Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote}. DATE: 11-14-2017 ~ ay . On 10/15/59 Dr. mrancio URE Lee Coucetro, a Cuban 7 | exrtle in Miamt, and opposed to the Castro Government, furnished | information concerning his part in May, 1959, in the plan to seize’ the Isle of Pines, Cuba. He stated that he had conferred with General- issimo Trujillo and General Jose EF, Pedraza of the Dominican Republic regarding arms to defend the Isle of Pines once it was taken but they turned him down stating that they had other plans. Rodriguez believed - they told Major William 4, Morgan of this plan because Morgan was dealing with them at that time. Rodriguez said that following his vistt with Trujillo and Pedraza the entire military personnel was changed on the Isle of Pines which made his plan impossible. 97-3965-9'p. 4 | (Qe | | | ‘ On 5/28/59 the Legat at Havana advised that former PCI Freddy De Marigny advised the day before that Raul Castro had supplanted leaders of the\(Second National Front of Escambray with his own followers. fhis action enraged both leaders and followers of this group of which William Alexander Morgan was commander. 1S \(yO 109-1 -210-570 (17) On 4/19/60 Humberto Rojas (105-83192) former mayor of San | Cristobal, Cuba, advised he was required to leave Cuba in June 1959 because he had been involved with William Alexander Morgan who betrayed an anti-Castro plot to the Cuban Government. 105~83192-3 p. 12,/3 (17) On 6/2/59 Richard Bowman Jaffe (100-76864), associate in anti-Castro activities with Rolando Masferrer, advised that he had received information from his Cuban associates to the effect that William Alexander Morgan now had taken several thousand men away from the forces of Fidel Castro. He had no information regarding their Location or the type of activity the men were engaged in, jc 105~76864.7 p. 17 (14) Docld: 323371385 Page 3
‘Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 C ya SECRET 4 ’ on 4/7/60 Fredesvindo Bosque Cueto (105-79112) furnished information that about the middle of :1959 he attended a meeting at the DuPont. Plaza Hotél, Miami between William Alezrander Morgan, Dominick Bartone and Dominican Consul General Augusto Ferrando. Morgan. wanted a sum of money turned over to him as an expression of good faith on the part of the Dominican Republic. Bartone stated that it was believed at that time that Morgan was planning to carry out a counter revolution against Fidel Castro. Bosque stated that Ferrando. gave him $50,000.00 which he delivered to Morgan. At another meeting (no date) between the same indjviduals Bosque had a disagreement with Morgan. Bosque reached the conclusion that Morgan was lying and was not gotng to carry out his revolutionary. plan. He stated he had not seen him since. Bosque said money was subsequently delivered to Morgan which he believed had been brought from the Dominican Republic by Manuel Perez Sasa, an inspector of Dominican Consulates. Bosque admitted that at the two meetings he had been acting on behalf of General Jose Pedraza, leader of a group of anti. Castro Cubans in the Doninican Repudl t+ (aN (A) 105279 8.28 (sia) St 105-81961- 24 Pe 9,10 (aviejen PSI Thomas Albert Thompson (protect identity) advised that Alberto Lopez (97-3906) stated on July 17 and.19, 1959, that Dominick Bartone called William Alexander Morgan in Havana. He stated that the conversation probably concerned a B-25 aircraft seized by the U. S. Customs at Tampa, Fla. on 7/18/5948 Y It was noted that Bartone was a Cleveland, Ohio plane salesman, who was arrested on 5/22/59 with Augusto Ferrando, Dominican Consul General, Miami, tn connection with a gun ‘Shipment to the — | Dominican Republ mC ( Xu) 97390622 p. 6 (18)/ 9. . Docld: 323371385 Page 4
“Released gpinder the Joh F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote. DATE: 11-14-2017 C —— f SECRET on 7/29/59 Comandante Willtam Morgan, honorary major in the Cuban Revolutionary Army advised that he was acquainted with Richard Meredith Sanderlin (105-73703) and had recently seen him in Havana where Sanderlin resided. Morgan stated. that Sanderlin was still in the Cuban Revolutionary Army but he did not know whether he had a specific assignment, He stated he was possibly instructing in some matter due to the bad condition of his arm which was wounded with gunshot during the revolution, Morgan stated that Cuban doctors wanted to amputate the arm but on specific instructions from Fidel Castro were still trying to save it. 105-73703-19 p. 253 (3)i-" Mariano Faget, former Chief of Bureau for Repression of Communist Activities in Cuba (protect identity) advised that William Alexander Morgan had been in Miami the latter part of July 1959 and had been in contact with Augusto Maria Ferrando, (109-64) Ferrando. aa had taken Morgan to the Dominican Republic (no date) because Morgan. had agreed to cooperate with the Dominican Republic in an attack on * Cuba against Batista, It was alleged that Ferrando gave Morgan $152,000 cash to aid the Dominicans in the invasion of Cuba. $100,000 of this * money had been delivered in cash in a paper bag on 7/29/59, Inft. advised that Morgan had duped the Dominican Republic inte believing he was atding them.in thetr attempt to defeat Castro, while actually he was an agent for Castro. Policarpo Soler, a Cuban, was also involved in the plot to have Morgan assist the Dominican Republic Government. He had reportedly been killed by Generalissimo Trujilla. <Inft. felt that Ferrando was in fear of his life although he claimed he had no responsibility in the Morgan matter. (KUM a 1099-64-45 | a ! (18) | On 11/23/59 Mariano Faget (protect identity) advised that he had not witnessed delivery of money on 7/29/59 to William Alexander Morgan. He stated that he had received information from Robert Ortega, former officer in the Bureau for Repression of Communist Activities in Cuba, that Augusto Maria Ferrando had sent money to Morgan in common paper bags. (UL) | On 12/3/59 Robert Ortega, 3031 Northest, Flagler Terrace, Miami, advised that the only thing he knew about any of Morgan's activities was that a friend had told him that Morgan had bought $60,000.00 worth of arms in Tampa, Fla. and had taken the arms to Cuba. (continued on next page.) SECRET -ll.- Docld: 323371385 Page 5
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC 2107 Hote}. DATE: 11-14-2017 = . ay : . SECRET, 7 on 8/20/59, Morgan telephonically advised the Miami Office that Ferrando had paid him over $400,000,00 to aid in a revolution against Fidel Castro in Cuba while all of the time he was aiding Fidel Castro. a 109~64,52 (18) Lhe Legat at Havana, Cuba advised that about the first of August, 1959, Raul Cros, former Head of the Cuban Air Force Intelli- gence, attempted to learn his opinion about whether a counter: revolu- tion would be effective in Cuba. The Legat advised that at the time he knew that a counterrevolutionary group was in contact with William Alezander Morgan and Eloy Gutierrez Menoyos and that the Cuban Govern ment. was aware of such movement. O(a) (5 Qe Be release | in 190 -A3SQAS- 22. bits) PSI Richard B. Jaffe (protect identity) advised that according to Rolando Masferrer, Dominick Bartone, Aero Dynamics Corp.,had deposited $180,000.00 in a Miami Bank and that Bartone was the contact man between. the Dominican Republic and William Alexander Morgan, Inft. stated that Morgan had contacted certain leaders of the anti-Fidel Castro revolutionary movement and representatives of the Dominican Republic, to form a force to tnvade Cuba, and he, Morgan, would aid - them on their arrival in Cuba with members of the Cuban revolutionary army under his command, Inft. explained that on about 8/10/59, when the Dominican Republic sent three plane loads of guns to Cuba prior | to the proposed invaston, Morgan decetved the Dominican Republic and captured and killed occupants of the planes, According to Inft., one Nelson (FNU) was involved with Bartone in the political intrigue - between Cuba and the Dominican Republ roo (& Te General Manuel Benitez, 20 Palermo, Coral Gables, Fla. (protect identity) advised that Francis John Nelson (105-82088) served as a contact man between William Alezrander Morgan and Augusto Ferrando, Dominican Consul General in Miami, Nelson made two trips to the Dominican Republic where he arranged to supply Generalissimo Rafael frujillo one million dollars worth of arms made in Belgium, however he was unable to deliver the arms. (25 (44 105-8 2088-5 (16) Docld: 323371385 Page 6