- 4 Ras | oF . ‘Airtel to SAC, Miami _ Re: CAPTURE OF EIGHT COUNTERREVOLUTIONARIES BAN ARMED FORCES, FEBRUARY 21, 1963 BY CUBAN A 105<118615 © eo oe No , New York Office has interviewed Masferrer on numerous \ occasions and he has admitted supplying weapons to antinCastye soups. > Bureau feels that following your interview of Interpen vow York who. ’ might implicate Masferrer he should be interviewed by New York Office. oliowing the interview. of Interpen members, on away-from your informant as TES { “The interview of Masferrer, 1 { ‘would have ‘tendency to. throw. ating him and cast it.on Interpen rviews of Interpen members, set. ot lead infornati owing: your vie fice interview , source of the: members. Followi bm ting the results of your inquiries use nev tite io clude names of all of the individuals involved in this beginning with Hargraves. — . matter as Subjects,  Handle"expeditiowstys 3 ME, ff | | | i, - - /Senorandua Wannall to Sullivan 3/5/63 advised that Cubans _ captured eight. counterrevolutionaries and had repossessed two fishing vessels which this. group had allegedly seized. information provided | by MM 639-S indicated that Hargraves, American soldier of fortune, ™~ apparently.led this, group, left them. on Elbow Cay in the Bahamas _ Ww ere he prestmes. they were captured by Cubans. ‘Hargraves and two — others) reportedly returned to Miami prior te the capture of the eight counterrevolutionaries. Gerald Patrick Hemming, head of Interpen and soldier of fortune, undoubtedly knows of this matter and we know ¢he is close to Miami: Attorney represeating’ the eight who were captured. v* We presented facts to Department and Department ‘has requested we ther there was a violation of “ eendtict investigation to determine whe “/ “Pitle 18, 0. S. Code Section 960. (organizing expedition from U. S.) |/ or conspiracy to violate this section. ..Since ay left from (M) oe . U.S. possibility of neutrality violation exists. HW 54046 Docld:32340663 Page 3
' a . ST ® 2 at & 8 cae "e vw na =o Ui. {PED STATES GOVE” \MENT = _ BPARTMENT OB JUSTICE * Menioranaum | | . ” TO : Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation DATE}; March 15 1963 J. Walter Yeagley ~ FRoM :/Assistant Attorney General ies si eI I RATION CONTAINED 4 Divisi t | IED, Internal Security Division DATE ¥-3- 98 ans yy weley : supyede7 CAPT CAPTURE OF EIGHT COUNTERREVOLUTIONARIES . —sreRne BY CUBAN. ARMED iC “FORCES 9 .. SBRUARY 2: 21 Ls 1963 INTERNAL SECURITY - CUBA nfgre Cte “NEUTRALITY MATTERS eG ‘ile ( vredceflertrr \) | . 2- 1693 C Brttny ha a Reference is made to your memorandim dated March 6, 1963, captioned as above, .requesting to be advised whether an investigation of the neutrality aspects of this matter is desired. . ; wd Press reports in the February 22 and February 23 » 1963 editions of ‘ 4 the Cuban Government-controlled newspaper, "Hoy", state that eight Cuban counterrevolutionaries had been captured as they were attempting to disembark arms and personnel in Cuba. The Havana report indicates that the arrested a vo men had confessed that they were responsible for seizing two Sigma-type thy fishing boats on February 13, 1963, off the Cuban coast, which boats were oy im, taken to Elbow Key, in the British Bahamas. The men also confessed, according _ to "Hoy", that the armed vessel ‘from which the men had attacked the Cubay-” Nan fishing boat lef om Florida. One of the eight captured men was identi- .~ fied as ELENOXOVIEDQYALVAREZ. ; _— 7 vo era EEA A RE IS ARATE ET TEI . fy an fee ans A confidential informant has advised thatt,ROY..EMOR RAVES, an Roan rw ‘American, who has been engaged in Cuban revolutionary activit es for ‘The past two years, invited Eleno Oviedo Alvarez and two others to go on a military Wo venture to Cuba in early February. The “informant further advised that they" picked up eight other Cuban exiles; obtained money and weapons from ROLANDO MASFERRER ROJAS, ‘and departed from. somewhere in South Florida. According to the informant, the group made a landing at Elbow Cay, in the Bahamas, where they unloaded some of their equipment; later they captured two Cuban fishin, ‘if boats off the North coast of Cuba. In order to obtain. additional gasoline and arms, Hargraves and two. others returned to Miami, Florida, during whic period the Cuban Government captured the eight remedy sa er Elbow Cay Y/Y IGF » Your memorandum reflects that the Central intel ligency Agency (CIA) , “8 sansc® that the incident set forth. ‘therein was not a CIA operation. CORDED COPY FLED IN A her ihalald br HW 54046 Docld:32340663 Page 4
ens be wer é For your information, thts Division is currently reviewing the . - available information in the matter involving the arrest on December 4, ASeS at a dock at Marath >» FL rida, of Eleno Olviedo Alvarez, Roy a ck ning: “and some 10 other individuals: associated with Hemming in his” antt-Castro group, “Intercontinental Penetration Forces," to determine\whether the available admissible evidence would be sufficient to sustain a’ successful prosecution of these individuals for violation of 18 U.S.C. 960. fe i In the event the allegations set forth in your memorandum dated . ‘March 6, 1963 can ‘be established, it is our opinion that the military enter-_ prise which resulted in the capture by the Castro forces of the eight counter- _ revolutionaries who had reportedly departed from South Florida, could con- ceivably constitute a violation of Section 960. Accordingly, it is requested that an appropriate investigation be conducted by the Bureau in this matter HW 54046 under Section 960° or a conspiracy to violate that code section. DoclId: 327340663 Page 5