FORM NO. 64 ; “oot. , 5 ease at ww “pare: July 25, 1958 ~~ ‘e ATTENTION : IDENTIFICATION DIVISION FRANK FIORINI, was. D. bs. 7 Fred Frank@F iorini, eh NO ARREST RECORD - FS) 1D: ENTIFICATION DIS, MIS Sk a a Frank Attila, Fred“Attila a SB) | NEUTRALITY ACT, POLICE beh opeRaTroy | yw) Ay £ aw. PihoP “ ‘ Enclosed is the fingerprint card of the eongec conning photograph which was furnished by Lieutenant Roberto Vilasof ‘the: Cuban Army Military Intelligence Service (SIM) on July 24,.1998 . . ee He requested that any information which may be available ih the ie a Identification Division concerning this subject be fur nisHed Sto him. a “ It is suggested that the Bureau may desire to quote the enclosed fingerprint card as contributed by the Cuban Army Military ~ Intelligenge Service; date of arrest July 18, 1958; charge — \ investigation; disposition - pending ( ” \ . For additional assistance in. identifying subject, he... ; claimed thet he was with the U. S. Marine Corps from 1942 to 1945 and with. the, U. S. Army from 1946 to 1948. He is described as followg: h oe) ee ran yp on ‘Birth data . ‘Born 12/9/24, Norfolk, Virginia . pF S. Address 310 N. E. 5th Street;,~ Fort Lauderdale, \ ar: ‘ Lit Florida L . | Na Yona y ' American . _ \ =, Height 5" 41" | 7 LT) aN a sWeight 190 pounds | a i _ Eyes . Brown ; ms oo, as “Hair . _ Black, curly 2 Op. 7 - e Scars. and Marks _ . ¥" mole inside left forearm, | 4 — yes oy 1" cut scar outside right wrist | | 7 i> ecupation _ Unemployed - Operated a.bar in Jon! a y SS _ Virginia Beach, Virginia, for : wg 7 years ; fo r/ Fingerprinted Said he was fingerprinted by. ‘the (| i Civil Air Patrol ee e8, Subject’ Ss name on the fingerprint card and on, tiie poboexa hs . is spelled FIDRINI and should have been ‘Spelled FIORINT. iL) A ecord be Sobmitted tovthis office an a matter ‘Of police cooperation. jfnclosure sa Pp. : wf 2 ~ Bureau | Tl, 2 Wer 1 - Havana €- 8 12 JEP: ae / is SIFIED if 8 im, age o EX: OFT er A 69 Se = REASON f Be FCIM, aa (a aay to Lieuténant Vila : sak Hf Yoo - OS ) \ 58 AUG 18 1958 > N HW 54462 DBocld:32310766 Page 2? It is rehestea that one extra copy of cubjest’ s identification’
aes Ofte 2 Men TO : Director, FBI rh . FROM ay - _ on 102734. ° UNITED STALES GOVERNMENT: 4 “ SUBJECT: ~ a * ee 18. ze oe FOR: of. DISSEMINATION. ow) . So ‘ oe “~ wh et ar Division. Enclosed are five copies of a. letterhead memorandum ‘concern- information obtained by Lieutenant Roberto Vila of the Cuban Army Military Intelligence Service (SIM) regarding subject's participation in the 26 .0of July revolutionary movement. This memorandum o includes statements which the subject made to the Legal Attache. Rey In ‘the writer's talk with the subject, the writer was identified only as being from the American Embassy and, -according ~ to Vila, neither he nor anyo his office had been told of. my connection’ with the Bureau. "(0 On aly 29, 1958, Lieutenant Vila advised that SIM was putting the subject aboard Pan: ‘American flight 416 on July 30, 1958, and this. information was: furnished ‘to the Miami office on July 29, “1958. A blind memorandum. containing the information set out in the. 8 enclosed memorandum was!also ‘forwarded direct to the Miami office | ‘ with the photographs referred to.in the memorandum to assist the ~ Miami office and the U. S. Custom e in interrogation of ‘the Subject on his arrival in Miami. cD) :: é Additional copies of this: letter and the enclosed_memorandum are being furnished for. forwarding by the Bureau to the Miami office. The Miami office is requested to ascertain if the 1952 ‘CheVrolet , } Motor No. KAD-450-800, bearj Rlorida license 2- 5297 (1958) has been reported asia stolen car. BL) Sa co . on'-Juiy' 30, 1958, Lieutenant Nila-stated, Thwetne automobile | | ‘which was brought to. Havana by JAMES OXBU y, arrived ob fMay. 6; 1958, aboard the ferry Hieity of Havana," f mKey’! tWeBtr amd was a 1949 Ford Florida” ‘License12119- -445, Motor No. j SBHAwO1 9429. | The/ Mian office | | is requested ‘to: aséertain if this car.mig¢ Ht ‘béa stolen car. The, car ‘is _present}y in. ~Havana.” ‘ The Havana office ts-attemptige: to obtain | identifying details regarding the 1952: yA brought to Cuba by a sain idan peor this aa ‘also checked - as. a possibl ie care ; : ~y, Js | AG 5 a4 ne a ONES. ope) pm Be SU 6a. ho ers —— = 33 3 AUG te 1953 his ue fi ae - caren wl ALE A ear Sep uf ‘eee 8 ee, ee HW 54462 DBocld:32310766 Page 3
a, oo | UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF SUsirun . _ FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION a T2990 6 . WASHINGTON 25,D.C. ELASNRE >las(>4 | eRe gE acer July 30, 1958 i. eGiM, f< PE FRANK ANTHONY STU “Cie ‘ ) | ( DATE oo oo PUR \sBes ‘RAD H STURGIS (True Name ; | PECs AYIA. 2. POLO Sg Th aliases, Frank Fiorini, ' _ On July 23, 1958, Lieutenant Roberto Vila of the Cuban Army. Military Intelligence Service (SIM) advised that the subject was in © custody of that Service on suspicion that he has acted as a courie for the 26 of July Movement between Miami and Santiago de cuba. UL) _. ‘ S§ubject stated that he livéd-at Fort Lauderdale, Floriga, at | _ 310 N._ E. 5th Street with his uncle who is also known as FRAN AFIORINI, “and that he had some money and was planning to open a bar in Fort ~~ | ,, -auderdale. He said that one day white in Miami he met a RICHARD | \4<SAUNDERS, who is a friend of HAYD - Fred Frank Fiorini Frank Attila, Fred pAbLAIAsIED Bysy yap ANTAMARINA, Subject was not sure about “the name SAUNDERS, and when asked as. to how he was supposed to later contact SAUNDERS, he said he would.do this through SANTAMARINA. : He gave the story that SAUNDERS was a free lance newspaper man who had told subject that if he went to Cuba and entered the mountains where the _ U..S. citizens were being -held captive by the rebels and got a story on the captivity, SAUNDERS thought he could sell the story to newspaper and there would probably be. $500 for the subject. Ai) . He stated with this idea in mind he left Miami July 4, 1958, .by Pan American and went from Havana to Santiago de Cuba the following day by Cubana. He spent one week in Santiago before he was arrested by Cuban authorities on July 18, 1958, at noon. He stated he had a reservation on Pan American from Santidgo,te Miami on a flight which was to leave on the same day at 3 p.m. uw) | - According to Lieutenant Vila, Cuban authorities arrested the subject asleep in a room in a boarding house where he had been living. — This boarding house was known to Cuban authorities as a contact point and safe house for the 26 of July Movement. Subject became very friendly with the daughter of the woman who ran the boarding house and she admitted to Lieutenant Vila that she was’not only a sympathizer of the 26 of July Movement but was acting as a contact for them, She — explained, however, that she was forced to undertake this. contact work / because she had been threatened with being thrown out of Cuba and she thought false accusations might. be made against her and she would be _ framed in a criminal matter. | i“) : 7 atk Co . + AGENCY tan Ve Grerntied Ate thes Toke. F ttestin ie ata > hap UO aI er tae Ke Lagi 4 _1. UN. A ad iofon. ( ; ‘ ee aA LE MIS INE ~ HW 54462 DBocld:32310766 Page 4
- -Re:é, FRANK AteHuNY STURGIS, with aliases — Ti pee eeeerticre ae Cu fe - “ghe daughter also advised SIM that subject showed her a letter which he said had been given to him by 97 S0u0 (ob in Miami. On the 1 - outside envelope was written the name of/,SOYLO (phonetic) which Lieutena: Vila stated is the alias of an individu “who is known to be head of the action group in Santiago for the 26 of July Movement. By action group, Vila statéd that SOYLO's responsibility was the planting of bombs, - handling 26 of July Movement. agents and getting volunteers for the rebel movement into contact with the Movement. SOYLO, according to Vila, would not be the person who would be contacted by a newspaper man attempting to get into rebel territory. Since SANTAMARINA in Miami is. __consideyed so important in the.Movement and has spent one year with « PeroBL ASTRO up until April, she would have known that SOYLO was not “the proper contact for a newspaper man since SOYLO's activities are so much more protected and his name as a contact would only be given to someone who was on vitally important business for the Movement. Vila- said that usually courier activities to the rebels go through Guantanamc Naval Base and that in a routine courier contact, this route would be ~ ‘used and the military authorities feel that subject's contact with _ SOYLO was in co ction with a very important phase of the Movement's activities. 1) | oo | : _Jdeutenant Vila added that HAYDE SANTAMARINA is the wife of HERNANDOVENRIQUE)HART, who is presently being held in jail by Cuban | ti ~nuthorittes for revolutionary activities. Vila said that SANTAMARINA | left FIDEL CASTRO's group in April, 1958, after one year in rebel: territory. She went to the United States with an individual who is. known 35 Capon CABAROCAS and whose full name is believed to be ~ MIGUED/GARCIAYCABAROCAS. He is likewise @ very important member of the 26"of July Movement and is believed to be in the United States at the present time. Hw Cuda maf | | the subject jmmediately after he had spent 13 to 14 hours talking to SOYLO after his contact with SOYLO had been. arranged by the daughter of the landlady of the boarding house. At the time of subject's arrest, all the other people in the boarding house were also arrested, but SOYLC had already departed. The subject, however, stated he had plane , reservation from Santiago to Miami leaving three hours after the arrest whereas he claimed he was going into the mountains to get a newspaper story and also stated that SOYLO in the interview said he was wasting — his time and should not attempt to get into rebel territory. It appears | however, that before SOYLO gave him this advice he had already m d | reservations to leave Santiago, according to Lieutenant Vila. Cy ; | Lieutenant Vila pointed out that Cuban authorities arrested | At SIM headquarters subject removed his shirt and showed black: and blue marks on his arms and back and long red streaks such as might | have been caused by a person being hit by _a square stick. The SIM had | provided him with medical attention. Wu) | N HW 54462 DBocld:32310766 Page 5