Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 Us¢ 3107 Hotery. DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information 6/9/2015 AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: = 124-90065-10031 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER: — CR 105-112098-773 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: MM TO: . HQ DATE: 09/23/1968 “PAGES: 11 SUBJECTS : RICARDO MORALES NAVARETTE SECOND NATIONAL FRONT OF ESCAMBRAY DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Secret ; RESTRICTIONS: Consulted; 1B; 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact Po DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 06/23/1998 oe h, OPENING CRITERIA > INDEFINITE, APPROVAL OF USCG COMMENTS : v9.1 Docld: 32327745 Page 1 LHM, REFERRED TO USCG
ae aoe ace Wy: 11-14-2017 f OPTIONAL Forme, 10 "4. MAY 1962 EDIT!O) a ar. GSA FPMR (41 cr) 101-11.6 j a [AF e -UNITELS STATES ool 3 * TO : DIRECTOR, FBI (105-112098) DATE: 9/23/6 ing Sn - ou he SAC, MIAMI (105-6243) @) 7-30- op a subject: uss. 5. D, NATIONAL FRONT OF ESCAMBRAY Declassify # oN re iE ENED 9 BY Seve TA PESNE) OPERATION ALPHA 66) CONTAINED ALL INFORATTON © TED ASStF IS — CUBA es ben dein yaaa | See ta a F iL nh 7 | PLEASE IN PART . BELA SGI YO ON: 25K D Besa DENIAL Re. ‘Bureau airtel, 7/5/68, and us letters, 9/3 tt and 9/13/68. . 2 oe Enclosed for the Bureau are twelve copies of a ~ letterhead memorandum including information received con- cerning the activities of the SNFE during the past three get months, as well as information furnished to the Bureauby "o a . MI- 5. and the Bahamas Special Branch <- ) of : 7 Ow \ On 9/10/68, Mr. STEVE CZUKAS, U. S. Customs, Miami, | 9 G Flor a, advised that Customs has been conducting a cont inu- , 8 on ing investigation of the SNFE and its military leader, ARMAND ah FLEITES. Mr. CZUKAS said that he had furnished information ~ hw concerning the presence in the Bahamas of SNFE members to the j = 3] - U. S. Coast Guard, Miami, Florida, in order that it could be ; iS a transmitted to the appropriate authorities in the Bahamas, , a 8 to =) As a result, the Bahamas Police authorities were able to ar- fs 2 | | ar OS rest the five individuals mentioned in referenced Bureau oO [ _ ov! airtel. Mr. CZUKAS said that he believes that with the sur- fi™.. 27% ~~ render of the four SNFE members to Bahamas authorities re- a o aN ; 8 = cently, ARMANDO FLEITES is now left with only one or two men 4 «< is i ~ + to assist him. Mr. CZUKAS said that the indication is that 22.5 4 \ ? 3 «, FLEITES ‘is in very poor physical condition. He based this 8 a oy _ , 3° on an interview which he had with a member of the SNFE, who. 5% 3g YN] sco said that FLEITES is existing on morphine, is not rational, 3 = Ba o . 2) = S his. boat has broken down, and he will have difficulty in PE So he = > maintaining himself much longer. Mr. CZUKAS said that FLEITES™ ? 4A SAN is located on Leak Key, off of Andros Island, and is known to | % have fired on a helicopter of the Bahamian Government whi > ©” was covering his activ’ SS Mr. CZUKAS said PEK the > ee , ~S\2)- reau (Enc - RI ) REC 74 “ y ef iy. - Miami | Nt € glk 2GRAF OBJECTION TO a pM SRECL. Lassi GAT ION AND/OR, P NEY y Lae 1 AYBELEASE OF CIA itt -ORMATION EX. 109 SOND THIS DOCUMENT. Kp [-15798 — SECRET af i Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly 0 on 2 the Payroll Savings Plan ; Docld: 32327745 Page 2? Kennedy ; sfassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 use 2107 NQteye {
Pelegsed under thé Jdhn F. "Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 19927 (44 USC 2107 Hotey > s i ATE 2 11-14- 2017 e ‘s ‘eee | : SECREN 7 ! MM 105-6243 The confidential sources abroad, ment ioned in the letterhead memorandum, are MI-5 and the Bahamas Ss 1B h. sy pecia ranc ‘GE, Miami will maintain contact with U. S. Customs and U. S. Coast Guard, as well as appropriate informants concerning the activities of the SNFE both here and in the Bahamas. ( A separate LHM containing background infor- mationfof individuals mentioned by MI-5[is in preparation for dissemination (to me y) s) an ma SECRET | Abt ee = wee ee cite ee — wee ee : Docld: 32327745 Page 3
Releaged* under the aohn Ff. Kermedy Assassination Records coltection act Sn a a: a “vypatte:s 11- -14-2017 . ’ me, ae 8 . . ae py! . : F tet ie 4 eae | SECREY MM 105-6243 The confidential sources abroad, mentioned in the letterhead memorandum, are MI-5 and the Bahamas Special Branch. ‘GS Miami will maintain contact with U. S. Customs and U. S. Coast Guard, as well as appropriate informants concerning the activities of the SNFE both here and in the Bahamas. ( A separate LHM containing background infor- mationfof individuals mentioned by MI-5{is in preparation for dissemination (to me S) < - | Ww | aN ~ i Y \ Denn ey | DocId: 32327745 Page 4
F Released under the TWohn,F . Kennedy’ Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997: (44 USC . _DATE: ea MeTeeN “SECRET «= Re: SECOND NATIONAL FRONT OF ESCAMBRAY . On June 29, 1968, MM. T-5, a Cuban exile ‘who is acquainted. with the leaders of the SNFE,. advised that’ ~ " ~ ARMANDO FLEITES was reportedly at a base outside of the - “~ United States in possession. of a. twenty-four. foot boat | and preparing. for an attack on Cuba, ~ i On July 18, 1968, MM 5 advised that ANDRES | NAZARIO and DIEGO MEDINA were discussing a plan on the part of the SNFE to picket the office of the British Consul ‘in Miami-on the following day to protest the jailing of five men, members of the SAFE, in. Nassau. _- On July 22, 1968, MM: t-1 advised that DIEGO MEDINA of the SNFE had stated. on a previous day that the five members of the SNFE, who had been-captured in the | Bahama Isiands, were then still in jail having been fined $400. MEDINA said that the SNFE still needed to raise | $180 more before they would. be able to obtain the release of their men .. an . -—. ; e~ | — { | xs “MM T-~l also reported that the offices of the oe SNFE had been moved from 109 Southwest 12th Avenue, Miami, me toa, new location at, 836 Southwest ist Street, Miami. “MM -T-1 also advised ‘that in addition to the 7. ~ 3 group of five men who had been arrested in the Bahamas , mos Co other members ‘the SNFE reportedly in the Bahamas — in- | oo clude REINALDOXRODR IGUEZ,, FRANCISCCMMARTINEZ,, and JESUS ne NEDA. MEMBER= SYBTECT ¢ DRGANIZATION MEMBER SUBVE CAGANIZATION ~~ SAHAM A Para vais oe Cale eee On July 27, "1968, MM T-3 “advised that) nm that ~ — date he had been in contact withf ALORNES |a“member of | Sy an anti-CASTRQ,group known as~ thé[ Secret Al Anti-Communist ELA. a Army. TORNES}Waid that. he had just given $200°0T 1 . engl oo Orgeniza tion’ s funds to ARMANDO FLEITES, which FLEITES was eo, to use’ to complete the payment of the fine and obtain thé®, . pe retease of the five SNFE men being. | held in the Panam ee : ~ On August 5, f | Docld: 32327745 Page 5