' a Rose reat \ . p+ 2 4 i A a . ~ Aon ; ‘ . : . : ; Ad. Mey soy wo? Je, wine eo ; > SE a ‘ " , Repurt’s Fo orm | Fo (Rev. 5-12-55) a : | - - | eoney ie . REPORTING OFFICE OFFicz OF ORIGIN- . Daye INVESTIGATIVE PERIOD 18 al 8/6/60 = 1/3/61 __ MIAMI MIAMI TITLE OF CASE REPORT MADE BY GEORGE E., DAVIS, JR. GED | jlt / Cxovneme, iN REVOLUGLONAR TA, = CHARACTER OF CASE Js IS - CUBA; RA - CUBAS (7A “'REVOLUE See lonel event OE oN TO. NEUTRALITY. MATTERS of i S-/ —vrenenennnerineChRARIRICATION AND/OR, | samen (PF / | REL EASE OF CIA ORATION ” “ERDEP PNG ies aevoaenons: : Miami al etypes to. eh eo " WASHINGTON FIELD: | AN ie ere. Lp oa ag WASHINGTON D.C. | : AE nn Will check with Registration Section, United * “States Department of Justice, for information concerning 7 alleged ae of instant organization y | Dr. a7? i BOSCH AVILA, aN cores WADE: Le 9) Butédu (RM) _ - a INS, Miami. (RM) “smenemsg op bt (Wees. 3yCustoms, Miami (RM)| | SIDEFOR \* = 4 Washington Field (RM) we ad? JAN 19 1964 “i 3 vil f ait sygNew w,, York _-(RM)) (Info) “TMiam(32105-2855) ee | cE va “+~105-2856 - BOSCH) . Z i “ + ="105- 3037 - PANEQUE) § /NI/OBI/G2_ Wy a routs ng sYp for inf Date2 < y-b _} by 7 a  SROPERTW.OF alc This report is loaned to you, by the FRA \-*!+hep id B00 to nete mde man de) A dna Dk ad ee A I IMSS Ee 4 - 54027 Docld:32301053 Page 2
fmt, Qooe : yy er | ( | 7 \ fw. .¢ 8 Le. . . a > - | SECRED 4 | _ Tageae) ” —— MM 105-2855 : CANERF ATA Translations of material set forth in this report were done by ELEANORE M. SCHOENBERGER, Translator, Miami Office. - INFORMANTS - oo IDENTITY ; LOCATION OF ORIGINAL 3 . INFORMATION in /M T-1 is 134-307 Sub A i C MM 726-8 ; s MM T-2 is oO Instant Report, Page 9 ALEX RORKE, NBC Correspondent, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City, who , ( states he is a former a B® u) clerk of the New York Office, : and is’ known to Agents of that Office. : mM T-3 “3 4 | | = Sub A ahle L | Neer “1 @) # Careful consideration has been given-to each source concealed in this report and "T" symbols were utilized only in those instances where identities must be concealed. a Stee rp a a oe I NEI ~ - : 4 - “s | ce -_ “ne ~ CONFRQITIAL Ad et Keay : | . eget oO a | HW 54027 Bocld:32301053 Page 3
' ‘ ~ ' ; , - ba us sFD-204 (Rev. 9-3-59) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (;{)M ENTIAL FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION a — 2 1 - INS, Miami (RM) Copy tor . 1 - U. S. Customs, Miami (RM) Report of: GEORGE.E. DAVIS, JR. § Office: Miami, Florida Date: _ : . : JAN 18° 1961 | ’ Field Office File #: 105-2855 | . Bureau File #: Title: . MOVIMIENTO INSURRECIONAL DE RECUPERACION REVOLUCIONARIA Character INTERNAL SECURITY - CUBA; REGISTRATI , CUBA; NEUTRALITY MATTERS Synopsis: Newspaper publicity, 8/60, Miami, reflected Dr. ORLANDO © by _ BOSCH AVILA, Cuban medical doctor, had been named a delegate in Miami of the MIRR, which allegedly has men _ fighting against FIDEL CASTRO in the Escambray Mountains jf of Cuba. VICTOR PANEQUE, aka, Captain DIEGO, now in / Miami, named military coordinator; SINESIO WALSH, Commander in Chief in Cuba, ‘was reportedly captured and executed by CASTRO regime recently.’ QUINO MEMBRIBE is reported to be one of the principal leaders of MIRR now © in Cuba. [In November, 1960, an informant reported plans — of BOSCH and PANEQUE to send an expedition to Cuba for the purpose of taking equipment ,, to the MIRR by . means of a boat, the "Jolly Roger" Mrhis vessel departed [uJ Miami on or about 11/25/60. ‘BOSCH reportedly executed registration forms in Miami relative to Foreign Agents Registration Act. In 1/61, BOSCH voluntarily furnished information to effect he joined July 26 Revolutionary Movement in 1957, and became chief of this movement . in Las Villas Province shortly after BATISTA regime collapsed. . Within a short time; he realized CASTRO government was rapidly becoming a Communist government and he DECLASSIFIED BYSA . , This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to L. your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. - ; HW 54027 DocId: 32301053 Page 4
mv ios-2855 oe eon OENTIAL against the BATISTA government. Subject formerly joined . FIDEL CASTRO on November 22,-1957, received a commission. as Major in the Rebel. forces, and was named. oe Section Chief -of the. 26th of July forces in Las Villas. Province. On October 2, 1958, he was. appointed acting. Chief of Matanzas, Pinar del Rio, and Havana Provinces _ by FIDEL CASTRO. | . On January 1, 1959, he was commissioned a Major . in the regular Cuban Army and named Chief of Rural Police -until dissolved in April, 1959. From.April until July, Fee 1959, he attended officers training school at Bahia os Hondo, Pinar del Rio. In July, 1959, he was appointed Chief of Public Order, G-3 of the Cuban Army, and served as such until his departure from Cuba September 1, 1960. On November 9, 1959, he was named government intervener of La Compania Inter-Americana de Transportes (Inter- — American Transport Company), until September 1, 1960, when the company was incorporated into an organization known as Talleres Nacional, which is the government agency respon- sible for all motorized equipment in the Republic. He was named General Administrator of Talleres Nacional by _ FIDEL CASTRO, and certified as such on August 29, 1960. (c. Reports Concerning Plans of Expedition |f¢ Yi) On November 1, 1960, MM T-1, who is well acquainted with BOSCH and some members of his group, advised that Dr. ORLANDO BOSCH had possession of a forty-foot luxury yacht, described as the "Trudy Lou™ (subsequently identified by MM T-l'as the "Jolly Roger"), bearing registration number FL-6705, then docked at Just Island, Miami River, Miami. This boat was in the process of being equipped with two short-wave radios. The boat, according to MM T-1, was. scheduled to make a clandestine trip to Cuba for oT the purpose of taking equipment to the MIRR in the Escambray Mountains of -Cuba Nua ee | AW 54027 DoclId:32301053 Page 45
| HW 54027 i 305-205 . | BND CTIAL On November 2, 1960, MM T-1 said the equipment would include a two-way portable radio, and he suspected that small arms would also be transported. About four men were scheduled to make trips on this boat. It was scheduled to depart in the immediate future upon completion of radio installation. MM T-1 received the information indicating: that VICTCR PANEQUE would be in command of the boat. MM T-1 also learned that BOSCH had acquired a radio transmitter and receiver which operate on 4895 kilocycles at his residence, 4138 Southwest 18th Terrace. (3% ud On November 3, 1960, MM T-1 learned that approxi- mately ten persons planned to make a trip aboard the above “ described vessel on November 3 to deliver equipment to the MIRR in the Escambray Mountains. The boat was scheduled to take some arms which were believed to have been acquired by PANEQUE on a recent trip to the northempart of the United States ur ul On November 19, 1960, MM T-2,/ Who is well acquainte with BOSCH and some members of his organization, advised that 15 Cubans were scheduled to depart on board a 45-foot boat having two Chrysler engines, under the command of VICTOR PANEQUE, within 48 hours, exact time of departure being unknown. This expedition was. being. spon- sored by the MIRR under the civilian leadership of ORLANDO BOSCH. The boat was scheduled to transport a supply of ‘weapons, consisting of garands, carbines, revolvers and one. 20 millimeter cannon and some short wave radio equip- ment. The purpose of the expedition was to set up a post in the interior of Cuba in order to organize and establish _a provisional government to operate .a short wave radio | station, and to request United States aid following _ establishment of the base. MM T-2 expressed great ‘confidence in the aims and purposes of BOSCH and PANEQUE, both of whom he believed to be sincerely anti-communist and anti-CASTRO. MM T-2 Said that he had heard a rumor ca At DoclId: 327301053 Page 6
| HW 54027 REVIEWED BY Bair i TASK FORCE ON (23/6 2 DASE _ i RELEASE IN FULL '(] RELEASE IN PART 0 TOTAL DENIAL . ean KCHTIAL MM 105-2855 to the effect that PANEQUE is suspected of being a CASTRO agent. He discounted this rumor, explaining that PANEQUE had taken a trip to Washington, D. C. and New York with LUIS CONTE AGUERO, but had later split with CONTE AGUERO after CONTE. AGUERO had attempted to deceive PANEQUE, whereupon CONTE AGUERO started a rumor. that, PANEQUE is a CASTRO agent, as a means of retaliation against him. MM T-2 said that in his opinion PANEQUE is one of the most solid, substantial and reliable Cubans he has ever met. | The Miami offices of the United States Customs Service and United States Border Patrol were notified concerning above plans, and on September 20, 1960, the United States Border Patrol, Miami, advised that it had just , stopped the "Jolly Roger", as it was in the process of \ ‘departing Miami. Eight individuals, including two women, NO were on board, all of whom claimed they were on a fishing . trip. . There was fishing gear on board. Inspection of the boat by U. S. Border Patrol and U. S. Customs disclosed only one .45 caliber revolver; but no other weapons or ammunition nor any other radio equipment except the ship-to- shore boat radio. The following individuals were on board: VICTOR MANUEL PANEQUE Y BATISTA ere Skipper of the eboat ~ " MARCINO} BELO\MARTINEZ | Ah ger re | ee | PEDRO MANUEL ‘VERANDA Lif an . . - St ‘2 ; \sosa PP ae , , ' oO 7 Ri (AE All .of the above are Cubahs. Also on board weret AMOS SHAY WATKINS and his wife, JOAN, both U. S. citizéns. ~~ ‘ Quer ke; pags —" pane eNTIAC © - 10 - oo a reat iF Fee - DocId: 32301053 Page ?f
o™ sy MM 105-2855 . enn SQ ENTIAL f "a f 1 “Fp LL ne Ce Be ‘The owner ‘of the /Boat! was allegedly ARTHUR Soh was fot on board. It was noted that the boat fhad four extra 150-gallon fuel tanks which were not hodked up into the boat's system. There were no substantial food supplies on board. The U. S. Border Patrol advised that as there was no evidence of any Federal violation, the boat was released, and it returned up the Miami River later in the same afternoon. ul (on November 21, 1960, mM T-2 advised that the trip of the "Jolly Roger" an November 20, 1960, had been a test trip for the purpose of determining. what, if any, action. would be taken upon departure of the boat. He | ; said there was no intention to leave Miami on that day. poe On November 25, 1960, MM T-1 advised that the be "Jolly Roger" had departed Miami and that its present whereabouts was unknown .(, Yur On December 29, 1960, MM T-3 reported that he = had received information from Cuban exiles acquainted with Captain DIEGO that DIEGO was just then in the process of returning to Miami from a trip to Cuba | following which he had encountered boat trouble -in the Bahamas while en route back to M ami . c p. MM T-3 said that FRANRYFIORINI, an American | fy jo | adventurer who was deprived of his United States . , citizenship as a result of his participation in the FIDEL CASTRO regime shortly after January 1, 1959, but who’ oo subsequent ly defected, is attempting to negotiate an agreement with Captain DIEGO's group to obtain transportation of some (4) 4 a - ll - . t . : : ' \ i \ . : ‘ H . 2 = b aw 54027 DoclId: 32301053 Page @
| MM ts - | cof TIAL FIORINI' s men from Miami to Cuba where FIORINI's men expect to operate in an area staked out for themselves. FIORINI told MM T-3 that DIEGO had succeeded in taking: some men and equipment into Cuba several weeks previously. He claimed that moving picture photographs and still pictures of the entire operation have been made by an American. known to FIORINI only. as ALEX. D.. Registration On December 30, 1960, Mr. ALEXANDER NEWBERGER, asso- ciated with the law firm of Mr. DAVID WALTERS, Ainsley - Building, Miami, advised that about 1% months previously ‘Dr. ORLANDO BOSCH had come to his. office for advice as to whether or not he should become registered under the. Foreign Agents’. Registration Act on behalf of an organi- zation represented by him. Mr. NEWBERGER said that he _ assisted Dr. BOSCH in executing the appropriate registra- tion forms in his. office, and upon completion of same, gave the registration form enclosed in an envelope - addressed to the United States Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., with the expectation that this form .would be promptly mailed to Washington, D. C. Mr. NEWBERGER said that he was impressed by. the : sincerity of Dr. BOSCH, who appeared to be a professional man and who desired to abide. by the laws of the United States. E. Imi ration and Naturalization Service Records On November 2; 1960, Mr. MMETT PHILLIPS, Immigration and Naturalization Servjice (INS), Miami, made available for éxamination the/INS file All 881 810, on ORLANDO BOSCH AVILA, medical doctor. This confirmed ; | _ | = CONF RENTIAL i | &. : - 2 = - ee t | ww 54027 DocId: 32301053 Page 93
HW 54027 J. Walter Ye es cats GP-IPTF ~ q ‘e \ oe) SET | 1 - Mr. Simpson Assistant Attorney Genter Director, FBI pict y 6 ine Gea HOR oy IN THIS DOCUMENT. Jy (0-b- MOVIKIENTO INSURRECIONAL DE RECUPERACION REVOLUCIONARIA INTERNAL SECURITY = CUBA REGISTRATION ACT =- CUBA NEUTRALITY MATTERS There is enclosed one copy of the report of Special Agent George E. Davis, Jr., dated January 18, 1961, * at Miami, Florida, concerning captioned ‘Organization. On January 3, 1961, an informant, “Whopas ‘ furnished reliable information in the past, ‘adviged that Victor Paneque, also known as Captain Diega,..Who is the military delegate of the Movimiento Insurrecional de -Recuperacion Revolucionaria in Miami;:was. Bing ta. be. placed in Cuba through Guantanamo Bay;,::Cuba,. som&timg soon - By "the Americans," not further identified... On January 16, 2 sty 3961, this same informant learned. from Dr. Orlando Bosch vila, the Miami civilian delegate Qf the Movimiento. ° nsurrecional de Recuperacion Rovolucionaria, th that the cu A vessel “Jolly Roger” was going. to. transpo from Green Cay, Bahama Islands, to Miami, "hed a these guns4{/. would subgequently be taken by a group by plane from Miami to Cuba. fy) . 1 Omyignuary- 19, 1961, our Miami. ‘Office. interviewed thrée ep wha had identified themselves. as United! States cls (adil “Who had ‘been located on isolated. property. northwest mpano Beach, Florida.~’These men were Robert Edward Rostalion, James Peter. Henri and August Joseph Andrew Bachot, Jr., who stated they belonged to an unnamed organi- zation of 12 to 13 Americans under the leadership of Frank Sturgis and that their camp was a staging area which had ‘been used by a group prior to its departure on an unknown \ Tolson Mohr a | Parsons Belmont Callahan DeLoach Malone McGuire Rosen ob 1 nos BD crepe . Room lo, n Gandy DoclId: 32301053 date for Cuba. These three individuals were observed to be in possession of one revolver. . They alleged that Sturgis had stated their presence in cuba would encourage Cubans ; to defect against Castro, and that if the revolution was i successful. against Castro, they would be rewarded with ‘ political positions or businesses under the new Cuban regine. - Miamb Es fy matL ROOM C_] reLetype unit C_] Page 10
Assistant. Attorney General J. Walter Yeagley oo Frank Sturgis, mentioned above, is identical. with Frank Anthony Sturgis, also known as Prank Fiorini, who is mentioned in the enclosed report as having entered into negotiations with Captain Diego to obtain transportation of his men from Miami to Cuba where Fiorini’s men would Stake out an area of operations for themselves, Sturgis: is the subject of my letter to you dated December 16, 1960, at which time you were requested to advise whether the ; activities of Sturgis developed to date indicated a possible violation of neutrality statutes within the investigative jurisdiction of the FBI Warranting additional investigation. On January 19, 1961, an informant, who has ; furnished reliable information in the past, reported he , had visited the camp maintained by Sturgis near Pompano Beach, pa Florida, and had learned that Captain Diego has a group leaving "this weekend" for Cuba and was to take along several of Sturgis’ men as a Separate unit under the leadership of one Max Vila, Jr. This same informant | reported that he had learned that Bosch, Diego and Sturgis q were on January 19, 1961,. reportedly in Tampa, Florida, allegedly to obtain possession of a hoat which had been undergoing repairs, Additional details of this ay ‘the identity of the boat involved are not known. The United States Customs Service and the United States Border Patrol have been furnished all pertinent { developments in this matter in view of the possibility of | additional gunrunning activities on the part of the persons \ ‘involved with the captioned organization. | A representative of the Central Intelligence Agency S° (CEA) in Miami has advised our Miami Office that although pr" CIA has no operational interest in Dr. Orlando Bosch Avila and his organization at the present time, some consideration | \si is being afforded this matter by CIA and it is possible that a CIA may acquire an operational interest in this organization a at sometime in the néar future. WY ye LOL 1 : CONFIDIAG ie LAK AY Die we 8 wad | Hi 54027 DocId: 32301053 Page 11
| Mr. Trotter || | Mr. W.C.Sullivan | Tele. Room _ | Mr. Ingram | UBA RA DASH CUBA, bie ye SA GEORGE RO, REGIME. ON JANUARY THIRD LA
PAY - Ca SECIS iw PAGE TWO MM SEVEN TWO SIX DASH S ADVISED THAT VICTOR WANEQUE, AKA ABS ASB UN rete lm CAPTAISXDIEGO, WHO IS MILITARY DELEGATE OF MIRR IN MIAMI, Fé eR ASTRA ELAR TEA TE WAS GOING TO BE ‘PLACED IN_CUBA THROUGH GUANTANAMO BAY SOMETIME SQON BY QUOTE THE AMERICANS UNQUOTE, NOT FURTHER IDENTIFIED, ACCORDING TO BOSCH. ON JANUARY SIXTEEN LAST, SAME INFORMANT LEARNED FROM BOSCH THAT QUOTE JOLLY ROGER UNQUOTE cre einen acme ace) WAS GOING TO TRANSPORT SOME GUNS FROM GREEN CAY, BAHAMAS, TO a amen MIAMI WHERE THESE GUNS WOULD BE TAKEN BY GROUP DEPARTING MIAMI i | , BY PLANE FOR CUBA, TODAY, UPON BASIS INFORMATION FURNISHED BY ! " BROWARD COUNTY, FLA., SHERIFF-S OFFICE, MIAMI INTERVIEWED | | THREE MEN WHO IDENTIFIED THEMSELVES AS U. S. CITIZENS LOCATED CN ISOLATED PROPERTY NORTHWEST OF POMPANO BEACH, FLA. THESE MEN WERE ROBERT EDWARUAROSTALLON, JAMES PETERMTENRI, AND > ; ‘iene cet RITA LIE RD, ‘Stiga sreseraecmrer rare Hae / ‘ . “ee AUGUST JOSEPH ANDREWAEACHOT, JR., WHO STATED THEY BELONGED TO\_Z& Nye an SERRE BR cerns CLE oth AN UNNAMED ORGANIZATION CONSISTING ‘OF TWELVE TO THIRTEEN AMERICANS UNDER LEADERSHIP OF FRANK STURGIS Tuo EIGHT NAUGHT Se W. SIXTIETH COURT, MIAMI, AND THAT THEIR CAMP WAS A STAGING AREA USED BY A GROUP PRIOR TO ITS TRANSPORTATION, DATE UNKNOWN, EY PLANE OR BOAT, TO CUBA THEY WERE. OBSERVED TO BE IN X(U) yore *e END PAGE TWO _ poner SECKET HW 54027 DocId: 32301053 Page 13
PAGE THREE POSSESSION OF ONE WEBLEY MARK SIX REVOLVER. THEY STATED THAT STURGIS SAID THEIR PRESENCE IN CUBA WOULD ENCOURAGE CUBANS TO DEFECT AGAINST CASTRO, AND THAT IF REVOLUTION SUC- CESSFUL AGAINST CASTRO, THEY WOULD BE REWARDED WITH POLITICAL POSITIONS OR BUSINESSES UNDER THE NEW REGIME AND BE ALLOWED REMAIN IN CUBA. FRANK STURGIS IS IDENTICAL TO FRANK ANTHONY STURGIS, AKA FRANK FLORINI, WHO WAS MENTIONED IN REFERENCED REPORT AS HAVING ENTERED INTO NEGOTIATIONS WITH CAPTAIN DIEGO nO OBATIN TRANSPOR- TATION OF HIS MEN FROM MIAMI TO CUBA, WHERE -FIORINI-S MEN I H | ' WOULD STAKE OUT AREA OF OPERATIONS FOR THEMSELVES. [ALso TODAY, MM THREE §1x NINE DASH S REPORTED HE VISITED FIORINI-S CAMP NEAR POMPANO BEACH YESTERDAY AND LEARNED THAT CAPTAIN DIEGO HAS GROUP LEAVING THIS WEEKEND FOR CUBA AND WILL TAKE ALONG © | FOUR OR FIVE OF FIORINI-S MEN AS SEPARATE UNIT UNDER LEADERSHIP OF MAX VILA, JR. SAME INFORMANT ALSO LEARNED THAT TODAY BOSCH, DIEGO AND FIORINI ARE REPORTEDLY IN TAMPA, FLA., TO APPARENTLY OBTAIN POSSESSION OF A BOAT WHICH HAS BEEN UNDERGOING REPAIRS. IDENTITY OF BOAT AND FURTHER DETAILS NOT KNOWN. ]YMIAMI HAS BEEN IN LIAISON WITH CIA LOCALLY CONCERNING DEVELOPMENTS INSTANT Xf END PAGE THREE | Stiga Cia wifol pag | a fiep rec atafseune- arnt ) o- h ent - g1,326-" loolgo _. “6 soe TE SET BA. CodT. oF Spesars] tad ay ( aan pa bse SECKET LASER obzLAssiti€0 HW 54027 DBocld:32301053 Page 14