AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10290-10054 RECORD SERIES: HO AGENCY FILE NUMBER: CR 105-286284-8 DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: SAC. MM TO: DIRECTOR. FBI DATE: 08/27/1976 PAGES: 13 SUBJECT: | OBA, FUG, ASSOC, FINANCES, ACA, CONSPR, BOMBING, TERRORIST ACT, INTV, FERNANDEZ, ORLANDO, DESCR DOCUMENT_TYPE: PAPER. TEXTUAL DOCUMENT ORIGINAL Secret NEW CLASSIFICATION: CLASSIFICATION: REVIEW _DATE: — (5/26/1998 UPDATE DATE: STATUS _ Redact . RESTRICTIONS: Consultation JFK Act 6 (4) COMMENTS: REFERRED TO INS, PO, INC LHM, MEMO Docld: 32306414 Page 1
' Rel@ased under the John. F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 19927 (44 USC 2107 Hote). ; DAES 11- 14- 2017 c . “ca foNAL FORM NO. 10 — acVCLY 1973 EDITION eo , : aX GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11, “ ~_A UNITED STATES Go'VERNMENT ae a ae (SE oo SECRET Dare: : DIRECTOR, FBI AUG 27 1976 TO : \ | j "\ . CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO | FRoM|| : / | ECLAS: ‘GN AND/OR, ne | SAC, MIAMI (105-22619) (P) ae 18, INFORMATION. ik OC IN THIS DOCUMENT, J” SUBJECT: ORLANDO LAZARO FERNANDEZ VAZQUEZ, aka Gav-47 Z) ‘ Dr. Orlando Fernandez (GQ. | ce - CUBA PULL INVESTIGATION INITIATED 12/11/74) Re Bureau routing slip to Miami dated July 21, 1976. fas 0 Enclosed for the Bureau’ are 7 copies of an LHM “a dated and captioned as above. , ae One copy each of this LHM is being furnished locally to the Immigration and Naturalization Service, ‘Miami, and the State Department, Miami, Florida. w9 vt Sources noted in enclosed LHM are identified 255 as follows: ~< vse MM T-1 is MM 1337-S (Mle . : ‘ First confidential source abroad is ORLANDO GARCIA VASQUEZ, Minister - Counsellor, Foreign Ministry, ~ _° Caracas, Venezuela.($) - = ) gs g MM T-2 is MM 3240-S Og) (ar Classified b ei KS/ SK . f | MSs gy MM T-3 is NM 5945- Ps Ta Declassity an: BADR. | re | BATE 8° ag ce wy Ze ne ; so16.10) So / DoclId:32306414 Page 2
' Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote). DARBY Ate 14-7017 MM 1005-22619 SECRET: Second confidential source abroad is RAFAEL RIVAS VASQUEZ, Operations Officer, Directorate of Intelligence { and Prevention Services; | Cafacas, Venezuela. ($ ) LEADS | MIAMI At Miami, Florida Will continue efforts to determine Dr. FERNANDEZ! sympathies and activities in relation to his association with Dr. ORLANDO BOSCH, Cuban intelligence activities and the internal security of the United States. DoclId:32306414 Page 3
Released under the John Ff. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 {44 USC 2107 Hote }. BATE 5 ‘11-14-2017 s = . . Sy . ~~ UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply, Pippse R589 9 Miami, Florida SECRET! . File No, AUG 27 1976 RE: ORLANDO LAZARO FERNANDEZ Z VAZQUEZ Also Known As Dr. Orlando Fernandez INTERNAL SECURITY = CUBA (FULL INVESTIGATION INITIATED ©, DECEMBER 11, 1974) u), nvestication Kinvestigation is based upon information tronfaC$ | confidential source abroad that \a Dr. ORLANDO FERNANDEZ, believed to be a Miami, Florida, doctor, had traveled to Venezuela soa: purpose of giving $1,800.00 to a_Dr. e |h- ORLANDOXBOSCHMAVEeS commonly known as Dr Xf BOSCH, Who is oh Boy the leader of a Cuban exile terrorist groud & is currently a fugitive from the United States, oe Ge geen to Date cember 4, 1974, a confidential source age! 1s of November 30, 1974, Dr. ORLANDO BOSCH a known as Dr. BOSCH, was in Curacao, (+ * ceva eohee AVILA, conmott Sources whose identities are gif-fatk- concealed herein have furnished . =f reliable information in the 3 past except where otherwise noted. This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI, It is the property of the FRI and is loaned to your agency. It and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. | oS - 2 Ute § , ENCLOSURE _ SECRET DoclId:32306414 Page 4
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 WSC 23107 Hote,. BATE; 11-14-2017 | RE: ORLANDO LAZARO FERNANDEZ VAZQUEZ SECRET Netherlands Antilles, following his and an associate's release by the Venezuela authorities. A Dr. ORLANDO FERNANDEZ arrived in Venezuela with $1,800.00 for BOSCH following BOSCH's arrest there. It was pelieved that FERNANDEZ was employed at a Miami hospital. On March 31, 1975 5 IGT T-1 advised that he was approached by Dr, ORLANDO FERNANDEZ who had recently returned from Chile where Dr. FERNANDEZ had visited a Dr. ORLANDO BOSCH a fugitive from the United States. (Ya) Dr, FERNANDEZ had stated that Dr. BOSCH wanted Dr, FERNANDEZ to coordinate all of Dr. BOSCH's publicity in the United ee ee abroadja tised th n November 20, 1974, Dr. ORLANDO BOSCH ; appeared in Carac Venezuela, and he was accompanied by three Cuban nationals who were residing in Miami, Florida. One of these individuals was a Dr. ORLANDO FERNANDEZ, a medical doctor practicing in the Miami, Florida, area, who acted as Dr, BOSCH's spokesman, Dr. FERNANDEZ left Caracas for Bogota with Dr. BOSCH on December 2, aoe Dr. FERNANDEZ! home telephone number in Miami is 44 and his business telephone number is 642-2711. one May 21 1975, & a second confidential source “Hr pa 9 The following investigation was conducted at Miami in an effort to identify Dr. ORLANDO FERNANDEZ: Miami telephone number 642-2711 is listed to Calle 8 Medical Clinic, 2185 5. W. 8th Street, Miami, - Florida. A neighborhood inouiry indicated that this clinic . a moved and went out of business several years ago and Dr. FERNANDEZ was not known in this neighborhood. Telephone number 446- 9038 was a non-published telephone number. i - 4 The following inquiries. failed to produce any information identifiable with Dr. ORLANDO FERNANDEZ: Review of records of Cuban Refugee Center ACRE) Review of 1970-71 list of foreign: medical graduates maintained at CRC, Miami. ES AES > . | 2 SECRET 105: 25028 4-F a ee Docld: 32306414 Page 5
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1993 (44 USC 2107 Hotey. DATE: 11-14-2017 so a os. \ °° RE: ORLANDO LAZARO FERNANDEZ VAZQUEZ SECRET: / -  . On December 22, 1975, Immigration and Naturmlization Service (INS), Miami, Florida, records reflected that ORLANDO FERNANDEZ, cate of birth December 17, 1937, in Cuba, arrived in the United States on January 8, 1962, on an O-1 Immigrant Visa, file number £12500 pile fon December 23, 1975, MM T-2 advise@fthat inquiry in the Cithan community had failed to develop “any information concerning Dr. ORLANDO FERNANDEZ. On January 8, 1976, records of INS, Miami, Florida, reflected the following information on file under file number A12366014 relating to ORLANDO LAZARO FERNANDEZ VAZQUEZ: FERNANDEZ applied for an Immigrant Vise to the United States at the United States Embassy in Madrid, Spain, on December 8, 1961, indicated he wanted to come to the United States to reside and that he was sponsored by TRADUCCION PRENSA, Post Office Box 5208, 9082, Broadway, Tampa, Florida, and an G-1 visa was issued to him and he subsequently arrived in the United States from Spain at New York City on January 8, 1962. On December 16, 1962, at Newark, New Jersey, FERNANDEY filed a Declaration of Intention to become a United States citizen. On December 21, 1967, he oS petitioned for naturalization and was subsequently naturalized as a United States citizen on April 12, 1968, at Miami, Florida, Certificate Number 9149320 in the name ORLANDO FERNANDEZ. Subsequently, on September 7, 1968, he directed a letter to INS, Miami, anplying for INS record information regarding his birth, verents, and citizenship status which : information he needea in a certified Letter 1n oraer to : be aumitted as a student at Madrid University. He requested \ this information be sent. to the Minister of Education at . ! adrid, Spain, and indicated an address in care of JOS» - n > NDE Chis father), APTO Number 3318, Medrid, Sp AN seme an t There was no questionable information in this file regarding FERNANDEZ or his activities and no data subsequent to September, 1968 ; . Background and descriptive data in this file was as follows: : (4. SECRET [05-286 284-8 DoclId:32306414 Page 6
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 19927 (44 1st 3107 Hore} : DATE: 11-14-2017 . . RE: ORLANDO LAZARO FERNANDEZ VAZQUEZ SECRET . Sex: Male Race: White Date of Birth: December 17, 1937 Place of Birth: Havana , Cuba — Height: 51g" —~ 5110" Weight: 130-140 pounds Hair: Brown Byes: . Brown _ Complexion: - Medium . _— Pep Alb wie ee 2 | Marital Status: Single AW SF CAVE IN . Occupation: Male nurse - Registered Nurse Immediate Family: _ abher: JOSE MART AM PERNADD Ba Da fo «A umber wel ios a7 K GONZALEZ BL, Gate of birth DO SPAT. February 11, 1900, in Spain a aa MorDe i Mother: BALBINAKAZoUnZeTAZz0URZ, a _date of birth March 2D ~TSIT, in Spain Education: 1959-1951, National College of Male Nurses, Havana, Cuba; 1964-1967, National College in Exile of Male Nurses, Miami; 1968, University of Madrid, Spain Characteristics: Speaks English and Spanish Social Security Account Number: .071-36-7093 Employments: January-March, 1962, employee Murray Feiss Shop, Bronx, New York; August, 1962-August, 1964, Registered Nurse, Alexian Brothers Hospital, 855 Hast Jersey Street, Elizabeth, . New Jersey; August, 1964, Registered Nurse, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Miami Beach, Florida; September-November, 1954, Registered Nurse, Cedars of ; Lebanon Hospital, Miami; | November, 1964 - October, 1967, I Registered Nurse, Pan American Hospital, Miami, Florida cetera aaeeeregyenneiet nee vente ee i te te A renege J DoclId: 32306414 Page fF
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hotey. BATE: 11-14-2017 -. RE: ORLANDO LAZARO FERNANDEZ VAZQUEZ SECRET | Selective Service ; Number: 28-4.3-37-814 (Local Board 43) Residences: 1953 - 1961, Havana, Cuba 81-Olivar $21, Madrid, Spain; January 1952 - March, 1962, 16-22-21 Avenue, Avartment 2A, Long Island, New York Ci ty (ASTORIA - Care of ARMANDOAPORTO)s; March, 1962, _330 Bact isoan Street, _ Bronx, onan Aon oe March, 1962 —- “August 196%, 655 East Jersey Street, Elizabeth, New Jersey; - September, 1964 - October, 1958, 1771 - 1773 S. W, Sth Street, Miami, Florida On March 5, 1976, a review of Dr. ORLANDO FERNANDEZ! ~ Dassport File at ji dashington, Db. C., reflected the following: Passport Number D 1913210 Issued August 15, 1973 Issued at Miami, Florida Restrictions: REVIEWED BY fey JFK wie re aE his passport | is valid for five ve 10} g}49. voars travel to all countries except was Cuba, North Korea, and North paver Vietnam. Effective September GELEA f 19, 1975, Cambodia and South ; a RELEASE IN PART Vietnam were added to the restricted ot Date of Birth December 17, 1937 Place of Birth Havana, Cuba Naturalized April 12, 1968 at Miami, Florida oo, Certificate of Naturalization Number 9149920 Residence 1773 S. W. 5th Street, Miami, Florida Travel Plans: Avproximate departure date — september 1973; means of transportation, air; intended stay abroad, one month; proposed itinery, Spain and Portugal; purpose of trip, pleasure. Parents JOSE M. FERNANDEZ, date of birth February li, 1900 at Spain 6. SECRET Passer nremerinwinentetntertctnettemenianttninee imag atte pry am AY ace Aas eae - ae oe a eee ~ cane enna a nee ee ge senna ne Si a a amt ae ei ace le eels ae J Docld: 32306414 Page &