Ds - se ya ronm NO. 2, 010-106-038 >M 62 GSA oan. Rae, ‘NO. 27 (~SRNMENT Memorandum DIRECTOR, FBI (137-9761) UNITED STATES G/ DATE: 7/30/64 SAC, MIAMI (137-2830) (P) Rey, CONF. INFT, Ve \ SUBJECT: Mi BO7T=Bc.- / MIAMI DIVISION . Re Miami letter, dated 5/19/64. MM 897-PC was designated as a target for development. on 10/24/63. Since that time he has been contacted with regularity. Informant, who is a Cuban exile, - has. furnished extremely valuable information regarding criminal activities of the Cubans in exile here in Miami, Hee has also furnished information relative to his association with top hoodlums, ANGELO BRUNO and SANTO TRAFFICANTE. On 5/1/64, informant furnished extensive information relative to plans by ANGELO BRUNO and SANTO TRAFFICANTE involving anticipated gambling operations in the Dominican Republic. The informant has advised that these plans have not materialized. He has not been in recent contact with ANGELO BRUNO and, therefore, is not in a position to | advise the status of this program in the Dominican Republic, The informant on 7/2/64, furnished information relative to reported plans of Cuban hoodlums living in tuo Miami to raise funds under the guise of promoting a plot to assassinate FIDEL CASTRO. Information concerning this has been furnished to the Bureau by teletype and letterhead NY memoranda. he informant identified the "Cuban gangster! Lee as HERMINIO¥ DIAZ, of New York and Miami. He advised that DIAZ was known a “big gangster in Cuba.” Other members a SOU ssociated with DIAZ included HUMBERTO NUNEZ WEBSTER, aka. \HUMBERTICO and HECTOR DUARTE. He reported that DUARTE, °4Na Cuban gangster,recently arrived in Miami from Mexico, to SBUARTE allegedly was involved in the shooting of two policemen in Cuba. Informant advysed that a second group ° of gangsters, headed: BY, ANGELETA STEVES, is operating in @- Bureau (Ri MD vain tne - Miami (1 =" 137 vAB0) (1 - 13,2206 FJS: jkj a br iw VRE 2D ae mel SG ; ‘y US ae on en ¥ i 3 Why roar tesiai yp ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN (§ UNCLASSIFIED Py =< ~ FR i HW 53932 DBocld:32310554 Page 2?
Sy meses “E OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 . 5010-106 MAY 1962°EDITION . GSA SEN. REG. NOY 27 UNITED STATES col \nitent | . . ‘eS Memorandum | | Director, FBI w= . x ot TO DATE: May 19, 1964 SAC, Miami (137-2830) (P) An => cr a... wit JOSE BRAULIO-ALEMAN y GUTIERREZ, aka NEP. wy 897-PC / -~/, See ee ecterncerecanie 4 TOP ECHELON CRIMINAL INFORMANT PROGRAM Vid MIAMI DIVISION C Y B- Re Miami letter to Bureau, 2/10/64. < Enclosed to the Bureau is one copy of a letterhead ¢ | memorandum dated May 7, 1964, captioned "Proposed Business a2 Activity in the Dominican Republic by ANGELO BRUNO and others’," ~| ‘which had been previously submitted to the Bureau in Philadelphia origin case entitled "ANGELO BRUNO, aka; AR." Enclosed memorandum is a summary of the information relating to SANTO TRAFFICANTE, JR. and ANGELO BRUNO, furnished ‘ by the informant on April 22, “April 29, May 1 and May 6, 1964. HO x Informant was also contacted on March 20, 1964, but no pertinent ~ information was obtained at this time. SG Informant continues to be developed under the Top _ Echelon Criminal Informant Program of the Miami Division. It . appears that satisfactory progress is being made with the in- formant and that within the near future he can be converted to , a top echelon criminal informant, it being noted that ANGELO \. LN BRUNO and SANTO TRAFFICANTE, JR., about whom informant is fur- \ =i nishing information, are highly placed members of La Cosa Nostra. CZ)- Bureau (Enc. 1) 2 - Miami (137-2830) (1 - 137- 770°) ast samc | {3 /- q7 Fe /~ F ReC- 20 Wie 3 — | enclosure lt Viaieaies a ey | i INFORMATION dR Linen OGJUN I wa op DANE Wie Ae pe ccafen) , TEK) _ a No- 8-95 SE G&E. oe ie? HW 53932 DBocld:32310554 Page 3
au FORM NO. 10 vi yostTED STATES GO? “RNMENT 7 Oo . oe g oO ( \. a “Monona iam oe GC L, TOO Director, FBI DATE: February ‘10, 1964 ui | ie )7— / SAC, Miami (137-2830) (P) . Qo? / ae - aa ; ( DO © “YY _.4 JOSE BRAULIO ALEMAN y GUTIERREZ, aka 3. @D ont. = net MM_897-PC__ “ff en TOP ECHELON CRIMINAL INFORMANT PROGRA MIAMI DIVISION pen? Re Miami letter to Bureau, 10/24/63. This informant continues -to be a target for development under the Top Echelon Criminal. Informant Program of the Miami Division. He was contacted on October 23, 1963, November 5, 1963, December 20, 1963, January 15, 1964 and February 6, 1964. During initial contact on October 23, 1963, he fur- nished information relative to a business deal in the Dominican Republic involving himself, SANTO TRAFFICANTE, Jr., ANGELO BRUNO, PETER MAGGIO, and an unisnown lawyer, since identified as BENJAMIN ABRAMSON. This deal involved the construction of low cost hous- ing in the Dominican Republic, but never was consummated. Existence . of this deal was verified by the Philadelphia Office. On November 5, 1963, informant advised he had been told by his attorney, GINO NEGRETTI, that SANTO TRAFFICANTE lived on j ’ Hawthorne Avenue, Miami Beach. Investigation failed to reflect any such residence for subject but informant in this instance merely passed along information which had been told to him and did identify source of same. y © Bureau (AM) Miami (2 --137- 2830) (1 - 137- ~2206) -PAS: ame (5) ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED "HEREIN [S UNCLASSIFIED 4 “FEB 13 i964 HW 53932 DBocld:32310554 Page 4
4 ° FD-36 (Rev. 12-13-56) | . . | © ° | G4, -% < ps | Nis v\ ‘ | av D ; Date: 10/24/63 | ch —_ AIRTEL | Transmit the following in (Type in plain text or code) Vi nc (Priority or Method of Mailing) PLO CORED TO: Director, ,FBI 7 HEREIN | UNCLASSIF 1ED - | DATE 9h. - FROM: i ase w) . oi, 3s jo- $- 95 I RE; ‘JOSE BRAULIO aie y GUTIERREZ, ice : Anos goree! Jose Bs leman . | | “TOP ECHELQM CRIMINAL INFORMANT PROGRAM ~ MIAMI DIVISION As of 10/2 4/63, the Miami Office is designating JOSE B. ALEMAN as_MM..897-PC as a target for development under the Top Echelon Criminal Informant Program. He is a white maley, born 12/28/31, at Miramar, Havana, Cuba. 4 JOSE B. ALEMAN is a Cuban exile residing 8826 Hawthorne Avenue, Surfside, Florida. He is the son of JOSE ALEMAN, who was a member of the Cuban Cabinet during the regime of ex-President CARLOS PRIO SOCORRAS. Prior to 1/1/59 informant was the leader of an anti-BATISTA otganization, "Cuba Rebelde" with headquarters in Miami. He returned to Cuba after the collapse of the BATISTA regime. Even though he had befriended the supporters of FIDEL CASTRO during the revolution, informant's holdings and property were confiscated by the CASTRO regime. Informant took his family to Spain in 1961 and then came to the United States where he owns certain real estate, including the Scott-Bryan Apartment Hotel, 3300 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, ome which he operates. Burega (AM) 2206) 5 Arp | iors Jy Bic —_ a "| PAS: amc (6) HW 53932 DBocld:32310554 Page 5 7