JFK Assassination System Date: 5/11/201 Identification Form “Agency Information Peleased under the John AGENCY: FBI . Kennedy RECORD NUMBER : 124-10284-10402 WKssassination Records . oOllection Act of 1992 RECORD SERIES: HQ (44 USC 2107 Note). . ase#:NWU 54460 Date: AGENCY FILENUMBER:  2-1566-13TH NR 1, 14TH NR 1 Ho-o3-2017 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: SAC,MM TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: DATE: 10/25/1959 ‘PAGES: 13- SUBJECTS : [Restricted] . DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: — 05/15/1998 . OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS: — INC TTY v9.1 HW 54460 DBocld: 32303690 Page 1
ee ir, DeLosen -—- Mr. McGuire.-— Mr. Mohr........—— Mr. Parsons ..—-- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATiCi U. S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE COMMUNICATIONS SECTION Mr. Rosen. ..-— i Mr. Tamm ...-— P . Trott — fi ABT 25 1959 Me Woeuvan os a Mr. Holnoa og : | | - TELETYPE Miss Gana —f le | | <M) - : j | N CONTAINED S URGENT,“10-25-59 9°06 = PM_-KNG ALL INFORMATIC" ) , TO PIRECTOR, FBI HEREN Io Goss we on) DATE } rps BY. $ Ce OM SAC, MIAMI 6 P 7-9 of z ANTI - FIDEL CASTRO ACTIVITIES, IS CUBA. RECALL FROM ASSISTANT & | DIRECTOR BELMONT AND MYTEL EARLIER TODAY. FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL = INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED TODAY TO VERIFY STATEMENTS OF PEDRO Luis” 3 1S a Opa LANZ, FORMER CHIEF OF CUBAN AIR FORCE, AND ASSOCIATES, RE THEIR nr 3 LEAFLET DROPPING FLIGHT OVER HAVANA ON OCTOBER TWENTY FIRST. DIAZ §& LANZ VOLUNTARILY. ACCOMPANIED AGENTS. TO REMMERT WERNER AIRPORT, POMPANO “FLORIDA, WHERE B. TWENTY FIVE, SERIAL N NINE EIGHT SEVEN SIX DASH Cy IS BASED. HE UNLOGKED AND: PERMITTED . COMPLETE EXAMINATION OF PLANE» EXAMINATION REVEALED NO: PRESENT TRACE OF LEAFLETS, WEAPONS, OR. EXPLOSIVES< Iv 1s NOTED REGULAR. BOMB BAY Is NOW FITTED WITH © PERMANENT LUGCACE RACK WHICH COVERS ENTIRE OPEN AREA OF BOMB BAY WITH EXCEPTION OF THREE FOOT SPACE THROUGH WHICH DIAZ LANZ ADMITTED LEAFLETS WERE THROWN. HE POINTED OUT IT WAS IMPOSSIBL TO CARRY BOMBS IN PLANE WITH LUGGAGE RACK IN ‘PLACE A ‘VIGOROUSLY, DENIED ANYTHING OTHER THAN LEAFLETS WERE DROPPED.: "EXTERIOR OF PLANE REFLECTS NO BULLET HOLES OR FLAK ubinker 0 MILITARY D PAGE ONB amano’ FARIA Page 2 : - — ee ia
cs ad a ae Pace” SIX wD MOE a HAVING, THEM PUBLISHED “AND. ‘BROUGHT BEFORE THE. ‘CUBAN > PEOPLE, WITHOUT: _ SUCCESS ‘STATED, HE FELT HE: WAS THEREFORE Fe ORGED TO F DROP cor : PEOPLE. WITH REFERENCE “TO ) ALLEGATION WADE ‘BY: PCr "MENTIONED IN MIAMI TELETYPE’ TODAY, THAT DIAZ ‘LANZ: ALSO -OWNS". ‘FORTY “SIX, PBY,: AND: De ‘THREE ‘PLANES, DIAZ LAN2 ‘STATED THAT. FRANK FLORINI DID. owN AL ce ‘FoRTY: sx UNTIL: ‘APPROXIMATELY ONE ‘MONTH. ‘AGO. WHER Ins WAS. SOLD, 10: "AIRLINE W. CHICAGO, NAME. OF wien HE. ‘CANNOT, RECALL “FOR FoRTY ywouSann- DOLLARS, > DENIES POSSESSION. OF ANY. PLANE. ELDON NASSEY,. THE, “OTHER a EXCEPT. B TWENTY FIVE. MENTIONED: ABOVE © LINE SERVICE EMPLOYEE. MENTIONED ABOVE. ‘wio ALLEGEDLY, opseRvED ot “SOMETHING. BEING ‘LOADED’ ABOARD. PLANE, As. ‘PRSENTLY- ‘ON EXTENDED: piste TRIP. ARRANGEMENTS” MADE TO: INTERVIEW IMMEDIATELY UPON. _ RETURN “BUREAU | WILL BE KEPT ADVISED. OF ‘PERTINENT iT DeVTLOPMENTS; END. AND: ACK: PLS” ee mete pene tee ae Ee eee ee Oe WA: “Q- 27. °PM OK FBI wa Ws ws wa oie “') ORIG--MR. BELMONT'FOR DIRECTOR 2 | _ HW 54460 Docld:323036890 Page 3
{ SIME. Belmont & t Mr. DeLoach —_ Mr. McGuire _____ Mr. Mohr Mr. Parsons Mr. Rosen Mr. Tamm Mr. Trotter Mr. W.C. Sullivan Tele. Room Mr. Holloman —__ Miss 3s_Gandy ——. i} URGEN 10-25-59 10:46 AM EST RLB TOAIRECTOR  exTengen 35 eel ve - Pe | BAB an 74 FROM SAC MIAMI 251030 pate“ | DEC) Assit TON, --- ANTI-FIDEL CASTRO ACTIVITIES; IS-CUBA, RE TELEPHONE CALLS OCTOBER 24 FROM ASSISTANT DIRECTOR BELMONT OF BUREAU AND FROM SAC TEAGUE TO ASSISTANT DIRECTOR BELMONT, ON EVENING ” roles\aa.-! 7 ioe APNG OCTOBER 24 FOLLOWANG PERSONS INTERVIEWED AT 120 SW 71 AVENUE, = MIAMI, PEDRO LUFS“DIAZANZ, FORMER CHIEF OF CUBAN AIR FORCE — Nii] As (FAR); “HIS-BROTHER Mi MARCOS DIAZ LANZ FORMER INSPECTOR GENERAL “(®t | AND ASSISTANT TO PEDRO IN FAR; RICARDO LORIE VALLS, FORMER EI JULY 26 MOVEMENT UNDERGROUND MOVEMENT LEADER IN MIAMI; FRANK =} 8 * ANTHONY STURGIS, AKA FRANK FIORINI, US CITIZEN FORMER UNDER- Sz GROUND MEMBER JULY 26 MOVEMENT IN MIAMI; AND CARLOS ECHOGOYEN, Xs | FORMER MEMBER FAR AND CLOSE ASSOCIATE ABOVE PERSONS. AT OUTSET ~& an OF INTERVIEWS ALL WERE INFORMED OF THEIR RIGHTS. PEDRO LUIS DIAZ si 2S LANZ CONFIRMED INFORMATION FURNISHED BY HIM OCTOBER 22 LAST. HE VAY \“ FURNISHED FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. LEAFLET DROPPING FLIGHT OF OCTOBER 21 LAST WAS JOINT ENTERPRISE OF ABOVE PERSONS | UNDER LEADERSHIP PEDRO DIAZ ON BEHALF OF 26 OF JULY ANTI COMMUNIST f. MOVEMENT, BUT NOT WITH SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OF HOVEMENT. PEDRO DIAZ PLANNED INCIDENT. RECEIPT OF INFORMATION CONCERNING ARBEST BY FIDEL CASTRO OF MAJOR HUBERTO MATOS CAUSED DIAZ TO MOVE UP DATE AND CHANGE TARGET FROM CAMAGUEY TQ HAVANA, PURPOSE OF — . LEAFLET DRQ@PPING FLIGHT WAS TO PREPARE CUBAN PUBLIC OPINION IN FAVOR OF 26 OF JULY ANT! CASTRO MOVEMENT AND Yo _EXPOSE THE CASTRO Classified by ; Fake ype - Chan abt PALER nn tS a 6) 5 foster CHiN Ue soll vim . ' CSE 5 Re hn Fs) ¢ pote Oyo bP erty tofed a dat V, & NOV 4° lye NOT RECORDED ih . i i4 "1959 il NOV 2 1959 u ye the intelligence contained in the above message. isseminated outside the Bureau, it is suggested that it be suitably , paraphrased in order to protect the Bureau’s cryptog. ystems ee HW 54460 Docld:32303690 Page 4
Mr. Tolson _ Mr. Belmont ____ Mr. DeLoach __ Mr. McGuire Mr. Mohr Mr. Parsons Mr. Rosen Mr. Tamm Mr. Trotter Mr. W.C. Sullivan Tele. Room Mr. Holloman Uv + | _ Miss Gandy PAGE FOR FROM S&C, MIAME 257030 - . s i a. : oN ‘1 (Rev. 2-92-59) V an rs Oo Radio ANYTHING TO FURTHER EMBRASS US GOVERNMENT. STATES HE MADE ONLY ABOVE FLEGHT AND KNOWS NOTHING RE ALLEGED LEAFLETS BEING DROPPED SINCE. [FOLLGWING ARE INCIDENTS REPORTED BY MM 639=S TENDING TO _ SHOW DESERE ANO ATTEMPTS OF CASTRO. GOVERNMENT TO DISCREDIT US THROUGH CASTRO GOVERNMENT ENGINEERED AND PLANNED INCIDENTS. UNDER | NO CONDI TIONS SHOULD ANY OF FOLLOWING BE RELEASED TO. PRESS RO- CRO-A-ONS Sit FA —-OF-Po teat BEER SES PRESS, AS TO DO SO WOULD MOST CERTAINLY PLACE INE ORMANT? SS LEFE IN IMMEDI ATE JEOPARDY, ‘IF FURNISHED TO OUTSIDE, AGENCIES, IT SHOULD BE DONE UNDER THESE CONDITIONS ONLY. SEPTEMBER 18, 1959, INFORMANT WENT TO HAVANA CUBA AND WAS MET AT AIRPORT BY FERNANDO COBA, SGT. CUBAN POLICE. ON SEPTEMBER 19, 1959) COBA TOLB INFORMANT. THAT CHIEF OF (ut) POLICE ALMENJERAS GAVE HIM $1,000 EO GET RAFAEL DEL PINO TO CUBA. IT BEING NOTED BEL PiNO PUBLICALLY INDI CATEO HIMSELF TO BE AN ANT CASTRO LEADER AT MIAMI AND SUBSEQUENTLY WAS SEIZED IN CUBA JULY 25, 1959, AFTER HIS AIRPLANE LANDED ON HIGHWAY OUTSIDE HAVANA. COBA TOLD BEL RINO WHILE IN MIAMI HE WAS LOOKING FOR A PILOT TO FLY TO. CUBA AND RETURN WITH ALIEN TO MIAM#. DEL PINO VOLUNTEERED FOR THE JOB. TWO PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO KIDNAP DEL PINO BY VIOLENCE WHICH FAILED. .ON SEPTEMBER 20, 1959, ALMEIJERAS TOLD INFORMANT HE WOULD LIKE LATTER TO SET UP AN EXPEDITION IN MIAMI CONSISTING OF 100 MEN, ARMS AND A BOAT, AND TO EFFEGT A LANDING AT A PLACE DESIGNATED IN CUBA WHERE THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT WOULD SEIZE THE. #NVADERS, ALMEPJERAS SAID HE WOULD BE SATISFIED IF HE COULD SEIZE 20 MEN. HE SAID HE WANTED TO EFFECT THE SAME TYPE a INCIDENT THAT WAS CARREED OFF BY WILLIAM ALEXANDER MORGAN ‘ON - en, AND THREE BOD YGUARDS WENT TO RAUL CASTRO?S HEADQUARTERS WHERE RAUL CASTRO CONFIRMED ALMEIJERAS PLAN FOR INFORMANT TO BRING AN ; _ ENVASTON GROUP -INTO CUBA. RAUL SHOWED GREAT INTEREST IN THIS AND ’ MADE ARRANGEMENTS WITH INFORMANT TO USE COBA AS HIS HAVANA CONTACT, DESIGNATED A PRIVATE AIRPORT FOR USE BY INFORMANT TO ENTER AND DEPART CUBA AND INFORMANT WAS FURNISHED AN ADDRESS TO BE USED IN. If the intelligence contained in the above message is to be disseminated ¢ gu Eside-t the-B eau, it is suggested that it be suitably paraphrased in order to protect the Bureau’s cryptogrephic systems. Cee eee HW 54460 Docld:323036890 Page 5
(Rev. 2-9-59) : re ‘ : a = Mr. Tolson a ‘ Mr. Belmont ____ iad Mr. DeLoach —__ Mr. McGuire Mr. Mohr Mr. Parsons Mr..Rosen Mr. Tamm Mr. Trotter -Mr. W.C. Sullivan Tele. Room ____ Mr. Holloman ___ Miss Gandy ____ Cc] Radio PAGE FIVE FROM SAC, MIAMI 251030 . HAVANA AS A MAIL DROP. DURING THE SAME CONVERSATION ALMEIJERAS AND. RAUL CASTRO EXHIBITED INTEREST IN THE POSSIBLITY OF THE ASSASSINATION OR KIDNAPPING OF ESTEBAN VENTURA, FORMER LT. COL. CUBAN NATIONAL POLICE, IN EXILE MIAME. SEPTEMBER 28, 1959 MM 639=S WAS IN CUBA AND MET WITH FERNANDO COBA AND EF IGENIO ALMEIJERAS ary CUBAN NATLONAL POLICE. LATTER INBEVIDUALS IN GONVERSATION GAVE INDICATIONS THERE ARE CUBAR AGENTS IN MEAMI INVESTIGATI M@ BATISTIANOS. ALMEIJERAS WAS CONSIDERING SENDING SOMEONE TO MIAMI EITHER ASSASSIAANTE OR KIDNAP ESTEBAN VENTURA, ALMEIJERAS UP TO THIS TIME HAB DENFED PERMISSION OF HiS PERSONAL . BODYGUARDS TO CARRY OUT MISSION AGAINST VENTURA. ON OCTOBER 10, a 1959 MM 639=S WAS IN HAVANA CUBA AND CONVERSED WITH EF LGENFO ALMEIJERAS WHO AGAIN DISCUSSED WITH INFORMANT HIS DESIRE THAT INFORMANT LEAD EXPEDITION FROM THE US TO -CUBA AND AGAIN EXPRESSED: A GREAT DESIRE TO SEIZE THIS EXPEDITION UPON ITS ARRIVAL IN CUBA, ON ABOUT OCTOBER 20, 1959, MM 639=S RECEIVED A TELEPHONE CALL FROM FERNANDO COBA WHO WAS CALLING FROM CUBA. COBA HAD PREVIOUSLY CALLED THE GREEN MANSIONS MOTEL IN AN EFFORT To CONTACT LYNN BAIR A MIAMI] PILOT ENGAGED IN ALIEN SMUGGLING. BAIR HAD-MOVED AND COBA COULD NOT LOCATE HIM, COBA TOLD INFORMANT TO OFFER PROPOSITION TO BAER WHICH WOULD INVOLVE DELIVERING EVELIO ALPIZAR.PEREZ TO CUBA. ALPIZAR FORMER CUBAN AIR FORCE PILOT,. NOW ENGAGED IN ALIEN AND GUN SMUGGLING AND WORKING FOR ROLANDO MASFERRER, FORMER CUBAN SENATOR RESIDING IN MIAME. THIS WOULD BE SAME SITUATION AS WHEN COBA DELIVERED DEL PINO. COBA OFFERED THIS ASSIGNMENT TO INFORMANT. |! If the intelligence contained in the above message is to be disseminated outside the Bureau, it is suggested that it be suitably paraphrased in order to protect the Bureau’s cryptographic systems. HW 54460 Docld:32303690 Page 6
“ Mr. Tolson Mr. Belmont ‘DECODED COPY i Desh Mr. Mohr Mr. Parsons Mr. Rosen Mr. Tamm [ Radio Cok Teletype trove _ Tele. Room ' Y PAGE SIX FROM SAC, MIAMI 251030 iss Gandy (WHO DECLINED. ON EVENING OCTOBER 24 MM 639-8 ADVISED HE HAD JUST RETURNED MIAMI FROM HAVANA, CUBA HAVING ARRIVED THERE OCTOBER 23 (N COMPANY WITH ALEX HERNANDEZ, CUBAN RESIDING MIAMI WITH WHOM INFORMANT ASSOCIATES, INFORMANT AND HERNANDEZ HAD CONFERENCE OCTOBER 23 WITH EFIGENIO ALMEIWEIRAS, CHIEF CUBAN HATIONAL POLICE, HAVANA, AND FRANCISCO COBA, SERGEANT IN CUBAN POLICE. “pif luetReS PROPOSED TO INFORMANT THAT HE APPROACH FROMER CUBAN SEANTOR ROLANDO MASFERRER OR SOME OTHER ANTI CASTRO LEADER OF PROMINENCE IN MIAMI, AND OFFER TO PILOT A BOMB CARRYING | PLANE FROM MIAMI TO CUBA FOR PURPOSE BOMBING HAVANA. THAT INFORe | MANT SHOULD CONTESSE TO PROCURE BOMBS WITH US GOVERNMENT MARKINGS | AND UPON ARRIVAL IN CUBA MAKE LANDIHG ON STRIP 25 MILES WEST OF HAVANA WHERE BOMBS WILL SE TURNED OVER TO ALMEIJEIRAS. CUBAN nD GOVERNMENT WILL THEN MAKE PRESS RELEASE CLAIMING THAT MIAMI BASED | ng PLANE ORCPPED BOMBS OVER CUBA AND WILL OFFER AS PROOF ONE OR MoRE |)}¥ BOMBS BEARING US MARKINGS WHICH THEY WILL CLAIM WERE DUDS. OTHER | BOMBS WILL BE EXPLODED AND FRAGMENTS OF SAME OFFEREO AS ADDITIONAL |h PROOF, ALMEIJEIRAS DISCLOSED THAT PURPOSE OF THIS HOAX IB FOR | PROPAGANDA AGAINST US STATE DEPARTMENT IN ORDER TO FORCE US ACTION f AGALNST ANTI CASTRO EXILES RESIDING IN US, ALMEJEIRAS DESIRED sf THIS PLAN TAKE PLACE OCTOBER 26 AND HE DESCRIBED IT AS BEING © fh HIGHLY IMPORTANT TO CUBAN GOVERNMENT, ALMEIJEIRAS ALSO TOLD ff INFORMANT THAT SEVERAL HAND GRENADES WERE DROPPED BY LEAFLET i DROP ENS TWO ENGINED PLANE WHICH FLEW OVER HAVANA OCTOBER 21 i] LAST, HE SAID THAT ANOTHER PLANE FLEW OVER HAVANA SAME EVENING, | BUT CUBAN GOVERNMENT DID NOT POSESS DESCRIPTIVE DATA. neonate |] ir STATED ALEX HERNANDEZ DISCLOSED HE WANTED NO PART IN ABOVE PLAN (J PROPOSED BY ALMEIJEIRAS,] PC! CHARLES WILLIAM HORMEL RECONTACTEDIL | | STATES HE 1S WILLING TO TESTIFY. HOWEVER, POINTED OUT HORMEL’Sl L__INFORMATION_HEARSAY.] HE STATES HE ARRIVED AT REMMERT WARJER ~~ AIRPORT, POMPANO, FLORIDA ABOUT 11:20 PM OCTOBER 21 LAST, WENT | TO AIRPORT OFFICE WHERE HE PASSED TIME OF DAY WITH NIGHTUATCHMAN, » WHILE TALKING, THEY HEARD NEWS BROADCAST OF AIR RAID AND OROPPING “ OF LEAFLETS OVER HAVANA, RIGHTWATCHMAS COMMENTED THAT B-25 AT —~—————_I_the, intelligence co contained in the above message is to © disseminated outside the Bureau, it is suggested that it be suitably nratect_the_Bureau’s cryptographic systems. HW 54460 Docld:323036890 Page 7
qe Oo, ‘ a \ ag 4-41 (Rev. 2-9-59) nr 4 | mo Vv y sg ae be 3 Lot ya - ww LARS LS Od bab Mr [1 Radio PAGE SEVEN FROM SAC, MIAMI 251030 AIRPORT MIGHT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN MATTER: THAT IT HAD LEFT HAD PILOTED PLANE AND NIGHTWATCHMAN TOLD HIM PEDRO DIAZ LANZ. BY CAK. INVESTIGATION CURRENTLY UNDERBAY TO IDENTIFY NIGHT= WATCHMAN ABOVE AT WHICH TIME HIS WILLINGNESS AND AVAILABILITY ABLE FOR. INTERVIEW NIGHT OCTOBER 24, BUT WILL BE CONTACTED RE ALLEGED DROPPING OF LEAFLETS OVER HAVANA REPORTED BY PRESS FROM 8TH STREET AIRPORT AT 10 PM RESULTS. NO OTHER INFO DEVELOPED RE THIS... CCTOBER 24, 8 PM BE ADVISED RESULTS OCTOBER 25, PM, RECEIVED: = 11:51 AM TELETYPE 11:53 AM CODING UNIT BLH ORIG--MR. BELUONT-FOR DIRECTOR wt pits paraphrased in order to protect the Bureau’s cryptographic systems. HW 54460 DBocld:32303890 Page 6 ae Mr. Tolson’ , Mr. Belmont ___ Mr. DeLoach —__ ECODED COPY Mr. McGuire Mr. Mohr Mr. Parsons : . Rosen LR foe Mr. Tamm Lyx] Teletype Mr. Trotter ABOUT S PM AND RETURNED ABOUT 9 PM-THAT DATE. HORMEL ASKED WHO j THEREAFTER HORMEL WENT OUT TO PLANE AND TOOK DCWN SERIAL NUMBER, _ THEREAFTER CAME TO MIAMI AND FURNISHED INFO To FBI. INFO BUREAU, HORMEUPRESENTLY UNDER INDICTMENT ON ATU CHARGE TRANSPORTING ARMS TO TESTIFY WILL BE DETERMINED. DR. ALCIDES DE LOS REYES UNAVAIL= OCTOBER 25 AND ASKED RE HIS AVAILABILITY AND WILLINGNESS To TESTIFY. OCTOBER 24, DADE COUNTY DEPARTMENT PUBLIC SAFETY RECEIVED ANONYMOUS ~ TELEPHONE CALL APPROXIMATELY 8:40 PM OCTOBER 24 FROM INDIVIDUAL ALLEGING PLANE BEARING LEAFLETS DESTINED FoR CUBA WOULD TAKE OFF - AUTHORITIES GAVE COVERAGE TO TAMYPAMI. AIRPORT LOCATED SOUTHWEST 8TH STREET MIAME WITH NEGATIVE Ae NEWS-BROADCAST REPORTED LEARING THROUGH SOURCES IN HAVANA, CUBA THAT CUBAN GOVERNMENT WAS ASKING FOR EXTRADITION. OF PEDRO DIAZ LANZ TO CUBA. .INVESTIGATILON CONTINUING AT ATRPORT, POMPANO BEACH TO VERIFY STATEMENTS OF LANZ ET AL SET OUT ABOVE. BUREAU WILL If the intelligence contained in the above message is to be disseminated outside the Bureau, it is suggested that it be suitably SE —————— ——_ SS | . ! \ | Mr. W.C. Sullivan: Tele. Room Mr. Holloman ___ Miss Gandy . i \