VReléased under—the—ionn F. Kenhedy-Aswassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (47 sc FL0T Ho ter. DATE: 11-1¢brdtiboke no. 10 4 » 5010—104621 p ge *  UNATED® STATES cov “WMENT aan (A | ~~ Memoranaum \ ~ a TO : DIRECTOR, FBI (134- or SEK _ fo DATE: 8/15/61 4 ~~ ALL LTT ON NtD ” (yr (29 SAC, MIAMI (134-497) © ‘ xcs of _b— > am A ee sipobby "> ii: <seanian ° de BoA. tue CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE - HONDURAS Declassify on; GARR Re Miami letter to Bureau dated 7/25/61; Re Bureau letter to Miami dated 8/8/61. ° ' Files of the Identification Division relative to GALVEZ were checked during September, 1960. and no derogatory information was located. Miami area informants were canvassed regarding GALVEZ during August, 1960, with negative results. - Relative to information furnished by GALVEZ on November 18, 1960 regarding GEORGE WILLIAMTBORDEN..reportedly | having attempted to negotiate a sale tothe Honduran Govern- — ment for $650,000 of a dismantled Thompson submachine gun factory (and spare parts), this information was telephonically a furnished to U. S: Customs, Miami, _Florida on November 18, 1960 and was confirmed by letter dated November 23, 1960. 74 A: Information relative to ROBERTONRAMTREZ having con- EDWARINBROWDER at Miami about Octobér-35, 1961, con- cerning some $300,000 worth of arms which BROWDER had report- edly shipped to Honduras to one "SOMOZA" was furnished to U. S. Customs, Miami, by letter dated December 20, 1960; having been furnished by GALVEZ on December 9, 1960. P, €2>- Bureau (RM) 2 - Miami (iy J! : | et RB oe DOW IMEFr p14: Oe LEY- 7 Y7E-| 0 BEC.D renin eect B AUG 18 1961 8 gy 2 224 py yne ese If 30 WW Be DCW TAL TA epics made Me i i D iA for revioy av Pbizgby | Oo r walern € ant funk “HSOR Regt Houle a <i 4 we ro De AES aot ~ a? FOR Docld: 32290685 Page 2?
Released under theJalur F. Kénnedy_assassination Records Collection Act or 1992 (44 USC Jiu} Hotes ‘DATE: 11-14-3017 : | . . — | Yo cw 7 ; Nee : so : : . - 9 mm 13H-HST SEC: Information furnished by GALVEZ on January 7, 1961 regarding EDWARD MARUSA and Dr. MARGUERITE KRAUSZ attempting to purchase $135,000 worth of light machine guns and rifles in the United States for shipment to one Dr. JIMENEZ in. Honduras, was telephonically furnished to U. S. Customs, ‘o Miami on January 7, 1961, and was confirmed by letter dated . January 10, 1961. . a | Since the above identified matters. dealt with ' matters within the primary investigative jurisdiction of U. S. Customs, communications were not directed to the Bureau. - It. is noted, however, that the EDWARD BROWDER, . referred to above, is the subject of Bureau file 87- 54333, Miami file 87-12552, entitled "EDWARD BROWDER, JR., aka; GOVERNMENT OF HONDURAS - VICTIM, ITSP - | FBU." ‘Information furnished by GALVEZ regarding BROWDER 7 was channelized to Miami file (87- 12552 and is deemed to be - reliable. Contacts made with U. S. Customs, Mianid , on August 10 and August 11, 1961 by SA: WILLIAM P. KELLY reflect the following regarding information disseminated to that agency , as supplied by GALVEZ; ' JEAN WILCHESTER, Customs Agent, advised that agency was unable to evaluate the information furnished regarding RAUL - GONZALEZ, and that no Customs investigation had been conducted in that matter. | ‘On August 14, 1961 U. S. customs Agent BERNARD GALLAGHER, Miami, advised SA KELLY that information furnished to Customs regarding -GEORGE qteran BORDEN is probably reliable. GALLAGHER stated U. S. Customs received the same information regarding BORDEN from two additional sources, who were in a position to know the facts. GALLAGHER stated that BORDEN is Still under active U. S. Customs investigation. WILCHESTER stated that U. S. Customs currently is- | conducting an active. investigation. of EDWARD BROWDER , JR. ~2- ‘SECRET oo xo2-t0ode A ff Docld: 32290685 Page 3
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 "(44 sc 2107 Hate} ; DATE:’. 11- —RET : Varen UNITED STATES 'GVERNMENT Ae Cre 3} Ly ~ Memoriadum , ) (/ //- TO : DIRECTOR, FBI (134- TO SEU ’ Te DATES 7/25/61 - att, POR IST IAR COPEL Ne Coes su SAC, MIAMI (134-497) DB AIRS NE i" SI SUBJECT. ROBERTO GALVEZ BARNES, aka 1 DAY Oia "Bobby", NB6H" rae tf en CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE - HONDURAS Me shy Re Bureau letter to Miami dated 7/20/61, captioned Pe de! "ROBERTO GALVEZ BARNES, IS - HONDURAS"; Miami letters to NY eR, Bureau dated 8/29/60, 11/10/60, 12/30/00, and 1/18/61. aay: The following justification for the designation of ua OE ROBERTO GALVEZ BARNES as a Confidential Source in Honduran / ey matters is submitted; all necessaryC hake Nounaetngasii gation 7 je . . . ww ” 4 am having been completed: . DEC! PSS HON ANDIOR, ( BEE RAGE Cm fT iat i gg 1. Background Information iN THIS DOCUMENT K 2 5-18 7a 7 aa 4 ay & LOE ep GO. Ave X Honduras. on October 1, immigrant GALVEZ. GALVEZ was born May 18, 1925, at Puerto Cortes,Cortes, He is a citizen of Honduras who entered the U. S. 1958, at Miami, Florida, as an O-1 non quota for permanent residence. He resides at 611 San Esteban Avenue, Coral Gables, Florida) and is employed as Chief Engineer for Servicios Aerovias and TAN Airlines at Miami International Airport, Miami, Florida. Miami has located no unfavorable credit or criminal information as tol GALVEZ was a member of the Honduras Air Force from 1949 to 1950 and from 1956 to 1957. He was formerly a mem- ber of the ruling Junta in Honduras prior to the present regime, \ 2. Expected Cooperation and Results Obtained 5 Since he was originally contacted on August 5, 1960, | La GALVEZ has furnished on a confidential basis.the ff ‘ information; relating to Honduras matters: Fi Bureau (RM) e 2 ~ Witdini ALE RY rOjeury, 2FeL" ye TS id ptt — 37S He ONE tee BECEIAED \ for rovios oul lillibey + Hsca tat loalry’ Docld: 32290685 Page 4
“Released under the: " DATE: ‘o 11-14-2017 7 eo MM 134-497 On August 31, 1960, GALVEZ. BARNES furnished infor- mation to the Miami Office concerning information he received from one ARMANDO PINTO, a Honduran, living at Miami Beach, Florida. PINTO reportedly advised GALVEZ BARNES on August 31, 1960, a Cuban nanied RAUL GONZALEZ, who-is reported to ‘be working in the United States as an agent for the Honduras Government, with the purpose of negotiating arms purchases _for the Honduras Government, was reported to have a check for $75,000, drawn on the Banco ‘Central of Honduras, which check was to be used to buy arms. GALVEZ BARNES stated that GONZALEZ was reported to be in Washington, D. C., at an un- | known address. GONZALEZ was further reported by PINTO to have purchased ammunition for the Honduras Government at New Orleans, on an unknown date, which ammunition was re-. portedly shipped to Honduras. This information was promptly furnished to United States Customs, Miami. ; on November 18, 1960, GALVEZ advised that he had. been contacted by One GEORGE-WPELLIAM BORDEN, a reported Honduran resident aliem in the U. 5. GALVEZ reported that © - BORDEN was making contacts in the Miami, Florida area in an attempt to negotiate a sale to the Honduran Government, for $650,000 of a dismantled Thompson submachine gun factory, : which was reported to be somewhere in New York, New York, GALVEZ reported further that BORDEN stated he had a quantity. of undescribed Thompson submachine gun spare parts for sale to the Honduran Government . On December 9, 1960, GALVEZ advised that students at the University of Honduras held a "Fidelista Week" (pro- CASTRO celebration) at that University in late November, ‘1960. He further identified the "Communist" newspaper in Tegucigalpa, | Honduras as "El Cronista". . On December 9, 1969, GALVEZ reported that the Pres- ident of the Centra ank of Honduras, one ROBERTO RAMIREZ, reportedly contacted. EDWARD BROWDER at Miami. about October 15, 1960, concerning $100,000 worth of arms that BROWDER had. __ reportedly shipped to Honduras to’ one "SOMOZA". -2- SOR a, Docld: 32290685 Page 5
“Releaseo under e- Jo . RETMeGY ASeasefination Records ollection Ac _ a ag. » i} DATE: 11-14-7017 7 ° “4 q . hs nd MM 134-497 GALVEZ further advised on December 9, 1960, that the Honduran Minister of Fordgn Affairs, ANDRES ALVARADO _ PUERTO, a former officer in the Caribbean Legion, is. out- _spoken in his support of FIDEL CASTRO and has expressed him- . self as being anti-U. S. On January 7, 1961. GAIVEZ advised he had re- ceived information that one EDWARD MARUSA-and his wife, Dr. MARGUERTTE-KRAUS@;—both of Miami, were reportedly at-— émpting to purchase $135,000 worth of light machine guns _ and rifles in the U. S. for shipment to one Dr. JIMENEZ in Honduras. On March 13, 1961, GALVEZ reported that the Hon- duran Guardia Civil (Civil Guard) is apparently well armed and appears to exist only to counteract the Honduran Army. He stated that the Guardia Civil is believed to be heavily infiltrated with Honduran Communists. (<" GALVEZ further advised on March 13, 1961, that ‘according to. reports of the Government of El Salvador, twelve unidentified Cuban citizens were arrested while entering El Salvador with Honduras - ‘Passports showing the Cubans to be Honduran citizens.: (~. On March 13, 1961, GALVEZ advised that the Hon- duras Government, headed by President. RAMON VILLEDA MORALES is not. actively opposing either the Communists or pro- CASTRO elements in Honduras. GALVEZ also reported on March 13, 1961, that the Communist Party of Honduras was then acting openly in that . country to the extent that members were signing their names to newspaper articles and other literature authored by the Communist Party of Honduras. He stated he had information that as late as early. March, 1961, the Communist Party of Honduras held its meetings within a "stone's throw" of the presidential palace in Tegucigalpa and advised that the Liberal Party, which is. currently in power, is split into some five factions, only one of which is controlled by President VILLEDA MORALES. OZ lod Ct Docld: 32290685 Page 6
o L oe a _ : Released under the DATH?: 11-14-2017 a MM 134-497, to furnish GALVEZ information of interest to the Bureau - Vised that he is not a Bureau employee, He had been ad-. ° On April 17, 1961, GALVEZ advised that the Com- munists in. Tegucigalpa were planning a large demonstration for May Day (May 1; 1961), which was to be countered by anti-communist elements.” : On May 19, 1961, GALVEZ furnished information that one ESPERANZA GARAY, a stewardess for TAN Airlines, may have been engaged in smuggling small arms (.38 caliber pistols) from Miami to Central America, . On July 17, 1961, GALVEZ stated that FEDERICO DANIEL MONTES, an anti-communist student leader at the University of Honduras, recently announced that he would seek re-election within that group. GALVEZ stated that MONTES was shot at by unknown person or persons upon leaving the meeting at which he declared his intention to seek re-election. GALVEZ stated the Communists were be- lieved responsible for the inéident. He described MONTES as his brother-in-law, Since GALVEZ has various contacts, both in the United States and in Central. America, who are in a position and other U. S. Government Agencies, such as th Depart~ ment of State,(Central Intelligence Agency (ctAy] and u) U. S. Customs, ‘and since a friendly, cordial relationsHip has been developed with GALVEZ by the Miami Office, it is expected that he will continue to cooperate in furnishing information of interest. | No payments have been made to GALVEZ, and none are anticipated. — oo 3. GALVEZ is being considered as a Confidential Source of the Miami Office. in Honduran Matters. He hag been ad- vised also of the confidential relationship which must exist between himself and contacting agents. The Miami Office will be alert to be certain that: GALVEZ is not a plant. GALVEZ is not connected with a labor union. alo For ~ip ded Docld: 32290685 Page fF
PReleased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of (997°(47T 0st 7107 Hotey- DATE: 11-14-2017 * \ aN are Vow MM 134-497 { , aw Referenced Bureau ve of Jul: 20, 1961, re- TH) flects that the Bureau granteg@ pefmissiog|to the CIA to£ contact GALVEZ. In the net \CIA advises}the Bureau of the results of this contact,f tis requested that the Miami Office be advised. . 4 . ; : . $ . rr ro \ WR . ee Docld: 32290685 Page &