: ‘ : ‘ B® . - wot . yb OU os ARCOS DIAZ LANZ r areas 201-259716 ads ~ VOLUME 1 | “AL be THIRD AGENCY DELETIONS: FBI: . 9/24/59 Confidential Marcos Jose Diaz Lanz 105-1962 Miami 8/8/59 . Cuban Political Matters © 4105-1962" 2/2/55 Confidential Carlos Prio Socarras, et al 109-430 | New York 5/31/55, " " " " 109-43 " | 12/15/53 moms | " " 11/19/53 Confidential Hom Wash, DC H i fi 109-430 TT iE 8/26/53 " 9/10/53 " " " " " 2/14/55 Secret Comandos de Rsistencia Miami 11/23/54 ‘Confidential Carlos Prio Socarras 109-43 New York : 10/26/59 Memo of conversation between MDL and Bernard Reichardt. Reichardt, WH representative. Miami Marcos relting info that Hugeut arrived Miami, contacted Marcos and told him Menoyo in Atlanta, GA to meet with MUL, PDL and Ricardo 3 “3 de Lorie. Making arrangements to travel by car to Atlanta. 2 MDL requests Reichardt come also. ® oe ~~ Dispatch 16/15/59 By Patrcik Karnely - rept of contact with QDCHAR ct} . oo _ a. | a ~~ _ Sold C-46 for US $46 thousand. ODENVY repts that MUL and Fiorini “5 ~ ae making rounds of arms dealers getting prices for fairly sizeable Faz] me 2 amounts of small arms. ~~ s ze S MDL has been approached by Dominicans thru McDonald with an offer of on 2 Bu Eg -"Millions" if they and other defectors from 26th July movement join 2 > a forces with Pedraza and the Dominicans. MDL says they have completely SS eS rejected these offers. McDonald=Alan McDonald, known to be close to Go PS HP SS Enrique Garcia. ne eee CbT IN 30756 9/29/59 ceppre ~ Indicates Station gave. MDL $832.72 for living expenses and fare Mian ~ while Mexico. | RETURN TO CIA _ | Background Use Only ‘ol WB \0 4% ‘Do Not Reproduce
: + + DEAZ LANZ, page 2 —«LiLietso - crag . == 9/22/59 Memo for the record sc EE og conversation with Reichardt - . Reichardt took MDL to INS to take care of immigration status, later told that Doaz' hearing had already been held, and OS man, Bill Cotter, concerned Bernie not reporting accurately on the situation in Miami... Bernie to identify himself. to 3 evacuees by using Dave Morales’. na Reichardt asked for info re: Sanjenis, who was fired from #2 spot in DIER for anti-Castro activities, expected to arrive in Miami. Report that Rev. Air Force planning to remove a couple of planes from US w/out an export permit. Byers has info re Cuban air force mission in Miami concerning the aircraft. Cuabns asked him if he could find American piie's for the: planes. -~ 9/9/59 Memo, conversations w/ Reichardt by [ a Diaz Lanz brothers still believe Menoyo and Morgan anti-Castro despite double-cross in Ortega plan. . ~- 9/9/59 Memo for record Reichardt suggests we bring together PDL, MDL and Lorie with some who have money such as Julio Lobo, Cadenas, falone, and/or diutey Figuere. ~- 9/9/59 Conversation w/ Reichardt 9/4 Reichardt in touch with Bill Pawley; ~- 8/25/59 Memo, conversation w/ Reichardt by Martha Tharpe Reichardt established contact with MDL. -- 8/18/59 Dispacth from Karnley; contact w/ MDL . . MDL repdtly had contact at one time with Julio Lobo, but backed off deal. -Karnley to try to fet them together again. MDL presently living in Fiorini's house. ~~ 8/7/59 Discpatch | from Karnelys meeting with MOL PDL ; Lorie Do not want” to be identified with any group; will avoid groups with Batista taint.. Karnley “inclined to believe “that. they are about the most wholesome group in sight." _ Interested’ in full scale propaganda program. ‘Close and- apparantly unshakeable relationship with people -.Jike Frank Fiorini, despite warnings that Fiorini talks too much.. -- 8/5/59 (Dispatch from cote MDL escape . é to Bobi thru Dick 0! Connell | MDL sent message
(py "DIAZ LANZ, page 3: Attachmen “ing PEteogee sc GREE Ath L OE regarding channel to get in touch with MDL. PDL and Lorie staying together in Key Biscayne. c2Z t to lunwiafe 8/5/59 | carried Note to Frank from MDL - Message / by Dick O'Connell Memo 7/31/59 Debriefing of MDL MDL using name Mariano Jimenez y Gomez. 7/31/59 Dispatch HKH-A-5357 Returning personal documents designated for use by subject for cover identity. 7/31/59 HKH-A-5348 Dispatch Transmitting photos of subject in two different disguises, plus photo of subject before the changes. (Photos not attached). 7/31/59 Memo from JC King Confirmation of verbal request for assistance in providing documentation specialist and a disguise specialist to travel to Havana’to aid in evacuation of MDL. 7/28/59 Memo RE: MDL MOL departed Cuba w/CIA assistance, arrvingin Tampa 7/27. Now udner control of CIA representatives, will depart Tampa for Miami 7/29.0r 30 where he will be available for FBI debriefir Handled so as to avoid all publicity. 7/27/59 Memo for the record | Rudolph E. Gomez spoke to the Director, CIA reMDL, _upon Mr. Helms recommendation. Concerned re: State Dept reaction to. CIA assistance in evacuating MDL at present time. Will inform State that. MOL in US and make MDL available to intelligence ; communi ty ; IN 45703 7/29/59 | | | —— a MDL placed « on board My "Roatan" 1125 for Tampa. OUT 78034 1/22/59. | MDL at Station. ‘Evacuation assited: by: Byers and . ENU U Williams. MDL’ will -be ‘transferred: to intermediary (AMCLATTER) who will take him toStation safehouse. OUT 76479. 7/18/59 SCR RE Dick O° Con: el, comiected with Cummings Diesel Co, Havana; and
. " DIAZ LANZ, page 4 air | ALG L1G C stringer for Hava Times, contacted Mr. James Byers and Craig Williams _7/17/ Brought note from MDL addressed to Fiorini requesting he and Sergio Diaz arange his escape from Cuba. Byérs and Williams agre« withholding note from Fiorini pending CIA decision on matter. Propose send Byers and Williams, both cleared CIA contacts, to -Hava 7/18 to act as cut out for station on op. Will-use identification phrase, "Bernie sent me." TDCS 3/397,010 4/30/59 MDL on Raul Castro's list of officers to be purged. (Also on list: Jose Duarte, Victor Paneque, PDL a 201 file request - opened 4/12/60
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- DIAZ LANZ, page 2 SEGRET EER EL ES armed insurrection against US govt. Garcia bragged he provided arms for above revolt. Remarks made caually. Memo 11/10/64 - meeting with MDL by source 11/3/64. As Johnson oy , emerged as winner, MDL became more and more excited. Criticized LBJ: severely and referred to him as anSOB. Said it was becoming obvious that “they” would have to go fight in the streets because "they" could no accept LBJ govt. "They"=understood to mean Minutemen. -- Memo for Harvey Summ, Acting Director of Coordinator of Cuban Affairs CAS-63-172. 12/24/63 In compliance w/ request 11/6/63 hit - Summary of info re: PDL and MDL - comprehensive. -Last item - Fiorini reptd 7/27 that PDL and Ramon Garcia planning an air raid on Havan for 7/28 w/ cargo of propaganda leaflets attacking US administration, CIA, and Manuel Artiime. Warned against 2nd Bay of Pigs. After leaflet release,plane would drop six bombs and return to US. Fiorini was to act as co-pilot and an unidentified individual was assigned the task of making a press release from Mexico City. Plans for 7/28 leaflet drop frustrated by FBI sur- veillance so action scheduled for 8/8/63. However, nothing further heard of raid and Diaz Lanz brother s,.seem to have dropped momentari| out of sight. -- Message 8/8/63 2337 PDL intercepted 7/28 on his way to Weir Williams ranch, prepatory Segoe: to air strike. As of 7/31 Diaz Lanz brothers had devised new plan t& , draw off any FBI surveillance Info from Barker thru Fiorini WAVE 2337 WAVEs re: planned raid - info from Barker thru Fiorini - 7/30/63 WAVE 1977 -PDL intercepted by FBI .. MOL blames PDL wife for leak. DL brother, “Johnny” DL just in from asylum Uruguayan Emb - also in on plan. 6/11/63 WAVE 9611 - MDL invites Fiorini on raid using moppy 5/4/63 WAVE 2379? - MDL trying to patch up differences betweein Fiori re and PDL and enlist his aid. MDL recvd cable from PDL in Washington that he recvd money from - Cuban located in Washington.. 7 ~ Raid has no connection with strike palnned by Jose "Pepin" Bosch.. Inof that Bosch said Laurean Batista Falla and Rorke stolen his thunder by their strike on Cuba. ~~ ISR Tog — ISRM #8521. 4/15/63 MDL dopped w/out prejudice
oa 8! NR RAL le, Ram a ot a net pe Sn te ie en CDN z o . Oe RT OLD ERY See SONS Fea na ca A BUR NAR ROR a ME Bale i the ane cae ait tt Dh al sagt te ate elena ERIEE SRT SEU AC EET Pin Aig e eeetan tar mene nae oe ‘ a See . net y- é ~- Memo from Carlos Blanco AA-842 9/29/62 | dda cook er) Fons | or i os i “DIAZ LANZ, page 3 Marcos eldest of DL brothers. Leader of family is. Pedro but the one who does all the business deals and handles the money is Marcos. As result of this, Marcos has . reputation of being little trustworthy when mony is involved. -- Memo from Carlos Blanco AA-472 8/22/62 MDL very close friend of Slavador Garcia (Oller) of UR. -- 7/25/62 Memo to Dept of Army ‘Re name check requested by Army 7/12/62 Addtl info available from FBI, INS, Dept of State. . ~- UFGA -4820 6/27/62 Memo re: Jose Carbonell Marrero Naturalized US citizen of Cuban birth who reentered US 5/15/62 after 26 months inCuba, served approx. 14 months inprison.Said to be w/ G-2 and in US on G-2 assignment. Used by R. Masferrer in. '59-'60 as double-agent, sending false info to GOC. MOL=AMOT-6 ? source -- Message OUT 99988 12/6/60 ess a Report from former G-2 agent that Capt Rodriguez Tamayo aka ee El Mexicano and 4 colleagues working w/ DL brothers volunteered provide Cuban G-2 w/ info re DL group in Cuba in return for $. -- 5/12/60 Cbl In 38213 from Miami. Re: efforts to get financial backing for PDL. $50, 000 mentioned at meeting attended byAlliegro, Piedro and Faget. Also reptd that force of men, poss. 100, being trained by Fiorini for PDL. PDL in possesion some amount of money to outfit this goup. May wish consider proposing coordinated -action by US gvot to frustrate this. | a -- memo 4/1/60 from [To (dordan) re MDL _.-MOL Teft US for Mexicu several months ago, violating parole, -.-. ‘then couldn't. get visa to return to US. Aloowed-to reenter on » parole, but MDL not told, consequently swam river, made wa “back with help of Catholic organization, went to Wash, contactec congressional committee, which passed him on to INS. INS '--upset. MDL to return to FL, go to INS appointment 4/2. og ; — using name Bob Jordan contacted MUL- no furthe r €ontact anticipated. -- Momo 3/7/60 from J.D. ESterline aget Oe GREE , ~ =. Early ‘dan '60. MDI went to Mexico City and applied for by
. MARCOS DIAZ LANZ, page4 44422166 et SEGRET US resident visa. March 3 -MDL still awaiting visa. Consul request immediate action. MDL feels he was “milked for - information” by US intelligence agencies then tossed aside. Station Mexico case officer met. Diaz on 3/3 by chance and expressed sympathy. Suggests resolution problem as. MDL "souring” on US. . --- Cb] IN 30794 from Mex City 1/19/60 CO met. MDL 1/18 where he registered as Carlos Garcia. MDL flew Mexi from true name. Meeting between MDL and: Ydigoras scheduled for 12/29, day of arrival. Ydigoras out of town. Had told Karnley that he wanted to move anti-Castro acitivites out of US -.purpose for visit. ~~ 4/7/60 FBI doc - ‘Marcos said printing of pamphlets for 10/21/59 raid on Havana done w/ priniting press at residence of Fiorini THIRD AGENCY DELETIONS: er 125/74 Secret °° MDL 105-80115 Wash 11/18/74 MDL | 105-1962. Miami 11/5/74 MDL 105-80115 Wash 2/25/63 : PDL 105-1598 = Miami 10/30/62 PDL . ___ 7/5/62 Sturgis Miami 6/30/62 MDL 105-1962 " -3/29/60 Secret MDL - " " 12/30/59 MDL : " " _ STATE: - oe | - 374/60 Confidential “pL a a | #2108 Mexico Ci: S 3/3/60 ce _ “NOLS © a . 1967 Wash o 3/2/60 OFF. ‘use only NOL Oe 2093. Mexico Ci