JFK Assassination System Date: 5/21/201 Identification Form Agency Information Peleased under the John AGENCY: FBI . Kennedy RECORD NUMBER: = 124-90102-10011 Lssassination Records Ollection Act of 1992 RECORD SERIES: HQ (44 USC 2107 Note). ases#: NW 54460 Date: AGENCY FILE NUMBER:  9-57985-3 1O-O4-2017 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: MM TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: 09/20/1974 “PAGES: 35 SUBJECTS : MAX LESNICK DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS:  Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 07/31/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS: ‘ RPT ‘» v9.1 2 HW 54460 Docld:323327364 Page 1
“ FD263 (Rev. 1-7-72) 10 tte , ran) REFERENCES : C ' LEADS y MIAMI r Union Mundial Anticonunista (World Anti-Communist Union) MAXOLESNICK, aka Max Leshik — VICTIM Miami report of SA GEORGE E, DAVIS, Srey 7/23/74. Q TC FBI laboratory report, 8/12/74. Miami letter to Bureau, 7/17/74, Bureau Identification Divis: fon. report, 8/20/74. =~ Pw» Art mcoc TION CONTAINED Re LASSIFIED — ELS VERE SHOWN —_— Gt: ebWiSE AT MIAMI, FLORIDA FEDERAL “UREAU OF INVE. “TIGATION REPOH Mag 0 Ov Mek. OFFICE Oe oniem ' DATE a “Trvernentve PERIOD " MIAMI MIAMI SEP 20 974 =, 6/13/74 ~ 9/11/74 TITLE oF CASE ee | “REPORT | abe ov “TT peo py UNION MUNDIAL ANTICOMUNISTA | SA GEORGE E, DAVIS, JR. thm (WORLD ANT I-COMMUNIST UNION) | CHARACTER OF CASE. a UNSUBS, aka ts a? 72 Loos, 26494 9/-7 | be “Ts LCCOMPLISHMENTS CLAIMED SAVINGS [] NONE FINES SPECIAL AGENT APPROVED fee ree ; IN CHARGE COPIES MADE: as 20 Bureau (105-269491) USA, Miami (Atta: AUSA GRAFTON WILSON) 1. Will consult AUSA GRAFTON WILSON for prosecut ive TAL 4- Miami (105-22159) i (1- 9-2720) (1- 105-22094) 7 Dissemination Record of Attached R Report Agency ; z Request | Rec. Date Fwd. How Fw 1 By | HW 54460 Docld:32332364 Page 2 . Notations - * | Hm COVER’ PAGE AcQuir- CASE HAS BEEN: PENDING OVEA ONE YEAR { YES JNO PENDING PROSECUTION OVER SIX MONTHS Cives CJNo- _ DO NOT WRITE IN SPACES BELOW 4. = LL R53 ross a " NOT NO? RK CORDED 19°, "SEr 23 1974 an tl In 7 0s-- or ere aap st fips we a ae pn Pe ¥
—_ ‘ “ oor age . : : - - «8 RR <A REE ERT I 2 em i [ # - : ge MM 1105-22159 oe rs oN es fina co ADMINISTRATIVE ae ECONDETAL NE On 8/8/74 ,( MM 2960-PSI, who is well informed eoncerning some Cuban exile activity, ‘reported | MARIETA FANDINO of “Ia Verdad" and MIG L: ANGE par - are two-of the individuals behind UMA, | Thi pace stated that about one year ago, FANDI remarked th they should sabotage stores in which "Replica" is.sold, — FANDINO is using PERAZA and other people who work for "la Verdad, " - On 8/16/74, fw 2960-PSI reported that: nany (f (2) ‘people. in. the Cuban community beTieve that MARIETA ‘FA ordered a phony attempt against her own life by some of» -her associates in an attempt to bring pressure against ' MAX LESNICK, . Following this attempt, she published’ a. number of articles directed against LESNICK and implying that he had something to do with this attack, "Te as te be noted that Miami news papers carrtea articles showing a number of bullet holes which had: Sllegediy _ been. fired nto a car driven by FANDINO, ; . oo On 8/6/74, ‘MM 1550-KS, ‘who is ‘acquainted with Wis TORNES ,’. MAX LESNICK and many: other Cuban. exiles. in the Miami. area, "reported the: following information: a ae 1 July, 1974, MARIETA FANDINO, chief ‘spokeswoman and conspirator of UMA, announced that she. was the victim of a murder attempt while driving her car with another WA - member, MIGUEL ANGEL PERAZA, Several shots were fired into. her car. FANDINO. and PERAZA subsequently claimed to the police that the shots were fired from a late model. Thunderbird | : which is the same. type. of. car driven by MAX LESNICK, MM 1550--KS learned from TORNES - that the shots were actually: fired trom a@ car driven by another UMA member, -| ALBERTO. ORDO car ant wel thief. The shooting act was “| done by PEDRO. Apt INEZ de\CASTRO with a .45 caliber handgun, ER while ORDONE 8 driving with the consent and cooperation. of FANDINO and PERAZA,. MARTINEZ is also a member of UMA and is reported to. have participated i a tacks against Cuban a HW 54460 Docld:32332364 Page 3
MM 105-22169 markets ‘distributing “neplics. " . _ TORNES has confided to MM 1550-KS that MARTINEZ is responsible for the bombing of ;the latin Chamber. of . Commerce which occurred on 5/27/74, two weeks after. _ - "Replica" was bombed, MM 1550-KS said that UMA has claimed - eredit for the bombings of "Replica," the Latin Chamber of © _. °° Commerce office, and the Cuban Municipalities | on | West, Ty | Flagler. Street, Miami, Florida. , MM 1550-KS reported that the bard-core members _ -of WA are MARIETA. FANDINO, MIGUEL ANGEL PERAZA and AUREA POGGIO, - MM 1550-KS said that ‘PEDRO MARTINEZ ‘CASTRO is ‘@lso responsible for throwing red paint at the Cuban markets - which sell "Replica." TORNES, according to this source, . disc lains responsibility : for. the bombing of the latin Chamber of Commerce. On 9/3/74, MM 2960-PSI advised that - PANDINO dis- « closed that an individual came to her office. and told her that: UMA was being dissolved; this individual was: tall and dark, -FANDINO did not elaborate on why this. was being done . -or the identity of the individual who furnished this informa~ | tion to her, The source expressed the opinion that. FANDINO — is behind UMA and has decided to dissolve the group because the F has become actively involved in the investigation of | UMA, . . aE HW 54460 Docld:32332364 Page 4