Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System Date: 6/15/201 Identification Form eee Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER:  124-10306-10028 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER: CR 97-3652-4 eee Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: DWYER, ROBERT JAMES TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE : DATE: 03/18/1959 PAGES: 13 SUBJECTS : JAN, INTV, HELLER, DONALD J., POLIT ACT, ACA, AIRPLANE, ARMS SHIPMENT DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Secret RESTRICTIONS: = 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: — 05/07/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : v9.1 ] DoclId: 32310619 Page 1
“Released unier the John FF. Kennedy “Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (if 8c Fite wate - DATE: 11i- 14-7017 > me . od MM 97-256 ~ ADMINISTRATIVE -_ rene This report is being classified "SECRET" inasmuch as informatio urnished bye T-2,fa con- fidential source abroad, fis so classified i ) _LDENTITY eH) T-2 - (confident ial source abroad} (5) \ p. Careful consideration has been given to each T-3 - MM 639-8... GLUUL), LOCATION OF ORIGINAL INFORMATION - INFORMANTS - | Bulet to Miami dated 1/9/59 entitled: "CUBAN REVOLUTIONARY ACTIVITIES - IS - CUBA" Information from (s{confidential source abroaqdjJto Bureau on 2/16/59. Copy of information furnished to Miami as enclosure to reBulet 2/24/59. 134-238 Sub A, serials 147, 161 and 154 source concealed in this report and they were concealed cealed. - COVER PAGE - only in those instances where identities must be con- A. DoclId: 32310619 Page 2?
a (¢ “Hotes. Bareased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 ot DATE: 11-14-2017 ; von . aw . _ Wits (Rov. 9-28-88) ° ; . a Ye UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BU SAU OF INVESTIGATION SECRET : ALL INFORMATYON o a . * ONTAL Caoy 0 1- INS, Miami | BrCErT mg NCEASST IED v tos ~. INS,” SHOWN ‘ ee Us. Customs ,. Miami OTHERWISE, N senot of MRT eases © NYE WEERG ps NO OBIECTIOIONE: = MIAMI DELS UH ANDIOR. Fil Number -256 RELEASE UF ULA INFORM | (wt 97-256) AS DOCUMENT, K (0-4 4] Tide: ‘DONALD. J. HELLER 510]KSe rN ajoel Classified i 0) 4 bs Declassify oft Nal Gao ty Mae Charaten REGISTRATION Aor - CUBA Sean ~2215-@ was ‘being used by Cuban rebel PAA records (il Sopa i = “1, on Decénber 26, 1958 advised: oer Trgce ripen ~ -peflected’ this” airplane belonged”to su t from Septe 195 i : i" er: “25, 1958 ‘to November 16, 1958. Subject interviewed February’ eh, *; plane to Nassau on another” ‘occasion but plane never used in’ connection with Cuban ‘rebel activity. MM T-2, on February 16,° 1959, adviséd that Subject s®id planes belong- -~ ing to his” company were’used to fly arms to Guba. ‘Subject Poko reported | assisting in conversion of Cuban pesos and attempt-! : ing to assist in evacuation from Cuba of families of BATISTA: supporters. Subject reported to have commented: about. arms © shipment from Europe to Dominican Republic. Subject pre- dicted overthrow of Haitian government and. revolution in’ ColombiaS)MM T-3 in November and December, 1958 said subs Jeet was friendly with Cuban rebels, talked about running * guns to Cuba and leased airplane to ENRIQUE DE CURSO, whe So flew to Cuba and erashed in ocean off. Key West, “Florida, "Buz". MILLER, salesman for Liberty Aviation, was in contact. with. JOSE “ALEMAN, head of "Cuba Rebelde" Subject in aviation business in Miami for less than one year. Subject reportedly came from New York, is a pilot and head of* Liberty Aviation Company. Cubans an Miami have been seen ‘. at subject's company. JE. Cog eo) sing ide Actas ~ Pp - PEEAILS : This investigation is predicated on information received from MM T-1, .anoth Gk gaxernment agency. which (, _ Whe document contains neither recommendations nor concluitons SP oof It is the property of the FBI, -and, hie @ ( ; it and/or its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. ay DoclId: 32310619 Page 3 A igen’ “advised he’ flew this: plane to Havana, Cuba in November, to demonstrate plane to: a élient. Subject ‘said he: flew |: hao rr for agency wes
i. sed under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of ( * Released | . : DATE: 11-14-2017 aT in order’ to demonstrate the plane to him, he flew this Client to Havana and spent the day. WU ms name aft: HELLER stated that “on another océasion” he personally flew the airplane to Nassau, British West wage? and returned the following day. Mr. HELLER said that” other than these’ twe flights made by him by. bersonally with this airplane, the plane had never been . out of the United States during the time he owned it. ren with any Cuban’ rebel setivity, although’ 18 was posal that some student pilot of Cuban hationality might have flown it. This soterview was conducted in connection wi another matter. - : SO | | MM Pa 2, & confidential source abroad, on . I | February 16, 1959; advised that according to a@ reliable - Source in Nassau, Eritish West Indies, DON HELLER, ~ Presidént of Liberty Aviation, 10700 Coral Way, Tamiami fie Airport, Miami, Florida, had stated that Some unidentifi po planes, the property of Liberty Aviation, had been us d- ; fly arms to Cuban rebel leader FIDEL CASTRO in Cuba.(s) “MM f-2 stated that he believed that HELLER an s ' ‘the Caribbean. [ oS . ‘MM T-2 said that HELLER and KARDEN were report > be hel ng in the conversion of a large number of | | Cuban pesos into other curreny and that the pesos had been brought into Miami by persons who fled.¢uba after the fall of ‘the BAPISTA regime. MM T-2 said that HELLER i 4 out’ of Cuba for Bome of the families of the supporters | of former president BATISTA.(-s) OO wamoriaa eee continued that HELLER and KARDEN Teportedly stated that in about January, 1959, a _ BHipment of ‘small axns left an unknown European seaport, destined for the Dominican Republic. (Ss) . {| ~Aa “Use 2107 Hotey;. Mr. HELLER stated that in early November, 1958, he was attempting to sell this airplane to a client, and He advised that to the best of his knowledge while the ~~ plane was in the United States it-was never used in’ connéect~ ble. th ed to i | : , 6 HELLER and fore CeeeweN+ Best DiLido Drive, DeLido_sland, Miami, 9 Z¢_ a Were engaged in supplying arms to different revolutionary” SO oO EBanNI Zations in different places in Central America and ed ; al and KARDEN were also trying to facilitate transportation | DoclId: 32310619 Page 4
: Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 199% (44 05 2107 Hote}. DATE: 11-14-2017 | a ; mo ran MM 97-256 mee advised that _—— and KARDEN coposnen SECRET stated that as soon as things became more stable in~ . Cuba, the Cubans would make an attempt to overthrow the government of RAFAEL TRUJILLO in the Dominican Republic and later an ‘attempt would be made against — the government of Haiti. They explained that the ~ attempt to overthrow the Haitian government would be ied by. an Argentine Communist ;- whose: nane’ sounded> Sémething like "CHE GUEVARA". HELLER and KARDEN | reportedly stated that. later, @ revolution would take place in Colombia, South America, and it was €-2's opinion that possibly LER and KARDEN would assist in that revolution (a) “Bue MM T-3, on November 16, 1958, advised . that DONALD J. HELLER, President of Liberty aviation (eng famiamt Airport, Miami, Florida, and Mr. Be APPROK, FNU) MILLER, , & Salesman employed by HELLER were Te very“fPiendly ly with Cuban nationals, rebels and Soe | — exiles who frequented the flying facilities of —-< cK Liberty Aviation. Reportedly they used a tape <x | recorder to record all conversations taking ae " | place in their office, and all telephone calls received, T-3 also stated that HELLER and MILLER ‘ have frequently mentioned. possibilities concerning oS flying -guns to Cuban insurrectional forces in aE Va / bbe \ MM T- 3 also stated that there is a young “~~” man working at Liberty Aviation, name unknown, who. ~y luims to,have made several trips with CHARLES NZ StLLT FiORMEL, whom T-3 described as a "soldier of cortuné, gun runner, participant in Cube x revolution- ary activities, and airplane pilot". fe) MM T-3, on December 3, 1958, advised that | eee MILLER stated he was in contact with JOSE | .ALEMAN, whom MM T-3 described as a Guban national, . owner of the Trade Winds Hotel, Pine Tree Drive, ; Miami Beach, and leader of "Cuba Rebelde", a_ Cuban revolutionary organization in Miami devoted to & oe Bane. ‘in the overthrow of the BATISTA government ae MM T-3 stated that there were two young Ln a fe) © ‘cuban am men who had been contacting Liberty Aviation Stag «oe on DoclId: 32310619 Page 5