Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: DIRECTOR, FBI
To: SAC, MM
Document date: 03/21/1963
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

AGENCY:

RECORD NUMBER :

RECORD SERIES :

AGENCY FILE NUMBER:

FBI

124-10221-10056

HQ

CR 105-92196-45X3

Document Information

ORIGINATOR :

FROM:

TO:

TITLE:

FBI

DIRECTOR, FBI

SAC, MM

DATE:

03/21/1963

PAGES:

SUBJECTS :

REH, GPH, ASSOC, ACA, INTERPEN, MEMBERS

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Secret

RESTRICTIONS: Consulted; 4

CURRENT STATUS:

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DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 01/23/1998

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CAPTURE

EIGHT COUNTERREVOLUTIONARIES

BY CUBAN

ARMED FORCES

INTERNAL

SECURITY - CUBA

FEBRUARY 21, 1963

for review at FBIHQ by.

USCA 3-14-78

NEUTRALITY MATTERS

Reurairtel 3/1/63 and Bulet to Assistant Attorney General

Yeagley 3/6/63, copies of which were

furnished to recipients.

Attached for each office

is

copy of self-explanatory

Department letter dated March 15, 1903

Inmediately institute

requested investigation.

Miami during course of its investigation endeavor to

identify the other individuals who participated in this venture.

Fron available data it appears that there are two such individuals

and that they returned

to U.S. with Roy Hargraves.

Bureau realizes that only MM 639-S, Bureau inforant in

this matter,

and three others have

knowledge of hargraves account

of the expedition.

Nevertheless, interviews with him as well as

with Rolando Masterrer who allegedly supplied money and weapons

would be desirable.

was connected with

"Interpen, "wo captured my cuban authorities,

it is felt that members or Interpen including Hargraves, hering

and others

could be interviewed without jeopardizing Bureay informant

Unless some reason exists to contrary, members of interpen shouid b

interviewed.

In view of the unsavory background of members oi

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Airtel to SAG, Miami

Re:

CAPTURE OF EIGHT COUNTERREVOLUTIONARIES

BY CUBAN ARMED FORCES, FEBRUARY 21, 1963

105-118615

New York Office has interviewed Masferter on munerous

occasions and he has acmitted supplying

weapons to anti-Castro. groups.

Bureau feels that folloving your interview of Interpen menbers who

might implicate Masferrer he should be

The interview of Masferter, following the interview of Interpen members,

would have tendency to throw suspicion away from your informant as

source of the infornation implicating him and cast it on Interpen

members.

Following your interviews of Interpen members, set out lead

to have New York Office interview Masferrer.

In submitting the results of your inquiries use new title

which will include names of all of the individuais involved in this

matter as subjects, beginning with Hargraves,

Handle expeditiously.

NOTES

Memorandu Wannall to Sullivan 3/5/63 advised that Cubans

captured eight counterrevolutionaries and

had repossessed two fishing

vessels which this group had allegedly seized.

Information provided

by In 039-5 indicated that hargraves, Aerican soldier of fortune,

apparently led this group, left them on Elbow Cay in the Bahamas

where he presumes they were captured by Cubans.

Hargraves and two

counte revolatiories. teraid atric Hemato capture of the eight.

others reportedly returned to Mamt prior to

head of Interpen

and soldier of fortune,

undoubtedly knows of this matter and we know

he is close

to Miami: Attorney representing the eight who were captured.

We presented facts to Department and Department has requested we

conduct investigation to determine whether there was a violation of

or conspiracy to violate this sections Stace group

U. S. Code Section 960 (organizing expedition fron U. S.)

U.S. possibility of neutrality violation exists.

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i US TED STATES GOVE? MENT

Memoranaum

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TO

: Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Walter Yeagley

Assistant Attorney General

Internal Security Division

EPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

DATE;- March 15 1963

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ALL FBI INFORMATION CONTAINED

HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED

DATE 9-3-94 BYSE MARIEN

JFK)

SECRET

CAPTURE OF EIGHT COUNTERREVOLUTIONARIES

BY CUBAN ARMED FORCES, FEBRUARY 27, 1963

INTERNAL SECURITY - CUBA

NEUTRALITY MATTERS

2-1622 (hesitation

Reference is made to your memorandum dated March 6, 1963, captioned

as above, requesting to be advised whether an investigation of the neutrality

aspects of this matter is desired.

Press reports in the February 22 and February 23, 1963 editions of

the Cuban Government-controlled newspaper, "Hoy", state that eight Cuban

counterrevolutionaries had been captured as they were attempting to disembark

arms and personnel in Cuba. The Havana report indicates that the arrested

men had confessed that they were responsible for seizing two Sigma-type

taken to baba key, a the rite sahama le men at on oat, acorains

, that the armed vessel from which the men had attacked the Cuban

the eight captured men was identi-

POVIEDO ALVAREZ.

A confidential informant has advised that ROY EMOR

•American, who has been engaged in Cuban revolutionary activities for the past

two years, invited eleno Oviedo Alvarez and two others to go on a military Ro.

venture to Cuba in early February. The informant further advised that thr

picked up eight other Cuban exiles; obtained money and weapons from ROLANDO

MASFERRER ROJAS, and departed from somewhere in South Florida. According to

the informant, the group made a landing at Elbow Cay, in the Bahamas, where

they unloaded

boats off the North coast of Cuba. In order to obtain additional gasoline

some of their equent; later they captured two Cuban flenine l

and arms, Hargraves and two others returned to Miemi, Florida, during which

eriod the Cuban Government captured the eight remaining mer

and repossessed the two stolen Cuban fishing boats take Elbow Ca

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Your memorandum reflects that the Central Intelligency Agency (CIA)

s advised that the Incident set forth therein was not a CIA operation.

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For your information, this Division is currently reviewing the

available information in the matter involving the arrest on December 4,

1 at s, sex at Martin and me 10 ver int vadual associated

with Hemming In his anti-Castro group, "Intercontinental Penetration Forces,"

to determine whether the available admissible evidence would be sufficient

to sustain a successful prosecution of these individuals for violation of

18 U.S. C. 960.

In the event the allegations set forth in your memorandum dated

March 6, 1963 can be established, it is our opinion that the military enter-

prise which resulted in the capture by the Castro forces of the eight counter-

revolutionaries who had reportedly departed from South Florida, could con-

ceivably constitute a violation of Section 960. Accordingly, it is requested

that an appropriate investigation be conducted by the Bureau in this matter

under Section 960 or a conspiracy to violate that code section.

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