Originator: HSCA
From: BLAKEY, G. ROBERT
To: CHASEN, ROBERT E.
Document date: 1978-01-19 00:00:00
Document type: LETTER

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

10/1/201

AGENCY:

HSCA

RECORD NUMBER :

180-10073-10034

RECORD SERIES: NUMBERED FILES

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

004702

Document Information

ORIGINATOR:

HSCA

FROM:

BLAKEY, G. ROBERT

TO :

CHASEN, ROBERT E.

TITLE:

Released under the John F. Kennedy

issassination Records Collection Act o

1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). Case#:NW

BEDOG Date: 11-04-2021

DATE: 01/19/1978

PAGES:

3

SUBJECTS :

US CUSTOMS SERVICE

HSCA, ADMINISTRATION

DOCUMENT TYPE: LETTER

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS: Open in Full

CURRENT STATUS: Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 06/15/1993

OPENING CRITERIA:

COMMENTS :

Box #:98.

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LOUIS STOKES, OHIO, CHAIRMAN

FiCHARDSON PREYER, N.C.

SAMUEL L. DEVINE, OHIO

wALTER E. FAUNTROY,

D.C.

STEWART B. MC KINNEY, CONN.

• YVONNE BRATHWAITE BURKE, CALIF.

CHARLES THONE, NEBR.

¡ CHRISTOPHER J. DODD, CONN.

HAROLD S. SAWYER, MICH.

"HAROLD E. FORD, TENN.

¡FLOYD J. FITHIAN, IND.

ROBERT W. EDGAR, PA.

(202) 225-4624

Select Committee on Assassinations

U.5. House of Representatives

3331 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, ANNEX 2

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515

JAN 1 9 1978

004702

The Honorable Robert E. Chasen

Commissioner

U. S. Customs Service

1301 Constitution Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20229

Dear Mr. Chasen:

In connection with its investigation into the

circumstances surrounding the death of President John

F. Kennedy, the House Select Committee on Assassinations

requests that by January 30, 1978 you make available

to duly authorized representatives of the Committee any

information or files maintained by Customs on the

individuals listed below:

1. Manuel Artime

Cuban national who headed political action

for Bay of Pigs invasion; with Brigate 2506

Leader of MRR.

Died: November 17, 1977

2.

Dominick E. Bartone

Office in 1962: Room 551

Pan American Bank

Miami, Ohio

Born: Toledo, Ohio (possibly)

3. Sam Benton

Miami, Florida

Arrested July 1963, La Combe, Louisiana

Indicted in Florida 1971

Associate of Mike McLaney

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The Honorable Robert E. Chasen

Commissioner

U. S. Customs

Service

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4. Edward Browder, Jr.

DOB: June 22, 1917. at Amarillo, Texas

FBI No. 4. 840 823

5. Dino Cellini

FBI NO. 219 8122

6 . .

David Ferrie

• DOB: March 28, 1918

Social Security No. 282-18-8219

7.

Michael McLaney, aka McClainey

DOB: Approx. 1915

Owner of Nacional Casino, Havanna, Cuba

during late 1950's.

Indicted 1971 Southern District of New York

8. John Martino

DOB:

August 3, 1911

Atlantic City, New Jersey

DOD: August 3, 1975

Miami Beach, Flori-a

9:

Captain William Morgan

American "soldier-of-fortune" jailed in

Cuba in early 1960 and killed in prison

for allegedly anti-Castro activities.

10.

William Robert Plumlee

Associate of John Martino

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The Honorable Robert E. Chasen

Commissioner

U. S. Customs Service

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11.

John Roselli

(real name Felippe Sacco)

12.

Sergio Arcacha Smith

Leader of New Orleans branch of Cuban

Revolutionary Council through 1962

13. Frank Sturgis aka Frank Fiorini

14.

Manuel Antonio DeVarona aka Tony Varona

Miami official of Cuban

Revolutionary Council

Miami address in 1962:

826 Madrid Street

Coral Gables, Florida

15.

Eduardo Whitehouse

Cuban National, former head of Bastista's

Air Force.

To expedite access to the Agency's records, the

Committee would appreciate it if priority were given to

preparing information covering the period 1958 - 1963.

Please notify us when documents pertaining to that period

have been completed.

If you have any questions concerning this request,

please call

Jackie Hess

at the Committee offices.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.

Sincerely,

1: Notut Blobes

G. Robert Blakey

Chief Counsel and Director

GRB: jSC

CC:

Mr. John Thorne

Congressional Liaison

U.S. Customs Service

CC :

Mr. J. Robert McBrien

Special Assistant for Special Legislation and Projects

Department of the Treasury

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