JFK Assassination System Date: 5/7/2015 Identification Form Agency Information Released under the John AGENCY : FBI . Kennedy RECORD NUMBER: . 124-90076-10065 Lssassination Records Ollection Act of 1992 RECORD SERIES: HQ (44 USC 2107 Note). ase#: NW 54460 Date: AGENCY FILENUMBER: CR 105-75110-10 HOo-o3-2017 Document Information “ORIGINATOR: FBI ‘FROM: MM TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: = 11/19/1959 * PAGES: 6 SUBJECTS : MANUEL JOAQUIN DIAZ MARCOS DIAZ LANZ DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Secret RESTRICTIONS: 1B; 1C;4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: | 07/06/1998 OPENING CRITERIA : INDEFINITE COMMENTS : MEMO —eeeeee Cn — v9.1 HW 54460 DBocld:323276550 Page 1
bos ia - : ws “ORTICTHAI? FORM NO, 10 a o we $010—104~-01 UNITED STATES «vVERNMENT | ‘Memorandum. | BOR PPS : DATE: vO * DIRECTOR, FBI (105- 73120) November 19, 1959 TL UMFORMATION CONTALNED to , a IN IS UNCLASSIFIED EXCEPS | SAC, MIAMI (134- 368) WHERS SHOWN OTHERWISE. 7" SUBJECT: . 6 a MANUEL” JOAQUIN “DIAZ, a 400° 2 A hg , PSI - CUBA ssified Ay 22 Dcess oi OAR Re Bureau letters dated 9/8/59, and 10/14/59; and report of SA WILLIAM A. WIGHTMAN, dated 8/6/59, at Miami. ™ “Shc ho. : On November 4, 1959, DIAZ advised SA WILLIAM A. D . Nera WIGHTMAN that he returned to Havana, Cuba, on September 23, 3» | MV “a / 1959, and tendered his resignation as a Lieutenant in the- Yel | Cuban. Revolutionary Air Force (FAR), to JU IDA, , Chiefj of FAR. DIAZ stated he resigned because he did not | we vi ‘desire to live in Cuba under the present regime, that he Wf -@ PL did not want to be a member of any military unit of the Ow | . & \~cuban Government, and that he is a United States citizen Nom ! \/-| ~ and prefers to reside in the United States and to do nothing g i &which would jeopardize his citizenship. DIAZ stated that ead during his tenure as a member of FAR, he was assigned to a ‘yf perform various investigative duties, both in Cuba and the. fa YS! United States. bb Be While in the United States on behalf of the Cuban om ' 2@% Government, he did not wear a military uniform and he made a | »e9 Little or no attempt to conceal his presence in the United G | XY States. DIAZ said that he is currently employed as the — ae Assistant Station Manager of Cubana Airlines at the Miami - 5 International Airport, Miami, Florida,/ which position was S< approved py cmeeny = former. Cuban Consul General in Miami ,/*% who is presently the Governnentat Supervisor of all™ Ne : Cubana Airlines! ‘SK KL) b4 va “t 2S ovo oF 4 Af oO Sf eo ce ‘ Lf /d . , * . arene 2 -) Bureau (RM | Ge Burea (RM) 86 NOV 23 1959 | | a - 105- 1734) gb ome . | A tes HW 54460 Docld:32326550 Page 2?
MM 134-368 DIAZ said that his original purpose in the United States on behalf of the FAR was at the direction of JUAN ORTA, Secretary in charge of the Prime Minister's Office. ORTA told. him to establish contact with the FBI and U. S. Customs: for the purpose of cooperating with those agencies regarding: the activities of BATISTA exiles and anti-CASTRO elements in the United States. This operation was to be with the complete approval of both Cuban and United States authorities and was to_bé completely overt. £DIAZ stated that .at one time [RAMIRO/VALDEZ,, Chief of Cuban G- ad =~: discussed the possibility of sending DIER Agents to the United States, but that this proposal. never went beyond the we discussion: stage and to DIAZ's knowledge, no DIER Agents we had been sent to the United Staten = --During the first part of February, 1959, former Cuban Secretary of State ROBERTOYAGRAMONTE , informed’ DIAZ ;» “that he’ was anticipating contact’ with the U. S. State~ Sy -Departmentto make inquiry regarding the status of U. S. Ne citizens who were serving in the Cuban Armed Forces. NS DIZ, said ‘that this was the first and last mission of this subject... However, he informed Agents of the FBI of this intention of AGRAMONTE for the information of the U. S. . Government. — . - DIAZ has on several different occasions voiced a concern as to his status in the FAR and has said that should his position as a Lieutenant in any way possibly jeopardizé’ his citizenship status, he’ would immediately relinquish such position. During the time DIAZ was in the U. S..onbehalf of the FAR, he cooperated fully with the Miami Office of the. FBI and kept this office closely inform -as.to~ development nd activities[within the Cuban crn ) in Miami; as well as within the an military services an gove rment 3 @) Bureau letter dated September 8, 1959, ‘noted that such a statement is vague and that a suceinet summary of — the data’ ‘DIAZ had furnished was desired. HW 54460 DoclId: 3232768550 Page 3