’ OPTIONA! ~ a . FoR mR f : mo MAY 1962. EDITIen~ i Wy. ~. : . APEN OP ee, oo eo oy GSA FPMR (41 CFR} 101-11.6 ; . fon AND AF “, UNITED poaees cot “MENT a ; \ 5 ve} Mm ! “M emorandum 3 (a | DIRECTOR, FBI (205: ~180256) pate: 4/25/69 | ; - ele | FROM me ‘SAC, NEW YORK « (205+ ~95685) (P) , 7 ia | SUBJECT: HANGED OQ . Pe cage EMILIO E TE PEDROSO, aka OTHERW. SE @ GIA HAS NO ossection 4 EOM ' ,"—POMPT" ope gf fuscuga; Ree GF Cla INFORMA SELY CLAIMING CITIZENSHIP we \ 5 pon ale m 4-2-947 a7 ple a [KS ‘Title has been "Changed" to include the code names, it pal "POM" and "POMPI", which were briefly assigned to the subject pK) ° Cuban intelligence. a a ReNYairtels to the Bureau, 4/4/69 and 4/18/69. Enclosed for the Bureau are 9 copies of an LHM dated ani | captioned as above, setting forth results of 4/3/69 interview “Ss of subject. San Juan are two photographs, one each of the subject and his wife) FIDELIA ABIGAIL BALSINDE y MOYA. YecS “(O)pureau (Encls. 9) (RM 1-Legat, Mexico City) (105-7049) prong x Along with the three copies of the LEM enclosed for { r x“ SIN 1-Legat, Ottawa) (105-3400) O Diyas (1-105-92239) (MIGUEL ROCHE MONROY) 2 22 SSR (1-105-132914) ‘(RAMON RODRIGUEZ, aka ~ 2 t Y ypl-Miami (105-15880) (Encls. 4) (RM) | . wf 1=105-11814) (CARLOS FERRET) : NS Mm (1-105- ) (EDDIE tare >>>) Sl-New Hven (Encl. 1) (Info) (RM) 2 @B-San Juan (105-11384) tena gn 5) (RM | cys a] (1-105- rear) (RAMON RODRIGUEZ, aka._"P¢ | ‘3 4 + p-Tampa (105-0) (Encls. 2) (Info) (RM) _ 4 ASN (1-105-335) (FERNANDO ‘RODRIGUEZ ) QO.) ak -NY 39-396 (EMILIO ECHARTE) Os | yo SA SEANY 65-23342 (RAMON RODRIGUEZ, aka "OCHO." (34) at BO SiS IT-NY 105-NE UNSUBE, aka (TIT, fine. BarberT yy GN a | ! ~ ID ; . 7. we 6% 55 Ky > SS \e-N¥ 105-95655) cnt ot thinte lo S95 Se miw € for bho 7 oy 03 9 ENCLOSURE. vals MIC You MAN hn To lay Lis S (ice LUM 4o cing } ere eS HUDd| bh. 5-57-64. “ Re fre m4 his [Phy S>218 che 2 eer ftir ~, a0) Yfn . Z : . Buy U.S: S. Savings Bonds ls Regolerl on the Payroll Savings PIR \ . O10-108 aly HW 55355 Docld:32304240 Page 2? \
NY 105-95685 The attached LHM has been classified "Secret" inasmuch as it & tains admissions of_a Cuban in ligence agentband in view of at Goubie agent potential] < of sub ject. ureau may a to Limit dissemination of the attached o CIA ont or the time being, inasmuch as previous LHMs soet n. 1A only atements made by the subject on 2/5 and 7/69, were thus: Limited in distribution. It will be noted that the subject, whose current code name in Cuban intelligence_is "POCHO", now states he was in Puerto Rico in about June 1964. Finis information relates very closely to the time that RAMON RODRIGUEZ, aka "POCHO", a Cuban intellige agent still unidentified, came to the attention of the Bureau. ABeVaay Investigation at San Juan, which is set forth in the attached LHM was conducted by SA VINCENT MILACCIO, JR. REQUESTS OF THE BUREAU  Legat, Mexico City should be alerted that subject claims he telephonically contacted "MICKEY" (ENRIQUE MIGUEL CICARD LABRADA) at the Cuban Embassy in México: City in about November or early December, 1967, again around the end of December, 1967, or early January, 1968, and then finally about February or March, 1968. In doing so, the subject used his code name "POCHO", ' Go Legat, Mexico City has sources through ich these contacts wuld be confirmed, it should be done £1) GO. u) Legat, Mexico City should also note subject now states he was to meet Cuban G-2 agent "JACOBO" in Canada gbout October, 1967, and not at Mexico City as he previously. stated (K) ) YCIA has advised that one CARLOS ENRIQUEZ RODRIGUEZ, aka "JACOBO", a high level DSE official, traveled to Mexico from Cuba on 4/1/67 and returned 4/3/07 o(f Legat, Mexico City can make available a photograph of CARLOS “ENRIQUEZ RODRI UEZ, it should be forwarded to NYO to be shown to the subject } Xu) tt is requested that Legat, Ottawa ascertain through the RCMP whethér or not CARLOS ENRIQUEZ RODRIGUEZ. mentioned above; visited Canada any time around mid-October, 1967: | /If there is noe) _ ® Lo HW 55355 Docld:32304240 Page 3
NY 105-95685 record of any Canadian visit by this individual, then Legat, , Ottawa, should ascertain if any Cuban official answering to the description of (Euban G-2 agent, ngacoBe tea white male about age 34, 5' 9", 170 pounds, straight black hair) visited Canada about October, 1967. If so, obtain identity and forward hoto, if. available, to NYO for exhibition to the subject Pry S If eitherALegat Mexico City or Le Ottawa have any other photographs of fsuspected G-2 agents ich they would (Cuban intelligence affiliationiy\forward same to NYO like to have shown to the subject for possible “nyo. BA of LEADS Note that any pertinent information developed in . connection with this case should be incorporated in an LHM with consideration given to classifying same as "Secret" and alerting the Bureau that limited dissemination may be desirable. MIAMI At Miami, Florida Interview CARLOS FERRET and ascertain whether or not he ever traveled to Mexico with the subject. If so, obtain details of the trip and identification of contacts made during the trip. Refer to WFO airtel to the Bureau, 5/69fand exercise caution not to reveal that}/MIGUEL ROCHE MONRO isclosed that the Subject told him he had traveled to Mexico with FERRET It is noted that PEDRO SANTIESTEBAN has advised Miami Office that one PEDRO MARTINEZ was one of the individuals who arrived in the boat, "Leda", with the subject. Attempt to locate and interview MARTINEZ concerning circumstances under which he happened to escape in the "Leda" and determine what he knows of subject's background and activities. Consider obtaining through SANTIESTEBAN and PEDRO MARTINEZ the identities of other individuals who fled Cuba in the "Leda" and conducting similar interviews concerning their ‘knowledge of subject's background and activities. L Subject stated in the interview of 4/3/69 that he had contacted SANTIESTEBAN almost immediately upon arrival in Miami and through him obtained a room in the building next to the garage where SANTIESTEBAN was working. Subject also said he remained in Miami 35 to 4o days and used the garage telephone for calls to. ~3- HW 355355 DoclId:3273042740 Page 4
oat eon a fr NY 105-95685 “SECRET a activities were, what reasons he stated for being in Puerto Rico, and what personal data he revealed concerning himself, and also how she became acquainted with him. Attempt to ascertain where HERMINIO CASANOVA MACHADO, aka "TITO, the Barber.",..had his barber shop in NYC and when he moved his residence and business to Puerto Rico. Recontact PELAYO FRAGA SEOANE, of HMaiz a Fraga, Stop 23 oa «~ Ponce de Leon Avenue, Santurce, who is a cousing of{MANUEL. SEOANE e related to JORGE LUIS FRAGA y DE ARMAS, a long-time CAST sympathizer and SI subject of NYO who resides at 113 West 96th St., NYC, and is employed as a bazber in the Majestic “ Barber Shop located at 2554 Broadway, NYC. If PELAYO FRAGA knows this individual, also determine whether or not JORGE LUIS FRAGA was ever known by the nickname, "TITO} For your information, JOSE LUIS FRAGA was born on 10/7/23 at Serro, Havana, Cuba, and is married to ROSA VELASCO. He has refused to talk to Bureau Agents in the past and has referred them to his attorney. TAMPA (INFO) m For the information of Tampa, subject now statédsthathwhen |, MANUEL RODRIGUEZ SEOANE|SJof Cuban G-2, mentioned "TITO, The Barber" | an unidentified Cuban G-2 agent) in late 1963 or early 1964, he SEOANEPS SEOANE,y9)Determine whether or not he and[ MANUEL RODRIGUEZ ‘ said that "TITO, The Barber" was located in New York. Therefore if FERNANDO RODRIGUEZ was not in New York at that time (late 1963 or early 1964), he probably is not identical with "TITO, The Barber". In the event FERNANDO RODRIGUEZ was in New York at that time, so advise NYO and additional data concerning the subject will be furnished Tampa. ; NEW YORK At New York, New York . a) (1) Will recontact Warden's Office at FCI, Danbury, Connecticut,, for polygraph testing of subject, and will advise Bureau of any _ change in administrative policy in this regard. (2) Will give consideration to another interview of subject. a (3) Will consider interviewing subject's wife. a -5*- o i HW 355355 DoclId:323042740 Page 5
I In Reply, Please Refer to New York » New York ALL INFORMS . File No. moi eed ‘by renting slip ss ponSheap eu) iain db 7 hy Group aoe kate 4/Y/732 EDA | . oo . tee Pe . 7 x UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION April 25, 1969 Wika of CLASSIFIED BY SELK dur he DECLASSIPY ON: 25X : (Step 0 fe ulas ~ a) | | 2 Emilio Echarte Pedroso 3/7 BE Internal Security - Cuba; Falsely Claiming Citizenship 7) i Oe On February 20 and 24, 1969, a check of the records of the Holiday Inn, Isla Verde, San Juan, Puerto Rico, for guests registered during 1967 disclosed no registration record in subject's true name or known aliases. On February 24, 1969, the records of the San Jeronimo Hotel, Condado Beach, San Juan, were similarly searched. The records indicated that Emilio Echarte, 3300 16th Street, Northwest, Washington, D. Co, registered at that hotel on Octobe 13, 1967. He was accompanied by another person who was not identified on 4 the registration card. They departed the hotel on October 16, 1967. The bill indicated that Echarte was registered in Room 307. Two local telephone calls were charged to this room, but no record was made of the numbers called. On October 14, 1967, a long distance call was charged to Room 307 at a cost of $14.50. On October 15, 1967, a long distance call costing $7.50 was charged to the room. The hotel records indicate that the October 14, 1967 call was placed by Mrs. Echarte at 1:35 p.m. to telephone number 462-8916, Washington, D. C. There is no record of the October 15, | 1967 telephone call. Soret The hotel records further indicated that on October 14, 1967, . Mrs. Echarte sent a 21 word RCA cablegram to Juana MarianrPedroso, Havana, Cuba, The charge for this cablegram was $4.41. There is no additional information available regarding this cablegram, Copy t ~<Exctided—from —and-deetassification This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned’to your agency; it and its contents are not to,’be distributed outside your agency. oe JOS— /$ 0856-729 ENCLOSURE. ms TW . SHE O action - nn HW 55355 Docld:323042740 Page 6
iter ECHA FD-302 (Rev. 4-15-64) © 5 22-0 SS : oe™ a } _ {FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION —  SSEERER | Oo Emilio Echarte Pedroso — “Date a 5/69 On April 3, 1969, EMILIO ECHARTE-PEDROSO read and signed a Rights Waiver form printed in Spanish. He was then interviewed in English by Special Agents FRANCIS I, LUNDQUIST and JOSEPH T. CORRIGAN who identified themselves to him as Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). ECHARTE . then voluntarily furnished the following information: . After ECHARTE and his companions fled Cuba in the boat, "Leda", they ecduntered an English ship about 27 miles off the Florida coast. They were taken aboard this vessel and the United States Coast Guard was notified. Soon thereafter, the United States Coast Guard. removed ECHARTE and his companions and took them ashore. _ ECHARTE's boat, “Leda”, was towed into Key West, Florida, and ECHARTE subsequently sold it for $1,000. Lae Choe : placed a telephone call to PEDR NTLESTEBAN. who was then working in a garage. The garage telephone number was located through a telephone directory. ECHARTE took a taxi to the garage, business name unrecalled, and SANTIESTEBAN took ECHARTE to the building next door which was 729% North Miami Avenue, and assisted ECHARTE in arranging to rent a room in that building. Shortly thereafter, ECHARTE telephoned his: mother and OLGA... NRERETAUALLE, his mistress, in:Cuba, and advised them of the address “We was rooming at in Miami. He informed his mistress that. he would call per ada speci{j wha vePhAlut RODRIGUE Almost immediately oF ter ECHARTE ‘arrived in Miami, he eS Superigygin Cuban G-2 r her residence when he called, so that he “could speak togMRSa 'ECHARTE did make the aos, scheduled call from the garage where SANTIESTEBAN«was” employed and was thereby able to speak. toRMRSMwithout placing a~direct call oS to him, He believes he repeated thiS procedure a_ second time while in Miami and thus kept in contact wi ChMRS ak Cee Federal Correctional Institution on_4/3/69 __ot__ Danbury, Connecticut ___File # _ SAS JOSEPH T, CORRIGAN and by FRANCIS I, LUNDQUIST/mfw pote dictateg 4/9/69 “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. . . Ct t -3- Moo. : 7 HW 55355 Docld:32304240 Page 7 c time on a later date, and that she waga to ——- ASEQANE (hergjnafter referred to a ARS Ryho wa sie xt . roa
Emilio. Echarte Pedroso ‘a rented. room in Santurce, Puerto Rico. He is uncertain of the exact _met two fromer Cuban acquaintances, CARLOS CRUZ and JORGE (last name ne ee ee to his mistress which,she in turn carried to@MRS A These letters ECHARTE said he wrote two letters ate he was in Miami nye) were intended to keep®MRS#informed of his (ECHARTE's) whereabouts Cx} etters. Instead, he convéyed his messages through the use of d his progress wjth his assignment to assassjpate MANOLO RAY. Heese said thataei ther fsecret inks nor code re used in these (fouble-meaning phrases. \) ECHARTE remained in Miami about 35 to 40 days before proceeding to Washington, D. C. During this time he made a number of trips to Key West while trying to sell the "Leda". He believes he made the flight to Washington D. C. via Eastern Air Lines and upon arrival in Washington, D. C., he moved in with his wife in a first floor apartment at 3648 16th Street, Northwest. His wife was then working as a domestic for a Mrs. MAHAM (phonetic). ECHARTE, while in Washington, D. C., worked for a few days as a laborer with a construction company, name now unrecalled. He said that he placed one telephone call from his wife's telephone to his mother in Cuba, but that he made no telephone calls to his mistress while he was in Washington, D. C. ECHARTE stayed in Washington, D. C. for approximately 20 to 30 days, then took a one-way flight from National Airport to San Juan via Eastern Air Lines, he bel®ves. In Puerto-Rico, he resided in street address there, but believes it was Monserrate #798. He obtained these accommodations in Santurce by walking the streets looking for a rental, without help from anyone. He said he had made no arrangenients to make any intelligence meet in Puerto Rico and did not meet anyone for this purpose. However, in Puerto Rico, he unknown). CRUZ was encountered on a bus, and ECHARTE met JORGE (last name unknown) by chance on the street. | ECHARTE knew that MANOLOMRAY “was then employed as an engineer in one of the departments of MUNOZ MARIN's Government. He did ascertain through a telephone directory that RAY was then residing | at Urbanization Roosevelt in Rio Piedras, and one day he did walk | through this area hoping to see RAY and to observe the specific area. However, he did not see RAY that day, never made any further attempt to locate RAY, and never actually saw RAY at any timewile he was in Puerto Rico. EES ! «he HW 55355 Docld:32304240 Page @
Emilio Echarte Pedroso While ECHARTE was in Puerto Rico, he wrote one or two letters to his mistress who, he knew, would transmit them tokM oft SROO In the letters he indicated he was proceeding with ssignmen in Puerto Rico, although this was actually retue, ao oe or secret inks} were used in his letters, only fdouble-m g phrases. KS) ECHARTE said that ineone of, his letters to his mistress, he indicated, for the information of RSH that the mission (the plot to assassinate MANOLO RAY) was impossiblé, and he was abandoning it. He said he subsequently tol site telephone that every time OX) -he saw RAY at his residence, RAY had his children with him, and he could not assassinate RAY without killing the children, and he did not want to do this, as it would adversely arouse public opinion, ECHARTE said that although he used this excuse t MRS, it was completely} false, and that when he left Cuba he had no inte of assassinating RAY. He insists he only accepted the assignment as. a means of getting out of Cuba. ECHARTE stated he received no phone calls or letters back from his mistress omg@MRS¥while he was in Puerto Rico. He also asserted he had no contact wi anyone from the Movimiento Bro Independencia de Puerto Rico (MPIPR) or any other Puerto Rican independence organization, After 20 to 25 days in Puerto Rico, he returned to Washington via Eastern Air Lines ona one way ticket purchased in Puerto Rico. In @bout June, 1964, he returned to Puerto Rico and | registered at the Americana Hotel. The purpose of this trip, he said, was to spend time with a Dominican woman in whom he had become romantically interested during his, first trip to Puerto Rico. He identified the woman as DULCE MARI INEDA who resided in the vicinity of Fernandez z_Juncos.and_lith-Street.,.Santurce,.. Puerto Rico, He stated he was unable to recall this woman's exact address and insists that his contacts with her had nothing whatsoever to do with Cuban intelligence. ECHARTE remained in Puerto Rico about 45 days on this occasion, He said he neither received nor sent any messages during this stay in Puerto Rico, and made no Cuban intelligence contacts with either Cubans or Puerto Rican Independists. He believes he | traveled via Eastern Air Lines both ways between Washington, D. C. and Puerto Rico. HW 55355 Docld:32304240 Page 9
E OX e4 ee milio Echarte Pedroso According to ECHARTE, "JACOBO" impressed ‘rim as bei sing Ae? peasant or hillbilly type who had advanced rapidly to high responsibility in the revolutionary government. He described A COBO" as a white male, about age 34, 5' 9", 170 pounds, With straigh® black hair. ECHARTE presumes that " JACOBO" was either a nickname or a code name, and insists he does not know this individual's true full name. "JACOBO" was dressed in civilian clothes on both occasions ECHARTE met this individual. After ECHARTE had received telephonic instructions from bE urs to meet with "JACOBO" in Canada, ECHARTE then went to the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) office in Washington, D. C. to arrange for a re-entry permit so that he could return to the United States after this proposed meet with "JACOBO". When ECHARTE was unable to make the necessary arrangements with. NS he placed another telephane call from Washington, 0D. C. to¥MRS Fi Cuba. He informe dQHRS e was unable to make the trip to cSnada in time to meet “JACOBO". ECHARTE then suggested toXmRrSfthat he might be able tod. travel to Mexico within a monthor two. MRS-€indicated this would be satisfactory, and that when ECHARTE arrived there, he should contact "MICKEY" at the Cuban Embassy in Mexico City! alge dnd co tea) that "MICKEY" would be alerted to expect a contact from "POCHO" (Cuban G-2 cade name for ECHARTE).#MRSXtold ECHARTE that "MICKEY" Ox) was a former acquaintance of ECHARTE, and furnished sufficient information so that INET RDYROSAL able to recall 2s [iked_ as the, former bodyguard of [MANUE INETROCROS ADAP, also known as {"Red Beard" Cpl & ANUETRIN sy " ke) In about November or early December, 1967, ECHARTE placed a telephone call from Washington, D. C. to "MICKEY" at the Cuban Embassy in Mexico City. ECHARTE identified himself as "POCHO" in making this call, and indicated he would soon make personal contact in Mexico City. "MICKEY" did not seem surprised to receive this phone call and was apparently expecting contact from "POCHO". ° "ECHARTE said he was not surprised to learn that an official of the Cuban Embassy in Mexico City was a Cuban G-2 agent. To the contrary, he stated, he would really be surprised to find thetany official assigned to any Cuban Embassy was not a Cuban G-2 agent. He said it was the policy of the Cuban Government to send Cuban G-2 agents to official Cuban establishments outside of Cuba and this included those individuals who were assigned to the official establishments as porters, handymen, and chauffeurs. | SEGRE -7- AYWUASL DS Se HW 355355 DoclId: 32304240 Page 10 :