Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 Usc¢ 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System Date: 4/29/201 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: = 124-10212-10442 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: — 105-110055-44, 45 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: SAC, WMFO -TQ: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: DATE: — 09/12/1963 PAGES: 13 SUBJECTS : ELC, ADDRESS, CONTRIBUTIONS, MEMBER, REL, ACA DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Secret - RESTRICTIONS: 1B; 1C;4 CURRENTSTATUS: Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 09/28/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : INC MEMO, 2 LHM —  —heiéiwir}.—. v9.1 3 Docld: 322794166 Page 1
Released under the John F: ‘Kennedy’ “Heeassination ‘Records Collection DATE: 11-14-2017 ; »v sew) ” “|; ia TO OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 c 2 SAY 1962 EDITION.“ GSA GEN. RES. ‘NO. 27 UNITED STATES G@ M emorandum 5010-106 Or [RNMENTC ‘ONFIDENTIAL “ an DIRECTOR, FBI. (105-110055) SAC, WFO (105-47736) (RUC) JERCITO LIBERTADOR DE CUBA Se (LIBERATION. ARMY OF CUBA). yy, 5 & (ELC) _. WN yeas 18_- CUBA NN | [é it (00:MM) . w %y fe 5 - ‘ ' 28,  Nparatets to Director 9/9 and 9/i2/6s. { | rics 4 Bey & Enclosed are ‘11 copies to the Bureau, 2 to MM \ | age and on ach for NY and SJ for information of a LHM and K <2 memo o8 aluation, oo ese Q ones mentio @ in the LHM are as follows: a Za= : SS SA w T-1 iskcswr (23 $2 SA MAL COLA P. CARR gs 3 = é = i WF T-2 isM@RNESTO BETANCOURTf tO “34 DONALD HOBT ING fat 3 tS & Se53 / 1 T-3 is HUMBERTO BERTRAN to SA DONALD H HORTING a = it. fom) "xy ars i; 3 ‘e RUG a / MET, T-4 isMJORGE ANTONIO PERRAMON y SPENCE formed WE | Es mC gered 116125¥to SA DONALD HOETING 7 ax: 5 iy EO =i 4 AS j awe => Yo) ) és ofa = WF T-2, 3 and 4 requested their identity be a Ae SS protected, Ao * wer “ . i . Dr. GUILLERMO BELT and GENE GINES furnished me He) C2 S , information to SA. HOETING 8 é fo 4 bone It should be noted that on 9/13/63 , Fesur (233 FH) Qe ‘55 advisgd SA CARR@jhat he learned from an undis source & ; * {thats SETANCOURTJhad publicly stated he was being financed by 5 | Ci fa had made’ this Batement in the presence of others. (Q noSrrorvien of SBETANCOURIPS) SA PORTING | 6070 “10/4/63, Baa someone denied#receiving any ee: ! - - Bureau (EncSP oD a _ ~2 - Miami (105-5849). (Encs. ftG at ' JAS CflOOS “we fo. /easox1 - New York (105-55242) (Enc. 1) (RM) INEQc munis “oy 1 - San Juan (Enc. 1) (RM) (INFO) . <j MAK ii 84 1 - WFO . . wi 6 OCT 25 1963 EY DH:baa (7) osha “ x = Copy ta: CIA/Stato, Stes —— oy NFIDENT ar ft : CMU ORY ACSI 0 L ? ANOV'S tony Bae ERS vali Gis Beak — Docld: 32294166 Page 2?
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 Ws¢ 2107 Notes: : DATE: . 11-14-2017 - e oe 8 - . : © . - me uN, a -, ps © RE: EJERCITO LIBERTADOR DE CUBA r _that Cuban exiles are training in Nicaragua and again in - Guatemala for an eventual strike of some type against ’ Cuba, contributions have fallen off andXhe ha d to curtail plans to eventually pub}jish a monthly bozine : as part. ‘of the activity of ELC. u\ “WF T-2 stated that fBetancour planned to pub- lish existing problems and shdrtcomings of the Castro _ Government and analyze and interpret these items to be used as propaganda against Castro etancourt planned - to call the magazine “Libertador™ Pw . -his afternoons at th fice ‘of ELCgZand that he ha phone servige in thé office under the name of the or- ganization. fu). WF T-2 ato Sépends most of 4 WF T-3 learned on June 11, ._1963, from Humberto. 7 Hexeraniis ho is. HPintend by marriage to Ernesto Betancourt, that Bet anti cour SPA ntended to become more and more involved with activitiéS of ELC and asked Bertran if he would accept. telephone calls forfBetancourtiht his home. _ _ ? Although WF T-3 stated rie Bertran d not explicitly agree to allowapetancour o receive telephone calls at his home he, on the her hand, did not refuse to accept these calls. With reference to the above, WF T-3 ' advised on October 15, 1963, that_he dete ed that only one telephone call was placed bymBetancour t Bertran's ‘home to an unknown party in Miami, Florida, telephone “number 305 = NE 5-4595. No other calls were 1a aetern ae. (l . made from Bertran's home from what WF T-3 could determine.(A) In connection withWetancourt's office spaceXO | “WF .T-4 advised on September 30, 1963, he learned that - ELC's office is located in Rooms 205 and 206, 1518 K “| Street, N.W., an etancourt pays $ a month for rent and $30 per month,for phone service WF T-4 believed thataBetancourt! xpenses for ELC's office were defrayed by voluntary contributions from private individuals WU) ot As far as activities of ELC are concerned, CLE T-4 stated he learned that around September ,20, 1963, yy Va etancourt requested Jorge Antonio Perramon_y/Spencer, — Co a former Cuban Army pilot now exiled in the United “States, and_employed by Dynalectron Corporation, 1510 H Street, 1 N.W.%,t0 look into the possibility of purchasing a miniature (oil) | a - Q- Docld: 322794166 Page 3