Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: SAC, MM
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 11/17/1964
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

5/7/2015

Released under the John

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER: 124-10294-10302

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 105-80115-12TH NR 14

i44 USC 2107 Notel.

Case#:NW 54460 Date:

10-03-2017

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM:

SAC, MM

TO: DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE:

DATE:

11/17/1964

' PAGES:

11

SUBJECTS :

MDL, AKA, ASSOC, WEAPONS, MINUTEMEN, REV ACT, PDL,

RES, EMP

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION:

Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS : 4

CURRENT STATUS : Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 06/05/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS:

INC LHM

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OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10

5010-107-02

MAY 1652 EDITION

GSA GEN. MEG. NO. 27

•UNITED STATES GO IRNMENT

Memorandum

TO

FROM

SUBJEC

SED/GC

CLASSIFIAD

DIRECTOR, TEX (62-2020RFIDENTIARTE:

NOV 17 1964

SAC, MIAMI (105-4921) (P)

SEGAET

DECLASSIFIED BY 56l8 520/KSR

"MINUTEMENON 4 - 22-97

Ittee in 105-12630

INFORMATION CONCERNING/U

(P.D. 6am

OR COMTSENEERNAL SECURITY).

Classifiet B

ASSIFIED

Declassify on: DAD: J

SHOW ReButel 11/4/64 and Miami tel to Bureau 11/7/64.

Enclosed are 13 copies of a letterhead memorandum

11 dated and captioned as above..

An extra copy is being pro-

vided to

the Bureaufor Secret Service, Washington, D. C.

Copies are being disseminated locally to CIA, U.

S. Secret

Service, ONI, G-2, OSI, Office of Cuban Affairs, State

Department,

and INS.

CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO

MM T-1 is

CIA, Miami,

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MM T-2 is

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ANY THIS DOGLASS E

For

the

intormation of

the Bureau and Oklahoma

City, the following is submitted.

( 478-9-30-977

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On November 2, 5 and 6, 1964, MM 635-S, winc

has

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been a long-time friend

of both MARCOS and PEDRO

RIGINAL

• DIAR LANZ,

brothers, both

, exiled in the United States, reported that

CORK

EFRAIN LORENZO, CABRERA,

a Venezuelan employee of Ransa Air-

lines.,

who resides in Miamif had requested

MM 635-S to place

him in touch with some arms dealer who could supply sone

supporters of former Venezuelan President PEREZ JIMENEZ with

weapons..

Consequently, on

Gatober 29, 1964, MH 635-2 IntrO-

duced CABRERA to MARCOS DIAZ LANZ, who had previously dis-

closed to MM 635-S that

could supply weapons from outside

citeral.

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MM 105-4921

CONFIDENTIAL

SECRÉT

of the Miami area:

When MM 635-S introduced CABRERA to

DIAZ LANZ, the latter told CABRERA that his name was

GARCIA. The CIA source knew DIAZ LANZ aS PEDRO GARCIA IS) (U)

CIA, in its memorandum of 11/4/64, stated that CIA had

able to identify GARCIA as MARCOS JOSE DIAZ LANZ.

DIAZ, in the presence of MM 635-S, told CABRERA:

he could supply weapons and CABRERA expressed interest in

making a sizeable purchase, indicating that he wanted to

furnish them to some political followers of former

Venezuelan President PEREZ JIMENEZ, who is now in prison

in Venezuela.

Informant said that during this meeting,

DIAZ expressed the opinion that if "LEJ" became President,

the United States would go communist and he remarked that

there existed some secret organizations, such as the

"Minutemen," who would fight to the end

and that in his

opinion, there could be a military coup.

some place, not in Florida, where the "Minutemen" are

sa, were t

DIAZ mentioned

reportedly organized. At no time, however, did DIAZ state

that he is a member of the "Minutemen" or that

he had sold

arms to them.

Also, DIAZ did not say that the "Minutemen"

plan an armed insurrection against the United States Govern-

ment. He claimed,

however,

that his brother, PEDRO, had

some connections with groups of this sort but did not

specifically mention the "Minutemen."

Aise, he did not

claim the existence of any "Minutemen" military camps in

Florida.

know what, if anything, transpifed during these meeting

(U)on November 3, 1964, [ur. JOE VIDAL, CIA liais

Miami,

telephonically inquired concerning background infor-

mation on MM 635-S, under his true name, and requested

identity of the Cuban who had been arrested with him in

the mid-1950's.

Since it was known that MARCOS DIAZ LANZIL)

been arrested with informant during that pe:

was furnished with the name of/ MARCOS DIAZ LANZE

ground information on informant,

without disclosing his

relationship with this office.

It therefore appear

CIA's source is undoubtedly EFRAIN LORENZO CABREZ/

known to this office but not

regarded as being conplete.y

reliable.

He has been contacted concerning

FAiN activ.

in Venezuela.

[te is a former chauffeur and bodyguard

PEREZ JIMENEZ When the latter was exiled in Miami

SONFIDENTIAL

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NM 105-4921

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SECRET

to Bureau instructions.

DUBOIS felt that interview of their

source by the FBI at this time would

compromise that source

relative to another facet of importance to CIA, Miant. le

indicated that this additional

related to an arms

transaction involving Venezuela

" Mis office did not insist

viduals were present

during the first conference between

by the FBI based upon the newspaper article mentioned in the

enclosed letterhead memorandum would not jeopardize CIA

source

memorandum is classified "Secret" because it

contains information which was so classified byft.

• LEAD -

((u)

OKLAHOMA CITY

AT TULSA, OKLAHOMA

Will locate and interview PEDRO LUIS DIAZ LANZ,

5437 North Johnstown Avenue, who is now a full-time lecturer

for the Christian Crusade,

concerning any knowledge he may

possess relative to the "Minutemen" and any preparations of

that organization for an armed insurrection in the event of

President JOHNSON's election; also, concerning the existence

of any military training camps

group in florida or elevacre. nizationa of that

It is to be noted that

PEDRO LUIS DIAZ LANZ has

been the subject of investigation by the Miami Office since

1959 relative to his anti-CASTRO revolutionary activities.

He has also cooperated with this office on many occasions

and is personally known to SA GEORGE E. DAVIS, JR.,

, MAo, 25 this

who

interviewed his brother, MARCOS, in this matter.

Miami

informant has reported in the past that PEDRO DIAZ has

attended some meetings of the John Birch Society in thell),

3:-

SECRET

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