULD | JEOPARDIZE HIM AS A SOURCE AND THAT HE DOES NOT FEEL THIS WILL | os BE NECESSARY SINCE HE WILL CONTINUE TO VOLUNTEER ALL INFORMATION TO THE FSI. HE SAID THAT HE IS PRESENTLY ATTEMPTING TO LOCATE SOME TOP- OGRAPHICAL MAPS OF CUBA AND WILL ASK(EIA oR] chee AIN STEIN IF THEY CaN GIVE HIt a® ADDRESS WHERE HE.CAN OBTAIN THEM. 2 | UACB, SAN. JUAN WILL ACCEPT AND REPORT ALL INFORMATION ON - ' | ACTIVITIES OF ABOVE GROUPS VOLUNTEERED SY PELEGRINI BUT WILL NOT ATTEMPT TO CONTROL HIS ACTIVITIES (Ufa) | " END. PAGE THREE ° “conidia < ee | | HW 54027 DoclId:32291192 Page 4
a Co a PAGE FOUR AIRTEL AND LHM FOLLOW UNDER MRR CAPTION (BUFILE NISE SEVEN DASH FOUR ONE THREE THREE). SAN JUAN OPENING SEPARATE OWE THREE FOUR FILE 08 PELEGRINT Age | | | Ae END oS | Joa m t REY R RELAY f Af, | _ FBI WASH DC “4 lw lizard 4k CONFIDXNTIAL | —_ HW 54027 DBocld:32291192 Page 5