oN . a UN. 2D STATES DEPARTMENT OF * sTICE i RE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AN EIDE N i ‘AL ' ;, a CONFIDENPTAL iD {a Lk . In Reply, Please Refer to NTIAL (tor2tt 5 File No. Washington, D.C, 20535 July .1 AbL INFORMATION cont Ary ay ECR CORT RRS HEREIN Sor eo a ANTI-FIDEL CASTRO ACTIVITIES i\ ie SHORE E HEA SBUIN -INTERNAL..SECURITY - CUBA EXDES) REA , | OTHER ge OD THERWI cae On July 13, 1966, a confidential informant advised that ; about two weeks ago an individual known as EviliexEstrella, a Cuban, whom the informant described as possibly coming originally from the Cuban Province of Pinar del Rio, appeared at the Pan American Union (PAU) in Washington, D;Cz Estrella went to the @ office of another Cuban, Guillermo#Belt, who never met Estrellawg and asked if Belt could get secretary of PAU to type a smallzer page memorandum for him. Co) U The informant learned [from Belt, who is employed in thd Department of Administrative Affairs of the PAU,| that the memora dum which was handwritten in the Spanish language and contained many spelling and grammatical errors, was of no real substance, It merely recognized the need for unification among Cubans and the establishment of a Cuban Government In Exile, The memorandum then |. set out a long list of names of various Cubans who were to ~ pate in the exile government, The informant recalled the following 0 Presiaent - CarlosXfiarquezdSterling, former Cuban a ae Presidential Aspirant in 1958 United Nations Representative - EmilexNunez~Portuondo, | former Cuban Senator and United Nations ‘Representative —” tLons nepresen NR Ambassador to the United States - GuillermoBelt/fiamirez, ~~ father 6f the Belt employed at PAU and former 0.6. ly Cuban Ambassador to the United States Secretary ox War - ManuewArtine, one of the leaders of | ——— the Bay of Pigs invasion | 1g A Ficep of Stati of the army_- Quirinof{Uria, formerly held op 4 4gs pit) a post in the Grau administration “Fy a é ie _ EOE AR ae 8 Pt At TRE AR AERC AE ns akoathati 21 . fe, 4Y —_ Classifiadwoy HS . Declassify pit: ‘BARR 5 i Docld: 32302334 Page 3
liecti sc 217A Mote} - 1 d der the dodhn F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 4 Released un A 1 : :. 11-14-2017 DATE: 11714-2017 a a ~ ANTI-FIDEL CASTRO ACTIVITIES Ambassador to the Organization of American States - cy be Eviliogf®strelia, meena The informant also learned [from Belt at the PAU/tha ge yu) White House and presented to the President of the United States, However, after the memorandum was typed and in good form, Estrella decided to take it to the United States Department of St te (USDS) and present it to the person in charge of Cuban attairs(\C)- . QO (pert told the informant ]Estrella appeared naive cancern- | ing this matter because Estrella gave the impression That the USDS would immediately recognize the group as the first Cuban Government in Exile Opposed ‘to the government of Fidel Castro, The informant related that Belt considered the entire matter unimportant and dismissed the idea. fa.) FA second confidential informant advised on July 13, 1966; that he has been a very close friend of Carlos Marquez Sterling ~ for many years, He recently received a letter from Sterling which did not mention one word of the scheme of Estrella and the fact that Estrella "appointed" Sterling as head of the Cuban Government in Exile. The informant felt that had this been an endeavor initiated with the consent o Om he, the informant, — would have learned of it before NOWe ( \ ) U) Both informants considered thiss ust another attempt by another Cuban exile to establish a government in exile; placed — Belt's position was vetified through the "Telephone Directory" published by the PAU March, 1966, ui 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 ts distributed outside your agency. wg ¢ ed a ae . Docld: 32302334 Page 4