Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: LEG, HAVANA
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 12/31/1954
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

4/27/201

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER :

124-10296-10112

RECORD SERIES :

HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: CR 64-4123-210-594

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM: LEG, HAVANA

TO: DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE :

DATE: 12/31/1954

'PAGES:

4

SUBJECTS:

NRO, INFT RPT, TRA, ASSOC, DESCR, GAMBLING ACT

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION : Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS: 4

CURRENT STATUS: Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW:

03/16/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

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ITAMINEO PORM NO. CA

CUIDENTAL

Ofice Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

TO

FROM

Director, FEI

Legal Attache, Harana, Oube (66-20) 6590)

DATR: December 31, 1954

Havane, Cuba

SUbIBCT:

HANNA INFORGANTS U

BROBET - AIR COURIER

AD. INISTRATIV

Pconf Inft S.IS - Cuba 40(4)

iebulet June 30, 1954 wnich inctructed that me should subint

esiannual informant report on January l and July 1, of each year. ( aù

Thiare is attached hereto a memorandum dated Deceuber 3L, 1954

entitled:

INFOLANTS AND POLENTIN ITORANS, OFFICE OF LEGAL ATTACHE,

HAVIA, CISI, IS OR DECEIBER 31, 19540 C(U)

The attached memorandum contains a brief description of each.

informant and potential inforant mecently being used or developed by this

01380(69(4)

Our program to locate and develor new informants in both the

crindaal and security fiellis being cardinau end is keing given prefer-

untial attention by all of the cursmial s this office.

In addition, our

efforts are constant to increase and inurove our regular office end

Liaison contacts.

sorelopants in this program.(c/u

te advised promptly of any important

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CONFIDENTIAL.

ALL INFORILATION CONTAINED

HEREIN IS UYCIASSITTED

EXCEPT PLEAd SHORN

OTHERWIS

INFORMANTS AND POTENTIAL INFORMANTS,

OFFICE OF LEGAL ATTACHE,

HAVANA, CUBA,

AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1954

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December 31,

I954

Havana, Cuba

15211326

Classified by 5P6BJAECL

Declassify on, OADR 23/35

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This informant is Luls DEraiINO who has been cooperating with

Juhis office since 1941.

His cover, has developed and he non

illoperates an armed car service which provides excellent cover an

also makes it possible for this informant to have ready and

available on short notice assistants who are trained to function

on surveillances.

We are in daily contact with this informant

and he handles numerous investigations for us every month. He

functions principally on criminal and Selective Service cases.

However, he has functioned well on numerous assignments which

involve security subjects.

He hag recently developed an individual

who has good prospecte

Party connections. (&)U)

of developing as a source with communist

[EN 6100)

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This informant is VENANCI@KOPESOSA, a young Cuban who is

connected with one of the Cuban courts in Havana. This informant's

activities are generally confined to furnishing us information

available to him as a court attache and which information we

could not otherwise obtain. He is utilized whenever needed and

each time he is called upon he functions in an excellent manner.

our experience with him indicates that he is very discreet and

we feel that he is very loyal to the FBI. (LAU

CI HAV-11 @TU

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This informant returned to Havana on December 6, 1954, after a

He has in the past demonstrated on

more than one occasion his value in criminal matters and also

obtains a great deal of information 'on international floaters.

He is renewing his contacts with American hoodlums and gamblers

in Havana and it is believed that he will continue to be most

useful during the current tourist season, especially in criminal

matters. (C)u)

(HAV-13

This informant is ARTUrOk

VESPEREIRK

AMARGO, an elderly Cuban tho

¿is a retired police officer.

He is very active and tums in a

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very good quantity of work every month.

Due to his age and

experience, he is used on many types of investigations. He is

especially useful for pretert interviews of subjects or possible

sources in any sort of investigation.

COPY DESTROYED

narmer and has never all any rollection apon thie office of

(4)109

our operations here.

172 NOV. 14 1961

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ENCLOSURE

CONNENTIA:

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CONFIDENTIAL

HAV-13|( (This informant was a member of the Cuban National Police from

DING URTINI, EBT No. 2198122, American credit manager in the

gambling casino at the Tropicana night club in Havana, is contacted on a

C

regular basis.

He is a good source of information on

American gamblers and

hoodlums operating in Havana and has been of value in the past on individual

criminal investigations.

It is anticipated that he will be used extensively

In the current tourist season. (yu)

IBIKESPINOSESPINOSA, 22, 1s a Potential Security Informant.

He has never been connected with the Communist Party, but he has indicated

avllingness to join the party to obtain intelligence information and he

displays enough enthusiasm and imagination to show that he might actually

work his way into the confidence of the Communists. He is personally

acquainted with several alleged party members and he plans to put himself

in such a position that it would be logical for them to invite him to join

in their PSP activity.

His progress will be closely followed by this office

and precautions will

be taken to assure that he is not a PSP planto fes(u)

ANGET HUNJAN, a Potential Security Informant on Chinese matters,

was originally developed by CI HAV-12 and is usually contacted through the

latter as a cutout.

HUNJAN has furnished valuable information on Chinese

matters which has been confirmed from other sources and he appears to be

developing in a very satisfactory manner. (e)(U

ALFONSPIRIK, aka. KIM SOOVICHUE, Jesus Maria No. 109, Havana,

is a native bom Cuban citizen of Korean parentage. "He was recently con-

tacted by CI HAV-12 in the investigation of a Korean matter and was found

by him to be most cooperative. Source recommended that hill be developed

further as a source on Korean matters and this is being done BET (a)

an ex-Captain of the Cuban National

Police, is very closely connected with ex-President RAMON GRAU SAN LARTIN,

Iraíct who was a candidate in the Cuban Presidential elections of 1954. Through

trial this source it was possible to have several interviews with GRAU prior to

the elections and to obtain from him first-hand infornation on his political

""wo. 'strategy and planning.

Although GRAU made a last minute withdrawal from

the elections, he continues to be a potent factor in Cuban politics and

through the source, it is possible to keep abreast of the activities of

GRAU.

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CANFiDENTIAL

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CONFIRENTIAL

i

EGO/REISS is a Potential Security Informant. He have been in

contact with REISS for a number of years.

He was born in Hamburg, Germany

in 1916 and he came to Cuba as a refugee in larch, I942: He has been used

as a contact on miscellaneous matters by this office since 1948. Recently

we have been endeavoring to encourage REISS to make a connection with the

Partido Socialista Popular (Communist Party of Cuba) because it is believed

that he has the appearance, background, and intelligence to function well

in such a capacity.

He has been making very limited progress to date and

it is believed he may be afraid of the consequences if he does make an

entry into the PSP and then gets caught. We plan to continue our efforts

to develop REISS and manwhile he will be utilized on general contact

problems and on translation matters where deemed advisable.

He is of

barten aloo a lot becaus of his kamlodgo ol Spanist, German and

Jewish dialects.

MIGUEL RODRIGUEZ is a Potential Security Informant. He nas a

member of the youth section of the Partido Socialista Popular (PSP - Cuban

Colmunist Party) in 1943, and 1944. He left them because he did not approve

"of Communism, but he is not openly known as "gnti-Commnist."

He has

attended two FsP metings since he was om ginally approached by HAv-13 and

has furnished information of value concerning the proceedings.

has several close friends that are in the PSP and he feels that there is a

no are in the B3P

RODRIGUEZ

good possibility that he will be invited to join.

He has requested, for

his own security, that he be contacted through a "cutout" and has indicated

not sign any receipts. He is presently being handled through

HAV-13. BU

d. t

NORMAN ROTHNAN, FBI No. I52585, spent considerable time away

from Havana during the sumer months due to the fact that the Sans Souci

night club, operated by bim, may closed. The Sans Souci is scheduled to be

reopened on December 31, 1954, and it is anticipated that PCI ROTHMAN will

contacted on a raguar alone ana in or aton. He 58 being

MIGUET TRIAT ESCOBAR, better known 'as "MIKE"XIRIAT, was the

operator of the Sans Souci night club and gambling castno in Havana for a

number of fears. As such, he became acquainted with the principal Amerloan?.

hoodlums and gamblers who frequented Cuba. He is now in the insurance.

business but maintains his contacts with the American hoodlum element.

He.

is cooperative and it is believed he offers good possibilities of developing

into an excellent crindnal informant or source of information. fLu).

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