ro | | | DATE: 11-14-2017 Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of (99? (44 SC 2167 Hotes JFK Assassination System Identification Form . Date: $/21/201 ee AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : Agency Information FBI 124-90094-10069 | HQ CR 105-112098-287 eee ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE : PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW: OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : Document Information FBI NY HQ 06/05/1963 15 JOAQUIN GODOY Y SOLIS SECOND NATIONAL FRONT OF ESCAMBRAY PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Confidential 1B; 4 Redact 07/16/1998 INDEFINITE RPT a v9.1 ‘DocId: 32330979 Page 1
JReleased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992? (44 USC 2107 H DATE: 11-14-2017 C . ° > CONFIDENTIA; NY 105487207 INFORMANTS Identity of Source File Number Where Located 4 NY T-1 CSNY 2822-S Instant report, page 2 n>) | ye CSNY Geestsyh Instant report, page 10 ‘|’ CSNY 3643-S - Instant report, page 10. if “ | NY T-4 | Dr. ERNESTO ARAGON Instant report, page 10 NYC 233 East 69th Street (deemed advisable) LEADS | MIAMI, NEWARK, NEW HAVEN, PHILADELPHIA, TAMPA, WASHINGTON FIELD and SAN JUAN (INFO ) furnished to the above offices since they have pending investigations concerning this matter. NEW YORK é wi At New York, New York  pyplic Relations Director, SNFE - Alpha 66. area for activities of organization. ee Information copies of this report are being S - 1, Will maintain contact with CECILIO J. VASQUEZ, 2, Will maintain contact with sources in New York ae - J ope. COVER PAGE Docld: 323350979 Page 2? ote he
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote). 2 ! DATE: 11-14-2017 on A“ , FD-204 (Rev. 3-3-59) . C! < ) . 7 3 +P eote nt UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE | FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION | CON Copy to: ye zns, ye (RM) y- US Casvoms, nye (fM) Report of: FRANCIS J. O'BRIEN Office: New York, New York Date: 6/5/63 : Field Office File #: 105-57297 Bureau File #: 105~-112098 Title: SECOND NATIONAL FRONT OF @4 §2-/60a | ESCAMBRAY (SNFE) _ DECLASSIFICATION on sy V4 S/ Y f <a (OPERATION ALPHA 66) BY__ oe ; FTE EE ek Seed ‘ap AY: TNFORMADION CONTAINED Character: INTERNAL SECURITY - CUBA "+s \ubnasstiEp SR) | REGISTRATION ACT - CUBA * see suomn NEUTRALITY MATTERS camawtse Pc °7 Synopsis: a NY T-1 advised on 5/2/63, that MIRIAM TESTE, a member of “SNFE - Alpha 66, stated that the organization had planned to carry out another attack against Cuba, but i she had no details. NY T-1, on 5/20/63, stated that Miss TESTE informed him that SNFE - Alpha 66 carried out a raid inside Cuba on night of 5/18/63, but there wereno details other than attack was on Army post at Tarara. s tA CECILIO J, VASQUEZ, Public Relations Director, SNFE =" © : Alpha 66, NYC, advised ex-Major ELOY GUTIERREZ MENOYO arrived in New-York and appeared at a public rally held on 5/19/63. GUTIERREZ MENOYO is in New York for public relations and fund raising activities and is expected to : remain about one month and then return to Miami. ORLANDO VEGA HERRERA advised he participated in raid on Coast of _ Cuba_at Isabela de Sagua on 3/17/63. VEGA stated that he ; | ° left Florida about © months before the raid and was at their secret base somewhere in the Caribbean until the raid and remained there until the first days of April, when ‘ he returned to Miami, VEGA stated he was a member of SNFE - Alpha 66 and fought in the Escambray Mountains in 1958 against ex-President FULGENCIO BATISTA, VEGA stated . he would continue to fight against the Communist regime | in Cuba until Prime Minister FIDEL CASTRO is defeated, a (abjes sponge lec) This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. : , Docida: 32330979 Page 3
eased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Nefe}. © fOATE: 11-14-2017 Poy a : \ \ ed) 7) NY 105-57297 Details: N MEMBE ane, NY T-1 advised dn. ay D963, that nme TESTE, who is very active in the office ofSecond National Front of Escambray, (SNFE) (Operation Alpha 66), had informed him™tnat’” the organization would continue its activities against the present regime in Cuba. NY T-1 stated that Miss TESTE advised , that there were plans for the organization to carry out another attack against the Coast of Cuba, but that as of that time, she knew no details and doubted very much if she would have any information until after the attack was actually carried out. NY T~1 advised that Miss TESTE has been absent several times and has been late arriving for work and her excuse is that she has been putting so much time in the office of the SNFE (Operation Alpha 66) that she has been getting | very little sleep, NY T-1 stated that Miss TESTE informed him that she does a lot of clerical work for the organization at their headquarters, which are located at 103 West 74th Street, New York City. lA { NY T-1, on May 20, 1963, advised that Miss TESTE ; had informed him on that date that SNFE - Alpha 66 carried. | out a raid inside of Cuba on the night of | May 18, 1963. Miss TESTE told NY T-1 that the organization raided an Army post, which is located at Tarara, which is a well-known beach front area outside Havana, Cuba, Miss TESTE i related to NY T-1 that the office in New York had no details on the attack and presumably a statement regarding the attack would be made by the organization probably in a release from Caracas, Venezuela. on the night of May 18, 1963, VASQUEZ stated that FLAS . GUTIERREZ MENOYO apneared.at a public rally. sponsored Y cuURA SNFE - Alpha 66 on May 19, 1963, and that tiris meeULNG 200 Keeper place at the Palm Garden, 210-216 West 52nd Street, Pee t four hours. mG oo New York City, and lasted for approximately ATLON., MILLA AY, SH LEE linn SUBS Ea TamlA Batelihl | | 2 { ! that exeMajor EL ESYIENOYO arrived in New York late ! | ah CONFID ML Docida: 32330979 Page 4