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 ; AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : JFK Assassination System Date: 4/29/201 Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-90106-10054 HQ 105-117222-144 Document Information FBI MM HQ DECLASSIFIED Pepartment of State wuidelines, July 21, Date: wO-1z2-2017 10/22/1963 3 COMANDO L JOHN THOMAS DUNKIN PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4 Redact 08/03/1998 INDEFINITE TT 12 HW 54463 Docld:32333198 Page 1
fh Callahan a \ - * Tolson Ly Belmont a Mohr 3 Casper f 7 Conrad PfbeLoach f i § 7 » a i i Herons. | A ——- ! O P Y weit Y Tivel ‘ Lena Tele, Reon , Gandy = Dea ssi on: ORDO. ese” «GENT 10-22-63 2:50 AM EST PUR aye TO DIRECTOR | pee eye pene FROM SAC MIAMI 212100 . poe CRowanoos L, IS = CUBA, RA - CUBA, NM. ye - REBUAIRTEL TO MIAMI OCTOBER, 17, 1963. f MM 639-S, WHO HAS FURNISHED RELIABLE INFORMATION IN THE -PAST, DURING OCTOBER, 1963, HAS MAINTAINED CLOSE CONTACT WITH SANTIAGO ALVAREZ RODRIGUEZ, HEAD OF COMANDOS L. _ON_. OCTOBER 1b» INFORMANT ADVISED COMANDOS L BOAT, THE "SILVIA," SMF-YE A 50 FOOT MOTOR VESSEL, HAD LARGE SUPPLY OF FOOD AND GASOLINE TO AMATO :#. ABOARD AND WAS READY TO LEAVE AT ANY TIME FOR THE BAHAMAS ORS Sic /S | SJi | CUBA. ALVAREZ WAS DESPERATELY TRYING TO BUY ADD|TIONAL an NJi ARMS AND WOULD DEPART IN IMMEDIATE FUTURE. (SVU) af fe oe | PNG ON OCTOBER 12, ALVAREZ CONTACTED MIAMI OFFICE AND SAID GUYS | J. : HIS GROUP HAD A BASE ON A KEY LOCATED ALONG THE NORTH SHORE * @8 |) 8 (Xi OF CUBA. ARMS ARE STORED ON THIS KEY AND. THREE MEN ARE Se 2 2 ey: STATIONED THERE TO GUARD THE ARMS, THERE IS A RADIO < pig S Baap TRANSMITTER THERE WHICH COMMUNICATES WITH COMANDOS L IN oe 3G MIAMI, SINCE HURRICANE FLORA HIT CUBA ON OCTOBER 4, 1963, (hg NO FURTHER RADIO COMMUNICATIONS HAVE BEEN HEARD FROM THIS KEY, (ee U REC 103 QS BAAS. fig ALVAREZ SAID COMANDOS L ALSO HAS A BASE OF OPERATIONS - IN THE BAHAMAS, HE REQUESTED PERMISSION FOR THE MV SILVIA : TO DEPART FROM MIAMI WITH GASOLINE AND FOOD FOR THE BASE Nuc: | THE CUBAN KEY. HE SAID IF THE CUBAN KEY WAS NO LONGER SECURE THEY WOULD MOVE EQUIPMENT STORED THERE TO THEIR BASE #N MBE 6 196: BAHAMAS. | ALVAREZ INVITED Us, S. GOVERNMENT TO CHECK THEASYLVIA ane rah , Q Gio ent ani Vek anor aaa areal} nN SOE —— en \ NOG ‘. H * om) - Dectassity/ om E pe 2 Tero | cod va ae en ',* Qs of JOT -s1 9% ~ If the intelligence contained in the above message is to be disseminated outside the Bureau, it is suggested that it be suitably n paraphrased in order to protect the Bureau’s cryptographic systems. HW 54463 DBocld:32333196 Page 2?
/ i ~ - Tolson K Belmont Mohr Casper Callahan _ anion fea Rosen Sullivan ne yp: Tavel DECODED COPY “AIRGRAM (CCABLEGRAM CiRADIO  &X-TEDETYPE |=" Holmes aa ; % 423 tRev, 4-17-63), e > . PAGE THREE FROM MIAMI 212100 THREE 20 MM CANNONS, CUSTOMS ALSO SEIZED THE MV SILVIA IN THE MIAMI RIVER, THE | SILVIA CONTAINED OVER 1,000 GALLONS OF EXTRA GASOLINE AND A : LARGE QUANTITY OF FOOD AND WATER, THE SILVIA WAS SCHEDULED TO LEAVE MIAMI OCTOBER 21 AT DAWN, CUSTOMS SAID IT APPEARED COMANDOS L PLANNED TO MOVE THE MEN BY ONE BOAT, BOMBS AND EXPLOSIVES BY A SECOND, ARMS AND AMMUNITION BY A THIRD, AND SUPPLIES BY A FOURTH BOAT, | CUSTOMS AND MM 639 S BELIEVE THAT THE SEIZURE OF THESE FOUR BOATS AND THE EQUIPMENT HAS ABOUT ENDED COMANDOS L RAID POTENTIAL FOR SOME TIME TO COME, z(u LHM FOLLOWS « ae io RECEIVED: :25 AM — EFH-HL ! 2° 7M. Leitbeind | Sa > a oa . ergs X a ~y Ad . : If the intelligence contained in the above message is to i @ disseminated outside the Bureau, it is suggested that it be suitably paraphrased in order to protect the Bureau’s cryptographic systems. | MW 54463 Docld:32333198 Page 3