“Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System Date: 4/3/2015 Identification Form Agency Information , AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10301-10120 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: —2-1499-3RD NR 111, 4TH NR 111, STH NR 111 — oe — eee ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW: OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : v9.1 Docld: 32309854 Page 1 r Document Information’ FBI | SAC, MM DIRECTOR, FBI 04/03/1963 15 [Restricted] PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT - Secret Consulted; 4 Redact 08/18/1998 — INDEFINITE, APPROVAL OF USCG REFERRED TO USCG, INC TTY, A/T, LHM
(ones under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records’ Colbleection Act of 1992? (44 USC 2107 \ e}. DATE: 14-14- 2017 .. ; As et, . = < et : a é ; AN oo 3 S / ° my Coy \ | B72 E REGISTERED - AER MATL 2Sey | Ss \ TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (105-102448) | S. "i FROM: SAC, MEAME (2323) (P) | CS BRR BIERCITO CUBANO ANTICOMNESTA | SL2S Sen Q) (FRENTE ESCAMBRAY) | iti SoS) (CUBAN ANTI -ComaNIsT ESSE god (ESCAMBRAY FRONT) ; Comes NS RA © CUBA; Re MM teletypes to the Bureau 4/5/63. | | 5 2 Enclosed are nime coples of a LEM, dated and ; | 65  gaptioned as above. i! afd \y. ae INS, Customs and CIA have been furnished copies | PSH of the LEM. wf \ = z 2 . MM Tel is HH «§, who received information || ss | BS z. ectly from FRANK ANTHONY “STURGIS, aka. Frank Fiorini. a)| ~ | Be, — ae | = MM Zp2 is[ Mr. GREG BENTLEY, British Intelligence, A = Nassau, BahamadP>)ho telephonically contacted the Miami Of- ‘Re | : fice on 3/30/63. \ 3/ - Bureau (Encis.-9) (RM) (AM) ‘ Lerwore vy, | 2 - Miami ss) DX CDS, Cat Indefinit = = ~ ! CLASSMIED . 4 po 6) EXTENDNQ Se3 Tee afar —/ 4 7 Gin q f - .  REASE iva, NOT RECORDED DATE o ---h"="°88 APR 24 1963 gd io wenenaed 1B... g “STH Wik- fi 0] FORT Docld: 32309854 Page 2?
[pares 11-14-2017 John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC FIL Hote}; DATE: 11-14-2017 ra cat . ~ , i M4 2323 Ma T-3 is M4 639-8, who received the information directly from FRANK ANTHONY STURGES. MM T-4 is Lieutenant AARON ROGERS, Intelligence Of- ficer, U. S. Coast Guard, Miami. fe is moted that MM 639-8 is doubly comeealed ia the enclosed LHM. Thies is because he was im direct contact wh ANTHONY STURGIS, who is suspected by MM 639-8 and U. S. Customs of be a CIA informants & ) Yu amy Por the information of the Buredu, maid not to be disseminated outside Bureau, U. S. Customs, Miami, confi- dentiaiiy advised that it appears to them thet CIA had all \e the details concerning the “Vielym Ili"; orlexr te its depar- ek ture did mot notify U. S. Customs; and, then arranged for. ts “ the British authorities to seize the boat. Thus, CIA withheld information frem Custome concerning a matter within the man Ae t I i jurisdiction, causing embarrassment to U. S. Customs. . fhe enclosed LEM is classified Confidential to pro= ° tect an informant of continuing value. Miami will follew this matter with INS and U. S. ‘Customs and keep the Bureau advised. USS i WED BY SBHJFK TASK FORCE on \N-BITdp eorrm fj] RELEASE IN PART CJ] TOTAL DENIAL Docld: 32309854 Page 3
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records DATE: 11 ~14- 2017 © : . . Ke 7 1963, advised tha Gonzalez Hernandez, a Cuban radio operator and technician, — : and Jerry Buchanan who were aboard United States Coast Guard. RE; EJERCITO CUBANO ANTICOMUNISTA -. boarded the "Violyn III." The two larger boats then © . departed for an unknown destination. Fior _Yeturned to Florida in the small boat. Py and Johnson WL, , MM T-2, fe ‘confidential source abroad, “on March 30, ank Fiorini, Bill Johnson,’ ‘and Jose Maria arrived in Nassau on March 29, 1963, and stayed at the Pilot | House Hotel. The following day, March 30, 1963, these three persons rented a plane and flew to Norman Key. That same day, - British authorities arrested them, and on the evening of ' that day put them on a commercial airline for Miami, Florida On April 3, 1963, MM T-3, who has furnished reliable "information in the past, obtained some information from an untested source with contacts in the Bahamas, who obtained __.information from an unidentified person. He advised that it. ~ was reported that several hours after Fiorini was arrested on Norman Key, British authorities in the Bahamas stopped and an boarded the "Violyn III" and boaré.( some thirteen Cubans — WK On April 4, 1963, MM T- 3 advised that the British authorities released the "iolyn III" and the crew, and in-° structed them to proceed to Miami. The other boat which ' originally accompanied the "Violyn III," name of this boat unknown, escaped and was “ip sought by the British and the WU) Docld: 32309854 Page 4 ‘Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hotey.
RPeveased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 use 2107 Hote }- DATE: ie -14- 2017 ; a re ’ a RE: EJERCITO CUBANO ANTICOMUNISTA we On April 4, 1963, Fiorini reportedly claimed that . Be he had been in radio. contact with the above-mentioned uniden- | _. tified boat, and it was tied up at an island in the Bahamas, me “exact location of which was not disclosed. The boat was re- we portedly camouflaged and heard the U. S. Coast Guard planes _ «(flying above in an effort to locate it. Fiorini claimed he could supply this unidentified boat with fuel and food, if .  Yequested by this boat, and that he had available an Aero- - Commander airplane in Miami and two fast powerboats lgcated. - somewhere north of Miami. It was not known what manner of tm ‘radio communication ,was used by Fiorini to contact the un- a identified boat. vio) | ; | On April 4, 1963, local newspaper, radio. stations and television stations in Miami, Florida, reported that the an "Violyn IIL" had departed from Nassau and was enroute to os . Miami with a U. S. Coast Guard escort. Miami Attorney Charles _R. Ashmann made press announcements that the crew of the NVio~ | _ lyn: TTI" would not return to the United States. In the early morning hours of Aprii 5, 1963, MM T-3 advised that Ashmann claimed the "Violyn III" would rendez- vous with the other unidentified t and would complete its _ infiltration mission to Cuba. yl ) On April 5, 1963, MM T-4, a representative of another - Government: agency, advised that on the afternoon of April 4, 1963, the "Violyn III" left Nassau, Bahamas, on a general course for the United States, and at that date was at the north tip of) si ee Docld: 32309854 Page 5
TWws REVIEWED BY Bey JF DATE: TASK FORCE. «Miami, advised that the "Violyn III" had just arrived at the: _ seawall, Key Biscayne, Miami. ma eaten SC RELEASE IN PART “(TOTAL DENIAL Andros Island in the Bahamas. ased under the John ‘F... Kennedy Assassination Records Collection “Act of 1997 (44 Use (2107 Hote). 11- 14- 2017 . ; : RE: EJERCITO CUBANO ANTICOMUNISTA Because the "Violyn IIL" was in shallow water, the U. S. Coast Guard discontinued - its surveillance of the "Violyn III" by boat, and the sur- .veillance was taken over by U. S. Coast Guard aircraft. At about 8:20 P.M., the "Violyn LII" turned off its running -lights and had not been seen by the Coast Guard since that time. : ; MM T-4 reported ‘that there is a Sigma-type Cuban | ‘fishing boat which was stopped near Williems Key off the coast of Andrews Island on April 5, 1963. MM T-4 said ‘this ' Sigma boat was possibly the boat: that was supposed to rendeze- | to Cuba. vous with the "Violynn III" for an infiltration mission in-. There is an airplane landing strip at Williams Key... which could not be used because someone had placed a great . ‘quantity of rocks and driftwood on the runway. On April 5, 1963, Mr. Chester A. Woish, Chief, Investigations Branch, Immigration and Naturalization Service, The Cubans aboard were to be taken by INS authorities to INS detention facility at Opa Locka, Florida, where interviews were to be conducted, and - any United States citizens on board were to be taken by INS. authorities to INS Headquarters in Miami, where these indi- — Oo . viduals would be interviewed for any possible violations of aa Federal law concerning U. S. passport regulations. “property of FBI - This document ts ‘loaned ‘to you by | the FBI, and neither it nor its contents are to be distributed ~outside the agency to which loaned. Docld: 32309854 Page 6
John F edy Assassination Recor FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGAHUR U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ~ COMMUNICATIONS SECTION | APR 91963 - _ Released under the me at- -14"2017 cyl Lo em ie, — evo mee aa G ah O- , | S aut 4 ; REA - or ae ECHR, SF. DATE : as slo. _ BECLAS onNOH...- MY N80... } . —-BBCLASS! FIED gi OAM DIRECTOR FBI /105= 102448/ FROM SAC, MIAMI /2+323/ = pane CUBAN ANTI COMMUNIST ARMY PAREN rand ESC AMBRAY "FRONT PAREN Pee CUBA, RA DASH CUBA, NIM. Roe FoRi NI : cond ‘REMYTEL AP RIL THREE LAS he romero. a me OW “APRIL FOUR, SIX XTYTHREE, MM SIX THREE NINE DASH S WHO HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN CUBAN REVOLUTIONARY MATTERS FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS, | AND WHO MAS FURNISHED RELIABLE INFORMATION IN THE PAST, ADVISED OAS. rouzous (i) : Le ON APRIL THREE, SINTYTHREE, IN THE LATE. EVENING HOURS FRANK «ANTHONY STURGIS, AKA FRANK FIORINI, AMERICAN INVOLVED IN CUBAN REVO? “LUTIONARY ACTIVITY, STATED THAT UNTIL RECENTLY THE VIOLIN THIRD — FLORIDA, UNDER FIORINI-S CONTROL. HAD BEEN LOCATED AT NAPLES, AN ON WAS: PLANNED BY FIORINI AND EVELIO BUQUE WHERETN. a. ssi a wouLD® INFILTRATE INTO CUBA AND FIORINI WOULD _ANEILTRATION at “Dp DUQUE AND HIS 1@ Eo q ie LATER SUPPLY TREN Ah Hah we THE Ue a) a wt a " END PAGE ONE 3 oe ye 2-149 {4c _ 9g ao ¢ 480 APR 12 ra | i. ee ORE: Ca Docld: 32309854 Page | manu 8 los a2 ¢Y¥S~ & rds Collection Act of T9973 (da Use 2107 Hote). | - | | | atc Ee i tt ee nt A on ee ee ee 4 tr nota ete
' Released under the John F. Keqnedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44. use 2107 Hote }. . DATE: 11- 14- 2017 Oo © a ' a “ ea ooo. PAGE FOUR Be | SOMEWHERE wontrs OF MIAMI. IT 1S. Nor “KNOWN WHAT METHOD OF Rapto: —_  GoNMuNTéA TION is ‘USED BY FIORINI Te ConTacT THE MIS SING BOAT. ~O . ON THE EVENING OF APRIL. FOUR, SURTYTARER, Locak PRESS AND. RADIO. " starsows STATED THAT THE VIOLIN, THIRD. HAD DEPARTED NASSAU AND WAS. - EN ROUTE TO MIAMI WITH A UL Se COAST GUARD ESCORT. — Laul ATTORNEY CHARLES Re ASHMANN, WHO 15 INVOLVED IN CUBAN re | REVOLUTIONARY ACTIVITY, MADE A PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE CREW OF | - VIOLIN, THIRD WOULD NOT RETURN Te THE Us 8 oN THE EARLY MORNING URS OF APRIL, FIVE, SINTYTHRER, | a sik THREE NINE DASH S$ WAS TOLD | BY ASHMASN THAT THE VEOLIN THERE. wouLD RENDEZVOUS WITH THE OTHER a et AND WOULD. CONTINUE its. INPILTRATION, MISSION INTO cupa. ROL) : “on APRIL, FIVE, SIKTYTHREE, oe $. COAST GUARD ADVISED THAT ON . THE AFTERNOON OF APRIL FOUR, SIMTYTHREES, VIOLIN. THIRD LEFT NASSAU ON oa CENERAL couRsE FOR THE Us Se AND. THAT PAY WAS NEAR THE NORTH TIF OF ANDROS ISLAND, BAHAMAS, IN SHALLOW WATER AND COULD NO LONGER. 2E, a END. | PACE FOUR, Docld: 32309854 Page &
{ Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 Aad: i * DATE: 11- 14- 2017 y poe : ae weer, ; os k oy : |. PAGE FIVE. FOLLOWED - BY THE Coast CUARD BOAT THE coast GUARD THEREAFTER TOOK up SURVEILLANCE BY AIRs AFTER DARKNESS SET IN THE SURVEILLANCE WAS | te AT ABOUT EIGHT TWENTY. P Paty THE VIOLIN THIRD TURNED OFF 7 a eet ures AND HAS NOT BEEN SEEN BY THE COAST GUARD SINCE, | ITS PRESENT WHEREABOUTS ARE UNKNOWN» THE COAST GUARD 1S NOW INSTITUTIN - COMPLETE. AIR SEARCH FOR THE VIOLIN THIRD. ; THE coast GUARD SAID THERE. 1S A sicia TYPE CUBAN FISHING BOAT WHICH WAS. SPOTTED NEAR WILLIAMS ISLAND OEF: THE. COAST OF ANDROS ISLAND : on APRIL, FIVE, SIKTYTHREE, WHICH: ‘BOAT MAY. BE THE “MISSING BOAT AND THE’ ont a SP Posed. & pe nD RENDEZ VOUS WITH THE VIOLIN THIRDS ‘THERE 1s A LANDING SLIP AT poo wucians YSLAND. wien HOWEVER ARNOT BE USED BECAUSE, SOMEONE PLACED aes ‘GREAT QUANTITY OF ROCKS AND. DRIFTWOOD ON THE RUNWAY. THE COAST | : 2s quARD was: BEEN UNABLE To IDENTIFY. THIS Sicia TYPE BOAT IN THE VICINETY: OF WiLL tans ISLAND. Se | | (©) AT THE PRESENT TIME THE U.S. COAST GUARD DOES NOT KNOW THE passe WHEREABOUTS OF VIOLIN THIRD AND A LARGE AIR ANB SEA SEARCH | Bi. PAGE FIVE, Docld: 32309854 Page 93
oar 3 under the John F.. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 UST 2107 Hote). - DATE 11- hae ~f01} ,. . ‘ ‘ “ ! * , ‘ bs x a ok aa ye . ‘a ” . . . 4 “ : ~ Dat . aye . yey I ‘ be: BEING MADE TO LOCATE IT. ; ALL INFORMATION FURNISHED BY ett SIX THREE NINE DASH S- HAS. BEEN, | DISSENT NATED To COAST GUARD, CUSTOHS, INS AND CIA. CLOSE LIAISON | as 18 BEING HALNTAINED. cONTACT WILL BE CONTINUED WITH MM SIX THREE : . NINE BASH $ $ ANB THE BUREAU WILL BE KEPT ADVISED. ALL AGENCIES TO. . - wHOHt THIS INFORMATION DISSEMINATED HAVE BEEN ADVISED ‘THAT FBY SQURCE . | OF ‘THE INFORMATION HAS CLOSE CONTACT WITH ASHMANN AND FIORINI AND “> aworsereet INQUIRY WELL. COMPROMISE OUR SOURCES LETTERHEAD MEM : | | FOLLOWS. WW) _ «gee . tag CK FBI WA MET. - ORIG: MR. BELMONT FOR DIRECTOR. | CO ° Docld: 32309854 Page 10