JFK Assassination System Identification Form Date: 6/12/201 Agency Information Released under the John AGENCY: FBI Kennedy RECORD NUMBER: _ 124-10296-10175 issassination Records : oOllection Act of 1992 RECORD SERIES: HQ (44 USC 2107 Note). ‘ asex#:NW 539352 Date: AGENCY FILENUMBER: CR 2-1485-8 ne-17-2017 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: BAUMGARDNER, F. J. TO: BELMONT, A. H. € TITLE: DATE: 08/15/1958 PAGES: 4 SUBJECTS : JAN, CUBA REBELDE, P/P, WEAPONS, ARRESTS DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: — 04/07/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : INC TTY v9.1 HW 53932 Bocld: 32306647 Page 1
\ _ jurisdiction of Customs, We have an agreement with Customs that if we $ "8 . & STANDARD: FORM NO. 64 om ° X Office Memorandu 7 “UNITED STATES. GOVERNMENT To- : MR. A. H. BELMONT DATE: August 15, 1958: seem 0 Tolson _ . Boardman \ FROM ss: MR. F. J. Fe Je ane EZ Mr. Belmont reimont a 1 - - Mr. Baumgardner Nease . Nasca AH Parsons ‘SUBJECT: BA REBELDE Corman ,, 4/NU: | Tamm FOREIGN POLITICAL MATTERS - hie & Ady yl! 9 wecSulinan “NEUTRALITY MATTERS - ght 4 ee REGISTRATION ACT . Ue Holloman A Miami informant, MM-639S, advised on 8-1 13-58 he ‘ina OY? . information Cuba Rebelde, Cuban revolutionary. organization,... headed in iami by. Jos@yAleman, owner of “the Tradewinds Hotel, Miami, plans" to | launch expeditt n against Cuba composed of 200 to 300 members of Cuba Rebelde. It is reported they will land fully armed in Pinar del Rio Province, Cuba, and establish a second front. The informant learned the Cuba Rebelde has rifles, carbines, machine guns, mortars and hand grenades but still needs rifle grenades which would be obtained in about four days. Miami has advised Customs and. we disseminated the information to State, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the armed services intelligence agencies, the Department Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) and to Customs here, on 8-14-58. (u) . rm -This again involves possible violations of statutes under our jurisdiction (organizing a military or naval expedition, Title 18, ection 960, USC) and possible illegal exportation of arms under the receive an allegation of arms violation we will refer it to Customs and Customs will handle all matters arising therefrom. On the other hand if we receive an allegation of possible violation of Section 960, we would handle even though it was subsequently developed arms were involved. This case does not fall squarely under the agreement because the 7 allegation which we received first, alleges both a possible violation under our jurisdiction and an arms violation under the jurisdiction of | Customs. It is not believed, therefore, that we could insist that Customs handle all phases of the case at this time. Customs, however, S has seizure powers which we do not have and can make arrests and seize arms without warrants. In the event arms are about to be started on their way, Customs would have an immediate violation and would no doubt make the seizures ‘and-arrests, Our Violation would not come into existence. until the expedition. leaves, While, our relations with Customs are such that we could: participate ‘inthe. arrests with Customs, since Customs has seizure powers which we do not have and arrests would be made . without warrants on short notices 1 i souid appear inadvisable for us.. as participate, Hn Ate w DQ 2b Raerre Rnd REVERS Tie Enclosure | fassi biok B36), ji ese we, eat ae WEY jens 20 BGs! ON ‘a We | EAbrorsaation LMG gy : “ & : RePcase ue eb “vu PGAMATION HEREIN 1S UMCLASSIFIE ci Qaucinearriay GIS DOCU! NT RE (0 UG Dire WG Led By SPE mac her “CONE RENTAS anil apse ihe HW 53932 DBocld: 32306647 Page 2?