JFK Assassination System Identification Form Date: 4/28/201 Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-90036-10007 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER : CR 105-160425-20 Document Information . ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: SJ TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: 06/06/1967 PAGES: 4 SUBJECTS : ANGEL SANTOS BUSH EJERCITO DE LIBERACION CUBANO DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: — 05/27/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : MEMO NW 45741 DociId:32325565 Page i
: | ¥ UNITED STATES Ge- .SERNMENT ' - -° - ~ - a es --$ . “ z a _* . Hi . ary Se wh ot eG een OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10” . : . . x“. . : wa “PMAY 1962 EDITION’ ‘ . c ; ~.. . oS GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 hy) _ e , Memorandum TO : DIRECTOR, FBI (105-160425)\CONCIDENT pate: 6/6/67 DECLASSIFIED BY_S aed a) — FRO AC, SAN JUAN (105-9373) (P) piace aa AA sog~ suBjecT:( /EJERCITO DE LIBERACION CUBANO . ( cuBAN ARMY OF LIBERATION) (ELC) — fe pun Laisa Co7e 7 9 Fe) HEADED BY HIGINIO "NINO" DIAZ ANE) Py w TS-CUBA cane" OS Sqh NM- CUBA APPROPRIATE AGENCTES ANTSREEEROUUTICES cy EEN . . ss or « 6 ) Bs oS 7h ‘ (00, Miami) ADVISEDA¥ ROUTING SLIE, GF. AAS ay <4 Reference San Juan airtel and LHM to the Bureau b= ts was 3/6/67, Atlanta letter and LHM to the Bureau 3/24/67, Newdag = /S X 4 j rs a / ty letter and LHM to the Bureau dated 3/29/67, New York lett ger os AR to the Bureau 4/4/67, Atlanta airtel and LHM to the Bureawyc 4/26/67 » Newark letter and LHM to the Bureau S/11/67» and=~ of Miami letter and LHM to~the Bureau 5/26/67. GIA HAS A YiidD La fo ye: OF 3 Enclosed for the Bureau are nine _ copies of an 'LHM re captioned organizZation.: st ne Ack One information copy each of LHM being submitted to Atlanta, Newark, and New York offices if view of their interest re ELC. YO » vl NDEFINITE eae San Juan office will disseminate locally to TTst MI-DET, NISO, OSI, U.S. Bureau of Customs, and U.S. Coast Guard. LHM classified confidential in order to protect SJ T- 3 and SJ T- Lh, who are sources of continuing value and whose identity if disclosed would be detrimental to the best interests of the United States. 1 Information furnished by CSSJ FORS NAVAS on 2/23/67 . and contained herein was. obtained by FORS from his wife, who isasecretary in the Public Relations-Department at the Bacardi Rum Distilling Company, San Juan, Puerto Rico, and source's wife overheard LUIS LABOY, Public Relatisns Director at Bacardi, comment, tq another dndividual re "PEPE's" 20 seontribution to "N Ha) ke /6 G Ly Ls - WOT CUS CORNED Sale ED B FIED PT Ene ROM = oe — <7 1 \Bureau (encl. & “Atlanta -(105-3788) (encl. 1) (RM Qo. 2. Miami 0 SB) Geel ‘oy ht ) ge we” “75 JUN a 1867" Newark’ (105-20833) (encl. 1) Ce) (info: ) _ | 1-New York 5035 -84212 pon 42 RM) (info. ) : 2-San Juan ? CIA/Stab ey DI TS JIO: jkm Sa ar ate ee -Ceor B7 lent g slip for info. Coan Fl i JU Noam yrUS: =fac fe smisad\ 000, py RO. | NW 45741 DociId:32325565 Page 2 5010-108-08
| SJ 105-9375 These records showed that the residence of VARONA was listed as Wesser #204 Rio Piedras Heights, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. This account is now inactive. On 5/9/67 H.L.S. RYDIN, Accountant Operations, Island Administration, First National City Bank, advised SA GARY L. ENSMINGER that a review of bank records failed to produce any record of an account of the subject organization or HERNANDEZ. RYDIN stated that their bank maintains a special checking account #528-870 and that - the present balance is $47.51. VARONA's address was the same as shown above. RYDIW advised that their records also contain referenfee to ajgpecial checking account for one Mrs. ABEL ee to a pects Calle Edison #306, Jardines special checking account, number 2-224. The balance of this account according. to RYDIN is $7211.57. On May 24, 1967, Special Agent CHARLES L. CAPEHART advised the review of records at Retail Credit Bureau, San Juan, Puerto Rico, failed to disclose any information identifiable with ABEL VARONA orhis wife, Mrs. ABEL DE VARONA LOREDO. The above information regarding review of bank records pertaining to the ELC was not set forth in LHM in view of the negative results of such checks. Although bank records did reflect a special checking account of over $7,000 for Mrs. ABEL DE VARONA LOREDO, apparently the wife of ABEL VARONA, Treasurer of ELC, there is no positive information as of this time that the money ‘maintained in this account is actually ELC funds and therefore this information has not been set out in LHM. San Juan office files failed to disclose any derogatory data regarding LUIS VALLE or JOSE ERNESTO MUZAURIETA. The address San Jorge Number 269, 3rd Floor, referred to herein as the address where "NINO" DIAZ was residing while in Puerto Rico, is the residence of , father of cssJ[___ CS resides on the second floor at the same address. 3 NW 45741 DociId:32325565 Page 3 ~o eens a emcees ence cme ane ane Gedy endenemnanenretrmmmntnstamnisantenronresanennpsanantaseenemncetanatia
SJ 105-9373 On 5/23/67 cSsJI [___] advised ‘that he and ILDEFONSO HERNANDEZ were concerned rbgarding the peculiar behavior of an ELC member > ANA LUIS THERA, who is on the ELC executive committeea@ianandlés ELC corres- \ pondence. He described her as. an intelligent individual and one who has been very active with_E in Sa : for the past 13 years. According to COTERA is augmentative and creates friction at ELC meetings; that she is quick to introduce.herself to new members and makes a note of their names in addition to sketching them, and has otherwise, through her behavior aroused the suspicion of and HERNANDEZ that she might be a CASTRO agent. further stated that JOO'TERA is trying to have the ELC establish a branch in Mexico City - and have her brother, name unknown, who resides in Mexico CHESS be designated as ELC representative in # Mexico GReyci. added that very little is known eeeeeTeRA's background hisne: {OP SVIYSOL CAGASTATION a se regardin MERMEER CH Based on this information received from[___} San Juan office will open a new 105 case regarding COTERA in an effort to further identify her and determine the nature Le past and present activities. ‘J T-l is CSSJ RICARDO FORS NAVAS. “83 T-2 is CSSJ MARIO GARCIA SERRA SJ T-3 is SJ 4g2-S _ /SJ T-4 is cSSJ VS yy LEADS : © . SAN JUAN DIVISION _ » AT SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO ra Will continue investigation regarding activities of ELC and will advise the Bureau and Miami of any pertinent information developed. NW 45741 DociId:32325565 Page 4