JFK Assassination System Date: 5/11/201 Identification Form TT SSS AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ; Agency Information Released under the John FBI . Kennedy Wss5assination Records oOllection Act of 1992 124-10284-10406 HQ (44 USC 2107 Note). ase#: NW 54460 Date: 2-1566-18TH NR 1 HoO-O3-2017 ee ry yere ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: ‘PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : v9.1 HW 54460 DBocld: 32303694 Document Information FBI DIRECTOR, FBI AG 10/26/1959 11 [Restricted] PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4 Redact 05/15/1998 INDEFINITE INC MEMO, LHM Page 1
Nad i ~ Belmont Oo 7 - dia Hasee —. } The Attorney General | October 26, 1959 vk . Director, FBI oo ee ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED ANTT=RTOBL CASTHO ACTIVITIES it POPE Ne TRIBRNAL SECURITY = CUBA ahs Reference is made to my conmunication captioned “Anti-fidel Castro. Activities” dated — -Qetober 23, 1959, with enclosure, addressed te Assistant Attorney General J. Balter Yeagleye This communtcation reported the results of our : interview with Fedro Luis Diaz lanz, former thief of the Cuban Air Force, on October 2a, 19595 at which time Diaz Lanz admitted piloting the plane whieh dropped leaflets over Havana, Cuba, on. October 21, 1359. Copies of this comaunication tegether with its enclosureare enclosed for your information and for the information af Deputy Attorney General Lawrence & talshs we oll I thought you would be interested in subsequent developments. There are enclosed an original and one copy of @ memorandun sunnartging these development Se Single coples.of this menorandun are enclosed for Deputy Attorney General Walsh — ‘and for Assistant Attorney General Yeagleye IPC <P. HL Enelesures (4) 109-5646 l-H#r. Lawrence & Walsh - Enelosures Deputy Attorney General l - 4ssietant Atiorney General - <4nelosure . a J. alter Yeagley a ~/5 66 Cf. ; Gpomegebige (Petre Luis Diaz Lanz) / OTE: assified "Confidential" because enclosures 80 classi- olson fied. Inclosure: classified "Confidential" because it contai) felmont information from an informant who is furnishing valuable © ase information on a continuing basis, concerning matters affect i sesons interual securitye fo “am VHN?RDC i senshrtices DAQLASSIFIED BY. JOULO. “G. Sullivan _ ra (9) OF . ne V-", Cy a cle. Room __ ae i ri fan ’ fe ! f SS HOY va nooEa ty teLetye unit L_] . . “ab ew » ca # > : Pas 54460 Docld: 323033894 Page 2 ~ | /
2 ~ Mr. Beimont - Mr. Donahoe i - Ur. Neasea oO a > bug, CLASS meee pe nsf sinks oe lolonl35. cetoder 26, 1959 ANLLePIDEL CASTRO ACTIVI LLE5 10G~ 584 Un Cotober 23, i950, we furnished a summary of the data contained in the referenced conmmunicetion to Our representative in Havana, Cubase. Gur representative furnished eur Ambassador with this information on the — Same day. The ambassador was very grateful for the : information Jurni shed. \ On Cetober 2}, 1959, our representative in Havana advised the Inited states Air Attache Péeported | that the aircrast Gropping leaflets on October @ly 1959, were identified by a sergeant of hie office as « B25 and God7, 40 Be25 ts known to be in Cuba and only one is known to be in florida. This is the property of "rank Anthony Sturgia, aleo known as frank Florini. His plane uas lost based at North Perry Airport, Miami. The na Cu47 reportedly had yellow stripes painted on fés tail, man Vo atreraft go marked was Knoun to be based in Cuba. the planes flew over the Hil ton Hotel, headquarters of the =. American sectlety of Lravel Agents Convention, dropping H teaflets. their purpose allegedly was to ehow that the i present Cuban Government ia incompetent to maintain law i Gnd orders Ho Bombs were dropped. There was no etrafing from the air, but some Cuban bianes were damaged by Z Btiadirected Cuban Army and police ground fire. oO om: a - ECLASSLPIED BY t c ‘ _. An informant with whom ineufficienét contact | has been had to determine his reliability, on cetober 23, 1959, learned that the Cuban Air force had instructions to have two fighters ready to intercept any returning invaders. | | #éth reference to the B=25 mentioned above, our - tlaml Office advised on Ceteber 23, 1959, that the Bm25 fiown by Giez Lanz, according to Liaz fanz, was ouned by Voie Nascasbud (9) i ~ 10572630 (Pedro Luis Diaz Lanz) Tolson _\ Bl Belmont. VOTH: Classified "Confidential" since it contains information fq) Mohr - Jrom an informant who is furnishing information of value ona a ‘ Continuing basigey, concerning National Defence. CC to AG, Deputy AG, 7 Yt Ss Spt = ate By Parsons Rosen IS=Div. 42 ae mid Tamm “ / #2 Trotter ——C fer yf. : ae ‘ Ge W.C. Sullivan _ LASSIF! Y 20 CHO W~ Tele. Room EXEMPT. r fe RE Holloman F Sour” DATED Foes hi ACES SINEOINDE FY se EFeldmi- . Dees iW 54460 Docld:32303894 ‘Page 3
HW 54460 AveE-FIDED oxemne Sada ial | whom indicated they. would carry: guns, thus giving rise -to- al members of his family ai On October 24, “1959, ‘tne informant mentioned on page two OF. the enclosure. éo, the. referenced communication and who ‘has furnished réltable. information. tn the: past reported thet a leaflet in the Spanish language, wes. being. distributed . in the. Cuban colony, in. Miami. The recipients of the leaflet were invited to attend a meeting at 8 p.ms, October 255 1959s at the Circulo Cubano (Cuban. Circle), Miani, Florida, «@ social elub, . to- ‘protest and. condemn the activities which. occurred. over. Havana on October 21, 1959... Ft wes indicated a in the leaflets that. the. meeting was being sponsored by the . July 26 Movement (Castro's movement), Miami... The informant learned that individuals representing. various. anti-Castra: - groups in Miami were planning. to..attend the meeting, some of, bloodshed between the pro- and anti-Cestro. factions... The. Miami Police. Department and the Dadé County Department. Of. Public Safety have ‘been notified and these. agencies plan to tuke whatever steps aré necessary he insure |, Ghee no: wiolenes.. wad he: carried Out. “The ‘informant ment toned . En the foregoing’ paragraph - ‘Tearned that, because. of the. furor. reaised.in Cuba during the pest few days, the air sabotage which had been scheduled to continue through October 30, 1959, had temporarily ceased. . This data, together with: the date in the preceding. paragraph, was erally furnished to drs Renney, By Urs, O'Connor on October 24, L9SS s OR ; On October. 24, 1959, iF. Kenney asked concerning the. availability and willingt Ss of this: informant to testify concerning the data set forth on page. two of the enclosures: On October 25, 1959, the informant. ogvised he was umpilling to testify because Of £ if possible reprisals. against bas ants date was ratty. purntened asaistant fotorney | Gene an On ‘Oetober 24, 1959; 2 Mr. ‘enovey, also asked “concerning the abailability and. willingness’ Of the. informant. mentioned One -« ; to the referenced: communication to- eoti fy. ‘On October 25,1959, our Miami Office advised that upon recontact Charles Willian Hormel, e informant in this matter, stated he was willing to testify Our Miomi Office DoclId: 327303894 Page 4