JFK Assassination System Date: 5/21/20] Identification Form Agency Information RFeleased under the John F. Kennedy AGENCY: FBI Lesassination Records Collection RECORD NUMBER: = 124-90102-10008 dct of 1992 (44 Tse 2107 Note). rase#: NW 54460 Date: 10-04-2017 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER:  9-57985-2 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: MM . TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: 07/23/1974 “PAGES: 35 SUBJECTS : MAX LESNICK DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS:  Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 07/31/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : RPT HW 54460 Docld:32332361 Page 1 1
~ FEDERAL. r SREAU OF INVECTIGATION 7 Samontiuaonsice OC aericnoromen ic et Gativerenion 0 MIAMI | -MIAMT 1 7f23L74 1. 5/20 ~ 7/8/75 Tif LE OF CAse—~—~S il ARPORTMAGE LY TYPEO By k | GEORGE E Be DAVIS, Re nii > UNION MUNDIAL ANTICOMUN STA CHEARACTER OF CASE. ; y woRtD ANTI-COMMUNIST | INION ) A UMA) ~ .. UNSUBS, aka as Union Mundial Anticomunista Und et Union} sO yf esnik - FaeTIM Max Lesnik ~ Vici —— _ | | IS ~ CUBA; EXTORTION . — | , , . _ a . 7 | ened € REFERENCES , - pe - Miami airtel to Bureau, 6/6/74. Wh) - ‘Bureau Latent Fingerprint Section Report, - NYY? ALL INFORE Ai “CONTAINED - a DATE, BY: oom —— ACCOMPLISHMENTS CLAIMED CMNONE cane HAD OEM “ed eo [savings BESS UES ES PENOING OYER ONE yEAR [_Jrus [5 No A . . i PENDING PROSECUTION ol wan | | | (. OVER SK MONTHS Clves Cano at . appaoven SPECIAL AGENT | DO NOT WRITE IN SPACES BELOW e: —— paren Renters as eit trie eee ate at ntti < i=8 MADE: . 1Q’- Bureau _ : (1 - 9-New) 1 - USA, Miami - (Attn: AUSA GRAFTON WILS® 4 — Miami (105-22159) 1 - 9-New) 1 - 105-22094) ‘NOT RECORDED 50 JUL 29 1974 Disseminotion Record of Attochud | Report j Netottens ; te eee 4" a —y ° as - . rr rs rr ae acne vneeneenfen on wenn anaes ee ese neenn ene ee SN RCE TEXTE HW 54460 Docld: 32332361 Page 2? .
* vob ole . . +a ut Na . aos . ? een) , : -~ . . . cts Tae + 4 : . en "MM 2105-22159 - re ADMINISTRATIVE oa On 6/12/74, MM 1550-KS, who has known LUIS Be *TORNES for many years and who is in frequent contact _ » Oo. -. with him, stated that TORNES remarked that that same | - oi: day that ARMANDO GARCIA SIFREDO, publisher of "Patria" ' ."had received a new UMA letter and that it would be ~. . + published on 6/12/74. , MM 1550-KS said that so far as “che knew, "Patria" had ‘not announced to anyone, as of an “that, adate, recéipt of another UMA Letter. _ Ae ses On. 6/25/7h, MM 2960-PSTI, who is well acquainted a we with, MARIETA FANDINO, publisher of | "La Verdad", described / .. . “BANDINO-as an-enemy. of MAX LESNICK's. She has been trying : to undermine, LESNICK's work in Miami and has been speaking “and writing against him and his publications. MM 2960-PSI ' expressed the opinion that FANDINO could be affiliated with: we 7... |... UMA and could. be behind the threatening notes that have a . ye ot” Deen- directed to Vari cus newspapers in the Miemi area by ©. «:* a wt cierto ier a a Clem - a . co on 5/29 and 30/74, MM 1550-KS reported that on 52h) Thy. TORNES disclosed that he is. putting acid on copies +) 67°" * vot "Replica" which are at various newstands in Miami. TORNES:; 2. . said he has dynamite fuses and other equipment for the =. ."°' cone: “ .. construction of bombs. On 5/30/74, TORNES disclosed that ~.. 0 SoM: he is against LUIS SABINES, president of the Latin Chamber =" 4%. ls of Commerce, which was bombed on 5/27/74. TORNES said that . a SABINES is an associate of MAX LESNICK's. TORNES also ce related that he is putting pressure on various Cuban ' merchants not to sell "Replica" and that before the Latin Chamber of Commerce was bombed, he attempted to pressure a * that. organization into persuading merchants to stop. .° te ‘selling. "Replica". TORNES referred to “Replica®’ as a. : “bolshevik publication. . oe ' . a TO Bt eee Ste oh near lentes oe sen San Sines viez . : es ws — ”- -MORNES said that UMA has issued a warning vos - that. the “onty target of UMA is "Replica" and no one else. 5... 4: ” " TORNES expressed considerable interest in the -. Continental Bank located in the 1800 Block of S.W. Ist) Street, which he believed was a bank in which LESNICK has considerable financial interest. He indicated to —_ B ~— Cover Page aL : Loch vain oieicd COC - oe | HW 54460 Docld:32332361 Page 3