AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE : DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-90135-10312 HQ 105-82298-129 Document Information FBI MM HQ 05/18/1961 80 ELOY GUTIERREZ MENOYO PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Secret Consulted; 1B; 4 Redact 01/20/1999 INDEFINITE, APPROVAL OF USA, CIA RPT; REFERRED TO USA | NW 45875 DocId:32336917 Page 1 Date: s 6/2/2015
MM 105-2102 LEADS REI " > AT MIAMI, FLORIDA w ; . 1) Will maintain contact with RAFAEL HUGUET, wr Blue Bay Motel, 79th Street Causeway, aay Florida, for Ve information concerning the subject. 2) Will interyiew~MERCEDES GUTIERREZ MENOYO, 1332 Northwest Second’ Street, Miami, for information con- : _ cerning her brother, the subject. u) ADMINISTRATIVE . This report is classified "Secret" in view of the fact (1) it contains information from the New York Office fur- . nished by PSI of the New OTHER 4 York Office, with possible double agent potential, dis- closure of such tnformati might possibly prejudice future effectiveness of SANCHEZ (2) The report contains informa- tion furnished by ONI and the CIA, both of which agencies classified the information submitted as "Secret ENO) It is to be noted the San Antonio Office advised in connection with its interview of the subject on Febru- ary 14, 15, and 16, 1961, that the subject appeared com- pletely co-operative during the interview and at no time refused to answer questions. It was further stated by San Antonio that it was the opinion of the interviewing Agents that subject probably told the truth with regard to the bulk of the information furnished by him and if he did distort any information, it would have been in connection with his acti- vities in Europe during the Summer of 1960 and his alleged —- connections with anti-Franco and anti-SALAZAR activities. a = -B- (COVER PAGE) “te 4 ~ gor om, 279 up ae tl ph ane . a aa oe “a \ ‘ \ . Nt en. JIE, i | ~ | NW 45875 DocId:32336917 Page 2
yt 105-2102 SURE: San Antonio cautioned, however, that it did not feel that it was possible to make a definite statement as to the authenticity of the information furnished by the subject or whether or not subject and his group are bona fide defectors from the CASTRO regime. It is noted by the San Antonio Office that subject and all members of his group positively expressed their desire to actively . oppose CASTRO, not by forming political groups in the United States, but by returning to Cuba and providing actual military opposition to the present Cuban Government. _ The San Antonio Office pointed out also that in view of the fact that Captain WOODROW Y. CHIN, CIC, Fort Hood, Texas, headed a special team of investigators inter- viewing the subject for a period of almost three weeks con- cerning military matters, the San Antonio Office did not dwell upon these matters and Captain CHIN advised San Antonio that results of his interrogation would be disseminat- ed to the Bureau. INFORMANTS Informant Location ; “Ay va / /MM T-1 is ADRIAN NARANJO, | / PSI (Under development) \ (ex-employee of Cubana-Airways, (uv Miami), contacted by SA JOHN E. McHUGH Instant report, “| -C- a Le \ \' (COVER PAGE) | pew ee a | HW 45875 DocIdad:32336917 Page 3
>. MM 105-2102 - US C ‘oe OTHER 4 Informant Location . MM T-2 is PSI, New York Miami file Office 105-2102-134 MM T-3 is OBIDIO MORENO,Pan _ American Operations Office, Miami file / Miami Airport (By request) 105-2102-102 ‘MM T-4 is 492-S, contacted fo by SA JAMES D. HAYES wi? Miami file att 44-Sub A 84 Ms sf ONI I 743 ssa es file 105-2102-146 a 4 MM T-6 is Legat, Madri D tam file 105-2102-138, Aletter dated 2/17/61, and Serial 166 ¥) / letter 3/14/61. . MM T-Qis ca u) Miami file 105-2102, a Serials 153, and 157 ‘ MM T- Fu of t Miami file 105-2102, [ Air Fore +(% B)(v (6 sine) Serial 157 “| 4 MM T-9 is Legat, Paris, letter Miami file 105-2102, vd Z 1/11/61 Serial 157 Yh ai , MM T-10 is JUAN MACHADO, Miami file 134-539-A 18 | f PSI - Cuba, (Contacted by i SA WILLIAM G. FRIEDEMANN / 1 T- lee Army report Miami file 105-2102, [4 / dated 2 sei (S Serial 160 " [ / = j | iene Oa TAM FURLE 1 i gud "(coves PAGE) 7 7) ReLEASE 4 PART ee WIP | oS Ald i oe ee - — HW 45875 DocId:32336917 Page 4
ee OOOO ans Sao" _ = - —=_—— — mot 105-2102 SECRET Careful consideration has been given to each source concealed and "T'" symbols were utilized only in those instances where it was necessary to conceal their identities. Other informants and sources contacted who were unable to furnish any information concerning the subject were; ) The following informants who have furnished reliable information in the past were contacted on the dates indicated and could furnish no information concerning the subject: 7 (yd SJ 440-S, contacted by SA SAMUEL ‘He PIERSON, JR. on March 6, 1961. SJ 460-S, contacted by SA SAMUEL H. PIERSON, JR. on March'7, 1961. SJ 462-S, contacted by SA SAMUEL H. PIERSON, JR. me on March 6, 1961. Xu NA . SJ 466-S contacted by SA EUGENE L. PAYNE on Us February 24, 1961. PSI JOSE M. TORO NAZARIO, contacted by SA SAMUEL H..PIERSON, JR. on March 3, 1961. | PSI RAFAEL ALBERTO ARVELO GONZALEZ , contacted by SA EUGENE L. PAYNE on March 6, 1961. a a gE A A gr ie “ee .™ ‘ San Juan indices contain no information concerning the subject not already in possession’ of Miami. () | | o (COVER PAGE) | HW 45875 DocId:32336917 Page 5
. MM’ 105-2102 4 | ; THE:ush SECRET) On January 26, 1961, MM T=-4, an individual. formerly an official in the Cuban Government, who has numerous acquaintances in the Latin-American element in Miami and other Latin-American countries, advised that the subject had been active in selling bonds in Cuba for the "Liberation of Spain." MM T-4 said that the subject's family, including his grandfather, are believed to be fanatic communists, and according to MM T-4, GUTIERREZ's mother i described as more com. munistic. than her son. (f { Ww) On January 27, 1961, ALEXANDER RKE, JR., who gave his address as 2080 Southwest 6th Court, "Miami, Florida, sent a telegram to the Federal Bureau of ~~~ “Tavestigation, protesting the admission of the sub- ject and his group to the United States claiming that subject and others were responsible for his imprison- ment without charges for nine days in Cuba in August, 1959. RORKE claimed he was shot at, abUsed, and sub- jected to round-the-clock interrogation: and "brain<s washing attempts” when seized while on network TV news assignment. - SECRET! Ta | | NW 45875 Docld:32336917 Page 6 ns ce ee
ina source who stgted that according to official Portu- Pa ye Tt guese: servicef’the subject contacted a Chinese namedXLING, als ae) -SEY, who, is also known by the names, IN LIAN-SHU. TU. and Be " ‘TINDSEY LIN “in August, 1960, in Santa Maria, Azores. as MM. T=8 said ‘that LING currently” resides in Madrid, Spain, ) | | ~ - oat vised that it had received informat4gn from a reliable . . ¢ 7 oH we : ’ ' ° , E sre: , MM 105-2102 S CRE) THE:GK: 5 and was: trying - to escape, or he might. be a. political op- portunist trying to switch sides in time, or he may have been ‘sent to the U. S$. to conduct espionage or to infiltrate anti-CASTRO. movements in Miami. X HUI DEUR $57 FED TP Lojpspe a oN 3-/9-4 -- On March 7,'-1961,-MM-T-8,—another. Ee Z /9- ho . ‘he-% agency: which conducts, intelligence investigations, ad- om ) pia where he manages a restautant allegedly owned by another, eee unidentified,Chinese who reportedly supplied clothing to U.-S. personnel at Lajes Base in the Azores. MM T-8 ane said that LING is one of several Chinese suspected of. using business ventures as’ ‘cover for espionage or. other’ \ illegal activ, ties. MM T- 8 also said that a man named — \ THEODOR HEIN AWIENER was a business associate of: LING, and that he was “arrested in the ‘Azores. in December | ‘of 1958 . \ on, suspicion. of-espionage: As of September, _1960,. WIENER | was reportedly in Bermuda. ) xy \ According to MM T-9, a confidential : ‘source abroad, LING was born on March 12,1919, it.Ghekiang, China, He established a clothing business: in: Spain where. he. works. on American bases.«° He represents Lang Chong’ and Company, - custom tailors, 2nd Floor, OiKwan. Building, Hong Kong: . LING is in business. relationship with SAMUEL ON MING CHUN.. ae Both belong to a financial ‘organization éstablished by the Peoples Bank at Shanghai for the purpose of obtdining cap- ital of Chinese’ living abroad, and ¢ -chanyeling these funds . -back. to. China) | a Se __ LING was in contact: with. HEINZ THEODOR WIENER . EE) Also, according’ to MM T- 9, ‘Lang, Chong and Company reportedly established a bank in: San Francisco during ~the early part of 1960 ‘under ‘the name of: Lang Chong and Company, Bank of Canton) snes 8 7 SECRE /0S-GIZT- 29 fn ni Se a es 74 35a ers BS 1S Temes alte an Sg | HW 45875 DocId:32336917 Page 7
"SECRET! MM 105-2102 MM.T-9,also advised that HEINZ THEODOR W . a confederate of LING, apparently is a German. = On February 23, 1961, MM T-6, a confidential source abroad, advised that certain Chinese merchants - in Spain ar Kgported to be sending. American dollars to Red China CS By letter postmarked March 8, ses, tamaan, 1610 ~ 28th Avenue, Tampa, Florida, advised that he'was  z/; the Liberation of of oF Cuba, and also was a delegate of the Monte Cristi ¢ group in Tampa which was affiliated with the Democratic. Revolutionary Front. The Democratic Revo- = lutionary Front (FRD) was the overall anti-CASTRO directing. group in South Florida. MORAN furnished the following infor- mation: mae ww . , "'T bave been informed by my good friend, Mr. RE ECHARD, ex-Consul General of Cuba in Tampa and now in exile in Miami, that Commander ELOY GUTIERREZ MENOYO is being held in the Immigration De- tention Headquarters in McAllen, Texas, for iti aid, ing. I am sure that information I possess will a the authorities in their cuty t to do true justice ‘' B®) . LP2 LY, no Mlda-Soboy CkI OEY F "Commander ELOY cuiseaned MENOYO is an inde- fatigable fighter for democracy and a fervent. anti- Communist.- The Committee which I head had the honor of aiding him when’ he was fighting against the BATISTA dictatorship in the mountains of Escambray. After- wards, he didn’t accépt any position in the government of FIDEL.CASTRO and acted only against the abortive plot of Dictator TRUJILLO and other BATISTA assassins to invade Cuba. He did this to save many Cubans from death and because he is an ardent defender of democracy. Ru) Zu ti. Lede. “Through my good friend> “Mr. RENE. DECHARD, a . | have been informed that: although. Commander GUTIERRE MENOYO attended several government “Fihetions, ° he HY) tf a 2 at ae -  Seoner poscp229p le q Trew it | NW 45875 DocId:32336917 Page 8
pe = MM 105-2102 = a SECrep —Mte:é : | On March 14,1961, MM T- 6, a confidential source | abroad, stated that according ‘to information put out by 9th Cuban sources,, the subject held lengthy ‘conversations with." Colonel RAMON/ QUIN/LOPEZ, who was residing in Madrid te - "at the time’ and who headed a Cuban arms purchasing con-. “mission in Europe.* MM T-6 said that Colonel. BARQUIN - gpent time in jail during the regime of former Cuban President FULGENCIO BATISTA for a plot against BATISTA, and was later released by CASTRO January 1, 1959. BARQUIN #.. allegedly defected from CASTRO’s Government in about a August of 1960,. and thereafter went from Madrid to Miem: We): oy There has ‘been criticism of the delay of BAR- | GREG. ca QUIN in defecting from CASTRO, and speculation that his Pier _ defection occurred only after he had been fired by CASTRO. Sf yts According to MM T-6, the subject also was in contact in V7 a Madrid with one OSC. $, a Cuban mulatto, identified . as a Cuban G-2 a Baris COE wer who operated: ‘out of the Cuban Embassy in Paris On March 24, 1961, MM T-11, another Government agency which conducts. intelligence and ‘personnel . investiga- tions, advised :that the subject, furnished the following information.on February 6, 1961: Cree siibject has Alien Registration Number Al0 190153, and in addféfion to his full name, ELOY GUTIERREZ MENOYO, has used the names of LAZARO MARTINEZ MENDOZA, and has been called by. the nickname GALLEGO. He has a present military rank of Comandante (Major) in the Cuban ‘érgan- 4%atiom=known as the Second Front of the Escambray, ae” ! Frente. de la Sierra del 1 Escambray). He stated that the organization is presently inactive. GUTIERREZ - was born in Madrid,. Spain, on December 8, 1934, and is a Cuban citizen by decree by CASTRO. He is single, Catholic ‘by religion, and has received ten years schooling. He. speaks Spanish and has fought against BATISTA since 1952 (@) With regard to the name LAZARO MARTINEZ MENDOZA, this was used » ‘On. an- illegal passport in 1957 to gain entry (c/ = 59 = SECRET . . ae | HW 45875 DocId:32336917 Page 9
MM 105-2102 a SECRET THE :GK 4 into the United States to seek. aid in the fight against BATISTA. The name GALLEGO is a nickname given subject by his friends to denote his Spanish origin, and is often applied to individuals from the Province of Galicia in: Spain. (€) GUTIERREZ claims his rank of Comandante ‘was accorded him by unanimous vote of all of the Escambray ‘Mountain group on November 10, 1957. (The group numbered twenty at the time.) (Cz GUTIERREZ has been: on semi-inactive status since January 1, 1959, at which time the Second Front was disbanded. However, he does not feel that he can be considered a bonafide member of CASTRO's army, since the Second Front was never officially incorporated into the rebel army. Accordingly, GUTIERREZ claims that as of the time he departed Cuba (January, 1961), he had no official title, position or standing in the CASTRO Regime. GUTIERREZ said that although his name appeared on the Cuban Revolutionary Army roster, he refused to accept any pay checks and does not consider himself a member of the Cuban . .Armed Forces. (7) ° 5 ON GUTIERREZ said he arrived in Cuba from Spain in 1948 at the age of 14 in company of his mother and two | older sisters. They entered Cuba legally and did not flee ' Spain as exiles. Subject’s father, CARLOS GUTIERREZ ZABALETA, currently resides at Linea and F Streets, Vedado, Havana, Cuba. His father, born in Madrid and a doctor of medicine, is a specialist in radiology, in connection with rheuma- . tology. His father presently is associated with the National Institute for the Tourist Industry (INIT), and is Assistant Director in Charge of Therapeutic Mineral Water Facilities. His father fought on the side of the Loyalist groups in their revolution against FRANCISCO 1 FRANCO in Spain. (C] oO. SECRET —————_—— |W 45875 DocId:32336917 Page 10
(- | _ SECRET) MM 105-2102 ; THE :GK , His mother is MERCEDES MENOYO BANCS, and his brothers are JOSE ANTONIO, who died in the. Spanish Civil War, and CARLOS, who also fought on the Loyalists" side in Spain, and was killed March 13, 1957, in Cuba in the assault on the Presidential Palace. (A) _ Subject’s sisters are MERCEDES, SARITA, and MARITERE, SARITA is married to JOSE LUIS/PARADAS¢C ) ° " : hes Bai LOIFICIO PROM, HBUHNA, COE Subject attended School for approximately” ten ~ years at Auxeas Mar Institute in Barcelona. GUTIERREZ * claimed that he belongs to no political organization of - any type, and has never been active in politics. He claims his only contact with politics was subsequent to his join- ing revolutionary forces against BATISTA in 1952. Subject claimed that during the early conflict against BATISTA, he was a member -of the undergfound and his mission included sabotage and.transportation of weapons to be used against BATISTA. However, he stated that no incidents of-any con- ; ; sequence occurred during the early*years of 1952-53. : - §ubject mentions that. weapons were stockpiled and later placed in the hands of revolutionists, and that assaults on, Moncada and Goicuria camps took place. FIDEL CASTRO directed the assault on the Moncad& camp and REYN GARCIA directed 00.4 the assault on the Goicuria camp.: It was around this time ~~ that the Federation of University Students (FEU) organized the \ Directorio Revolucionario under the command of JOSE ANTONIO —+ECHEVARRIA.* The above assaults failed.(@) @izhA ‘ Palace was launched by the anti-BATISTA forces. Subject was given the task of being liaison officer between the two main assault groups. It was during this assault that sub- ject’s brother CARLOS was killed while leading an assault on the Palace.((+) -s ao In mid-1957, subject came to the United States to FAURBYSHAUMONY | Fae IAA yuahe contacf’ former Kuban President CARLOS PRIO SOCARRAS and - 61 - | SECRET i ' * ° U y, i | NW 45875 DocId:32336917 Page 11 On March 13, 1957, the assault on the Presidential HOMON), leader. of Directorio Revolucionario (@)
C me a MM 105-2102 ; OM mT; "THE :GK | SECRET forces. GUTIERREZ’ mission with these people was a fail- ure, and he returned to Cuba and organized the Second Front. He asked the 26th of July Movement of FIDEL CASTRO, the main fighting group in Cuba at the time, for aid, but it was never granted. All the aid went to CASTRO, who was in another mountain group in Cuba. Sub- ject’s group grew from fifteen individuals to approxi- mately three thousand in late 1958. ¢) Upon CASTRO's taking power in Cuba after the successful ousting of BATISTA, subject's Second Front group was practically disbanded, which, according to subject, was due to the fact that none of the members of the Second Front were pro-Communist. Subject stated that FIDEL CASTRO kept some of the high-ranking Second Front of- ficers close to him, but they had no command position. . ‘Subject said he attended official gatherings and had body- guards, but had no command position. ro In July, 1960, FIDEL CASTRO asked subject to make a trip to the socialist countries, but subject re- fused. Subject stated that at this time he began plan- ning his departure from Cuba, as he felt that FIDEL CASTRO ‘ was beginning to work against him, and that eventully a . situation would occur whereby subject would be arrested and placed in jail. He said that because of his opposition to CASTRO’s Communist actions, he was accused in newspapers, on the radio, and by rumor, with being with counter-revolu- tionary elements in bombings in Havana, and with involvement with groups of anti-CASTRO individuals who fled to the Escambray Mountains, and in GUTIERREZ’ opinion, these were CASTRO tactics to build up the image of the subject in the minds of the Cuban people so that subject's incarceration could be justified. Ce) . In view of this situation, subject fled Cuba in January of 1961. ~ ec ! Subject stated that he is the owner of “Eloys ¢ Club; which is” a bar and dancing club located in Vedado, Ha Havana. , (e- oe a ANETTA at - 62 an SECRET - 45875 DocId:32336917 Page 12
seer ere MM 105-2102 . “SECRET: ‘THE :GK ; Subject stated that in 1959 he received a contract from the CASTRO Government to demolish the old market place in Havana. Subject said that he fled Cuba, since it appeared to him that arrest, trial, and probable imprisonment by the CASTRO Government seemed imminent, and that in order to fight for survival and to reorganize opposition | forces here in the United States, it appeared necessary to defect when he did. Subject said he feels he has been misled by CASTRO, and that since his value in Cuba had diminished, he felt he could be of more use in the United States consolidating and mobilizing resistance forces here to return to Cuba in a body. He said his immediate plan was to organize a force of sufficient strength and power to return to Cuba to overthrow castro.(C ) Subject disclaimed any personal knowledge or ‘direct contact with foreign advisers of any type in Cuba. Subject also claimed that he has only hearsay in- formation and information from unrecalled sources concern- ing the military establishments and supplies in Cuba, and that he is not aware of any command relationships between foreign technicians and advisers in the Cuban | Government. (C , He did state that he believed there are about two thousand foreign advisers and technicians who had entered Cuba, and that these visitors were accorded pref- erential treatment. Subject claimed that the Cuban Army is presently equipped with Belgian and U. S. manufactured ' weapons, as well as Czech manufactured weapons, and he @tated that weapons coming into Cuba from the. Sino-Soviet “Bloc were issued to the ee @) . L : 27 Source stated that t éheuban Revolutionary Army, — is composed of the same tactical forces which fought against BATISTA, and they are stationed throughout the mountainous areas and total approximately 30,000 to 40,000 men. He stated that the army is organized in the same © . manner as the U. S. Army, with a G-1, G-2, G-3, G-4 and G-5 /@ ) “= 63 - srop iQ | a | _ a | | NW 45875 DocId:32336917 Page 13
05-2102 . setup. The subject said that the primary function of the Revolutionary Army appears to have been changed from a fighting force to such tasks as operating labor battalions and construction battalions, and that the primary function of a fighting army has been delegated to the militia, which, according to the subject, could reach a mobilized force of approximately two hundred thousand men. Sub- ject stated the militia is composed entirely of workers ‘who. cannot be separated from their regular tasks for an extended period without causing complete paralysis of all industry. Subject estimated that there was a per- manent minimum of thirty thousand militiamen bearing( @ arms at all times. . It was subject's opinion that at the time of his departure from Cuba, the only group which could be considered loyal to the CASTRO Regime was the civilian militia, and that their loyalty stems more from CASTRO's constant reminders that they are the principal force to deter invasion from outsiders than from any de¢}p- seated allegiance to CASTRO or his regime. Subject stated that the Chief of the Cuban G-2, which is the overall Cuban Intelligence Directorate, is RAMIRO VALDES, and that G-2 supervises all military and civil-. -dan agencies alike. He has unquestionable control over * all investigations, both within Cuba and abroad. G-2 personnel in Cuba have been likened to the Gestapo, in both tactics, procedures and power. Subject said he has no personal knowledge of key G-2 personnel, outside of VALDES, but is aware that most of the key personali- ‘thes have been recruited from the ranks of the Socialist 7) Youth of Cuba, a known Communist youth organization. (@ ‘Subject stated that the person who answers to © CASTRO direct on all intelligence matters is FALVIOXBRAVI SB ik The subject stated that he has no conclusive information with regard to CASTRO agents operating in Latin America, although he did recall hearing from unre- | called sources that during the course of the Latin American /~ 7 > 64 < | — SECRET / | HW 45875 DocId:32336917 Page 14