AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : _ AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: “TITLE: DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : & 45845 DocId:32290962 Page 1 JFK Assassination System Date: 5/5/2015 Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-10206-10238 HQ 105-83564-16 Document Information FBI SAC, TP DIRECTOR, FBI 03/02/1982 16 MLO, BKG, REL, ASSOC, RES, EMP, MED/PERS HIST PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Secret 1B; 1C;4 Redact 11/05/1998 INDEFINITE
4 ‘ys “= S- s “3D-36 (Rev. 5-22-78) ene “ TRANSMIT™ IA: | (_ JPRECEDENCE: CLAS SIFIG/—SON: (5 Teletype ' ‘(7 Immediate (3 TOP SES=éT I (-) Facsimile (- Priority ( SECRET H fp AIRTEL [Routine (2 CONFIDENTIAL ! 3 (0 UNCLAS EF TO ! . (3 UNCLAS ' | ! Date _3/2/82 | tr TO: =_—Ss~dDIRECTOR, FBI / ie? FROM: SAC, {TAMPA (202C-New) (Sq. 6) MC IOEM TEAS LONA MAR ORENZ, cAP } | ws) j i CI - CUBA A) - OO: TAMP a ° A A FAN KJ The entire contents of this communication including title and file numbers are classified "Confidential" unless otherwise noted. Re Tampa telephone call to SA Larry Wack, Ney LL? Office, 2/26/82. Enclosed for the Bureau, Miami, New York, and WFO is one copy each of a drawing provided by Lorenz, depicting the interior of an immigration house in Vedado, Cuba, where s ef resided from 9/27/81 to 9/28/81. . _ 195 — gst “Y ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED } Classified bY Dp. Lbs Dectassity on\0 R HEREIN ¥S UNCLASSiFiED EXCEPT WHERE SHORM OTHERWISE. -'* * Bureau (Enc. 1) ERC LESURe {ol—=—Ln-t-—C E32 ) Miami (Enc. 1) New York (Enc. (1 - 137- ) WFO (Enc. 1) (IN JPL: raf SOO 5 ar Ce fi CEPR AG we f,. rr. ef a at Z y) / ‘ Approved ALK x7 7 ed A FBI/DC) r __________.. HW 45845 DocId:32290962 Page 2
Ks) On 2/24/82, Ilona Marita Lorenz, 1085 Terrace Defve, = ot Eagle Lake, Florida, was interviewed by SA James Patrick Laflin. 4 Lorenz furnished a rambling, bizarre account of her life with se=Tatin dictators, organized crime figures, and FBI contacts. Lorenz alleged to have born illegitimate children to: Fidel Castro, Prime Minister of Cuba General Perez Jimenez, Former Dictator of Venezuela Ed Levy, New York Organized Crime Figure Lorenz also alleged to have been an FBI informant for various periods of time, dating back to 1960, when she was a member of the 26th of July Movement. Lorenz noted that most recently, she had been providing information to SA Larry Wack of the New York Office. Lorenz had in her possession a considerable amount of legal documents and personal memorabilia to lend credence to her statements, e.g. a Viking Press Publishing House contract providing Lorenz with a $325,000 advance for her expose on Fidel Castro, and a letter from Ballantine Books requesting the exclusive rights to the autobiography of Dr. Fidel Castro Ruz. Lorenz also verified travel to Cuba from 9/27-28/81. . Referenced Tampa telephone call to SA Larry Wack, NYO, was made in order to verify Lorenz' bona fides. SA Wack indicated that Lorenz had cooperated with the FBI in the past, but she was unstable. SA Wack noted that Lorenz did associate with organized crime figures, and that her "affair" with Fidel Castro had been highly publicized in the past. SA Wack stated that Lorenz may be providing information of some significance, but that Lorenz had a penchant for exaggeration. SA Wack recommended providing Lorenz' complete novelette to New York for analysis and review. SA Wack indicated that Lorenz' daughter, Monica, currently resides in New York, and would be available to verify which aspects of Lorenz' story were accurate and of a serious nature. On 2/24/82, Ilona Marita Lorenz provided the following information: 2 Lorenz was born 848,39... inf Bremen.mGermany. Her parents were Commander Heinrich Friedrich (German) and Alice June Loflend (English). During 1950, the Lorenz family moved to Bradenton, Florida. Lorenz quit school after the 9th grade to travel with her father, who was at that time a Captain of the Berlin Bremen Oceanliner. Lorenz was schooled in languages and secretarial work by private tutors aboard her father's ship. : conrifewrtaL sat ~~ an 2 | Sw 45845 DocId:32290962 Page 3
NW 45845 YE fe og O a to be disbursed at intervals. For signing the contract, Lorenz was immediately given $84,000. T. 4H. Guinzburg, Viking Press, advised Lorenz to move “aay from New York in order to avoid any further publicity. During January, 1979, Lorenz moved to Darien, Caonnecticut,_where, based on the merits of her book contract, she received a loan of $100,000 from the Peoples Bank in order to purchase a home at 86 Maywood Road, Darien. On 4/16/79, Levy visited Lorenz to warn her the mafia believed she had purchased the Darien home with mafia money stolen by Levy. Levy proceeded to make numerous long distance telephone calls on her telephone, including one to Switzerland. Lorenz believes Levy did this intentionally in order to implicate her in his mafia swindle. Levy told Lorenz that he was paying the Carlo Gambino family in Brooklyn $10,000 per month in order to stay alive. Levy asked Lorenz for part of the advance money from the sale of her book. Lorenz wrote out a $10,000 check to Levy to cover Levy's May, 1979, protection money. Lorenz noted that Levy had already been convicted of one count of mail fraud in New York, but had allegedly received a reduced sentence for cooperating with the Federal investigators. Levy was to report to Eglin Air Force Base Minimal Security Prison the following month to serve a six month sentence. Levy is currently residing in Ft. Lauderdale, and will be off of parole in March, 1982. A week after Levy's visit to Darien, Connecticut, Lorenz’ house was intentionally flooded and her daughter wounded by a sniper near their home. A second shooting took place during October, 1979. All of these» incidents were reported to the Darien Police. Lorenz decided to abandon the house and move the family back to 512 East 88th Street, Apartment 1D, New York. During this period, Lorenz had maintained the above apartment because of her frequent trips back to New York City. Lorenz had been cooperating with the NYCPD by providing research concerning a law suit by Frank Sturgis against the NYCPD. Sturgis was suing the NYCPD for $15 million for false arrest. Sturgis had been arrested for threatening Lorenz prior to her testifying before the Sub-committee on the assassination of John F. Kennedy. cone enna 2 ame avy otf 8. Sang DocId: 32290962 Page 4