Agency: HSCA
Originator: HSCA
From: PALMER, BETSY
To: DIRECTOR
Document date: 10/5/78
Document type: MEMORANDUM

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

10/2/201

AGENCY : • HSCA

RECORD NUMBER :

180-10102-10273

RECORD SERIES:

NUMBERED FILES

AGENCY FILE NUMBER : 012383

Released under the John

seRenination Records

Collection Act of 1992

144 USC 2107 Notel.

Case#:NW 54653 Date:

10-23-2017

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: HSCA

FROM: PALMER, BETSY

TO:

DIRECTOR

TITLE :

DATE: 10/05/1978

PAGES:

SUBJECTS :

ARTIME, MANUEL FRANCISCO

CUBA; BAY OF PIGS

SOMOZA, LUIS

FBI; FILES

MOVIMIENTO DE RECUPERACION REVOLUCIONARIA

CUBAN COMMITTEE OF LIBERATION

DOCUMENT TYPE: MEMORANDUM

CLASSIFICATION : Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS : Consulted

CURRENT STATUS : Withhold

DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 08/05/1993

OPENING CRITERIA :

COMMENTS : Box 220.

v9.1

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MEMORANDUM FOR THE DIRECTOR

FROM: BETSY PALMER

DATE: OCTOBER 5, 1978

SUBJECT: FBI File Review - Manuel Francisco Artime Buesa

On October 5, 1978, I reviewed a five volume file at the

FBI on Manuel Artime. Pertinent information is outlined

below.

Main Ident File - #105-85440

1. Correlation Summary

August 11, 1967

Subject:

Manuel Artime Buesa

#105-85440-28

Manuel Francisco Artime Buesa

DPOB: January 29, 1932, Camaguey Province, Cuba

Graduate of University of Havana 1949

1958-59 - Officer in Cuban Revolutionary Army

Mid-1959 - Leader in Movimiento de Recuperacion Revolucionaria

(MRR) underground movement in Cuba.

October 29, 1959 - resigned post in Red Army

1960 - Became head of MRR in United States

4/17/61 - 12/24/62 - Imprisoned in Cuba for participation

in Bay of Pigs invasion

July 1960 - Artime representing MRR On ERD Executive

Committee and aligned to Antonio Varona,

Sanchez Arango and Justo Carrillo.

group of MRR, headed by Ricardo Lorie, Higinio

"Nino" Diaz and Antonio Michel Yabor aligned

themselves to the Liberation Alliance.

The

FRD and the MRR inside of Cuba recognized

Artime faction.

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22 - Artime identified as overall commander of Bay

of Pigs invasion and apparent political leader

of the military force.

He was captured and

imprisoned! on Isle of Pines and was one of

three prisoners singled out for the highest

ransom figures. He was described as intelligent,

aggressive, energetic, hot-headed and dogmatic --

having tremendous leadership potential and a

good organizer.

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FBI File Review - Manuel Artime

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Page 25 - On 12/28/59, a few days before the fall of the

Batista government in Cuba, Artime joined

Castro's 26th of July Movement.

He did not

previously participate in the revolution

against Batista and in no way participated

in Batista's overthrow.

According to one source, Artime, while in

prison in 1961-62, was in no way considered a

leader by members of Brigade 2506 and had no

great

amount of prestige among them.

Page

26 - Artime and Miro Cardona on speaker's stand with

President Kennedy at Orange Bowl Stadium,

12/29/62. This added greatly to his prestige.

Page 32 - In late January 1963, Miro Cardona, head Of CRC,

tried to overthrow MRR leadership of Artime.

Page 38 - In May 1963, Artime and other leading Cuban

exiles were planning to publish a document

which was to constitute the unity of the

majority of Cubans in exile.

Group to be known

as Cuban Committee of Liberation (CCL).

Page 42 - In early August 1963, Artime, Varona and

Batista Falla were in Nicaragua as guest of

dictator Luis Somoza to discuss training

bases

to be set up in that country.

Page 58 - Miami report of 3/19/64 indicates Artime travels

between U.S., Nicaragua and Costa Rica, recruits

for his training operation located in Nicaragua.

He has more than

$5 million worth of equipment

in Nicaragua.

Page 83 - As of February 1965, MRR Of Manuel Artime had

a small base in the Dominican Republic,

MRR

attack a Spanish merchant vessell off Cuba and

set it afire.

Raid made with full knowledge of

CIA who completely backed MRR.

Page 92 - Source advised on 9/23/65 that general opinion

of Cuban exiles indicated Manuel Ray of JURE

and Manuel Artime of MRR were no longer considered

leaders in the anti-Castro movement.

Page 96 - On. 3/7/66, Artime advised that MRR office was in

his home and the group was relatively inactive

and not engaged in any significant operations

in the Miami area at the time.

Note:

The other four volumes on Artime reflected his

activities since 1966 and no notes were taken.

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