Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC 2107 Hotey. DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System Date: 6/5/2015 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER:  124-10214-10382 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER: =97-4546-1ST NR 30 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: SAC,MM TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE : DATE: — 07/21/1967 PAGES: 5 SUBJECTS : : [Restricted] DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: Secret RESTRICTIONS: 1B; 1C; 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: — 06/11/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : INC STATEMENT eo oon nn—n—n——n— a v9.1 Docld: 32295106 Page 1
, Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (a4 UsCc 2107 Hbte;._ I DATE: 11- 14- 2017 . - . FDy. . few, 5122-64) , : : & . . J , an ff wo . . a ; . woo wan FBI . Date: 7/21/67. ° Transmit the following i in } [2430/4 AIRTEL CLASSE) DIRECTOR, FBI] moe & 2 i, . 5 : wD, - FROM: SAC, MIAMI (134- anes] € )- p- |. SUBJECT:  emygee 00: “Miami 7 ay 1 AL FILET 7 Re Miami teletype to the Bureau dated. Tha/s. a . Enciosed are three (3) copies of a signed. Bo statement dated tare wide Cab fromfihe informant, ae covering his contact. wit (his Cuban pr scipaljin N New s , York on 7/12/67: __- ORIGINAL FILE The signed statement. contains information Soncomning his preliminary arrangements for travel a 5 - Bureau (Enes. 3) (RM) SS [ &i- [65-69402) (CUBREC) |(O — : Cl -%i05- 80787) (Cuban “intelli ence actavi diss OROED 2 -New York (Encs. 29(134- Owe Of RECORD (1 +[65-23630) (CUBREC) ‘80 3 1967 5 - Mian 2f° se it (i ~ fise- -1198 Sub A (1 -¥4,05-1998) (Cuban ate Activities) — - (i - ~(65-3066) (CUBREC) wy (1 105- -8749) (Double Agent Opera tions. ~ Cuba “9 2% Hw Py sf t 1 Approved: 2 Sent MOP ci * Seesiel Age at in’ Ci Spe : “ : , : Co Docld: 32295106 Page 2?
Releasea under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act ‘of 1952 (4a usc 2107 Hote }. DATE / 11- 14- -2017 em . ; — co ao . o . ; poy | mbendlo” SECRET . ee York, his. meet. with (his vesiipal) instructions receive ad information concerning a future meet struptio aay The signed statement also contains information concernin opinions expressed by(the scincipal) seletine to Premier ‘CEI Kosygin’s trip to Cuba. This information has been set out in a letterhead memorandum entitled ("Cuban Relations with Soviet Bloc Countries) (utile (64-47158) MM (105-287 Dy DOO A letterhead memorandum has also been prepared - entitled "Cuban Intelligence Activities in the United States" (Bufile 105-80787, MM 105-1998) “concerning the terest shown . ‘by the Cuban Government in the perations | of. the Guban oe - Emerg gency Refugee Center. - totaling $175. 60 was sufficient to cover travel expenses Money given to the informant by fis Cuban zag The handwritten note prepared by }J GoSE MANUEL GALARDY CS ' ALARCON, Third Secretary, CMUN{\has been forwarded to the | x _ Bureau, Attention FBI Laboratory, for a handwriting examination, “ The typewritten instructions, also furnished to the informant, have been furnished to the Laboratory for appropriate —. examination to determine the make and model of the typewriter . and whether or not the_type is similar to INSUB. Cuban intelligence ve aro meen Go De Expenses of the informant 's round- -trip to. New York | are itemized below: . \ ) aie fare, R/T, ae » Miami -New York City _ , $134.72 | of ‘EAL ticket; CG of. which. have - been exhibited in file 134- 1198 ‘Sub A \ | . Pp Hotel SS 8,40 - ° Taxi faves, Mian i and New. York 10.50 | | a - “Meals a a a a 21.00 - | | Subway fares, tips, ete. 2,00 os ;  Totak $176, 62 as well as his cop \ j ap ae it an ~ 1 Informant made {available a copy of the hotel bill | CF3 ; eyo Co PREE 7 7 ON we Docld: 32295106 Page 3
Hote. | Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of (1992 (44 USC 27107 ATES 11-14-7017 Miami, Florida July ai, 1967 : : i,{Maxion,Vmake the following statement ‘volun- taril Ly to Special Agents ‘aham and John E, McHugh, who have identified themselves to me as Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of investigation (FBI). I have been advised by Special Agent McHugh that I am not required to make a statement and do so voluntarily. I would be willing to testify re faut to the joformation contained in this sree nent provide d my wife is. successful in effecting her depar ~{b | from Cuba for the United States, on(bune 23 1967, I veceived.a long distange a. ; - telephone ca fron Ay Cuban princik: 21.) The caller b) , 7 t identified himself To me as(Ricardo,Jwhich I am sure isC&] Ze ; - not hig true name. However, I will refer to him as ize Get pe ; CECH o\ in this statement. y §k tr. “ee , Lob] . . ‘ « Ineonten for a yeet Be reat snd(niversids| Drive, New York City. Tf sold hin that needed noney to_sover my travel expenses. as Ricardo} oJassur me that he wouldfforvard sufficient funds co cover my expenses —— envelope. adaresse On July 6, 1967, I received to me at my residence at the Barlington|Hotel, Miami, Coy Florida fwhich was postifarked New York City. Inside the envelop yrapped in a blank sheet of white. paper,Kwas ff aoone hundred doliar bill dnda $150.00, consisting ne fifty dollar bil 1 Whaigre was no notation to identify the ‘sender but I prestm ‘the money was: forwarded to noffoy C$ RicaraS VQ) me v v) im Sipsan the money I received, I immediately pur zohased (36) 3. round-#Fi sf icket from Miami to New York from Easter - Airlines (EAL), ticket number 007-202-924,416. I scheduled “2, flight which woulgndepart Miami at 9:00 a.m. on the and a return flight departing mornin g of(dJuly 12,1967, mM. on(July 13] 1967. 7 (GQceS New York at. “ee ots CLAS AQ Phat had Aw ol | | I | cs cardo\reque ested me to be in New York on ¢ | As at ae\ usual location, which was roth o Bau Docld: 32295106 Page 4
panel 11- 14- gt 1:00 p.m,_and proc -arriving there at approximately 8:10 p.m. (Ricardo was wt DoclId: 32295106 at approximately $:355.p.m. We went to my room, number (637) Su accept an assignment: for work on'one of the farms in cube (W) oF meet) cee ees 60 De epee > a - ie ; . if a, we . en Wndter “the Tin FF. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act. of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hotey- 2017. wry en This trip to New york for a meet with}|Ricard yc) was taken with the knowledge an@’ approval of the FBI. ‘On Gary 12, 1967, the sch eduled. departure was Co) delayed until”i10:30 a.m. due to mecha nical difficulties. I arrived in New. York City on July 224 1967 CC ceeded by taxi ea tne Bris Hotel tcl i29 West 45th Street, New York City here I register under my trie name. I was ass ignedfiroo ym number 637] 7 (6) I ileft th hotel between 7:30 and 8: 090 took the ‘subvay to West lilith]|Street and] Riverside m, and Drive, con there when I arrived. He was sitting on a bench in the vicinity, and when he saw me, he came to me and sugg ested that we leave the area imme iatel We walked to the subway and returned toAthe BristolHotel, arriving thorpC.C> C (Ricardo discussed personal problems. He said y that he h&S had Trouble with his back for years and has ~ x to wear a support and sleep on a board. He advised that he had an operationAin Cubapa year ago to correct cms CK) problem but the operation was not successful. /) Ricardo|also advised thgt he expected to remai esd : For another yeaifend thea be (recalled tc to Cuba jandAbe assigned to work Gn a farm. He saig that the policychow is forf(a diplomat to retain his post for Ctl 2 period of two years; then be frocatied te Cuba, jand ce uber of He also advised me that my wife was “in good . health and that I did not need to be congerned over her weifare, for (the Governnent of Cuba (GCC) would take care (Ricard admitted to me that: he was afkm the (Cuban Hissio& to the [United Nations (CHUN). Page 5
‘Released under the John ¥F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection. Act of 1992 ‘(44 USC 2107 DATE 11> 14- 2017 : . CONFIDENTIAL (co). a In addeezon ee the written instructions received, , ( Loar ne to intein my: contacts wi £ pez Fresquety Man er Cet 1 i 20% 16 that while 126) | should with these individuals, I-should not tak leadership in any orgenization that they mi might bring myself to rities. ae 21so “instru written rti cles for anti-Ca rea son. Ricardo YQ) — Stz "esse a e-with these anti-~ We spent eppr ximately three hours_in going ove the peretacrar crea ae in the photographsfwhich vere CRO made available 6 Te i gave innocuous answers to the ; questions asked but in matters important I _informed(Ricaragh® that XY did not have the answer to the problem at the present time but would check into the matter. €:4) ec) . (Ricardo also discussed current events and said that it appeared to him both the U.S.S.R. and the United States are now genuinely interested in peace. He felt that the action taken by the United States Government in arresting Felipe Rivero of the Cuban Nationalist Association indicated that the United States did pot want to become “involved with the Cuban Govermment. a ce) ae. oo, oe CRicardo appeared to be an uneducated individual and opinions expressed by him are not his own. .It seems to me that he is me iN] ‘epeating information that he erhears(at the CMU} Q) a oe i > a CYR carad)aiso said that in his opinion as a result: . of the situation in the Middle East recently, the United .. « . States emerged.as the most powerful nation in the world. a ne ‘s 2 :Thewresults of the conflict there proved to be a military; “ove: economic and political victory for the U.S.A, and a reversal for the Soviet Union. a (Ricardg}said that as @ result of that situation, Premier Kosygin came to the United States "like a beggar" Tor a conrerence with President Lyndon B. Johnson, Docld: 32295106 Page 6