124-90140-10113 AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: 6 TITLE: DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE: CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : ‘COMMENTS : v9.1 | HW 30955 Docld: 32339156 JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-90140-10113 HQ CR 97-4368-3 Document Information FBI MM HQ 09/02/1960 5 CIA LIAISON MATERIAL CUBAN RELIEF SOCIETY INC PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Secret 1A Redact 09/28/1998 APPROVAL OF CIA AT Page i Date: 4/16/201
HY 50957 MM 105-2900 een, t, Dr. LUNSFORD owns 50% of this island, and his two partners, J. ABNEY COX, a well-to-do Homestead businessman, and Dr. NELSON PEARSON of Miami, own 25% each. Dr. LUNSFORD stated that he felt that his partners would be willing to go along with them. SAS HAYES and DAVIS explained to Dr. LUNSFORD that the FBI had no interest in this matter, the FBI was not in a position to give him any advice whatsoever, but that information reported by him to this office would be furnished appropriate U. S. Government agencies. No indication was made whatsoever that any branch of the government might be interested in this island. Pertinent portions of this interview with Dr. LUNSFORD were immediately conveyed to Mr. CIA, Miami, whofS expressed an interest in the island, and stated that he was ing under consideration use of this island in connection with his operations. With regard to the shooting incident which occurred on the VASQUEZ property near Princeton, Fla. on 8/26/60, Mr. AL TARABOCHIA, Deputy, Dade County Department of Public Safety, advised this matter was still under investigation by his office, and that facts developed to date reflected that the five boys responsible for creating the incident were local juvenile — characters from Homestead, Fla., who threw fire crackers at the house, and who admitted having fire arms in the back of their car. Mr. TARABOCHIA said that investigation indicated that this was a "harassment'' incident perpetrated by these boys, and that Miami newspapers had exaggerated the incident. -3- SECRED Boclda: 323368156 Page 2 ee
HY 50957 MM 15-2900 weer On 8/27/60, Mrs. VASQUEZ advised that she was becom- ing desperate, because she and her husband had about a hundred men who were anxious to participate in some action against CASTRO; that she had planned to place these men at another camp or on an island, and that she had been unable to receive any satisfaction concerning the situation from Colonel MIGUEL PONS of Washington, DC. She also stated she learned from Deputies CLODE and LEONARD of the Dade County Department of Public Safety, that the five American boys from Homestead who created the incident,above, described, were to be charged with some criminal violation by the sheriff's office, and that the Cubans would merely be charged with vagrancy at most. On 8/30/60, Mrs. VASQUEZ said that Deputies CLODE and LEONARD told her that there was no reason why she should not place an additional hundred men on this property, that the sheriff's office intended to drop all charges against the Cubans. Mrs. VASQUEZ states she now has 32 men at this camp. She also stated that she was becoming more and more desperate about the situation, fand she desired, if possible, to make direct contact with a representative of CIA concerning this matter. JO (¥) It is to be noted that at no time has the Miami Office ever disclosed or indicated in any way to Mr. and Mrs. VASQUEZ that CIA had any interest in MIGUEL PONS, her camp, or the recent sabotage boat trip to Cuba. Guy Above request of Mrs. VASQUEZ was conveyed immediately ' OM £ CIA, who stated that he would like to have Mr. ROBERT HOPKINS, overt CIA representative in Miami, contact Mrs. VASQUEZ and her husband, in order to remove the burden of this matter from the FBI, although at that point, he was uncertain as to whether or not CIA would be able to use them. -4- ae an SECRED cok Boctlda: 323368156 Page 3