so 7 Date:08/12/93 Page:1 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY : WC RECORD NUMBER : 179-40003-10375 RECORDS SERIES 09: PENA, OREST AGENCY FILE NUMBER : co /¢s39C DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR : FBI FROM : TO TITLE DATE : 09/18/64 PAGES : 8 _ SUBJECTS PENA, OREST DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION : U RESTRICTIONS : REFERRED CURRENT STATUS : P DATE OF LAST REVIEW : / / OPENING CRITERIA COMMENTS ALSO NO 105-1926; P. 1-7 PLUS 1 UNNUMBERED; BOX FO5 HW 50529 DocId: 32210920 Page 1
“~ Commission . FD-204 (Rev. 3-2859) es ae : a No. ISBT a _ UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 4 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION f Other Individuals and Organizations - x Reneas, OAL _ Copy to: 1 - Immigration and Naturalization Service, SFERET Involved or Interviewed -- New Orleans, Louisiana (REGISTERED MAIL) Repotioh SA. WARREN.C.. DE BRUEYS Office: Date: . September 18, 1964 Field Office FileNo: “NO 105-1926 SO Bureau File Nous ~ Tiths . } : OT" ALL tHFOReaF TOW Teen NEW ORLEANS G-6-89 EXCEPT WHERE SHOWN vlassified by SCS SOL / yl VTHERWISE Character: INTERNAL SECURITY ~ CUBA — Synopsis: ' Military records re Subject.reveal he was Declassif pli: on: QADR COO Gas Cb [MS qe BAR Leer uct into the U. S. Army 1/28/49 at New York, N. Y., and. Served on active duty until 1/27/50 on which date he waS honorably discharged from active duty and transferred to U. S. Army Reserve. Corps until 6/12/54 when he waS honorably discharged. Subject validated for emergency service in U. S. Merchant - Marine and issued Merchant Marine Document # -Z~1068920. Merchant Marine records for subject for period 2/55 through 10/57 set fort identification record set forth. received from confidential source h. Subject's Information abroad re subject's past travel in Europe fails to reflect any pertinent contacts made by subject during su The person. who allegedly made the ch travel. allegation on which this investigation was based, namely, that Subject. in the past planned to travel to Europe and Moscow, ' advised that he has been unable to develop any information to change source’s opinion that. Subject is anti-CASTRO. ~ ; GROUP 1 ‘DETAILS: . | declasyift A review of the military service records on file ‘ ferom automatic at the Military Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Missouri, for ORESTES FARNICIO PENA, Serial Number 51 061 050, indicated he. was inducted inte the U. S. Army on January 28, y 1949 at New. York, New York, and served on, active\duty until Lo _danuary 27, 1950, at which time he was honorably. released from This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions ne FBI. It is the property of WW 50529) DoclId: 322710920 Page 2 its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and
HW 50529 NO 105-1926 _ WCD: jas active duty as a Private at Fort Benning, Georgia, and was transferred to the U. S. Army Enlisted Reserve Corps where he served in an inactive status until June 12, 1954 receiving an honorable discharge by reason of completion of his mili-. tary obligation. Records failed to reflect any foreign Service, awards, ‘citations, or decorations, His. character and efficiency ratings ranged from unknown to excellent and there is no record of courts-martial or absence without official. leave. At. Washin ton, D.C. The following information was obtained from a review of Merchant Marine personnel file pertaining to OREST PENA obtained from Miss LUCILE R. SCHILDER , Super- visor, Merchant Vessel Personnel Records and Welfare Branch: On August 3, 1954, at Port of New York, New York City, Orestes Farnicio Pena, 223 West 195th. Street, New York: City, executed an application for a United States Merchant Mariner's Document. On this application, Orestes Farnicio Pena showed he was born August 15, 1923, at Colon, Cuba, was holder of a Cuban paSSport, number 16583, issued ‘June. 23, 1949, by the Department of Immigration, Havana, Cuba, also waS in possession of United States Immigration and Naturali- zation alien registration card, number A-6434157. He requested a Merchant Mariner's Document endorsed for duty aS an Ordinary Seaman, Wiper and Messman. He was validated for emergency service and on November 2, 1954, was issued United States Merchant Mariner's Document, number Z-1068920. He was . described as a white male, five feet eight inches tall, weight. 140 pounds, black hair, brown eyes and wearing a muStache. His Social Security Number was Shown as being number 068-24-0156. His next of kin was identified as his wife, Paula Pena, at 223 West 105th Street, New York City. On May 19, 1955, Pena was issued Merchant Mariner's ~2- ‘SECRET Docld:327109270 Page 3
NO 105-1926 ' WCD: jas Date of , Shipment Place Name of Vessel if ECR % J a’, ‘Date. Dis- charged . cl Place Rating * 9/21/56 New Orleans, Sue Lykes 12/3/56 New Orleans, Louisiana Louisiana Ordinary Seaman _ 12/8/56 New Orleans, Yaque 12/20/56 New York Ordinary. ‘Louisiana ' City Seaman 12/21/56 New York " Yaque 1/7/57 Mobile, Ordinary City Alabama Seaman 1/7/57 - Mobile, Yaque 1/23/57 Mobile, Ordinary Alabama Alabama Seaman 1/26/57 New Orleans, Yaque 2/28/57 New Orleans Ordinary Louisiana Louisiana Seaman 3/1/57 New Orleans, Yaque 3/15/57 Baltimore, Ordinary Louisiana Maryland _. Seaman 3/25/57 New Orleans, Drake 6/7/57 New Orleans Able - LouiSiana Victory Louisiana Bodied 6/30/57 Houston, Jean 7/10/57 Galveston, Able. ' Texas Lykes Texas. ' Bodied - , . Seaman _ 7/11/57 Houston, Gibbes 7/26/57 Houston, Able ‘ Texas Lykes Texas Bodied a , -Seaman 7/27/57 Houston, Gibbes 8/20/57 New Orleans Able Texas ~ Lykes oe Louisiana Bodied Seaman 10/25/57 Ostrica,. Gulf 10/31/57 Philadel- Ordinary , Louisiana Flight -phia, Seaman “Pennsylvania ~4— ia CRE Page 5 HW 50529 § Docld: 32210920
NO 105-1926 WCD: jas N Voyages beginning on June 3, 1955, June 22,. 1955, January 5, 1956, and October 25, 1957, were coastwise; — all other. voyages were to foreign ports. Note: ERO OI OO I IORI GIR I a aK AK OK 2 ok ok | Set out below is the Identification Record pertain- ing to OREST PENA: CONTRIBUTOR OF _ NAME & ARRESTED CHARGE DISPOSITION | _FINGERPRINTS NUMBER | OR_ REC’ D_ ae Army Oreste Farnicio 1-28-49 Pena — NY NY #US 51 061 050 ‘USINS~AR Orestes F. Pena FP #6434157 | 1-18-53 USCG Orestes Farnicio FP. oe Pena 8-3-54 #Z USCG Orest Pena FP a #Z-1068920 5-18-55 =5- CC Ois ET HW 50529 Docld:322710920 Page 6
a sae . “WOn?9g52926 On July 9, 1964, NO T-1, a confidential source abroad, revealed that subject resided at ‘the Grand Hotel, 2 rue Scribe, Paris 9, from May 6-12, 1964. . Source advised that since that date he has no longer been present in the Paris, France area. Source addéd that Subject is unknown to the records of the. various services of the Prefecture of Police “in Paris. During his brief stay in Paris he did not come to the attention of the French authorities. (5) On July 20, 1964, NO T-2, a confidential source abroad, revealed that subject arrived in Madrid, Spain, on ' May 12, 1964 at Barajas Airport (Madrid).. He took up oo residence at the Hotel Plaza, Madrid, where he remained until May 22, at which time he departed from the hotel. His destination was unknown but it was believed that he had left Spain at that time. Source advised that Subject did not come to security notice during his stay in Spain. Spanish records reflected that he was the bearer of U. S. passport #92577 issued to him in Washington, D. C. on June 25, 1963. He arrived in Spain under the auspices’ of the American Express — Company Travel Agency. (S) . - Also on July 20, 1964, NO T-3, a confidential Source abroad, revealed Substantially the same information Supplied by confidential source NO T-~2. Instant source added, however, that Spanish records reflected that Subject was born August 15, 1923 in the United States and that his permanent place of reSidence was listed by him as New Orleans, Louisiana.( < ) ; Confidential informant NO T-4, a confidential Source abroad, advised as follows on August 7, 1964 u) | oe ORESTES PENA, born August 15, 1923, in Cuba> a United States citizen, arrived at. Fiumicino Airport, Rome, Italy, on Trans World Airlines flight number 900 On May 22, 1964, coming from Madrid, Spain. PENA bore Passport number D-092577, issued at Washington, D. C., on June 25, 1963. While in Rome, PENA lodged at. the Hotel -Commodoro. u fl fea ! f i one A ns oe HW 50529 DBocld:32210920 Page 7
HW 50529 2) NO 105-1926 .WCD: jas PENA departed Rome at 1:20 PM on May 27, 1964, on Alitalia flight number AZ~222 enroute to Frankfurt, Germany, from where he was to continue on Air France flight number 370, to Berlin, Germany. While at his hotel in. Rome, he is’ not known to have had contact of any sort and gave the impression that he was merely traveling as a ' tourist. At New Orleans, Louisiana . On September 10, 1964, GUILLERMO FIALLO, 2003. Laurel Street, an employee of A-Z Paper. Company, 630. South Front Street, New Orleans, advised as follows: _FIALLO, it is to be noted, is the source of the original allegation on which this investigation was based, namely, that subject had some time ago planned to travel to Europe and Moscow. FIALLO advised on Septem- ber 10, 1964, that since he was last interviewed by an Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on July 6,. 1964 he has endeavored to determine. subject's sympathies - z regarding FIDEL CASTRO. Source advised that he has had close contact with the Subject in the past and has seen him several times since July 6, 1964, however, he did state that he has not had too close a contact with the Subject during the last 30 days. FIALLO stated that he has endeavored in his contacts with the Subject and with other persons who are known to the subject to ascertain whether the Subject could possibly be pro-CASTRO or perform any activity on ; behalf of CASTRO. FIALLO stated that after all of his efforts he still retains his original firm belief that the subject is definitely anti-CASTRO and added that he has learned nothing that would cause him to believe that Subject was anything . but anti-CASTRO, : * ~T~ rol DoclId: 32210920 Page &