424-10302-10233 JFK Assassination System Date: 4/3/2015 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: . FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10302-10233 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: 2-1499-21 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM:  ERRION, THOMAS H. TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: DATE: 04/06/1959 PAGES: 17 SUBJECTS : FS, TRA, ASSOC, ARREST, SMUGGLING, WEAPONS, CUBA, PRO-CASTRO, GAMBLING ACT, GUTIERREZ, VICTOR, INTV DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: Confidential RESTRICTIONS: 1A; 1B; 4 _ CURRENT STATUS:- Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: = 06/15/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE, APPROVAL OF CIA COMMENTS : INC R/S, S/S v9.1 1 BY 50953 BDoctd:32310289 Page 1
HY 7 ae the Foreign Agents Registration Section, Internal Security Ut. (gexteqeg-257) ~ SoC emer —#2u 326-"[efy val 7. ws Ci iy 2-192 - st, LOUIS: (INFORMATION) © One copy of instant report is being furnished - “ St. Louis in view of pending investigation there. WASHINGTON FIELD OFFICE: | , ' AT WASHINGTON, D.C. , _ ~ emee aa . Washington Field Office is requested to check ~~ ead oN Division, United States Department of Justice, and ascertain whether or not the subject appears registered as the agent of a foreign principal. : MIAMI: wl # . vo subject. AT MIAMI, FLORIDA oo Will follow and report the activities of the ADMINISTRATIVE — peistant report is classified secret in vigw gy) (Ok:ne fac at it contains information furnished by,C IA; IVM Oe fin Mexico,| the disclosure of which might’ prejudice ov. ; 7 ry [eeeration of an intelligence service in a foreign country. © Information from the American Vice Consul v) BERNARD FEMMINELLA, Santiago de Cuba, was’ furnished by “Legat, Havana, in letter dated,danuary 30, 1959. ibuted tofCIA [Was f£ nished to Legat, pér Legat, Mexico  ~ letter to the Director [ y 26, 1959 Se - ~ COVER PAGE -_ . -— REWEWED sy Baeice tase games : 8 1 2EAIT afl 90 . -RELESM sme, —— oS _. UC) RELEASS ge pager Cl TOTAL BEmws ae 50953 Daoctd:323102769 Page 2 nes
HY Es) f~ a 3 vs on ae MM 23192 Two additional copies | of ‘instant report are. forwarded to the Bureau for transmittal of one copy each to the Legat, Havana, and the Legat, Mexico. city, for their information. TDENT ITY OF INFORMANT 7 LOCATION OF ORIGINAL INFORMATION 2-192-35 2192-35 é oe RR) Bur eau January 26, 1959) # | WM _T-3 is MM 639-8 “13h 238- sub A iv Careful consideration has been given to each source concealed in this report, and "T" symbols have been utilized only in those instances where identity must be concealed, - Be. ~ COVER PAGE - ~ 50953 Daoctd:323102769 Page 3
T" Se a r a MM 2-192 _ Oe ; te ompyal at Uruapan at dawn on November 20, 1958, when they. were discovered endeavoring to send arms to the rebels | Of FIDEL CASTRO RUZ in Cuba. ‘The article listed the following as having been arrested: we JOSE, MART z'macrapos MANUELNC ARBONELT DUQUE ORLANDO AVENTURA EYES PEDRO IS (DIAZ LANZ | FRANK PTORINT “! \eunne” - MEE RNANDEZ \TURRO™ f RCOS}DERCLES ~ | RTO \MENDEZ, | | ma ancofnain [orez . a iC Z *  ISALDO E. ArunDo} ANCO\VMAYN | ROBERT )}ILLARTE The article concludes by stating that a North American, FRANK FIORINI, the "pilot of the. airplane", and the Cuban, PEDRO LUIS DIAZ LANZ, had requested permission to be interviewed with an attorn yy, present, and that this request had been granted, ( MM T-2, another government agency which Pa conducts intelligence investigations, on Janua (ae IAZYLANZ and 1959, advise hat @RANK PIORINI, PEDRO LUIS RICARDG DE LAY LORIEABALS had arrived in Mexiéo cit ge on October 27} 1958) after having traveled from the a \o Hiei Lor » area by automobile and having encountered ae VS U\waierieatty wich Mexican Immigration authorities upon U: - ye Nv entering Mexico, MM T-2 did not know thei Mexican ,! a She port of entry, but stated that they had been in = ae Monterrey: therefore, he concluded that. they had crossed the border at Brownsville or Laredo, Texas, and that they must have’ entered Mexico October » 25 or October 26, 1958. Following the arrival of the trio in Mexico City, DIAZ LANZ and’ DE LA LORIE proceeded by air to Venezuela, returning about October 31, 1958. Shortly thereafter, they again left Mexico City by air enroute to San Francisco, California. . easel Secanes BEcistons 2,3) UPHELO Bot Dow woeaoen Ae. #/25/66 Une . (Iie - Ie4y9-257) : $m [een "i, 326 Mocha, HY 50953 DBoctd: 323102789 Page 4
‘“Yltimas Noticias", had Pa : j oY MM 2-192 Meanwhile, on November A, 1958, FIORINTI departed from Mexico City in the automobile, and. is. reported to have met DIAZ LANZ and DE LA LORIE at % %K{ u) Yuma, Arizona. On November 8, 1958, they were at the Highway House Motel at Phoenix, Arizona. MM T-2 believed that from Phoenix they proceeded to Kingman, Arizona, where they made the purchase of a c~46 airplane which had’ been U. S. Government surplus, and which was purchased and registered in FIORINI's name, even though it is presumed that the funds were provided by the two Cubans. - u] u) (jm t-2 said that}%t the pest of his knowledge, u} after being detained for “Several days, all subjects and the airplane were released. Sey airplane to Veracruz and Acapulco, Mexico, before From Phoenix, Arizona, the group flew the proceeding to. Apatzingan. O) - wUnns (on January 7, 1959, MM T-2 said that. from October 27, 1958, until November 4, 1958, FIORINI was ° registered at the Bel Sol Apartments in Mexico City 6): and gave his U. S. address as being 422.Glen Ridge Road,t& Key Biscayne, Florida. He also was registered at al the Hotel Statler in Mexico City, and gave his U. S. pe 06! address as being 310 Northeast 5th Str » Fort , tauderdale, Florida.’ MM T-2 stated- thal recent x (“) newspaper article in the Mexico City a noon paper, ‘contained a photograph of en “| FRANK FIORINI standing on some of the graves of co | BATISTA followers-who had been executed by the | triumphant FIDEL CASTRO RUZ revolutionaries. Riu On January 20, 1959, Vice Consul BERNARD ‘FEMMINELLA of the U. S. Consulate, Santiago de Cuba, advised that he was informed that an individual known oF as FRANK FIORINI was with the revolutionary forces in the vicinity of Santiago de Cuba. ee fe ace eee et _ nie. a HY 50957 Boctlda: 3231023769 Page 5
FIT at, MM 2-192 Washington Field Office is requésted to check the Foreign Agents Registration Section, Internal Security Division, United States Department. of Justice, and ascertain whether. or not the subject appears registered as the agent of a foreign. principal. 5 a oO One eopy of instant veport is peing furnished St. Louls-in view of pending investigation there. WASHINGTON FIELD OFFICE: ; ts | _ AL WASHINGTON, D.C. an MIAMI: OT AT MIAMI, FLORIDA W111 follow and report the activities of the subject. - ADMENTSURAT ITE nstant report is classified secret in view of he fact at it contains information furnished ws feta 2-2 T-2) Oka Mexicc,| the. disclosure of which might prejudice’ peration of an intelligence service in a foreign country 0) Information from the American Vice Consul . BERNARD FEMMINELLA, Santiago de Cuba, was furnished by , egat, Havana, in letter dat panuary 30, 1959. nformation attributed told as ynished to Legat, Mexico City, by on Legat, Mexico letter to the Drre oy 26, 19597] 1) Ay ~ COVER PAGE - ure. Cite = loys. 251) 5 P667y Jace. ~ P211,326~" bale t Confidential CL . . | oy oS Ey ait ao .% CTT HY 50953 DBoctd: 323102789 Page 6
\, * Confidentiaz Two- additional eoples of instant report are forwarded to the Bureau for transmittal of one copy each to the Legat, Havana, and the. Legat, Mexico €ity, for their information, \ “INFORMANTS. IDENTITY OF INFORMANT LOCATION OF ORIGINAL INFORMATION - Ee To tof Gro “& 192- “35. I (Legat Totter to ) a pareau, January. 26,5. 1959 )PY\ 4 po T=3 is. Mor 639s ] 134-238-Sub A | i a Careful consideration has. beén given to- éach source eoncealed in this.<report, and "T" symbols have been utilized only in those instances where identity must be. conceaked, , oe. ont. (ige-le444 ey) 4:4 Gee. — F211 3b ~ tbelee iB. ~ COVER. PAGE - Confidential } | HY ee _ / 50953 Daoctd:323102769 Page fT