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 : v9.1 HW 54464 Docld: 322766904 JFK Assassination System Date: Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-10200-10180 HQ 97-3602-12TH NR 14 Document Information FBI SAC, MM DIRECTOR, FBI 04/30/1962 6 AHH, ASSOC, ACA PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4 Redact 05/16/1998 INDEFINITE Released under the John Kennedy Lssassination Records Ollection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). ase#: NW 54464 Date: nO-11-2017 Page 1 5/26/201
“OPTIONAL FORMNO.VO ae 5010=104—503 a - Boa _ UNITED’ STATES GOVERNMENT” He | M emorandum "LARRY ae BOR DE; gg GERALD RATRICKS MMING; * EpwaRD LLINS 3 ~. Me ane y ANTONIO ‘CUESTA; " newiiamitels 4/25 and 4/26/62. 4 hoe ‘On April 24, 1962, pai 639 a been involved ol bee ‘in Cuban revolutionary activities during the past four years, . js “and who has furnished reliable information in the past, a _ advised as. follows: 4 “LARRY J. LA BORDE, | an American in Miami whois “0 ey a sailor by occupation, claimed he contacted MAX (LNU), { ya CIA agent in Key West, Florida, on April 22, 1962, and - D ‘-advised him that the ship ‘'SS WILLIAMS, ' operating out. of © aa & Miami, Florida, was running machinery to Cuba. LA BORDE ra -, requested permi8sion to blow up this ship on its return Meee Fi | to. Miami. According to LA BORDE, MAX gave him pexmission,  —-. Baie “and indicated LA BORDE would receive five thousand dollars Yo. By _ FOE the. 5oPs when completed. Xe)” anes ee ie a wety ty . D4 *; LA BORDE is associatéd. with: ANTONIO CUESTA, ey his, gupaip P PATRICK HEMMING, and. EDWARD - COLLING: pt : plan to blow uP the ship. PRK fy Lt HW 54464 Docld:322736904 Page 2?
MM 105-6010 CUESTA is a Cuban national who has previously — ” " participated in CIA operations against the present govern- : ‘ment of Cuba. HEMMING and COLLINS are American citizens, / mercenaries and revolutionists, who are not members of any Cuban revolutionary organization, but are in constant. _ MM 639-S states that LA BORDE claims to know ~ the location of a CIA warehouse in Key West, Florida, where arms are stored, and LA BORDE plans to. burglarize : = this warehouse later. Informant advised that on April 21, : 1962, LA BORDE, HEMMING and COLLINS went to Key West, re ./and on their return, claimed to have seen the CIA warehouse’ 7 --and said it was full of all types of arms and ammunition, ~~ “Ras only one night watchman, and they think they could -burglarize it without difficulty: However, they plan to | ‘wait until after they blow up the ship. ¥ (62) /a) a The informant advised that on April 24, 1962, ».to familiarize himself with theaarea and devise a plan. hy , CUESTA has decided to use an aqualung to attach explosiv Sto the ‘Ship. _ .He claims to be an experienced diver sola o : “Informant said that LAgBORDE previously worked - ‘on a subchaser owned by ALBERTO ERNANDEZ, which was of «*\ operational interest to CIA, but has had no action. in the a recent. past. LA BORDE claimed that MAX might overlook LA BORDE ' s burglarization of the CIA ‘warehouse containing = .arms,, if the. destruction of the: ship were seccesscs XL) on ‘April /24, 1962; +ingormant advised that ‘LA. BORDE’ and ‘COLLINS’.on’ that date visited the Pier 3 Le a: ‘of: the’: Miami: Municipal. Docks _ ‘to familiarize. them- elves® ‘with the general’ area..LA BORDE planned to leave. hat: evening» for New. Orleans to bring back-to" Miami: a: ern acht:75"feet. Long. which’ he’ ho ed ould be ‘donated, xe g “Me HW 54464 DBocld: 322736904 Page 3 et Ne ; ; woo contact with | most. Cuban anti- CASTRO organizations in is gO) - CUESTA visited the Pier 3 area of the Miami Municipal docks so yoo