JFK Assassination System Date: $/26/201 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: = 124-10294-10309 © RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: — 105-110398-1, 2, 3 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: SAC,MM TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: DATE: 04/25/1962 PAGES: 27 SUBJECTS : GPH, LL, ASSOC, ACA, PLOT, SHIP, SS WILLIAMS, CRIM ACT DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT N CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: = Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: — 07/22/1998 Facleased under the Jobn . . Kennedy OPENING CRITERIA > INDEFINITE issassination Records oOllection Act of 1992 COMMENTS : INC S/S, NOTE, 3 MEMO, 2 TTY (44 USC 2107 Note}. ase#: NW 54464 Date: nO-10-2017 v9.1 1 HW 54464 Doctld:32306451 Page 1
—*b wo2 ee ‘UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT M. emorandum, oe es a TO. : DIRECTOR, FBR a SS SES a ae Tn ye | me . te! ‘ , : } Looe, A - , “+ QPTIONAL-FoIa NO. 10 ad 7 _ : . __ 78010-104-01 a / “ oy | res . : FROM wl SAC, MIAMI (105-6010) elains lassie of SeneeLARRY 54a SorpE; | I NN, GERALD RATRICK“HEMMING; ' EDWARD*CQLLINS ; ANTONIO UESTA; Is - CUBA Classified by i beh epoun DATE 3} OF oy , Dedlassily ome earch oe is f CK Ps "10-16: G Ic van ! aa hen Pels 4/25 tn Jt 6/62.4 Cs Qa < onfapril 24, 1962 joa MA 639 OO) been involved Ly jy /#, ¢@ in Cuban revolutionary activities during the past four year sy ‘At! i and who has furnished reliable information in the wy “i advised as follows: U DECLAS SSIFIED S iP LARRY J. LA BORDE, an Amerviéan™ “HY r Ow S. a sailor by occupation, claimed he contacted MAX fast a CIA ache, in Key West, Florida, on April 22, 1962, and wis. tx the cB dp "sg WILLIAMS," operating out of pe wits a WN Sond ing machinery to Cuba. LA BORDE al ppegues ed ote eeionto blow up this ship on its return a nto. va TV AcaB eat Sto LA BORDE, MAX gave him permission, A fed-LA-BORDE would ou five thousand dollars & mt , a — lavista whi fan a re ie Nate a 2) : i wGoxur the "3 gb-when--comp Leted OLNEY YAY SOE Cy a ‘BORDE...is associated with ANTONIO CUESTA, sae i GERATD™ ATRECK-HEMME G, d EDWARD COLLINS in this an plan to blow up the ship ry ; %). Bureau” CELT: - Miami bk’ p: rr RJD: ems ay Ia (4) ff oa : Gehesr® - Pete ¢ ie) 8 i. meat Tenor? seco HW 54464 Docld:32306451 Page ?
. yacht 73 feet long which he hoped would be donated to -1962, LA BORDE, HEMMING and COLLINS went to Key West, MM 105-6010 CUESTA is a Cuban national who has previously participated in CIA operations against the present govern- ment of Cuba. HEMMING and COLLINS are American citizens, mercenaries and revolutionists, who are not members of any Cuban revolutionary organization, but are in constant contact with most Cuban anti-CASTRO organizations in Miami @) MM 639-S states that LA BORDE claims to know the location of a CIA warehouse in Key West, Florida, . where arms are stored, and LA BORDE plans to burglarize | this warehouse later. Informant advised that on April 21, and on their return, claimed to have seen the CIA warehouse and said it was full of all types of arms and ammunition, has only one night watchman, and they think they could burglarize it without difficulty. However, they plan to wait until after they blow up the ship. u The informant advised that on April 24, 1962, CUESTA visited the Pier 3 area of the Miami Municipal Docks to familiarize himself with theaarea and devise a plan. CUESTA has decided to use an aqualung to attach explosives to the ship. He claims to be an experienced diver. (: ) U) Informant said that LA BORDE previously worked on a subchaser owned by ALBERTO FERNANDEZ, which was of operational interest to CIA, but has had no action in the recent past. LA BORDE claimed that MAX might overlook LA BORDE's burglarization of the CIA warehouse containing arms, if the destruction of the ship were mune SEER u On April 24, 1962, informant advised that LA BORDE and COLLINS on that date visited the Pier 3 area of the Miami Municipal Docks to familiarize them- selves with the general area. LA BORDE planned t that evening for New Orleans to bring back to Miami —_ | HW 54464 Docld:32306451 Page 3 Ky TS ks JW
> <urR, ~~ Se ty | Hw 54464 MM. 105-6010 Informant advised that HEMMING has a friend who is a ship surveyor, who was able to ascertain that the "SS WILLIAMS" would be back to Miami, Florida on about May 11, 1962. ® u) The informant stated that CUESTA claims that during the time he was working for CIA, ALBERTO FERNANDEZ received a certain quantity of money from CIA, to be used to buy food for the group operating a boat belonging to -FERNANDEZ. However, FERNANDEZ kept the money. (sf Hy U) Inasmuch as this matter concerning the blowing up of the "SS WILLIAMS" is not within the jurisdiction of the Bureau, and LA BORDE and CUESTA have previously been of operational interest to CIA, and there is apparent ly \ ill feeling between LA BORDE, CUESTA and CIA, the Miami Office anticipates no active investigation in this EOI) The Miami Office will follow this matter through | {contact with MM 639- -S} and liaison with CIA, Bureau advised. "ff 3 AU) DoclIda: 323068451 Page 5 and keep the i |
. | ; - oe . ‘] = : 7s ~ ae nar (red 2-5~ dso)” 7 - . ran . woe . Cz Tolson . ~ \ : Belmont ta ia aan ‘ oye ? . : . Cz Mohr . Callahan oS, 2 a E C 0 D E D z = ; v — Tele. Room aaa Re 1. — caTeletype Ls EST RGT vassal AGA Declassify“on: D pox C.-Gs bore Apt 94 Goo Soto ceuct Jojo £6 iG (oven rj P| & iS<6564r, IE sou Y-CUBA ‘GEOL A . WU) oy ON APRIL 2h LAST, fim 639 § 2] Ho E INFORMATION IN THE PAST, ADV] S 0 AS FOLLO S.(y) LA BORDE, AN AMERICAN IN una, CLAIMS HE CONTACTED 2 o~\Y MAX RALNU), ClA AGENT IN KEY WEST, FLORIDA, ON APRIL 22, a, “| a 7 } \k AND ADVISED HIM THAT THE SHIP SS WILLIAMS WAS RUNNING ; : Ee Bg MACHINERY TO CUBA. LA BORDE REQUESTED PERMISSION TO uu a SM. S. ve Si: Ed i “OS P SHIP“ON ITS RETURN TO MIAMI. AGCORDING TO LA BORDE, Mi a Pee GAVE HIM PERMISSION AND INDICATED LA BORDE WOULD GET $5009 ~ | mals >i 52. :2*2%FOR JOB WHEN COMPLETED, LA BORDE IS WORKING WITH ANTONIQ~ | .& S/o be oN GERALD, PATRICK HEMMING AND EDWARD COLLINS ON THIS . gal& ~4 Og? ras MATTER. DH me Ye By Seo Bk oe 3: g3C Ar we CEN CUESTA" IS CUBAN NATIONAL. HEMMING-AND COLLINS ARE™ Sal. S fr. Lc. v4h AMERICAN MERCENARIES. LA BORDE CLAIMS--TO KNOW IDENTITY AND eK a | = 22% LOCATION OF CIA WAREHOUSE IN KEY WEST WHERE ARMS ARE STORED VERS ~ My eas EOP a OR TO BURGLARIZE IT LATER. GDM. (4) o bl cd A CIA, UT AML, HAS ‘ADVISED THAT LA BORDE WAS OF OPERATIONAY te! ; ~ “INTEREST TO CIA BUT “THAT HE WAS DROPPED A COUPLE OF MONTHS BAPE 4 ~ AGO. ACCORDING TO CIA, MIAMI, MAX jIS IN FACT. A GLA AGENT IN’. 3p | | HOWEVER, “CONTRARY 0 @@ SAUCY): (ee 2 Vdesss- ites ee, SE, ~ of if the» intelligence Co es in the above message is to be disseminated outside the Bureau, it is suggested that it be suitably aed araphrased in order to protect the Bureau's cryptographic systems. | HW 54464 Docld:32306451 Page 6