Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: NY
To: HQ
Document date: 7/6/65
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note).

DATE: 11-14-2017

JFK Assassination System

Date:

5/21/201

Identification Form

Agency Information

AGENCY :

RECORD NUMBER :

FBI

124-90094-10030

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER : CR 105-112098-627

Document Information

ORIGINATOR:

FBI

FROM:

NY

TO: HQ

TITLE:

DATE: 07/06/1965

PAGES:

9

SUBJECTS :

JOAQUIN GODOY Y SOLIS

SECOND NATIONAL FRONT OF ESCAMBRAY

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION : Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS: 4

CURRENT STATUS: Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 07/16/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

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Réléased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote) •

DATE: 11-14-2017

NY 105-57297

INFORMANTS

Identity of Source

NY T-1

CSNY 2822-S

NY T-2

Dr: ERNESTO ARAGON GODOY,

360 East 7and Street, NYC

(request)

NY T-3

ZACHARY DE GASTER, 10 East

40th Street, NYC

(request)

LEADS

Elle Number Where Located

Instant report, pages 2,6

105-57297-358

Instant report, pages

4,5

NEWARK, SAN JUAN, AND WASHINGTON FIELD (INFORMATION)

Information copies of this report are being furnished

to Newark, San Juan, and Washington Field since they have

conducted previous Investigation in this matter and since

they have chapters of this organization located in their

divisions.

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Released under the John F.

Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote).

ATE 11-14-2017

FD:204 (Rev. 3-3-59)

UNILD STATES DEPARTMENT OF L

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

TICE

Copy to:

Report of: FRANCIS J. O'BRIEN

Date:

7/6/65

Field Office File #:

105-57297

Ofice: New York, New York

Bureau File #: 105-112098

Title:

SECOND NATIONAL FRONT OF ESCAMBRAY (SNFE)

(OPERATION ALPHA - 66); MOVIMIENTO REVOLUCIONARIO

DEL PUEBLO (MRP) - ALIANZA REVOLUCIONARIA (REVOLUTIONARY

ALLIANCE)

(3/21/95-566854D/GGL-JFK)

Characte INTERNAL SECURITY • CUBA

ALL FORMATION CONTAINED

REGISTRATION ACT - CUBA

HEBEIN' IS UNCLASSIFIER

NEUTRALITY MATTERS

NATE. 83.00. 8r.828

Synopsis:

NY T-1 advised that since Major ELOY GUTIERREZ

MENOYO, military leader of the Second National Front of

Escambray (SNFE) - ALPHA 66 - Movimiento Revolucionario del

Pueblo (MRP), was captured in Cuba in late January, 1965,

there was a

noticeable lack of activity among representatives

of the organization in the New York area.

Detective JOHN

CAULFIELD, NYCPD, advised that the SNFE - ALPHA 66-MRP

sponsored a demonstration in front of the United Nations (UN)

building on 4/4/65. This demonstration was to show endorsemert

of President LYNDON B. JOHNSON's policiesin Viet Nam and to

show disapproval of the Communist takeover in Cuba and North

Viet Nam.

NY T-2 advised that JOAQUIN GODOY of the MRP con-

tacted him in order to get in contact with JAMES B. DONOVAN,

New York attorney, and US Senator ROBERI F. KENNEDY to see 1f

an exchange could be arranged with Prime Minister FIDEL CASTRO

In order to obtain the release of ELOY GUTIERREZ MENOYO.

NY I-3 advised that a commemorative coin was being minted for

the purpose of raising funds for the SNFE - ALPHA 66- MRP.

HUMBERTO ARGUELLES, delegate of the SNFE-ALPHA 66-MRP, advised

that the organization has not sponsored any activities recently,

that 1t has encountered numerous financial difficulties

and that there does not appear to be any solution to their

fInancial problems.

-RUC

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This document contatns 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 distributed outside your agency.

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note).

DATE: 11-14-2017

NY 105-57297

DETAILS:

an March 24, 1965, stated that since Major

FOULIERRILANENOYO military leader of the Second

N'

National Front of Escambray, (SNFE) - ALPHA 66 - Movimiento

Revolucionario del Pueblo (MRP), was captured In Cuba in

late January, 1965, there has been a noticeable lack of

activity on the part of representatives of this organization

in the New York area.

NY I-1 stated that in January, 1965, he had received FLA.

a letter from MIRIAM TESTE, a member of the organization In

Miami, advising that the organization would soon carry out

military action inside Cuba.

Since GUTIERREZ MENOYO's

capture by the Cuban Government in late January, 1965,. 'NY I-1,

said that he has received no further word from MIRIAM

TESTE, nor has he received any more requests for financial

help.

DEtective JOHN CAULFIELD, Bureau of Special Services,

(BSS), New York City Police Department (NYCPD), on April 1,

1965, advised that the SNFE - ALPHA 66 - MRP would sponsor

a demonstration in front of the United Nations Secretariat.

building on April 4, 1965. Detective CAULFIELD stated that

the SNFE - ALPHA 66 - MRP had been given permission by the

Police Department to demonstrate from 12:00 noon unt11

2:00 PM on April 4, 1965.

The April 4, 1965, Issue of "El Diario - La Prensa"

a Spanish language newspaper published daily In New York City,

against the Communists with the endorsement of the policies

of President LYNDON B. JOHNSON against North Viet Nam, which

would take place at 1:00 PM in front of the United Nations

building on April 4, 1965.

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