Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: SAC, MM
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 03/22/1961
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

6/4/2015

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER: 124-10277-10383

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 97-4474-16, 17, 18

Released under the John

T. Kennedy

Assassination Records

Collection Act of 1992

$44 USC 2107 Note!.

Case#:NW 54027 Date:

b3-25-2017

Document Information

ORIGINATOR:

FBI

FROM: SAC, MM

TO :

DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE:

DATE: 03/22/1961

PAGES:

11

SUBJECTS :

MIRR, ASSOC, ACA, CUBA, SEIZED, CAPTURED, BOAT,

PRISONERS, AMMO, ARMS

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS:

CURRENT STATUS :

Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 06/18/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS: INC 3 MEMO

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SECRET

1 - Mr. Farr

REC: 100 *

Assistant Attorney General

J. Walter Yeagley

2-4494-17

rector, FBI

CIA HAS NO MARCH CA 701961

DECLASSE CATION AMO/OR

Recast

IN The DOCUMENT: JM 10-6-97

MOVIMIENTO INSURRECIONAL DE

RECUPERACION REVOLUCIONARIA

INTERNAL SECURITY - CUBA

REGISTRATION ACT - CUBA

NEUTRALITY MATTERS

Classified by /5P6 BJA/GEL

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iSSIPIED

NMOHS

SE

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DEGLASSINIEO BY 5668 GLD /KSR

ON 11-1-97 (JFK)

this vill refer to your menorandum of February 13,

1961, advising that you have solicited the views of the

Central Intelligence Agency concerning this matter and that

we would be subsequently furnished your opinion regarding

the need for further investigation.

KEC.D

Tolson

Parsons _

Mohr

Belmont

Callahan

Conrad _

DeLoach

Evans

Malone

Rosen

Tavel

Trotter

W.C. Sullivan

Tele. Room.

Ingram -

Gandy

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Por your additional infornation, a source, who

has furnished reliable information in the past, advised

on March 21, 1961, that the Cuban radio made several

broadcasts that day announcing seizure of a boat and capture

of an American and four Cuban counterrevolutionaries at

Cabanas, Pinar del Rio, with arms and ammunition. The

broadcasts identified

I the Cubans as Gilberto Betancourt,

Francisco Garcia, Marciano Belo Martinez and Augusto Marvel.

The American's nane was not distinguishable to the source.

The March 22, 1961, Issue of the "Miami Herald" carried an

article entitled "Yank, four Others Seized in Cuba With

Arus Load," Associated

Press, Havana.

The news article

announced

the capture of five men, including an American who

Ta he the launch us dental, dan he pain no ta.

according to the article, the announcement of the capture

of this group followed reports that rebel forces had started

a major buildup in the hills of Pinar del Rio Province where

f substantial numbers were awaiting the arrival of arms.

3 de

lorida;"advised his son,

On March 22, 1962, An us FiNal noblemables,

angus schair, ur.,

rrested by Cuban authorities the previous

day when located

Ain

boat loaded with guns.

HcNair stated his son had been

recently assoclated with Frank Florini who is an American

adventurer and self-professed leader of a group of anti-Castro

Individuals.

McNair last sawils foR On March 4, 1961, at

MAR 2 4 19619

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4SKS

REVIEWED BY SEWJFK TASK FORCE

ON

7.23.97 do

Assistant Attorney General

J. Walter Yeagley

RELEASE IN FULL

RELEASE IN PART

TOTAL DENIAL

which time Mclair, Jr., announced he was leaving for Cuba.

For your information,

Mchair, Sy., is an accountant in a

Miami law firm in which Senator George Smathers of Florida

is an inactive member.

On the night of March 21, 1961, another source,

who has furnished reliable information in the past, reported

that Orlando Bosch, who is a civillan delegate of the

Moviniento Insurrecional de Recuperacion Revolucionaria

in Miami, learned of the seizure by Cuban authoritles of

this group in Cuba.

He identified Marciano Belo, also

known as Guajira; as being among this group.

Bosch confided

the group had been taken by the boat

"Jolly

Roger" to a

point off the coast at Cabanas, Pinar del Rio Province,

where they were transported by skiff to the shore at which

point they were apparently apprehended.

On March 22, 1961, Inspector Willis Smithson

of the United States Border Patrol, Miami, advised that on

March Il, 1961, the "Jolly Roger"

was reported in the

Florida Keys, with Angus K. McNair, Jr., and eight unnamed

Cubans on board. On March 12, 1961, the "Jolly Roger" was

reported in the key West, Florida,

area with Elidio C. Surg

y Goichoneca, Cuban allen, on board.

On March 19, 1961, the

"Jolly Roger" arrived at the Lower latacombe Key near Key West

and as of March 22, 1961, it was at this location having

Loaded eight 55-gallon fuel drums on board.

Captain

Enrique Rodriguez Ibanez of the "Jolly Roger" has been

ordered to report to the Immigration and Naturalization

Service at Miant.

On March 21, 1961, the Central Intelligence Agency

advised the captured

group could possibly be an independent

operation of the Frente Revolucionario Democratico, an

anti-Castro unity organization, but that Central Intelligence

Agency had no operational interest in this matter and it

in possession of no knowledge regarding the "Mercury,"

For your additional information, the first source

mentioned in this letter advised that Gilberto Betancourt

was arrested in 1957 by the Batista government on

a bombing

CIA INFO (P3) REMAINS

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SEGRET

Mr. Tolsor

Mr. Parsons

[r- Mohr_

N. 3 COPAETRENT OF JUSTICE

Nor: Belmont.

CEMRUNICATICNS

SECTION

Callahan

Mr.

Conrad

Me. DeLeach

ALL INFORMATION CONIAINED

WAR 223201

Mir. Evans-

Mr. Malone

HEREIN IS UNSIASSIFIED

EXCEPT WHERE

SHOWN

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TO DIRECTOR, FBI

Declassify on: DADR 4/15/85

FROM SAC, MIAMI /105-2855/

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ОНОЕ

I MOVIRMIENTO INSURRECIONAL DE RECUPERACION REVOLUCIONARIA.

5668.540

IS DASH CUBA, RA DASH CUBA, NM. RE MIAMI REPORT OF SA

GEORGE E. DAVIS, JR., JAN. EIGHTEEN LAST AT MIAMI AND BULET

MapA

TELL

TO ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENO, JAN. TWENTYFOUR LAST. ON MARCH

BY

JWENTYONE LAST, MM FOUR NINE TWO DASH S ADVISED THAT CUBAN

DECLASSIFIED.

RADIO QUOTE VOZ END QUOTE MADE SEVERAL BROADCASTS THAT DAY

ANNOUNCING SEIZURE OF A BOAT AND CAPTURE OF AN AMERICAN

AND. FOUR CUBAN COUNTERREVOLUTIONARIES AT CABANAS, PINAR DEL:

Pantina

RIO, CUBA, WITH ARMS AND AMMUNITTON *BROADCASTS IDENTIFIED

CUBANS AS GILBERTO BEJANCOURT, FRANCISCO GARCIA, MARCIANO

BELO

MARTINEZ AND' AUGUSTO

MARVEL. AMERICAN-SINAME WAS NOT

DISTINGUISHABLÉ TO INFORMANT. TODAY-S ISSUE OF MIAMI HERALD

CARRIED ARTICUE ENTITLED QUOTE YANK, FOUR OTHERS SEIZED JA

44/24-19

"CUBA WITH ARMS LOAD END QUOTE, DATELINED ASSOCIATEDERIAS 28 1961

HAVANA THIS ARTICLE,

FLONNOUNCED CAPTURE FIVE MEN, INCLUDING

END PAGE*

ONE fu

CIA HAS NO: OBJECTION TO

714

DECLASSIFIGATION AND/OR,.

RELCACE OF CIA INFORMATION:

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Cata

AN AMERICAN IDENTIFIED AS AUGUST MAC NAIR, IN ARMS LADEN

MOTOR LAUNCH. BOAT IDENTIFIED AS

' QUOTE MERCURY END QUOTE.

ACCORDING TO ARTICLE, ANNOUNCEMENT OF CAPTURE THIS GROUP

FOLLOWED REPORTS THAT REBEL FORCES HAVE STARTED MAJOR

BUILDUP IN HILLS OF PINAR DEL RIO PROVINCE WHERE SUBSTANTIAL

NUMBERS WERE AWAITING ARRIVAL OF ARMS. THIS. MORNING ANGUS

KOC MALE CORAL CABLES ELA, ADUISED HIS SON, ANGUS ME NAIR,

JRO, HAD BEEN ARRESTED BY CUBAN AUTHORITIES YESTERDAY IN

BOAT LOADED WITH GUNS. ME WAR SAID HIS SON HAP RECENTLY

BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH FRANK FIORINI, WHO I'S AMERICAN ADVENTURER

AND SELF DASH PROFESSED LEADER OF GROUP ANTI DASH CASTRO

INDIVIDUALS. MC NAIR LAST SAW SON MARCH FOUR LAST WHEN SON

ANNOUNCED LEAVING FOR CUBA. FOR INFO BUREAU, MC NAIR, SR.

IS ACCOUNTANT IN MIAMI LAW FIRM IN WHICH SENATOR GEORGE

P. C

SMATHERS, OF FLA.,

IS INACTIVE MEMBER.

LAST NIGHT, MM SEVEN

TWO SIX DASH S REPORTED THAT ORLANDO

BOSCH, WHO

IS CIVILIAN

DELEGATE OF MIRR IN MIAMI DISCLOSED HAD JUST LEARNED OF

SEIZURE BY CUBAN AUTHORITIES OF AN MIRR GROUP IN CUBA. HE

IDENTIFIED MARCIANO BELO, AKA GUAJIRA, AS AMONG THIS GROUP.

BOSCH CONFIDED THIS GROUP HAD BEEN TAKEN ON BOAT QUOTE

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RELEASE IN PART

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TOTAL DENIAL ON ON OUT

JOLLY ROGER END QUOTE TO POINT OFF COAST AT CABANAS, PINAR

DEL RIO PROVINCE, WHERE THEY WERE TRANSPORTED IN SKIFF TO

SHORE, WHERE THEY WERE APPARENTLY APPREHENDED. TODAY

7/9

INSPECTOR WILLIS SMITHSON, U. S. BORDER PATROL, MIAMI

Cata

ADVISED THAT ON MARCH ELEVEN LAST, JOLLY ROGER WAS REPORTED

IN FLA. KEYS WITH ANGUS KA

JR., AND EIGHT UNNAMED CUBANS

ON BOARD. ON MARCH TWELVE LAST JOLLY ROGER REPORTED IN

KEY WEST AREA WITH ELIDIO C

GOICHOHECA, CUBAN

Zeto tel

ALIEN, ON BOARD. ON MARCH NINETEEN, JOLLY ROGER ARRIVED

LOWER MATACOMBE KEY, NEAR KEY WEST, AND AS OF TODAY STILL

THERE HAVING LOADED EIGHT FIFTYFIVE GALLON FUEL DRUMS ON

BOARD.

CAPT. ENRIQUE RODRIGUEZ,

IBANEZ OF JOLLY ROGER WAS

CIA lUFg(BR) REMAINS

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3125/92

ORDERED REPORT INS, MIAMI. [YESTERDAY, CIA ADVISED GROUP

CAPTURED COULD BE INDEPENDENT OPERATION OF FRENTE REVOLUCIONARIO

DEMOCRATICO, AN ANTI DASH CASTRO UNITY ORGANIZATION, BUT

THAT CIA HAD NO OPERATIONAL INTEREST IN THIS MATTER AND THEY

ARE IN POSSESSION NO KNOWLEDCE RE QUOTE MERCURY END QUOTE ](SA) (PU)

MM FOUR NINE TWO DASH S HAS ADVISED THAT GILBERTO BETANCOURT

WAS ARRESTED IN FIFTYSEVEN BY BATISTA GOVT. ON A BOMBING

CHARGE AND THAT FILES OF BUREAU FOR REPRESSION COMMUNIST

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ACTIVITIES IN CUBA PRIOR OVERTHROW BATISTA GOVT. REFLECTS

BETANCOURT WAS MEMBER OF POPULAR SOCIALIST PARTY, CUBA

COMMUNIST PARTY• ALSO, BETANCOURT WAS AMONG PARTY OF

NINETYONE CASTRO INSPIRED CUBANS WHO INVADED PANAMA IN

APRIL FIFTYNINE. MM FOUR NINE TWO DASH S ALSO ADVISED

THAT ONE FRANCISÇO GARCIA WAS

..CAPT. OF BOAT USED BY CUBAN

INVADERS OF PANAMA, BUT NOT KNOWN IF HE IS IDENTICAL TO

FRANCISCO GARCIA CAPTURED IN CUBA INSTANT CASE. MARCIANO

BELO MARTINEZ WAS ON BOARD JOLLY ROGER SEPT. LAST WHEN

U. S. BORDER PATROL STOPPED BOAT DURING PRACTICE RUN.

MIAMI ATTEMPTING LOCATE ORLANDO BOSCH FOR COMPLETE FACTS,

BUT WILL NOT CONDUCT FURTHER INVESTIGATION PURSUANT

INSTRUCTIONS BUREAU SET FORTH IN REFERENCED BULET TO AG.

MIAMI WILL SUBMIT LETTERHEAD MEMO SUITABLE DISSEMINATION

FOLLOWING INTERVIEW BOSCH.

END AND ACK PLS

WA 6-41 PM OK F B I WANMSL

TU DISC

BELMONT

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