AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY: FBI ' RECORD NUMBER: _ 124-10291-10026 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER: CR 97-4691-7 ORIGINATOR: FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: PAGES: SUBJECT: DOCUMENT TYPE: ORIGINAL CLASSIFICATION: REVIEW_DATE: STATUS COMMENTS: DOCUMENT INFORMATION FBI SAC, MM DIRECTOR, FBI 12/31/1964 8 OBA, ASSOC, MIRR, ANTI-CASTRO ORGANIZATIONS, PLAN, OVERTHROW, HAITIAN GOVERNMENT PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Secret NEW CLASSIFICATION: 07/24/1998 UPDATE DATE: Redact . RESTRICTIONS: | Consultation JFK Act 6 (1)(B) . JFK Act 6 (4) INC LHM, REFERRED TO INS HY 50953 DBoctd: 32306806 Page 1
a) we B a? 0 yg Sarason: pe mem | : . ° “ GSA GEN. REG. NO. 27 4 ; & Be 5 . He ve 4 , a UNITED STATES GG vel \ M emo LGU FBI (97- 4691) 12/31/64 ; / Se | SAC, Miami 07-4445 ss SECRE A FROM > | if INSTITUTO CUBANO DE LA DEMOCRACIA Fa Ce (cupaN. -INSTITUTE-OF- ~DEMOCRACY) (ICD) ; ugkf . SUBJECT: | IS ~ CUBA - HAITI; Lil _.) we U™ RA — CUBA — HAITI. . pe ete, / a (OO :MM) . [php ate \ 4 oe Remy airtel and LEM to Bureau 10/2/64. Enclosed for the Bureau are eleven copies of a LHM, dated and captioned as above, and suitable for dissemination. Two copies were sent to New York in view sof their interest in this and related matters. ED IN 2.4", x Copies are being furnished locally to INS; CIA; = x S 6-2; Coordinator of Cuban Affairs, U. S. Department of & * aN state; U. S. Coast: Guard 3 U. S. Customs, (1-Miami, 1-~Reg- bs 7 ion II, 1-Key West); U. S. Border Patrol; ONI; and, OSI. of tt MM i aw 28-8, who was ¢ ‘a b 4 f£ | PETER J. NERO. Lae aoe 5 (go ope . 7 Qs 10595677) Gibstien Rev. scetvsticn) foil, 32b 2 - New York (1 ~— 105-70233) (ICD) (Encls.-2 ES , (1 - 97-1846) (JOSE A, snceo) CRD RS 8 exon 1 as 13— Miami (97-444) PAL fs} ie (1 ~ 2-165) (CARLOS - PRIO sOcARRASSRILEA DE OF GIA INFORMATION “TTT ey} G1 = 105-2855) (rrr) IN THIS DOCUMENT. GSE} 295° as | [ge (1 - 105-2856) (BOSCH) “3m 6-28. wy WS | | | ISg! (1 - 134-689) (VIRGILIO SANCHEZ): hes @GS 71) |) ig (i = 105-9469) (JOSE ANTONIO MACEO) F7— 7 69 /— un Tikta WY | | | eS (2 - 105-6842) (MACEO Btn.) eee men oforevS mee SN] | | lee (1 - 105-1742) (Anti-CASTRO Activities) : . .i8o K | | FISD (1 = 105-4039) (FACE) (ELADIO DEL VALLE)“ JAN 4 1965 - Fh cg mM | gig (1 - 105-8591) (Col. PEDRO VALDIVIA) ane Sore. (1 - 105-9349) (JOSE ANTONIO PAZ) — a ‘leis | Seg =" (1 ~ 105-1597) (HRA) Pod see (1 - 2~156) (ROLANDO MASFERRER) fi ce ae 1§ DY ‘eee / B17 VEE CG [eetocg lt | =f SPIN Copy to: CLA ‘Stcie/ ERS “ = = 38 39 ONT, 1/OSI/ ACSI fakin ws { f trndine Ler, Corfe ee # as es (LEME by routing ng NP oy £Ox info. sv wll ZKELOK cy 5 Date... DY. vende | | ee. COR 6¢ JAN aa = HY 50953 DBoctd: 32306806 Page 2?
at ¢ ‘a ae ‘ / Need { Ce SECRET MM 97-444 CONDENTIAL The LHM is classified Confidential to further protect |MM T-1,\ya source of continuing value to the national defens -(u) On November 12, 1964, Miss HENRTETTA LORI, CIA covert, Miami 2 2 one , ROMERO - Because of the inactivity of the ICD, this: organization case, as well as the cases opened by the Miami Office on the individuals involved in the ICD, are being closed. MM T-1 was very close to Colonel VALDIVIA, the focal point of the activity that took place in these mat- ters. No nent activity. is. anticipated in the near — future. y (cb Colonel VALDIVIA has made no pertinent. state- ents since being interviewed bv U. S. Custo in Miami. S o her in-| “V@STigation is being conaucted concérning him. Cases being closed are: ri 1 - "PEDRO ARMENGOL VALDIVIA ROMERO, Aka. Pedro Valdivia (previously reported as PEDRO A, VALDIVIA ROMERO in another. matter) ; IS - CUBA ~- HAITI; RA» (MM 105-8591); a CUBA — HAITI, 2 - "JOSE ANTONIO MACEO ESTRADA; RA - CUBA ~ HAITI; IS ~ CUBA —~ HAITI," . (MM 105-9469) ; : . 3 - "JOSE ANTONIO PAZ VIGO, Aka. Antonio Paz; ; ' IS - CUBA - HAITI; RA ~ CUBA — HAITI," _ (s | (MM 105-9349). "Ge x.) Should any further information come to the at- tention of the Miami Office concerning the individuals mentioned above, the Bureau will be promptly informed. Other Haitian revolutionary matters are being handled . separately. . | a ‘ . ee conaenTiat . ee SECRET | es HY 50953 DBoctd: 32306806 Page 3
7™ —_ UNITL . STATES DEPARTMENT OF | JSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply, Please Refer to - File No. 0 Miami, Florida 97-444 December 31, 1964 RE: INSTITUTO CUBANO DE LA DEMGCRACIA ’ (CUBAN INSTITUTE OF DEMOCRACY) (ICD) ; INTERNAL SECURITY —- CUBA -~ HAITI; REGISTRATION ACT - CUBA — HAITY, Attention is called to previous memoranda sub- mitted in this matter, captioned as above, dated October ‘ 2, 1964, and September 25, 1964. ‘ MM T-~1, a Cuban exile familiar with anti-Castro personalities in the Miami area, furnished the information set forth below: x (u) MM T-1 has been in contact with Dr. Virgilio Sanchez Ocejo and Colonel Pedro Valdivia Remero during the period September to December, 1964, regarding the movement to establish a Cuban government in exile in Haiti after the Duvalier Government has been cversnzoneX WY in early October, 1964, Dr. Sanchez informed MM T-1 that his group had a great deal of potential back- ' ing from various sources, but he WAS not specific as to . who was to back the movement wa th effective funds, arms, ships, or other material. y, sf PT EAS On October 19, 1964, fhere was a meeting in the 7 home of ee ee eenen 2940 W. Flagler _Strast.,.. () 2 vO AEF & , Ab g aia s Ly ELE . S ea er. 2 Bibi, 06} GRQU Von’ + Sper EEPIRITUE, LOS Excluded fr autom&e?t downgra ES declass¥fi Lo ARLE NECA Mes i Ke LA 8, Be egeb HY 50953 Daoctd: 32306086 Page 4
RE: INSTITUTO CUBANO DE LA DEMOCRACIA MM T-1l advised that on November 14, 1964, Col- onel Validivia left Miami without notifying.individuals with whom he was in close contact. He arrived back in Miami from New York on November 24, 1964. Upon his re- turn, he immediately contacted Dr. Sanchez, inasmuch as Sanchez was ntroduce him to some individual of im- portance. K( @) Early in December, 1964, Colonel Valdivia informed MM T-1 that he had had no further contact with his superior in Haitian matters; and that he had nothing ‘to suggest to further the Haitian movement. It appeared to source that Colonel Valdivia had changed after his trip to New York. He also changed, possibly, because he had been interviewed by U. S. Customs Service and U. S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) at Miami. MM T-1, at that time, didnot expect any new activity on the part of ICD, or individually ‘on the part of Dr. San- chez or Colonel Valdivia, Antonig: Paz, or others, in view of the recent developments. lu) On December 6, 1964, Dr. Sanchez informed MM T~1 he had no new information concerning the Haitian affair. Dr. Sanchez mentioned that efforts were being made to ob~ tain some help from possible sources, but no specific mention was made as to any possible source. MM T-1, on December 23, 1964, advised that he knew of no activity on the part of Dr. Sanchez, Colonel Valdivia, Antonio Paz, or Jose Antonio Maceo. As to. Maceo, the source stated that no mention has been made of bin since the original discussions were held with i ) a HY 50957 BDoctlda: 3273068686 Page 5
YS Oe y ca N. a oO (ru—~N ( . af CONF afer LAL RE; -INSTITUTO CUBANO DE LA DEMOCRACIA Sanchez in September ,/ 1964, No mention has been made, likewise, of the Macéo Battali ne \: T-l also advised that to his knowledge, Carlo; {Socarras, and his fee osch and his. group, theMllovimiento Lb group, and Orland Insurrecional de R ecuperacion Revolucionaria (MIRR), ‘Hive~not-beér’ active in “eu tant matter in recent weeks, to his knowledge. wm us" On November 7, 1964, Wallace Shanley , Assistant Customs Agent in Charge (Enforcement), Customs Agency Service, Miami, advised as follows: To his knowledge, none of the groups planning anti-Duvalier activity have departed for Haiti. U. S. Customs was asked by the U. S. Department of Justice to interview several individuals who were in- volved in anti-Duvalier activities. On November 7, 1964, U. S. Customs interviewed Colonel Pedro Valdivia, a Cuban exile in Miami... On December 7, 1964,, Mr. Charles R. Challandes, — Investigations, INS, Miami, Florida, advised that Colonel Pedro Valdivia had been interviewed in connection with > this matter by U. S. INS. He also..advised that his office had. no record of Jose Antonii aceo\Estrado. He added this file may possibly be located in the New’ York District Office of INS. a tel On November 10, 1964, Mr. Challandes, INS, Miami, made available the following information from the file of Pedro Armengol Valdivia Romero, INS File Al12 415. 370; | Uuscs REVIE WED SY BBVJFK TASK FORCE ON 7 7 -23- 97 Aah LGB y Lf wore, HN PULL Pp [RELEASE IN PART [i TOTAL DENIAL HY 50953 DBoctd: 32306806 Page 6
rr HY 50957 ' grant from Cuba, thri Guayaquil, Ecuador.. Wis wife was listed as Alina ge a tet faldiyiNeacerion His m s father NN 2 a , C ae raed CONF phenr IAL ; ' * RE: INSTITUTO CUBANO DE LA DEMOCRACIA Saya pnibe “valaivialwas born April 29, 1919, Sancti Espiritus, Las Villas, Cuba. He entered the United States April 30, 196 y at Miami, Florida, as an immi- gh the American Consulate General, Caridad GuerreroXGassd He has a. ldivi acerio, His mother was listed as _Engracia Maria, omerov Beni tex, His father and mother resided at Santa Clara, Las Vill Sr Cuba. : aten eee LOL ei Valdivia was in thé Cuban military service at Havana from 1936 to 1956. He was a Military Attache at Port-au-Prince, Haiti, from 1956 to 1958. He was in political exile at Guayaquil, Ecuador, from 1959 to 1961. He informed the U. S. INS upon his arrival in the U. §S. ene SacI a ‘that he was being sought by Communists in Cuba. This document contains neither recommendations nor conclu- sions 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. Y i conrpy ENTIAL om BPE om Boclda: 3273068686 Page 7