Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: MM
To: HQ
Document date: 09/23/1970
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Aot of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note).

DATE: 11-14-2017

JFK Assassination System

Date:

6/1/2015

Identification Form

Agency Information

AGENCY:

FBI

RECORD NUMBER: 124-90090-10212

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER:

115-2494-6

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM: MM

TO:

HQ

TITLE:

DATE: 09/23/1970

PAGES:

13

SUBJECTS :

ROLANDO MASFERRER

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS: 4

CURRENT STATUS: Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 07/15/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

RPT

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 741 USC 2107 HotelS

DATE: 11-14-2017

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MM 115-249

On September 9, 1970, MM 1298-C-TE advised that

he received information

subject

was visiting his Miami

residence every

Thursday. Based on this information,

fisur of subject's residence was established on September

17, 1970, which resulted in the apprehension of the subject.

The confidential source abroad is Legat, Madrid. #(4)

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note).

DATE: 11-14-2017

MM 115-249

When interviewed on May 8, 1968, MASFERRER stated

that he was not then

engaged in any plan of a military

nature and was

awaiting the results of his appeal from the

conviction mentioned above, which he expects will take at

least another year.

On June 19, 1970, a confidential source abroad

advised the Alto Estado Mayor (Spanish High General Staff),

Madrid, Spain, advised that subject, a Cuban national,

about 52 years old, who was born in Holguin, Oriente, Cuba,

and who is a lawyer and director of the periodical named

"Libertad", recently arrived in.

resides in

arrives ti

spain. Subject reportedly

Miami, Florida.

LOUIS GIDEL, Assistant District Director for

Travel Control, Immigration and Naturalization Service,

Miami, Florida, advised on July 2, 1970, that MASFERRER,

because of his criminal conviction, would be clearly exclud-

able from the United States and therefore would not be

eligible for entry into the United States but should MASFERRER

arrive in the United States in any manner by either deportation

from a foreign country or on formal extradition because of

the outstanding criminal warrant, he would be paroled into

the United States to the custody of the United States Marshal

for purpose of prosecution or service of sentence previously

imposed.

Assistant United States

Attorney LLOYD G. BATES,

JR., Miami, Florida, was apprised of the above facts on

July 2, 1970.

He confened with MURRAY STEIN, Attorney,

Criminal Division, United States Department of Justice, on

July 2, 1970, and stated that it was Mr. STEIN's opinion

that ROLANDO MASFERRER ROJAS cannot be extradited from a

foreign country.

The crimes for which MASFERRER were convicted

were that of conspiracy and the substantive violation of

mounting an expedition against a friendly country government,

to wit: Haiti.

political, he could not be extradited from a foreign country.

Mr. BATES was further advised that while the government of

the United States would not oppose MASFERRER's parole into

the United States for purpose of prosecution and service of

sentence previously imposed, the Department of Justice was

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