AGENCY : JFK Assassination System Date: 6/15/201 Identification Form Agency Information Peleased under the John FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-90012-10024 Kennedy Assassination Records ollection Act of 1992 RECORD SERIES : HQ (44 USC 2107 Note). _Pase# : NU 53025 Date: AGENCY FILE NUMBER: — CR 105-121847-8 h5-23-2017 Document Information — ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: -MM TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: 01/20/1964 PAGES: 5 SUBJECTS :. ; ASSOCIAION DE VETERANOS DE BAWHIA DE COCHINOS BERNARDO ALVAREZ DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Secret RESTRICTIONS: 1B CURRENT STATUS: —Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 08/04/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE _ (COMMENTS : LHM; v9.1 5 HW 53025 DBocld:32323255 Page 1
RE: ASOCIACION DE VETRANOS_DE_BAHIA._. my ~PE-COCHINOS, BRIGADA 2506 — ee ee Oo VAREIA's plans were for a normal naval command and organization with command positions to be filled by capable and experienced graduate officers. The navy's military activities would consist of. maritime actions by naval commandoes, infiltration of commandoes for. sabotage | activities, naval and aerial attacks on vital points in \ Cuba, and attacks seuye* vessels which continue to ‘trade with cuba (A) lu) Nicaragua was to create a naval force to be 4 called "Cuerpo de Vigelancia Naval", which was to serve to satisfy the requisites of international law and allow, Nicaragua to obtain naval vessels. VAREIA allegedly received. from.other Central American countries offers of territory for the establishment of bases of operation and training@§( Ut) ef Ay NI . On November 13, 1963 fsatiiiDo D TO ORRES, AVBC Military piannevfJadvised JAIME VAREIA CANOSA. ha been temporarily replaced as President. by JUAN SOSEPPERUYERO, VAREIA asked for a release of responsibility until January of 1964, so he might. work 3t gainful employment during this period of time. (Dp jo on January 4, 1964, MM T-1 advised a proposed plan had been - submit ted that the Asociacion and the “form an alliance. Qf a..Cubana. (JURE) , led by! MANUEL L_RAY/RIVERO, form an alliance. On December 7, 1963, the Executive Committee of. \ the AVBC voted thirteen to one against the alliance. EDUARDO FERNANDEZ; substituting for the regular Financial Secretary INT: “ARRIZURIE KSARDINAS, cast the only vote in favor of. the alliance. ARRIZURIETA" s absence was allegedly due tc | 2. -SECRET - _ a. ‘ HW 53025 Docld: 32323255 Page 2?
LL RE: ASOCIACION DE VETRANOS DE BAHIA - : DE COCHINOS, BRIGADA 2506. with the United States Army, has been conferring with United States officials in ashington , nee concerning the future of the Brigade. On January 13, 1964, (ermevo DE TORRES advised \S J he had just returned . ‘from New York. City, where he had been eh visiting with[his six-year-old son. Since December 22, 19637". ends ys co DE. TORRES statea)the J AVBC was continuing attem te to obtain bases of operation outside the United States. stated that when(he and |the AVBC President, JAIME VAREIA rs) CANOSA, returned from a Central American trip in. eptember of 1963, (they were\full of hopes and expectations. (They were \C st particu arly pleased with discussions with former Nicaraguan President LUIS SOMOZA; however ,(they have hadJno contact(_ S$ with. SOMOZA since the trip, and no action has materialized sincejthose conferences in aragu TORR thatfSOMOZA made promises to(him and other lea ers which will never be fulfilled Khe. PROPERTY OF FBI - This document contains neither. recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it. and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. = HW 53025 af a wee _ —— - _ -. . - UD ~ Docld: 32323255 Page 3