Date:06/26/94 Page:1 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY : SSCIA RECORD NUMBER : 157-10004-10103 RECORDS SERIES : REPORT AGENCY FILE NUMBER : DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR : FBI FROM : ERRION, THOMAS H. . TO: TITLE : ROMARIZ, CASTELL Y VALDEZ ET AL - INTERNAL SECURITY DATE : 02/19/59 PAGES : 6 | SUBJECTS : @ INTERNAL SECURITY - CUBA SP CUBAN NATIONALS ROMARIZ, ALBERTO BLANCO CASTELL Y VALDEZ, OSVALDO ANTONIO DE LA CRUZ MENENDEZ OLITE, ALBERTO C. DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION : U RESTRICTIONS : 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 DBocld:322701992 Page 1
— ¥FD-905 (Rev. ¢-23-#) : a : Sscl 6 ON 377-2 2 a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION a "= ONI, DIO, 6th ND, Charleston, S.C. (RM) - OSI, MacDill AFB, Fla. (RM) : - G-2, Ft. McPherson, Ga. (RM) 1 1 1 Copy to 1 - U. S. Customs, Miami (RM) 1 - INS, Miami (RM) @) Report of SA. THOMAS H. ERRION’ MIAMI Report oe SR Rg Oca FileNumben MIAMI .105-1684 BUREAU 105-74151 Title: ALBERTO BLANCO ROMARIZ; . OSVALDO ANTONIO CASTELL y VALDEZ; ALBERTO CRESCENCIO de la CRUZ MENENDEZ OLITE | malt ae Celvau pokes Characten INTERNAL SECURITY - CUBA MAY z1 1978 Synopsis: mc oo — 2 . DO5 OSVALDO ANERONTD. Cheon UY eng OMB Be ‘yaeseagoow Onur 5 TEI and CA TERE were left a ayManh isla BJ BLANCO returned with HORMEL to Florida. No charges placed by U. S. Customs against Cubans. ALBERTO BLANCO ROMARIZ now captain in the Directorio Revolucionario (DR), a Cuban revolutionary organization, and assigned to Havana, Cuba. . MENENDEZ deported from U. S. to Mexico 12/30/58... Father of CASTELL reported son not in U. S. in November, NATIOX-AL SECUR ITY INFOR Unauthorized Disclosure MATION | aes oo y LLL hae EN Subject to Criminal Sanctiong : DETAILS: “SOWIE, aoe: BETO Sai RENO papehyed . i Aa. pansengere. This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of any kind. It Is the property of the fy end Is a loan to your agency; #t and/or its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. RSE (ad By mere: Oe tas ssily on aaDe f (3¥ic) HW 50529 DoclId:32201992 Page 2
HW 50529 ‘HORMEL fro:r Miami, Florida, by way of Pamp2, - of the Directorio Revolucicnario, DocId: 32201992 MM 105-1684 MM T~3 scdvised that geome A tephaa listed osvares ANTONIO 7 D mix Cuba for tne United States June ll, 1987, and described CaiiELL as ene of these who, because of revolutionary activitics in Cuba, had been forced to seek residence in nnownes ¢ country. Saunt = AP CIAD ‘On Noverber 3s, Maw TA! oth A SED Ta Tea LEUN UO. RIOR that operator of a private aircraft uently ana was in Cayman Island, BWI, NENDEZ, who gave his name as and his neme sadress nee ae per advised ey) WILLIE 70 HORN, CHARLES visited Jazzaica freq accompanied by ALBERTO CRUZ ME BLANCO, his occupation as 2 lawyer. ‘as 1920 Michigan Avenue, Miami, and ANTONIO SUZMAN WA DEzZ, home address, 1918 Scuthwest 3rd Avenue, Miami ie) Gt) SOURCE On November 9, 1958, Sci [°7SRSE. advised that a cache of arms and milit SS had been seized in Cayman Island, PWI, and that the two above individuals had been taken ‘into custcdy and furnishea signed statements admitting that they transported guns witn Florida, and Sic) G-/) On December 30, 1958, ALBERTO CRESCENSIO de la CRUZ MENENDEZ OLITE voluntarily aivised, at Miami, Florida, that he is a Cuban citizen; that ke is a@ member and that he was being the Caicos Islands to Cayman Island deported to Mexico on that date. He said that he hed accompanied ATEERTO BLAtnco, CHARLES WILLIAM HORMEL and OSVALEO ANTONIO CASTELL vy VALDEZ to Cayman Island in October, 1958, and that he end CASTELL mich ea SECRED Page 4
lw 3 fo Bennie O88 REY O ggol oc... 37> - @ MM 105-1684 had remained on Cayman Island while ALBERTO BLANIO returned . to Miami with HORMEL. He stated that BLANCO nad returned : to Cuba subsequently, and had been killed while participating in the fighting on the side of the Cuban rebel forces. _ MENENDEZ said that-he haa never used the name ° BLANCO, but in view of the fact thet he uncerstands no English, 1t was possible that the name Blanco might have entered the conversation and been confused with his name during the interrogation which took Place at Cayman Island. A compérison of the Photograph of the ALBERTO BLANCO mentioned in the "Diario ias Americss" article of June 7, 1957, with MENENDEZ reflected that BLANCO W23 not identical with MENENDEZ. ae MENENDEZ, during his interview, described the “DR as a Cuban revolutionary organization which was formed for the purpose of combating the regime of FULSENCIO BATISTA, with fighting forces under the command of FAURE CHOMON in Cuba. © On December 30, 1958, .LUIS ROBERTO BLANCA FERNANDEZ voluntarily advised sa THOMAS H. ERRION at Miami, Flerida, that he was the Delegate Abroad of the DR, and the person in charge of all DR activity outside of the Island of Cuba. He stated that ALBERTO BLANCO, whe had gore to Grand Gayman “Island, BWI, with MENENDEZ, CASTELL and CHARLES HORMEL in October, 1958, had returned to Cuba shortly. afterward, and had been killed while fighting as a Captain of Troops in the DR forces in Cuba. . On January 5, 1959, ORY ER terns: - Miami, Florida, verified the deportation order and departure: , . Of MENENDEZ for Mexico on December 30, 1958. »* mS for ALBERTO ere agi es Wes See — st Ne wea, Tee made BLANCO ROMARIZ available, and it was noted that he was born in Havana, Cuba, on July 23, 1935. He entered the United States -he RECEIVE) ROM MAY ~. 1975 HW 50529 Docld:327201992 Page 5
MM 105-1684 at. Miami, Florida, September 28, 1954. He listed his Occupation as Student; his address as 1019 Southwest 24th Road, Miami,. Floria,. he furnished his address in Cuba as 609 San Indalecio, Santos Suarez, Havana, Cuba. His description @ppetred ag white~male, age 23, height 5'8", weight 172, nair Black, eyes, brewn, marival status Single, parents LINQ-BLANCO, father, and DOLORES ROMARIZ,, mother, eflected that ALBERTO BLANCO and TONY CASTELL une File r Suerte were nembers of a party which included OMON, whicn had Gone to Cuba to Join the rebel forces of FIDEL CASTRO in February, 1958, Mi stated that the rite contained no ‘information concerning the whereabouts of BLANCO Subsequent to .the notation that his Presence was verified in Cuba in February, 1958, a OSVALDO ANTONIO CASTELL VALD Z, available, which reflected CASTELL was born in Havana, Cuba, February 28, 1932, was a white male, age 26, married, height 5'11", weight 150, hair black, eyes brown, features regular, FBI Number 701098c, Miami Beach Police Department Number A22282 (arrested for larceny May 21, 1955 - dismissed May 25, 1955), parents ANTONI CASTELL and LOUISA-VALDEZ, Miami address on July 3, 1957, 1918 Southwest 3rq Avenue, Yam ; Cuban address 619 Virtudes Street, Havana, - ~ The file further stated that CASTELL entered the € United States as a student June 12, 1957, and was deported | to Nassau October 12, 1957, ahe file further reflects that CASTELL participated in the attack .on the Presidential Palace in Cuba on March 19, 1957, and that CASTELL ‘was one of those who returned to Cuba to Join rebel forces in February, 1958, and was with -5- to, oo. oN MAY <2 1916 HW 50529 DBocld:32201992 Page 6
he 4 ~ ™ a) oo oe SSA Pree . SECRET | TTS: MM 105-1684 Frere FAURE CHOMON and barely escaped “dapture by Cuban Military Intelligence agents. The file also states that he scught safe conduct in the Paraguayan Embassy and left Cuba. It was further mentioned that he was believed to have been involved in the ass3ssination.of Colonel BLANCO Rico, former Director of Cuban Military Intelligence. A memorandum dated November 12, 1958, sets forth information that CASTELL's father, who is in Havana, Cuba, had stated that his son was not in the United States, Uae advised that CASTELL was considered a voluntary departure from the United States on December 17, 1958, based on the above information. \\ : On January 5, 1959, Mr. W. SHANLEY, U. S. Customs, Miami, Florida, advised that CHARLES WILLIAM HORMEL had had three passengers on his trip to Grand Cayman Island, BWI, on October 26, 1958. Mr. SHANLEY identified them as follows: 1. ALBERTO CRESCENCIO de la CRUZ MENENDEZ OLITE 2. OSVALDO ANTONIO CASTELL y VALDEZ, also known as ANTONIO GUZMAN 3. ALBERTO BLANCO ROMARIZ. a N SHANLEY stated that no action was taken by Customs against MENENDEZ or CASTELL, who were left at Cayman by ' HORMEL, or against BLANCO, who supposedly returned to Miami with HORMEL after HORMEL left MENENDEZ and CASTELL. SHANLEY advised that he had heard that CASTELL had been deported and was in Costa Rica, but his files _ contained no information concerning the definite pace of deportation or present whereabouts of CASTELL. MM T-4, a confidential source abroad, advised February 5, 1959, that ALPERTO BLANCO ROMARIZ is a Captain in the DR, presently assigned to Havana, Cuba, anda that he is the ALBERTO BLANCO who flew to Cayman Island with - CHARLES WILLIAM HORMEL in the latter part of 1958. Sa eggivn FROM HW 50529 Bocld:32201992 Page 7