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2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992

SECRET

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MEHURANDUM FOR THE RECORD

SUBJECT: AMCANOE

Job #

65-535/28

File #

19-6-91

Dated included:

Volumes: 11

1. Description:

This project concerns U.S. contacts for a resistance

group in Cuba. Support of the Unidad de Liberacion Nacional

(ULN) and their plans and efforts to overthrow CASTRO.

Principle players are:

AMCANOE-1 (201-0283570) Eduardo GARCIA Molina

AMCANOE-2 (201-0726572) (Enrique Alfredo GARCIA Molina,.

AMCANOE-3 (201-0727185) Antonio JOse RAMIREZ Mendez,

captured and executed in Jan 64;

AMCANOE-4

(201-0729621) Armando SOSA Rodriguez

AMCANOE-5

/ (201-0727186)( Marcelino PEREZ Diezi

AMCANOE-6 (201-0729610) Orlando OROPESA Perez:!

AMCANOE-7 (201-0729080) Benjamin ACOSTA Valdes, captures

tried and killed by firing squad

15 Sept 63.

AMCANOE-9 (201-

) Juan AMESTOY Dominguez, killed

29 Sept 63 in a gun battle.

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Review of these files turned up the following documents:

TDCSDB-3/654-571, dated 9 May 63: Concerns efforts of

Cuban lawyer Paulino A SIERRA of Chicago to unify exiles and

an offer by Chicago businessmen to support the overthrow of CASTRO.

Memo for the Record dated 3 March 1964: a friend of

AMCANOE-1 who is a businessman and ship ownert, with interests

In & slot machine business (placing them in gambling houses),

placed him in contact with elements of the underwrold, through

a former St. Louis police officer. Through the police officer

there was reportedly a tie-in with the Cosa Nosträ. The latter

reportedly offered to assassinate CASTRO at a price of

$150,000 dollars.

UFGA-15233, dated 15 April 1964: Report on a Byron

CAMERON who said that he

represented an unidentified group of

persons who had made contact with two Cuban gangsters who were

willing to kill Fidel CASTRO. CAMERON reportedly was associated

with a Mr. S.W. TYLER (no identifiable traces) of Caribbean

Producer, Inc., Miami Springs, Fla., and Herbert F. JENNE (no

traces) with the firm F.A. Johnson, Inc., Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

UFGA-15954, dated 11 May 1964: CAMERON mentioned

contact with unidentified group willing to assassinate selected

Cuban leaders: Fidel CASTRO, Raul CASTRO and Che GUEVARA.

CAMERON made fairly clear that the MAFIA was involved.

Jane Zerance

Researcher

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