SECOND NATIONAL FRONT OF ESCAMBRAY (SNFE)
Agency: SSCIA
Originator: FBI
From: DREW, WILLIAM MAYO
Document date: 06/21/1963
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM

IDENTIFICATION FORM

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AGENCY

: SSCIA

RECORD NUMBER: 157-10004-10124

RECORDS SERIES:

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DOCUMENT INFORMATION

ORIGINATOR : FBI

FROM : DREW, WILLIAM MAYO

TO :

TITLE :

SECOND NATIONAL FRONT OF ESCAMBRAY (SNFE)

DATE : 06/21/63

PAGES : 9

SUBJECTS :

SECOND NATIONAL FRONT OF ESCAMBRAY (SNFE)

ALPHA 66

ASSASSINATION PLOTS

CASTRO

DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 06/27/94

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

1 - CIA, Miami (RM)

1 - U.S. Border Patrol, Miami (RM)

1 - INS, Miami (RM)

1 - G-2, Headquarters 3rd Army, Ft.

1 - U.S. Coast Guard, Miami (RM)

1 - U.S. Customs, Miami (RM)

MePherson, Ga. (RM)

Copy 101

1 - Coordinator, State Department, Miami (RM)

1 - ONI, Miami (RM)

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Report ofs

1 - OSI, 6th District, Robins AFB, Ga. (RM)

WILLIAM MAYO DREW

Dates

Once Miami, Florida

JUN 2 1 1963

Flold Offico File #s 105-6243

Titles

SECOND NATIONAL FRONT OF ESCAMBRAY (SNFE)

(OPERATION ALPHA 66)

Bureou File As 105-112098

CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO

DECLASSIFICATION AND/OR,

RELEASE OF CIA INFORMATION

IN THIS DOCUMENTAS SANITIZED.

GMS 24194

9803RDD/e 4/2/945FK

INPORMATION CONTAINED

HERBEN IS UNCLASSIRIED

EXOP'T WICHE SHOHN

OTHERWISE

Charade'' INTERNAL SECURITY - REGISTRATION ACT - CUBA

NEUTRALITY ACT

Synopala MM I-1, another government agency, furnished information re-

garding location of boats of SNFE, and identity of SNFE

members who may have participated in recent raid by SNE

against Tarara, Havana.

Iwo SNFE boats located in yard

between 550 and 560 N.W. 31st Street, as of 6/15/63. SNFE

maintains account at the Boulevard National Bank, Miami.

Transactions recorded to this account set forth.

MM T-5

advised SNFE has signed unity agreements with Movimiento

Revolucionario del Pueblo (MRP), Movimiento de Recuperacion

Revolucionaria (MRR), 30th of November Movement, as well

as several other smaller groups, making a total of eleven.

Also stated SNFE is about to sign a unity pact with the

Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantil (DRE).

NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION

Unauthorized Diselesure

Subject to Criminal Sanctions

DETAILS:

I. ACTIVITIES

MM I-1, another government agency which conducts

personnel and intelligence investigations, made available

Information on June 4, 1963, which was dated May 31, 1963,

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Excluded from automatic

Classied by 9803eD0/gl

downgrading and

Declassily on: CADA IK

declassification.

I'hla document contama salthos recommondationa sor conclualone of the FBI. Il la the proporty of the FBI and la loaned 10lyl

your agency; it and lie contanta are not to ba diatribured outside your agoney.

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which related that as of May 28, 1963, two boats, believed

to have been used in the recent rald on Tarara in the

Province of Havana, by the SNFE, were at 552 N.W. 31at

Street, Miami, Florida. One of the vessels, a V-20 wich

Volvo-Penta engines, was freshly painted white. The hull

had been blue.

It was also related that JULIO CRUZ; ODe

CRUZ, first name unknown and not related to JULIO, and

the nechanic who has his shop at the location of the above

mentioned boats, had been identified as participants in

his raid

who obtained the information from personal observa-

tion, and from contact with an undentified eddle with

excallent contacts among, ardle action groupe.

This source

also stated that AMAURI FRAGINAL, & former labor leadas

1n Cuba, was reportedly a loader and financial supporter

of the SNFE.

On June 7, 1963, MM I-2 sede avallablo informa-

tion refleating that AMAURT FRAGINALS teA cOmeSted HEA

the SNFE.

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An of June 15, 1963, both of the basts sontlound

above were observad la tba area to the ress of the spart-

ments located at 550 and 560 N.W. 318t Strael. One of

chese boats, bearing Florida registIation IL 86g4, bea

a woodan bull badly in med of repaintias.

atructura of this boat has just been repelated dark biva,

and the boat has a single outboard notor. Work was ln

progress on the valte ball, mationed above, es of june

15, 1963.

RAgaIdLaS JULIO CUZ MatiOnad above, 1t 10

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MEMBER OF SUBJECI ORGANIZATION

• noted that JULIO CRUZ'P

PEREZ, a member of the SNFE, was

Interviewed on May 29, 1963, at which time he denied he

had been a participant in the raid against Tarara,

Havana, Cuba, which took place on May 19, 1963.

AeMEET OF SUBTECT CRGANIZATIOS

RENE YCRUZ/ PEREZ, not related to JULIO CRUZ

mentioned above, is known to be a member of the SNFE.

Regarding the mechanic mentioned above, it is

noted that MM I-2, who is in a position to furnish infor-

mation regarding certain activities at 115 S.W. 12th

Avenue, Miami, the headquarters of the SNFE, made avail-

able a list of names and addresses on letterheads of

the SNFE. Among the names included on these letterheads

WAS ERNESTO DIAZ, 552 N.V. 3181 Street. 21=/

It is noted that the apartment located at 550

• N.W. 31st Street, Miami, also bears the number 552 on

the rear apartment, as well as the name DIAZ over the

doorbell.

The electric power tools being used for work

on boats in the yard to the rear of this apartment,

were being operated on power drawn from the apartment nui-

bered 552.

On June 12, 1963, a woman who identified herself

28 Senora DIAZ, advised ERNESTO DIAZ was not in the apart-

ment at that time, having gone to see a doctor.

II. FUNDS

It is noted that on June 3, 1963, MM I-3, an

American citizen who has frequent contact with SNFE men-

bers in Miami, advised the SNFE maintains a bank account

at the Boulevard National Bank, 5000 Biscayne Boulevard,

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under the title "PEREZ - ABREU - VECIANA, Associates."

On June 10, 1963, MM I-4 made available the

records of the Boulevard National Bank, pertaining to

the account of PEREZ - ABREU - VECIANA, Associates,

which revealed the following:

The account #46-231-4 was opened with a de-

posit of $2,000 cash on May 6, 1963. It was identified

as a social

association with mailing address at 2921 N.E.

second Court, Miami.

The following checks had been drawn on this

account as of June 10, 1963:

Date

Amount Payee

5/21/63

$85.

SANFORD

CLOSE

Payors

ANTONIO VECIANA and

RE INALDO /ABREU

FlE:

5/28/63 200.

RAMON GONZALEZ

(deposited at

Florida National

Bank)

5/30/63 147.10

6/4/63

36.11.

West Indies Travel ANTONIO VECIANA and

Service

LINO PEREZ

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6/5/63

118.

CHAS. S. MEYERS,

Lnc., typewriters

IGNACIO/MARTINEZ

Mile

ANTONIO VECIANA and

RE INALDO ABREU

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Date

Amount Payee

6/5/63 $1,500. REINALDO ABREU

Payors

ANTONIO VECIANA and

RE INALDO ABREU

The following deposits were listed as of June

10, 1963:

Date

5/6/63

6/4/63

Type of Deposit

Cash

6/5/63

Numerous checks

Check drawn on Northwest

National Bank of Chicago

Numerous checks

Amount

$2,000.

1,733.

1,250.

6/7/63

2,185.

The balance in the account as of June 7, 1963

was $5,554.48, less the $1500. check to ABREU.

On June 11, 1963, MM Ick made available the follow-

ing information:

Date Amount Payee

6/5/63

$5.

ARMANDO RUIZ

6/10/63

30.

ANTONIO VECIANA

Payors

ANTONIO VECIANA and

RE INALDO ABREU

ANTONIO VECIANA and

LINO PEREZ

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Date

Amount Payee

6/5/63

$119.

CERVASIO/RIVERO 134.3

(For deposit only to

account of Standard

0i1 Company - SS 70-

C29)

6/10/63 30. LINO PEREZ

6/5/63 1,000. ANTONIO VECIANA

Payors

ANTONIO VECIANA and

LINO PEREZ

ANTONIO VECIANA and

RE INALDO ABREU

6/5/63

74.60 Keystone Press of

Miami

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There was a deposit of $64.50 to this account on

June 10, 1963, consisting of numerous small checks, rang-

Ing in amounts from $1 to $10.

MM T-4 advised on June 10, 1963, that although

this account was described in the application as a social

organization, to his knowledge it was the account of the

SNFE and Operation Alpha 66. He said the account was opened

by ANTONIO VECIANA, a former Havana accountant.

in the SNEE.

ANTONIO/TECTANA 18 publiely known as an officer

Information furnished by MM I- is confidential

and can only be made public following the issuance of a

subpoena duces tecum. CARLOS J. ARBOLEYA, Cashier,

Boulevard National Bank is the person to be subpoenaed.

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On June 11, 1963, it was ascertained through

inquiry of the Standard Oil Company, 1000 N.W. 73rd

Street, that the number SS70-C29 was a service station

of the Standard 011 Company, located at 4420 N.W. 7th

Avenue •

Conceming the name LINO PEREZ mentioned as a

co-signer on some of the above mentioned checks, it is

• noted that on May 16, 1963, JOAQUIN GODOY, in charge of

foreign affairs and public relations for the Movimiento

Revolucionario del Pueble (MRP), furnished the names of

The MRP/ leaders in the Miami area. Listed a8 Ireasurer

of the/MRP 18 LINO PEREZ. =1=

On June 11, 1963, MM I-4 made available photo-

stats of the two largest deposits made to the account

PEREZ - ABREU - VECIANA, Associates. One of these checks

was dated June 3, 1963 on the Northwest National Bank of

Chicago in the amount of $1,250. payable to ALPHA 66 - MRP

- II FRENIE. The signatures of the payors were not

legible but stamped on the check was the name ALPHA 66 -

MRP • II FRENIE, 1705 or 1706 N. Talman, Chicago 17,

Illinois.

The other check was

dated May 31, 1963, payable

to ALPHA 66 1n the amount of $1,600. It was drawn on a check

of the Hudson Trust Company, Union City-Hoboken, New Jersey

III. UNITY.

MM T-5, a, member of the SNFE, advised on June

15, 1963 that the SNFE had signed unity pacts with the

MRP, the MRR, the 30th of November Movement, as well as

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groups. He stated that the total number of groups in-

volved in this unit now number eleven. MM I-S advised

that the SNFE - ALPHA 66, 1s ready to sign a unity pact

with the DRE.

MM I-5 stated that ELOY GUTIERREZ MENOYO,

leader of the SNFE, has been in New York City for approx-

imately the past month but is due to return to Miami

within the coming week.

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF •USTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

In Reply, Please Refer to

File No.

JUN 2 1 1963

Miami, Florida

SECOND NATIONAL FRONI OF ESCAMBRAY (SNFE)

ALPHA 66

INTERNAL SECURITY - REGISTRATION ACT - CUBA

NEUTRALITY MATTERS

Reference report of Special Agent WILLIAM MAYO

DREW, dated and captioned as above.

Insufficient contact has been had with MM T-2,

MM T-3, MM I-4 and MM I-5, to make a determination as

to reliability, but all are in a position to furnish re-

liable information.

This document contains neither recommendations nor con-

clusions of the FBI. It 18 the property of the FBI and

Is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to

be distributed outside your agency.

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