OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 - ; $010-107-02 - °° ‘Ss > H ‘ vot May 1952 EDITION . a . : od . @SA GEN, BEG. NO. ‘a ; "UNITED STATES, G¢™ cd. /RNMENT ey a $ ) _ Memorai dum a pee ye en we (on Ive t0 AS SG -~Loth Cm d. stat hi Sate - “Enclosed are 13 copies of a letterhead memorandum %) (B. ip dated and captioned as above.. An extra copy is being pro- : SN (a4 WW’; wided to, the Bureaufor Secret Service, Washington, D..C. i SN. _ Copies are being disseminated locally to CIA, U. 5. Secret aver Ty , Service, ONI, G-2, OSI, Office of Cuban Affairs, State cK! (A Pepartment, and INS. CIA HAS NOOBJECTION TO SS ad oS MM T- 1 is A, von RNY ° aa zi aa pias Pps ce ee = oe EOS. CIA prone a4 re we : “yM T-2 Ton teh “4 ii es (ee . For the intormation ‘of the Bureau ‘and oklahoma . city, ‘the following is submitted. wo “oF bee ‘On November 2, 5 and 6, 1964, MM 635-S, who has ~<  peen a long-time friend. of both MARCOS and PEDRO "DIAS LANZ, brothers, both, exiled in the United States, reported that 4% EF RA IN\LORENZO; CABRERA, a Venezuelan employee of.Ransa Air- v4 dines, who resides in ‘Miami finad requested iii 635-8 be place _ him in touch “with some arms dealer who could supply é. 7 ’ supporters of former Venezuelan President PEREZ JIME: Ce a .{ weapons. . Consequenttly, on tober 29, 1964;"MM.635-S intro-~ =~ +. NS} 4 duced CABRERA to MARCOS IAS LANZ, who had previously dis- ol Ne closed to- MM 635-S that he could supply weapons from outside ‘4 i ect. 970 RE 5). mca AOS LOLKYOS-F0 1/3 A - Bureau (Enc-13 #fh oe a JO) | RECORDED 7 2 - Oklahoma. City (Enc-2) (2M) 1 = 105-4921) =< OV 27 1964enmere * ONS (1 434-1050, =EFRAIN caBRERAy¢( i 8 (1 =; 4 211-Sub A, MM 635-S)g Dn eige=NO\ aH ce (1 - 106-1598, MARCOS and PDi IAZ LANZ) = Sax 3 (1 ~ 66-2586) (06-b), : | oa” ED: se" 7 by AGEN oY Gad Ci we Og ty Ste cena { , so o-DATE FURY. Ue cer mae | were Ho FO ef. Dae ne % HES 3. 8, ies Bonds Regularly on | _ Se Paya gl Pl , Z ag i & we Oe oy CBD. Baas - ES a ki We hives AR) ay _LeRENZO - CAGR eed |. 54460 DoclId: 327306444 Page 2
wenn: earme mantenavenreaenip aid LAA Feat ‘ MM 105-4921 oS Z ne a a le t ': of the Miami area. When MM 635-S introduced CABRERA to -: DIAZ LANZ he latter told CABRERA that his name was . GARCIA. [(The CIA source knew DIAZ LANZ as PEDRO GARCIA 7) 4) ee «CIA, in itS “memorandum of 11/4/64, stated that CIA hag —%© ae been able to identify GARCIA as MARCOS JOSE DIAZ LANZ. Gh) aerate _ DIAZ, in the presence of MM 635-S, told CABRERA. ees "xy he could supply weapons and CABRERA expressed interest in... ot ‘« making a sizeable purchase, indicating that he wanted to. ore ~. furnish them’ to some political followers of former re “Venezuelan President PEREZ JIMENEZ, who is now in prison eer “~: in Venezuela. Informant said that during this meeting, i» DIAZ expressed the opinion that if "LBJ" became President, '. the United States would go communist and-he remarked that. “there existed some secret organizations, such as the ‘“Minutemen,'' who would fight to the end and that in his -, Opinion, there could be a military coup. DIAZ mentioned - some place, not in Florida, where the "Ni a = reportedly organized. At no time, however, «.. that he is a member of the "Minutemen" or . arms to them. Also, DIAZ did not say that the -.° plan an armed insurrection against the United St oor ment. He claimed, however, that his brother, PE “i gome connections with groups of this sort but dig - had sold inutemen"' : Govern-. *, had Specifically mention the "Minutemen." Alsc, he did ret ‘claim the existence of any "Minutemen" military camps in Florida. a) - T-ljwas of the opini thaQ@piaz probably had ‘subsequent meeti oh phot informant does nov Kat Go Know 1 What, if anything, transpired during these meetin: y/ poked —_ Ujon November 3, 1964 (luc . JOE VIDAL, CIA liais Miam -ephonically inquired concerning background infor- : 2 matidn on MM 635-S, under his true name, and requested ae </. identity of the Cuban who had been arrested with him in (4) (Hancos DIAZ Lng (3 Su had been arrested with informant during at pox? Cia ry —. was furnished with the name of/ MARCOS DIAZ LANZh# back= . the mid-1950's. Since it was known that “ ground information or informant, without disclosing his relationship with this offic It therefore appear 5 RAIN LORENZO CABRERA at IA's source is undoubtedly is nown to this office but not regarded as being compacta.) reliable, He has been contacted concerning FALN activiwcd Je in Venezuela, PEREZ JIMENEZ ES is a former chauffeur and bodyguard When the latter was exiled in sn I) BW HW 54460 DBocld: 32306444 Page 3 cee ae tee ahaa meee mp ne dca matin nem en ee em nt atten a
Pe enc ae ned re mer = Se > Sty ea aac cme ia SS Se a TE or AD ge =... i 105- 4921 | ? a ip a Se a On Nove a . “, CIA, Covert, o tego orger to interview CIA rca uant 3, to: Bureau instrué ions. UBOIS felt that interview of their ... Source by the FBI at th¥S” time would compromise that source a ... relative to another facet of importante to CIA, Miami. [He <. Indicated that this~ additional rélated to an arms” po te .. transaction involving Venesuela fs Mis office did not insist: 200° 0.4 “- upon interviewing (their source tus tew of the vulnerable _ position of MM 635-5, it being d that only three indi- ‘MARCOS DIAZ, CABRERA and Miami informant ir. DUBOIS agreed ~ M2 “When ‘the. Suggestion. was made that interviéw of MARCOS DIAZ .. oe. by the FBI based upon the newspapexy article mentioned in the . enclosed | jetterhead ihemorandum would not jeopardize CIA A)’ viduals were present ’ during the first conference between ae peers Aa is “memorandum is classified "Secret" pe use it contains. information which was so. classified by fe a oar | LEAD - ~~ OKLAHOMA ¢ CITY ‘AT TULSA, OKLAHOMA plaka lanataeaiecial Sunthanninsiat a . . Will locate and interview PEDRO LUIS -DIAZ LANZ, 5437 North Johnstown Avenue, who is now 2 full-time lecturer ‘for the Christian Crusade, concerning any knowledge he may - “possess relative to the "Minutemen" and any preparations of -.that organization for an.armed insurrection in the event of ~?President JOHNSON's election; also, concerning the existence ~~: of any military training camps rganizations. of that “) group in Florida or elsewhere. oHaed . .  -. Tt as to be noted tha’ EDRO LUIS DIAZ LANZ has “peen the subject of investigation by the Miami Office since ‘! 1959 relative to his anti-CASTRO revolutionary activities. “.-He has also cooperated with this office on many occasions - ‘. and is personally known to SA GEORGE E. DAVIS, JR., who |. Cy interviewed his brother, MARCOS, in this matter. Miami me _ informant has reported in the past that PEDRO DIAZ has ; attended some. meetings of: ‘the Sohn Birch Society in the cate anaes Senjuerysm amenctanncgenerntamnerenae MW 54460 Docld: 32308444 Page 4