- . . . @ : id NO 105-2070/mh employed. at Transporte Nacionale, Personiiel Department, — San: Jose y Belascoain 362, Havana. He has a niece named SARA. ARRIZURIETA who formerly worked with this person in “Cuba and last saw him ‘in January 1963.% ; He feels quite certain that the individual  — referred to above was actually seen by him in Opa-Locka, - Plorida, in August, 1962. He does not know what dis=- — position was made of this person. A photo graph of an ‘individual named CELSO MACARIO HERNANDEZ MACHADO, exhibited to him by the FBI, was a perfect likeness — of what this person named CELSO HERNANDEZ looked like” at the time the picture was taken. He ‘never did kA0w the full name of this person and realizes that he could” have mistaken~ the photograph a8 being that of “the individual — he saw in Opa-Locka, Florida, since the photograph was taken a few years ago’ = = | ! — On February 5, 1964, JULIO. BRINGUIER, owner of “Casa: Roca, a novelty store. located at-Decatur_and Canal Street, New Orleans, advised that HERNANDEZ MACHADO told him that he was never connected with any bus company nor did -he ever drive a bus in Cuba or anywhere else. He further stated that HERNANDEZ MACHADO told him he was not aware of anyone by the name of CELSO HERNANDEZ, who was employed in such a position. 7 BRINGUIER said that HERNANDEZ MACHADO. stated he | had been employed at the Public Works in Cuba, but added again that he had never been employed by any bus company. 3% . 1 HW 54464 Docld:32339164 Page 4
ada 1988, WAS) Copy to: _ Report of: File Number: Title: Character: Synopals: UNSTED STATES ‘DEPARTMENT or @stice FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 1-INS, NEW ORLEANS 1-INS, MIAMI | SA RICHARD E.. LOGAN . Office: . NEW ORLEANS 2/7/64 - — | . NO 105-2070 _ Bufile; 105-166159 -CELSO ‘MACARIO HERNANDEZ MACHADO - ALLINFORMATION: wot ie “y INTERNAL SECURITY - CUBA HEREM IS UNCLASSI DATE A 20-998 A photograph of CELSO MACARIO. jamal MAC) is was exhibited to FELIPE ALONSO at. Miami, and to SARA ARRIZURIETA of Hialeah, Fla., both of whom positively stated that. HERNANDEZ MACHADO is not identical with CELSO. SALVADOR HERNANDEZ MEDINA. - "ERNESTO ARRIZURIETA FERNANDEZ was interviewed at New York and “he advised although the photograph of subject HERNANDEZ MACHADO ‘was a perfect likeness of. what CELSO. HERNANDEZ looked like at. the time the picture was taken, » he realized he could have. mistaken the photograph as being that of a person hé saw .in” Opa Locka, Florida, since the photograph was taken a few yéars ago. JULIO BRINGUIER advised that HERNANDEZ MACHADO told ‘him - he was never connected with a bus COMPARY 2 nor did he ever a PUFD Sone an a,0 ese 3 Sy e LEER LS: sy tat ow "ow op Mak dE HEREIN Vo tress see WHETS ' ALY ERFORRATION Be DETAILS : drive a bus in Cuba or anywhere e18€ gi” -C- On October 31,,. 1963, SARA ARRIZURIETA, 129. West 8th Street, Hialeah, Florida, stated she was former ly employed. bythe same bus company in Havana as was CELSO SALVADOR HERNANDEZ MEDINA. . She advised she arrived in the United | States on January 25, 1963, and that during the entire year. of 1962 she had been an employee of the Aliied Bus Cooperative in Havana, Cuba, as was CELSO SALVADOR HERNANDEZ MEDINA. She stated she had seen HERNANDEZ MEDINA in Havana, in January, 1963, just prior to her departure in for. the United States. She: further advised that HERNANDEZ MEDINA is a much. younger {ose s man than the individual. in’ fhe Photographs: os This document contains agither recommendations nor conclusions of any kind. It is the property of the FBI, and is a loan to your agency; it and/or its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. 16—74625-1 OPO HW 54464 Docld:32339164 - Page 5
HW 54464 NO 105-2070/inh On October 31, 1963, ‘FELIPE ALONSO, 836 S.W. “First. Street, Miami, stated most emphatically that the individual in the photograph, who was CELSO MACARIO HERNANDEZ MACHADO, was not identical with CELSO SALVADOR | HERNANDEZ MEDINA. He stated that he had béeén acquainted: with HERNANDEZ MEDINA Since 1948 and’ had worked with him. for a number of years as a. fellow employee at the Allied Bus Cooperative in Havana, and was certain that CELSO: SALVADOR HERNANDEZ MEDINA and CELSO MACARIO HERNANDEZ MACHADO are not one and the same individual... He also advised HERNANDEZ MEDINA is a much younger man than HERNANDEZ MACHADO, . It should be noted that the names of. the, two . individuals’ are different as well as their. genera back- ground, Another indication they are not one and the same individual is the difference in age. : On December 18, 1963, ERNESTO ARRIZURIETA FERNANDEZ, . 467. ‘State Street, Brooklyn, New York, was interviewed at his place of employment as elevator operator at 39 West 67th Street,,New York City. He furnished the following information? % ° - When he first came to the U.S. in 1962, he personally saw an individual at Opa~Locka, Florida, in August, 1962,known to him as CELSO HERNANDEZ. - He knew -no.other name. of this individual. -He knew this individual . to be a Communist. who had joined the Orthodox Party in | _ Cuba and that he was employed by the Allied Base Syndicate aS a driver in Cuba. He also knew that this individual ‘had a son studying in Russia. He described this individual as being approximately 42 years of.age, 5°5”, 185 pounds, . black wavy hair, black mugtache. and constant smoker of cigars. He has since received letters from friends of his in Cuba informing him that this person whom he saw in Opa~ 7, Locka, Florida, in August, 1962, is presently in ‘Cuba. and) ©) era] PWR t 7. py 8 ak ay Docld: 32339164 Page 6
NO 105-2070/mh employed at Transporte Nacionale, P rsoniiel Department, | Gan. Jose y Belascoain 362, Havana. He has a niece named _ SARA ARRIZURIETA who formerly worked with this person in Cuba and last saw him in January 1963.” ° He feels quité certain that the ‘individual .~ referred to above was actually seen by him in Opa-Locka, Florida, in August, 1962. He does not know what dis-- position was made of this person. A photo graph of | an individual named CELSO MACARIO HERNANDEZ MACHADO, exhibited to him by the FBI, was a perfect likeness of what this person named CELSO HERNANDEZ lookéd .1iké™ at the time the picture was taken. Hé fever did Eaow the full tame of this person and realizes that he could ~~" havé mistaken-the photograph aS being that of “the individual Ke’ saw in Opa-Locka, Florida, since the photograph was taken e a few years ago.” . On February 5, 1964, JULIO BRINGUIER, owner of “Casa Roca, a noveity store located at Decatur and Canal Street, New Orleans, advised that HERNANDEZ MACHADO told him that he was never connected with any bus company nor _did-he ever drive a bus in Cuba or anywhere else. He ‘further stated that HERNANDEZ MACHADO toid him he was not aware of anyone by the name of CELSO HERNANDEZ, who was employed in such a position. . .. BRINGUIER said that HERNANDEZ MACHADO. stated he had been employed at the Public Works in Cuba, but added again that he had never been. employed by any bus company. DocId: 32339164 Page 7
S 2c eT RORE ATI _ opin te. yr. d a ramen (SOV: w-ao-00) ne _UNYTED STATES, DEPARTMENT OF Osnice FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Copy to: . l-INS, NEW ORLEANS 1-INS, MIAMI. | . | | ' | Report of $A RICHARD E, LOGAN Ofte, NEW ORLEANS Date: 2/7/64 So : File Number: No 105-2070 Butte: 105166159 Title: | Character: INTERNAL SECURITY - CUBA Synopal A photograph of CELSO MACARIO. HERNANDEZ MACHADO was 4 CELSO “MACARIO HERNANDEZ MACHADO yi iyropMatioN CONTAINED HEREIN JS ELOY Se Ree ante 220-70 8 Mikes, oes ee Danse, Tey oY, om a tive 1 Lae ¥ \ exhibited to FELIPE ALONSO at Miami, and to SARA ARRIZURIETA of Hialeah, Fla., both of whom positively stated that. HERNANDEZ CHADO is not identical with CELSO SALVADOR HERNANDEZ MEDINA. JERNESTO ARRIZURIETA FERNANDEZ was’ interviewed at New York.and “he advised although the photograph of subject HERNANDEZ MACHADO ‘was a perfect likeness of. what CELSO HERNANDEZ looked like at. the time the picture was taken, he realized he could have mistaken the photograph as being that of a person he gaw in” Opa Locka, Florida, since the photograph was taken a few years ago. JULIO BRINGUIER advised that HERNANDEZ MACHADO told - him ~ he was never connected with a bus compaRy > nor did he ever drive a bus in Cuba or anywhere else.’ ee DETAILS: © On October 31,. 1963, ‘SARA ARRIZURIETA, 129. West 8th Street, Hialeah, Florida, stated she was formerly employed . by the same bus company in Havana as was CELSO SALVADOR HERNANDEZ MEDINA. She advised: she arrived in the United ‘States on January 25, 1963, and that during the entire year of 1962 she had been an employee of the Allied Bus Cooperative in Havana, Cuba, aS was: CELSO ‘SALVADOR HERNANDEZ MEDINA. .She stated she had seen HERNAN DEZ: MEDINA in Havana, in January, 1963, just prior to her departure | in for the United States. | She further advised that HERNANDEZ MEDINA is a much. younger man than the individual in. eas photograph / 2 This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions ‘ofc any kind. It is the property of the FBI, and Is a loan to your agency; HW 54464 Docld:32339164 Page § “. It and/or its contents are not fo be distributed outside your agency. 16—74625-1 aPO a7)
wars, Lev. es O0y r Per STATES DEPARTMENT oF @stice FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 1-INS, NEW ORLEANS Copy to: 1-INS, MIAMI. . | Report of: SA RICHARD E.. LOGAN. Office: NEW ORLEANS | Date: 2/7/64 a Co! File Number: NO 105-2070 Bufile: 105-166159 Title: CELSO 'MACARIO HERNANDEZ MACHADO. ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED . Sn gah . HER Saiedwen'm CEE Synopsis: tai “eT O COST pps LACLA SSH Poy wit OTHER WY g bad we Un a SERSIN 15 WHERE Sry ENS UNC Srp . ote ii SECURITY - CUBA A photograph of CELSO MACARIO HERNANDEZ MACHADO was exhibited to FELIPE ALONSO at Miami, and to SARA ARRIZURIETA of Hialeah, Fla., both of whom positively stated that. HERNANDEZ: MACHADO is not identical with CELSO SALVADOR HERNANDEZ MEDINA. ERNESTO. ARRIZURIETA. FERNANDEZ was interviewed at New York | ‘and d although the photograph of subject HERNANDEZ MACHADO ‘he advise was a perfect likeness of. what CELSO HERNANDEZ looked ‘like at. he realized he could have _ the time the picture was. taken, - mistaken the photograph as being that of. a person he gaw..in- Opa Locka, Florida, since the photograph was taken a few years JULIO BRINGUIER advised that HERNANDEZ MACHADO. told him — ago. he was never connected with a bus company, nor did he ever drive a bus in Cuba or anywhere else, =C= DETAILS: | On October 31, 1963, SARA ARRIZURIETA, 129 West 8th Street, Hialeah, Florida, stated she was former ly employed by. the same bus company in Havana as was CELSO SALVADOR She advised she arrived in the United HERNANDEZ MEDINA. States on January 25, 1963, and that during the entire year of 1962 she had been an employee of the Allied Bus Cooperative in Havana, Citba, as was CELSO SALVADOR HERNANDEZ MEDINA. She in January , stated she had seen HERNANDEZ MEDINA in Havana, 1963, just. prior to her departure in for. the United States. _ She further advised that HERNANDEZ MEDINA is a much. younger man than the individual in’ the photograph. This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of any kind. It is the property of the FBI, and is @ loan to your agency, 16—74625-1 aro HW 54464 it and/or its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. Docld:32339164 Page i1
HW 54464 NO 105-2070/mh On’ ‘October 31, > 1963, FELIPE” ALONSO, 836 S.W. First Street, Miami, ' ‘stated most emphatically that the individual in the photograph, who was CELSO MACARIO HERNANDEZ MACHADO, was not identical with CELSO SALVADOR HERNANDEZ MEDINA. He stated that he had been acquainted - with HERNANDEZ MEDINA since 1948 and had worked with. him. for a number of years as a fellow employee at the Allied Bus Cooperative in Havana, and was certain that CELSO. SALVADOR HERNANDEZ MEDINA and CELSO MACARIO HERNANDEZ MACHADO are not one and the same indivi dual.. He also advised HERNANDEZ MEDINA is a much younger man than HERNANDEZ MACHADO, _It should be noted that the names of the, two - individuals are differen it as well as their. general back- ground. - Another indication they are not one and the same individual is the difference in age. On December 18, 1963, ERNESTO ARRIZURIETA FERNANDEZ, '467 State Street, Brooklyn, New York, was ‘interviewed at his place of employment as. elevator operator at 39 west 67th Street, New York City, He furnished the following information: When he first came: to the U.S. in 1962, he. personally saw. an individual at Opa-Locka, Florida, in August, 1962,known to him as CELSO HERNANDEZ.  He- knew ‘no other name. of this individual. He knew this individual to be a Communist.who had joined the Orthodox Party in Cuba and that he was employed by the Allied Base Syndicate -as a driver in Cuba. He aiso knew that this individual “had a son studying in Russia. _He described this individual as being approximately 42 years of age, 5°5", 185 pounds, _ black wavy hair, black mugtache and constant. ’ smoker of cigars. He has since received letters fron. friends of his in Cuba informing him that this person whom he saw in Opa= Locka, Florida, in August, 1962, is presently in Cuba.and Docld: 32339164 Page 12
NO 105-2070/mh employed at transporte Nacionale, ‘personiiel Depagtmenit, | . §an- Jose y Belascoain 362, Havana..- He has a ‘niece named SARA ARRIZURIETA ‘who formerly ‘worked ‘with this person: in Cuba and last saw him in January 1963. He feels: quite certain that the individual ~~ referred to above was actually s seen by him in Opa=Locka , Florida, in August, 1962. He does not know what dis=- position was made of this person. A photo graph of an individual. named CELSO MACARIO HERNANDEZ MACHADO , exhibited to hin by the FBI, was a perfect likeness of what this person named ‘CELSO HERNANDEZ Looked .1liké™ at the time the picture was ‘taken. He never did know | the full fame of this person and realizes that he could’ have’ mistaken~ fe the photograph’ as: ‘péing ‘that of the “individual he saw in Opa-Locka , Florida, since the photograph was taken a few years ago. 4 . . On February 5, 1964, JULIO BRINGUIER, owner of ‘Casa. Roca, a novelty. store Located at Decatur and. Canal Street, New. Orleans, advised that HERNANDEZ MACHADO » ‘told — him that he was never ‘connected with any bus company nor did he ever drive a bus in Cuba or anywhere else. He further stated that HERNANDEZ MACHADO told him he was not aware of anyone by the name of CELSO HERNANDEZ, who was employed in such a position. BRINGUIER said that HERNANDEZ MACHADO. stated he had been employed at the Public Works in Cuba, but added again that. he had never been employed by any bus company. ' 3% HW 54464 Docld:32339164 Page 13