| HW 54462 JFK Assassination System Date: 6/8/2015 Identification Form AGENCY : Agency Information Peleased under the John ; FBI Fennedy RECORD NUMBER: —124-90136-10055 hssassination Records . oOllection Act of 1992 RECORD SERIES: HQ (44 USC 2107 Note). ase#:NWU 54462 Date: AGENCY FILE NUMBER: — 105-70973-19 ho-o5-2017 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: CV TO: HQ . TITLE: ° > \ _ DATE: 05/05/1959 PAGES: 3 SUBJECTS : . . WILLIAM ALEXANDER MORGAN DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION : — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: — 09/26/1998 _ _ OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE ‘ COMMENTS :. AT v9.1 DoclId: 32337012 15 Page 1
FD-36 (Rev. 12-13-56) Date: 5/5/59 PLAIN TEXT (Type in plain text or code) Vio. AIRTEL AIR MAIL . (Priority or Method of Mailing) | Transmit the following in TOs DIRECTOR, FBI | FROM: SAC, CLEVELAND rai RE:WILLIAM ALEXANDER MORGAN —/ot > 70970" 69 ad IS.-.CUBA. ~~ /| | FIDEL caSTR fe h t erg on (OF oF 39 Ay. FOREIGN POLITICAL MATT 4 7 i, Semana The following information was volunteered by ROBERT J, ABODEELY, 137 Yale Drive, Toledo, Ohio on 5/1/59. If any dissemination. , is made of this information the identity of ABODEELY should be protected at his request. It is also noted that consideration . | is being given to developing ABODEELY as a PSI, and. Bureau | euthority to contact him as such will be sought upon ™ st ~ j ' — of background investigation concerning hin, OQHIO SUDA = Source advised that JACK RUE and DOMINICKABA! : residents of Toledo, Ohio Have just recent 7 earned from a i“ visit to Cuba where they met with WILLIAM ALEXANDER MORGAN, ff A a f omen _, MORGAN is a Toledo native who fought in the Cuban Revolution with the forces of FIDEL CASTRO, and who was appointed to a ‘y? high military post oy CASTRO. following the success of me f Fé << = Sonne ees a CASTRO forces, c= f | 7 a According to Courée, LARUE stated on 4/28/59. that MORGAN. was | JSS | robably in Panama at that time since MORGAN had told LARUE a] uring his trip to Cuba that they(apparéently meaning a Cubé IAS A military contingent) were planning on-going into Pandma inj. EF , the near future. (Ka . Le | Z aS Py - Bureau (RM) ~ 7 _ Rio 69 VI aie BHO - Cleveland  « & 72 q 72 son SouTATHES | SuHe » (C1 - 134-607) 4 [o. 13 a reiep |! O ms ‘ - 15 UNGLASS . mm 1 - 105-3187 28 mi “gs -HERE! _ El HOWN, Pe | HES «(1 = 109-0) RS eed SS SMe: {959 ee ree ie Oj Eo Ne RIB/ bab , ex? CN le 4 ge 7 a; fe - ) bs LENS 3 lav ap ee , No w Approved: va a : "SS ag By | Special Agent in CHarge +t. |B 54462 Docld:32337012 Page 2
F.D-36 (Rev. 12-13-56) Transmit the following in . ( "Via - Source advised that according to LARUE, MORGAN is. very close to FIDEL CASTRO and it was his opinion that MORGAN would not be going on such an oxpedition without the knowledge and consent of CASTRO. gets . Source further advised that LARUE and BARTONE are members of a group who have been attempting to sell several .C-75 transport planes owned by the Akros Dynamics Corporation, |. ©...” 1810 Terminal-Tower Building, Cleveland, Ohio to FIDEL CASTRO, i Source stated that these planes are presently based at Phoenix, So Arizona and LARUE has indicated that one of these planes has already been delivered to CASTRO and it was anticipated that he would purchase at least a total of four of the planes (397 Source stated that to his knowledge . LARUE and BARTONE have no connection with the Akros Dynamics Corporation, but. i were aware that they had the planes for sale and entered into an agreement with Akros to attempt to sell the planes to CASTRO through their contact with MORGAN acd) It is noted that previous information regarding the sale of these planes to CASTRO was recently furnished to the Bureau under the caption "DR, FIDEL » GASTRO, FOREIGN POLITICAL MATTERS 6 oF According to source, LARUE also stated that. MORGAN expressed an interest in purchasing "Combat Jackets", which could be used as military clothing from the LARUE, BARTONE combine if they could obtain such jackets for resale, MORGAN > indicated that Cuba was attempting a build-up in military | e strength, and the previously mentioned airplanes would be used as a part of the over-all military build-up. igey) Any further details of the Cuban situation: furnished by ABODERLY will be. forwarded to the seen Og 2 “Ds Seg Approved: ' Special Agent in Charge HW 54462 DBocld:32337012 Page 3