Released under the John F. DATE: 11-14-2017 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 : v9.1 Docld: 32340942 Page 1 Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 19927 (44 TSC 3107 Hote}. Date: JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-10221-10335 HQ 2-1423-21 Document Information FBI SAC, WMFO DIRECTOR, FBI 02/06/1959 | 3 [Restricted] PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Secret 1B; 1C; 4 Redact 07/14/1998 INDEFINITE INC LHM 14 4/29/20]
ct of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote). leased under the John Assassination Records Cok DATE: 11-14-2017 , a STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office Memor . roa oe : TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (2-1423)'\%- ’ GOVERNMENT DATE: 2/6/59 non (GBac, WFO (97-1017) SUBJECT: CUBAN POLITICAL ACTIVITIES FOREIGN POLITIC MATTER = CUBA . VG Lfivid § 2 —s Enclosed herewith are eight copies of the letterhead memorandum captioned "Cuban Political Activities" and dated as above. WF T-1 is[Wr 568-~ se] WF T-2 is Lt. co1.6) MARIANO FAGET, Director of the Cuban Bureau for the Repression of Communist Activities (BRAC), as reflected in letter dated ‘AL/7/38 , from the Legat at Havana. he =) The memorandum was Classified "Confidential" an inasmuch as the Legat's letter dated 11/7/58, was so 2 Classified and because data reported could reasonably o result in the identification of confidential informants we L of continuing od, compromise the future effectiveness Rt , _ thereof. | @- Bureau (E ° 8) eer ~ | - oo = WFO oe vo ZB - . ‘oe (ISRAELI eMBassyy] S | _ a : (1 - 105-26269 ) (I, IRVING DAVIDSON) — ei 7 MPC: ade ‘ Fag! | ” 5 L CLAS SSIFIED BY Se ; om | PECLASSIFY ON: acho a =. pee wa FEB 9 i959 53 FEB 27 1959 = 14¢ | Docld: 32340942 Page 2?
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hofe;. DATE: _il- 14-2017 ° at io ae a ; ae yo . - oN . eet ( _ conmaheer tat a Si CRET UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Washington 25, D. C; File No. ene mae) ate rat February 6, 1959 erGMMArTiog, CORPS seve ; A EO SED | einer \ Mees | e ve SHOWR. os Pend i) ee | ot REAR see Stiassify on: SAR co . CUBAN POLITICAL ACTIVITIES ' c) On February 3, 1959, WF 1, who - has furnished | liable information in the: ‘past, advisedX¥that I. Irving. avidson, a local Public Relations Counselér, who has been in| frequent contact With the Israeli Emhassmei, was in contact with Avrahan~ ‘Salmon, . _Economic Counselor at _the Israeli meet] © The informan advised hat Davidson had indicated | he was just getting over the Cuan situation and that he did not get hurt at all, Davidson further reported that the Ministry (possibly Israeli Defense Minis try as not nvolved jand Salmo as glad to learn this, DaVidson also said the Cuba situation [did not touch Israe ut that someone had tried but Davidson had locked it™ in a manner which made everyone happy. - Davidson said. j)feven Shimon (possibly ShimonYPeres, Israeli Defense ae (9 Minister)] ATR was very nervous about the sitiiation, is ~~~. now happy. In regard to Davidson, on November 7, 1958 ,. WF T-2, a confidential source abroad, advised that the . , Cuban Government had given a two hundred and sixty. thousand dollar letter of credit to Ii Irving Davidson, i Public Relations Counselor, Washington, De _Ce, for the - . purchase of arms to the Cuban Government, “ The same source. reported that Davidson had requested” that the letter of credit be transferred to Mr, I>¥6ohen, representative of the Government of Israel with offices in New “York City, New York, 3 Cohen was” ‘referred to as affiliatéd W: with the cA HA nai NYC HANDEEense for ‘the Government of Israel. nde ‘4 yt AS pre eae Ae a 7 ‘ ! PECL ASS MICN Ter ORATION CLASSIFIED BY 5G 5 ! iy i i Bs SGC UME Ni. Im 4 154 DECU SSIFY ON: 25X <o OS! —— | " ~ SUD este st (20-49 (FF EK () DATE FORW, eal SF asty et LE Ebi “2 JEWD, «HOW FORW. t¢ SEC REL. We9.dHe “cov ger ‘CLOSU ore _ | Docld: 32340942 Page 3
‘Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 . * - - we - : —_ . . > , ; ‘ C\ a Pd ery ail ete) CUBAN POLITICAL ACTIVITIES this arrangement, the Government of Israel was to ship arms valued at two hundred and sixty thousand dollars directly to Cuba, . The arms were not described. On February 3, 1959, WF T-1 learnea/that Milton - | Krricam Gado of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Was Shington,~~ é D.C. JShad inquired about ‘the ¥oting record of Cuba concerning [Israeli issues ‘before the United Nations,}(5) WF T-1l advised that [HughYor gel, Press ie of the Israeli Enbassy|Yreported that]/the MmubassypWad the §.--. figures but thése were not available at t present Seema anti Aare ¢)[Friedman] reported | that he could not recall any AS, [anti srael ees the part of the Cubans, : This :memo dum is loaned to you byt Federal | Bureau of Investigation, and neither it nor its contents, are to be distributed outside the agency to which loaned. eraAnres OLUALI Docld: 32340942 Page 4