Mt 134-368 * Miami letter dated September 25, 1959, captioned Cuban. Revolutionary Air Force, Foreign Political Matter - Cuba, ‘set’ forth a complete and detailed listing of personnel assigned ‘to the FAR, including. pilots, pilot cadets, air. { police, ‘ground transport maintenance and mechanics, operations, ammunition dump and headquarters and headquarters company, as well as a complete listing of 77 aircraft which comprised . the active strength of the FAR. This information was believed, [ by the Miami Office, to be of major importance to OSI in providing a factual evaluation of the FAR. om oh On August 14, 1959, Diaz was in a position whereby .. ) he was the™ only, source available to the Miami Office. po. Prarie was familiar with the activities of (RICARDOYPIMENTE: ho was, at that time’ in charge of all intelligence investigation 5] in Mianiand-was operating(within the: *Guban ‘Consulate o . Miami. DIAZ furnished informati | regarding. Specific y Ay details of (PIMENTEL ' S activities/Which can be ‘Located in. ‘the © A case ue Porfiorio | ;Pimentel ¥ Rogey, aka’, IS - oe ‘ _CUBA. 5 — aay AN Rosell, or 4 DIAZ also’ ‘furnished “information: regarding, Oo RANDOLFOACOSSTO 5 Cuban. Air Attache, Miami International SS. ee _.Airport, Miami, Florida, and ARMANDOY PEZ,. A Sergeant - ot assigned “to the Cuban Air Attache’ s ffice SLA _ oe iarenneimca nase interment ER FLATTENS EB eae : i . mS ey Be { if It is commonly recognized that the FAR has been -thel aS d .\ center of defection within/the, Cuban Armed Forces followiiig.. ree the arrival of PEDRO LUIS ‘DIAZ/EANZ , former. Chief o: the FAR Vin the United States on July 1, 1959. DIAZ was in a position | _|during that critical period to furnish information regarding ‘the widespread purge which occurred at the direction of ‘| @u_, | FIDEL CASTRO and: RAUL CASTRO, following the defection of — - (L248 ( PEDRO} AZ and his brother, MARCOSXDIAZ, former inspector Cae gs 24 General of of the FAR. Conn w ae & The tA Ry OG die ie ea fs om cov we wemtinnt fo fh maces eines . On September 17, 1959, DIAZ through a “personal. * . conversation with the Chief of the Cuban National Police % EFIGENIO AMEIJEIRAS provided confirmation of the fact that KN - _ ee a — _- — wee ee - - HW 54460 Docld:32326550 Page 4
MM 134-368 \ { FERNANDOYEOBA had tricked ‘RAFAEL DELY PINO’ into flying’ to” 2 Gaba_on July 25, 1959, where the Cuban Police were ‘waiting %. in ambush for them. it is pointed out. that investigation Fa, concerning the circumstances of this flight was the subject oo —— of considerable time and effort on the _part of the Miami . - Office, which investigation_ can be located in the file . aloud _relating to FERNANDO XFUENTESACOBA. ‘First-hand information, © such as that furnished. by DIAZ, resulted in a significant. ~ saving of time and money on the part of the FBI. _ It is” also pointed out that information furnished by. DIAZ in the past has been furnished with his complete cooperation. and, _ that at no time has: payment either been: requested by DIAZ ~ or mentioned by agents of the Miami Office. Information = furnished by DIAZ was completely voluntary. . > _nppenre POC CERI TCE NaN! - DIAZ has also furnished information concerning such individuals as JOSE PAULA, ALONSO HIDALGO, RAMIRO — VALDES, BLAS ROCA, JOSE RAMOS, EFRON PICHARDO , ‘CARLOS PRIO SOCARRAS , JUAN ALMEIDA, VINCENT HANARD , and numerous individuals within the Cuban, Government . ‘ Concerning DIAZ's ‘association with civso¥nio. é Ye-SOCARRAS, DIAZ stated he met PRIO in Miami in approximately cca 1957, and is a close personal friend of PRIO. DIAZ said “~~~~mme that in the latter part of 1957, ‘he purchased three F-51 airplanes. in Phoenix, Arizona,” in the name.of thatcolden Wings Corp 7a@htch was formed by DANIELXVASQUEZ, , and PRIO..@,, ““PRIO requested DIAZ to fly these planes from the United | oe States; however, DIAZ refused.’ Approximately. one year. later _ these planes were destroyed. by fire while on the. ‘ground at an airport in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. DIAZ said that he is still: a friend of PRIO since he feels that PRIO definitely. is anti-Communist; however, he stated that the former Cuban Government under the direction of PRIO was totally corrupt and injurious to Cuba. . HW 54460 Docld:32326550 Page 5 a a
> MM 134-368 Information furnished by DIAZ is too numerous to set forth in letter form, however, the above summary should indicate to the Bureau the importance of the information which this PSI has furnished. The Miami Office has kept in mind the possibility that DIAZ may be a plant or may be cooperating with the. -FBI for the purpose of protecting his citizenship. The Miami. Office also has realized that DIAZ or anyother source or informant. in. the field of Latin American affairs may possibly. use his association with the FBI to his own advantge at some: future. date. It is further recognized that a Of great many individuals who furnish information to the FBI may cf have-an:ulterior ‘motive in doing so, that they may be aa opportunists or mercenaries :and that the furnishing of information might be a self-serving action. Information - . furnished by DIAZ, however, has been found to be reliable and has enabled the Bureau to keep abreast of the Cuban situation at those times when DIAZ happened, by virtue of his position, to be within the focus of ‘attention. No. ‘promises, payments, or written records were furnished to this informant in return for his voluntary cooperation. NL In view of DIAZs present position with Cubana Airlines, he has lost a large degree of his former potential as an informant of Latin American matters and accordingly, a no further action is being taken toward his development ~ ( as a PSI; however, UACB, DIAZ will be recontacted from time to time as a source of information and in regard to specific. matters which may arise, such as request for information set . forth in Bureau teletype dated November 12, 1959, regarding > the influx of several thousand leaflets published by the | Cuban Government regarding the recent leaflet flight by PEDRO LUIS DIAZ LANZ, et al. These leaflets allegedly arrived. . \ in the United States by Cubana Airlines. ‘ HW 54460 Docld:32326550 Page 6
MM 134-368 ; - UACB, no “further investigation will be ‘undertaken ‘regarding the Registration Act case concerning subject, in view of his resignation from the FAR. . i a 7 2 ¥ ; 2) i { \ \ ‘ 5 \ wee “ XN x HW 54460 Docld:32326550 Page 7