Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote) . , DATE: 11-14-2017 . JFK Assassination System Date: 4/27/201 , : Identification Form ut Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: = 124-10280-10183 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: CR 105-82109-2 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: DAVIS, GEORGE E. JR. TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: DATE: 02/11/1960 “PAGES: 10 SUBJECTS : ' [Restricted] DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: Consulted; 4 CURRENT STATUS: = Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 04/09/1998 - OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE, APPROVAL OF INS 5 COMMENTS : v9.1 Docld: 32302246 Page 1 REFERRED TO INS
DATE: 11-14- 2017 Report 7 mm : Z ° _ ~ ¥D-269 -12-F5) fe - # FEDERAL ee COND Gr INV caTIGATION Reporting Office Otgfe Investigative P | MIAMI NM P1i 1960 1/17-27 /60 f {TILE OF CASE ‘ Report made by Typed By: ARTURO PLUTARCO. FERNANDEZ CHARACTER OF CASE D STRO Y*DIAZ, lg. yy _ Acturd™ Fernandez de“Castro, INTERNAL SECURITY - CUBA; ‘Q Raetth sanchez, "Bebow, REGISZRATION ACT - im — > PEE RWAWDE [2 DE *% p aTRoS Se foo Legat, Havana, letter, 9/21/59, to Bureau in cage entitled : MO} os "anti-FIDEL CASTRO Activities, IS - CUBA." may = Bureau letter to Legat, Havana, 10/14/59, entitled "Anti- N43 FIDEL CASTRO Activities, Is - CUBA “ Bureau file 109-584. c f A hy, LEADS ns aly) eM A a) G2 or be ‘he? — For. Co vag( BE Lee, SE: Go 1. Will maintain close contact with MM "ds for ject. uy relating to intelligence tthe of of subject. oEG Ass FIED BY. Sav SEI fi o(skekstele. om ~ Do not write in spaces below \. Ped Special Agent In Chargo Copies made: OL _> Bureau (RM) s, 1 - INS, Miami (RM) 3 - Miami (105-2088) gopies gefieid— 24 Ses v/a EXT 11 FEB isp NO OBJECTION-FE—— “aicaaeee AR BOR, . , £ LL. SS > FD Lt EY, For roviow at BING by HSCA re DF4/77/ requests \(See Bufizey Fea Livesay er YS. SCONE Property of FBI - This report is loaned in, Yaa‘ the HMi; dnd, ‘nelther ;{t’zlor its contents are to be distributed outside ency to which loanou: ¥e U. 8. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1985 0—344750 {i aan a ~ oe - iia _— Docld: 32302746 Page 2? Receased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hdtey-
eleased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of (997 (44 USC Fil? Hotey. DATE: 11-14-2017 : a hats CONFI ia _ MM 105-2088 2. Miami will attempt to develop additional sources who can furnish information concerning subject's activities. ADMINISTRATIVE It is to be noted that Captain ALFREDO GUERRA Y AQUIAR, a relative of PEDRO LUIS DIAZ LANZ, FAR defector, is the source from whom Colonel ERICKSON NICHOLS, Air Attache, United States Embassy, Havana, apparently obtain‘his ” information upon which this case is predicated. GUERRA was formerly in the Intelligence Section of the Cuban Air Force. He is still known to be connected with the Cuban Government. As the communications received by this office from the Bureau do not precisely show that GUERRA was the Air Attache's source, the basis for this investion is being attributed to the Air Attache. ae MM 635-S in addition to the information set forth in the body of instant report, advised that ARTURO FERNANDEZ - DE CASTRO had-recently furnished United States Customs some information concerning some B-25 and B-26 planes in the _ Miami area and claimed that United States Customs, on the : basis of his information had agreed to detain these Pas QA ae) | No dissemination of this report is being made to United States Customs locally and it is recommended that the Bureau not disseminate this report to United States Customs on the WashingtonyLlevel in order to afford a ate protection to MM 635-S. \ B. It is felt that if United States Customs is in contact directly with ARTURO FERNANDEZ DE CASTRO concerning some matters that information might be inadvertently furnished to him through interrogatign by United States Oe which | would expose MM 635-8. (¥ | a nt 8Y eaure TASK PORTE l ** © COVER PAGE - RELEASE IN ALE | CONADRYTIAL RELEASE PART, | | TOTAL DENIAL a ee ee Docld: 323022746 Page 3
DATE: 11-14-2017 105-2088 INFORMANTS LOCATL OR MM T-1 is MM 635-s, 134-211 Sub A. who furnished information on January 17 and 18, 1960, to SA GEORGE E. DAVIS, JR. lt is to be noted that ARTURO FERNANDEZ is the uncle of MM 635-S. He entrusted to MM 635- written report dated January 16, 1960, written in ink in longhand, for delivery to AMEIJEIRAS, Chief of the National Revolutionary Police in Cuba. Im order to protect MM 635-S, ~ the contents of this letter are being summarized and are f, mot being set forth verbatim, Careful consideration has been given to the source concealed in this report and T-symbol was utilized onlin the instance where identity must be concealed. Docld: 32302246 Page 4
Released under the John F. DATE: 11-14-2017 ra FD-204 (Rev. 3-3-59) ” + ” Copy tor Report of: Date: Field Office File #: Title: I ASE IN FULL 4 ws { ! EVI heme wen 8y SANEK TASK FORCE ama ‘ 08 | RELEASE IN PART DETAILS ; I. PREDICATION This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 US 2107 Hote}. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF Sivan Cb FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ONT AL 1 - INS, Miami, Florida (RM) ‘SA GEORGE E. DAVIS, JR, Ofc: MrAMT Tes doe 0 Bureau File a: ARTURO PLUTARCO FERNANDEZ DE CASTRO Y DIAZ INTERNAL SECURITY - CUBA; REGISTRATION ACT - CUBA iis 1959 U. S. Air Attache, Havana, Cuba, received information from a Cuban source to effect that ARTURO FERNANDEZ DE CASTRO, 6022 N. W. Sth Ave., Apt. 5, Miami, Fla., was in contact aS ‘ with the Intelligence Section of the Revolutionary Air Foree, Cuba, for the purpose of keeping abreast of anti- revolutionary Cuban activities, in Miami area. fin 1/60, MM T-1 advised chat af cAsTRD is now working as an intelligence ent for EFIGENIQ(AMEIJEIRAS, Chief of the National Revolutionary lice, Cuba, and is assigned to "Confidential A," a fidential intelligence section which has agents outside Cuba. fn 1/60, DE CASTRO furnished AMELJEIRAS with written report Soncerning his activities in Miami area and lained about net receiving money promptly from AMELTETRAS Pp () - pe Dec hs) Tas BP ROR on? AT_MIAMI, FLORIDA On September 21, 1959, Colonel ERICKSON NICHOLS, Air Attache, United States Embassy, Havana, reported having received information from a well placed Cuban source to the ; your agency; it and ite contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. Docld: 323022746 Page 5
‘Released under the dohn F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 US 2107 Hotes — DATE: 11-14-7017 ha ; a one mm 105-2088. - =° ~ ; e Me_teca\ity | GUIRA DEMUCURI A  nvestigate if this tte |. Je ete nephew, £ PEDRAZA) . PUL TAMARGO my. 245°S.'W. 18th court, Apartment 4 fees. Miami, -Florida KS) : III. IMMIGRATION STATUS AND DESCRIPTION (s Mh) On January. 27, 1960, examination of Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) ‘file A 8746061; reflected that ARTURO FLUTARCO FERNANDEZ DE, CASTRO Y DIAZ, aka "BEBO", resided at 6022 N. W. Sth Avenue, Apartment 5, as of August 15, 1956. He formerly resided at 572 N. E. 67th Street, Apartment 2. His last permanent residence in Cuba was Primelles Number po: 320 Cerro, Havana, Cuba. He last entered the United States on October 7, 1955, at the Port of Miami. Prior to that, he entered the United States om September, 19, 1954,-in * possession of an O-1 non-quota visa. He was in possession’. _ of Cuban Passport Number 25728, issued to him by the Cuban Ministry of State, Havana, on August 17, 1948. ‘ee His inmigration file reflected the following descriptive data: . Name ARTURO PLUTARCO FERNANDEZ | DE CASTRO Y DIAZ Born - 6/28/05, Cardenas Matanzas, 7 Eyes Brown Py Hair Brown } Height 5 "9" Weight 187 lbs. Citizenship Cuban ( - 5 « 7 a i . CONF ENT a Docld:32302246 Page 6
“Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 DATE: ii1- 14-7017 . an _ aN « ‘ — ‘ MM 105-2088 Complexion on Wife Cuba. Son. Daughter A photograph of the subject was obtained. ee SGIAKES. J Docld:32302246 Page 7
F Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 19927 (44 USC 2107 Hoféy. DATE: 11-14-2017 mM 105-2088 GON Do) MAL : * followers at the Biltmore Terrace Hotel, Miami Beach, had paid $10,000.00 for several B-25 and B-26 planes in the Miami area. &) ft) . MM T-1 said that in the middle of January, 1960, DE CASTRO prepared a report for AMEIJEIRAS enumerating the results of his investigations for AMEIJEIRAS,along with other appropriate comments. MM T-1 said that DE CASTRO disclosed that he uses the code name ELIS SANG vA submitting reports to AMEIJEIRAS. fey According to MM T-1, DE CASTRO complained to AME LJEIRAS about not receiving money promptly from AMEIJEIRAS in return for his services and he was financially hardpressed. He also complained about his method of communicating information to AMEIJEIRAS is bad and that there shoula ve some more direct method agreed upon. He advised that he suggested that a person in Havana be namgd to receive both mail and telephone calls from hin. wh (A) TRO d act sed that he had been in contact “* with CARMENV: INTANA, a woman who had been sent to Miami + on a misg#6n on or about December 27, 1959. He disclosed ‘that this woman left Miami on December 28, 1959, and that he himself had aided her finaneially, but had received no further word from her. 44) NM) DE CASTRO reported that he felt sure that there would not be an invasion or air attack against Cuba during the month of January. He disclosed that he had sent AMEIJEIRAS a report during the previous week an Snawired as to whether or not it had been received. COA . He inquired as to whether or not a Lieutenant PALMERO used to be in "Confidential A" and whether or not. AMEIJEIRAS had receiyed the reports which he, DE CASTRO, had sent to PALMERO. (%) ) Docld: 323022746 Page &