Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: HAV
To: HQ
Document date: 06/20/1958
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

6/8/2015

AGENCY :

RECORD NUMBER :

RECORD SERIES:

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

FBI

124-90136-10009

HQ

105-70973-1

Released under the John'

F. Kennedy

Assassination Records

Collection Aet

of 1992

144 USC 2107 Notel.

Case#:NW 54462 Date:

10-05-2017

ORIGINATOR:

FBI

FROM:

HAV

TO : : HQ

TITLE : :

Document Information

DATE: 06/20/1958

'PAGES:

3

SUBJECTS :

WILLIAM ALEXANDER MORGAN

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS: 4

CURRENT STATUS :

Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 09/26/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

MEMO

v9.1

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D08M

STANDARD?

Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

TO

Director,

FBI

COND

DATE: June 20, 1958

FRO

Legat, Havana (105-395)

SUBJECT

WILLIAM ALEXANDER MORGAN

CLASS. &

REASON-FCIM

DATE OF REVIE

INTERNAL SECURITY - CUBA

1480

On June 17, 1958, Lieutenant Roberto Vila of the Cuban

Army Military Intelligence Service (SIM) advised that he had just

read an article in the Miami, Florida, Spanish language newspaper

"Diario de las Americas," in the June

15, 1958, edition stating

was a member of the

that WILLIAM ALEXANDER MORGAN, an Americal fighting against the

insurrectionary forces of FIDEL CASTRO and

Batista Government.

Lieutenant Vila recalled

that this information

was carried in a column entitled "Reloj.

A. Morain

Lieutenant Vila stated that Cuban military authorities.

are interested in obtaining any background information available

on this individual and he said he would appreciate any assistance

our office could give him in this matter. ly xu

On June 18, 1958, Mr. James E. Brown,

Jr.,

Consul General

of the Embassy, furnished a copy of a report he had

receiveditson

the Cuban foreign Office dated June 8, 1958, reporting the arrest of

RICHARD A. WITZLER, an American citizen, in

amidesar

Santa Clara

Province, Cuba, by

Cuban Army authorities on fune

1938.

WILLER

admitted having served with the insurrectionary. forces to the

Escambray Mountains of Santa Clara Province andridentified another *

American, WILLIAM ALEXANDER MORGAN, as being with these forces also.

and in command of one of the groups. This report indicated that

Army authorities had found a photograph of ALEXANDER MORGAN in the

possession of WITZLER.(6

A DECHASS:

Lieutenalt Vila, a valuable contact of our office, that the Miami

office be requested to make inquiry concerning background of subject.

It is believed that information may be obtained through sources at

the newspaper

¡ENCLOSUREplario de las Americas" in Miami. IN

In the event any of the above information is disseminated,

Lieutenant vila"'

should be

given appropriate T symbol and should be

referred to as

aj confidential source abroad. The above information

has not been disseminated to other

offices

in the Embassy as it is

avallab.e

to them.l

+ to Havana (Ench) MCT O

42 PEN

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*BEC: 3A2 3 F8 6N

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- Havana

JJW: MEG

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2 JUN 24 1958

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oN 61271189005

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