AGENCY INFORMATION | AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10221-10265 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER: CR-SEE TITLE DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR: FBI | FROM: SAC,MM | TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: CR 134-17720-13X CHANGE TO CR 202-8215-13X DATE: 11/29/1976 PAGES: 10 | SUBJECT: ~ DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT ORIGINAL Secret NEW CLASSIFICATION: CLASSIFICATION: REVIEW DATE: 08/17/1998 UPDATE DATE: STATUS _ Redact RESTRICTIONS: JFK Act 6 (1)(B) JFK Act 6 (4) © COMMENTS: INC LHM, 2 ADMIN PAGES Docld: 32340872 Page 1
“Réleased under the'‘John’ F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992? (44 USC 27107 Hatey . DATE: oll bard Form NO, 10 JULY 1973 EDITION GSA FPMR {41 CFR) 101-11 is . UNITED.:. grates ERNMENT Memorandum De x, DIRECTOR, FBI fp " SAC, MIAMI fe- pp-uey ons pace cued GE 12 - FoJery e. (00: Miami) | as Re Bureau airtel dated Xe) | . a Enclosed-are seven copies of an LHM, dated and ~' captioned as above Sy LEADS 2 ' TATE G/2 9: MIAMI At Miami, Florida: 3. i” Bo 25 QIQOa DRS Pd 20 Bureau (RM) (Enc. 7) oa wea aN 1 - Miami aemai , hha, | BUD: :m11 ym 6: 23) 7 Docld: 32340872 Page 2?
In Rept 7 EIR i ' November 29, 1976 File Nef2—6'76 J NH FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Miami, Florida (CITED STATES DEPARTMENT/ © JUSTICE E: BERTO CARBALLO DIAZ 2 NEUTRALITY MATTERS - oT couooe _ ROBERTO CARBALLO DIAZ, a Cuban exile, 7 1968, ~moved from San Juan, Puerto Rico to Miami, Florida, where he obtained employment in-a,. grocery store. In 1969, he worked at a rental car agency and was.a student at Dade Junior Col lege in ram GF In 1968, he was reported to be a member of the Ejercito Secreto Anti-Comunista, a Cuban exile anti-CASTRO| organization, which is no longer in existence. In so KY » CARBALLO, on interview, denied membership in this group . NX MM T-1, a Cuban exile, advised that in April, 1976, CARBALLO met with a number of members of Brigade 2506 and discussed vlang,for a bombing attack against an unspecified Russian ship. Y— oo Brigade 2506 is an association of Se in iy “Aoril 17 1961 invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles. + fy In , 1975, CARBALLO was elected president Brigade 2506 hie | “ MM T-2, a Cuban exile, closely associated with \ __members of Brigade 2506, reported that in June, 1976, CARBALLO Po Brigade fe one ee eee ata EE Re ee Toe Nene et ee ee SPA TOV BAAIS CO distributed outs side your sen travelled from Miami to San Juan, Puerto Rico to meet with pember in that city for the purpose of raising funds. ¢ he MM T-2 said that on June 11, 1976, CARBALLO was in the. Dominican Republic and attended a meeting ofthe heads . of five Cuban exile organizations. The organizations that pas Sources whose identities are TENSION» Ne - concealed herein, have furnished oi EOR Wasa reliable information in the past, coat YX SSM = -t- lo _ except where otherwise noted ¢ or) Ce ents “document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be /3 ¢ [9 72-0 — eX: Docld: 32340872 Page 3
Released under the dohn fF. ‘Remnedy: Agedseinatien DATE: A1- 14-2017 a : . , as RE: ROBERTO CARBALLO DIAZ were represented at this meeting were the Cuban National ‘Liberation Front, Brigade 2506, Cuban Action, 17th of April Movement, and the Cuban Nationalist Mov nt. CARBALLO — represented the Brigade 2506 at this meeting. KY) An umbrella organization was formed as a unity group of these organizations. This unity group was called Coordination of. Revolutionary Unity (CORU) and planned to immediately launch into a program of terrorist activities against tne government of Cuba. Since that time, CORU has claimed credit for 18 acts of terrorism, including kidnapings, ' airplane bomb jenn ® of piracy, and bombings of Cuban embassies./| (% Docld: 32340872 Page 4
—~Released- aan -the—John—E.— Kennedy Assassination. a i eg a ore cameraman ena ean tern i - : * at Sw FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ROBERTO CARBALLO, Florida, telephone number 4%, after “OL the identities gi interviewing Agents end the nature of the inquiry by SA SYNECLO GUTIERREZ, vas advised of his rights by SA GUTIERREZ, as shown on an executed Rights and Waiver form which Mr. CA RBALLO gead, stated that he understood 4 and signed. ‘He then furnished the Following informations He is President of Brigade 2506 in n Miomi, Florida. The Brigade 2506 consis sts of Cuban exile veterans of the mag recently ele ected Bay of Pigs invasion April zy (u ol. He w to this position. ¢ Biya CARBALLO was’ asked at SA CUTIERREZ if he attended a meeting in Santo Dom ningo, Dominican Republic, during the first part of June, 1976 where members of Accion Cubana, FLNC, , Brigade 2506, Movimiento Nacionalista Cubano » and Movimiento 17 de Abril met with Mr. ORLANDO BOSCH and FRANK CASTRO to unify these groups into a single effort aga ainst ‘FIDEL CASTRO and the Republic of Cuba. Mr. ‘CARBALLO re sponded that he had beea to Santo Domingo, Douinica mm Republic, during the first part of +2 4 Jume, 1976, ~ and he did meet with several “Cuban exiles; NoweVver , he would elect not to mention the peop with, whom he met or anything further concerning this trip. “a He stated that Brigade 2506 is nacion de Organizaciones Revoluciona: of United RF: evolutionary Ox genizations jn concurrence with the Divcctorate b ARMANDO LOPEZ ESTRADA is a part. LOPEZ & t aor CORU (Coordi- das) (Coordina ation oO 1 Q a pR 5 ry jatel a C59) Os 7 4 ae baat et J? > Du Py ae pat foe es : Ter RAD { director of Brigade 2506. He further advised that as Preside of Brigade 2506, he has lent support to actions against FIDEL CASTR 20° and the Republic of Cuba. He stated that he is an anti- CASTRO and anti-comnunist Guban exile. He is in exile as a result of the cemmmist regime takeov rex in Cuba. He feels |. that he rust do everything “at his disposal and comaand in an attempt to topple.the commmist regime of Cuba. Concer: this, he feels very strongly in this belief; however, he a very strong eppreciation towards the United States and do S@ not wish to exbarrass the United States in any way. He feals gl Interviewed on 7/29/76 ig - Miami, Florida : File # hE | ; MORTAL \ copy: 2-451 4 | SA SINECIO GUTIERREZ, S : copy: £5-1763 ) by SA BENITO A. SILVA/thn a o 750775 of This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI it is the prop it ond its contents ace not to be distributed outside your egency. Docld: 32340872 Page 5
_ DATE: 11-14-2017 oo om ‘ very proud to have served as a U. S. Axmy officer. Because of his strong belief that he must not embarrass the United States or put it tn any adverse position with neighbors in the henisphere of the world, he has always felt that actions against. .FIDEL CASTRO imust originate from abroad and take place abroad. He is avare of the provisions of the Neutrality Act but his reason for believing that anti~CASTRO actions must all take place abroad is ‘¢ ( ig) does not want to see 4 we ° a4 ce om problems for the United States. \ Mr. CARBALLO stated that he is concerned that the communist regime of FIDEL CASTRO recently captured three Cuban fishing boats with nine Cuban exiles on board. One of the persons on board was a child. These people have been in~, carcerated in Cuba end he feels that no action has been taken against Cuba for this piracy. In fact, Mr. CARBALLO stated the press has played down this criminal act of the commumist regime of Cuba. He stated that the fishing velito SCO) were A + tine? tt captured are the "Mako," "Canario," and "Miguelito. Mr. CARBALLO advised that he is very much aware that Miami Cuban exiles ORESTES RUIZ HERNANDEZ and GASPAR JIPIENEZ were arrested in Mexico and charged with an attempt to kidnap the Republic of Cuba’s Consul in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, on or about July 23, 1976, in which a Cuban national was killed. He knows GASPAR JIMENEZ personally, but he does not know RUIZ HERNANDEZ. He knows about their problems because of news releases which he has read. He denied having any prior knowl- edge of the act these men are accused of having committed. . He advised that he did not aid or directly support GASPAR .~ JIMENEZ or his accomplices in carrying out the kidnap attempt jn Mexico. He would rather not say who is directly support- ing GASPAR JIMENEZ in other matters. He stated that everyone ‘docs what he is arpposed to do or feels that he shouldds in the fight against communism. He emphatically denied having -. any knowledge concerning the kidnap attempt of the Cuban Consul and the killing’of the Cuban national in Mexico. He Oe Se) | ~ ee eee ~ . rn) Docld: 32340872 Page 6