IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, RELATIONS WITH.
Agency: CIA
Originator: CIA
From: COTTER, WILLIAM J, CHIEF, AAS
To: FILE
Document date: 01/14/1960
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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STANDARO FORMI NO. 64

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Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

TO

:

File

DATE: 14 January 1950

FROM

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Chief, Alien Affairs Staff

SUBJECT:

Imigration and Naturalization Service, Relations with

(fiami, Florida)

1.

At 2:00 p.m. this date, Mr. Richard Haberstroh, Intelligence

had been laid on during 1959, whereby Cubans of interest to this

Agency would be smuggled out of Cuba aboard a boat destined for

Tampa, Florida.

Mr. Ahrens indicated to Mr. Haberstroh that apparently

the Cubars have becone suspicious of the vessel, and the boat owner 1s

in "hot water" in this regard. According to Mr. Haberstroh, the CIA

representative in Miami was contacted by the boat owner's attomey

trith the suggestion that a letter be obtained from the IaNs indicating

that they inspected the vessel on its several arrivals at Tarpa and

that it carried no passengers.

Mr. Haberstroh stated that his quick reaction is that the

Service cannot comply with such a request. I informed MI. Maberstroh

that ir. Ahrens should be inforned that he should take no action in

regard to this matter and inform the CIA representative in Miami that

his superiors in Washington would be in contact with hin in regard to

this matter.

3.

hi 2:15 pal. this date, Mr.

Cuban Desk,

Na Division,

was telephonically contatueu. He suaver

that he was

not avare of this nost recent development, however, he did neution

that the boat in question has, in fact, beer impounded in Cuba

since Decenber 1959. He went on to point out that te rant so do

everything we ca. to help out the owner of the vessel since the

cause of her trouble was in acceding to our requests io ediltrate

indivicuals.

4. Mr.

readily aunitted that the Imigration service

stated that he will telephonically contact Reichardi

and zeu the complete story. He will keep the writer advised.

5. Detailo pertaining to the initial arrangements with the

Innigration Service for the paroling into the United States of

Cubano aù Tampa, Florida, are containea in File 1202523.

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Cotter

OS/nAS, WJC:es

15 Jai 50

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