107 Hote). AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER:  124-10280-10050 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER: CR 105-303628-4 DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: LEG, OT TO: DIRECTOR, FBI , . TITLE: DATE: 08/26/1976 PAGES: 15 SUBJECT: DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT ORIGINAL NEW CLASSIFICATION: «ret CLASSIFICATION: REVIEW DATE: 06/12/1996: UPDATE DATE: - STATUS Redact | | RESTRICTIONS: JFK Act 6 (1)(C) JFK Act 6 (4) COMMENTS: INC 3 LTR, 2 MEMO, LHM, ADMIN PAGE Docld: 3230271153 Page 1
AIRTEL TO: DIRECTOR, FBI EJERCITO SECRETO DE CUBA (SECRET ARMY OF CUBA) - USA IS - CUBA ments thereto. RK 4 ~ Bureau (Ene.12) - Foreign Liaison) (Direct) G (1 = Miami) it aio “ottawa ire: eae ~ €8) % t & Fs S sane N52. FS ay Classified & Declassify Docld: 3230271153 Page 3 FROM?» LEGAT, OTTAWA (105-5636) (P) Enclosed are original and two copieslof RcuP letter dated 8/25/76,]with three copies each of three attach S) Please note request in paragraph 3. Note information is for use of intelligence ‘community only and may not be declassi? ed without express permission of the government of Canada.
7 Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Pegprds Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 DATE: .11-14-2017 ee we a me 4 ' Docld:32302113 Page 4 « CORRESPO NDENCE TO: ‘ THE COMMISSIONER ROYAL. CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE 2 c . TN PLEASE ADDRESS’ 4 ay , . PRIERE D'ADRESJER LES LETTRES COMME SUIT: 7 = LE COMMISSAIRE ‘- GENDARMERIE ROYALE DU CANADA OTTAWA, CANADA OTTAWA, CANADA ’ K1A OR2 KIA OR2 HEADQUARTERS VOTRE NG DIRECTION GENERALE OUR NO. NOTRE ND946~79~289 25 August 1976 — sa = Sh aa = 17 g83 solely . i the Sov: Mr. Joseph A. Marion, Jr., °" ™ c/o United States Embassy, te présect Ottawa, Ontario. Ceneds. Hest comy Seuls services ds es 5 et 2 le condition gue $9, cots fe géo. Dear Sir: . Modifiée sens  l'autarisztion evpresse dy @ fie: ‘Souvernement canadien. of , Re: Ejercito Secreto de Cuba (Secret Army of Cuba) - U.S.A. c i -- “ ad 7 , t 7 “ : a of Recently several Canadian establishments, public and private, at home and abroad have received letters post marked Miami, Florida, U.S.A. The letters contain the words EJERCITO SECRETO DE CUBA written near a red triangle with a white star in the centre. It is felt that this is the work of an Anti-Castro Cuban Exile (ACE) terrorist or terrorist group and is meant as a warning to those who receive. it. 26 We have had the writing analysed by our handwriting expert, Sgt. Robert FAWCET, from the R.C.M.P. Crime Detection Laboratory and he states that the addresses on the front of the three envelopes we have at this headquarters were written by the same person. . 7. 3. We would appreciate any data you may have regarding a group calling itself the Secret Army of Cuba (SAC) presumed to be operating out of Miami. We are attaching photocopies of each letter and its“contents for your perusal and information.” Yours truly, oN
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FReleased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 3107 Hotey. DATE: . 11-14-2017 Fe The RCMP Liaison Office, foe . ee 2450" ‘ssachusetts. Ave. N.W., Washi..,ton, D.C. 20008 > ey YOUR No. VOTRE N° NOTRE N° “SECRET To: The Director, ct Federal Bureau of Investigation From: Superintendent H. W. Brandes, RCMP Liaison Officer f \ wa’ Re: EJERCITO SECRETO DE CUBA —~~~___. es (SECRET ARMY OF CUBA - USA) ies This is further to my Headquarters' letter dated August 25, 1976 directed to you concerning the captioned organization. At that time we asked you for any data you might have concerning the ESC because of the fact that warning letters had been sent to several Canadian establishments, public and private, at home and abroad. Recently ESC has come to our attention again pand we are speculating that it may be tied in with the UNITED REVOLUTIONARY..ORGANIZATION (URO) headed by Orlando fTTLA, and composed of five anti-Castro Cuban exile (ACE) terrorist groups: C UB (er Scatter ACCION CUBANA (AC) FRENTE NACIONAL DE LIBERACION CUBANO (FNC) MOVIMIENTO NACIONALISTA CUBANO (CNM) BRIGADE 2506 THE 17th OF APRIL MOVEMENT URO came into being in June 1976 and since that time has claimed responsibility for several terrorist attacks, i.e., the airport bombing in Kingston, Jamaica; the attempted kidnapping of the Cuban Consul in Merida, Mexico, and murder of an official of the Cuban Institute of Fisheries during the attempted kidnapping, as well as the .. 16° ~ 30842 Docld: 3230271153 Page &