’ Released under the John F. . DATEs 11-14-7017 . . AL wa 105-7039 CONFIDES TIAL been. sentenced to a. term. of four: years in prison in 1 Cuba, o but had already arranged his sista . LEASE is obviously identifiable qe ROOT" (page i, par. 1) in NIS report. (ee af) This source has not heard 7 any A oecee prisoners alleged to have been members of ‘the FBI, but. indicated that. rumors are always. circulating in Cuban. prisons alleging : of being involved. in: narcotics and had been reported to CUESTA. who. claimed American citizenship, spoke Spanish like a | Cuban and had a very heavy accent when he: spoke ‘English. a that different prisoners are ‘government informants, a ae Agents, etc. The only American prisoner known to MM figs c Ce named RICHARD, was IRVING RICHARD POYLE, Bufile 105- who had returned to the United States from Cuba. in carly. coe July, 1973, and had [contacted | source \¢\ “Ay On August 28, 1973, and September 1 and o, 1973, MM 3240-PSI was. contacted regarding referenced information. Based on 9 years in Cubanprison as a politic al pa ae 1964-73, this. Source reported as. follows: fu e: | soa 9) (i (i - Source™ stated. information regarding JOHN appeared to relate to at least twoor.more different JOHNS. JOHN W. BARBER, an American from Huntsville, Ala., was oe incarcerated. in. Havana during the period: April. = August, 1972, and was. freed with little or. no explanation, © Although . : source had never personally. met BARBER, he: had. the reputation have been an "Interpol Narcotics. Agent": who was: infiltrated ‘into the prison to expose the drug traffic between. ‘Cuba _ o es and the United States. BARBER had a fight with LEASE when : each reportedly ¢laimed that the other had stolen their | 7 es drug customers in Jamaica and the United States. There ‘was never any. indication that he - ‘Spoke . ‘or: understood Spanish, a or that he had. any Cuban. background, His nickname in jail was, “remneee BARBER. had been: acquainted with ‘TONY: oe JOHN SPIRITO. “(Bufile 2-1526), born in ‘Sicily, -00N Ine re pes Doclda: 32325877 Page 4 Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC 2107 Hates -
WReleased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act “of 1992 (408C 2107 Hotes. «DATE: 11-14-2017 * a oe os ee “y rs 7 tt 105-7039 SPIRITO is in. Cienfuegos ,' Cuba, at the present time “working as a construction engineer in the Cuban Government. t. Uz JOHN PIS MASUTIER (Bufile 105~161874) ‘was a Cuban with American citizenship, arrested in 1965, and . sentenced to four years. When he was in jail in ‘Cuba, | ' PIS ‘would not speak English because he was afraid. ~~ He said it was because he had. promised not to speak _ . English until he completed his. sentence, He is su posed to be in San Jose, California, at this tame. . (u) ‘Re_Other Individuals at MM 3240-PSI indicated that RUTH and ROOT were obviously identical to STEPHEN L, RUTH and RUSSELL J. ‘LEASE, with whom source had associated closely in prison. _ RICHARD JOHNSON and (FNU). PHILLIPS were not. known to this source, He recalled there were several student. -hippie types in prison from time to: time. One pair of white go youths, ages 19 and.21, one tall. and one short, both — poo with long hair, who had come to Cuba by boat, “claimed to... foe - be "revolutionaries." They didnot, however ,. fool the Cuban — officials, and. were ‘thrown, in 1 jail. It was thought one! s . name was JIM, (ay , ve an Sen Pe ee. po Source. did not. know LARRY FRASER, or any. ‘American. res Pe prisoners. Ww o claimed to be members” Of: or “connected with ae anes FBI. (u) | | | On September. 1, 1973, MM. 3240-PST listea ‘Ame ican ae . prisoners still in jail in Cuba, ‘in. (1973, 3s follows: =U ‘ee a * . ye | At La Cabana, Havana. wee Americans: ae ay - Puerto, Ricans | - 1. At Guanajay, Cuba. oe “Americans: ~ LAWRENCE KIRBY LUNT peers Y) FRANK EMMICK ee SON 1 Obge | JUAN TUR VALDES sens S@u/ EVERETT JACKSON | /s5-/2 2640. 4 (MARTA ‘TEL CARMEN Y LOPEZ (RUIZ) - “America ‘Libre Farn | - CONFIDENT a Be Docla: 32328877 Page 5
" Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 {44 Use 2107 Hotey - 6 ~ DATE: 11-14-2017 MM 09-1008 — - CONFIDENTIAL Puerto Ricans - 1 - - cxaumrgyyqnatss | (2a) | ae There: were also. several Americans at Patio itar. and ‘Principe Prisons, numbers not indicated. ii ( ae t is to be noted t it. was the considered opinion of}potn MM(1228 S and\MM 3240-PSI. that information CG) : set out in/referenced NIS re ort was _confused, _Roneepec 5 “ and replete with inaccuracies. , ) if If additional information ‘is developed in ‘this 5 connection, it will be promptly furnished. 7 ace : |" : a | J { { ' | i a rt ! a; - CONFI ne a Docld: 32326877 Page 6