JFK Assassination System Date: 4/3/2015 Identification Form . Agency Information AGENCY: FBI Released under the John RECORD NUMBER:  124-10289-10310 . Kennedy ; ; Wsesassination Records RECORD SERIES: HQ ollection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). AGENCY FILE NUMBER:  2-1499-2ND NR 67 ase#:NWU 54462 Date: nO-O4-2017 Document Information ‘ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: SAC, MM TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: DATE: 01/19/1961 PAGES: 9 . SUBJECTS : FS, ASSOC, ACA, MIRR, MILITARY ACT, SABOTAGING CUBAN INSTALLATIONS, POLIT DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified _ RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 04/08/1998 OPENING CRITERIA : INDEFINITE COMMENTS : INC MEMO v9.1 1 HW 54462 Docld:32306150 Page 1
“Assistant. Attorney General Se Walter Yeaghey - " 2 “Franks Sturgis, mentioned above, is identical | ; with’ ‘Frank: Anthony Sturgis, also known as Frank viorini, ¢ who is-mentioned in the enclosed report as having entered into negotiations with Captain Diego to obtain tra nsportation of his men fron Miami to Cuba where Piorini's men would Bolt 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 ooee activities of Sturgis developed to date indicated a possible violation of neutrality statutes within the investigative ..° Jurisdiction of the FBI warranting additional inves tigation. Oa January. 19, 1961, an informant, who has : furnished reliable information in the past, reported he~ . “had visited the camp maintained by Sturgis near Ponpano I Beech ; 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 - were on January 19, 1961, reportedly in Tampa, Florids, ' allegedly to obtain posses Sion of a boat which had been. . undergoing repairs. Additional details of this trip and, ‘the identity: of the boat lavolved are “hot ‘known, -. YW i) a : The United ‘States Customs Service and the. United © “States Border Patrol have been. furnished all pertinent - SAS os * Gevelopments. in this matter in view of the pos sibility of: ,, additional gunrunning activities on the part of the. ‘Persons | involved. with: ‘he. (captioned. organization, » A representative ‘of the Contral: ‘Untelligenee ‘Ag soney aoe “(exa) in Miami has advised our Miami Office that althoug ch CTA has no operational . interest in Dr. Orlando Bosch’ Avila’. .and his organization at: the. present. ‘tine, some’ ‘consideration | “4s being afforded this: matter. by CIA and it is possible: that: CIA: May. acquire an operational integes { at some ime:.in'the near. future. ; HW 54462 DBocld:32306130 Page 2?
a SEVEN TWO SIX DASH § ADVISED THAT VICTOR | PANEQUE 1 AKA ~ CAPTAIN: DIEGO, WHO 1S MILITARY DELEGATE OF MIRR IN MIAMI 5 WAS. GOING 10. BE ‘PLACED IN CUBA THROUGH GUANTANAMO ‘BAY ma "SOMETIME "SOON BY. QUOTE. THE ANERICANS ‘UNQUOTE, NOT. FURTHER IDENTIFIED y AecORDING 0 BOSCH. ON JANUARY SIXTEEN: LAST, ae ceca ai nih a “AUGUST. JOSEPH. ANDREW BACHOT, ; : Sais MEN. WERE ROBERT EDWARD. ROSTALLON,. JAMES Peter eunt, AND. | AW 54462 Docld:32306160 Page 3
Me ‘ONE WEBLEY. MARK’ SIX REVOLVER. “THEY. STATED. TONS. FOR THEMSELVES oF MAX VILA N HW 54462 DBocld:32306130 Page 4