Originator: FBI
From: MM
To: HQ
Document date: 05/18/1973
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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2022 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992

JFK Assassination System

Date:

5/21/201

Identification Form

Agency Information

AGENCY:

RECORD NUMBER:

FBI

124-90102-10090

RECORD SERIES :

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

HQ

105-64869-20

Document Information

ORIGINATOR:

FBI

FROM:

MM

TO: HQ

TITLE :

DATE:

05/18/1973

'PAGES:

21

SUBJECTS :

MAX LESNICK

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Secret

RESTRICTIONS: 1A

CURRENT STATUS : Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 08/07/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: APPROVAL OF CIA

COMMENTS: LHM; ENCLOSURE

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CITED STATES DEPARTMENT U

JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Miami, Florida

MAY 1 € 1973

In Reply, Please Refer to

Nile: No.

105-3492

CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO

DECLASSISCA7IO& 2A0/CR

RELEASE DE CA ROAMATIONS:

MAX LESNICK

IN THIS DOCUMENT KP 1-15-48

Also Known As

EXCEPT BRACKETS

Max Edgardo Lesnick-Menendez

INTERNAL SECURITY - CUBA;

0d p. 10

510/15-98 (JFK)

POSSIBLE OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE

Information was previously reported under date

of April 5, 1973, conceming allegations made on February

20429 are a been tara v even a honguage

publication "Replica": In March, 1973, an anonymous

letter in Spanish with an English translation, all

contained in one typewritten page was disseminated to

a number of individuals and agencies in the Miami area,

alleging that MORALES was operating in the United States

for "International Communism", is a "double agent who

receives orders

from Russia", machine gunned a Cuban in

Miami, and receives protection from "Mr. DAVIS of the FBI".

Information was also reported that MORALES

served

as a key witness for the Federal Government in

1968 in the successful prosecution and conviction of

ORLANDO BOSCH AVILA, JORGE GUTIERREZ ULLA, and seven

other defendants for ship bombings, conspiracy and

extortion.

BOSCH was released from jail on parole on

December 16, 1972.

GUTIERREZ, who has also been released

from prison, is employed as a writer for "Réplica" by

LESNICK.

04

CLASSIFIED BY

HOWARD R. ALBAUGH

EXEMPT FROM GENERAL DECLASSITICATION

GREMPTION CATEGORY

AUTOMATICALLY DECLASSIFTED

ON

Indefinite

CLASSIMED BY 5668 SoGC

DECLASSE

MLI

8/1/97

ENCLOSURE.

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GONFTDENTIAE

RE: MAX LESNICK

SA ROBERT J. DWYER that he had learned through PILAR

ALFONSO

some additional information.

He then stated that

MORALES had disclosed that he is in contact with four

AVELINO FERNANDEZ of Customs (RAUL DIAZ iS an officer

tepartment and i not with the Dade CAr typsie Sasety

a former police officer in Miami who is now employed by

Gramcp, an international investment company by whom

MORALES is also employed.

AVELINO FERNANDEZ is a Customs

agent and former Miami police officer.)

REBOSO said that these four individuals met with

MORALES, at which time, MORALES stated "REBOSO is out

to get me, but he will

have to get DAVIS first". REBOSO

said that

MORALES plans to leave with RAY VELASQUEZ for

South America in two weeks.

REBOSO advised that he had contacted an official

of U. S. Customs and ascertained that FERNANDEZ is a

Customs agent.

He also stated that he had met with U. S.

Representative DANTE FASCELL in Washington and also planned

to get with Senator Gurney of Florida.

REBOSO disclosed

that he planned to get with Chief GARMIRE of the City of

Miami in order to ascertain who issued a pistol permit to

MORALES.

On May 14, 1975, RICARDO MORALES NAVARRETE waS

interviewed by SA CLARENCE P. GRAHAM and SA GEORGE E. DAVIS,

MORALES related that he had learned through investigators

that MANOLO REBOSO, MAX LESNICK and

ROMAS FARCIUSTE, Director of Miami Spanish Language

FLA

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