| | Ye ' ” ro a pot ve De, GSA GUN. REG. NO.a7 4 v . ; , , ; -Tolson Ne @@ ‘UNITED STATES GOVERNMEN vest “ * Beleont ABE | ="4 VMemorandubOU aed zo 2 /Vlemnoranausw U lO Cp wr EL SO o « 14 ad wt: W, C, Sullivan; -“~—— Copies madgari ech AE Hagen, Eos for revi rn MS . Ge i se Bees EY ie 3 / sS2 y. evsew at FBIHQ by = Mr Belmont Soe Stack READ 2 ' W, R, Wannali wy SCA 2 id 4. Mise Holmes “Oo a Reine \ , * . - a 5 ,Gandynt rane 283 1 - Hix, Evans Whe = 5 : _ <BHE  ATTACK..ON_ SPANISH VESSEE "SIERRA, ar Sullivan ow @; 4 8 (su, etl, G/1B/64 rem ‘Le Liaison. Sa sgn << NEUTRALITY MATTERS _ ir: annall \1 - Mr, Nasca bai w= } \G?assifie "Top — U.S; Merry del Val ; had visited Genera Marshall Carter, Deputy Director of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), _ sl Qo 4 4 ekMovimente Recume “(Bureau Source Six {| has revealed that tA ” io : a 0 Ly mo, (a : et ‘tthe previous day and next intended to visit the Director of the FBI, CIA has provided us a memorandum showing that on 9/22/64 the Ambassador ‘met with General Carter who referred to assurances given by Secretary of State Dean Rusk ann U.S, was not involved in the sinking of captioned. | J 4 vi x a i Ae —_ Kor NSA AYU 8E* Pe SN CSource Six|revealed that the Ambassador had a conference with SS) State : epartment officials, including Mr, John Crimmins, who is the | - Coordinator_of Cuban Affairs, on 9/20/64, Following the conference the Pai | ambassador[O dws told by SY | State Department official that theinvestigation of the sinking of captioned | | / Spanish vessel was being carried out principally by the FBi in Miami and © ||| - | Puerto Rico and that in this connection the State Department official had Fl ) an interview with Director of the FBI; In this connection, it may be . =~!) noted that Bureau representatives met with Crimmins in his office at ~ a | State Department regarding this matter on the morning of 9/20/64 (memo= EE randum dated 9/20/64 submitted) and the Ambassador was probably told that tate Department official had met with one of the Director's representa- a tives and not the Director himself, We have no information indicating ~ | the Director has met wit tate Department official régarding this matt (meee RY re pre cred) wing rrrite oh Woy. QL “  OQur memoranda in captioned matter dated 9/20 and 22/64 show th at request of Assistant Attorney General Yeagley we are investigating activities of an anti-Castro organization known as Secret Organization of . Continental Action (OSAC), This investigation was started last July. , Following the sinking of captioned vessel 6n~9/13/64;"the-OSAC claimed it | was responsible for the sinking and, thus, we have been investigating — this inerdent Sines that time "Crimmins on 9/20/64 advised us the ~~~ Spanish Government was most Upset over the attack on its vessel and that | the U.S, Government agreed to cooperate in an investigation the Spaniards | (Jaze conducting. [He asked if Bureau would object to his, making available .— ' {4 our investigativ esults t anish officials and we: told him that we id interposed no,objection tb RY = $b at doing $ AD vowivy. NOT RROORDED Dp sreltt é C7 FL GT 141964-— - “BE 64 : . CONTINUED > OVER that Lenten “ SEY RPS SS a2 : yyfe 9 GRAN ae GG4- . vw &) | AW 55355 Docld:32296395 Page 2