Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: WARGER, VINCENT J.
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 04/14/1960
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (14 USC 2107 Note).

DATE: 11-14-2017

JFK Assassination System

Date:

5/5/2015

Identification Form

Agency Information

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER: 124-10208-10232

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER : CR 105-86577-1

Document Information

ORIGINATOR:

FBI

FROM:

WARGER, VINCENT J.

TO :

DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE:

DATE:

PAGES:

SUBJECTS :

04/14/1960

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CASTRO, FIDEL, ASSOC, INTV, MLO

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION:

Secret

RESTRICTIONS :

1B; 1C

CURRENT STATUS:

Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 06/23/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

v9.1

DocId: 32291956

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 744 USC 2107 Hotel.

DATE: 11-14-2017

SECREY

MY 105-39469

New Yark

"MANUEL POLA \

Bartender

559 West 156th Street, Manhattan

ALFREDO NAVARRO

116 West 72nd Street, Manhattan

CONER DITIAL

LYDIAX ROSADO

65-62 faunders Street, Rege Park" N.Y.

OTHER ACTIVITIES

During

April, 1959, when FIDEL CASTRO and his party

visited New York and stayed at the Statler Hotel, New

York CIty: SA FRANCIS J. O'BRIEN NaS incroduced to DANILO MEN-

DEZ, who exhibited hisidentification caid to SA O BRIEN

which indicated thai he, DANILO, was an officer of the

revolutionary secret police in Cuba.

(e)

Vis familiar with

Cuban activities in NY, advised that JOSE MENDEZ FERNANDEZ

of the La Barraca Restaurant hes been active in behalf of

the Cuban Agrarian Reform and arranged for the printing

of the program for a Cuban Music Festival held at

carnegie Hall on September 29, 1959: l1

On February 18, 1960, NY I-2 advised that

(First Name Unknown) FERNANDEZ (probably FERNANDEZ, owner

Vie La barraca lestaurant, lew xork cluv) contacted

(VASQUEZ, an employee at the Cuban Consulate in L 3-

and they agreed

on the "same corner as l

i ensulate buildine les

On March 4, 1960, MARITA/LORENZ, then residing

at 344 west 7th Street, New YOrk

Cary, advised SA FRANCIS I.

LUNDQUIST that meetings of the July 26th Movement were

occasionally

Restaurant:

preceded by social gatherings at the La Barraca

She said that FERNANDEZ, who owns the La Barraca

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SECRET

CONFISENTIAL

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