‘Released under the John F. DATE: 11-14-2017 AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE : DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : * COMMENTS : v9.1 Docld: 32330414 Page 1 Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC 2107 Hote). JFK Assassination System Identification Form ‘ Agency Information FBI 124-90090-10077 HQ 105-84265-21 Document Information FBI HQ DOJ/CRIM 02/02/1960 3 . JUAN FERNANDEZ DE CASTRO RODRIGUEZ ROLANDO MASFERRER PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Confidential 4 Redact 07/15/1998 INDEFINITE LHM Date: 6/1/2015
Lok oN Spies es the John F. Kennedy AssassinationsRecords’ Collection Act ‘of 1992 (44° U8C 7107 Hetey DATE tiga 2017 ‘Rite viaw’ PRRNANDES DE CASTRO RODRICUDZ, ar Ai, ‘this Bureau thet the antt+Costro underground movement planned to _ kt11 Ontted States. Ambassador to Cuba Bonsal and bomb the United. States | Embossy in Cuba... She further adutsed that. anti~Castro elements - _ subsequently. ‘ad or bond the Pabasay and that thie allegation wae based entirely on Be. _ awn. speculation... Cong , _§en Salvador Taland, nected with certain. United States agencies or igs acting in’ the tr behalf -buginesanan that. gh hed been on a Yiddle Rast dsatgnnent for that. Agency. & denied he furnished. any euch Pnfornatyon to hn es : : a ran ¢ oN FID @ i 4 vat - - nS ae ROLANDO MASTEARER ROTAS - VECRTM: “Por ewanple; durtng ‘Movember, 1959, Mire. Paafpe ‘tduteed | plenned to undertake: an invasion of Cuba from San Salvador Island in -. the ‘Bahamas on about ovember 15, 1959, under the leaderahtp of a British officer, She cletmed to have recetved the information cone éerning the agsdssination of Bonsal and the bombing of our Fnbasay fron an anti=Castro leader in Hianit. Upon interview, this antt= Castro leader déented.any knowledge of such plans and Mra. Taaffe ted that she knéw.of no specific plot to bili Ronsaly J phing the alleged attack on Cuba from ing oh thortties ‘tndteated there was no substance to such charge 8.](¢ >’ . ~ fievs.- Paoppe: has also been in contact with a number af on Onited States agencies, ineluding the Department of State, the. -F Central Intelligence Agency, the Inamigration -and Vatural ization eruige, the Bureau of Customs ana. the tnteliigence branch of the Air’ Force SRL On qeaaaton, shé has ‘tried to dreate the impresston thet she io cone ' and she is known to hauve- disverted and misrepresented her Cony acts with . United States officials, For instance, Hrs. Taaffe told’. Hitemd /. é worked for the Central- Intelligence. ee Intelligente Agency. representative aduised that Mrs, Tae. Wea NOT connected with tha ; Agency and characterized hér.aa a Mata Hari” whe was waking @. general - nutseance of herself and whe was "going to rur of agencies to contact." on. another. oeceston Ure. Taaffe. elatmed “ta: have been adviséd. by @ State Deperthent official concerning cere Ohi ae “A pPRASEs of Untted States. poltcy towards Cuba. Phis official aypeequensty | mef Ta \e4 U Bre, LPS sont u lava, Brcd: WIA a urs. Taare? “S: not tues th. sotunteering ink nasion bs Che... PRI and other United States agencies has not- been clear. She lain. <s to be concerned. about the threat of comaunien in Cuba and throughout | | . the Gartbbean areo ¢ d to be developing and. furnishing information... he However, Mrs. faaffe is known to.. aN i stain. cuba. whieh are threatened by the Castro a peghne ‘tind: ‘eh pears to be an individual who revels in intrigue aid - who eeeke to identify herself with prominent. tadividuals and clandestine intelligence operartens, . . conr ters FAL a. ei me } . . ° - , . “s . : fot . ~ a at am . : at Me - Docld: 32330414 Page 2?
[PrBeazea under thie DATE: 11-14-2017 Ceo mam INI ran | a “3 { : Ty - Cet \ os aa on che “ 2 co, o 2 , vo as . » a ¢ : : a : : . . . gos ten AY ° * gen y " *. Ri) JUAN FERNANDEZ DE CASPRO RODRIGUEZ, BF:AL. ROLANDO MASFERRER ROTAS = VICTIM — 2 furing recent months information has, been recetved Prom several sources pointing te the possibility that, ire. Taaffe may be serving as an egent of the Castro government. jin Novembers 19595 a iiant eource who has been closely associoted pith Toaffe advised thet — he had learned thet ehe had received $5,000 from a representative of the Cuban Government for information ‘coneerntns the antteCastro activities of a prominent Cuban businesaman. [Another Government agency in November, 1959, furnished information froma source con= | gidered- reliéble. to the effect that Mra. Toaffe's hotel bills. in. Havana were paid for by the Cuban Government and that she was sua@~ pected of deting o€castonally of regularly os an-agent for that Governnent. ) Moreover, during December, 1959) 0 former of fieteal of ‘")- the Cuban Nattonel: Police advised that during his asatgnment with. ’) ‘the Cubon-Natiene? Police he Jearned thet Urs. Taeffe was serving a9 | an tnformant for the Castro. regime; hed provided information to Cuban offtetals concerntag the. detivities of Rolando Masferrer (prominent antieCastro leader in Hiant), and had been paid a eum in exeeos of ~ $1,000. for thie information. Phe information from thie source should be treated in-striet confidence since its disdlogure could jeopardize” the safety of the. source, (Sources are Wallace Quinn, State ~ 65250904 repre sentatiue,in Havana, and PSI. Romulo Rene Del key Sort = 65259364, » serials 22paaéq on “the information sunmortiaed tn the forégotig = poragraph, thie Bureow has tnitteted on. investigation of Mrs. Paoffe ‘to determing ; Cuban Governnent and. te therefore subject to the provisions af the th ?., ( ghe haa acted in the tnited States on behalf of the _ Foreign Agents Registratton Act of 1938, a8 anended. | NOTE ON “YELLOW: ~*~ _ Classified "Confidetial" since data from State Department in next-to-last paragraph was so classified. Also, disclosure of data in same. paragraph from PSI Sort could result tn -compromising | source who is furnighimg .continuing information relative to the nattonal defense. HG). Dee woo. = f } iS - 7 oad 5 ‘ “ \ - a te pe eS : . - Docld: 32330414 Page 3