“ REDERAL BUREAU OF ! NIVESTIGAT! ON - Reporting ¢ o tice _ — ogg of Origin re | Date Date ; 7 “Tavestigative Period | — TAME MIAML 7/31/61 6/23 - 7/20/61 TITLE OF Font SE —_ ~~ ; —_ Report made by F ROBERT JAMES — © I NPERCONTINENTAL PENETRATION CHARACTER OF CASE FORCES (INTERPEN) om Typed By: . tush/mE é oy, Synopaist REFERENCE: Miami airtel to Bureau, 7/ 10/61, Miami teletype to Bureau, 7/7/61, cs Miami teletype to Bureau, 7/3/61, eS entitled Revolutionary Junta for Le National Liberation, IS - CUBA, / _ -Bufile 105-99236. or HAS NO OBJECTION TO "PF ~ REN ELe0 4 te Be IN | ne sana on 24S yee. , H& SOCUMENT. Ke ete ALLER ——— a / \ | 1) Will sontiaue to ae 1 ts rand téport activities of A ES captioned organization. 7 . a ee =| ge poe | DEC syne a : ‘Approved. ! Z Wy uae ; copie om Gd Bureau A2- 71693)(RM) / 4 «U.S. Border Patrol, Miami (RM 1 - U.S. Customs, Miami (RM) 3- ‘Miami. (2- -312) , Tee tol. MBean: ] an REC'D. LLG on. fons . COvERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1955 o-—344750 | . | HW 53074 Docld:32309480 ee Page 2
NW 53074 ° = fe S85! Peg 2) Will maintain daily contact with MM 639- Ss re INTERPEN. Of y(n) | Identity . Location 134-238, Sub A442,” 443, “445, (446, 447, and 448 . vy T+ -L is {im 639- S. Careful consideration has been given to each: source concealed and "T" symbols were utilized only in those instances where it was necessary to conceal their identities. ~ BY - (COVER PAGE) DoclId: 327309480 Page 3
, i. 2) Upp.206 (Rev. 3-38-59), ( ‘ i UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ' FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Coxte: 1 - U. S. Border Patrol, Miami (RM) l= U. S. INS, Miami (RM) Reeetel ROBERT JAMES DWYER | | Office: yy iorida Rates _ + July 31, 1961 . Field. Office File #: 2-312 ne Bureau File #: aot 93 | Tile. INTERCONTINENTAL PENETRATION " FORCES (INTERPEN) Chorecten. NEUTRALITY. MATTERS-. 0: 7 — . DECLASSIFIED By SP ee on SJH4ad a Abid Syeonies = On. 6/28/61, GEORGE W. TANNER, JR. said he was former head of an anti-CASTRO: organiz zation called Anti Communi st * Legionnaires. £T-1 said AGUSTIN CAPO was to go to BWI on 5/27/61, with some INTERPEN mewbers but postponed trips iv RALD PATRICK HEMMING on 7/5/61, satd he is ae hea TERPEN; ‘has 20 members; planned to establish a : training camp; purpose is to traim Gubars in mil a techniques, - INTERPEN had parachuting exercise at ‘Davie, Florida, on 7/2/61.  HEMMING eek he had contact with organizations of SANCHEZ ARANGO, MRP, HEMMING said. he was in Cuba from . Ja August, 19603 commanded. a Cuban Air Pore with WILLIAM ALEXANDER ° MORGAN , and talk imperialists. HEMMING said chat newsps ai . hany Americans oe write and vis om eal G . ‘services. [ n cheap Hotels, stay in orga 5 time, then — leave.’ ROY ERNEST BRYANT, JOE CAV! END ISH GARM CN, JOHN LEE PETERS, FRANK BURNS 1 LITTLE advised ney WELE im INTERPEN . because they liked living outdoors, s LL training, | parachuting, keep in physical condition, and for ‘health . reasons. Newspaper publicity : set forth, On 7/7/61, ‘HEMMING crew cx it of residence because ex pods Lee and . Corrected PES anges, # Fienished J to outside agency. Do not permanently 3S remove from file, o. Be L a This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI ‘and is loaned te . : ~ a WOE aaeneys aAt.andwite. cantants. are. noatita he. Aistribiit tad cantside. Mourodgqenev.. 6 - —— =. ‘ AW 53074 Docld:32309460 Page 4
‘ . oe é oo ° a MM 2-312 0 ‘ 7 RJD:ush DETAILS: On June 17, 1961, MM T-1, who has been engaged in | “Cuban revolutionary activities for the past four years, ‘advised GEORGE . TANNER, ‘West Palm Beach,. Florida, who. calls colonel TA ER, was previously associated with ROLANDOA SFERRERIROIAS, a former Cuban Senator, residing. (fein Miami \ Florida: During April and May, 1961, TANNER - =" formed the Anti-Gommunist Legionnaires, an organization of American adventurers, to participate in some military . action to overthrow the Cuban Government. TANNER subsequent- ly set up'a training camp in the Florida Keys, where the - Americans belonging to his organization-were to be trained _ by TANNER. It soon became apparent TANNER had no knowledge . of military’ affairs; was considered psychopathic, and the - training camp was disbanded. TANNER left the organization, which was then taken over by GERALD PATRICK HEMMING. DoclIda: 327309480 Page 5
MM 2-312 RJDsush to ‘make a ‘reconnaissand| ‘trip. from: Florida tc Cay’ ‘Aguilla, Cay Sal Bank, British: Islands, located north of Cuba | The trip. was supposed to have. been made on May 27, 1961, 7 ‘ and GERALD PATRICK HEMMING and two or three other. ‘members og of ‘HEMMING' ‘$ group were supposed to go. along on the. trip. They planned to make @ clandestine trip to Cay. Aguilla — “and then return to set. up.a military ‘base ‘to be used’ for future commando: raids. against Cuba; MM T- 1 explained that the plan was: indefinitely postponed inasmuch as U.S. Border Patrol was closely. watching CAPO. and the boat. CAPO was afraid to ‘leave. Florida, ‘fearing. that U.S. Border Patrol would arrest him. | ‘CAPO has no: immediate | . plans ‘£or | any. such, trip im ‘the near fueure: @ au) a f . foot ‘HW 53074 Docld:32309460 Page 6