Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 4/3/2015 JFK Assassination System Date: Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER:  124-10302-10213 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER: = 2-1499-8 Document Information ORIGINATOR: DOJ FROM: _ [Restricted] TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: DATE: — 10/22/1958 PAGES: 2 SUBJECTS : [Restricted] DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT | CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: Consulted CURRENT STATUS: = Withhold DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 11/13/1996 OPENING CRITERIA: APPROVAL OF DOJ COMMENTS: - REFERRED TO DOJ i en Y v9.1 Docld: 32310769 Page 1
Jeaged under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992? (44 USC 2107 Hote). [/ DATE ‘srbbard doe OL” ~ e . a op — NH — ~ = ~ a ee wea Q on ‘ce. Memorandum - UNITED ST&!ES GOVERNMENT — TO > eM ve © : Diréctor, Federal Bureau of InvestigationPAT!: Cetober 22, 1958. ult J. Walter Yeagley FROM : Acting Assistant Attorney General Internal Security Division SUBJECT: PRANK ANTHONY STURGIS ~ an Ko yo Registration Act =~ ALL FBI INFORMATION CONTAINED Zo FBI File 2-14.99 HEREIN IS UNQLASSIFIED 7 ve aa Tee myname te 0-34 Miami area. Sturgis stated to T-1 that he was attempting “and that-Ithe daughter of a boarding house in Santiago ‘where Reference is made to your memorandum of October 7, 1958 regarding the captioned subject, in which you request to be advised as to whether the activities of the subject bring him within the purview of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, . . The report of Special Agent Robert James Dwyer dated September 23, 1958 advises that the subject has admitted to informant designated as T-1 that he was’ engaged in revolutionary activities with Cubans in the to purchase arms for the Cubans and that he had only two boses, Fidel Castro and Ricardo Lorie. This informant also advised that the subject attended a meeting in Miami with several Cuban revolutionary leaders at which the purchase of arms was discussed and, according to the informant Sturgis appeared to be in charge of the meeting and did all of the talking.concerning the possibility of purchasing arms,prices, quantity of guns available and rah, methods of transportation to be used. Deft” Shanley, United States Customs Agent, Miami, Florida A provided the information that agents of the Customs Bureau yu conducted a raid on several houses in Miami and confiscated F an arms cache belonging to Cuban revolutionaries. He ‘ estimated that there were about 50,000 rounds of ammunition, . about 250 guns, including six machine guns and 130 rifles, fh wo about 10 hand grenades and a quantity of dynamite. Agent Mie Shanley advised thatf the subject was identified as one of ny _ This same report also advises that Mr. Wallace the persons who rented Somithe .above mentioned houses.. mony According to this same rdiSed, a confident fai G ‘source abroad, designated as T-2, advised on July 23, 1958 that the subject was in Cuba in the early; part of: July,., the subject stayed, advised that the sub ject. shewed=her-e” Gs € | . ff . (Aut ee nore y ey RS N A o ioens: , { eal Ae ee qe Docld: 32310769 Page 2?
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 19927 (44 USC 2107 Hotey. ™~ 11-14-2017 . fs - . =a ys ‘ f , ~ t p f “S . . t f = aX . > . a i > . a ; 7s cad . : letter which he said had been given to him by Haydee { Santamarina in Miami. On the outside of the envelope was written the name SOYLO. T-2 states that SOYLO is | thought to be the alias of the person who is the head ; of the July 26 action group in Santiago, and that oe Sturgis actually met with SOYLO for about an hour and a half in Santiago. According to T-2 Haydee Santamarina - is an important member of the July 26 movement who spent a year in the Sierra Maestra with Fidel Castro and is now residing in Miami. T-2 further advised that the subject was arrested in Cuba on July 15, 1958 and at this time he admitted that the purpose of his trip was to deliver an important message to a leader of the July 26 in Santiago. He also admitted on this occasion that he had attempted to transport arms. clandestinely into Cuba in April of 1958 by hiding guns and ammunition in a false gasoline tank and other secret compartments in the bottom of a car. He stated that he brought the car over to Cuba via the ferry from Key West. T-2 advises that the subject left this car and the cargo of arms in a garage in Havana and it was later confiscated by Cuban authorities. Based on the information contained in this report, it is concluded that the subject has acted within the United States as an agent of a foreign principal so as | to require his registration under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended. Accordingly, this Division is soliciting the subject's registration under the Act and you will be advised as.to the outcome of our efforts in this regard. Docld: 32310769 Page 3