“Released under the John F. 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: 32329996 Page 1 Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 19927 (44 USC SIO} Hotes. JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-90089-10031 HQ 2-1622-22 Document Information FBI LO HQ 00/00/0000 3 ROLANDO MASFERRER PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Confidential 4 Withhold 07/18/1998 INDEFINITE MEMO Date: 5/29/201
DATE: erent EE gequently allowed to re : 2 ay : Py 0 OTS CONFIDENTISY: : ( ‘ s On or about 24th September 1960 Frank 'WELLIAMS (see | Appendix A) was approached in Marathon, Florida Keys, by a man called "Julio" who asked him to tate a load of petrol to refuel another boat at sea. WILLIAMS is the omer of the diesel-engined converted L.C.V.P. the SUNSPORT registered in Florida with licence No, FUA5285A, WILLIAMS was offered $100 a day for this job which he accepted, He subsequently loaded the SUNSPORT in Miami with twenty drums of high test gasoline a amounting to 1,100 gallons, wes . a fiWttea, EA peepee : grad oF Baarl (0-9-0 g- ATO OF 2, PAbet@tn 26th Geptembel the SUNSEOST aiih WILLIAMS as Captain and : accohparfiied by Paul HUGHES (see. Appendix A) left Biscayne Bay near Miami to keep a rendezvous with a fast P.T, boat, the ALADINO, at Mira por vos Cays about fifteen miles southwest of Castile Island lighthouse, (Castle 1 Island is immediately south of Acklins Island in the Bahamas), 3 The ALADINO is believed to belong to Rolando MASFERRER a | Supporter of the ex-Batista government in Cuba, This vessel, with a, twenty-seven anti-Castrolrevolutionaries on board, had left Miami at about the same time as the SUNSPORT, The Captain was a Cuban called GONZALEZ=PADRON and the engineer anothe r Cuban MARRERO-ORTEGA (See | Appendix A), The original intention was that the ALADINO should go straight to Cuba and then return to the Castle Island rendezvous where she would be refuelled from the SUNSPORT, Owing to incompetent navigation she ran aground several times on her outward journey through Bahamas waters and ran out of fuel, By the time ALADINO reached Castle Island lighthouse - on about 1st October her.engines were in poor condition and it was not safe for her to, proceed any further, The invasion party of twenty-seven men was transferred to the SUNSPORT and on about 4th October were landed at a point one and a half miles southeast of Baracoa light’ in Oriente Province, Cuba where according to WILLIAMS they were given a hearty welcome by the villagers, ’ - 4 , The SUNSPORT then returned to Castle Island and found that the. / ALADINO. had gone aground hear the lighthouse, the anchor having broken,. She is likely to become a total wreck, After a day's delay GONZAIEZ end 4 MARRERO were taken aboard the SUNSPORT Wi th five carbines, one rifle and _ twenty-two rounds of assorted 030, 238 and «45 ammunition which did not fit the guns, According to HUGHES these weapons were withdrawn from the invasic party (who were armed with carbines, rifles and revolvers) because of their 4 doubtful serviceability, 5. The SUNSPORT then set course for Nassau but as she. was running out of fuel put in to Georgetown, Great Exuma where she arrived on 7 October,” By this time the Bahamas police had got wind that something was . &oing on and thé four men were taken into custody, WILLIAMS and HUCHES | turn to the U, on about 8th October, ..., | mer}, . y eo ! fa. PF “A ee Omiieelte gipcments Sixe si eetin Bet . @ivered to the twenty-seven men in Cuba.“ He said he had the promise of ; 800 sten guns fron some sympathise#s in South America to help further invasions of Cuba and that he intended to operate off the Cuban coast with a boat about the size of the ALADINO but which was more economical in fuel, HUGHES alleged that the U.S, authorities boarded the ALADINO after she left Miami but asked no questions about the large number of men on b to search for arms, and wished them good luck. and allowed them . A 2 | CONFIDENTIAL. “I card, declined to proceed, _ ae ; . ENCLOSURE /
Released under the John F. ‘the twenty-seven men put ashore in Cuba have been ¢aptured and executed, °"' 7. While the SUNSPORT was at Castle Island either on its = = | outward journey or on its return from Cuba, (it is not clear which), oo it was contacted by an aeroplane piloted, so WILLIAMS believes, by Julio. Messages were dropped asking if they were in trouble and if the men had been put ashore in Cuba, ; . 8. On 11th October WILLIAMS returned to Nassau to claim the SUNSPORT, Among the documents found on the SUNSPORT was a letter addressed to Senor Santiago Alboréz, 701 S.W, 8th Street, ‘Miami. . : | Ab beurbett %e ' According to subsequent Press reports fifteen at least of “aye ets ' Press reports also say that Thee of these were Americans, Anthony #ZARBA, DaleNTHOMPSON and_ Robert i O./f FULLER, HUGHES himself has been arrested, | so he must have returned .to Cuba after leaving Nassau on 8 October, 10. _In January 1960 HUGHES, together with a man called Matthew DUKE, used the airstrip at Great Exuma as a jumping off point for a fire-/ raising raid on some Cuban sugar fields, In May 1960 DUKE was killed in Cuba while trying to exfiltrate someone from. that country. } 20th October 1960. ° .. 1
DATE: 11- 14- -?017 Paul ms conn fs ‘ LE », “Born: 8 Oc ober 1928 Atlanta, Georgia, roo Nationality: iS. cigizen errr Rep” Address: 425 Harold Avenue, NeE. A Atlanta A nd i, ‘ | also 52h Teckwood Drive,.N.W. Atlanta, J@ Claims he participated in revolution in Gyba at end of 1958 with anti-Communist group liaising with Castro to overthrow Batista's government; was smuggled out of Cuba in August, 1959 after being in jail for anti-Communist activities and _ Since that time has helped organise anti-Castro Cubans in Florida, “ * \ go, Benk/iLtms | q ea ‘Born: 14 September. 1,91.3..Daytona. Beach,..Florida, ‘ Nationality: U.S. citizen. Address: 117 N, Fleegler Avenue, Homestead, .Florida, Occupation? “Fisheriian and omer of SUNSPORT. a noratioXouzarnaeanean Born: 27 June 1910 Havana Guba, ce Ba NT Nationality: Cuban. ‘ Address; c/o Coinmar Lines 2. N.M....River. -Drive.,, Miami, Florida, “Occupation: Boat captain, Hh Claims he has been working with Moody's towing and dredging company in Miami for the past two years, Produced a U.S, driving licence and a paper from U.S, Immigration Service dated 11th August, 1959 giving him conditional permission to remain in the U.S.A, Claims he was engaged to sail crash-boat tAladino' for one trip only - apparently took job for mercenary Hh reasons. oat? _seetaradhuansnaofoemn . 92- ~—-Borni 6 May 1926 Havena.Cuba, — Nationality: ‘Cuban , Address; Filling station at junction of 6th Street and 8th ~ Avenue, S.W. Miami. ° Occupation; Merchant shipping mechanic. Claims he left Cuba 2 months. ago after serving jail sentence for anti-Communist activities, Escaped to Miami on a fruit boat; jumped ship in Miami and went to U.S. Immigration Office where he was given conditional permission to remain temporarily, The document issued by the Immigration Authorities was lost when the engine room of crash-boat ‘Alading! was flooded after she ran aground, Took job as mech orm BLOTS ca ggre ches ato hhelp_in_overthrowine;t gros : Ti fr ONS hic mtN | iA: 5 fekR— 26. ENCLOSURE