Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : © FROM: TO: TITLE : DATE: PAGES: _ SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : v9.1 Docld: 323290435 Page 1 JFK Assassination System ~ Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-90084-10024 HQ 105-183815-3 Document Information FBI HQ MM 10/07/1968 2 LAUREANO BATISTA FALLA LAUREANO FERNANDO BATISTAY FALLA PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Secret 1C; 4 Redact 07/14/1998 INDEFINITE AT
DATE o aa 3 arated t John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 3107 Hote;. . 1-14- \ 10/7/68 if\ *. —_ | yn | CCRET) - | | Airtel | TD 1 Mr. Nasca ‘ ALL IN? POY aq Y Moa To: SAC, Miami (105~16702) (Enclosure) H voce From: ¥ , FBI (105-183815)— —S 9" R LAUREANO FERNANDO BATISTA Y FALLA ADELA MARIA — {nee de la Campa y de la Torre) Is ~ CUBA was furnished nue “Ys) with enclosure. A copy of the enclosure MI-~-5 Attached is copy of MI=-5 (describe as confidential source abroad) memorandum dated 10/2/68 concerning the captioned individuals ( S) Note that MI~5 refers to certain information in ui 8 the enclosure which indicates that Laureano Batista had been spotted off Racoon Cay, Bahamas, on 1/20/64, as a result “of CY which the British frigate H.M.S. Londonderry was sent to Yo intercept him. MI-5 noted that the Bahamas Special Branch Sd has been unable to trace any record of this incident having ot lead to Batista's arrest which was how they had interpreted “he \ the implication of the information. MI-5 has requested ‘, a . ladvice as to whether its interpretation is correct and if ee any additional details of the incident are available /s ) as OMM-FBI As noted in the attached report the Bahamas Special | 2\Branch are interested in this particular information as they ° Olwish to be in a position to warn the subjects that their N involvement in anti-Castro activities is known to the . uthorities and that they must not engage in such activities AN, while they are in the Bahamas. If there is evidence of the - ‘arrest of Batista in 1964 in any Bahamian records the Bahamas MAILED & OCT 4 - 1968 ( Special Branch would like to track it down so that this can = ) be used as a basis for such warning. 1) u) on ne fon 4 Mos ] = 97-4110 (MDC) | ae Casper ——_. ‘ ’ ‘ allahan . Dt ee ; Comal. VHN:sed (5) + « SEE NOTE PAGE TWO Rosen Tavel 4 EE / . . i ficsoaies * MAIL ROOM aA untr L_] SECRE! 4 Gandy Docld: 323290453 Page 2?
| Released under the/ John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 Sc 2tO7 Weyer DATE: 11-14-2017 2 é ee 7 _ ; Sees 9 Airtel to SAC, Miami Re: LAUREANO FERNANDO BATISTA Y FALLA 105~183815 SECRET If Batista was not, in fact, arrested as a result of the attempt to intercept him by the above-mentioned vessel and if the only information about his anti-Castro activitie is that which originated-with, the Bureau, {[MI~5 ladvised that Ss) the Bahamian police would: Pike to use our information as out~ lined above to advise the Batistas that their involvement in anti-Castro activities is known and that they must not engage in such activities while they are in the pahanas .X) You are requested to advise whether there are any -additional details concerning the above-mentioned incident and whether there is any objection to the hamian police utilizing your information as proposed () Handle by airtel and submit any pertinent data developed in memorandum suitable for dissemination to 1-8) -attached. po NOTE: ; Subjects who resides in Florida have made visa application to visit Bahamas. Laureano Batista has long been involved in anti-Castro activities. af ‘ } wa TORE 195-1939 15-3 Docld: 323290435 Page 3