AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10350-10074 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER: CR 105-121863-7 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: MM TO: HQ TITLE : DATE: 07/25/1963 PAGES: 12 SUBJECTS : GERALD PATRICK HEMMING DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION : — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: . Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 09/04/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : RPT v9.1 Docld: 32316632 Page 1 JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information
FD-263 (Rev. 5-1-59) ‘ HO ~ . = -% ' * ™ SS - i REPORTING OFFICE OFFICE OF ORIGIN DATE ‘ INVESTIGATIVE PERIOD . MIAMI MIAMI 7/25/63 6/19 - 7/24/63 TITLE OF CASE. ; ; REPORT MADE BY TYPED BY O) <1 7 :| WILLIAM MAYO DREW, JR. WMD: |pim ~FRENTE_REVOLUCIONARIO > ~ FP @HARACTER OF CASE ANTICOMUNISTA — ~ (FRAC)~— ete Tn a IS - CUBA; RA - CUBA; NM J REFERENCE: Bureau airtel aches (A a, h i a os ANDI os Meg ee J a DEG coe & is aN i AR oe < , as vr en a aN Tis OODLE KP 19-19-47 re J f, AT MIAMI,” FLORIDA 134 NM an 1.) Will further ident MANUEL PONCE, 3083 / Northwest 32nd Street, and consider advisability of interviewing him. yh 2.) Will maintain close contact with JESUS i, RAFAEL FRANCO CANEDO in order to follow the plans and ot ye activitie f AGUIIAR. SPECIAL AGENT . DO NOT WRITE IN SPACES BELOW ‘ Miami (RM) J2/ & b3 |. C57 | | 1 - State Dept. (Cuban Affai Koa ist (RM) 4] REG: 57 i 1 - U.S. Border Patrol, Miam , f 1 - U.S. Coast Guard, Miami (R ) 1 - G-2, Ft. McPherson, Ga. RM) ogy PWeg Ll - ‘ONL, Miami (RM) * JUL 29 1968 ; Ea Bay 1 - OSI, Robins AFB, Ga. (Rif! MLErh BA 1 - ciA, Miami (RM)° wa ——_____ 1 —2 Customs, Miami (RM) | ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED —HEREIN IS UNG | i" y . | , aatecesoncsdadoinicy™ F-~- ~~~ ~~ , pars | ia - | | 3 a7 tges 7-7 -- a a ; Pop U.s. GOV ENT Parting OFFICE §='16—76324-1 PN ~ TT eat a ONES MOR Ba ee ne — | Docld: 32316632 Page 2? th
MM 105-4769 -On June 19, 1963, MM T-1, a Cuban exile who was formerly a member of the Cuban Rebel Army, and who — is acquainted with certain anti- CASTRO personalities in the Miami area, dv 8 ar Os Gums vo MANOLO\AGUIIAR, 829. “Southwest. Ninth Avenue, Miami, is Head of the Frente Revolucionario Anticomunista ~ (FRAC), and was planning to mount one or’ more raids against Cuba in two or three weeks. Source stated the AGUIIAR group has three boats, two of which are located - in the Miami River, and one in a garage in Miami. It was >. also reported that they had a cache of explosives which they were planning to use on these raids. Source stated that this group had contacts in New York, where they were buying arms which they plan to bring to Miami. Among the equipment which they were seeking to buy were a number. of .57 millimeter recoilless rifles. He stated that this group also had contacts with fishermen in Key West, . Florida, on whom they could count for assistance in connection with their proposed raids. "Diario Las Americas", a Spanish language newspaper published in Miami, Florida, in its issue of February 15, 1962, contained a directory of Cuban — Revolutionary and Professional Organizations in Exile. On this list was the Frente Revolucionario Anticomunista, 453 Northwest Third Street, Miami. . The April 27, 1962 issue of the “Miami Herald" carried a front page article entitled, "Exiles Train - Again Without U.S. Aid". The article reflected there “/ “:: were approximately twenty-two anti-CASTRO groups under=— going military instruction in the Miami area. Listed-as participating in this training was MANUEL)AGULIAR, Head of the Anti- ‘Communist Revolutionary. Front. ot wos — | Docld: 32316632 Page 4