sO ‘ Date:08/12/93 - Page:1 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY : WC RECORD NUMBER : 179-40004-10213 RECORDS SERIES : 08: NUMBERED COMMISSION DOCUMENTS AGENCY FILE NUMBER DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR : FBI FROM : TO TITLE DATE : 09/18/64 PAGES : 8 SUBJECTS PENA, OREST DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION : U RESTRICTIONS : REFERRED CURRENT STATUS : P DATE OF LAST REVIEW : / | OPENING CRITERIA COMMENTS P. 1-7 PLUS 1 UNNUMBERED; BOX FO02 HW 50529) Docld:32211209, Page 1
C Commission No. 154A FD-204 (Rev. 3-3-59) 4 . .Y e tet UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION SECRET Copy to: 1 - Immigration - and Natiixralization Service, New Orleans, Louisiana (REGISTERED MATL) Report of: SA WARREN.C. DE BRUEYS “Offices NEW ORLEANS Date: . September 18, 1964 Field Office File No.: NO 105-1926 Bureau File No.: be- -G Go A secre CRIS —lasified Wee = ey woEF WHERE SHOWN. Declassify om: wit ‘OTHERWISE ngnee® 9603 0 D0MMSE Character: INTERNAL SECURITY ~ CUBA 3-93 nrg — | oO 7 Get spel Synopsis: Military records re subject. reveal he was inducted - into the U. S. Army 1/28/49 at New York, N. Y., and served on active. duty until 1/27/50 on which date _-He was honorably discharged from active duty and transferred to U. S. Army Reserve Corps until 6/12/54 when he was honorably discharged. [Subject validated for emergency service in U. S. Merchant — - Marine and issued Merchant Marine Document # Z-1068920. Merchant Marine records for subject for period 2/55 through 10/57 set. forth. _ Subject 's. identification record set forth. “Information received from confidential source abroad re Subject's past. travel in Europe: fails to reflect any pertinent ‘contacts made by subject during such travel. -The person. who allegedly made the allegation on which this investigation was based, namely, that subject. in the past planned to travel to Europe and Moscow, advised that he has been unable to develop any information to change source's opinion that. subject is anti-CASTRO. “ GROUP 1 » Pe. Exclude from automatic eo a downgr ng and '. DETAILS; : declasfif ation _ .A review of the military service records on file at the Military Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, . Missouri, for ORESTES FARNICIO PENA., Serial Number 51 061 050, indicated he. ‘was inducted into the U. S. Army on January 28, ‘ 1949 at New. York, New York, and served on.active duty until January 27, 1950, at which time he was honorably. released from SECRET HW 50520" Pocament, contains. auger Fgcommengations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; It end age its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.
NN - Paty yet BE & Cee! ARE NO 105-1926 WCD: jas, active duty aS a Private at Fort Benning, Georgia, and was transferred to the U..S. Army Enlisted Reserve Corps where he served in an inactive status until June 12, 1954 receiving an honorable discharge by reason of completion of his mili- tary obligation... , .- Records failed to reflect any foreign service, awards, Citations, or decorations. . His. character and efficiency ratings ranged from unknown to excellent and there is no record of courts-martial or absence. without official. leave, At Washington, D.C. The following information was obtained from a review of Merchant Marine personnel file pertaining to OREST PENA obtained from Miss LUCILE R. SCHILDER ,° Super= .visor, Merchant Vessel Personnel Records and Welfare Branch: On August 3, 1954, at Port of New York, New York City, Orestes Farnicio Pena, 223 West 195th Street, New. York City, executed an application for a United States Merchant — Mariner's Document. On this application, Orestes Farnicio Pena Showed he was born August 15, 1923, at Colon, Cuba, was holder of a Cuban Passport, number 16583, issued ‘June. 23, 1949, by the Department of Immigration, Havana, Cuba, also waS in possession of United States Immigration and Naturali- zation alien registration card, number A-6434157. He requested a Merchant Mariner's Document endorsed for duty as an Ordinary Seaman, Wiper and MeSsman. He’ was validated for emergency Service and on November 2, 1954, was issued United States Merchant Mariner's Document, number Z-1068920. He was . described as a white male, five. feet eight inches tall, - weight 140 pounds, black hair, brown eyes and wearing a HW 50529 muStache. His Social Security Number. was Shown as being number 068-24-0156. His next of kin was identified as his wife, Paula Pena, at 223 West 105th Street, New York City. On May 19, 1955, Pena was issued Merchant Mariner's “ee tet saeest SECRET DoclId: 3227112709 Page 3
NO 105-1926 -WCD: jas -Coocument 2-1068920 in thé name Orest Pena. The file reflected he requested his name to be changed to conform with his name> aS it appeared on his Certificate of Naturalization, number 7426151, issued to him May 6,'1955, in United States District . Court, Southern District of New York, New York City. His new -Merchant Mariners Document also showed him to be endorsed for service as Ordinary. Seaman, Wiper and Messman. 7 , . On January 7, 1957, Pena's Merchant Mariner's Document was reissued at Mobile, Alabama, ‘to show him. as an able seaman-any-waters-twelve months. At that time he Showed his permanent residence as 515 West 107th Street, New York City, and next of kin was identified as his - daughter, Margaret Pena, at the Same address . On April 24, 1961, he was issued a Replacement - Document, at which: time his local address was Shown as 117 Decatur Street, New Orleans, Louisiana. .— The Merchant Marine jacket reflected the following service record for Pena:. ‘Date of Place Name of Date Place Rating - Shipment Vessel _ Discharged 2/8/55. New York Columbia 4/27/55. Tacoma, Wiper '. City Heights Washington 6/3/55 New York Gulf Service-6/21/55 Lake. Ordinary City a _ Charles, Seaman Louisiana 6/22/55 Lake Gulf 12/9/55 New York Ordinary , oO Charles, Service City ‘Seaman Louisiana - — 1/5/56 . New York Gulf 7/3/56 New York Ordinary se City ~ -« Service noes - City -Seaman . 3. HW 50529 DoclId:327211209 Page 4
HW 50529 -,. NO 105-1926 ' WCD: jas ° Date ‘of > 9/21/56 12/8/56 12/21/56 1/7/57 1/26/57 3/1/57 3/25/57 6/30/57 _ 7/11/57 7/27/57 10/25/57 Shipment __ Docld: 322711209 Place New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans, - Louisiana New York City Mobile, -Alabama New Orleans, - Louisiana _ New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans, LouiSiana Houston, Texas Houston, Texas ‘Houston, -Texas ~ Ostrica,.. Louisiana Page 5 Name of Vessel Sue Lykes Yaque , Yaque Yaque Yaque . Yaque Drake Victory Jean Lykes Gibbes _ Lykes Gibbes Lykes Gulf Flight _ Date. Dis- -Charged 12/20/56 1/7/57 1/23/57 2/28/57 3/15/57 6/7/57 7/10/57 7/26/57 8/20/57 10/31/57 _ “12/3/56 New Orleans, Louisiana Ordinary Seaman New. York Ordinary: City Seaman ' Mobile, Ordinary Alabama Seaman Mobile, Ordinary Alabama Seaman - New Orleans Ordinary Louisiana Seaman Baltimore, Ordinary Maryland Seaman New Orleans Able ~ Louisiana Bodied Galveston, Able. _ Texas Bodied Seaman Houston,,. Able Texas Bodied Seaman New Orleans Able -Louisiana Bodied Seaman Philadel- Ordinary -phia, Seaman ‘Pennsylvania
7 ne Ce —_ - SEGRE NO 105-1926 WCD: jas Note: Voyages beginning on June 3,. 1955, ~ June 22, 1955, January 5, 1956, and October 25, 1957, were coastwise; ~ -all other. voyages were to foreign ports. FEO AO OOO IO OSE ICI GOGI SIG IOR GIG IG IG IACI IGE IKK | Set out below is the Identification Record pertain- ing todoREST PENA: | CONTRIBUTOR OF “NAME & _ ARRESTED CHARGE DISPOSITION FINGERPRINTS NUMBER | OR REC! D Army _ Oreste Farnicio 1-28-49 St Pena NY NY #US 51 061 050 ; USINS~AR Orestes F. Pena — FP #6434157 1-18~53 USCG | Orestes Farnicio FP CS Pena 8-3-54 #Z USCG OreSt Pena FP 7 oo #Z~1068920 5-18-55 | =5- HW 50529 Docld:322711209. Page 6
Hep}! 9351926 a On July 9, 1964, NO T-1, a confidential’ source abroad, revealed that subject resided at ‘the Grand Hotel, 2 rue Scribe, Paris 9, from May 6-12, 1964. Source advised that since that date he has no longer been present in the Paris, France area. Source added that Subject is unknown to the records of the. various services of the Prefecture of Police ‘in Paris.. During his brief stay in Paris he did not come to the attention of the French authorities .(S) . a On July 20, 1964, NO T-2, a confidential source abroad, revealed that subject arrived in Madrid, Spain, on .May 12,.1964 at Barajas Airport (Madrid).. He took up residence at the Hotel Plaza, Madrid, where he ‘remained until May 22, at which time he departed from the hotel. His destination was unknown but it was believed that he had left Spain at that time. Source advised that Subject did not come to security notice during his stay in Spain. Spanish records reflected that he was the bearer of U. S. passport #92577. issued to him in Washington, D. C. on June 25, 1963. He arrived in Spain under the auSpices' of the American Express Company Travel Agency .{ S) - Also on July 20, 1964, NO T-3, a confidential source abroad, revealed substantially the same information Supplied by confidential source NO T-2. Instant source added, however, that Spanish records reflected that Subject | was born August 15, 1923 in the United States and that his permanent place of reSidence was listed by him as New Orleans, Louisiana. S) . Confidential informant NO T-4, a confidential . Source abroad, advised as follows on August 7, 1964: () ORESTES PENA, born August 15, 1923, in Cuba, a United States citizen, arrived at Fiumicino Airport, Rome, Italy, on Trans World Airlines flight number 900 on May 22, 1964, coming from Madrid, Spain. PENA bore PaSSport number D-092577, issued at Washington, D. C.,_ on June 25, 1963. While in Rome, PENA lodged at. the Hotel Comnodoro( 1) . -6~ . HW 50529 DBoclId:3227112709 Page 7
HW 50529 “SECRET NO 105-1926 _WCD: jas ‘PENA departed Rome at 1:20 PM on May 27, 1964, on Alitalia flight number AZ-222 enroute to Frankfurt, Germany, from where he was to. continue on Air France flight number 370, to Berlin, Germany. While at his hotel in. Rome, he is not known to have had contact of any sort and gave the impression that he was merely traveling as a tourist. . : ' At New Orleans, Louisiana On September I0, 1964,!)GUILLERMO FIALLO, 2003 . Laurel Street j/ an employee of A-Z Paper. Company, (630. South Front Street, New Orleans;| advised aS follows: ° . FIALLO, it is to be noted, is the source of the original allegation on which this investigation was based, namely, that Subject had some time ago planned to travel to Europe and Moscow. FIALLO advised on Septem- ber 10, 1964, that since he was last interviewed by an Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on July 6, 1964 he has endeavored to determine Subject's sympathies ; regarding FIDEL CASTRO. Source advised that he has had 7 Close contact with the subject in the paSt and has seen him several times since July 6, 1964, however, he did state that he haS not had too close a contact with the Subject during the last 30 days. FIALLO stated that he has endeavored in his contacts with the Subject and with other persons who are known to the subject to ascertain whether the subject could possibly be pro-CASTRO or perform any activity on- behalf of CASTRO. FIALLO stated that after all of his efforts he still retains his original. firm belief that the Subject is definitely anti-CASTRO and added that he has learned nothing that would cause him to believe that Subject was anything but anti-CASTRO. -7% SCRE DoclId: 3227112709 Page 6
a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE aa SY FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION -.. - In Reply, Please Refer to , , - SEL SP 1 File No. . , . INE | New Orleans, Louisiane. - September 18, 1964 — ete Title =: OREST PENA. ‘Character: | INTERNAL SECURITY - CUBA ‘Reference: Report of SA WARREN c. DE BRUEYS dated September 18, 1964, at. New Orleans 7 _All sources (except any listed below): whose identities are concealed in referenced communication have’ furnished reliable information in the past. . ‘This document contains neither recommendations’ not: conclusions -of the FBI. . It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside» your agency. HW 50529 Doold:32211209 Page 9.