File # 105-14883
Originator: FBI
Document date: 10/10/1968
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TITLE : FILE NUMBER 105-14883

DATE: 10/10/68

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SUBJECTS : ROMERODELGADO, EPIFANIO

EPIFANIO ROMERO DELGADO

CUBAN MISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONS (CMUN)

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In Reply, Please Refer 10

File No.

105-14883

SECREY

• UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTICATION

Miami, Florida

October 10, 1968

RE: " EPIFANIO ROMERO DELGADO

INTERNAL SECURITY- CUBA

195-6-96

01109000: 5668 Sio/RS

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JFK)

It was previously reported that

EPIFANIO ROMERO

DELGADO, a Cuban refugee residing at Apartment 3, 1050

Northwest First Street, Miami, Florida, had been in

contact with the Cuban Intelligence Service (CIS) in

early 1yol, and thereaiter was in personal contact with

a Cuban G-2 official in New York identilied as JESUS

JIMENEZ, First Secretary, Cuban Mission to the United

Nations

(CMUN) New York City. ROMERO was reportedly

instructed by CIS to arrange a clandestine boat trip to

Cuba, at which time he would be given papers of a high

Cuban Government official,

indicating

this official's

desire to defect to the United States.

ROMERO thereafter

would re-enter the United States by boat and turn these

papers over to the United States Government in an effort

to penetrate a United States Governnent intelligence

agency.

Upon interview by Special Agents of the

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI, ROMERO furnished

partial information concerning his recruitment by the

Cuban Government and contacts

with a Cuban Government

official in New York, but denied any association with

the Cuban Government prior to November of 196%.

It is noted that as of April 1, 1968, JESUS

JIMENEZ ESCOBAR, 401 East 88th Street,

Apartment 8D,

New York, New Yoris, was First Secretary of the CMUN. TSY

On March 1, 1968,

STEFHEN CSUKAS,

United

States Customs, Miami, Florida, made available a copy of (U)

Group 1

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SECRET,

EPIFANIO ROMERO DELGADO

INTERNAL SECURITY - CUBA

a Western Union money order message received by ROMERO from

New York.

1968. This source said ROMERO received a $200 money

order on February 26, 1968, with this message: (U)

"NUMBER NQB 005 10:17 A.M. EST.

TO EPIFANIA ROMERO, 1050 NW ISt

Street, Apartment 3, Miami, Florida.

The money order paid you herewith is

frOm JULIAN at New York, NeW YOrk,

and included the following message:

'Saludos.'' (U)

On March 1, 1968, PAUL MUIR,

Western Union Office,

Miami, advised that the number "NQB 005" is the designation

for a Western Union branch office located at 346 West 34th

Street, New York, New York. (4)

Inquiry at the above New York Western Union

Office determined the original of the above telegram is

maintained at Minneapolis, Minnesota.

On April 3, 1968,

records of the Money Order Audit Bureau, Western Union

Telegram Company, Minreapolis, Minnesota, were found to

contain an original application for a money order dated

February 26, 1968, In the amount of proo, payable to

20, Apartment

EPIFANIO ROMERO, Apartment 3, 1050 Northwest First street,

Miami, Florida.

5, 2 ender

The sender on the application is shown

Western Union records also contain an original

aratt, number FS25199, dated february 46, 1968, in the

amount of $200, payable to EPIFANIA ROMERO.

The criginal

application and draft are maintained at the Money Order

Audit Bureau.

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EPIFANIO ROMERO DELGADO

INTERNAL SECURITY - CUBA

The original application and draft, should they

be needed for prosecutive purposes, may be obtained only

upon the issuance of a subpoena duces tecum, which should

be directed to the manager of the Western Union Office in

the city where prosecution is had.

Copies of the original draft and application were

forwarded

to the FBI Laboratory,

washington,

D.C.. On August 1,

1968, the FBI Laboratory advised the handprinting on the

above original drait and application was prepared by JESUS

JIMENEZ ESCOBAR. (5X

on Narch 9,

1968,

My T-I, who is weld acquainted

with ROMERO, made available the following items, which were

in the possession of ROMERo on that date:

Airmail envelope, postmarked P.M.,

of

November 7, 1967, at New York, New York,

and containing the handprinted address

"EPIFANIO ROMERO, 1417 West Flagler

Street, Miami, Florida 33126% (U)

Airmail envelope, postmarked P.N. of January 27,

1958, at Flushing, New York, containing

handprinted address:

"EPIFANIO ROMERO, 1058

Northwest First Street (Apt. 3), Miami,

Florida 33128' (u)

By report dated August 1, 1968, the FBI Laboratory,

Washington, D.C., advised the handprinting on the above two

envelopes was

prepared by JESUS JIMENEZ ESCOEAR. tS7

During interview of EPIFANIO ROMERO by Special

Agents of the FBI on April 1, 1968, ROMARO furnished an

envelope postmarked November

30, 1957, and containing the

handprinted address

"EPIANIO ROMERO,

1050. Northwest First

Street, Miami, Florida, " and a return of "ELIZA MARTIN,

42 West 120th

Street, New York, New York." ROMERO advised (u)

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EPIFANIO ROMERO DELGADO

INTERNAL SECURITY - CUBA

at the time that he had been sent a $200 money order.

in

this envelope from his Cuban intelligence contact in

New York City, (u)

By report dated August I,

1968, the FBI Laboratory,

Washington, D.C., advised the handprinting on the above

envelope was prepared by JESUS JIMENEZ ESCOBAR. YSL

On May 23, 1968, ROMERD WaS

again

contacted by

Special Agents of the FBI,

at which time be furnished

following information:

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FD -302 (Re.v. 4-1.5-64)

SEChcx

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Date -

5/29/68

EPIFANIO ROMERO DELGADO vas contacted at his residence,

Apt. 3, 1050 NW Ist Street, Miami, and

was interviewed in the

Spanish language.

He was advised of his rights by sa sawuel. W,

JONES and was furnished a warning and waiver form, which he

duly executed.

He thereafter furnished the following information:

ROwsro recalled he was previously interviered by

SA JOSEPH C. BALL and

SA SAMUEL N. JONES on April 4, 1968,

at which time he furnished information regarding personal contacts

with

an individual in

New York City who identified himself to

ROMERO &S JESUS JININE, First Secretary to the Cuban Mission

to the united Nations. 2

ROMERO stated he had received three telephone calls

from this individual since the above intervier on April 4, 1968.

The last 2. such calle. was about 7:30 Al on Monday, Lay 20,

1968.

These calls were fron New York City and concerned only

JIMENEZ' attempts to convince ROMERO to travel to Cuba by

boat. (S)

JIMENEZ AlSO aSKEd ROVERO to come back to New York

for a meeting with him but ROlERo told hin he was afraid to do (5,

so since it would be a violation of his parole.

JIMENEZ gAve

hin no instructions other than to contact the

telephone in Cuba

previously furnished to rovero upon his arrival lu Cuba.

ROSIERO

has had no additional contacts with JIlENEs either by nail,

telephone or otherwise and has received no noney from him since

last interviered by SAs JONES and BALI.

ready,

ROMERO has the promise of a boat which is almost

for & trip to Cuka and he vould like permission of the

United States

Government

to male this trip.

The

boat is a new

boat about 24' in length and ROMERO clained he did

not know

its present location.

ROMERO is not purchasing this boat but

it is being loaned to hin by its owner, & Cuban whom he met on

several occasions at the

Varadero Super Market in liani.

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File

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Miami, Florida

Miami: 105: 14883

SA

SAMUEL W. JONES and

by

JOSEPH C.

BALL•SCS: IgER

_Date dictated 5224/68

This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to

your agency; it and its contents are not to be distrigue

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2.

ROMERO knew this individual only by the name

"PUCHE"

Althouth FOMEND said he had been on the boat several

times,

he claimed he mus unable to further describe the boat

DI

to further identify its oner.

Ronto said, incidentally, he had been told that

LUCIANO MARTINEL, WHO

possibly works for the FBI or some

other goverment agency and lives in Hialeah, had been

talking publicly about tiEro's contact with Cuba and his

plan to meet

RAMIRO VALDEZ In Cuba.

ROMERO felt he should

not have publicly discussed this information

ACCOrdING

tO ROMERO, ARE WIFE Of LUCIANO MARTINER, YOLANDA ALVAREZ

de

MARTINEZ,

Is the sister of NIlA ALVAREZ, WhOM POMERD haS

dated on occasion.

ROMEO was advised no person maned LUCIANO MARTINEZ

NAS

employed by the FBI

in Miami.

He was further advised

the FBl certainly could not authorize his departure for

Cuba or for New York In

violation of his Federal parole.

among

ROMERO was shown a group of 28 photographs,

which vere two different photographs of JESuS JIMeNEZ

ESCOLAR, First Secretary of the Cubar Mission to the United

Nations. Simong these photographs were those of the following

individuals:

ROBERTO GUERRO GONZALEZ

CHAFIK HOMERO SAKER ZENNI

JOSE VIERA LINARES

JOSE MANUEL GALARDY

OSCAR GUTIERREZ FERNANDEZ

LA LARO EDDY

ESPONOZA

BONET

CARLOS

MORALES

QUAVEDO

ARMANDO UL ISES

ESTRADA

JORGE E. REYES

VEGA

GUSTAVO

BLAZ PETERSSEN

NICOLAS RODRIGUEZ ASTIAZARAIN

MIGUEL M. SANTANA

FRAID

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ROMERO immediately selected the two photographs

Of JIMENEL ESCOBAR as being Identical with the individual

whom he had previously identiried as

the

person he had

met in New York City.

ROMERO placed his initials and the

date on

the back of each of these photographs which he had

identified.

RONERD thereafter furnished the following signed

statement, as translated

from Spanish:

"Miami,

Florid&

MaY 22, 1968

EPIFANIO ROMERO

DELGADD, have read

Staterent

of my rights

and I understand then.

Hy rights were

explained

to me by & special Agent

of the

Federal

Bureau of

Investigation who has

identified

himsell 40 ne

2S SAMUEL H. JONES.

He

was

accompanied by another person who also

has

identified himself to me as & Special Agent,

JOSEPH C. BALI.

I signed a wiver of my rights

after

i had read ther

"I recall

that I was

intervioned by Agents

JONES

and BALL

on April đ, 1968,

and

i gave

them

information

concerning sone meetings

which

had

with & Cuban in New York who identified

himself

to me

as

JESUS

JIMENEZ,

First Secretary of

the

Cuban Mission

to the United

Nations. (5)

"on this dete.

shown by Agents JONES

28 photographs of individuals.

then I selected two which

know. to

be photographs

JIMENEZ (SI placed my initials and

date on the back of these photographs.

•Since April f, 1968,

I have received

three

telephore calls frou

JESUS JINENE? IN New York. ISL

The last was received about 7:00 Ab on May

20,

1968.

He called me about a trip to Cuba which he had

previously proposed.

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105-14883

"JIMENEZ

repeated the instruction that

when

Iarrived in Cube

I should call & certain

person who would place

me in contact with

RAMIRO VALDER. 15

"I have read this statement of two pages and

It is correct.

"/S/ EDITANIO ROMERO DELGADO

"Witnesses:

"/S/ JOSEPH

C.

BALILDO

special Agent, FBl, Hiani,

rlorida,

5/23/68

"/s/

SAMUEL". JONES, SpECiaL

Agent, FBI, Miami, Florida,

5/23/68

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EPIFANIO ROMERO DELGADO

INTERNAL SECURITY - CUBA

On June 27, 1968,

MM T-2, a Cuban national who is

well acquainted with

EPIANIO ROMRO, stated

that on that

date, ROMERO told him he had not beer

successful in his

plan

to travel to Cuba, inasmuch as he had not obtained

United States Government permission for such travel.

ROMERO stated he wanted to

travell to Cuba on a

"family run," during which he planned to bring back 15

persons for $1,000 each.

RovRo indicated, however, he

would not make this trip without proper United States

authority.

MM T-2 advised that ROMERO had previously asked

the source for the names of all persons known to him to be

working for a United States Government intelligence agency

in Miami, and subject was furnished the names of

number of Cubans who are widely known to be working fox

a United States Government agency in Miami.

It was previously reported

I that MN T-3, & Cuban

national who is well acquainted with the subject,

advised

on January 9, 1968,

that in November of 1967,

EPIrANIO

ROMERO had exhibited to him a letter purported to be

from the Cuban Government.

This letter contained instructions

fOr ROMERO to report upon

the activities of three individuals,

one of whom was FELIX PELAEZ, MAnager of the 7-Eleven Food

Store on the corner of Northwest ?7th Avenue and 17th

Street, Miami, Florida.

On July 5, 1968,

MM T-4, a Cuban national who

is acquainted with activities among Cuban exiles in

Miami, advised FELIX PELAEZ PENA,

also known as

"TITO, "

had previously been associated in Cuba with an anti-CASTRO

organization known as Movimiento Revolucionario del Pueblo

(MRP - Revolutionary Movement of the

people).

Since PELAEZ'

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EPIFANIO ROMERO DELGADO

INTERNAL SECURITY - CUBA

arrival in the United States, he has been closely

associated with JOSE PRINCE Who is employed

Store and attends Miami-Dade Junior College.

The source

stated PELAEZ cooperated with JOSE PRINCE in

an attempt to

assassinate FIDEL CASTRO in either 1965 or 1966. PELAEZ,

at the present time, is also employed in a f-Eleven Store

in Miami.

On September 30, 1968, MM To advised & boat,

approximately 40 feet in length,

owned by one DANILO MESA,

is currently docked at the docks of the East Coast Fishery,

Marathon, Florida.

This boat was fornerly named

"Alileti,"

and is now named

"Santa Barbara." It holds Florida

Registration FL6786B.

MM T-2 advised that the above boat is believed

to be piloted by JUAN PEREL,

a friend of EPIrANIO ROMeRO,

who has previously made 2

trip with ROMeRO to Cuba. BOMchO

has been seen on this boat several times, and the source

advised ROMERO planned to leave the coast of Florida in a

smaller boat and make contact with the santa Barbara" out

at sea, after which he would travel to coa.

On October 8, 1968, STEPREY CSUKAS, United States

Customs, Miami, advised information had been received

from & source

to the effect that subject planned to depart

for Cuba on October 3,

1968, along with two other Cubans,

RAFAEL HARRYMAN and ADOLFO BORGES.

The plan was for

HARRYMAN

and BORGES to leave the Florida coast from a point near

Miami and pick up EPIFANIO ROMANO, airo

would be waiting

at Crandon Park Marina on Key Biscayne. According

CSUKAS' source, ROMERO planned to travel to Cuba in order

to return with

a large supply of

cocaine for distribution

in the United States.

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EPIFANIO ROMERO DELGADO

INTERNAL SECURITY - CUBA

CSUKAS advised that on October 3, 1968, United

States Customs intercepted RAFAEL HARRY MAN

and ADOLFO

BORGES off the coast of Florida, near miami, in a new

24-foot Piranha boat, manuractured by the Piranha Boat

Company, Hialeah, Florida.

This boat holds Florida

Registration FL35045E.

The boat was confiscated by

United States Customs, and no charges were placed against

BORGES and HARRYMAN.

CSUKAS advised that according to his source,

ROMERO continues to be in frequent

telephonic contact with

his Cuban intelligence principal in New fork City. (S)

PROPARTY OR 731 - 'This document contains

neither recommendationg nor conclusions

of the PBT. It is de procarty of the

BI and is loosod do yoas acoacy; it and

I contents ano not to be distributed

le your an

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.FD-323

(Rev.

11-29-61)

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Miami, Florida

October 10, 1968

In Reply, Please Refer to.

File No.

105-14883

Title

EPIFANIO ROMERO DELGADO

Character

Reference

INTERNAL SECURITY - CUBA

Memorandu,

dated and captioned

as above, at miami, Florida.

All sources (except any listed below) whose identities

are concealed in referenced communication have furnished reliable

information in the past.

MM T-1, MM T-2 and MM I-3, mentioned in above-referenced

memorandum, have

furnished insufricient information to

determine reliability, but are Cuban nationals closely

associated with the subject.

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This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property

of the FBl and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside

...- agency:

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