Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: LEG, OT
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 08/26/1976
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM

IDENTIFICATION FORM

AGENCY INFORMATION

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD_ NUMBER: 124-10280-10050

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE_ NUMBER: CR 105-303628-4

DOCUMENT INFORMATION

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM:

LEG, OT

TO: DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE:

DATE: 08/26/1976

PAGES: 15

SUBJECT:

DOCUMENT TYPE:

ORIGINAL

CLASSIFICATION:

REVIEW DATE:

STATUS

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Secret

06/12/1996

Redact

NEW

CLASSIFICATION:

UPDATE DATE:

COMMENTS:

RESTRICTIONS:

JFK Act 6 (1)(C)

JFK Act 6 (4)

INC 3 LTR, 2 MEMO, LHM, ADMIN PAGE

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AIRTEL

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TO :

DIRECTOR,

FBI

FROM:

LEGAT

MORDAWA (105-5636) (P)

EJERCITO SECRETO

. CUBA

(SECRET ARMY OF CUBA) - USA

IS - CUBA

Enclosed are original and two copies of RCMP

letter dated 8/25/76,with three copies each of three attach-

ments thereto.

Please note request in paragraph 3.

Note information is for use of intelligence

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TO:

DIRECTOR, FBI

FROM:

LEGAT, OTTAWA (105-5636) (P)

EJERCITO SECRETO DE CUBA

(SECRET ARMY OF CUBA) - USA

IS * CUBA

Enclosed are original and two copies Lor RCHP

metter deted 8/25/76, Jwith three copies each of three attach (5)

ments thereto.

Please note request in paragraph 3.

Note information is for use

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community only and may not be declassifled without express

pernission of the government of Canada. (5)

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassinatgg" BARgrds Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Notr

DATE: 11-14-2017

PLEASE ADDRESS

CORRESPONDENCE TO:

THE COMMISSIONER

ROYAL. CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE

OTTAWA, CANADA

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HEADQUARTERS

DIRECTION GÉNÉRALE

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GENDARMERIE ROYALE DU CANADA

OTTAWA, CANADA

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YOUR NO.

VOTRENO

OUR NO.

NOTRENOD946-79-289

SECRET

Mr. Joseph A. Marion, Jr.,

c/o United States

Embassy,

Ottawa, Ontario.

Dear Sir:

25 August 1976

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the Soverament of

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modifiée sans l'autorisation expresse du gouvernement

canadien.

Re:

Ejercito Secreto de Cuba

(Secret Army of Cuba) - U.S.A.

Recently several Canadian establishments, public and

private,

at home and abroad have received letters post marked

Miami, Florida, U.S.A. The letters contain the words EUERCITC

SECRETO DE CUBA written near a red triangle with a white star in

the centre.

It is felt that this is the work of an Anti-Castro

Cuban Exile (ACE) terrorist or terrorist group and is meant as a

warning to those who receive it.

2.

We have had the writing analysed by our handwriting

expert, Sgt. Robert FAWCET, from the R.C.M.P. Crime Detection

Laboratory and he states that the addresses on the front of the

R.C.M-P. Crime Detect the

three envelopes we have at this headquarters were written by the

same person.

We would appreciate any data you may have regarding a

group calling itself the Secret Army of Cuba (SAC) presumed to be

operating out of Miami.

We are attaching photocopies of each

letter and its contents for your perusal and information.

Yours truly,

1s0o

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Sexsmith

Deputy Director General (Ops.)

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DATE: • 11-14-2017

The RCMP Liaison Office,

2450 * issachusetts. Ave.

N.W.,

Washi.jton, D.C.

20008

VOYREN®

NUF RE NO

76WLO-1S-83 (B)

SECRET

14 September 1976

TO:

The Director,

Federal Bureau of Investigation

From:

Superintendent H. W. Brandes,

RCMP Liaison Officer

Re:

EJERCITO SECRETO DE CUBA

(SECRET ARMY OF CUBA - USA)

This is further to my Headquarters' letter

dated August 25, 1976 directed to you concerning the

captioned organization. At that time we asked you for

any data you might have concerning the ESC because of the

fact that warning letters had been sent to several

Canadian establishments, public and private, at home and

abroad.

Recently ESC has come to our attention again

and we are speculating that it may be tied in with the

WE UNITED REVOLUTIONARY ORGANIZATION' (URO) headed by Orlando....

Bosch AVILA,

and composed of five anti-Castro Cuban exile

(ACE) terrorist groups:

CUBA

ACCION CUBANA (AC)"

FRENTE NACIONAL DE LIBERACION CUBANO (FLNC)

MOVIMIENTO NACIONALISTA CUBANO (CNM)

BRIGADE 2506

THE 17th OF APRIL MOVEMENT

URO came into being in June 1976 and since

that time has claimed responsibility for several terrorist

attacks, i.e.,

the airport bombing in Kingston, Jamaica;

xort bombing in

the attempted kidnapping of the Cuban Consul in Merida,

Mexico, and murder of an official of the Cuban Institute of

Fisheries during the attempted kidnapping, as well as the

Cont'a...

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76WLO-15-83 (B

SECRET

14

September 1976

trinidado* the Guyanese consulate General in Port of Spain.

We would appreciate any background data you

may be able to supply us regarding the URO and ESC, as

pertaining to our August 25, 1976 letter directed to you

at that time.

This dosument is

the property

the Government of

Canada. It is provided on condlion

that it is for

use solcly

by

the

intelligence

coamunity of

receiving

Government

and that it not be

deslassified

withost the

express permission

of the Government of Canada.

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RCMP Liaison Office

2450 Massachusetts Ave. N

r.W.

Washington, D.C. 20098

YOUR NO

'OTREN

JUR NO.

NOTRE NO

76WLO-1S-83 (B)

SECRET

6 October

Defens

1976

To:

The Director

Federal Bureau of Investigation

From:

Superintendent H.W. Brandes

RCMP Liaison Officer

Re:

• EJERCITO SECRETO DE CUBA (ESC)

The Ejercito Secreto De Cuba is believed to be an

anti-Castro Cuban exile (ACE) terrorist group operating out

cs of Miami, Florida, and affiliated with the United Revolu-

tionary Organization (URO).

The URO is an umbrella organi-

zation based in Latin America which came into being

five ACE terrorist groups met in Santo Domingo,

Dominican

Republic, on 11-12 June 1976.

Since its formation under

the leadership of Orlando Bosch Avila, the URO has claimed

responsibility for several acts of terrorism in the Caribbean

and Meso America.

• In July 1976, the ESC began sending a logograph

(photocopy attached) to several Canadian facilities and

businesses in Canada and abroad which appeared to be a

warning of some sort. They have also sent the same logo-

graph to the Cuban and Czech Consulates in Montreal.

The

bulk of the mail sent by the ESC was post-marked Miami,

As of late September, there had been a total

of

eight such warnings of which we are aware. They were sent

Four to Pickford and Black, Halifax, Nova Scotia

(shipping agents)

One to the Canadian Consulate General, New York, NY

One to the Canadian Consulate General, Boston, Mass.

One to the Cuban Consulate, Montreal, Canada

One to the Czech Consulate, Montreal, Canada

2

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The Director

Federal Bureau of Investigation

6 October 1976

76WLO-1S-83 (B)

SECRET

Inasmuch as it is our view that Canadian posts

abroad, in particular in the Meso-American and Caribbean

areas, are likely targets-for ACE terrorist attacks because

of Canada's current policy of rapproachement with Cuba,

our Department of External Affairs has been apprised of

the activities of the ESC.

We welcome any assessment or comments you may

wish to provide concerning this situation.

This document is

property of

the Government of

Canada. It is providad on condition that it is for use solely.

intelligence community of the

recciving Government

and that il not he

without the express permission

of the Gosernment of Canada.

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (11 USC 2107 Hote) .

* DATE * 11-14-2017

United Sales 15e

D00 Boyletor

Boston 'Mass 02116

A EVERCITO

SECRETO

DE CUBA

105-303628-4

ENCLOSURE

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