424-10290-10098 v9.1 HY 450953 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 : Doctld: 32306456 JFK Assassination System Date: Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-10290-10098 HQ CR 105-77667-12 & Document Information FBI SAC, MM DIRECTOR, FBI 06/18/1962 8 CC, SECADES, ROLANDO L. CUBELA Y, TRA, ASSOC, BKG, DEFECTING PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Secret 1A; 4 Redact _ 08/31/1998 INDEFINITE, APPROVAL OF CIA INC LHM Page i 4/16/201
FD-%6 (Rev. 12-19-56). = oe , i ‘ is | : FBI, fy i; Date: Transmit the following in AIRTEL JUNT 3198 ALL q HOR (TION CONTAINED (Type in plain text or dod "F ry si E y INCLASSTFIED | AIRMATL REG ISTERED MAIL OF Lal Ve tat nc (Priority or Method of Mailing) f TO; . DIRECTOR, FBI CLASSIF | DECI ven | FROM; SAC, MIAMI (109-471) (P) _ } to “RE; ROLANDO L. mee ¥ SECADES | | ay. cathe oe ae ee vy : ol \ Re: ‘Miami letter to Bureau, 6/7/62. 2.penll ot) F ‘Enclosed for the Bureau are 12 copies of letterhead memorandum suitable for dissemination c ntaining info obtained from MM 761-S, who is MM T-1, and from(CARLOS TEPEDINO,. 98-19-64 Ave, ,. Rego Park, Queens, L. I., N. Y.3} who is = MM T-2, in Letterhead memo . W) O-e The info was furnished on 6/11/62; to SA THOMAS Hi ERRION at Miami, Fla. -MM 76l-S is a lo g- time acquaintance - ae (Cl are friends of CUBELA. | ae . MM 76I=S advised that’ the mother of deceased JOSE > ~ = © ANTONIO” EUHEVARRTA (former head of the Revolutionary RX nal Directory (DR), anti-BATISTA rebel organization) came fromyy % I " —_ \ ell. 4 (6 # Bureaus(Enc 2) (AM) (RM) gag OB Se “a - Legatéyraris) CF 3 Af (L ~ Lpgga) Bern (105-7)) YE ASG (1 = Sea, Madrid (109-20)) pagan . we - L - New@ork (Info) (RM) (Ence1). us te ys -l - Washington’ Field (Info) (RM) i ee yy ° Ll - San Juan (Info) CRM) (Ence ty (3 ° Miami a, v Ped | (2 = 109-471) . ae JUN RE . Ge 1345379 Sub Pay Ri ‘A ? — WES: THE: mbs we yar (Fc oe a b-2- qf oa ; (2), oY oaidien RY , . CL Aor EL ed et a ; a ae A _ by BEV LASOI ONTe ee _ Approved: _ Sent t Pp Special Agent in Charge SEU HY 50953 DBoctd: 32306456 Page 2?
ee a Co aA C a iM Haasan | | _ SECRET | Cuba 6/ 9/ 62, and brought | @ message from CUBELA who" was a” very close ‘friend: of JOSE ANTONIO ECHEVARRIA and associated with him'in the original Directorio. Revolucionario = DR). The message was for[CARLOS- TEPEDINO | CUBELA sent info that he © * g was leaving on 6/10/62, to go to Prague, Czechoslovakia, __ and from there to Helsinki, Finland, where he is to attend | a Socialist (Youth) Congress which he expects will last | until the end of 7/62. After the congress terminates ‘CUBELA sfi(u) plans to go to Paris, France, where he wants|TEPEDINO} to meet him.; CUBELA said that if it is possible to arrange . | matters so that he’can do so, he will not return to Cuba, © and will defect from Cuban Government. (TEPEDINO . d that prior to the receipt of this info, he had made plans to go to Ewurope,leaving 6/22/62. His family has an interest in fa jewelry factory in Milan): u) Italy |(Corletto, Inc.) d some interest in[a jewelry business XX) in Paris:. uj [ZEPEDINO| stated that if he can be of any service paw to the U. S. Government or help CUBELA, he will arrange to be in Paris whenever it is necessary. He said that while there or elsewhere in Europe he can be contacted through . &. ROSENBLATT, 20 iu” Paris, telephone TA 1-17438 .k ( ix_advised that he had been in close Phy ihom he described as formerly being 22 a vec S. Emoassy in Havana] Subsequent to u) Prchcfer tofu. s. sci Mexico City, TEPEDINO |. u) ontact with fartHUR AVIGNON! the Embassy in Havana‘ ve {For the Bureay's “info, eoeate! Legats, Havana, now - ce “in Miami, advised that| |AVIGNONZwere CIA employee yee Xd od “klso from the physica a moneys pears identica | with (Former SA wos _ (TEE galled thet he was in Mexico when CUBELA <2. °", 2 - talked with There *EEPEDIN rior to the arrival of SS 4 Soviet official MIKOYAN. [TEPEDINO Au) remarked that he had «+ \ | i sae -SECRER Oe, | HW 50953 DBaclda: 32306453 Page 3
Lmade a a trip to 5 "Closter", Switzerland, for ff scfm 8/60," and that hé woure MM 109=471 to obtain info about some student and, for [A but TEPEDINO RS was delayed in leaving and due’ to a mixup the person he oh was supposed to contact upon arrival there did not show up, so the trip was not 4_ success. (as u) , ; , - sted that, as. mentioned abov ; cooperate In any way he can, but he d fo co, 4 to thi oing something’ behind back in the, /-~ “4 Sara he learn of any proposed plant) He was [ej ,. 7 told that the info that he furnished would be made availab‘e ; to the pron: ‘ederal Government agencies and his request © - . concerning Would also be furnished at the same time ~ <.. ..} be advised should additional info be needed. He stated that any additional info coming to his’ attention would be immediately furnished. | [terepino rAtda that he and MM 761-S had known each ba) [TEPEDINO] was returning to New York City he would furnish other a long time and that since MM 761-S lived in Miami eat u any info to MM 761-S who would, in turn, notify the FBI. CUBELA, he told(TEPEDING\that he had been questioned by the FBI in connection with his own previous activities on several occasions in the past and would be able.to make contact with the FBI in such a manner that the info could be passed to the proper U. S. Government agency with the precaution taken : to protect [TEPEDINO] and not risk jeopardizing, CUBELA's © Kl uy - chances for escaping @ TEPEDINO/furttished a business card of Grisman and Lipp, Inc., New York City and Corletto, Inc., Milano (Ttaly),' showin business address of|31 West 47th St., New York 36, (MM 761-S advised that when previously discussing SO ty N. ¥ ne on 6 ~4622] on which he wrote his home phone , u) of (tW 7-9843 his homé address ~ [98-19-64 ave., Rego Park, Queens; L. L., N. IG . o 3-= : CE AR ry 3 pee ah fl { - HY 50957 BDoclda: 32306458 Page 4
. Subsequent to that date, he can be reached through the ov tos SECRET Info copies are” designated for New York, Washington Field and’ San Juan Offices because of their ‘Interest: in™ | current Cuban matters. Three extra copies are designated for the Bureau for transmittal to the Legats, Paris, Bern ! and Madrid. : For the additional info of the Bureau and ~ Legat, | Paris, s, (TEPEDING) asked whom he should contact in the event | a U| oo of the receipt of emergency info while he was in Paris. He was advised that it would be best to go to the American | Embassy_and talk to someone in the Legal Attache's Office. (TEPEDINO] was not given any info indicating any connection pu between the Bureau and the Legal Attache. Prior to his departure for Europe, 6/22/62, (TEPEDIN can be contacted through the above home telephone|TW 7-9843. address “B. ROSENBLATT, 20, Chetrevise, Paris, phone i} 1- 174 a: 20) "Miami indices are negative re (TEPEDINO, ever, ‘ona, by letter classified SECRET, dated 10/27/59, furnished ‘info under the title "Cuban Government Agents Operating in the United States" (forwarded by Bureau letter 11/10/59, captioned, Report of Cuban Intelligence Agents in the United States, IS = CUBA). This communication from CIA alleged a that a "fairly reliable source" in Cuba reported that MM 761-S had the reputation of being/a jewell smuggler with a u) outlet in rive ¢ in the (Diadema Jewelry Store.| His Havana u ‘repr Kaieve described as ravens a ae in the (Habana aL comple amed as ['CARLOS T penP = MM 761-S in 1/60 K] ut) Nor ted wholesale [jewelry housejin Havana and they had been friends until MM 761-S was. imprisoned by the BATISTA Government as a result of his participation in 1957 attack on Cuban Presidential Palace. (TEPEDINO] refused to help the wife of MM 761-S. As a result, MM 761-S severed all contact with (TEPEDINO] and became very angry with hdm. Although angry, ka hs MM 761-S emp lly stated (TEPEDINO|was a legitimate whole- sale |jeweler Nias not engaged in illegal activities (Miami explained that [CARLOS EPEDI the[LaDiadema (7 uw fg (" ; report of SA THOMAS H. ERRION, 3/4/60, captioned RICARDO MADAN RIVAS, IS = CUBA, Bufile 97-3993). a " SECRET SECR RE} | HW 50953 Docld:32306458 Page 5