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ELOY GUTIERREZ MENOYO

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UN:

STATES DEPARTMENT 01

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATTON

ICE SECRET

-In Reply, Please Refer to

File No.

WASHINGTON 25, D. C.

April 11, 1961

ELOY GUTIERREZ MENOYO, aka

Set forth below is a translation of an article which

appeared in the Belgian newspaper

La Derniere Heure (The Last

Hour) of February 12, 1961: (5)

"With photocopies as proof, a Cuban publication

declares:

"THE TRUE STORY ABOUT THE 'SANTA-MARIA' STARTS AT

LIEGE

"This was Only a Preliminary Step In a Vast Plan

to conquer Angola

"Havana, February 11. - The affair of the

'Santa-Maria' was only a preliminary step in the

realization of a vast plan which comprised the

conquest of Angola and the organizing of insur

rections on the Iberian Peninsula, the Cuban

publication 'Bohemia' declares..

Furthermore, this

periodical relates the circumstances under which

this plan was conceived as well as the reasons for

its failure.

"Hereinafter, that which according to 'Bohemia'

was the true affair of the Santa-Maria.l

(5)

"The Affair Starts In Liege In 1960

'It started in 1960 when Interpol, in search

of the members of a

terrorist anti-Franco network,

had ELOY (sic) GUTTIEREZ (sic) MENOYO, 'hero of the

Cuban Army, ' arrested.

"While in prison, MENOYO made the acquaintance

of some members of drill' (directoire iberique de

liberation, or, Iberian Directorate of Liberation)

and promised them the assistance

of commandos,

Prainedan cuba for the 11 at so MACent OrK

Peninsula

recommendolidas nos.

Classified bi Lps bljed

the FBl; it is, the propsity

the: FBI and is looned to your agoneri;

it and its contents are not to ba

distrioned, outside your agency,

CONCAINED

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"First Step: Take Possession of 'Santa-Maria'

"A scheme was then conceived whose first step

consisted ai taking possession of the Portuguese

santa-Maria."

The latter, once in the

hands of tarilt, was to disembark

its passengers

in Cuba and embark the commandos onto it.

"Thereupon, the steamer was to head for Angola

and conquer this territory. Parallel with this,

instructions were to be given to guerrillas in

Spain to organize a general uprising there.

"A Double Agent

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"In the meantime, MENOYO revealed himself to

be aldouble agent.

on the wayback to cuba, he

contacted, in Madrid, OIIA SKORZENt, the man who

had liberated MUSSOLINI.

No precise details, how-

evere are furnished about this encounter.

"Once in Cuba, MENOYO would wait

for the first

part of the plan,

the seizure of the

¡Santa-Maria,'

to be realized before fleeing to the United States

with nineteen of his companions on board three ship's

boats.: We presume that he was eager to inform the

American authorities as to the position of the steamer

which he, knew and which permitted American authorities

to findpit again.

"Treason

"Leaders of drill' in Havana hastened to

cable tô Captain 'GALVAO, ' informing him of MENOYO's

treason. Simultaneously, orders were issued to the

Spanish guerrillas to abandon their insurrection

plans.

" 'Bohemia, ' which published photocopies of

telegrams, adds that MENOYO and his companions

now interned by American immigration authorities

de State of Texas where an investigation of this

lous laffair is being conducted. -- A.P.P."

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