JFK Assassination System Date: 6/1/2015 . Identification Form Agency Information Peleased under the John Kennedy AGENCY: FBI . RECORD NUMBER: — 124-90090-10084 Assassination Records ollection Act of 1992 7 ase#:NWU 54460 Date: AGENCY FILENUMBER:  105-84265-26 qo os 2o1" Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: DONAHOE “ TO: BELMONT TITLE: | DATE: 02/08/1960 PAGES: 2 SUBJECTS : ‘JUAN FERNANDEZ DE CASTRO RODRIGUEZ ROLANDO MASFERRER DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 * CURRENT STATUS : Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 07/15/1998 ‘ , OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS: | MEMO v9.1 HW 54460 DBocld: 323304271 —_C_C—————_— —_—_— 13 Page 1
wy ~ “ORHONAL t ‘FORM NO. 10 *, CONFIDPRNIAL an ” Tolson > { : ’ Mohr. _ a UNITED STATES Oe eNMENT PN a Parsons 4 M, - d - Belmont ‘e : : enone aqiiangan | Vy emorandum | - 1 - Donahoe DeLoach ! a y - 1 - Cotter Malone : TO: Ay He Belmon#?* pate: February 6, 1960 tam. | "CLASS. b ‘a 2¢A2 Mm af Tele oom 2 MV Ba 10d candy FROM : Se Be + Donahoe pe . REASON-FCIM II,\172.4.2 > _—sCODATE-OOF'- REVIEW |sugyecr: JUAN FERNANDEZ DE CASTRO RODRIGUEZ, ET AL. / _ ROLANDO MASFERRER ROJAS - VICTIM ‘a  , om KIDNAPPING - CONSPIRACY OGcLassirien BY DPE /MACLLS/e INTERNAL SECURITY - CUBA oF -G C) es Seon ew so. de wad y eer Grn i ie Mrs. Catherine. oo lasferrer, prominent Cuban exile in Miami. i neting on data supplied “by Laaff es -Miami Office placed Special Agent (posing as corrupt local police officer) in touch with subjects on 1/27/60 and, when Agent | was propositioned to assist in abduction of: Uasferrer, Miami arrested Valdes and Fernandez on kidnapping-conspiracy charge. Fernande) is identical with MM 635-S, heretofore a valuable paid security informant of Miami; however, informant was not known to have been involved in plot until time of arrest. Fernandez claims that he had no prior knowledge of kidnapping scheme and no opportunity to: advise. Miami Office of plot before his arrest. Urs. Taaffe claims that ' scheme was first broached to her in mid January, 1960, by Valdes and two unidentified Cuban Agents in Havana. By cable 2/4/60 . Legat, Havana, has now reported that official of Cuban National Police has advised WU S&S. Embassy official in Havana that subjects,‘ both i of whom are connected with Cuban police agencies, acted entirely on ud their own and without official sanction in this matter. According ©S , to this Cuban official, Mrs. Taaffe, who is known to Cubans as agent na MS for Cuban counterrevolutionary group supported by Dominican ect Dictator Trujillo, originated the plot against Masferrer and recruited acer Fernandez and Valdes. This source further reported that Urs. Taaffe's | Qe ie motive was to promote adverse publicity against Castro regime. Uu) CB; it is clear that one or more:of the principals involve <53 ‘here are not telling the truth. Mrs. Taaffe is of dubious | tea reliability and we already have a pending investigation of her m7 on allegations she is acting as both pro and anti-Castro agent. , 4 ze = be Fernandez has offered what appears to-be plausible story as to P| 85 his part of this affair; however, he may very well be withholding” 2 of ars sources, such as referred to in Legat's cables: ‘ivt lL, disavow an ely Enclosure a | , tty 9 1 2p al spot") i ve 13 3 FEB. 9° 1960 8 full facts. It can be expected, of course, that official Cuban’ On 54460 Docld:32330421 Page 2