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JFK Assassination System Date: 4/28/20} Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: = 124-90055-10178 RECORD SERIES: HQ -AGENCY FILENUMBER:. 105-76826-NR Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: WANNALL TO: SULLIVAN Peleased under the John Kennedy TITLE: WSssassination Records Ollection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). ase#: NW 54463 Date: DATE: 06/21/1962 pO- 12-2017 PAGES: 2 SUBJECTS : ANTI FIDEL CASTRO ACTIVITIES ANTONIO DE VARONA DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified . RESTRICTIONS: — 1B; 1C CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 06/08/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE ~ COMMENTS : MEMO SSeS re 19 HW 54463 Docld:323276536 Page 1
W. Gs Sullivan . 6/21/62 SONPTO Cn TTAL 1 = Belmont W@W. R. Wennal, ~~ Do ANTON iam SED 1 + Evans | - ~~ 1 + Mohr Gouien, 1+ Beloach, 44, ANTL-PIDEL castes Eels i + Wennaly? * Sebliven ES + CUBA L - Hasea Brneste Avegon y Godey, Seeretery to Joge Miro Cardona, head of Cuban Revolutionary Council (C&C), an amti-Gastre organization, hes furnished New York Office with details of his recent trig te Vashington, BD. C., where, on Cardena’s instructions, he couteated the Attorney General (AG) om 6/6/62.  g_(u) | | Aragon etated he teld AG ever telephone that  Gexdona, en instructions frem his Centrel Intelligence Agency contact, planned to be im Central America from 6/7/62 te 6/16/62. Ce: evden had earlier . told Avagon im this connection that his mission to Central America was to discourage end forestell any impending miiitery action emanating, from this area against Cuba since such action was believed premature and ta obtain permission of these countries to trein Cubans for future action ageinst Castro. RA) ae . £ WAT) ween «eo ew fragon also teld 4G of Cardena's cencern over rumor that . Rolando Masferxer, noterious Batiste official in exile in United States, | was engeged in supplying arms end equlpment to Cuban exiles, Aragon xequested thet all future shipments of such materfal to Cube by CR be elearly marked as heving been supplied by CRC, Reportedly, a6 Z egreed to Aragen's vequest and asked Aragon te prepare memorandum incorporating both these items, which dragen did. & (4) q m4 ap Aragon further advised that he captacted Manuel Antonie ra de Varena, associate of Cardona whe was aleo in We shington, “eines a Gardena wanted to know what Varona was doing, Varone stated he had fe seem several Republican Senators and wes furnishing them with infer- mation concerning activities within CRC and the Cuban exile ecommumity. [| VYarenia alse stated he had supplied one of the Senate Committees data and questions to ask Chester Bowles, Special “Advisor to the President, who will allegedly appear befera it. Verona did not icentiiy coma ties sicfosure™ © ae did not state = when Bovles, 245’ to Rae y ry poo mF { , aed a isa Gordona) voctagelfy Gar URDROLS. sGFREGORORD ” 1 21622 26 (Waryne 2) T - = 105-107224 CERG) HW 54463 Docld:323276536 Page 2?
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 Use 3107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 4/28/201 JFK Assassination System Date: Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-90055-10179 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER:  105-76826-NR . Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: WMFO TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: = 10/02/1962 PAGES: 2 SUBJECTS : ANTI FIDEL CASTRO ACTIVITIES ANTONIO DE VARONA DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Secret . ‘RESTRICTIONS: 1B; 1C CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 06/24/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : MEMO \ an eC e e_ see v9.1 Docld:323276587 Page 1 20
INFORMANTS - INFORMANT | 7 CONTACTED BY T- lis AL BUCK, former SA WILLIAM R, WALL Allegheny County a _- and Detective and Vice a SA ROBERT A. VOEGE President of the Fidelity Trust Company Loan Dept. . . Pittsburgh, (Oliver . 4 oe oe Building) Pa . “ - [-2 as former per[ SA J. EDWARD KERN T- 3 is. WILLIAM MEREDITH SA HAROLD L. STEVENS | . SA of Bell Telephone, © SA VOEGE ; whose identity is being — cone: led due to his position. T-4 is JOHN PERHACH, “investigator SA PATRICK A. District Attorney's | MUNLEY . Office, Broome County, - Binghamton, New -York T-5 is Mrs. MARGARITS JACKSON, SA ROBERT E, HICKAM | South Western Bell Telephone Company, ‘Hot Springs, Arkansas, whose identity is being concealed due to her - position | - T-6 is GEORGE M, KEEFER, SA WALL : Vice President, General Manager, North. Pittsburgh Telephone Co., Gibsonia, Pa.s ldentity being | concealed due to his. position -30- HW 56792 Docld:323327699 Page fF © OEK Act 6 (4) DATE 1/17/58 2/7/58 7/50 vet y 22/58 1/16/58
oe "UNITED- STATES: GOW=RNMENT Woe ee ae “Memorandum oa Mee ep agh “DIRECTOR /FBI (109- 09-504 BF i) DATE: 20/2/02, : 1 IN Bs OSU ARGU Doo. ee ob SAC, WFO (1058-29985) (C)o 0, tee § athe aan ET eROM , Ne £433 v | ors \G | a fot ~ F453 a ee CANTI-F IDEL CASTRO ACTIVITIES.- 824 So bs SUBJECT: 2 ane) ; af com TS GUBA CLASSIFIED BY Bie plete, fas 78 bee WA ki | | “blatay DECLASSIFY ON: 2 bila ws ate sf. On 9/25/62, (wr 1376-S dvised ‘that’ et had “téaxned . ae ace “GonzaroXeacto: Costa Rican Ambassador. to.the. United, States JS) - Qs “OMB, had, on that date, contacted JOSE MIRO CARDONA, President of ~ Baal tie'cu Cuban R Sena MIRO CA Council at the Annapolis: Hotel, Washington, 7) & = A ) ag) Pana MIRO CARDONA discussed briefly aT tape made ER Bo ew by [F fade o be released on 9/30/62, in which{FACI Wivocates - iy aH ea massive open aid to the Cuban exiles, IRO CARDONA thanked ~~: BE EAC TO] gf or his effort in this regard (¥) y) feeds 9G 0" id ; gee The two then discussed Panama’ s plan for a Central. RS a American alliance against FIDEL CASTRO, MIRO CARDONA indicated 2s B\yhe was aware of Panama's plan and likes it, but is of the opinion ie RAbY it lacks enforcement ability. (FActOPtee1s’ there should be some oF ie reaction on the part of the Caribbean / j/countries, and CARDONA a } said that there is no doubt that those countyies are in danger eS )-and have a solid position for some sition () Na _ CIQ tren spo to roy Vanona apparently MANUEL ve ANTONIO DEZVARONA. FACTO Rnd VARONA greeted each other as “o1d . Wz \S friends and FACTIOPthen told him about his contemplated TV «4, = a Bt appearance via tape and how he made the point that all liberating : & forces in Latin America received outside aid including CASTRO B. a VARONA then recalled the aid given.in Costa Rica and Venezula fh. MUN and both agreed that aid to the Cuban exiles is necessar qe a ~ commenting on the coming Foreign Ministers Conference, Fic tots = Se indicated that he felt the conference will result in nothing. oi _ #4) > VARGNA contmented, in regard to Cuba, that the problem the United . fa 3 States has ‘is that several countries believe that Cuba is a eo! ¢ %° probl involving Cuba, Russia,” and the United States only. L- ae Jie Wo & ACI greed and said: that all countries in Central Americs oy be? are threatened | as are all countries in Latin Amer f & A > “Gouren De ao : af ~< 7 Miami (105- 1742) (Info) (RM) she f | gy eo))~)6olsNew York (105- ~35253) (Info) (RM) - : . alae pe Se) 9 sts 2.2) bo As EES 4900 }E\ gS L3: = <r gnconpanen ¢ ee a ad “V9g oct 14 1962 : _ . "2 OCT 3 1992 a: il ay . as . \. ONS aN — “JES: cjp. \ (6) ‘7 5 oar ar8 A Docld: 32326587 Page 2?
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 19927 (44 USC 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 4/28/201 JFK Assassination System — Date: [dentification Form Agency Information AGENCY : FBI RECORD NUMBER: = 124-90055-10180 RECORD SERIES: HQ - AGENCY FILENUMBER:  105-76826-NR Document Information ORIGINATOR: — FBI FROM: HQ TO: DOS TITLE: DATE: 10/10/1962 PAGES: 1 SUBJECTS : ANTONIO DE VARONA JOSE MIRO CARDONA DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Secret RESTRICTIONS: 1B; 1C CURRENT STATUS: —Redact _DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 06/24/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE - MEMO COMMENTS : v9.1 f Docld: 323265385 Page 1 21
| Reteased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records DATE: 11-14-2017 (NI) 105-84334_ | | 1 - Nasca Date: Setober 10, 1962 7 To? Deputy Assistant Secretary for Securi ty Dearengne of State y From? John Edgar Hoover, Director Subj JOSE MIRG CARDON 2/64 Subject: JOSE MIRG CARDONA : edd ; INTERNAL SHCURITY - CUBA Glaselfied by On Septeuber 25, 1962, an informant es has furnished reliable information in the past jearned that nzalo Facio, Costa Rican Anbassader to the United States. one contacted Jose Miro Cardona, head of the Cuban Revoltyionagy Council, | an anti-Castro organization, on that. day. [ . Cardona discussed 2 television tape made by [Facie , scheduled to be released on September 30, 19 In t { . tape ‘Pacig| advocated massive open aid to ‘chben’ exiles, ) i The two also discussed Panama's plan for a Central Americe si liane against Castro. Miro Cardona indicated he | was aware_of this plen and liked it | nt Wa eel the opinion oes that it Vecked enforcement ability. |[FacigPfelt there should a be some reaction on the part of the Cariboean countries. he | Mire Cardone sh ated there was no doubt that these countries } iS , ne in danger enc had a solid position fer some action, x | cee | eX CDhe informant also advised. that acigs was: in contact be = ps with Tony “Varona, believed te be Manuel Antonio de Varona, : associate OF Mire Cardona's, on the same days in Cone tings, ; on the then forthcoming Foreign Ministers: Conference, UFaci ny y indicated that he felt the conference would result in mentee. (X ares mmol " _ Ge bet ac wt CLASSIFIED BY SCEP St0/euy aa wd This. is for your informations. \Z 0: Os £6 7 JO ~ | NOT RECORDED Ft “a ge / L + Director lng fh a 128 OCT 11 1962 4 Central Intelligence Agency a | Attention: Deputy Director, Plans “" A INFORMATION CONRATNED id SC HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED a a 105-76826 (varona) EXCEPT WHERE SHOWN 3} fe) - Batic ee, Castro Activities) | OTHERWISE. Classified "Confidential" as indicates FBI investigative interest infforeign diplomatic Docld: 323265385 Page 2?
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1993 (44 WSC 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information . AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER : 124-90055-10204 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER: © 105-76826-36 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: NK TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: 03/19/1965 PAGES: 1 SUBJECTS : ANTONIO DE VARONA MANUEL ANTONIO VARONA DOCUMENT TYPE > PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION : Secret , RESTRICTIONS: 1B; 1C; 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: = 06/24/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS: | MEMO i rr v9.1 Docld:3232766127 Page 1 ‘ 22
; Released yntiler the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 ; 2 se OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 - 5010-107 a um CURRIN TIAL i s%, ‘ _ he, DIRECTOR, FBI (105-76826) DATE: 3/15/65 ~ 4 ed NEWARK a SECRET ~_ MANUEL ANTONIO VARONA =" Cpbare tex bade 1S ~ CUBA 6 etm S06 92¢ (Cceeke \ N | Enclosed herewith are 11 copies of a LHM { dated and captioned as abowe. Copies are also being ww) . furnished to Miami and New York for information because - . of their interest in the activities of VARONA, S Ae T-1 1s {NK en me a | 4 REPECPE NE/ACENCIES ra c Cz ND oi o> IR ee ALL reams ala Y RERNIN Ig ye TAINED .\_ ‘T. A iSSTPIED EXCEPT WHERE SHO W OTHERWISE, 4 pare Sine EA Bureau (Encis. 11)" No | C4 ~ Miami (2-213) (Encl, 1) caw (Info.) 2 - Newark oe 2) CaM) (Infe,). 1 ak UII ~ 3b. BDL tms We 21 MAR 22 1965 _ Copy to; os cta/staternah /D/. Ao. swig ONI/OSI/ACSI /(/e) 1 YS Core bewre lin, COE SECRET ieee anaes CONFRENTIAL uw 6 9684 U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan Docld: 32326612 Page 2?
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992? (44 USC 2107 Hote}. DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System Date: 4/28/201 Identification Form ‘ Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-90055-10205 RECORD SERIES : HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER:  105-76826-36 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI ; FROM: NK a TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: 03/19/1965 PAGES: 2 SUBJECTS : ANTONIO DE VARONA MANUEL ANTONIO VARONA DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified » RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: = Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 06/08/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: — INDEFINITE COMMENTS : LHM; ENCLOSURE Docld: 323266153 Page 1 23
PReleasey under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 19927 (44 USC 2107 Hote. BAPE: 44-14-2017 . a aod i . So UNs#ED STATES DEPARTMENT OF yJUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION oT Newark, New Jersey « In Reply, Please R cae Sant ile Ki ease Refer to | March 19, 1965 Ls MANUEL ANTONIO VARONA. INTERNAL SECURITY - CUBA On March 8, 1965, NK T-1, who has furnished. reliable information in the past, and who has been closely. associated with Varona in Cuba and recently in the United States, furnished the. following intoraation: (BY) Dr, Manuel Antonio Varona, who was formerly: associated with the Cuban Revolutionary Council, continues to reside in New York, but has talked of possibly moving to New Jersey. He continues his part time employment | as an automobile salesman at the Carey Chevrolet Company | at Union City, New Jersey, during the evenings, Varona only makes about $80 to $125 monthly from this job, being: - on a strict commission basis, and he is going to quit ; this job soon. Varona continues to work as a correspondent for "Diario de las Americas", a newspaper published at Miami, Florida. (\)\ . _Varona is accused by many local Cubans of Still _beingson%United States Government payroll and to be a partner at Carey Chevrolet. These Cubans also accuse -him of being independently wealthy from money he took out of ; . Cuba, \ - NK T~1l stated that Varona, in reality, is in a very poor financial condition, and is forced to live very frugally, GAN | | on/4/42. nf TEBE gow Docld: 323266153 Page 2?
JFK Assassination System Date. =—--4/29/201 Identification Form . Agency Information ° AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-90055-10209 RECORD SERIES: HQ ‘AGENCY FILE NUMBER: = CR 105-95357-11 Document Information _ ; ORIGINATOR : FBI FROM : NY TO: HQ Peleased under the John . Kennedy TITLE : WSsassination Records Ollection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). ase#: NW 54463 Date: PAGES : 1 SUBJECTS : ANTONIO DE VARONA ; CUBAN GOVERNMENT IN EXILE DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS :  Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 06/08/1998 ‘ , } OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : AT a et v9.1 HW 54463 DBocld:323276617 17 Page 1
- FD-36 (Rev. 12-13-56) on. wo 2 a a a a | : . DPD sg . . {r “ a . a ‘ ° . a ° * . o s. s . - | “ . . " \ . met . . ; . - . { - I | en etd FBI Date: 3/16/61 | {SENRE} bork Type S in plain text or | code) . "Priority or Method of Wailing) | Watt te tr rr nr ee bo TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (1205-95357) L FROM: pe NEW YORK (105~46473) || supzect }/ CUBAN GOVERNMENT IN EXILE “Ae IS-CUBA ‘ . ReBuairt 13 uy NY airtel with enclosures, dated \! | 3/3/61, captioned ‘ouzeteh RY Enclosed events are 11 copies each of a letterhead 1 ¢ memorandum and an evaluation memorandum dated and captioned as ' above,: | , NY T-1 is EDUARDO GONZALEZ, Coordinator of the FRD in ‘ the New York area, and close personal friend of Dr. MANUEL __. ANTONIO DE VARCNA, . | So ‘The enclosed letterhead memorandum has been classified "Confidential" because the disclosure of the information containci therein could. be detrimental to the best interests of the United iN ‘States and the national defense. \| GsBureau (1105-95357) (Res .22) RM » aan “Miami (Encs<2) (Info) RM ENR? ) | 1=WFO (Enes.2 2) (aa RM l-NY 105=41380 (FRD) / VARONA) - LL , | Za - LeN¥ 105—41004 1-NY 62-12389 tact) Cony to: CIA/State /RAB leNY 105~44241 | - ONT/O81/82 jf pe / 1-NY 10546473 . oo. y xotng fy ae hos fe £3 —) 4 /-/ | : 0-2- 4 wee sng 1, Jett 7 ee 2 a. (6 -9' we - “A ad Approved: SO. MAR 3 i iS" Agent. in Charge se fee HW 54463 Docld:323276617 Page 2?
AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: —124-90055-10218 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: CR 105-89923-147 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: NY TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: 03/13/1961 PAGES: 2 SUBJECTS : ‘ANTONIO DE VARONA CLIP DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION : Unclassified , “RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 06/08/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS: AT v9.1 NW 45768 Docid:32326626 JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information 22 Page i Date: 4/29/201
AGENCY : JFK Assassination System - Date: 4/29/20! Identification Form Agency Information FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-90055-10211 RECORD SERIES : HQ ‘AGENCY FILE NUMBER: = CR 105-95357-13 Document Information ORIGINATOR : FBI FROM: NY TO: HQ. Peleased under the John TITLE: Kennedy . ~ WSsassination Records / Ollection Act of 1992 {44 U5 2107 Note). DATE: 03/16/1961 ase#: NU 544635 Date: $ PAGES: 1 1O-12-2017 SUBJECTS : ANTONIO DE VARONA CUBAN GOVERNMENT IN EXILE DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT 7 CLASSIFICATION : Unclassified ‘RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS : Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 06/08/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : AT v9.1 HW 54463 Docld: 32326619 Page 1
hy Key is FB Date: 3/16/61 J Transmit the following in SAOLASSIFIED. BY. Via aaron AA Lad Cfo nies riority or Method of Mailing) 0 Ae ae Oh A FS ON OY Gy OD END TNL NL SA OE SO ON ROD MRED HOR ON aa WO OED ON OO Oe mn on OS on oe. fon oe ore On ne aan OD wae tin 0 nae OnE BO BS Ow OS GD On OD OD we een ee ome ame é - TO 3 ‘DIRECTOR, FBL (2105-95357) -SAC fe) 105-464 ‘SAC, NEW YORK (105 "3 Copy to CIAsState/RAB ONI/OSI/ ei CUBAN GOVERNMENT IN EXILE wy routing, ra Poy Li Late 0 IS ~ CUBA - Date F- <7 ReBuairtel 3/13/61 and NY airtel 3/8/61, with enclosure, \eaptioned, "CLIP", AQ . Enclosed are ll copies of a letterhead: memorandum containing information regarding above-captioned matter, as well as 11 copies of a informant reliability memorandum. evaluating the informants. utilized. 92e' NTH waa \ tu0 fussepeg NY T-l is Dr. ARTURO MAGNUS, former attorney from Havana, Cuba, now employed with Czarnikow~Rionda Company, 106 Wall. Stes NYC, - NY m2 is NY 2865-8. The source of NY T-2, who is . e@lose to "TONY" VARONA, is EDUARDO GONZALEZ, who is coordinator ‘ of the FRD in New York City... 3 a . The encloged letterhead memorandum is classified. \ "Confidential" since the disclosure of information contained therein could be de rimental! ‘to the best interests of the STS nd ini ARS jes al_si curl tyer, 6] [0G fos * cs - Bureau (105-95357) (Encls. 22) (RM) iA 1 - Miami (Encls. 2) (Info). (RM) . 7 a 1 = WFO (Encls, 2) (Info); (RH) at ADMDsIAN. COMPA : 1 = NY 105-41380 (PRD) //< ALL INSQRYAROS SN 1 = NY 105-41004 €VARONA) HEREIN piu 1 + NY 105-44241 (MRP) | DATE 1 Wh dh _ = NY 62712389 (CARDONA) 1Q\NY 134-354 (INV) 7 S= Ny 105-6473 of B70 B :mfw (31) 12 Approved: n “in Charge HW 54463 Docld:32326619 Page 2?
AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: = 124-90055-10212 RECORD SERIES: HQ _ AGENCY FILE NUMBER: — CR 105-95357-13 ORIGINATOR: FBI ' JFK Assassination System . Date: Identification Form Agency Information Document Information FROM:, NY TO: HQ TITLE : Released under the John Kennedy Lasassination Records . ollection Act of 1992 DATE: 03/16/1961 (44 USc 2107 Note). PAGES: 6 ase#: NU 54463 Date: 1O-12-2017 SUBJECTS : ANTONIO DE VARONA CUBAN GOVERNMENT IN EXILE ~ DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 06/08/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS: LHM v9.1 HW 54463 Docld:323276620 Page 1 PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT 4/29/201
Le Re: Cuban Government in Exile improve the facilities and believes that the public utilities should be owned and operated by private investors, NY.T-1 stated that the FRD and the MRP also came to the agreement that properties illegally confiscated by the Castro Government would be returned to their rightful owners and for properties confiscated the Cuban Government would pay in bonds for twenty years at four or four and one-half per cent. NY T-1 also stated that another point of disagreement in connection with the agrarian reform is that the MRP does not approve of taxes for lar.downers whereas the FRD advocates a system of taxation. The FRD believes that for the first seventy-five cabs there would be free taxation and that the basis for taxation would be the value of the land placed upon it~by the owners and that this would serve not only as a way of taxing the property but in the event of confiscation, the » Bovernment would pay at the value designated by the owner. NY T-1 advised that in connection with the taxation of property for all land over the first seventy-five cabs the following scale of taxation would be used: one per cent of land value, two per cent of land value, three per cent of land value, four per cent of land value, five per cent of land. value. 100 to 200 cabs 200 to 300 cabs 300 to 400 cabs 4OO to 500 cabs 500 to tips NY Tel stated that a majority of the people believed that the period immediately after Fidel Castro's overthrow will be a very serious and deciding era in the history of Cuba and since it is so important, they feel that a strong president is needed during the interim between Castro's downfall and the period of re-election, NY T-2, on March 4, 1961, advised that the discussions between the MRP and the FRD were concluded, and there was not much hope for agreement between the two groups. NY T-2 stated that he had spoken with Manuel Artime Buesa, and Artime had informd him that the MRP wanted to maintain relations with the Soviet -~ 4 . HW 54463 Docld:323276620 Page 2? ”
if . aa ros . _ (a . ‘ 4 . woe a an . %FD-36 (Rev. 12-13-56) . os : aN ; j . ‘ wo . ‘ . . sf, Y - ~ . . > oe ‘ | » © 3 SS . cd \ ~~ ; . a vnenett ' 2 a ; FBI ; 5 | | . ‘ | o, ff | . | | | | | Transmit the following in : . (Type in plain text or code) : / Via (Priority or Method of Mailing) — ‘ | | ) xy 105-4074 VU | , JOHN DAVID GRIFFIN, Public Relations man associated with Dr. CARLOS MARQUEZ STERLING, head of the Movimento del Pueblo Libre (MPL), advised on 6/17/60, that in ‘@iscussion with MARQUEZ STERLING, MARQUEZ had stated that TONY VARONA has been unsuccessful in bringing the various Cuban exile groups together because of a state- - ment attributed to VARONA. GRIFFIN said that the statement alleged to have been made by VARONA was to the effect that _the Cuban exiles would take care of the present Cuban Government without the assistance of the United States~or Russia. GRIFFIN stated that it was also reported to him by MARQUEZ STERLING that AURELIANO SANCHEZ ARANGO had agreed with the statement of VARONA. GRIFFIN advised that most of the Cubans in exile do not like this statement attributed to VARONA.. NY 2865-PSI on 6/10/60, had stated that Dr. ANTONIO VARONA had made a public statement whereby he said that should he be successful in getting into power in Cuba, he would grant a general amnesty to all con- nected with the government formed 1/1/59. The informant , Stated that many Cuban exiles did not like this statement which was alleged to have been published in Miami, Florida. ; The informant stated that Dr. JORGE BARROSO, former head of * the Sugar Institute, had gone to Miami to confer with VARONA fi Ne eee regarding this statement alleged to have been made by ha The above is being submitted for the in- formation of the Bureau and Miami. Approved; —W Cs Seen Special Agent in Charge HW 54463 Docld:323276631 Page 2? 7