Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: SAC, WMFO
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 9/12/63
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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

DATE: 11-14-2017

JFK Assassination System

Date:

4/29/201

Identification Form

Agency Information

AGENCY:

RECORD NUMBER :

FBI

124-10212-10442

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 105-110055-44, 45

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM: SAC, WMFO

70: DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE:

DATE: 09/12/1963

PAGES:

13

SUBJECTS :

ELC, ADDRESS, CONTRIBUTIONS, MEMBER, REL, ACA

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Secret

• RESTRICTIONS: 1B; 1C; 4

CURRENT STATUS : Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 09/28/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS : INC MEMO, 2 LHM

N9.1

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Hot or

1992-141 050

2704e Note,

DATE: 11-14-2017

3040-09

* MAY 1962 EDITION

GSA GEN. RES. ÑO. 27

UNITED STATES G

RNMENT CONFIDENTIAL

Memorandum

TO

DIRECTOR, FBI. (105-110055)

DATE:

10/24/63

FRO

SAC, WFO (105-47736) (RUC)

ALL INFURAATION CUNIAINE

ECT:

UNCLASSIFIED

HEREINK'S

EXCEPT WHERE SHOWN

OTHERWISE

EJERCITO LIBERTADOR DE CUBA

(LIBERATION ARMY OF CUBA).

(ELC)

IS - CUBA

(00: MM)

CLASSIFIED EV. 5668540/GCL

SECLASSIFY ON: 25X 1G

7112599

5/1/98 place et in 97-3413

Betterso

(a)

ReWFOlets to Director 9/9 and 9/12/63.

and

on

em

CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO

, GECLASSIFICATION AND/OR,

RELEASE OF CIA INFORMATION°

10-640

• Enclosed are 1l copies to the Bureau,

2 to MM

ach for NY and SJ for information of a

LHM and

aluation.

Informants mentioned

in

the LHW are as follows:

IN THIS DOCUMENT IM

500/1S

WF I-1 isfOSWF 232-sxto

SA

MALCOLM P. CARRA

WE

I-2 iS ERNESTO BETANCOUR

SA DONALD HOETING

WF T-3 is HUMBERTO BERTRAN tO SA DONALD HOETING

ENCL FILED IN

JORGE ANTONIO PERRAMON Y SPENCER

*tO SA DONALD HOETING

DE

TOMA

WE T-2,

3

and

protected.

requested their identity be

Declassity

DISSEMI

DI. GUILLERMO BELT and GENE GINES furnished

information to SA HOETING

It should be noted that on 9/13/63, eCSWF (232}sje)

advised SA. CARB&that he learned from an undisclosed source

BETANCOURt had publicly stated he was being financed by

CIẠ

had made this

statement in the presence of others.

UNBEC COPY AND

During the

Siterview of *BETANCOURT DY

SA HOETING

n 10/4/63,3

BETANCOOR'

gategorically deniedgreceiving any suppor

2

Bureau (Encs.

11)

-

Miami (105-5849)

(Encs.

• 13

105-110055

1 - New York (105-55242) (Enc. 1)

1 - San

Juan (Enc. 1) (RM) (INFO)

MAR 11 1904

1 - WFO

DH: baa (7)

=j12

6 OCT 25 1963

CONFIDENTA

334

1963

yongley

copy to. ClA/Statories

ONI/OSI/ACSI

by routing slip fờr infò

Dure 115-43 374H

En CubAN AffRies

State Dept

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

DATE: _ 11-14-2017

MOON IDENT

RE: EJERCITO LIBERTADOR DE CUBA

that Cuban exiles are training in Nicaragua and again in

Guatemala for an eventual strike of some type against

cuba,

contributions have fallen off andthe haskhad t

curtail plans to eventually publish a monthly magazine

as part

of the activity of ELC.(U)

WF T-2 stated that: Betancourt planned to pub-

lish existing problems and shortcomings of the Castro

Government and analyze and interpret these items to be

used as propaganda against Castro

Betancourt planned

to call the magazine "Libertador

WF T-2 noted thatsBetancourt spends most of

his afternoons at thelffice of ELCand that he has? e

phone servige in the office under the name of the

Or-

ganization.(u)

WF T-3 learned on June 11, 1963,

from Humberto

Bertran who is related by marriage to Ernesto Betancourt,

that Betancourtintended to become more and more involved

with activities of ELC and asked Bertran if he would

accept telephone calls for Betancourt, at his home.

Although F T-3 stated that Bertran

did not explicitly

agree to allow›Betancourt to receive telephone calls

at his home he, on the other hand, did not refuse to

accept these calls. With reference to the above, WE

advised on October 15, 1963,

home to an unknown party in Miami, Florida, telephone

number 305 - NE 5-4595.

No other

calls were received or

In connection with*Betancourt's office space

WE T-4 advised on September 30, 1963, he learned that

ELC's office is logated in Rooms 205 and 206, 1518 K

Street, N.W., and Betancourt pays $125 a month for rent

by voluntary contributions

As far as activities of ELC are concerned,

WE T-4 stated he learned that around September, 20, 1963, 0, €

and employed by Dynalectron Corporation, 1510 H Streets

=?.

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(Released under the John F. Kennedy, Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (41 USC 2107 Note).

DATE: 11-14-2017

_OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10

SECRET

GSA GEN: MEG. NO. 27

UNITED STATES

ERNMENT

Memorandum

TO

DIRECTOR, FBI (105-110055)

FRO

SAC, WTO (105-47736) (P)

SUBJECT

EJERCITO LIBERTADOR DE CUBA

(LIBERATION ARMY OF CUBA)

(ELC)

IS - CUBA

(00: MM)

CIA HAS NO OBJECPON TO 9-12-63

DECLASSIRICATION AND/OR,

RELEASE O* OF ORMATION

MY THiS DOCuS:r: JM 18-6-97

SID KSN

11-22-47 JFK)

CLASSIFIED BY 5668 SL0 /G&

DECLASSIFY ON: 25X

(D(6)

TFK. 10649F313/48

Enclosed are nine copies to the Bureau and two

to Miami of an LHM, setting forth information from a

confidential informant who has furnished reliable

information in the past and whose identity cannot be

revealed (documentation anonymous).'

For information of Miami, this source has been

furnishing information regarding some contacts made with

the Czech Embassy Swashington, D. C.

The nature of this

source should not be disclosed under any circumstances

outside the Bureau. -

It is apparent this matter was misdirected

to the

Czech Embassy. (S)

The enclosed LHM is classified "CONFIDENTIAL"

due to the sensitive nature of the source.

ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED

HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED

EXCEPT WHERE SHOWN

OTHERWISE

Reelassily on: OADR

O ENCLOSURE

PEC +91 05-110055-14

ide: 2Ao state CIA

9/20/63 EX-103

11 SEP 13 1963

Bureau (Enc 9)

2

Miami (Enc 2) (16/N/

5-5849 RM

2

-

+1 - 134419692057(4)

DH: ctw

(6)

62 SEP 23 1963

[SECRET

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