Date:06/27/94 Page:1 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY : SSCIA RECORD NUMBER : 157-10004-10122 RECORDS SERIES : REPORT AGENCY FILE NUMBER : DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR : FBI FROM : DREW, WILLIAM MAYO TO: TITLE : SECOND NATIONAL FRONT OF ESCAMBRAY (SNFE) DATE : 06/21/63 PAGES : 5 Sey SUBJECTS : a” SECOND NATIONAL FRONT OF ESCAMBRAY SNFE ALPHA 66 CUBA ASSASSINATION PLOTS DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION : U RESTRICTIONS : 2, 4, DONOR REST., REFERRED CURRENT STATUS : X DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 06/27/94 OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : box 377 [R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED HW 50529) DoclId:32202011 Page 1
ai | — SSCIBOX # 577- FEDERAL SUREAU OF INVES rIGATION REPORTING OF rice OFFICE OF ORIGIN CATT N21 1969 rersererence MIAMI MIAMI _16/5-15/63 TITLE OF CASE. wian mao my C SECOND NATIONAL FRONT OF... WILLIAM MAYO DREW JM: _ ESCAMBRAY (SNFE ) CHARACTER OF CASE —— (OPERATION ALPHA 66) : IS - RA « CUBA NEUTRALITY MATTERS O: UT P; ‘ Hoag 7 Zz. REVIEWED pyAf,Miam TAK Fone ah) + : a ) RELEASE In FuLT wr ° (0 E RELEASE IN Papy a , aan) © ey POL TOTA, DEMBADS IA HAS NO OBJECTION To WA Ck Wee ‘DECLAS NE MIVOR Wa ote RELEASE CE GHA TE ATION - N THIS DOCUMENT. GMB 2/4 Jou At Chicago, Illinois Hh TAS BOGUME CESEDINS Kee shiid see) “ WL11 contact Northwestern a to locate the account of "ALPHA 66 -. SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE = Chitago (1105-14604) (RMy 2 - Newark (105-13300) (RM) 1 = CIA, Miami (RM) | . 1 - INS, Miami (RM) _ @ JUN 24 1963 1 - U.S. Coast Guard, Miami (RM) 1 - U.S. Customs, Miami (RM) ee (Additional copies next page) . . Dissemination Record of Attached Report a Nototion Agency ee NS TT ayy, wns Request Reed. | __ Copy to: CIA7SKs a -, A: < CLASSIFIED Pete Fwd | d:S”CONTOSi7xES nN : HEREIN 3S YACL FIE How Fwa. aren tot y pare LLL ay Peale b cS UU Uda cigder Q~/e 2 your Corie ani the fhe may not vé uisclosed to Uiauciorized DErSOMe of : ane 4 nel without tie express appreval of the FBI A 4] e /. cd o /- Oi 4 ” \AS “ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HW 50529 DBocld:322702011 Page 2?
7 SSCI BOX # 377- MM 105-6243 COPIES (Continued) Office of Coordinator, Dept. of State, Miami (RM) ONI, Miami (RM) | OSI, 6th District, Robins AFB,.Ga. (RM) ” G-2, Headquarters 3rd Army, Ft. McPherson, Ga. (RM) U.S. Border Patrol, Miami (RM) - Miami (2-105-6243) (1-105~1742) (1-97-406) (1-105-3107) (1-97-327) (1-105-1360) SD et pt pe ps ° the source of funds of the organization, if possible, ag - well as any disbursements in the Chicago area, particu- larly with regard to the purchase of arms, NEWARK yd At Union City or Hoboken, New Jersey 3 vf Will contact the Hudson Trust Company, Union . o City - Hoboken, New Jersey, to locate the account of BRAULIO VILLARREAL, noting that a check in the amount of i $1,600. drawn on this account was deposited to the account of the subject group in Miami. The account number on the photostat of this check, made available in Miami, is not clearly legible, but appears to be 5-07511,. MIAMT oes At Miami, Florida a? es -B- wo COVER PACE 14S HW 50529 DBoclId:322027011 Page 3
oO ~— SSC1BOX # 377- MM 105-6243 ee 1. Will maintain a weekly check on the account | a of SNFE at the Boulevard National Bank. ‘ Oo “2¢ W411 interview ERNESTO DIAZ, 552 N.W. 31st Street, in an effort to obtain any data regarding the . May 19, 1963 raid conducted by the SNFE, Aj 3. Will also locate and interview RENE CRUZ > PEREZ, for the same purpose. 4. W411 consider the advisability of a dis- ereet contact at the Standard Oil Station, 4420 N.W. 7th ° Avenue, to determine if subject group is purchasing gas from that station. y 5. Will consider locating and contacting RAMON GONZALEZ, IGNACIO MARTINEZ and the West Indies Travel Service, for peytinent information regarding activities of , this group. LL: . ADMINISTRATIVE oo ~ Efforts were made to contact DIAZ and CRUZ on June 11 and 12, 1963, with negative results. DIAZ is chviously still working to complete construction of a hull purchased by SNFE, as well as on an older boat with registration FL 8694E, listed to RICARDO CURBELO, member of the SNFE, Miami is checking this address twice daily to verify the continued presence of these boats at that address, and to observe the pro- gress of the work on them. A neighborhood source ,* ‘Sows a SEE, the only non-Cuban in the a C td _ COVER PAGE /4e HW 50529 DBoclId:32202011 Page 4
Seu oti BOX # 577- = MM 105-6243 area, has been developed in an effort to give additional coverage about these boats. quam can view the boats from the rear windows of his house, and has agreed to promptly advise of any indication they are about to be moved, ‘ RICARDO CURBELO is the subject of Miami file 105-6685 and is under investigation for alleged pro- CASTRO connections. . Bureau approval for interview with him has been obtained, and following completion of the interview regarding these allegations, he will be questioned re- garding the above boat and hig activity in the SNFE, an In connection with MM T=4, 7 Bits epescainie vised he has been a long time personal friend and associate of ANTONIO :VECIANA, and that VECIANA ovened the ‘SNFE account through’ personally, said ~=—~ | he is a Cuban national in the United States as a political exile, and said that while hig Sympathies are definitely ‘with this group and their efforts to do something against CASTRO, ha nevertheless, as an officer of the bank, will cooperate fully in furnishing the information available. was formerly an officer with the First National City Bank of New York in its Havana Office for 1] years. This report is classified SECRET ag it contains information from a CIA report so classified. The original FD 302 setting forth information furnished by MM 1-4, <u, 5 maintained in MM 105-6243. Sue -D- COVER PAGE HW 50529 DBocld:32202011 Page 5
SSCl BOX # 377- ~~ MM 105-6243 : INFORMANTS : oo | re “MM T-1 - <a 105-6243-580 Used to document 105-6243-583 Instant report, .page 4 Instant report, page 7 COVER PAGE HW 50529 DBoclId:32202011 Page 6