‘Date: 12/02/04 | JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM - IDENTIFICATION FORM’ AGENCY INFORMATION , AGENCY : CIA RECORD NUMBER ; 104-10062-10054 RECORD SERIES : JFK .. AGENCY FILE NUMBER : 80T01357A DOCUMENT INFORMATION AGENCY ORIGINATOR : FBI FROM : FBI TO : TITLE : CUBAN INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES DATE : 06/25/1969 PAGES : 6 SUBJECTS : RECRUITMENT Cis. CUBAN INTELLIGENCE _  AGENT-CUBA DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER CLASSIFICATION. :. SECRET.. RESTRICTIONS : 1B... ; _CURRENT STATUS. : -RELEASED IN ‘PART PUBLIC - RELEASED WITH DELETIONS DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 07/13/93 : JFK9 : F75 : 1993.07.13.10:33:24:250590 COMMENTS [R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED 104- 10062- 10054 HW 50529 Docld:32346313 Page 1
=~ ff * ‘ . . © ; LNEPED STATLS DEPARTMENY OF JUSTICE t . ny FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION BY te. . eply, Vlesse Kefer to SECRET . i 1954-1626 ———— 7 i Miami, Florida og! June 25, 1969. bo 90 [- 824376 a poz: PYDRO_LUIS PINERO AIRIN NGbe GBS ee 0 “INTERNAL SECURITY - CUBA | | yO sedvro Luis Pinero Airin is a third secretary of the . Cuban Misstun ta the United Nations (CMUN), New York City, re- atding at 401 East Tith Street, apartment 5K, New York City. on gune t, VoD, source, a Cuban exile residing in Minmi, Flerida, furnished the following {nformatioa: ‘ } around the beginning of January, 1969, he received ‘ a communication from a close relative in Cuba asking source — Besar to telephone her urgently. Source then telephoned his relative tn Cuba who told hin she was sending source & letter through noman named ‘ruarcelino™ who would be traveling to the United States in a few days: That this letter h d some information af imporcance to both of them. : . , a 4 i ct ° ‘Tyo or three weeks later, around the beginning of February, 1869, source received a telephone call from a man identiiying himself 48s "Marcelino", saying he had just arrived from Cuba and was then at the Freedom House in Miami. Source asked “Mareelino"™ to wait there so he could meet him and to pick up Che totter From his relative in Cuba. "Marcelino" rephicd thal this was not possible because he was leaving for New York at tbat moment, but would contact the source as soon as he arrived in Now York. the followiny day source received another telephone coll in Mismti from waayeeLino' who now told source that he was ai tne Freedom Towel in tiiami because his departure to New York had heen postponed. Again ‘Marcelino" stated he, could not meet source a8 he was then leaving for New York, but told souree nob ta worry about his relative’s letter. because he would goon be rocyntacting tae source, ene * i | mo . were orN MEO \ SECRET a9 Tee AGL Group I ow ) C7 wih & 4 tkeluded from automatic pet fac. MACK downgrading and . ; Cr tance ee declassification HW 50529 DBocld:32346313 Page 2? ate SOl4
Pu ‘SECRET 7 Ro: PEDRO LUIS PINERO AIRIN || 0. Source added that since the above contacts by "Marcelino", several persons arriving from Cuba on the Freedom Flights have contacted him to tell him that his relative in Cuba ursred him not to leave Miami and not to travel by plane, as he was ieiny watched by the Cuban Intelligence Service (CIS): and they knew all his movements, These persons also mentioned tha: source's relative in Cuba is forced by CIS to contact him, and she urged him not to pay any attention to "Marcelino" | because he is a member of the CIs. ss rr | nr ae ae ce! Source continued that he received another telephone call in Miami from "Marcelino" on April 1, 1969. At that- - vee time "Marcelino" stated he was in New York, and asked source  ¥_iy. ::: bean to meet him in New York on April. 6, 1969. "Marcelino" stated swe is he would send source the plane fare. to New York. 2 8k Awe RE. On April 2, 1969, source received a telephone call: .~.- in Miami from an unidentified caller who had a different voice 9 3%. from that of "Marcelino", This caller told source that he ‘should. =! come to an agreement with "Marcelino" and cooperate with him. Seats That Same day source received a second call from this unidentified». =: person who told source that they knew all about him, his address | and his family, and to impress upon source how serious. this matter really was, they were going to give him a “bad scare", That same evening, a car followed him for several blocks at SY which time two shots were fired towards his car, in.an apparent  =—- |: effort to scare him. ee, poe Dt Source continued that on April 5, 1969, he received another telephone call in Miami from "Marcelino" who asked source if he had received the travel fare to New York. Source replied in the negative, so "Marcelino" told him he would send him the fare. "Marcelino" told source to meet him in New York on Sunday, April 13, 1969, Source did not go to New York to meet "Marcelino", a Source continued that on April 18 or April 20, 1960, he received another cable from his relative in Cuba who asked him to telephone her immediately. He telephoned this relative | who told source that "Marcelino" was very angry because source SECRET _ HW 50529 DBocld:32346313 Page 3
. were sent by. "Marcelino HW 50529 . oe . ¥ - “ : . ’ @ | | @ . , © ‘ SECRET ° Re: PEDRO LUIS PINERO AIRIN had not kept the appointment, and she urged him to meet "Marcelino", . og ert: Cac kAay ff sew aa” ie woe Source stated that on Hay 24, 1969, he received two United States Postal money Orders totaling $140.00. They utierrez Guzman". —)\W . Nae eed OG peg A pate ett AA: kh. dy. aw - F 24376. me ~ "on 'May 25, 1969, Since vecelyep another cali from - on "Marcelino" asking him if he had received the. money orders, On June 18, 1969, scurce advised that on that date: he was again telephonedin Miami by "yarcelino" who asked source to meet him at a designated area and time on June 22, 1969, in the New York City area. Source .told ‘warcelino”™ he was agreeable to such a meeting. On June 23, 1969, source advised that he met "watcel ino" in New York on June 22, 1969. He picked out a photograph of a Pedro Luis Pinecro Airin as the person who met him and introduced © himself as Marcelino". When source first saw "Marcelino" at ; the meeting site he was accompanied by 4, person whom source identified from a photograph as Miguel M. Santana Fraiz. As of June 1, 1969, Santana Fraiz is listed as an attache with the CMUN, who resides at 6 East 67th Street, New . York City. : Source stated Santana Fraiz was not. introduced to ,him, but was actually standing at a distance from Pinero Airin, apparently acting as a lookaut. In the above meeting Pinero Airin introduced himself to source by handing him a letter from source's relative in Cuba and atso ty giving source some photograptso& two members of his famtly in Cuba. Source stated the letter is definitely in the hindwriting of his relative and states in part. "the only problem is that before we can jeave Cuba they want to exchange idcas with you, that is why I must write thie letter as a means of identification for the person who is to interview you, in this case an agent of the government, with the fictitious name Marcelino.".....+ "80 that you may have the freedom of expressing youself and in deciding what you think is necessary . I must make the fogllowing clear to you: i. our exit is held - 3=- . . SECRET : Docld: 327346313 Page 4 : °
SECRET RE: PEDRO LTS PINFRO ATRIN po I back ountid the interview is made. 2. We are in our house waiting for the solution you give this. Mother and I appreciate your understanding." a oo DE Immediately after reading the above letter, Pinero . ° Airin told source that his name is yeally not “Marcelino”, ‘ that he works for the Cuban Mission to the United Nations, - “ He did not tell source his true name. ; . Special Agentsof the Federal Bureau of Investigation ‘observed the above meeting, and identified Pedro Luis Pinero Aixin as the person who conversed with the source, and identified Miguel M. Santana Fraiz as the person conducting a counter sur= velllence of this meeting, Source stated that during the above meeting with *Pinero Airin he noticed Santana Fraiz observimg them. He asked Pinero Airin:- who this person Was, and he replied that this was one af his men who had a USI machine gun in the case he was carrying} that they were taking no chances, as they did not know whether - gource would come armed and attempt to harm them. ...:.. , we é Pinero Airin told source that the Cuban Revolution needs. honest and hard-wowking persons like himseif to help_ . - f ang then proceeded to tell source about source's:.back=; "| 7g inciuding his anti-Castro activities in Cuba. in 1959... — : fle told source that many persons who worked for the CIA against ae: Cuba ane who «are now imprisoned in Cuba now realize what a J fo} good thing the Cuban Revolution is. As an example, Pinero “| Airin nentioned "Gallego" and Anibel Garcia whe are now in a YU ae el them, ground, Ciban prizea,.  — : pinero Airin then talked. at length about the pro~. plems in the United States such as expensive educa tion and medical care, and also about the narcotic problem in the United States. He stated that in Cuba they did not have these ~4- SECRET c OA INACREERA HR Te REIT SEEN Ge oe te o HW 30529 DocId: 32346313 Page 5
SECRET Re; PEDRO LUIS PINERO AIRIN problems as education and medical care are free. Pinero Airin then mentioned that President. Nixon / vacations in the Miami area, and the President's good friend _ “Bebe Rebuzo" is a good friend of Edgardo Butar and his son. Butari and his son are good friends of Manuel Artime. Pannen Manuel Artime is the head of the Movimiento Recuperaction Revolucionario, an inactive anti-Castro organization formerly with headquarters in Miami. . pinero Airin stated that if the United States Government ever conducte® any large scale activities against Cuba that Manuel Artime will probably be one of the leaders. Pinero Airin added. f that he knows of a meeting Edgardo Butari had with a United States _— Army(captain Oliva first name possibly Enello, who was a yYeader of Brigade 2.06 during the Bay of Pigs Invasion of Cuba in'1961. Pinero Aivik stated he is interested in the activities of Butari, as he is fairly close to President Nixon. Pinero Airin continued that Nino Diaz has a boat oo named "Venus", and this boat is now in Puerto Rico. He stated Diaz has Leen collecting money in the Miami area for anti-Castro fe activities, He also stated that Manuel Villafana is working for the CIA in Colombia along with Jorge De La Osa and Manuel \~ Gareta, also known as Bichinchi. fie stated that a man named Rodriguez and a Vilavoa (phonetic) were working for CIA in Bolivia and were involved in the capture and death of Che Guevara. pinero Airin asked source if he knew Comandante Mendez cf the anti-Castre Cuban exile group in Miami Known as Alfa 66. Pirero Airin. mentioned that Mendez and a man named Pacheco are bragging about plans to infiltrate Cuba. . Pivero firin then told source that the CIA has _ some ) involving Cuba at Homestead Air Force Base and_he : is about. He stated he “es niso interested in some CIA operation involving Cubans in -~ 5 « SECRET HY 50529 Docld:32346313 Page 6
a ” nt . , > eo7 mu . . : too, . . ~  € Ma : ‘ . ! . ¢ 7 Se Re - SECRET Re; PEDRO LUIS PINERO AIRIN Oo the Florida Keys, somewhere around Islamorada. _ oo EG Pay | Pinero Airin added that a group known as the Ejercito. Libertador, which is a small group of Cubans formed by some members of Brigade 2506, are trying to obtain boats to go to ‘Cuba. He stated this group will fail, as did a group from RECE (Representacion Cubana En El Exilio) (Cuban Representation in Exile) which was not. even able to get as far as the mangroves in Cuba a couple of weeks ago, all members being captured, RECE is an anti-~Castro organization, . a vy nes ' Source stated that Pinero Airin advised he would telephone source in one or two weeks in Miami, to srrange for ' another neeting. This documents contains neither recommendations nor | as Le conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is =: loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be digw tributed outside your agency. . Lo oo a Ms - 6k « , woe SECRET a ere HW 50529 Docld:32346313 Page 7