DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI © RECORD NUMBER: — 124-90139-10023 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER: CR 109-12-228-638 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: MM TO: HQ TITLE: © DATE: 05/04/1962 PAGES: 5 SUBJECTS : CIA LIAISON MATERIAL VENEZUELAN POLITICAL ACTIVITIES DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified. RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: —Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 09/28/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : AT v9.1 Docld: 32337896 Page 1 17
DATE: 11-14-2017, ; = , . . . Soe ."; . By PS . { . \ “of -~ 2 - a . ‘ 4 i ° PN. t - wo a. Bt at | Date: 5/4/62 - | i mes 318 GIA IAS NO SECTION 10. Transmit the followin in ——— __—__PLAIN TEXT PIER; . ' (Type in plain text or code) ~ ae — . — Ve seu SMATIONE AIRTER ATR MAIL, a — carver f . N ibs WY sive. KP N-Y-F) | : ; riority or Method o ailing a oe worennnnnnsn ccs cccnaca na thes sense see oe ore L Sud [sh TO; | DIRECTOR, FBI | FROM; ‘sac, MIAMI (105-1 729) (Pon | RE: . VENEZUELAN POLITICAL ACTIVITIES _ MATTERS \. vo (CREATION OF NEW POLITICAL GROUP OF x we PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS MEN IN VENEZUELA) | bord, ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED = ee ee “lassi ty 2zesanold, HERE LAS UNCLASSIFIED EXCEPT ood 7 age Noms VAG WRERE SHOWN OTHERWISE, oo, Np. e MiLet to Bureau, 4/16/62, captioned: COMMUNIST PARTYSOF VENEZUELA - IS VENEZUELA, Bufile g nn | hea Transmitted herewith are eleven copies of | a letterhead memorandum, dated and captioned as . ove ' ; mM T-1 is former HAV= 4, resident of Venezuela ,* ; } President of Pan American Protective Association. The. ; ‘Bureau is familiar with the ory, reliability and | (Y : S loyalty of this informant. PAS oe Papr He had set up a branch company of his ’ m Detective and Armored Car Service in Venezuela in — ( OK & 1958, prior te the fall of BATISTA in Cuba. He made ys) jf CO ie € Agthtiee O “Yeu KO Que a 5/ ‘Bureau (Encl. bad 11). (AM = RM)y 3 REC. 40 fine WZ, 3 dy wnat 62 - New York (Encl. = 1) (info) isd May NA Icy 5-22 © . 1 - San Juan | (Encl. - 1) (info) (AM = RM) a Git oe reg 3 = Miami (2 + 105-1729 3 42. | | (1 > oe gl , OF A ee jon 25 apie ; Oy a a 2 me 9 wr ik 4 cur pez bis py _ Per Doclda: 32337896 Page 2? Fleased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of (997 (44 Usct FiIvr"sote) .
* \ jeleased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination DATE: 11-14-2017. > Sos a VA \w/ ‘MM 105-1729 tot ‘ ee ee ee Segra mag ald so vo FG monthly trips from Cuba to Venezuela in 1959 and fled UU» Cuba in about April, 1960, when CASTRO sought his arrest. PRY) a i Dg taba Bb BE ‘He came to the United States just in time to join the invasive forces in March, 1961, but the attempted invasion of Cuba failed before his boat arrived at the Bay of the Pigs, Cuba. He then returned ‘to. Venezuela, and stated that with or without pay, he | would help the FBI whenever and wherever possible AVY The enclosed memorandum is classified "CONFIDENTIAL" as its contents have not been released to anyone up to this point, and in order not to jeo- Come pardize sources of continuing value .Say/ Former HAV-4 told his Venezuelan business associates and friends that the FBI has no jurisdiction in Venezuela, whereas CIA does. However,. the group declared they have no confidence in CIA, and will not deal with them or the United States Embassy because of Sy lack of confidence. §8)(W) . The group wants to send one or two men to Miami, for instructions on how to combat Communism effectively. HAV-4 was told we could give no help . . 4 on this problem. He stated he had thought as much, and if we were unable to actually instruct, one or two top men of the organization would like to simply know that they would be welcome in the Miami Office on a short visit to furnish data and discuss problems of mutual interest. a0) - . HAV-4 was told by Supervisor HOWARD R. ALBAUGH and SA EDWIN L, SWEET that the Bureau would f welcome a visit to the Miami Office of any Venezuelan $&) = 2 i . . { a — PO ania TITEL i ‘ ba 4 DEH be Docld: 32337896 Page 3
[Meleased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC 2107" Rote) “DATE: 11-14-2017, . . . a MM 105-1729 officers, or knowledgeable Venezuelan business men, friends of former HAV-4, and would accept any informa- tion they cared to offer; however, we could not request that they make such a visit, or engage in any activities on. our behalf, nor could we give them, any advice. (O(iL) HAV-4 stated he would not be one of the visitors in the event anyone does come, as he has ; to be careful not to be classified as too much of a ' "Yankee lover," or attempting to control or direct |. the group's activities. He stated he only offered to - act on this one occasion as a go-between for the group, and otherwise remains outside the group. In this way, he appears to the group as impartial, and so far, is consulted by all sides in. this group whose ideas might conélict (YG , | HAV=4 stated at. first that the enclosed faterial was not for dissemination to anyone outside the Bureau. He said, however, prior to departure from Miami, that he would place no restrictions en the _ Bureau's good judgment in deciding what, if any, portion. of this data should be disseminated. He preferred that none of it get back to Venezuela,. and stated his entree to the group, and general prestige in Venezuela will be seriously impaired if members of the American Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela begin to discuss this organization with Venezuelans, as its very existence is a closely guarded secret at this time. (W _ Whether this unnamed organization ever becomes a real factor in the political life of Venezuela and Latin America remains to be seen, but at least it is a remarkably unique organization, and the Bureau has, through the enclosed memorandum, a complete description = 3 - Docld: 32337896 Page 4
Pleased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records ‘CoLlection Act ot 1997 (42 Ust Fioy Hotey. DATE: 11-14- 2017 . * ‘ 7 , : ‘ . aN C; ; \ 7 MM 105-1729 * of its structure, organization, and aims, which are ————— data not even available to the Venezuelan Government, feta ' insefar as is known. Former HAV-4 furnished the following names of the leaders of the group, and stipulated before revealing them that they are not for release outside the Byreau: l. EOUARDG ROLANDO = Comision de Fomento, TOVEETIENt Committee to Develop: Leona is . Sr rr 2, LUIS. ENRIQU SNUNEZ = Aceite Branca UBY(L) ~~ (otis, Banco dé la Republica, lawyer, OT officer of these companies. ~~~. 3. CARLOSXRANGEL, Maderator head of Press, 4. Dr. -, FRANCISCO JOSEAYERRERAMUQUE, pSychia- 7 tnist, Central University of Venezuela. 5, GEORGE’ MALDONADO B.; former U.S. “citizen, - Director, First National City Bank. The group is organizing in Peru, “Ecuador, and Nicaragua at this time. The Cuban delegation small, is represented by LEO NCMIR, CARLOS 1 and Dr. ROBERNYTLLA. Yay As the Bureau is aware, former HAV-4 is a long time personal friend of Legal Attache CLARK D.° ~ ANDERSON. He suggested it would be feasible to meet, on a very discreet basis, a representative from the Legal Attache's Office, Mexico City, in Venezuela, and furnish him data, or place him in contact with any. leader of the group he might desire to meet personally. HAV-4 was told this suggestion RY also be submitted to the Bureau for consideration o4e Docld: 32337896 Page 5
|) Reheaged under the Jo F. Kennedy Assazsination Records one 11-14-2017 ; . Se Ca a ., MM 10551729) gin Ly ar os) 3 ; . @ ce Former HAV-4 visited SA EDWIN L. SWEET on | ‘ Easter Sunday, April 22, 23, and on April 24, 1962, he met with SAs JOHN R. BARRON and EDWIN L. SWEET. He paid a brief visit to the Miami Office, where he met SAC WESLEY G. GRAPP, and discussed Venezuelan matters with Supervisor HOWARD R. ALBAUGH. e returned to Venezuela on April 25, 1962.Q&) Ww) Translations from the Spanish were made by Miami Translator ELEANORE M, SCHOENBERGER. "> Docld: 32337896 Page 6