peat? pater | if herecél OL. bal’ poy fre Ce bette, 0 0e pbs te” oa DIRECTOR, FBI | 00S DATE: a//s0 - LY ma soon Re Legat, Havana’ letters to Bureau dated. 6/20 and 1 7/16/38. ‘(u) . The following is a translation of an item which appeared on. June. 15, 1958 in the column "RELOJ" of the "Diario. Las Americas", a Spanish language . newspaper published in Miami Springs, Florida. -"May 19--The command of WILLIAM ALEXANDER MORGAN has been fighting for a long time against army forces in the zone between the Soledad Central and the South Circuit. MORGAN's men, excellently trained by him, a World War II veteran, attacked the soldiers, causing many casualties among them and seizing a large number of weapons . from them. The wounded were transferred in +~ trucks the same evening to Cienfuegos." u) i On July 2, 1958, RENE VIERA, PSI, who runs the column 'RELOJ" in the "Diario Las Americas" advised he has no information concerning the background of the subject. VIERA states he receives letters from the a7 Escambray Front in Cuba via couriers from time to time which describes the fighting in that area. VIERA states ~ -he believes he received such a letter from the subject approximately six months ago. VIERA states the letter published in his column on June 15 was probably written by some, re individual 3 in | the Oo mA Front. He GOD. (4)- Bureau (Encls 2) (RM) , “| - wilaby g SE RLA :mfm red CLASS. & EXT NB REASON-FCIM 11% OP va OF REVIEWS EWA DoclIda: 32336971 Page 2?
Fae . ek ¢ he ot . a a ce tee “i . ee Co ‘eon RT MM 105-1563 no longer has the letter. He states it is common for members of the rebel groups to send letters via couriers in order to have them published in the column as a means of keeping the Cuban element in Miami informed of. the activities of the rebels in Cuba. us) - VIERA stated he may possibly be able to obtain information concerning the subject from some of the’ oe couriers who come to.Miami periodically. He states he — will contact the Miami Office in the event he obtains further information concerning the subject (yy On July 14, 1958, RENE VIERA was recontacted and advised he has unconfirmed information that the subject was a room mate of PETER KORENDA (PH), an . American tourist who was killed during the attack on the hae Presidential Palace on March 13, 1957. VIERA states both MORGAN and KORENDA were living at the Sevilla Biltmore in Havana at the time. Ry On July 2, 1958, MM 639-S advised he has never ; heard of the subject, but will contact the Miami Office ™ if he should obtain any information concerning him, zC ANCL On July 3, 1958, JOSE Luig¥fona, 2100 Nn. w. Zw - |! 7th Street, member of the Directorfo  Revolucionario, furnished SA RAYMOND L. ACOSTA a copy of the’ "13 dé MARZO" (13th of March), official organ of the Directorio which ~ shows a picture of one "HENRY'' MORGAN in the center of a group of Cuban rebels at the Escambray front. VARONA \ advised the caption is in error and the name should be NI WILLIAM MORGAN. VARONA states he knows that an American -) by the name of MORGAN is a leader of one of the columns © at the Escambray Front. VARONA states MORGAN is supposed to be a Judo expert who is very adept with a knife and — is believed to be an ex-commando because he instructs the men in commando tactics. ¢ oS Sood = pa | al . Z - - HW 54462 DBocld:32336971 Page 3
ky t | WW 54462 Moon vne VARONA states he believes MORGAN is from Ohio and has a wife and two children whose whereabouts are unknown. wc VARONA advised he would contact the Miami Office if he obtains any further information concerning the background of MORGAN. ‘Bu . MM 105-1563 “On July 8, 1958, MM 695-S advised he has’ never heard of the subject, but will contact the Miami Office’ if he should obtain any information concerning him, OU) it is believed he was living there during March, 1957. hae , -On July 10, 1958, IC CLIFFORD M. WERNER ‘advise there is no arrest or credit record for the subject in Miami. \u) — OO x ae _It is suggested Legat, Havana make inquiries ra [s: the Sevilla Biltmore Hotel concerning the subject, as ' wo photos of subject are being furnished to Bureau for forwarding to the Legat, Havana. ABS \'A}) RUC YS ws oy DoclIda: 32336971 Page 4 , A