Released under the Jon fF. Kemedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 19927 (442 USC ZIOT Hotes. DATE: v9.1 11-14-2017 AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE: CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : Doclda: 32307612 Page 1 JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-10292-10315 HQ 64-29479-8 Document Information CIA CIA DIRECTOR, FBI 06/29/1962 > MTP, TELCAL, VONSCHWANITZ, CHARLES, EMP, REL, TRA PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Secret IB Redact 06/23/1998 INDEFINITE INC MEMO Date: 6/17/201
Released -under—the oto F. fination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 Usc 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 ; : 1 - Liaison 1 - Mr. Mullins a os Me (NI) 64- 29479 \e a cents eee unmanneceee Lan eee Se NII i, Ww Peo "pate: July 13, 1962 Tes Director Central Intelligence Agency / ‘attention: Deputy Director, Plans Q Fromt John Edgar Hoover, Director 1°9-45 4 XN . Olassifies by i 2) Subject: TERESA PROENZA _ Decassity oni: /OY a see INTERNAL SECURITY -* CUBA . : - ros ~ SE=zZN ‘ Reference is made to your faletype ‘dated June *s 5 ee 1962, your Out Number 99645, concerning the Rott P i)" ~ 30 it 1 S zoS 4 Our Temps, Florida, Office has determined, that. Qe 5 S Tampa Telephone Number 229-7777 1s registered to Charles Von a Bo Sehvanitz, a reporter for the "Tempa Times. o- bo Soa < re ia _ Yon Schwanits has volunteered information to this Office that Ninfa Santos, secretary te the Maziecan énbaseado to the Organization of American States, Washington, Do Gee: "DS ~ had. telephonically notified. him that the Cuban .Embassy,” . Mi, AS ., Mexico City,. had a via which Von Schvanits could uag‘in at a 4 Bureau in the past and, on June 7, 1962, he advised our Tampa fe c u £ f making a visit to Cuba. { { a 7 | | CLASSIFIED BY 5] DIKE a rs 1 405~11956 (Charles Von Schyanitz) OF Ae f> fol, a & | NOTE: Sub ect ‘is Cultural Attache at Cuban Embassy, aa" XS BS Mexico City,{and CIA learned she had tried to contact unfdentifved/ -_ ‘Tampa. arwvemms Individual at Tampa who o5F orepieu @ymber was. ‘determin noted that one digit o dtepHone number was missing and Von $éhwanitz 18) well segue Cooperative in all=aat with Tampa | Office. Von igi s written feature . es rh Callahan neerning FBI employees in pest, and they: have.been ve Del osch received. He:was investigated by Bureau in 1950,. afteg:. return from Europe, where he and his wife had been consuler: ° teal Reported}ys Von Schwanitz attempted to smuggle some mee * ne else into U. S. and was discharged from State t): Tolson Belmont Rosen Sullivan —____ Tavel Trotter Tele. Ro ~ 1 Holmes Gandy 6) wate etal din wir NOTE CONTINUED pace eh Docld: 32307612 Page 2?
i Fi0T Hote; . Released under ‘the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 5c R eled . | DATE: 11-14-2017 : a Director eae Central Intelligence Agency _ ae] NOTE, CONTINUED: ’ Department. - Investigation developed no indication Von Schwanitz was disloyal. He has had considerable marital troubles and, because of a former wife's apparent involvement in some petty thefts in recent years, Bureau has not directed any commendatory letters to Von Schwanitz, although we have thanked one of his editors in the past. All pertinent information concerning Von Schwanitz has been provided Tampa. Ninfa Santos has been described as undependable alcoholic who has indicated pro-Castro sympathies. (6 hrough (Bureau Source 6}we learned Von Schwanitz made application last May through Czech Embassy for permission to travel to Cuba. (Bureau Source 6/data is availzeble to State Department It is noted that accredited newspapermen may still legally visit Cuba with State Department clearance, Re WA Ortla, S2GR pede Docld: 32307612 Page 3