Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: HQ
To: MM
Document date: 11/20/1959
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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

DATE: 11-14-2017

JFK Assassination System

Date:

Identification Form

6/10/201

Agency Information

AGENCY:

RECORD NUMBER :

FBI

124-90130-10082

RECORD SERIES:

HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: CR 109-584-535

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM:

HQ

TO:

MM

TITLE :

DATE: 11/20/1959

PAGES:

2

SUBJECTS :

ANTI-FIDEL CASTRO ACTIVITIES

FRANCISCO RODRIGUEZ TAMAYO

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Secret

RESTRICTIONS : 4

CURRENT STATUS : Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 09/21/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

MEMO

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Released under the John 1. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992-(14 USC 2107. Hote)

DATE: 11-14-2017

ASSOREZ,

Secreti

NE:

ANTI-FIDEL CASTRO ACTIVITIES

1 - Belmont

7 = Nasca

November 20, 1959

130.52

Classied by

Declassify on: OADR

16CL -4/28795

15668-510

Reference is made to your communication dated

October 5, 1959, your number s/9533, captioned "Cuban

Revolutionary Activities, " with enclosure.

IRe enclosure

captioned "Anti-Castro Activities in Florido."S

Lin the cover letter to the referenced conmunication

interviewed, Pedraza although we are cognizant of his activities

and the face that he

is the leader of the anti-lastro forces

in the Dominican Republic.

You indleated in paragraph 2 of the enclosure tnot

General fedroza was in Miami on August 28, 1959 S)For vour

Information we have no indication that Pedraaa was in the

United states or that any such meeting as

indicated was held

for the purpose of achieving unity.

With reference to the statement in paragraph 3 of

enclosure that Fedraza was elected head of the joint

anti-Castro organization und future provisional president

of cubansit is noted that the majority of anti-Castro leaders

state that Pedraze is the military leader of the

anti-Castro movement and that Emilio Munez Portuondo, former

Cuban Anbassador to the United Nations, is the political leader

of the movement and considered the future provistonal president

of Cuba.

with reference to the statement in paragraph 5 of

the enclosure Eo the effect that rancisco Rodrigues Couceire

organtzation hat

the support of do So senators and that his

organizacion

was unwilling to

work with Orlando Piedra and

others set

is noted thet Rodriques Couceiro has edvised that

he họs contacted u

Do has contacted it over mento relate i one ton.

He has also indicated that his organization would not unite

with other anti Castro organizations and more specifically

not with Pledro, Esteban Ventura and lasferrer.

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

DATE:

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SECRET

Secret

weth reference to.

the statement in paragraph o

of the enclosure that Rodriguez Couceiro Indicated that his

organization already had some armored cars and about 15

fighter planes,

it to noted that a former official of the

Crusuade of Revolutionartes Against Communism (ChAt),

ance-castro organizacion, has advised that it needs $15,000

advised that ORAC had purchased machine guns from israel

that they were stored in a warehouse in New York Oitu(S)

An informant who has furnished reliable information in the

past and who te in touch with Rodrigues Coucetro stated it

was very doubtful that Rodrigue? Coucetro had any biones or

armoreo cars in or outside of the United States inasmuch as

CRAC was seriously lacking in financial boching,

With reterence to the information in paragraph y

of the enclosurelthat a meeting took place in a house on.

13th Avenue, MiamI Sit is noted that Rodriguea Coucetro

resides at 1325 Southwest 13th Avenue, litami.

with reterence to the information in paragraph 8

of the enclosurelto the effet that an anti-Castro organization

ouns a 120-loot patrol boat based in Miami and trinemits

anti-Castro broadcasts to Cuba sit is noted that Ion January I,

1959, a Batiate exile arrived in Liomi with Rolando Masferrer

aboard a 63-foot converted air-sea rescue vessel named

P010 Kun II.

The Batista exile later sold this vessel to

a representative of CRAC who renamed the vessel Aladino. **

CRAC tried to broadcast propagando to Cuba with radio equipment

on this vessel but had technical difficulty.

The broadeasts

were unsuccessful and further efforts were discontinued.

The above is for your information.

NOTE:

Stott furnished lengthy report on anti-Castro

activitles. We furnished report to Miami. Miami submitted

its comments on highlights of data which we are furnishing

Stotts Classified "Secrst" since memo contains data

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