424-10260-10005 | HW v9.1 50957 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 : Doctld: 32302068 JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-10280-10005 HQ CR 105-112098-321, 298, 288 Document Information FBI DREW, WILLIAM MAYO JR. DIRECTOR, FBI 07/15/1963 57 SNFE, ACA, MIL OPERATIONS, PLAN OMEGA, PROPAGANDA ACT, CUBAN EXILES, ARMS ACT, FINANCES, UNITY PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Secret 1A; 1B; 4 Redact 09/25/1998 INDEFINITE, APPROVAL OF CIA INC 2 RPT Page 1 Date: 4/15/201
HY “26 eve soles) _ REPORTING OFFICE OFFICE OF ORIGIN DATE MIAMI MIAMI _ MLE OF Cag at 15 1993 SECOND NATIONAL FRONT OF 7~ESCAMBRAY (SNFE) | OPERATION ALPHA 66). A I Tiron: TION cow TA ATED, rey iy ii iw an. wis niches és io nants Report of SA. WILLIAM MAYO DREW, “d d 6/21/63 at Miami. ee EADS SAN JUAN AT SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO eel ene ncteeyteamaee A) a Gj Will continue to monitor bank account. of subject o ae Organization, py BIT Lake MIAMI A. al | AT MIAMI, FLORIDA ae) Will maintain contact with 1 ical sources ahd , ° FA SON CHAR CENT (DO NOT ware IN SPACES BELOW ; COPIES MADE: é ” tJ~ JT Se 12. Burebts (105. aaeet (uy Lb 0s N2Oqg — 4 / 2 - San Juan 105-6133 1 - CIA, Miami {Re} ine et : REC Sh 1 - INS, Miami (RM ee 1 - U.S. Coast Guard, Miami (Rp y) .” JUL XY 1963 ay ae TS 1 - U.S. Customs, Miami (RM). BLA Ey a (Additional copies Cover Page oo Notations _ 5 ay Req. i bore ees Seeieme oe ek Her Fo pes ae / S0953 Daoctd: 323020638 Page 2
MM 105-6243 boats are maintained to the rear of the DIAZ residence ~ and are presently being spot checked on a daily basis, further efforts to interview. DIAZ at this time would interfere with this coverage. _ Regarding Lead #4, inquiry in the vicinity of the Standard O11 Station at 4420 N.W. 7th Avenue reflects _ this station is operated by Cubans. ‘and that almost all business . i is with Cuban exiles. In an effort to obtain some coverage on this station on the possibility that the SNFE is obtaining ‘ gasoline there,. Mr. RAY STAMPER, owner of the Amoco Station on the opposite corner, has been contacted as a source in this regard. STAMPER is most cooperative, anti-Cuban, and stated he will immediately contact the office when he observes large amounts of gasoline being purchased from this station. STAMPER said that on several occasions in the past he had observed as many as six 55-gallon drums being loaded and transported from the station during the course of one day by individuals whom he considered to be Cubans. No direct —— 4 contact will be made with the proprietor of the Standard Station at this time. ¥ € bank accoun es that CARLOS ARBOLEYA, cashier at the Boulevard Bank, advised SNFE of our inquiry. It is noted ARBOLEYA is a Cuban friend of VECIANA. : - COVER PAGE - ~—_| -C-. } HY 50953 DBoctd: 32302066 Page 3
a \ MM 105-6243 . \ On June 19, 1963, MM T=1, another Government . a agency which conducts personnel and intelligence inve able informa ore oo tha ert presentative| of Bl yay | the ation Movimiento Révolucionario Les. ; del Pueblo- (MRP); had confided in-a private’ Conversation during mid-May, 1963, that the alliance between the MRP and the SNFE and Alpha 66 was engaged in raising funds for a major operation called. "Plan.omega". did not have the details of this plan but said [s] Wou e a bigger operation. than a single attack on Soviet personnel or installations in Cuba and that the launching of the plan d fund raising campaign. He said that ~the "military" wings of this alliance, the SNFE and Alpha 66, had announced their intention of keeping 90% of their collected. money in military equipment and operations, and had called on the ; other organizations with which they were in close contact , to do the same. These groups included the 30th of November, the Montecristi, an. unnamed formerly anti- BATISTA orga tion, and the Anti-communist Front of i Liberation. 45 Gi He\said that this alliance's headquarters in Miami had circularized all of their representatives requesting that fund raising schemes. be organized. This circular quoted the sum of $136.00 for a cannon shell and $2.00 pen.dayv ta maintain a man at one of the alliance's four bases. Bald these bases were in the Caribbean, [S] not on Unite ves soll, and had no telephone communication with Miami , aa Sea _ [Yn stating that news of attacks on Cuba would be released from Caracas, as opposed to Miami - 4. (HW 50953 Boctid: 32302068 Page 4
St Learns meme &.2 03 ser os TITLE OFC. REPORT MADE BY me — 7 woo CG ; - . Ge : . ain | a | FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVES rIGATI ON OFFICE OF ORIGIN’ MIAMI REPORTING OFFICE — MIAMI INVESTIGATIVE PEER 6/5~15/63 “UUN 21 ‘964 CSECOND NATIONAL FRONT.OF. WILLIAM MAYO- DREW ( ESCAMBRAY - (SNFE) / | CHARACTER OF CASE COFERATION ALPHA 66) | IS = RA - CUBA _ pp NEUTRALITY, MATTERS Report ‘of SA WILLIAM MAYO. DREW, 6/6163 at Miami. Florida, .. CLA HAS Ain an Fearon T TO a ne deel } ee \- Chicago, Illinois a Will contact Northwestern National Bank of Chicago, 7 | aor _ to locate the account of "ALPHA 66 - MRP - II FRENTE," not- “ing that a check in the amount of $1,250 was drawn on. that : depdsited in the account of the subject organi- ain Miami. This account should be checked to determine APPROVED ses , is re Gianan _ BO NOT WRITE IN SPACES BELOW | 12 ~ Burgau -(105-112098) (RM) mele. 18 & “£ = Chiéago (105- ~14604) (RM) - - Newark (105-13300) (RM) teens eet ce - CIA, Miami (RM) - INS, Miami (RM) © - U.S. Coast Guard, Miami ( - U.S. Customs, Miami (RM) (Additional copies next page) COPIES MADE: — ® JUN 24 1963 en) oo Recerd of Attached Report ; Netetions Agency eater . Date Pwd. ot aa par a ee toy! 50953 Docld: 32302068 Page 5
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MM 105-6243 gh ne which related that as of May 28, 1963, two boats, believed: " to have been used in the recent raid on Tarara: in the Province of Havana, by the SNFE, were at 552 N.W. 31st Street, Miami, “Florida. One of the vessels, a V-20 with Volvo-Penta. engines, was freshly painted white. The hull | had been blue. It was also related that JULIO CRUZ; one CRUZ, first name unknown and not related to JULIO, and wie” = «tthe mechanic who has his shop at the location of the above mentioned boats, had been identified as participants in — this raid,| lof MM T-1. who was ' described as a United States citizen , is] ho obtained the information from personal observa~ fertion, and from contact with an unidentified exile wit excellent contacts among exile action: groups. |AMAURI: RAGINAL_, a former labor leadér in Cuba, was re a leader and financial supporter of the ‘the SNE. AG om On June 7, 1963, MM T-2 made available informa- 4 tion reflecting that AMAURY }PRACINALS was Sonnected with 06) <¢7 the. SNFE C2 VL pla _ - (ORS aN 2aT) oe As of June 15, 1963, both of the boats mentioned above were observed in the area to the rear of the apart- | ments located at 550 and 560 N.W. 31st Street. One of these boats, bearing Florida registration FL 8694E, has . £3 a wooden hull badly in need of repainting. The super- — : structure ef this boat has just been: repainted dark blue, 7, and the boat has a single outboard motor. Work was in progress the white hull, mentioned above, as of June 15, 1963. (5/96) Regarding JULIO CRUZ mentioned above, it is “HW 50953 Docld: 32302068 Page 7