JFK Assassination System Date: Identification Form 5/7/2015 , Agency Information Peleased under the John Kennedy Assassination Records AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : FBI 124-90076-10139 Ollection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). ; ase#:NWU 54460 Date: AGENCY FILENUMBER: CR 109-584-523 o-03-2017 eee Document Information RECORD SERIES: HQ ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: ~- MM TO: HQ TITLE: | DATE: 10/25/1959 ‘PAGES: 7 SUBJECTS : ANTI FIDEL CASTRO ACTIVITIES MARCOS DIAZ LANZ DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 07/06/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : TT eee v9.1 HW 54460 DBocld:323276624 Page 1
Mré Tolson _£ Nir. Belmont 7 Mir, DeLoach —_ Mr. McGuire Mr. Mohr Mr. Parsons Mr. Rosen Mr. Tamm Mr. Trotter Mr. W.C. Sullivan — Tele. Room Mr. Holloman —__ Miss Gandy ey a < a “€ mee - ts ¢ as S . y URGENT” 10-25-59 10:46 AM EST RLB he, To AIRECTOR BS ; FROM SAC MIAMI 251030 ie PAIR CYR LPP IERIE “OCTOBER 24 FROM ASSISTANT BIRECTOR BELMONT OF BUREAU AND | Ly x FROM SAC TEAGUE TO ASSISTANT DIRECTOR BELMONT. ON EVENING [os l. OCTOBER 24 FOLLOWING PERSONS INTERVIEWED AT 120 SW 71 AVENUE § ~? a MA Onnti-F1DEt. CASTRO_ACTIVITIES; IS-CUBA. RECPREEPHONE CALLS “| a\\W es MIAMI, PEDROLUIS DIAZ. shee FOR R CHIEF OF CUBAN AIR FORCE} (FAR); HES BROTHER MARCOSE AZETANZ OrIER RECTOR GENERAL, | in SISTANT TO PEDRO“AN “FARS RICARDS RIEXVALLS, FORMER | JULY 26, MOVEMENT..UNDERGRONND..P NTL SR’ TN MIAMI; ERANK.| ny TURGIS, AKA. FRANK: LOR “US CITIZEN FOR ER UNDER- | (0 GROUND’ MEMBER JULY 26 MOV! 3 OGOYEN, PAT OUTSET ls, OF INTERVIEWS ALL WERE INFORMED OF THEIR RIGHTS, PEDRO LUIS pI AZ “"LANZ CONFIRMED INFORMATION FURNISHED BY HIM OCTOBER 22 LAST. | HE FURNISHED FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. LEAFLET DROPP (iq FLIGHT OF OCTOBER 21 LAST WAS JOINT ENTERPRISE OF ABOVE PERStINS UNDER LEADERSHIP PEDRO DIAZ ON BEHALF OF 26 OF JULY ANTI COMMONIST SS MOVEMENT, BUT NOT WITH SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OF: MQVEMENT. PEDRG DIAZ PLANNED INCIDENT. RECEIPT OF INFORMATION CONCERNING ARREST [BY FIDEL CASTRO OF MAJOR HUBERTO MATOS CAUSED DIAZ TO MOVE UP “JDATE AND CHANGE TARGET FROM CAMAGUEY TO HAVANA, PURPOSE OF | NLEAFLET DROPPING FLIGHT WAS TO PREPARE CUBAN PUBLIC_OPJNIQN JIN FAVOR OF 26 OF JULY ANT! CASTROMBESHENE ARTO EXPOSIYHE AGASTRO aes c = Nig ye lets ue. “2 #0 NOV 2 1958 i a , io LINRECORDED CO 2 A Pa sagen, pe! het: on Rie ey FECES sei e2e¢ ; - tdaan hin Tr I Ong "6 4 Gani. Zin i Ag Asa ie agit ty 7? i fafase # a ee ; } [sis Classified by REY *B/of77___ Exempt fro EDS, Category. if the Ova "Ce ees absences. e is to be disseminated outside the Bureau, it is suggested that it be suitably pone ine ed in or Erato Profdct the Burdau7Zchptographic systems. APPROPRIATE AGENCIES oy + OE Rips ost Qt. Le BR HW 54460 Docld:323276624 Page 2?
* ° - ~ - ; “4-41 (Rev, 2-9-59) . CoG . . , of , mee Mr. Tolson Mr. Belmont ____ DECODED COPY Mes MeGuiee — Mr. Mohr Mr. Parsons \ Mr. Rosen Mr. Tamm [ Radio / | OH Teletype Metres ye Me. Holloman PAGE FOR FROM SAC, MIAMI 251030 ieaialciseh emma ANYTHING TO FURTHER EMBRASS US GOVERNMENT. STATES HE MADE ONLY (> | ABOVE FLIGHT AND- KNOWS NOTHING RE ALLEGED LEAFLETS BEING DROPPED oo SINCE. [FOLLOWING ARE INCIDENTS REPORTED BY MM 639-S TENDING TO |: SHOW DESIRE AND ATTEMPTS OF CASTRO GOVERNMENT TO DISCREDIT US fi” THROUGH CASTRO GOVERNMENT ENGINEERED AND PLANNED INCIDENTS, UNDER = | NO CONBI TIONS SHOULD ANY OF FOLLOWING BE RELEASED TO PRESS NO : SO WOULD MOST CERTAINLY PLACE INF CRMANT?S LEFE IN IMMEDIATE JEOPARDY. IF FURNISHED TO OUTSIDE AGENCIES, IT SHOULD BE DONE | UNDER THESE CONDITIONS ONLY. SEPTEMBER 18, 1959,, |NFORMANT WENT | tg 10 HAVANA CUBAWAND WAS MET AT AIRPORT BY -FERNANDG OBA, SGT... CUBAN, cui? CEs ON SEPTEMBER 19, 1959, COBA TOLB INFORMA T THAT CHIEF OFL Fy oe POL| CBABTMELJERAS. GAVE HIM $1,000 TO GET RAFAEL DEKYPTNO TO CUBA.| Gk" TT BEING NOTED BEL PINO PUBLICALLY INDICATED HIMSEYR TOMBEW AT 324) ANTI CASTRO LEADER AT MIAMI AND SUBSEQUENTLY WAS SEIZED IN CUBRA@ JULY 25, 1959, AFTER HIS AIRPLANE LANDED ON HIGHWAY OUTSIDE HAVANA. COBA TOLD DEL PINO WHILE IN MIAMI HE WAS LOOKING FOR A PILOT TO la FLY TO CUBA AND RETURN WITH ALIEN TO MIAMI, DEL PINO VOLUNTEEREG Z FOR THE JOB. TWO PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO KIDNAP DEL PINO | 1G BY VIOLENCE WHICH FAILED. ‘ON SEPTEMBER 20, 1959, ALMEIJERAS TOLE INFORMANT HE WOULD LIKE LATTER TO SET UP AN EXPEDITION IN MIAMI | CONSISTING OF 100 MEN, ARMS AND A BOAT, AND TO EFFECT A LANDING | AT A PLACE DESIGNATED IN CUBA WHERE THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT WOULD ! SEIZE THE INVADERS, ALMEIJERAS SAID HE WOULD BE SATISFIED IF HE] COULD SEIZE 20 MEN. HE SAID HE WANTED TO EFFECT THE SAME TYPE | OF INCIDENT THAT WAS CARRIED OFF BY WILLIAM ALEXANDER MORGAN ON | On -ABCUT AGU oF SAME DA YF ORMAN ALM ade COBA } AND ist Bon YeuARDS WENT TO RAUL CASTRO$S HEADQUARTERS WHERE oma AU TROCONFIRMED ALMEIJERAS PLAN FOR INFORMANT TO BRING AN INVASION GROUP ANT @sGUBJ RAUL SHOWED GREAT INTEREST IN THIS ANG MADE ARRANGEMENTS WITH INFORMANT TO USE COBA AS HIS HAVANA CONTAG > DESIGNATED A PRIVATE AIRPORT FOR USE BY INFORMANT TO ENTER AND L. DEPART CUBA AND INFORMANT WAS FURNISHED AN ADDRESS TO BE USED | (i y- y If the intelligence contained in the above message is to be disseminated outside the Bureau, it is suggested that it be su paraphrased in order to protect the Bureau’s cryptographic systems. l. 54460 Docld:32326624 Page 3
o ~ 4-41 (Rev. 2-959)  / me ; Mr. Tolson Mr. Belmont ___ DECODED COPY te DeLosch — Mr. McGuire , Mr. Mohr Mr. Parsons \ a Mr. Rosen ry | ~ Mr. Tamm IX X ( . Mr. Trotter Radio , , Te etype Mr. W.C. Sullivan , Tele. Room Mr. Holloman Miss Gandy PAGE FIVE FROM SAC, MIAMI 251030 CUBAN NATIONAL POLICE, IN EXILE MIAMI ‘SEPTEMBER “28, 1050 | i MM 639-S WAS IN CUBA AND MET WITH FERNANDO COBA AND EFIGENIO | ALME|JERAS CHIEF CUBAN NATIONAL POLICE. LATTER INDIVIDUALS INf CONVERSATION GAVE INDICATIONS THERE ARE CUBAN AGENTS IN MIAMI | INVESTIGATI®®@ BATISTIANOS, ALMEIJERAS WAS CONSIDERING SENDI NG| SOMEONE TO MIAMI EITHER ASSASSI@(TE OR KIDNAP ESTEBAN VENTURA. ALMELJERAS UP.TO THIS TIME HAD DENIED PERMISSION OF HIS PERSON lL a, BODYGUARDS TO CARRY OUT MISSION AGAINST VENTURA. ON OCTOBER 1, 1959 MM 639-S WAS IN HAVANA CUBA AND CONVERSED WITH EFIGENI io. ALMEIJERAS.WHO AGAIN DISCUSSED WITH INFORMANT HIS DESI Sea tNFOR LEAD EXPEDITION FROM THE US TO CUBA AND AGAIN EXPRESS 1ED A GREAT DESIRE TO SEIZE THIS EXPEDITION UPON ITS ARRIVAL IN CUBA, ON ABOUT OCTOBER 20, 1959, MM 639-S RECEIVED A TELEPHONE CALL | FROM FERNANDO COBA WHO WAS CALLING FROM CUBA, COBA HAD PREVI) ISLY CALLED THE GREEN MANSIONS MOTEL IN AN EFFORT TO CONTACT LYNNABAT RB A MIAMI PILOT ENGAGED IN ALIEN SMUGGLING. BAIR HAD MOVED AND’ GOBA COULD NOT LOCATE HIM. COBA TOLD INFORMANT /TO pores 104 I. TO BAIR WHICH WOULD INVOLVE NR Looe "TL terviten te A ae adhe SENATOR.RESIDING IN MIAMI, THIS WOttD LTE! STTUATION AS WHEN 7 SA DELIVERED DEL PINO. COBA OFFERED THIS ASSIGNMENT TO INFORMANT, If the intelligence contained in the above message is to be disseminated outside the Bureau, it is suggested that it be Suitably paraphrased in order to protect the Bureau’s cryptographic systems. HW 54460 Docld:323276624 Page 4
~ 4-41 (Rev. 2-9-59) o x ed Mr. Tolson Mr. Belmont DECODED COPY eee’ Mr. Mohr Mr. Parsons \ Mr. Rosen Mr. Tamm [1 Radio | Teletype = sx. tove Tele. Room PAGE SIX FROM SAC, MIAMI 251030 Mr. Holloman [WHO DECLINED. ON EVENING OCTOBER 24 MM 639-S ADVISED Miss Gandy 7 HE HAD JUST RETURNED MIAMI FROM HAVANA, CUBA HAVING ARRIVED THERE OCTOBER 23 IN COMPANY WITH ALEX HERNANDEZ, CUBAN RESIDING MIAMI WITH WHOM INFORMANT ASSOCIATES. INFORMANT AND HERNANDEZ | HAD CONFERENCE OCTOBER 23 WITH EFIGENIO ALMEIJEIRAS, CHIEF CUBAN NATIONAL POLICE, HAVANA, AND FRANCISCO COBA, SERGEANT IN CUBAN | POLICE, ALMEIJEILRAS PROPOSED TO INFORMANT THAT HE APPROACH f | FROMER CUB AN sr ROLANDO MASFERRER OR SOME OTHER ANTI CASTRO F | LEADER OF PROMINENCE IN MIAMI, AND OFFER TO PILOT A BOMB CARRYING} PLANE FROM MIAMI Ride CUBA FOR PURPOSE BOMBING HAVANA, THAT |NFOR= MANT SHOULD CONT Sas TO PROCURE BOMBS WITH US GOVERNMENT MARKINGS AND UPON ARRIVAL IN CUBA MAKE LANDING ON STRIP 25 MILES WEST OF | HAVANA WHERE BOMBS WILL BE TURNED OVER TO ALMEIJEIRAS. CUBAN i GOVERNMENT WILL THEN MAKE PRESS RELEASE CLAIMING THAT MIAMI BASED| PLANE DROPPED BOMBS OVER CUBA AND WILL OFFER AS PROOF ONE OR MORE KAY BOMBS BEARING US MARKINGS WHICH THEY WILL CLAIM WERE DUDS. OTHER | Wk BOMBS WILL BE EXPLODED AND FRAGMENTS OF SAME OFFERED AS ADDITIONAL PROOF, ALMEIJEIRAS DISCLOSED THAT PURPOSE OF THIS HOAX I§ FOR PROPAGANDA AGAINST US STATE DEPARTMENT IN ORDER TO FORCE US ACTION | AGAINST ANTI CASTRO EXILES RESIDING IN US. ALMEJEIRAS DESIRED THIS PLAN TAKE PLACE OCTOBER 26 AND HE DESCRIBED IT AS BEING HIGHLY IMPORTANT TO CUBAN GOVERNMENT. ALMEIJEIRAS ALSO TOLD INFORMANT THAT SEVERAL HAND GRENADES WERE DROPPED BY LEAFLET DROPPING TWO ENGINED PLANE WHICH FLEW OVER HAVANA OCTOBER 21 LAST. HE SAID THAT ANOTHER PLANE FLEW OVER HAVANA SAME EVENING, | BUT GUBAN GOVERNMENT DID NOT POSESS DESCRIPTIVE DATA, INFORMANT | ly STATED ALEX HERNANDEZ DISCLOSED HE WANTED NO PART IN ABOVE PLANS PROPOSED BY ALMEIJEIRAS, p PCI CHARLES WLLL SCAM, AGORMEL, RECONTACTEG= W NG-TO T Y. HOW VER, P@INTED OUT HORMEL’S INFORMATION HEARSAY. HE STATES HE ARRIVED AT REMMER T WARNER AIRPORT, POMPANO, FLORIDA ABOUT 11:20 PM OCTOBER 21 LAST, WENT | TO AIRPORT OFFICE WHERE HE PASSED TIME OF DAY WITH NIGHTWATCHMAN, Kv) ¥ WHILE TALKING, THEY HEARD NEWS BROADCAST OF AIR RAID AND DROPP | NG OF LEAFLETS OVER HAVANA. NIGHTWATCHMAN COMMENTED THAT B-25 AT » | ee If the intelligence contained in the above message is to be disseminated outside the Bureau, it is suggested that it be Suitably paraphrased in order to protect the Bureau’s cryptographic systems. HW 54460 Docld:32326624 Page 5