AGENCY: FBI \ RECORD NUMBER: 124-90107-10192 RECORD SERIES: HQ _AGENCY FILENUMBER: —105-117222-NR Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: WMFO TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: 04/03/1963 PAGES: 4 SUBJECTS : JOHN THOMAS DUNKIN OPERATION ALPHA 66 DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified , _ RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS:  Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: — 08/03/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE AT COMMENTS : v9.1. NW 45773 Docid:32333609 JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information 91 Page i
Ay Anes ant mentioned in the enclosure. OTHER 4 who furnished the information nclosure to SAs HOWARD P. WINTER and HARVEY E. WILKINSON. requested that his identity as the source of this nformation be kept confidential because revelation of himself as its source would alienate the friend who furnished him the information and would frustrate chances of securing further pertinent information concerning captioned organization.. SARRAIN promised to relay to WFO any further pertinent data he might be able to secure. In this connection, SARRAIN stated . that he disapproves of hit-and-run operations but indicated that, given the opportunity, he might personally engage in a substantial guerrilla attack in Cuba designed to destroy any large public facility, the destruction of which would definitely hurt the CASTRO regime. Zy During the interview with him| _,<,leveated that he had last week been personally approache y an agent of | Operation Alpha 66 and offered $400 per month plus expenses - if he would agree to train for and assist in actual hit-and- run operations of captioned organization. said that he declined the offer. He advised, however, that he would be willing to penetrate the organization as an FBI informant if this were desired and if suitable terms could be agreed upon. | SARRAIN was advised ena’ his offer was appreciated bat could not be accepted. K | ! is was interviewed at his home, Apartment P-~2, 7888 N oad, Adelphi, Maryland. As the Bureau is aware, is 40 years of age and a lawyer by profession, | He has stated that for some five years prior to 1/1/59, he — served as prosecuting attorney in Havana, Cuba. He fled Cuba in May, 1959, for political reasons. He has admitted that he served six months of an 18-month prison term in the Federal Correctional Institute at Tallahassee, Florida, for forging United States visas in an effort to have relatives and friends in Cuba admitted to the United States. [| __—sits: presently employed as a laborer at the Duron Paint Company in Beltsville, Maryland. wv At the conclusion of the interview with him,L id volunteered information that ROLANDO VEGA and a Cuban associate have lately been traveling frequently between Washington, D. C., - and Baltimore, Maryland, in an effort to round up sympathizers ¥ ry =~2- ott NW 45773 DociId:32333609 Page 2
WFO 105-50870 OTHER 4 of Operation Al o might be willing to make monetary contributions, aid that he had observed VEGA and associate traveling in an old Ford station wagon bearing 1963 Washington, D. C., License Plate EZ-744. “CY On 4/2/63, Mrs. MARY PARLON, D. C. Motor Vehicles Department, advised that the above D..C. license tag belongs to a 1956 Ford ranch wagon registered on 3/2/62 as the property. of FELIX D. CENTENO, 200 Trenton Place, 8S. gton, D. C. It would appear that CENTENO may be es ee of information in this matterew u , WFO indices contain no references to FELIX D. CENTENO. WFO indices also contain no information identifiable with the Dr. TIRSO who is mentioned in the enclosure. ROLANDO VEGA, mentioned in the enclosure, was previously mentioned in WFO airtel 3/29/63 in instant: matter. gu LEADS . REQUEST OF THE BUREAU Bureau's attention is invited tol __—ijoffer to penetrate Operation Alpha 66 as an FBI informant as set forth on page two of instant letter. This offer is a continuing one and could be reactivated if Bureau should find it of value in the future. fy. LOS ANGELES DIVISION AT. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA Will endeavor to identify the Dr. TIRSO (phonetic) mentioned in the enclosed LHM as the owner of a hospital in. California and the head of a society of Latin Americans which is very anti-CASTRO. The informant has reported that Dr. TIRSO and his associates have offered as much as $60,000 to finance a single armed act against the CASTRO regime. of V WASHINGTON FIELD OFFICE AT WASHINGTON, D. C. 1. Will, upon the completion of an appropriate background inquiry, interview ROLANDO VEGA, waiter at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D. C., who is reported to TiAl replaced Dr. LUIS FELIPE DUANY, JR., as od nant Py Co yer area representative of Operation Alpha 66. ei) CON: rane = rc] NW 45773 Docid:32333609 Page 3