Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote}. ‘DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System . Date: 4/29/201 Identification Form Agency Information '. AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER:  124-90082-10020 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: CR 97-3728-17 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: 11/10/1971 PAGES: 15 SUBJECTS : ANTONIO CUESTA VALLE ANTONIO VALLE DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Secret RESTRICTIONS: 1B; 1C;4 CURRENT STATUS:  Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 07/14/1998 OPENING CRITERIA > INDEFINITE COMMENTS : INDEX Sr v9.1 Docld: 32328885 Page 1 12
' Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hotey;. DATE: 11-14-2017 A we ae, . bd rr . C . , ‘ . . 2 . ned ~ | _ RELATIVE WHO HAS BUREAU MAIN FILE SECRET The relationship and biographical data of Antonio Cuesta Valle, who was imprisoned in Cuba for his Cuban evolutionary activities, were set forth in the serials of the main file on his relative, as follows: NAME _ RELATIONSHIP REFERENCE .- SEARCH SLIP > PAGE NUMBER. |, \[Maria De Lourdes Wife 6) ~ fl05-161504-2 .2-4 | Dan) j|Blanco Diez De ‘ - -4 b,2 | '|cuesta | : -5 b.1,2, 1 ON 5-11, 14 fe) a - 1-355 | ae | | “ii | BES . KHEHE GLOSSARY Chew we rece cee eee gee eee ene eee eran A violently anti-Castro group DIER. wc cece ee eee er .....An Army investigative agency which mo confined itself to investigations within | Cuba and had no agents outside of Cuba. MRR..... eee eee ee eee ee eee tee eens An anti-Castro organization which operated inside Cuba | -3- SECKEP : | | Docld: 32328866 Page 2
‘Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 Use 21I07 Hotes. DATE: 11-14-2017 oy aN . . rN (continued) REFERENCE SEARCH SLIP PAGE NUMBER 2-1622-318 ep.6 SECRET} -321 ep.2 -329 ep.e2 105-95677-611 p -617 p -~618 e -62le -~622 0 (s\ On 5/20/68 wm fee8ts advised that Lilia Emilia Cuesta Perez was the half-sister of Antonio Cuesta Valle, a hero of the anti-Castro forces currently in jail in Havana, Cuba. She was the daughter of Valle's father, had been adopted by the family of Lilia Perez Arias, her step- mother, and lived with the Arias family at Calle 5a #336, Casino de Deportivo, Havana. @ result of several visits to the prison hospital to see Valle, she met Raul Alfonso Roldan, a Department of State Security (DSE) officer, who invited her to visit him at DSE headquarters. During February 1968, Emilia visited DSE headquarters on several occasions for interviews with Roldan and others who questioned her at length concerning the sympathies and activities of her family and Valle. She cooperated with DSE authorities and apparently furnished them whatever information she nad Y HAN) ; Lescgpaeyeno-108 ep.1,2 a The following references pertain to the Cuban counterrevolutionary and anti-Castro activities of Antonio Cuesta Valle from January 1959 ~ to 5/29/66 in Miami, Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. Cuesta, who was an early supporter of Fidel Castro, belonged to several middle-of-the-road exile organizations, headed the CL, served as Lieu- tenant of the Cuban Department of Logistics of the National Revolutionary Police, Havana, a former investigative branch of the Cuban Government, belonged to the MRR and was second in command of DIER. He attended meet ings and affairs, was in contact and associated with numerous individuals. Cuesta anticipated, led and/or participated in military operations against the Cuban Government including an attack on a Russian vessel at Caibarien and a raid on the residence of President Osvaldo Dorticos Torrado in Havana City. He accepted donations and worked toward unifying anti- Cuban revolutionary organizations. Cuesta was jailed in Cuba as an after- math of the suicide of the Minister of Public Works and as of 3/16/59 he (continued ) SECRET! KR c Docld: 32326883 Page 3
‘Released under the DATE: 11-14-2017 | . (continued ) REFERENCE 109-584-3976 -406 -4075 -4104 4114 -4179 -4269 -H272 432) ~4359 - 4.09 -491 -4522 ~ 4561 -4573 4605 -4680 “A "Saturday Evening Post" 6/8/63 -A King Features Syndicate, Inc. 5/22/64. 109-590-1 p.33 ep.1,3,5,7,8(interviewed 3/6/59) John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 Use 2107 Hotey. Yo \ woe SECRET p.11,12 9 p.6,7,19,20,25,26 ep.1 p.l p.14 p.1le ep.1,2 p.5,6 p.10-12 p.1-3 p.1, 3-6 ep.1,3 TW O'S p.2 8 p. ep.4 -8 p.1,3,8,10,12,13,21, 23, 27-30 (interviewed 3/6/59; jailed, Cuba) 134-15592-4 p.2 [134-21466-x p.2,3 (interviewed 9/23/65) HH KHK c™ ya SEARCH SLIP PAGE NUMBER REFERENCES NOT INCLUDED IN THIS SUMMARY The following references on Antonio Valle, One Toto and One San Martin maintained in the Special File Room in the Records Branch, Files and Communications Division, were not reviewed, and it is not known whether they are identicad with the subject of this summary. —_ ~13- SECRET (continued) Docld: 32326883 Page 4
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 HoTtey. DATE: 11-14-2017 tga, ; . JN | ry (continued) REFERENCE SEARCH SLIP PAGE NUMBER '64-330-240-53-25 SECRET: | 65-41271-199 65-41773-234 105-12189-4595 -479h, FEZ RE The following reference on Antonio Cuesta Valle contains infor- mation of an administrative nature and has not been included. | REFERENCE SEARCH SLIP PAGE NUMBER | 105-97459-210-214 p.22 z See the search slip filed behind file for other references on this subject which contain the same information (SI) that is set out in the main file. Although the information is the same it may have jbeen recelived from different sources. : Le “NET oo Docld: 32328885 Page 5