FReleased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 ust Tits Hotes. re “DATE: 11-14-2017 | of we . a ca | ‘ . ra (7 / QD : iz . 1 Dyes y Ny OO SECRET! t MM 105-14883 - INFORMANTS - Identity Location MM T~1 iofera, iam XW) Instant report MM T-2°is MARIO ANDRES ROMERO ARIAS, Instant report Apartment 1, 1021 S.W. 3rd Street, , Miami, Florida. , & MM T-3 is PSI ADOLFO BORGES GALINDO. Instant report { MM T~4 is JOSE BENITO CLARK SANCHEZ, Instant report : PSI (UD). | - LEADS - | NEW YORK © se ee ei A LAN AT NEW YORK, NEW YORK of [JESUS JIMENEZ ESCOBARPYnd forward them to FBI Laboratory for comparison with Western Union money order and envelope postmarked New York on November 30, 1967. 1. Will obtain aufuha fore and hand printing specimens 2. Will conduct discreet béckground investigation of RICARDO LEZCANO, 515 West 17lst Street, New York. It is noted subject claims LEZCANO is a friend&who is unaware of his Cuban Intelligence connection: however, one of the -~élephone calis from New York to subject reportedly emanated os from telephone registered to LEZCANO, 3. Will conduct review of toll calls made from telephone of RICARDO LEZCANO for past six-month period, if feasible, upon receipt of Bureau authority. . J LIZA MARTIN resides at 42 West 120th Street, New York ity his name and address was used as a return on the “envelope allegedly used to transmit a money order to subject on November 30, 1967 (uw) ‘ € 4, Will diséreet ly determine if person named D = COVER pace SECRET Docld: 32298546 Page 3
" Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 4 UST Zi0T Hote; . DATE: 11- 14- 72017 . 938 N.W. 43rd Street, Miami, telephone ae | = a’ 1 c a ‘ . . a 1 1 ' SECKc MM 105-14883 MONTES resides at 207 or 209 West 113th StreegyiNew York City. This name was utilized by the sender S&F Western Union money order in the amou of $200 to subject from New York on February 26, rose lt 5. Will discreetly determine if anyone parcel fyoutan 6. Will further identify£MARIA ALVAREZ, Apartment 44, 515 West i71st St reeip New York City. Su ject was observed to enter this apartmént on March 10, 1968f RW) SAN JUAN AT PONCE, PUERTO RICO ant er en Will check indices against nam@XRENE TORRE, BL~321, Constancia Gardens, Ponce Band distreetly identify this individual, This lead was previously set out by Miami airtel dated 3/2/68 fap) AT MIAMI, FLORIDA 1. Will maintain contact with PSI ADOLFO BORGES GALINDO and PSI (UD) JOSE BEN!TO CLARK SANC HEZ regarding this matter... 2. Will maintain contact with STEPHEN CSUKAS, U. S. Customs, and coordinate investigation with his narcotics case re subject. 3, Will determine subscriber tofPost Office Box 2057, Miami address given in letter to subject from V. B. GARCIA as that of the father of RODRIGUEZ IG) | - 4, Will consider contact wi thaws PETERS, | 7 7564, for A information erg ine AROLD and FLORENCE CAMPBELL, 250 N.W. 43rd Str cane in letters of V. B. GARCIA to subject "]6) 9. Will identify subscribers to telephone numbers in subject's possession, - BK - - COVER PAGE SECRET Docld: 32298546 Page 4
[ Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 ust 2107/Hotey. BATE: 41-14-2017 a oN m—~{ re C- . oe Ce = 4 SECRE I) MM 10514883 6. Will discreetly identify FELIX PELAEZ “\ and determine if he is manager of the 7-11 food store \ at the corner of N.W. 27th Avenue and 17th Street. , 3 / - Will thereafter consider pretext interview with him. It is noted he is one of the individualsXsubject was allegedly requested to investigate by ELS eason for request unknown/Uy 7. Will forward copy of application for Western Union money order dated February 26, 1968, sent to subject, and original envelope postmarked November 30, 1967, in New York, addressed to subject, to the FBI Laboratory for ‘ comparison with any available handwriting of (JESUS J IMENEZ ESCOBAR, Chief Secretary, Cuban Mission to the United Nations.(%) REQUEST OF BUREAU Will determine through CIA liaison if that agency has” any information leading to the identity of V. B. GARCIA, O’ fe | Generalisimo 50, Alfaz del Pi (Alicante), Spain, or JAIME Tas BS | BARCELO, Av. Perez Galdos 116, Ap. 26., Valencia 8, | Spain. Ch Uf CIA if JAIME RODRIGUEZ, uy telephone number 35- 861, is identifiable.(y oe we Bureau is re Y) to authorize New York to conduct review of toll calls from telephone of RICARDO. LEZCANO, telephone 795-6287, noting subject received at least one call from this number in December, 1967. It | is possible LEZCANO may bekacting as liaison between subject and his Cuban Intelligence superior in New vork. REAL) a : ae ae. rh Bureau is requested also to determine through. ito Kaan SPO U) Co! 7 — Ge PO — ~ Fx . > COVER PAGE | ~~ SECRED : Docld: 32298546 Page 5
| Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 usc 2107 Hotes DATE: von -14- 2017 — A Se Caan ” . NL . ~ ‘ t tr ' t r . ' j t . . a“ a “ty Pa : | SECRET! | MM 1105-14883 . | | and furnished partial. information re recryitment by CIS © and subject referred. by this agency to FBI: Upon co sly by FBI Agents, subject furnished parfial infdrmafi ee recruitmen Yivicludi g contact with(G-2 officia . ork identified as [JESUS JIMENEZ, First Secretary, "CMUN IS) ‘Subject advised he was rinstructed. by J IMENE o travel » to Cuba for conference fwith RAMIRO VALDES, chief of G-2 7%) Subject volunteered to cooperate fully. with FBI in pis matter 4)Informant advised subject. paid $3,900. gy money’ was furnished by Cuban contact in. New Yor boat to travel to Cuba, construction of boat orig peor Cu) -on 4/17/68. Description set forth. - la - Docld: 32298546 Page 6
rReleased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992. (44 | DATE: 11-14-2017 pr ow . Pe a — % 2a a ‘ ‘ ¢ - o , 7 OP eng, ae oo re . we 1 . : ScCRET MM 10514883 The source met EPTFANIO ROMERO DELGADO, also known as “Pichi” Romero, and another Cuban refugee in: Miami, in about 1962 or 1963 and has maintained infrequent contact with him since that time, ROMERO is from Candelaria, Pinar del Rio Province, Cuba, and is married to HILDA, . last name unknown, who still resides in Cuba. The source described EPIFANIO ss a person of little education who has a strong aversion to any type of work and constantly smokes cigars and “plays the big shot.” ROMERO is a white male Cuban, age about 33, 5'8”, 160 pounds, thick black hair, dark eyes, and round face. He drives a 1964 Ford Mustang automobile. He resides at the apartment of ADOLFO BORGES GALINDO, 1050 Northwest First Street, Miami, another Cuban refugee and close friend of ROMERO. Also residing in this apartment are the mother and sister of BORGES, EPIFANIO ROMERO is not employed at the present time but was recently empioyed at a doll factory in Miami. He is on parole, having been recently released after having served three months of a fifteen-month sentence for Assault Upon a Federal Officer. This incident occurred in about February, 1967, when ROMERO was involved with others in a shooting incident with United States Customs off the Florida coast. The incident occurred during the last of a number of unauthorized boat trips to Cuba by ROMERO over the past few years.’ It is the source's understanding that. one of the conditions of ROVERO’s parore is that he- Hot again attempt to travel to Cuba by boa The source had planned a clandestine boat trip to Cuba in November, 1967, in order to attempt to rescu a fr¥end of his in hiding in Havana. This friend is OSE LULSPORNEL. JACINTO, also known as “Piquili,” @ Cuban refugee who had been “intercept ed by the Cubans during a clandestine trip to Cuba and who has been in hiding since early 1967. The source was unsuccessful in his attempt to rescue FORNELL. About the middle of November, 1967, at around \ 2:00 A.M., ROMERO came to the home of the source and. N pivised that helhad recently received a letter from Cuba which was sent [by diplomatic pouch to the ” gechos lovakis Embassyhen New rork"’ (source noted he was probably refer- ring to the (Creches lova kien gion to the United Nabcns) 516) Le Docld: 32298546 Page fF
DATE: 11-14-2017 v y wos & . } . 4 , , 4 ‘ ‘ r a ! é ° H ‘ ' ‘ : [/oate: under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 use P10? Hotes. ‘ = . wy ' ' cORET MM 105~-14883 ‘ This let ‘ter was in answer to a previous lett er from ROMERO to the Cuban Government. - ROMERO showed the source a type wei tten, ofe-page letter which instructed him to determine and report upon the activities of the following : () x ‘1. MANUE ELAR’ TIME and the Nicaraguan problem, 2, RAWONYPONT who has explosives of El2 Comandos L (anti-CASTRO organization in Miami). w | 3. PELISAPELAEZ, manager of the 7-11 food | store ‘at the corner of Northwest 27th ‘Avenue and 17th Street, Miami. Aa am apt According to the source, the letter also contained an instruction in the last paragraph to call the writer at a certain time, time not recalled by the source. The source said, however, this time was written in military style, for example, 1330, and the source could not recall if a day or date was mentioned. The letter was unsigned, as best the source could recall (pan . 7 \ ' The source stated that EPIFANIO explained that the letter had been sent to him from a Cuban in New York through whom he had made contact with the Cuban Government. | He said he had been instructed by this person to form a clandestine group of five persons, composed of himself, the source, ALFREDO BORGES GALINDO, JOSE BENITO CLARK SANCHEZ and JOSE LUIS FORNELL-JACINTO. Aithough the last named individual is in-Cuba, he is to be taken into the 3°! group upon his return to Minms 8 {aur a According to the plan as outlined by ROMERO to the source, ROMERO would make a trip to Cuba, where he would be furnished certain documents from ranking officials in the Cuban Government indicating their dissatisfaction with the Cuban Gowernment and a willingness to cooperate with the United States ;With these documents in hand, ROMERO _ ead return to the United States and attempt to interes te, MM in this afb oe AE x a not state According te the that he would attempt to interes — af ain conduct ing * elu u) * ye 4 Aa Docld: 32298546 Page &
DATE: pita 2013 ‘ “” g7* ' . . f , : : ia 2 1 a f € ° rR: . ot ae ° oes : + . . a a SECRET: MM 105-~14883 infiitration effort into Cuba in which the participants would be arrested, but only indicated that he would attempt _ to interest : MM falta the possible defection of some - important Cuban Government officials based on the docu- ments furnished to Wim for this purpose. (yf) u) According to the source, ROMERO stated he hoped to be paid by both the Cuban and United States Governments at the same time and to thus solve his — financial problems. (NM RE ALY * According to the source, ROMERO stated he had already discussed this plan with JOSE BENITO CLARK SANCHEZ and although he did not mention having talked with ADOLFO BORGES, the source assumed he had also discussed details of the plan with BORGES since they are extremely close friends and reside together. (Ban The source stated that ROMERO requested that he ‘take him, ROMERO, with source to Cuba on his next trip in order that he could obtain these documents and initiate this plan, Although the source agreed to do so, he sube sequently left for Cuba within a few days without ROMERO and returned to Miami in mid-December, 1967. During a later contact with ROMERO, the source explained to him that he had not taken him because ROMERO was on parole and the source feared he might get into trouble with the authorities. (YI [na The source further advised that in general conversation with one MANUEL CHAMISO, 435 Southwest 4th street, Miami, Supervisor at the doll factory where. ROMERO recently worked he had determined that ROMERO had made two trips to New York City in November and December, 1967, According to CHAMISG, ROMERO had said he was making these ‘trips in an effort to obtain a boat to travel to Cuba. , The source stated he was of the opinion that ROMERO holds no loyalty to the Cuban Government and is not a Communist, but is strictly an | opportunist who would do anything for money. On January @ &, 1968, STEPHEN CSUKAS, Enforcement Agent, United Stat C ey S Customs Service, Miami, advised that ~ 1O = SECRET me Docld: 32298546 Page 93 v [| Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hotey. t
DATE: under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 (Use 2107 Hofe}. DATE 11- -14- 2017 1 x ‘o ' Por ; [o- h we, . “N os > . 7 MM 105-14883 “TORET This message is translated as, "Greetings. We remember you well. We are well. Love to all. Kisses." The sender was shown as MARIANO TEJEDA, 1151 Southwest llth Terrace, telephone 444-5026. CSUKAS could not furnish any information as to the significance of the above messages or if, in fact, any one of them was actually written by the subject. It is to be noted the sender of all the above -messages furnished the same telephone number and house ‘ Number, but used different names and street addresses. Bresser's ouhees Reference Telephone Directory for Miami shows telephone number 444-5026 is actuall listed to one JULI GUTIERREZ, retired, wife CONNIEAQ@ UT etre 2 1867 Southwest 17th Terrace, Miami. A call to this number revealed no one named "PRE" | was known there. ‘ IPs (%\ Fon February 23, 1968, MM T-3,|who is identical with the above- mentioned source of U. Ss. Customs Agent CSUKAS ,f furnished ,t following information: > fa ay ) MM T-34has known EPIFANIO ROMERO DELGADO about two years. ROMERO has lived in the apartment of ADOLFO BORGES GALINDO, 1050 Southwest First Street, Miami, for about one year and reportedly pays $40 per month rent to BORGES, ROMFRO owns a 1965 black Mustang automobile and is currently unemployed. He was previously employed as a butcher at a Cuban grocery store called "Oso Blanco” | on West Flagier Street, Miami, for about two weeks prior ae to his arrest on March 23, 1967, for assaulting a federal officer. The subject was sentenced in early May, 1967, to 15 months in prison and was released on parole in August, 1967, after having served three months, The subject has not been employed since his release from rison, ° : (Yn ( T fise v Hrveet bee i contact et ey Gem n to suspect the subject was (aye he was still in prison. n about June, 1962) MM Ta 2y¢o served a letter sent to the subject from Cuba, whic letter had been sent via Costa Rica. The letter, which was unsigned, stated - croREp LL Docld: 32298546 Page 10
l Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 t 7 SECRET MM 105-14883 records of the Money Order Audit Bureau, Western Union Telegram Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota, were found to contain an original application for a money order dated February 26, 1968, in the amount of $200, payable to EPIFANIO ROMERO, partment 3, 1050 Northwest First Street, Miami, Flo ida. €The sender on the application is shown’ as JULIAN ‘MONTES, 207 West 113th Street, New York, New York, and the only message with the money order was "Saludos L/w) ‘Western Union records also contain an original draft, number FS 25199, dated February 26, 1968, in the ‘amount of $200, payable to EPIFANIA ROMERO .. The original ‘application and Araft are maintained at the Money Order | . Audit Bureau 5 > The original application and draft, should they be needed for prosecutive purposes, may be obtained only upon the issuance of a subpoena. duces tecum, which should be directed to the manager of ‘the Western Union office in ‘the city where Prey tion is had. Fann T- ata Cuban National who has resided in the _ United States for a number of years, and who is well _ ‘acquainted with the subject, furnished the following: information on 1 Oe 1968: : ) M T- afer the subject in 1964 when ‘the subject and informant were together in a training camp of the Junta Revolucionaria Cubana (Cuban Revolutionary Board) . (JURE), an anti-CASTRO organization, which camp was located near Tampa, Florida. The subject, in about 1965, began: o making "family runs" to Cuba and had no difficulty until February, 1967, when he was arrested and sentenced to 15 months following an altercation with U. S. Customs Agency. The subject served three months of this 15-month sentence and was released in about August, 1967, when he returned to live in Miami. ; y(n) According to tun T- Ke e subject approached him in December, 1967, and advised him of his contacts with an individual in New York connecteg with the Cuban G-2. According, to the subject's story his individual called on numerous occasions, identifying himself first as f'. "JULIAN" and later as "MONTES DE OCA.’ He persuaded) -17- Docld: 32298546 Page il