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“3 FD-36-(Rev. 12-13-56) ee oa e Date: May 18, 1961 ihe AIRTEL © pone ) ee anny IB, (Type in plain text or codeQECLASSIFIEN ay Cos ZOU 4 a man ee Vi ~ ey dar nays DIM Bg 4 Mh é 9 , Via ae ATION AIR MAIL on A 22/- Ry '7. a | io ” | , (Prion OF Mg pet ef Mailiz pei Mee a te ES me me me ee ee 6 hcas = oy a See TO: "DIRECTOR, FBI Beto a ya Ne. 25d ange Oe eee Re ee PRE Sale ity Perret ie Se we ee | FROM: SAC, MIAMI (2-312) 0 Ps “9 ay N | RE: TI-COMMUNIST LEGIONNAIRES wei om bate - | ’ } - NEUTRALITY MATTERS ® 4 | Woy ~D ne: y {der ann a, ReMiamitel 5/17/61. bs 7 qh Enclosed herewith are 9 copies of a letterhead. a memorandum dated and captioned as above. | CH) 2r/G0-¥ oP” | “Classified "f Ved, \ o- ~- | fe ‘e eZ, a m= fat” pee er Information contained herein was immediat ee IS te disseminated to the United States Border Patrol and ~ I United States Customs, Miami. The United States Border ,. J“ Patrol advised they would allow the reconnaissance trip’ N to be made, but would stop any expedition involving \) Americans. fa) | CIA, Miami advised that although AGUSTIN cabo® ~ is: ainder ‘assessment for operational interest by CIA in ~ }\ connection, with the operation of a clandestine rae Soe NSS network’, he. is not yet under CIA control, ,and ul) ‘be ofis ; | a \ & stopped from engaging in any expeditions .¢ 19 “yee | a | }e ad a “Miah? will contiriue contact vf 639- HS 4 f | ek: will keep the Bureau. L pmaptately advised v e| . Og | o/b cot af 3y: ~ bureau (Encl. - 9) (AM - RM) ha Pani i WIE Lae Vg tis zh her. tes 105- 3805. eG. on fg 14 .= 105-4050) eens 2 —_ -¢ , > RJD: em (1 sf 7 Tape Ta Approved: . ae Sent 2 Speci A Agent in Charge | BGs Wick seen noweeeae Xu | AW 53074 Docld: 32309460 Page 2
{ Pa ye ra i “ o N 4 } UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUsTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply, Please Refer to File No. 2-312 sca ila — Miami, Florida bhi May 18, 1961. | ALL, IWEARIAATION CONTAINED of, the, Anti-Communis . contact with Agusti: at 62 Southwest 9 te.a- PT boat: and a quantity of radio. equipment which Re: ‘Anti-Commumist Legionnaires pn tides sie OP MM T-1, who. has ‘been connected with Cuban - revolutionary activities for the ‘past three’ “years, ' and who has furnished reliable information in the ' past, advised om. May . 17, 1961 that Gerald Patrick Henning, an American ‘soldier ef fortune, and head Be apo, a°Cuban national residing Street, Miami.//capo has access he: intends to use for some act. against the - present Cuban | Government. _ He: plans_ to make a reconnaissance - north. ‘of “Cuba. Capo. planned to make his. ‘econnais- ' gance trip to Cay Sal Bank on May 17, 1961, return. to Miami, and on May. 26th, he will return to Cay ‘ . Aguila, using the same ‘boat, and will. take with | him. Henning and fifteen to twenty Americans. who are members . of the | Anti-Commmist Legionnaires. MM T=1 . g and his group will have arms and will. try to” ‘operate out. of- Cay, Aguila against. Cuba - on. “conmands, raids. MM T=1 ‘explained that. Gerald Patrick Henning maintains a training camp west of Miami in the, Everglades swamps. At the present. ‘time there _ are: about. twenty. €0 Sventy-Eive American adventurers AGENCY REG RECT DATE. FORW. am pee SSIFIED, BY. pigate freraaye | t: CON shal SU ORR w SC) HOW, FORW, ih LTe Sie a ter ele 0 Co < Povgee ae ENCLOSURE : HW 53074 DBoclda:32309460 Page 3 égionnaires, has been in. YY-~ LEO)
“Re: -Anti-Commmnist Legionnaires at this camp, be young, ‘impressionable questionable 1 moral. character: | ye Se..Americans are considered te rustworthy, and. of Asea that. Cape. ts” connectéd. with rango, a. Cuban. politician. residing OO - ami thé headof the Triple A, 4 Cuban pelitical. . po 4 Party. and an. independent. anti-Castro organization. a . ‘MM 'T-1,° on May: iv, 1961, advised, thatthe trip. scheduled. for May 17th’ has: been: postponed. to May. 20° or. 2ist. MM Tol was’ advised by Aureliano Sanchez - Arango: ‘on. May 16; 1961, that enly he,. ‘Sanchez. Arango, - a - and. Capo know: of: the. exact destination of the. recennais- sange trip.and: the identity ef the boat to be used: |. . ; aches Arango said Jee an. assistant ef his, nd ompany Capo, Henning, Rober! Wit! fatley on ‘the reconnaissance trip OPED. eesaS4 SL ANe? pete MM Tel expects. that thé trip ‘taking. Herning a nae and his group to the Cay. Sal. Bank will probably ‘be yp ta, a (Sée | made some’ time on the. weekend of May 27, 1961-(y/fe) nal PROPERTY OF THE FBI--This memorandum .is loaned to you by the FBI, and. neither it nor. its. contents should be distributed: outside. the “agency . to: which. loaned. :