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: 32325877 Page 1 Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC 2107 Hotey. Date: JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-90082-10009 HQ CR 64-47305-199 Document Information FBI MM HQ 09/19/1973 5 ANTONIO VALLE U.S. NATIONALS IN CUBA PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Confidential 1B; 1C; 4 Redact 07/14/1998 INDEFINITE MEMO 4/29/201
“Released under the: “John F. Kennedy Assaseination Records’ Collection Acty of 1997 (44 USC YY Hotes. » PARES “a1 -14-2017 © mS, Cw . ue. : 8 Pena a fore ; & De « owriin vonu ss . an - ey a - ve : : Sd a ~ a . / eereoraiare AGBNCLES in vos * | TS re C ' SCAND PIEED OFFICES é ‘UNITED STATES OVERNMENT oe "pADVISED BY RoW WN ~ Memorandum oe DATE mn ) 7 CONF aa a TO ae DIRECTOR, FBI 6a 47305) DENTAL “ofo/r3 ne | i. (3 4 sac, MTAMI. (108-7039) auc)” eae 107 trio) | slayer: Os ‘s. “NATIONALS IN CUBA, rs ross eteeti ap 8, Pana IS - CUBA ae ; wa ne © 11604 2rd So ; Ap : ee a iS Ce u- 126660 (Jack horn) YER sal . s Declass Pe yn 1993 (Leann - ith } RG) -_ n(iaasXO) oy SHOWN ‘on “August 27 and September 7, 1973; an (2228)8 1 OC). - who ‘has furnished reliable information in the! efi . contacted concerning information ‘set out in the Naval (\ [U Wh _ Investigative. Service - (NIS) report, dated: May 31, 1973, a il ~ re "Americans Allegedly Incarcerated in Cuban Penal Insti jG tutions." | Based on continuing contacts with vardous Ge = Fn ~HOele- jos Een - 7 . politica prisoners in Cuba, including ANTONI Cc UEST. WAL LE, ~ - and their families. in the United States, over’ a tod: El Qag | o_o of several years, this Sour epah ey ti mw = S, ay Re JOHN (LNU) | a ae me ae Source has never received any. information’ regarding’ oN AS ae es JOHN identifiable with information as set out. (page 2, Par. 2B 2343: . , ource is of th opinion that } info mation might . relate Bylo ay _ to different ifdividuals. - TONY (CUESTA been friend) : ESan with. one JO 3ARBER, a prisoner in. wa varia: during By “s -and had pfitten his wife in Miami regarding BARBER. _JOHN WILLIA ARBER, a subject of. Miami 164~582, Knoxville 164-37, -was identified by. this source through information fron . : ey CUESTA as a prisoner in Principe Prison, Havana, ‘in. July, | & SY WV 1972, who was: rumored to have: been. involved in running. nar-. © a i scotics from var Caribbean. ports to the United States... ... s Ve fi TEA. — deta AD Td eee wn, wAk bama, was ‘trying ‘to arrange: his ‘release ‘through the rap Ss. State Department. had reportedly been in prison “tin Havana Since April, (963) after his plane ieee Uf. ee =e a ‘His wife, Mrs ARBER, 3002 Morgan_St., N. ‘W., Huntsville, 0. > | “ Sihotnorth in a storm and fo a down. oars ! as rc isla meh th st. f- ‘Cuba. we ‘ e north coast. o ube | Re Nerass' As BY: ne ureau (RM) aoe REASON are 9 New York (info). (RM)  DECLAGACPIEC : , a SNE ZOLA Newark. (into). cn .. | ONS. 1 Fe OG al = = (0) nou) DELASS pb: gle I= | aN LET: Sel Gok tk 2 UE ae een — foyrct 3 THQ = BE Vo, afi My hg f (uy. co Ges een G2. rere Buy v. S. - Sabings. Bonds: " eaie any on the Paprall Sig | -" $o10-108-02, - , ‘ : $-02, a . a4 ' Docla: 32328877 Page 2
“Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 Use 210% Hote; . , DATE? 11-14-2017 cee: ae , ay a a oo oy a a oe oe 7 ; : a | . oa oo This source reported on November - 20, 1972, that in late October, JOHN W.' BARBER was on the verge of. being © Lo released from prison: in Cuba. Source repo fed on ‘May 30, al _. «1973, that BARBER had contacted Mrs. TONYZCUESTA in Miami ar by telephone ‘on May 27, 1973, reportedly. from Hu Huntsville, Ala. a He indicated he had ‘been -released from. prison and had . - . returned to his’ home, - During the last few months of his . _~ imnearceration,. he ‘was held at the: immigration facility “1 the Ministry of ‘the Interior. YY). ‘There had. never - been any indication that BARBER. was born in Cuba or that he could even speak Spanish. ' Source learned that BARBER and CUESTA. had never actually _met, but Mrs. CUESTA told source that ‘when she talked to “BARBER on: the telephone, she did not recall that he spoke any ' Spanish, or had any accent and She. did not have -the. pmpressig that he was other than a native North mere GCE ie) “Re Other Individuals a POE ga = a yt 2 2a}s has received no. “information. saoneitusme aa nar with ‘LARRY From time to time, sketchy news has been DN obtained of ‘American students who are. hippies detained in. ce . Cuba, ‘but. source’c uld. recall no. additional details: or (ah 7 Adentifying: data. Cm Sots a ae — me ww (1228.8 has. furnished ‘information from | time. ele ~ time: regarding RUSSELL J. LEASE (Bufile /64-1878), who was ~~ imprisoned in Principe. Prison. on April, 1972, on the charge of illegally ene Te: ‘Cuba,> in that he and: another. American ae companio ‘STEPHEN: 1 "BUTE, had. “apparently flown. a. Plane (x) Oo to Cuba. ba. a : ade ce This source reported. June 8, “1972, that Mrs. oe Be ’ PATRICIA LEASE, RUSSELL's wife, telephone 813-922-8776m ood Sarasota, Florida, was planning to travel to Cuba to arrange for the release of her husband. It was the’ opinion. of other Cuban prisoners that LEASE. had been aah ay marijuana runs and had been inadvertently downed in Cuba. hry “ a On May 27, 1973, JOHN BARBER. had ‘advised: ‘TONY a | CUESTA's wife in Miami, that RUSSELL LEASE ‘had’ also been. | oy . yveleased from prison in Cuba and had returned’ to. the ‘United ‘States to Sarasota, Florida. In, February, 1973, he shad —® ate 7 _ CONFIDE ame Docld: 32326877 Page 3