JFK Assassination Systern Identification Date: 4/28/201 Form Agency Information - AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10281-10059 RECORD SERIES: HQ . AGENCY FILE NUMBER: CR 105-192307-2 Document Information ORIGINATOR: — FBI FROM: SAC,MM TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: Peleased under the John ! Kennedy WSsassination Records ’ ollection Act of 1992 y ATE: /30/ (44 U5¢ 2107 Note). D TE. 07/30/1969 ‘Pase#: NU 54463 Date: PAGES: 6 WO-12-2017 SUBJECTS : MAB, ASSOC, ACA, MM DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Confidential ~ RESTRICTIONS: 1B; 1C; 4 CURRENT STATUS:  Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: — 07/13/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS: INCLHM ‘ v9.1 - HW 454463 DoclId: 32302339 20 Page 1
. GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11. é 7 Smee “UNITED STATES co “YMENT _ ; ; As Noe @ M emorandum VEO DIRECTOR, FBI pATE: JUL 39 1969 FROM |  DECLASSIFICATION ae on  SUBJEC UNKNOWN SUBJECT; CUBAN RELEASE OF CIA INFORMA | EXILE GROUP FORMED By _ IN THIS DOCUMENT. J M4 av-4 7 JOSE M...MACIAS AND OTHER — ave MEMBERS OF . _BRIGADE 2506 HZMZZ6 perf IS - CUBA; NM Classified by AS ZO Ky (OO: Miami) ay, VETER) on: fF Re Miami letter and LHM dated 4/9/69, | A Enclosed for the Bureau are nine copies of an LHM setting out additional information concerning the development of the above-mentioned group. : h First confidential source méntioned in the LHM is Mi 248-S ane second confidential source is ' MM 974-8. (4 The Government agency mentioned .is U. s./Coast Guard, Miami, which information was furnished to the Miami Office by NED SPROUL Copies of this LHM have been disseminated locally to the following: po-ll ~47) “lo & SW mse I. CLASSIFIED B) BY 4 | Poin _cOples made INS, Miami DECL ASSIF Y OWN: 20k | pe fupH-3, ¥ (-3, Vink CIA, Miami | WW. grt) ! przer! rhing Oeste U. S; State Department (Cuban Affairs), Jet) | (uese) u, S, Coast Guard, Miami | Iegead spe” Y- S. Customs, Miami and Region II, Miami | U. S: Border Patrol, Miami / -NISO, 6th ND, Charleston, S.C. ALD IES OSI, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida U~. 8. Secret Service, Miami ; \ “1llth M.I. Group, Orlando, Florida CO - mureau cane FRO 9 | OS- 12 2307. a 1 - wane REC! Qo Ge Ate/CIA/See ret Se aa 42 AUG 1 1969 Army /Savy/ailr Forsc/DIA/Customs/Coast Gyard, Coordinsioar 6¢ “Cubon Arfairs, State bow. R/S For Into gg9°-- “ae aaa -By_// tse! 5ot0- 108-01 HW 54463 Docld:32302339 Page 2? a oo a "OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 : . . , 4 ey . MAY 1962 EDITION rr : ’ )
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we | Ne CUBAN EXILE GROUP FORMED BY JOSE M, MACIAS AND OTHER MEMBERS OF BRIGADE. 2506 — ' The source advised on April 28, 1969,: that © JOSE MACIAS said that MANUEL ARTIME had secured ‘the release of his boat from United States Customs, but MACIAS: made’ no - mention as to whether he had recovered the money paid by the MACIAS group to ARTIME for that boat. MACIAS also — “mentioned that they | had ordered two 350 horsepower: engines | Kee en but: that i > some time before they could expect — delivery. oo. On May 8, 1969, information was: furnished by ‘another Government agency to the effect that Cuban boat’ activity had been observed in the vicinity of Dog Rock in the .Bahama Islands. One ‘of the boats involvéd was identified as the "Coral Reef," which is registered to one MAN NCO, Two other boats identified as being at Dog Rock were the "Angelita" and the "Skippy." The "Skippy" is d 44-foot Swift boat with a 671.GM diesel engine, registered to NICOLAI and SINE NVERNONNE, 2053 Southwest Second as. JOS Cott was reported that a.14-foot boat bear- ing reghetratien Fi FL O907AE was being towed by the “Angelita" and that this boat was registered to JOSE CHIRINO- and that JOSE M. MACIAS was aboard the boat /m). | Street. “as sos NS: Aarey wepenber = aboard the "Skippy" was identified | It is noted that ‘the confidential source has | identified OSE CHIRINO as a member of the group of JOSE M MACIAS , + (Ll ae 7 e On May 14, 1969, the source advised that he. had attended a meeting of ‘another anti-CASTRO group on May 13, 1969, At this meeting one "PAPITO," a member of the MACIAS - group, mentioned that ity. Qa was again making plans. for some type of activity. .On May 17, 1969, the source advised that ay meeting. of the MACIAS group had been held on the pight of May 16, 1969, at 1100 Southwest 10th Avenue, [In addition to JOSE M, MACIAS, those in attendance included. lA JESUS, LOPEZ~ ‘arid his son, JESUS OPEZ, JR., (first name unknown). CHEMIZO, "PACO" (last name unknown ) and (first. name unknown) MARTIN) The discussion at this meeting a Noy “U : ee aeserr* HW 54463 Docld: 32302339 Page 4
. centered ‘around plans of the group to establish a “newspaper, They also considered joining the MACIAS - CUBAN EXILE GROUP FORMED BY C ee a Se . Maye 2 JOSE M, MACIAS AND OTHER MEMBERS OF BRIGADE 2506 group with another organization known as "La Cruzada Pro Liberacion de los Presos Cubanos"(Crusade for the‘ “Libera- tion of Cuban Prisoners), The source advised that JESUS LOPEZ was connected with this organization. JESUS LOPEZ mentioned to CHEMIZO that they could have machine gun practice at his farm but there was no indication given as to the whereabouts of the farm or whether machine guns. were available. (%) On May 28, 1969, the source advised that JOSE MACIAS was planning to hold a meeting of his group on that date in order to discuss how they, would proceed with their plans for an infiltration mission... MACIAS indicated that “they: were still looking for a suitable boat,so that imme = . diate action was apparently not planned, CTL On June 3, 1969, the source reported that a “meeting of the MACIAS group had been held on May 28, 1969, at 111 Northwest 20th Street, Miami. This is a Pure. Oil gasoline station which is owned by a Cuban known only. as "EL CHINO," During the meeting, it was learned that ‘the © _MACIAS group had named a new instructor, who was identified ‘only as (first name unknown) COLLAZO, COLLAZO was with Cuban exile Brigade 2506 in Guatemala in 1961 and prior . to leaving Cuba, was in the Army Engineers, In Florida: ‘he is employed in construction work and is considered an expert in demolition. During the meeting, COLLAZO was. asked by (first name unknown) CASANOVA if he could make - a bazooka, ‘to which COLLAZO replied that he could not.” At. the. meeting, "PAPITO" was observed carrying a stick © of dynamite estimated to be three feet long and about | three inches in diameter, The source did not _ learn "what disposition was made of this dynamite, C7 a) . On June 16, 1969, a second source, who is | acquainted with the activities of the principal anti~ . CASTRO groups in Miami, furnished information that the * “anti-CASTRO group known as Alpha 66 reportedly obtained ao ‘the use of a yacht named "Stefanie III; which they were X74. HW 54463 Docld: 32302339 Page 5