124-90041-10058) - AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER: RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE : DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : | DOCUMENT TYPE : GLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW: COMMENTS : v9.1 HY 50953 Bocld: 32325976 OPENING CRITERIA : JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-90041-10058 HQ CR 105-131113-6 Document Information FBI MM HQ 07/29/1964 37 JOSE RASCO BERMUDA SECRET ORGANIZATION ‘PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Secret 1B; 4 Redact 09/15/1998 INDEFINITE, APPROVAL OF CIA RPT Page 1 Date: 4/23/201
ne oy = << 1 /RELEESE & éoriRet - aoe PB al “ WE. a . - Pa ~ XA & “FEDERAL: BUREAU OF Invi STIGATION SECURE REPORTING OFFICE MIAMI ~srrsr oc oma ; a 2 94ee4 é ee aT “TITLE OF CASE C REPORT MADE BY . 7 TYPED BY : SECRET ORGANIZATION OF OF JAMES J. O'CONNOR - . ” JMS 7 “CONTINENTAL “ACTION. .. CHARACTER OF CASE PRROK VAGR —— ‘(ORGAN IZACION SECRETA DE RUD g yf wo oe ONEINENTAL OSAC IS - CUBA Ny CIA HAS NO OBACTION 1 N )(08AC) | IS sui (sw Olga) DECLASSIFICATION AND/OR,. DATE_ ZW U/S—C é RELEASE OF CIA INFORMATION L fo a THIS DOCUMENT, E Xtepy, 7 BRAKES ~ : REFERENCE Kp Favs ce letter to Miami 6/4/64, enclos- ing a news item from the WASHINGTON A CAPITAL NEWS SERVICE of 5/29/64. Via / Bureau airtel to Miami and San Juan eh ona imea } ; 6/16/64, which enclosed a news\item aan Oe RMATION CONTAINED K eee \ UASSUETED from the WASHINGTON POST dated 6/16/64 : EO ee concerning the sinking of a Cuban ren coastal boat on 6/4/64 by OSAC. booger San Juan-airtel - to Bureau he 64. 0 ; o F2UZ2 PONG SPh Fy | “1. OC’ Classified\hy 2a Mowe ~P- a a. Declassify A i FOI/PA + Ei pF MK orvt?. ACT. 2 : APPROVED SIN CHARGE on DO NOT WRITE IN SPACES BELOW ° \COPIES MADE; a l | - Bureau (105-131113) (RM) _ 2) L | : 6 - San Juan (105-7161) ( os -)3i 3 EC. 23 | ~ aaare San Juan} ma wen, Sif eae a 4 - TLRS i. \ S (1-0.S. Customs, San™ uan) . . D . a engde (1-U.S. Border Patrol ‘San Juan) p JUL 30 1964 a ft (1-INS, San Juan) (For other copies see page A-1),_ 2 = Miami (105-9002) DISSEMINATION RECORD OF ATTACHED REPORT Ch a - a - U.S, GOVERNME SECR NG OFFICE lov qoaaa 1 wee). 66 AUG 19 1964 SECREN™ BY S0953 BDoctd:32325976 Page 2
Nene HY ~MM 105-9002 - . Source of Information JUAN MACHADO on 6/16/64 4 Or d-enas. Cuba [tm 639-8 on 5/26/66} sonn Re de. \eeuen pe. ae r PeuRED Sinking of a Cuban vessel as claimed by OSAC, which translation is included in the body of this report, was furnished by Lieutenant ROGERS. He advised the trans- lation is, in fact, an intercept made by the Foreign Information Broadcast Service. EO The following sources were contacted concern=_ ing OSAC, with negative results: Barn ovr 2 7 Semen ttn aamnesamnnnmncinaernntinerenn nae min, MM 492- -S on 6/17/64 “With respect to the identity JUAN.MESA, it tO! appears he is identical to JUA , meat who as oo MG of June, 1963, resided at 1868 S.W. 13th Street, Miami, _ an Florida, and who was reported to the Miami Office at. that time to be_operating a short wave radio station. at that address. [Contact was made on July 16, 1963 with of CIA, Miami, at which time he advised 4 that JUAN MESA RODRIGUEZ was of operational interest to . | his agency; was residing at 1868 S.W. 13th Street with nf his family, and was out of the country as of July 16, 1963, and not expected to return until July 24, 1963. This information is set forth in Miami file 105- 7909 IGN (uy) Efforts to locate a file on JUAN MESA in the files of U.S. INS, Miami, have thus far met with negative — | results. -MESA, as described by MM T-1, is a man in his early 40s, who had a radio business in Cuba and who speaks Spanish and English fluently. | | a On July 13, 1964, POLLY ANDREW, Southern Bell ! Telephone and Telegraph Company, Coral Gables, Florida, advised i -Cc- . | COVER PAGE | | SYAN= \OG SECRET | S | "SSSR 50957 Boclda: 323275976 Page 3
SECREQ) MM 105-9002 that telephone #444-8751 had been listed to JUAN M. RODRIGUEZ at 1868 S.W. 13th Street, Miami.. This phone was disconnected on June 6, 1964 and a new telephone, _ #238-6863, listed to RODRIGUEZ at 9910 Pan American Drive, Perrine, Florida. Mrs. ANDREW stated RODRIGUEZ had indicated his employment as "U.S%-Government Public ~ Relations" and a | reference as MAURICE ¢ SHORAGO, telephone HI 8- 8320. ~ The above was furnished to SA LEMAN L, STAFFORD, Jr. Ie is to be 1 noted that MM T-1 of this report is an officer in the anti-CASTRO organization, Frank Pais Revolutionary Movement (FPRM). He has advised that in addition to being personally acquainted with JUAN MESA, MESA has sought to include him in the acti- vities of OSAC, because the FPRM has considerable Cuban exile man power, which MM T-1 states have various skills which might be utilized by OSAC, One such person is =e "PEPE“XIUNCO, whom MM T=1 states is proficient in setting _—-—" up. remote control apparatus. MM T-1 has. stated he has the impression that considerable financial support is being received by OSAC from American citizens, and he is not clear as.to ~~ the motivation. He stated that he also has the im- pression that the operations of OSAC are being conducted through liaison with CIA, [He stated he is aware that JUAN MESA in the past. has worked closely with CTAe 6-1, “He also advised that at the meeting of OSAC in the Miami anm on the night of July 8, 1964, MESA. — made a telephone call to the telephone number HI 8-1100,  / © which is the telephone of BERNARD KER. } BARKER, ac- a cording to MM T-1, is believed by Cubans. to-“be an agent - of. OIA.” Man Ver oS AN os COVER PAGE ‘SECRET | Age [WOH ; ieee HY 50953 DBoctd: 32325976 Page 4
vw 105-9002 SECRET) NELSON)ROQRIGUEZ. RODRIGUEZ operates a black compact | car, believed of English make. On July 13, 1964, MM T-1 accompanied Agent: in an attempt to locate the home where the OSAC meet- ing of July 8, 1964 occurred. MM T-1 pointed out the house, located at the southwest corner of Douglas Road and Stewart Avenue, in Coconut Grove, Miami. MM T-1 stated he believed this was fa CIA "safe cas, enishes © no one seemed to live there, although it was furnished and contained several telephones. \ Also on July 13, 1964, MM T-1 pointed out | _ the residence at 743 Sistina, Coral Gables, Florida, as the home at which he believed one of the American attorneys was dropped off after attending the meeting at the house in Coconut Grove. “The September ,’ 1963 telephone directory lists _ MELVIN mx GREENBERG, an attorney with office in the duPont Buihding, Miami, as resident at 743 Sistina, _ Coral. Coral Gables. ables +) ig. ee In ‘addition | to the foregoing, MM T-1 advised that he believes that Cuban exile ENR IQUE CASA CUERVO, Eva Bureau file 105-68231, Miami file 105-8032; may be Work= ing with OSAC out of Puerto Rico, He said he deduced this inasmuch as there had been reference by JUAN MESA t6 ARGELIO (LN) the friend of CASADO. “It is ‘to be noted that the Miami file on CASADO reflects he has a close friend named ARGELIO Se AGONZALEZ ; and also that CASADO had a boat named the | we ESCATUTA. The Miami file further reflects that ENRIQUE \ CASADO. as of June, 1964, was residing at Las Flores ,#300 Santurce, Puerto Rico. @, ao Fo COVER PAGE Nn en et _ SECRET) | | AWAY 40874. HY 50953 DBoctd: 32325976 Page 5
Le ae SRR SEE ORT BASE ETO RRR AE TT npn OOTP tt Ten) CAMARA HY 50957 etn Oo - MM 105-9002 neq a ; soe Miami files reflect that NELSO GLESIAS ; TALA, born July 18, 1939 in Cuba,[was~ the ae | stnevent-onu seaman nape seeatone DE a name check request by CIA, Miami on November 30; 1961,[at which time IGLESIAS residdd at 2220 s.w! 27th FOO Terrace. LEV an a On July 20, 1964, INS record pertaining to NELSON ott A12 094 498, born July 18, 1939 in Cuba, flected his occupation as Seana and. his employment as Marine Engineering and Training Corporation, 315 N. Krome Avenue, Homestead, Florida. Only the annual: address report card submitted in’ January, 1964, was available on IGLESIAS, and his INS file is believed located in New York City. INS who emails UNUM pe thee 1&7. d7p, 2Q-19-G¢ stdjeste _ On July 20, 1964 inquiry was made at che £73049 Homestead, “Florida,, to locate the Marine Engineering _ ” (ap) and Training | ‘Corporation, [and it developed that this is an littorney. ront utilized by cia] It was arene ake that [Attorney Sica. with office at 286 S Bia eg | Homestead, receives Wail for this company. E (revonansf absent from his office, but when. reached by telephone, he requested to know the nature of FBI interest in NELSON IGLESIAS. It was pointed. out that. interview of IGLESIAS was desired in connection with the Cuban situation. He requested that if any , . problem existed that he be apprised inasmuch as NELSON was an loyee of the corporation an den ALD an citiceifon the corporation. Mr. [McDon. ated. IGLES ould be out of town pa a couple of days. It is noted that Mr; McDONALD, Yecording to Homestead RA CHARLES P. KELLY, 8a former (Legal Salo from the Homestéad Air Force Base, and-is now retired. * ~ JF - COVER - PAGE SECRED Awvay \o02h, Boclda: 323275976 Page 6
eet IA 2 te peta a et ee A mp ty OA tr haere,“ tnt nent ttt tel eet tetera y ah RBI RSS RA RS RA TR SI ER eR TTI nnnnantetee / SECRET] - MM 105-9002 S McDONALD S) in the flew firm}ts g her with @) {bos SHUPA K 3] who works from tféflaw firmPetfice in orth Miami; [Tom MAXEY] Sho works from the (law firm (SJ office at Coral Gables, and[G [GENE SHORT] eye works with [M [McDONALD] 6 Homestead. s _- At 4:45 PM on July 20, 1964, RAY DuBOIS, CIA, Miami, called the Miami Office and asked to speak to SA JAMES J. O'CONNOR, This call occurred approxi- mately 10 minutes after SA.O'CONNOR had talked with S)[Attorney JIM McDONALD] by telephone at Homestead, Florida. Mr. DuBOIS was telephonically contacted on the evening of July 20, 1964 by SA O'CONNOR, at which time he advised CIA has an operational interest in NELSON IGLESIAS, and in the Marine Engineering and Training Corporation. (pf) It was pointed out to Mr. DuBOIS that IGLESIAS is evidently involved in OSAC. Mr. DuBOIS advised he had no knowledge of such affiliation by IGLESIAS but that it would not be the first time a party of CIA in- terest became involved in some side operation, ending . up on the a (Wy resulting in charges against CIA. Cb a Mr. DuBOIS was requested to advise if possibly the’ "controlled" actions of IGLESIAS might, for publicity. ° purposes, be attributed in the past to OSAC. It was pointed out to Mr. DuBOIS that according to information. received in the investigation of OSAC, that some. American attorneys are reportedly involved. Mr. DuBOIS stated. (: he would check into the matter and further advise. ‘PYUGO On July 21, 1964, Mr. DUBOIS advised that CIA a had no interest in OSAC, “but requested that the eRe Fah 30 la) #, -jJ- COVER PAGE SECRET 7 , a WHA 90274 : Woe. . _. a HY 50953 DBoctd: 32325976 Page 7
~ HY aa 50957 _ [Maen a ee a MA de ne sean meme tnntmnn i tte en pA tem tn ee Ta ETE RD EET CS OE 6 EEE TR CORIO FSET a — MM 105-9002 erCREN On July 21, 1964, STANLEY SCHACHTER, U.S. Customs, Miami, advised he possessed no information -econcerning OSAC and he did not know of any boats which JUAN MESA might have an interest in. On July 21, 1964, Captain JOHN LOWRY, Merrill- Stevens Drydock Company , 1270 N.W. llth Street, Miami, Florida, advised he is well acquainted with all the vessels given berth in Merrill-Stevens facilities in Miami, but had no knowledge of a boat fitting the des- cription of 75 to.80' which was berthed at 17th Avenue and the Miami River, according to information received from MM T-1 of this report. Captain LOWRY also advised he was not ; familiar with the name JUAN MESA. On July 22, 1964, MM T-1 said he believed OSAC may be utilizing MARCELINO GARCIA of MIRR to ob- tain a bomb or torpedo. He said GARCIA is secretive but apparently has contact with someone, Cuban or American, in the Carolinas whereby he may be able to obtain a bomb or torpedo. MM T-1. was advised that on July 20, 1964, JUAN MESA and "TONY" ARANGO were interviewed at approximately 9:00 AM and 3:00 PM, respectively. MM T-1 said he planned to tell MESA he was visited by an FBI Agent, name unknown, on July 20, 1964, and was worried because of questions about OSAC, although revealing nothing to Agent. This arrangement is believed desirable for pro- tection of MM T-1. INFORMANT “MM T-1 is PSI ARTURO GONZALEZ GONZALEZ TO » —_ ‘ COVER PAGE SECRET -_ ivisort y { teeta nner” Boclda: 323275976 Page 68