AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : 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 JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-90158-10021 HQ CR 105-193849-13 Document Information FBI MM HQ 06/19/1970 Pe) JAMES MELVILLE HART LUIS POSADA PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Confidential 1B; 4 Redact 12/08/1998 INDEFINITE, APPROVAL OF CIA MEMO HW 45924 DocId:32340364 Page 1 Date: 6/17/201
$e oo ", UNITED STATES of hemencr SO Memorandum CONDE Tiny | TO . DIRECTOR, FBI (105-193849) DATE: JUN 1 9 1970. a a " ASR 2? 7 Loe Kf . rey 2 OX; | SAC, MIAMI (97-518) (C): ALL IMPOSE At ray CONTATHED “ ht 2c "etary aines —_ \ / StBjEcTIO zx 2 S S$ JAMES MELVILLE HART CilERWisE ae © x G P REGISTRATION ACT - VENEZUELA; Ce Os vo INTERNAL SECURITY ~ VENEZUELA LFS”. wo. MIAMT ) a Es 2eks VS ASER Re Miami letter to Bureau, February 20, 1970, Go} \Y Barz _ : Ze Enclosed are 9 copies for Bureay and one copy OS for Jacksonville of LHM setting forth current information * Te subject, One Copy of this LHM is being disseminated y locally to U.S. Customs, Miami, and U. S. Customs, Region IT. hy . na The LHM is Classified "SECRET - No FOREIGN =e “ ‘} DISSEMINATION" Since it contains information from CIA O23 5) g§ So Classified. U OV ANTON re BRAIONG OX, C7 CLASSIFIE wm 7-1 (era ]@u) oe ciassiry ones MM T-2 JOSEPH EUGENE HOLNESS , JR,, ae 711 Pinetree Lane, Lake Clark Shores, pARLonies nade West Palm Beach, Florida, who re- quested his identity be Protected olGor review a: PBIEQ by with respect to certain information " furnished by him. OTHER 4 A pag, CSfaafy BG ERO [ Key Source ~ Cuban The following sources were contacted negatively : re subject on the dates indicated: RO {G2 Y G oo /3 -\. Source ( ) Dat Agent Contacting N= = J former mM {13804s 10g VINCENT 5, WARGER % Nw @ ris . . = “> V § t's 8 (2) ~ Bureau (Enc, - RM) Sma = S&S 1 - Ja sonvi . o4 CIAsShate 4s Wray a JUN 22 1979 Ay 5010-108 -04 or HW 45924 Docld:32340364 Page-2———-_______
CONFIDENT yay MM 97-518 Source 0) Date of contact Agent Contacting Source wate of contact _ Agent Contactin MM AC 1/14/70 VINCENT J, WARGER y Oa 6/3/70 OTHER 4 1/14/70 WILLIAM E, DOWLING 5/27/70 1/14/70 " 5/27/70 Gulls $O) 1/15/70 JOSEPH P, MC CANN 6/10/70 ; c) Xi (1115 sk) 1/12/70 JOHN E. MC HUGH a 6/8/70 6/8/70 | /8/ (im (1266 s$-&) 1/12/70 SAMUEL W. JONES Former MM 776-S 1/9/70 PETER J, NERO OTHER 4 1/13/70 JOSEPH C, BALL D 6/10/70 faui[ 2109 s}G) 1/19/70 ROBERT G, STRONG XK) this LHM as having knowledge of attempts by HART, ORLANDO GARCIA, and LUIS POSADA to obtain firearms in the Miami area for use of the insurgen la. VILLAR furnished OTHER 4 this information el key source - Cuban, following VILLAR's arres on feder charges on 1/15/70. a VILLAR at this time indi ated that [BosaDa had told him he was working for CIA and) hat CIA iS“aware of these firearms) purchases. This inforfi tion was immediately furnished to both U. S. Customs and CIA, Miami, No interview has been conducted with VILLAR by Miami inasmuch as he is on bond on federal charges and the information furnished by him concerns arms smuggling which is under the primary jurisdiction of Customs, Additionally, 2. t,t pehpir st CARMEN THRE NW 45924 DocId:32340364 Page 3 a
MM 97-518 this conceivably could involve a CIA Operative. ASAC STANLEY SCHACHTER , . 3Enforcement< Section, U. Ss, Customs, Miami, advised that Customs was conducting investigation into_this-matter. ~Hé was firnished VILLAR's name and address and has been kept apprised of information fur- nished to the Miami source by VILLAR. Additionally, SCHACHTER fis aware of POSADA's CIA connections an indi cated he ld attempt to determine from CIA the @xtent $ CIA involvement, if any, in this activity. All information available to Miami has been fur- nished to U. Ss. Customs locally. Since the allegations principally concern matters within primary jurisdiction of U.S. Customs, Miami is conducting no additional investiga- tion, UACB. It is noted Jacksonville previously requested Bureau authority to interview STANLEY HARRIS under the HARRIS caption, Unless interview of HARRIS developes information concerning HART contrary to that obtained in enclosed LHM, it will not be necessary for Jacksonville to report this information under the HART caption, a HW 45924 Docld:32340364-—Page—4 — —__.___