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 : 9.1 Vv HW 54464 Docld:32306456 Page 1 JFK Assassination System Date: 5/26/201 Identification Form ; Agency Information FBI 124-10294-10316 HQ 105-110398-8 Document Information FBI SAC, MM DIRECTOR, FBI DECLASSIFIED Pepartment af State wuidelines, July 21, Date: 07/24/1962 4 wO-10-2017 GPH, LL, LRA, ASSOC, ACA, EQUIPMENT, TRAINING, EXPEDITIONS PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4 Redact 07/22/1998 INDEFINITE INC LHM
“f re af } ; as e- . a omnes FORM NO. 1000, ws a ~ URe AED STATES Gu ERNMENT | Memorandum. To: DIRECTOR, FBI (105-110398) pate: JUL 2 41962 FROM: =SAC, MIAMI (105-6010) (P) / SUBJECT: LARRY J. LA BORDE \/ IS - CUBA Re Miami airtel to Bureau dated 5/3/62, Bureau er to New Orleans dated 6/4/62, and New Orleans airtel ca} oh pt x = psMe Enclosed herewith for the Bureau are nine copies © que 5 of a letterhead memorandum dated and captioned as above. ~ Eos This information is not being disseminated locally to ,, CIA, in view of instructions set forth in referenced 6; SQ Bureau letter to New Orleans. on ioe SY . spi fueeles a 4 ON onal O- Eft.) “4 XMM T-1 is MM 639- s KF GU) H lb LO AY ao oa Miami will maintain contact with{M oasug7ank y/ keep the Bureau advised. Ln Se en 23 - Bure (Eno? Q- sureas, Eng 2 - New Orleans 2 - Miami fn A RJD :sll ih” 19 A gi | (6) Lint RZ DI ont CORE | faa Copy to: CN of gi/ FB ce . ; | ONI/ Cr — 4 1 8 ting 8 sip OL in ee / qY Js wma ees utiles» [YC 116390 | anaes fees — 7 a copies mads > stag, bp: a3 JUL. 26 1962 lat: 90 ea aby | LJ . \ | for vevipu at FBIRQ by: J S284, i ue ¢ ) 8 bigs ae Pe NS ee er i RELEASE OF GIA Hie JAMATION oN ajnpe Taf ig sus: 7 ABLEASE uF y! Ae hig y Me ay for review at raul py | WW 54464 Docld:32308453 Page 2
| UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF oon FEDERAL.-BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ° “CIA HAS NO OBJECTION 6 iami, Florida - ¥ 41962 In Reply, Figase, Refers toa AVION, AND/OR, JUL 2 F _ . at vkopat | Mie No. REVED LEASE OF CIA livFORMATION SERGET); a RERETN be unc PeURSSEATED IN THIS DOCUMENT. CMP gf ! | excer? A NES sows ye RE LARRY J. LA BORDE Ord INTERNAL SECURITY - CUBA co vba -- Lo : -($- © 1 TEM a MM T-1, who ‘has. been actively engaged in Cuban revolutionary activities for the past four years and who : - has’ furnished reliable information in the past, on June 19, _ 1962, advised that EDDMHSATEZ, a Cuban National residing in Miami, received a telephone call the previous night from the owner of the 48- foot schooner: “Mariner, " which. was on its way from -Pass-a-Grille Beach, Florida, to. Naples, Florida. The owner. of the schooner advised that the boat had. developed engine trouble ue crew was with- out ‘food, and they needed mone At 2:24 A. M:, TONMTARARINAS, ee associate “of BATEZ, sent:a $30. 00 Western Ution mone order to ALWYN, Bea Pass-a-Grille Beach, Florida. CF oY —— u) wh - MM T-1 explained that BATEZ and FARINAS are. close. friends and associates of LARRY J. LA BORDE, an — / American citizen engaged in Cuban revolutionary activities / -and who previously. participated in military expeditions between the United States and Cuba. COG u MM T-1 explained that LA BORDE had previously made arrangements. for the "Mariner" to come to Miami -and . that he planned to engage in military. expeditions between - the_ United States and Cuba. 16) 7 uy ; _ On June 19, 1962, LA BORDE called Miami from - New Orleans and stated that he. was in; contact with FRANK - ~/BARTES,, a: Cuban national and president of the New orleanty y (u) Exemot from GDS Categ ory SEQRET! Classified by Date of Declassiffcation Indefinate | | ENCLOSt TREL CONFI ATIAL (Os MO 6396 | HW 54464 Docld:32306456 Page 3 - DECLASSIFIED BY F pp mec lise Re
ee ~ 2p a Cl CONFIDESAYAE LARRY J. LA BORDE ‘ \ v chapter of the Cuban Revolutionary Council. ,,LA BORDE advised that he was also in touch with LUIS(RABEL_of . PY the Cuban Revolutionary Council, which organization is -_ a interested in setting up 4p lita ry training camp in he the New Orleans area Ku | . oe On July 2, 1962, MM T-1 advised that LA BORDE had contacted the owner of the schooner "Elsie Reichart," which boat is about 65 feet long, previously belonged to . the Smithsonian Institute, and is presently located in New Orleans. This boat is owned by three young Americans; JACK (last name unknown) and the two other Americans, names unknown, live on the boat and work on it. The boat was purchased for about $9,00 i) and is presently in a boat- — yard being caulked. Ow \u) MM T-1 explained that LA BORDE said the boat can operate at a speed of about twelve knots and is supposed ~ to come to Miami and then operate between the United States ; and Cuba as a mother ship for small boats which will par- ticipate in clandestine military operations against Cuba. © LA BORDE is trying to find a Cuban to act as captain of the ship because such a person would be necessary if the ship was operated in Cuban waters. (3) MM T-1 explained that the wien Ye xr this operation was devised by LA BORDE, who, with sufficient money and _ backing, could probably be success ful in such an operation because of his past experiences in this type of activity, mat } . . MM T-1 explained that the "Mariner" as of then, yO july 2, 1962, was located at Fort Myers, Florida, with the three young Americans on board. These three young Americans are in their early twenties and one is accom- panied by his wife. In a telephone call to Miami, they stated that the motor had been damaged. The running lights are inoperative and they lost the ship's anchor. They stated they needed money to continue on to Miami. OY) -2- COS ws HW 54464 Docld:32306456 Page 4 ance,
i LARRY J. LA BORDE ; It wea papnieatae that LARRY LA BORDE would accompany GERALD PATRI MMING to Fort Myers, Florida, to confer with these three Americans.: ® K) (tu) MM T-1 explained that HEMMING is an American ' soldier of fortune who has been engaged in Cuban revolu- tionary activities, both in the United States and in_Cuba, and who is not accepted by the leading Cuban revolutionary : organizations, although he is well known to them. @(«) MM T-1 explained that LA BORDE is quite angry a and disappointed with the crew of the 'Mariner" for not -having arrived in Miami and requesting money. MM T-1 advised that LA BORDE, on July 2, 1962, was staying with __HEMMING at 2753_Northwest 13th Street, Miami, Florida, | and constantly travels between Miami and New Orleans. MM T-1 said that LA BORDE apparently has insufficient funds to carry on an operation between the United States and Cuba and is not in posseusion of the necessary arms aad equipment. @a@ u\ Property of - This. memorandum is loaned to you by the FBI and neither it nor its contents are to be distributed outside the agency to which hoaned. (, HW 54464 Docld:32306456 Page 5