Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System Date: 4/15/201 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10280-10098 RECORD SERIES: HQ \ AGENCY FILE NUMBER: CR 105-74151-3 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: SAC,MM~ | TO': DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: DATE: 01/22/1959 PAGES: 8 SUBJECTS : CC, ROMARIZ, ALBERTO BLANCO, ASSOC, REVOLUTIONARY ACT, CUBA, TRA DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Secret , RESTRICTIONS: Consulted; 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: = 09/24/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE, APPROVAL OF INS COMMENTS : INC MEMO, REFERRED TO INS v9.1 6 4 i DoclId: 32302161 Page 1
, Released under the John F./ Kennedy Assassination Records Cottection\ ‘ 2 <2 DATE: (1-44-2017 O — = fons ere ep © \O. : . — < Office Memorandum + onirep 8 GOVERNMENT | ce ‘errney “ | TO: DIRECTOR, FBI a | DATE: 1/22/59 [a ~ a . FROM : _ SAC, MIAMI’ (105-1684) SUBJECT: CHANGED 35 TEN oe f ALBERTO BLANCO ROMARTZ, aka... (pw) vf : Alberto Blanco; » ° o . Te : A f _ OSVALDO. ANTONTONCASTELL..y.. VALDEZ,..aka. , Zé f Tony, Antonio Guzman Valdez, Valdes 9A%6 ; f . IS - CUBA Pou, Jk PEMA p Lo Classified by LAA / | ReBulet 12/4/58. __ Declassify on: GA RULE ‘ changed in order to reflect the full and correct names oe of ALBERTO BLANCO ROMARIZ and OSVALDO ANTONIO. CASTELL y 7 VALDEZ as those names appeared.in the files of immigration and Naturalization Service, Miami, Florida. Title was previously carried as " ALBERTO “BLANCO; ANTONIO “GUZMAN; = IS - CUBA". | anata . 28. Referenced letter reflects information from a Ee confidential source abroad classified as.secret, to the. Bak effect that CHARLES WILLIAM HORMEL (Bureau file 105-69648; zm -. Miami file 2-198) arrived at Grand Cayman Island, British “ae West Indies, on October 26,..1958, with three passengers, and departed leaving two of. them there. The two left behind rae A were ALBERTO CRESCENCIO de.la CRUZ MENENDEZ OLITE (who mai reportedly first gave his name as ALBERTO BLANCO), a a address 1920 Michigan Avenue, Miami, Florida, and the | Wag & other passenger is identified as OSVALDO ANTONIO CASTELL um ° VALDEZ (who Pirst gave his name as ANTONIO GUZMAN VALDEZ ), address 1918 Southwest 3rd Avenue, Miami. The source . gf further stated. that the name of the third person in HORMEL 's ‘oe _ plane was said to be ALBERTO, but nothing more about him was known. “ -)(6) . . OO ae a AMiami files reflect on June 26, 1958, ALFREDO ; eae ern ies oa Onn New York 2°34 ‘ va " emt Te Tyre roe 4 b 7 2 / ¢ ae é og f co i é 4 i oy =“ Bureau~ (RM)~ a aay opm f a i |. Oise Miami 959 | 1” ait | | foot eee we wh * ge REVERSE ae SIDE POR cee \ mee geTEO hn om ~ DoclId: 32302161 Page 2 The title in instant communication is marked ( ) “£993 (44 USC 2107 Hote). 4 } i | i
Assassination Records, Collectio ‘Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote}. . (7 SrADET MM 105-1684 eurnished a list to the New York Office which he stated was sent to him by the Cuban Military Intelligence Service, which list contained individuals who, because of their revolutionary activities in Cuba, had been forced to seek residence in another Country & The name OSVALDO IU) ANTONIO CASTELL VALDES is listed as having left Cuba for the United States June 11, 1957, on this list. The New York Office, on September 12, 1958, furnished the Miami Office a list and a group of 288 photographs obtained’ from the Immigration and Naturalization Service, described as a list of known Cuban revolutionaries operating in the. Miami area, and on this list appeared OSVALDO ANTONIO CASTELL y VALDES, Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) Number A11250772. - ; On November 3, 1958, Superintendent DAVID GODFREY, - Special Branch, The Jamaica Constabulary, Kingston, Jamaica, . British West Indies, advised SA LEON 0, PRIOR that a number of private aircraft visited Jamaica frequently, and one of \ them is the property of CHARLES WILLIAM HORMEL, who was ; reported as in Cayman Island accompanied by ALBERTO CRUZ i . MENENDEZ, who gave his name as BLANCO, his occupation as a lawyer, and his home address as 1920 Michigan Avenue, Miami, and ANTONIO GUZMAN VALDEZ, home address 1918 Southwest 3rd Avenue, Miami. Their flight began in Tampa and ended in South Caicos where HORMEL abandoned MENENDEZ and GUZMAN. On November 9, 1958, Superintendent GODFREY ae advised that a cache of arms and military supplies: had an been seized in Cayman Island, British West Indies, and ho two Cubans guarding same had been taken into custody, ~ i namely, ALBERTO MENENDEZ and ANTONIO VALDES, who furnished 7 signed statements admitting they transported guns with , HORMEL from Miami by way of Tampa, Caicos Island, to Cayman Island. GOU ~ The "Diario Las Americas", a Spanish Language _ i Newspaper published daily in Miami, Florida, in its issue — . of June 7, 1957, showed a photograph of ALBERTO BLANCO . FS . \/ ee Sen oe DocId: 32302161 Page 3
* Released under the John F. | DATE:. 14-14-2017 ve + “8G oy x 2 wy MM 105-1684 United States at Miami September 28, 1954. He listed his occupation as a student, and gave his address as 1019 Southwest 24th Road, Miami; address in Cuba, : 609 San Indalecio, Santos Suarez, Havana, Cuba. His descrip- tion was white male, 23, 5'8", 172, black hair, brown _eyes, single, parents LINO BLANCO, father, and DOLORES ROMARIZ, mother. The file contained a memorandum dated February 12,.1958, reflecting information furnished by EDUARDO HERNANDEZ, Cuban Consul General, Miami, Florida, stating that ALBERTO BLANCO (INS Number A8753096) and TONY CASTELL (INS Number A11250772) were members of a party which included FAURE CHOMON, which had gone to Cuba to join the rebel forces of FIDEL CASTRO. } Mr. THURMAN advised that the file contained no information concerning the whereabouts of BLANCO subsequent to the notation that his presence was verified in Cuba in _ February, 1958. Mr. THURMAN made file number A11250772 for OSVALDO ANTONIO CASTELL VALDEZ available, and it reflected that CASTELL was born in Havana, Cuba, February 28, 1932, was a white male, 26 years old, married, height 5111", weight 150, hair black, eyés brown, features regular, FBI Number 701 098 Cc. He was arrested May 21, 1955, by the Miami Beach Police Department under number A22282, for Larceny, and the charge was dismissed on May 255 1955. Parents were listed as ANTONI@XCASTELL and LOUI ALDEZ. His address in Cuba was 619 Virtudes Street, Havana, and as of July 3, 1957, his Miami address was 1918 Southwest 3rd Avenue, Miami. He entered the United States as a student. on June 12, 1957, and was deported to Nassau October 12, 1957. A memorandum in file dated August 19, 1957, states that CASTELL participated in the attack on the Presidential Palace in Cuba in March, 1957. -5- SECRET] ennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC RRQ SA 2107 Hote). ae ee ee Docld: 32302161 Page 4