JFK Assassination System Date: 6/1/2015 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY : FBI Peleased under the John RECORD NUMBER : 124-90090-10102 . Kennedy . ; Bssassination Records RECORD SERIES : HQ . Ollection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). AGENCY FILENUMBER:  105-84265-38 ase#:NiW 54460 Date: . . 1O-O4-2017 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: MM TO: HQ TITLE: ° DATE: 02/11/1960 PAGES: 4 SUBJECTS : ; JUAN FERNANDEZ DE CASTRO RODRIGUEZ ROLANDO MASFERRER DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION : — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: — 07/15/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE © COMMENTS : AT ¢ a ; v9.1 . 19 HW 54460 Docld:32330439 Page 1
> , yf cs yoy FD-36 (Rev. 12-13-56) . of wk ba) “ 7 Date: 2/11/60 Za Transmit the following in (Type in plain text or code) “Vig AIR TEL CEMLASSIFIED B a ot Bl | TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (105- -84265) FROM: | SAC, MIAMI (105-2307) ~~ JUAN FERNANDEZ DE CASTRO RODRIGUEZ: ET aul ROLANDO MASFERRER ROJAS - VICTIM KIDNAPING =ICONSPTRAGY; IS - CUBA (00: Miami) ¢ials CLASS. & EXT.\BYS@L BAIL OY . “HASON-FCIM IN 1-2.4.2__2,8 ReBuairtels 2/4,8/60.0 © DATE OF REVIEWA,. “ala On 2/10/60, group of 7 photos were shown to Mrs. | CATHERINE TAAFFE by SAs ROBERT JAMES DWYER and GEORGE E. | DAVIS at McAllister Hotel, Miami, where TAAFFE now residing. \ Included in group of photos was one of JUAN FERNANDEZ DE ' CASTRO RODRIGUEZ. Fronts of photos did not reveal identities of persons pictured. pu TAAFFE selected photo of de CASTRO as man who i: had been fellow passenger on PAA flight Miami to Havana about 12/6/59. Did not know name or other identity but i.) recalled he had been met by someone at plane at time dis- rat embarked, was escorted aside from other passengers. fhis\ was last and only time she saw him. ae AA RAE RNC Ct thE AE COIS ANE PENOE i EEN CENGS IEE TOBA ERE \ Later during interview TAAFFE asked Agents if they | had photo of de CASTRO. Photo pointed out to her from . among those already examined. She expressed surprise, ¢4 fy aN ns er Se en x oe a . ~ : fo4 ” f fj (3)- Bureau (AM) "Reg - AEA SY? * AC 3 - Miami eT 5 au fA (1 = 134-211) | gs. eo pen BE LEYS WBE: egh . —— va MAR x (NS i . Approved: —— Ne Sent oh EAE ° Special Koant ‘in Charge _ CONFIDE FAL | { HW 54460 Docld: 323304359 Page 2?
Uo pb ee 1: _ \sites to plead nolo contendere. MM has mo “iene "© = "Stating she had not. recognized at: in comparison to photo of .: him she had séen in newspaper. following his arrest. She > then exclaimed she had seen de CASTRO at Hilton Hotel, /, Havana, on one or more occasions in 1/60 between 10th and 15th. - She observed JORGE VALDES talk to de CASTRO after. ~ VALDES. excused himself from her company in lobby of hotel -on- pretext of having to make telephone call. Said she had never met de CASTRO and his name not mentioned to her by — _» VALDES or “anyone else in Havana . “on. 2/9/60 Set. " HILLMAN, Dade Co. Jail, Miami, telephonically advised de CASTRO requested him to notify ‘SA GEORGE E. DAVIS he wanted.to talk to him. On same day . ' SAs DAVIS and WILLIAM B. HOLLOMAN interviewed de CASTRO -.who related he was desirous of pleading nolo contendere as. soon as ‘possible and his new attorney, HENRY CARR, also favored this plea.’ De CASTRO expressed hope his hearing could be scheduled-for 2/12/60 as his brother, ARTURO, of Havana, would be in Miami that date. He believes VALDES also de= | SAs HOLLOMAN and DAVIS took opportunity to question. de CASTRO | further re this matter. He reiterated circumstances, ; previously reported by this office, under which he had been ‘sent to Miami by EFIGENIO AMEIJEIRAS, Chief, Natl Revolutionary Police of Cuba, with instructions, to contact VALDES and work with’ him on a job. Said this was his first assignment after _ being recruited into "Confidential A" section of Police by . _ FERNANDO FUENTES COBA, Chief of. that section. De CASTRO was “named. assistant to COBA. *. Related he was not briefed by either AMEIJEIRAS or > copa, or ‘by VALDES’ as to nature of assignment and did not know it involved 1 kidnaping Piet until he contacted VALDES in | con Miami. CONFIDRNTIAN HW 54460 Docld:32330439 Page 3