Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 19927 (44 USC 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System Date: 4/6/2015 Identification Form eee Agency Information . AGENCY: | FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10302-10175 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER: _ 105-172694-40 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: DIRECTOR, FBI TO: SAC,MM TITLE: DATE: 11/14/1968 PAGES: 5 SUBJECTS : [Restricted] DOCUMENT TYPE: , PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Confidential RESTRICTIONS: 1B; 1C; 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact ; DATE OF LAST REVIEW: — 11/05/1996 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS: INC LTR, NOTE v9.1 Docld: 32310231 Page 1
A i eee y= * H 3 . eet a 3 7 — ‘N om / ; - . -. a ? > n an * ihe * od wy . ; de! ; “ 1 - Mr. V. H. Nasca $ SAC, Miami (2-192). ‘Confidential - 11~14-68 Director, FBI (105~172694) ~ Ys oe \“THTERNATIONAL ANTI-COMMUNIST BRIGADE (IACB) NH ~ CUBA \ * . Reference is made to previous communications concerning a the captioned anti-Castro organization. 4 MI-5 (describe as a confidential source abroad) on November 6, 1968, furnished the attached report concerning the an ' arrest of Frank Fiorini and his associates in British Honduras. } -“ The pertinent portions of the data should be incorporated in the Ut next report submitted by your office and the MI-5 data carefully paraphrased to further protect the source. (t) tos Lb TNPORMATION CONTATHED *~._ | Enclosure TeRETN TS UNCLASSIFIED EXCEP® Y) 7 L VHNisd (4) “¥2RE SHOWN OTHERNTSE- Tass UE by PEW L | Dedlassify on: GAD (SPL —~_ ~ A | CLASSIFIED A redfaajeas als 4 EXTENDED BY. SPY TE#| REL CRS | a Ce — REASCH FE oa L_....! ) MAILED 16 FCM, Ne b res CS \oyere y Tolson ——__.___. " ¢ DATE uF SEs: Jer t \4 . Deloach NOV 13 1968 DECLASSIFICA LION oN let aan eS Come COMM-FBI | Callahan ‘Aeteteecereamereitccctininaaninnditohiitnie.h \ Conrad nce SW Feli ——_—— : Xcite “ rn Gandy on MAIL ROOM TELETYPE unit L_] vy Docld: 32310231 Page 2?
DATE: 11-14- 2017 ; ae * . « . re ‘ nb » ; . & : . * ‘ a « ° . , , . Poo cONRDENTIAG oo Released, ‘under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 19927 (44 TSC i Hote; . af Our Ref: PF. 714 “6th November, 1968 7 UX (Mr. Pan) | ; yh | v — | : . nternational Anti-Communist cr \Y Brigade (IACB) Organizacion Ejercito Secreto /Wt i de la Brigada Internacional 4 Ff a Anti-Communista A QW (Secret Army Organization. of Na! the International Anti-Communist Brigade) . Please refer to your memorandum \ 45889 of 8th October, 1968 and our subsequent conversations about the arrest of 13 persons, \ believed to be U.S. citizens, in British Honduras, ORDED COPY FILED IN /, — ‘OPY FILED (OG ~ 3 ‘ YA $ 20 I now enclose a note from my \ colleague in Kingston, Jamaica, which may be N of interest to you. QR od (59S S EBL INFO a ! eg) Clasciiied Pye SEY: ark ‘0 ; enc} be | iN yo” ; , 8 -NOV 18 1968 N \ | \U &S | | an cn ty tem CONFIDENTIAL Docld: 32310231 Page 3
N ‘ * & ‘ ; i ; i EA 4h Peak ot Ree pore erate to be the relevant charge under British Honduras law. co) wt ve ne ARREST OF 13. ARMED MEN IN BRITISH HONDURAS eleased je “Toray F Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 No ite y. v DATE: “t1—14- 2017 { Five of these men including FIORINI were arrested on boardia yacht | called the "Amigo" in Belize Harbour. on 24th October. The "Aamigo* is a- privately omed boat from Progresso’ on.the northern Yucatan coast of Mexico « ey There was also on board a crew of a captain and one other both of whom are Mexican citizens who had been forced against their will to take the boat down the Yucatan and British Honduras coastline. The five men including FIORINI all claimed to be U.S. citizens. . Following information provided by the two crew members, another eight men. who also claimed to be U.S. citizens were picked up on a small cay off the British Honduras coast . together with a small quantity of arms and ammunition. All thirteen men a have been charged as being “prohibited immigrants” which the Police consider ~~ RAN KH. a i Ze PIORINE was identified by a Special Branch officer from a\ photograph in a newspaper clipping found in his possession. He originally ¢ eaye the name FranK/BONELLI. He subsequently admitted that he was in fa probably been correctly identified are: oSATORINI. ve | Identification of some of the others is still in doubt as it is suspected — that. they have. providéa false names and partic 80 However, one of them 1 has admitted to being “CORMAN © Maximilli GONZALEZ. Others who have ALL FBI INFORMATION CONTAINED | ick ‘ SIF | Mickey Roland Sarr beet iS oes S fe Janes. Walter"WELLS 74 James EdwanaAfOLT SHAUSER The nawes provided by the remainder were:- , . . charles, pif Content 7&6 ‘Rober IRTIS, Herbert Joh “LENDE Charles Willia Richard. Gale* ae Franklin Belan OLBERT Ernest Ray ANNING ad 3e Four of the thirteen were interviewed in ‘Special Branch on 29th October and the following conclusions were reached as a result of these. interviews: tm - « Docld: 32310231 Page 4 asta tes mame, i — an ant ‘changed piss hanié -Lepalry: ine Motori Vizpinin-coue years ago to Frank Anthony STURGIS following the. remarriage of his mother, FIORINI gave the impression of being a professional “con" man who is prepared to tell whatever story suits him. He was in charge of the party and may have been the only one who knew precisely where they were going. He tlaims ‘that afteb meeting two: other- boats east. of the isles of Turneffe it was their intention to join the two boats dispensing with the "Amigo" and then proceeding to Cuba. However, among the possessions of the five men on board the yacht was found a map of the Caribbean with three pencilled arrows pointing towards the northern coast of Honduras. The arrows had been drawn carelessly and did not indicate any particular places on the coast. lL ho)
ased . <> ° fe > a 2 4 * ee - rns e Cs BOREIDENT TA, O° he y ~2- ; (b) FIORINI and GORMAN @ GONZALEZ are jong standing members of | ‘ the Secret Arny Organisation of the International Anti- Communist Brigade. The man HOLBERT seems to have acted as , &@ recruiting agent fer FIGRINT ° — (c) Recrwitment to the Organisation was carried cut by newspaper advertisements in the Florida area and by personal contacts. FIORINT seems to have'been the main figure in this insofar as these particular men were concemed, : (a) - Apart from FIORINI, GONZALEZ ana possibly HOMBERY, the menbers of this particular group appear to be of fairly low calibre, They were probably attracted by the prospects of money and adventure and Some of them would probably have _ besn equally attracted te a purely erininsi Venture, (e) They had all been promised by FIORINI substantial peynent in return for their services but those interviewed claimed that they had in fact been paid nothing up to date, > . (f) The arns they were carrying were in property of members of the group wh them from Florida, Some cases the personal o had carried them with S, (g) Certain members of the party crossed the U.S./Mexican border c carrying these firearms, {h) All members of the party probably crossed the U.S./Mexican border by road at Brownsville, Texas, (4) The Orgenisation Clearly has some funds available to it » but ®IORINI's claim to have fifteén million U3. dollars in Switzerland for aid te political prisoners is more likely to be false than true. (§) It is reasonably clear that FIORINI and GORMAN @ conzaLEz intend to continue their anti-~Castro activities, . ist November 1968 x NS 0-2 2669 -Yo & boncanens aes z. far a Sea fn 1c 7 z Te). r thecstonne!. enniedy-Assassination Records Collection Act of £992 (44 USC, 2107 Hote} te 7 . P . “S , . bare isilgseou7 a a a . ie eye . ; Docld: 32310231 Page 5