"Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 Us 3107 Hote). - DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System Date: §/21/201 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: = 124-90102-10155 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: CR 100-409452-7 ; Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: HAV TO: HQ TITLE: , DATE: 06/14/1954 PAGES: 4 SUBJECTS : MAX LESNICK. DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: Redact “ DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 08/11/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE 7 COMMENTS : INC AIRGRAM ‘» v9.1 20 Docld: 32332508 Page 1
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 Sc 3107 Note}. © DATE2*11-TE=2017 ne ee ne a as Sew a Office Memorandum ¢ UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT » Director, FBI (100-409452) -DATE\\ June 14, 1954 ‘Havana, Cuba TO WW rnow : Legal Attache, Havana, Cuba (100-368) - . at vy POPUIAR LEGION OF COOPERATION OF THE . qe AY'"{ FREE PEOPLES OP TATTN-AMERTCA CLASS: oor" 02 | aor? Oh ok, INTERNAL SECURITY — C & MEX Or 4 5°": ery pATB O f EF) ak _ 5 } Rebulet 3-15-54 to the Director, Office of Security, Department S23 j \ | of State. : SING ! \y Through established sources such as the Cuban Army SIM and the 2: i ; _ Bureau of Investigations of the Cuban National Police, this office made aise 5 of hed ot pagal concerning subject organization and has found no evidence re is aR ; NE Us ny sort of recruiting campaign being carried on in Cuba as such. es 4 Ba Following the large scale publicity regarding the landing of = 7 \some $10,000,000 worth of arms by a boat called the ALFHEM in Guatemala, —~ ; ! N, & free lance newspaperman in Havana, advised that the¥®ederacion Estudiantil Universitaria (FEU), the student organization in Havana University, had set up a table at the University to sign up volunteers to vs QAUBF -help Guatemala defend her sovereignty; however, this appeared to be more of a gesture on the part of the FEU with no intention of anyone going to Guatemala, ; ~ b STWR AMRIT dae the: That there is a definite tie-in between gome elements of the FEU and Guatemala is demonstrated by the following: Tole ; On May 25, 1954, a source at the Bureau of Investigations ; advised confidentially that a tap is being maintained on the telephone of the FEU and that in this connection on May 22, 1954, at 1:15 P.M. the following telephone call from the FEU telephone was intercepted. a A Cx) Bet SSOL revi ~ Cne CARBONELL (identified by source as MA NOLITO:CARBONELL of the FEU Press Committee) called the Guatemalan Embassy and spoke with Dr. MONTENEGRO. CARBONELL advised the latter that the "acto™ had just been finished and it was very pretty and that the Guatemlan flag was then N floating over the Escalinata of the University. He asked MONTENEGRO if aN it would be possible to send a photographer and was assured that one would be sent at once. CARBONELL then asked MONTENEGRO about the possibility of seeing him at 8:00 o'clock, \and MONTENEGRO replied that he would be waiting for them at that hour. O O-YOPR YS a- 7, The Dr. MONTENEGRO mentioned above is wnbcsofernerh NTENEGRO, Guatemalan Ambassador to Cuba. READ NES ¢ Ls a ee 2 : * no ‘ “eof gmp gorse ‘og ee ’ 3 SED ee About the end of February, IYDEXED:32., Ledyfomite Pro-Guategala, Efad? oAbBii zed in Havana; however, this committee st Gbigned to u make favorable propaganda f : la, especially in connes ght wd BE —_? cas uns Lint fg wrx os | ff ~J mack. KE LNG eg ewad V3/2 okies a £3 oS Sfeg wn Docld: 323325058 Page 2?