CR 65-67951-1296
Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: MM
To: HQ
Document date: 7/6/67
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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

DATE: 11-14-2017

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Document Information

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FROM:

MM

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TITLE:

[Restricted]

65-67951-1296

DATE: 07/06/1967

PAGES:

2

SUBJECTS :

ROLANDO MASFERRER

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Secret

RESTRICTIONS: 1B; 1C

CURRENT STATUS : Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 07/30/1998

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Reteaset under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Redoris Collection Act of 1992 (11 USC 2107 Hote) .

DATE: 11-14-2017

FD-302 (Rev. 4-15-64).

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

SECRET

Date

July 18, 1967

on the evening of July 6, 1967, JOSE CARBONEL

MARRERO,

3614 N. W. 12th Terrace,

Miami,

Florida,

naturalized U.S. citizen, voluntarily appeared at the

Niant office of the FBland indicated that be was

CX

willing to cooperate with the U. S Government and

furnish information concerning

his involvement in cuban

intelligence activitles.

le was interviewed by Special

Agents LEMAN L. STAFFORD,

cRog

EDHIN L. SWEET and

WILLIAN. STEVENS, who identified themselves to CARBONELI

and explained his rights.

CArBOnEL. stated that he understood what bis

rights were but he did wish to cooperate with the u. S.

Govermment and to combat Castro's communism in Cube in

any way

that he could. Accordingly, he furnished informa-

tion as 1ollor] (S)

Invelvement in Outen Affairs 1939-1962 Kw

ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED

HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED EXC

WHORE SHOWN OTHERWISE.

Since early in the Castro regime, CARBONK

had been anti Castro and opposed to Castro's politic.

takeover of Cuba.

He is completely opposed

to communisn

in Cuba or elsewhere. lie declimed to state )however,

whether he had ever been a nember of the Communist.

Party, USA in the past.

Accordingly, during the period 1959-1960,

CAREONELL had becone actively Associated with the anti-

Castro organization of ROLANDO

MASFERRER ROJAS, former

Cuban Senator and newspaper publisher.

and utilizing the alias of *MARIO", CARBONELl made

several trips fron Miami, Florida, to Cuba, during which

time he was in contact with the Cuban Goverment,

(GOC)

During these contacts,

he as requested by

members of

the Castro/Cuban regime to furnish information con-

cerning anti Castro activities in the Miant

area. (s)u

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SAS LEMAN I.

STAFFORD,

EDWIN L.

SWEET

and

WILLIAN

by

W. STEVENS

wiS: ed

9/18/67

-Date dictated

This 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 distributed outside, your agenc

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

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Ми (65-2945|5)

SECRET

CARBONELL, who in reality was working as a

courier for and with ROLANDO MASFERRER, did furnish

to the Cuban Government a quantity of misleading and

false information supplied to him by MASFERRER, which

spread much confusion throughout the Castro Government

and cost the Government of Cuba a great deal of money. #(U

In addition to spreading false and valueless

information to confuse the Cuban Government, CARBONELL

at MASFERRER's direction was active in Cuba organizing

many people to oppose the castro regime.

and in encouraging

hundreds of people to leave Cuba. & (u)

On March 21, 1960, CARBONELL using the name

MIGUEL SANCHEZ was arrested in Cuba by the Cuban Militia

for his involvement in the William Shergalis-Howard

rundquist flight, the purpose of which was allegedly

to get DAMASO, MONTESINO ALVAREZ out of Cuba. CARBONELI

denied thatsthis flight was an obvious. frame-up by

the GOC to make the United States look bad, or that he

had been

plot.

paid by the GOC for his participation in the

CARBONELL remained in prison until May 18,

1961, and spent much of this time at San Severino Prison,

Matanzas,_Cuba, CARBONELL'S fellow prisoners knew him

as MIGUEL SANCHEZ, but the Cuban Government was aware of

Among the friends CARBONELL

MORALES who had both been arrested for anti-Castro

lactivities. ANTONIO GONZALEZ

a Cuban woman, approfimatelyL36 Years of age, named

IRMA SUAREZ FERNANDEZ, who resided with her family at

• CARBONELL became quite

Triendly with IRMA SUAREZ&s a result of these

visits and

he has been in contact with her ever since.

During CARBONELL's imprisonment at San Severino

Prison, he was questioned closely by a Lieutenant.

CISNEROS, who was in charge of the prison:

occasion, CISNEROS called CARBONELL aside and promised (A)(u)

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