Originator: HSCA
From: CIA
Document date: 03/07/1978
Document type: NOTES

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180-10145-10236

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

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File summary

D DO File

Leslie wizelman

submitted 3/7/78

Dominick Bartone

THIS COPY IS NOT

axa Lick Barton

Vol 1 of the Bartone file

FOR RELEASE.

covers.

the period frum December 1955

to september 1960...

A a01 file request was made on Dec 30,195

Bartone's DOB is 8-8-13. Characterized as a smuggler.

Under comments in. 201. file request form: " In as much

as he carries a gun at all times he is considered armed

and dangerous. Arrested by U.S. Custums agents, miami, for

atlempted bribery and departure of munstions laden

plane destined fur Dominican Republec."

Ina cable) dated Aug a5, 1959 frum Parama City it is.

reported that the manager of the panamaCity branch bank

informed the cos on Aug.2y that a Dominic Bertone,

sent a lawyer with a large amount of cash to Panama

City bank, miami, to opena checking acc't. Manager

delayed accepting acc't. He indicated bellet that funds were

connected with William morgan.

In a cable to the FBI from the cIA dated

Aug 25, 1959(3) - repurts that on Augas, 1959 a faurly

reliable source reported that the person whom Bartune

sent to open the account

was Andrew Psalidas, law partne

of Gregory Paniles: Psalidas was carryig a total of

$ 70,000 of which 15,000 were n81000 bulls. The anuy

authorned signatures on checks to be that af Dominic

Bartone, and local legal rep was the form Arias-s

Fabrega, and Fabrega.

RETURN TO CIA

Background Use Only

Do Not Reproduce

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An Aug al, 1959 Cable to panama states that the source who.

stended the meeting of morgan with Cuban Counterreudlutionaries

reports that the meeting was held in the home of Dominic

Bartone., 4a36. Chase Aue, miami Beach, same source reported

morgan received t

140,000

from.counter-revolutionzrie...furuse

against Castro, Public accounts of morgan operation indicate he

recerved only $75,000... Hug. interested in determining

amount and whether morgan holding. out on Castro, or if

money to be used as secret tund by castro to finance other

revolutionary actions or personal use.

An. Aug 27, 1959 cable to the FBI from the CIA repurts

that

Morgan, Lemus (FNU) , Ramon maestre, Antonio

mendora were present at meeting in Bartone's home. morgan

was given 1140,000 in cash by maestre a mendoza..

In march 1959

it was reported that Bartune was trying

to sell some Globemaster (C-74) aircratt to the Cuban

Revolutionary Air Force

and had befrrended morgan.)

It is belleved by source that the funds bartone's lawyer took

to panama are connected with morgan.

" HDQ cumment:

norgan publicly declared in Havana that he had receried

$ 75,000 from the counter-reudutionaries for use against

Castro. The turds sent to panama lity may be the difterence

between the amount declared by mergan and what he

actually received."

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A document transfer and cross reference form, dated

Oct 29,1954, reports that. Bartone said the case against him

in miami

_was being tixed. Bartone was in possession of a i

checks... for 150,000 each drawn on foreign bank, Issued to him

by a Batista group in compensation for. aplanes, He said he stil).

had 10 planes to dispose of.... Bartone reported tu be

connected with. Teamster Union officials in Cleveland, onio.

Another cross-ret furm, dated 5 may 1960,

reports that Joseph Charles Liguori was arrested with

Bartone for shipping weapons to Dum. Rep.

vol. a of the Bartone file covers from wouay rato

Oct 1960 to June 1961.. A Nou a4, 1960 cable reports that

Bartone is engaged in revolutionary actruities on behalf of the

Dom. Rep.

He attempted to at illegally export one 6-74

aircraft, ammunition, etc. Arrested. He was nuolued with

mas Garcia, Tampa, Fla, in attempted exportation of

-one B-25

type arcraft and large quantity at AF-6 arcraft parts. Also

reportedly nvolved with invasion of Cuba from Dom. Rep.

prearranged by Trujillo.

uol 3 of the Bartone file covers theperiod trum July 1961 to

Sept 1965.

A cross ref, date 14 may 1963, states that Bartar e

was associate of Herbert I. Morrison , reportedly nuolved in Haitian

Revolutionary actrustres..

On Sept 8,1965, the Secret service requested inta on Bartone.

On Sept 4, 1959, source repurted #60,000 had been withdrawn

rom account by Psalidas "possibly to be deposited in the French

sanco Educiario

in Panama City : Relers to Customs, Devssion of

nuestigaton and Entorcement, - memo

# a3-944 dated Nou 15,1960

crunti

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