AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: ‘PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : i v9.1 HW 54460 Docld: 32328651 JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI '124-90076-10166 HQ CR 109-584-340 Document Information FBI MM HQ 09/14/1959 18 ANTI FIDEL CASTRO ACTIVITIES MARCOS DIAZ LANZ PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4 Redact 07/06/1998 INDEFINITE RPT Page 1 Date: §/7/2015. Released under the John Kennedy Wssassination Records ollection Act of 1992 ' (44 U5 2107 Note). ase#:NWU 54460 Date: 1O-O4-2017
0-263 (RET ORES, é oa dials a PORTING OFFICE OFFICE OF ORIGIN - DATE INVESTIGATIVE PERIOD _ IAMI MIAMI PI 4 1959 Te 7/15 = 8/31/59 — "LE..OF CASE REPORT MADE BY ee TYPED BY "yf fy : . RORERT OF CASE . 7 “ANTI-FIDEL CASTRO ACTIVITIES. INTERNAL SECURITY - CUBA cTIV] oe p' / g-” REFERENCE : Report of SA ROBERT JAMES DWYER, Miami, 7/13/59. : Bulet to Miami, 3/30/59. een i o Nor D ¢ LIE ove aged ar ” hee sey é , si rs zt of < QU FSR FBGA EI! beheet ad ud AT MIAMI, FLORIDA foot ; , a Vi Will continie submission of a monthly summary ‘U report re captioned subject matter. ADMINISTRATIVE 2 All offices receiving copies of enclosed report ud continue to send Miami copies of all communications SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE PROVED ; PIES MADE: — > Bureau (109- 584) , : OPTES SEE PAGE ''B"' en pate | ogee i CO 105- "1792) (1-105-1747) ve Mavaa [eed 2) oS id vouting slip for - Sv {7 info [| action °° ai) zis 4 Mate, enscafegee tettonsit/ : ExT DSM Bie Loms 4.2 3 pmaserenn atin ala - AW 54460 Docld:323278651 Page 2
MM 105-1742. ee Copies, continued; — 1 - Boston (105-4151) (Info.) (RM) | 1 - Jacksonville (109-8) (Info.) (RM) 1 - Newark . (Info.) (RM). 1 - New York (105-35253) (Info.) (RM) 1 = San Juan (Info.) (RM) 1 - Chicago (105-6033) (Info.) (RM) “1 - Los Angeles (Info.) (RM) 1 - New Orleans (105-1095) (Info.) (RM) 1. - San Francisco (109-11) (Info.) (RM) od ~ Washington Field Office (105-29955) (Info. ) (RM) containing information relating to anti-FIDEL CASTRO activities Copies of enclosed report are being furnished to offices receiving copies of reBulet 3/30/59. ' Inasmuch as this report is not being disseminated - outside the Bureau, only the identities of symbol number informants have been protected.. _ INFORMANTS _ Identit . | Location of Original Information MM T-1 isQm 639-5 _ 134-238 sub A) gx (u) K MM 1-2 is[NY 2622-8 (PSI) 105- 1742-682 ]yy/y ) | oe Careful consideration has been given to each source - concealed in this report and "T" symbols were utilized only in those instances where identities must be concealed. HW 54460 Docld:32326651 Page 3
oe es MM 105-1742 on August 6, 1959, and returned to Cuba aboard a 54 foot yacht. He had received over four hundred thousand dollars from FERRANDO. He turned over $78,000 to the Cuban government. MORGAN said that three planes full of arms were sent from the Dominican Republic to Trinidad, Cuba, and the third plane was captured when (FNU) BETANCOURT opened fire on Cuban Army representatives posing as anti-CASTRO rebels. He said that POLICARPO SOLER, representative of General TRUJILLO, and JOHN ABBES, Chief of Dominican Intelligence, were later arrested in the Dominican Republic, as a result of a purge started by TRUJILLO against persons involved in this operation. MORGAN admitted his double agent role in favor of CASTRO. ACTIVITIES OF LEADING ANTI-CASTRO_ INDIVIDUALS voumbiasrense OJAS_- | RICHARD JAFFE, (protect) advised that MASFERRER resides in Miami; moves his residence constantly; fears assassination, and keeps bodyguards with him constantly. He expects his wife to arrive from Mexico in the near future. MASFERRER is She will be smuggled into the United States. reportedly financially broke, but can obtain money easily from other BATISTIANOS because they fear him. He recently obtained a*$27,000 "donation" from ANSELMO ALIEGRO, 4. ; wealthy Cubadi“National in Miami. VI, IDENTITIES AND 11. HW 54460 Docld:32326651 Page 6
MM 105-1742 | MASFERRER feels that the August 8 to 14, 1959 aborted uprising in Cuba, although a failure, enhanced his reputation and prestige because he opposed any invasion from the Dominican Republic. MASFERRER, through regular liaison and courder system, is in contact with leaders in the Dominican Republic and Miami. He was offered a base to operate from in Guatemala and arms from Panama. JAFFE will leave in the near future for Guatemala concerning setting up a base for MASFERRER in that country. MASFERRER is considered important to General PEDRAZA and other leaders because he reportedly has between two to three thousand men in Oriente Province of Cuba and two or three hundred in Havana Province. These persons reportedly will respond to MASFERRER and will-revolt against the CASTRO government whenever MASFERRER so orders it. General BENITEZ advised that on August 8, 1959, a meeting was held at MASFERRER's residence where about 300 anti-CASTRO Cuban Nationals attended. Between 30 to 40:-were former Cuban Army officers. All were alerted for a possible expedition to leave the United States for eventual armed invasion of Cuba. When it was ascertained that the August 8, 1959 uprising in Cuba was unsuccessful, a shadow of gloom was cast on the movement in Miami; however , the movement soon recovered and claimed that the unsuccessful uprising did not change any plans, but only postponed them. © (JAFFE, an American, is a close associate of MASFERRER. ) . HW 54460 Docld:32326651 Page 7
HW 54460 oy » MM 105-1742 sustalffistsrez0 , MIAMI FLORIDA et JAMES HAZEN JONES, (protect) Miami source, advised POZO was -formerly Mayor of Havana; has an anti-CASTRO group of between 15 - 20 men in Miami, who are former business and professional men in Cuba. The group has no membership in Cuba. POZO is in daily contact with anti-CASTRO leaders in Miami. His son, LUIS, acts as_ liaison with General PEDRAZA, Press releases datelined Havana, Cuba, reflected that LUIS was arrested in Cuba on or about August 8, 1959, as a counter-revolutionary, having been involved with the aborted invasion from the Dominican Republic handled by WILLIAM ALEXANDER MORGAN, Major in the Cuban Revolutionary Army. JUSTO POZO is not reported as being involved in any plans to purchase arms or send an expedition against Cuba. PIEDRA is former Chief of the Department of Investigations, Cuban National Police, resides in Ft. Lauderdale, and is considered one of the top "war criminals" by the Cuban. Government. It is frequently said by CASTRO followers that PIEDRA is amassing men, arms, planes, and boats for an armed expedition against Cuba. 15. DoclId: 3232768651 Page 6 ee ee
MM 105-1742 ANSELMOM#LIEGRO "MIAMI FIA. MM T-1 advised*he is ih constant contact with ALIEGRO, who seems to be one of the most important leaders . o£ the movement. ALIEGRO is very wealthy and formerly was Prime Minister of Cuba under BATISTA. He recently "donated" $27,000 to ROLANDO MASFERER. This was done out of fear that if he did not, MASFERRER would retaliate against him at some later date. Ky) ALIEGRO has a plan to. “bomb Havana with two Vampire Jet Airplanes. The plan has to have approval of General PEDRAZA, who has been notified of it, but who has not as yet sent the money to carry it out. xu ALIEGRO recently had a meeting at his house attended by wealthy Cuban Nationals residing in Miami. This meeting appeared to be for the. purpose of getting them to donate money for the anti-CASTRO cause. It is not known if they contributed. & tr) “ALIEGRO is in contact with all anti-CASTRO groups in Miami and has attempted to obtain some: sort of unity agre ay with them; however, this has not been successful. ¥ uw) One of ALIEGRO's sources ascertained an assassination plan against unidentified BATISTIANOS in Miami. Source wanted to go into some complicated counter-plan. ALIEGRO handled the matter simply by notifying the authorities and forewarning the BATISTIANOS JX (u HW 54460 DoclId: 3232768651 Page 9
MM 105-1742 7iTERSON Mi, FLORIDA ee a MARIANO FAGET (protect), advised DIAZ was formerly an anti-Communist writer in Cuba and at. times - resorted to receiving money from people for not publishing ‘newspaper articles accusing them of being Communists. Zz (uW) He was a leading member of CRAC and made a number of trips to South America to collect money for CRAC's anti-CASTRO activity. He kept this money for his own use. He received an $8,000 radio transmitter from the Dominican Republic Consul General in Miami and converted ‘it to his own use. This transmitter was given with the understanding that CRAC would broadcast propaganda to : Cuba. DIAZ VERSON has been expelled from CRAC. F (w a (FAGET is ite former Chief of BRAC, and has known ‘DIAZ for 25 years.) . WILLIAM ALEXANDER MORGAN, Major, Cuban Revolutionary Army, advised on August 20, 1959, that Dominican Republic Consul General FERRANDO,~gave him over $400,000 to start. a revolution in Cuba. FERRANDO's bank account reflects he gave a Miami policeman, JOSEPH LIQUORI, two checks for the amount of $45,000 for an unknown purpose. FERRANDO | was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury, Miami, on June 4, 1959, for conspiring to illegally ship arms and bribery * of a Customs Agent. FERRANDO is in contact with anti-CASTRO revolutionists in Miami and is now considered by some Cubans to be the next. to be purged by TRUJILLO for failure of the MORGAN episode. Qn ‘B. _ SERRET _ | _¢ HW 54460 DBocld:32326651 Page 10 .