File # 105-14883
Originator: FBI
Document date: 01/11/1968
Document type: Paper

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Released under the John F.

Kennedy Assassination

Records Collection Act of

1992 (44 USC 2107 Note).

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AGENCY FILE NUMBER : AB632604W - PAGES 67-72

DOCUMENT

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ORIGINATOR : FBI

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TITLE : FILE NUMBER 105-14883

DATE : 01/11/68

PAGES : 6

SUBJECTS : ROMERODELGADO, EPIFANIO

EPIFANIO ROMERO DELGADO

REGISTRATION ACT - CUBA

MANUEL ARTIME

RAMON FONT

FELIX PALAEZ

DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION : SECRET

RESTRICTIONS : 1C, 4

CURRENT STATUS : RELEASED WITH DELETIONS

DATE OF LAST REVIEW. : 02/25/98

OPENING CRITERIA: COMPLETION OF REVIEW BY FBI AND USCS FOR RELEASABILITY.

COMMENTS : COORDINATION WITH FBI HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND

DETERMINED TO BE RELEASED IN PART, PER MEMO DTD 26 FEB

98. PG 70 REVIEWED BY USCS AND

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

In Reply, Please Refer 10

File No. 105-14883

Miami, Florida

January 11, 1968

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Re:

TOTAL DENIAL

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EPIFANIO ROMERO DELGADO

INTERNAL SECURITY - CUBA; REGISTRATION

ACT - CUBA

On January 9, 1968, a confidential source, a Cuban

refugee and resident of Miami, Florida, since 1961 who is

well acquainted with the Cuban element in Mlait, furnished

the following information to Special Agents of the Federal

Bureau of Investigation:

The source met EPIFANIO ROMERO DELGADO, alsO known

as "Pichi" ROMERO, another Cuban refugee in Miami, In about

1962 or 1963 and has maintained infrequent contact with him

since that time. ROMERO is from Candelaria, Pinar del Rio

Province, Cuba, and is married to HIldA, ast name unknown,

who still resides in Cuba.

The source described EPIFANIO

as a person of little education who has a strong aversion to

any type of work and constantly smokes cigars and "plays the

big shot". ROMERO is a white male Cuban, age about 33, 5'8$

160 pounds, thick black hair, dark

eyes and round lace. he

drives a 1964 Ford Mustang automobile.

He resides at the

apartment of ADOLFO BORGES GALINDO, 1050 Northwest First Street,

Miami, another Cuban refugee and close friend of ROMERO. / Also

residing in this apartment are the mother and sister of BOrGes.

EPIFANIO ROMERO is not employed at the present time

but was recently employed at a doll factory in Miami. He

is on parole, having been recently released after having served

three months of a fifteen month sentence for Assault Upon a

Federal Officer This Incident occurred in about February, 1967,

when ROMERO was involved with others in a shooting incident

with United States Customs off the Florida coast.

The incident

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trips to Cuba by ROMERO over the past few years. It is the

source's understanding that one of the conditions of ROMERO's

parole is that he not again attempt to travel to Cuba by

boat.

The source had planned a clandestine boat trip to

Cuba In November, 196%, in order to attempt to rescue a

friend of his in hiding in Havana. This friend is JOSE LUIS

FORNELL-JACINTO, also known as "PIQUILI"

• & Cuban refugee who

had been intercepted by the Cubans during a clandestine trip

to Cuba and who has been in hiding since early 196%. The

source was unsuccessful in his attempt to rescue FORNELL.

About the middle of November, 1967, at around 2 AM

in the morning ROMERO came to the home of the source and

advised that he had recently received a letter from Cuba which

was sent by diplomatic pouch to the "Crechoslovakian Embassy

In New York" (source noted he was probably referring to the

Czechoslovakian mission to the United Nations)! This letter

was in answer to a previous letter from ROMERO to the Cuban

government. ROMERO showed the source a typewritten, one page

letter which instructed him to determine and report upon the

activities of the following:

1. MANUEL ARTIME and the Nicaraguan problem.

2. RAMON FONT, who has explosives of Comandos I

(anti CASTRO organization in Miami).

3. FELIX PELAEZ, manager of the foll food store

at corner of Northwest 27th Avenue and 17th Street, Miami.

According to the source the letter also contained

an instruction in the last paragraph to call the writer at a

certain time, time not recalled by the source. The source

said, however, this time was written in military style, for

example 1330, and the source could not recall if a day

date was mentioned. The letter was unsigned, as best as the

source could recall.

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The source stated that EPIFANIO explained that the

letter had been sent to him from a Cuban In New York through

whom he had made contact with the Cuban goverment. He

said he had been instructed by this person to for a clandestine

group of five persons, composed of himself, the source,

ALFREDO BORGES GALINDO, JOSE BENITO CLARK SANCHEZ and JOSE

LUIS FORNELL-JACINTO.

Although the last named individual

is in Cuba he is to be taken into the group upon his return

to Miami. (U)

According to the plan as outlined by ROMERD to the

source, ROMERO would make a trip to Cuba where he would be

furnished certain documents from ranking officials in the

Cuban governent indicating their dissatisfaction with the

Cuban government and a willingness to cooperate with the

United States. With these documents in hand ROMERO would

return to the United States and attempt to interest Central

Intelligence Agency (CIA) in this information. (U)

According to the source ROMERO did not state that

he would attempt to interest CIA in conducting an infiltration

effort into Cuba in which the participants would be arrested,

but only indicated that he would attempt to interest CIA in

the possible defection of some Important Cuban government

officials based on the documents furnished to him for this

purpose. (4)

According to the source ROMERO stated he hoped to

say be the has sod he Shanet operate e

According to the source ROMERO stated he had already

discussed this plan with JOSE BENITO CLARK SANCHEZ and although

he did not mention having talked with ADuLt! BorGes, the source

assumed he had also discussed details of the plan with BORGES

since they are extremely close friends and reside together. (U)

The source stated that ROMERO requested that he take (u)

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him, RoM Re, with source to Cuba on his next trip in order

that he could obtain these documents and initiate this plan.

Although the source agreed to do so, he subsequently left

for Cuba within a few days without ROMERO and returned to

Miami In mid December, 1967. During a later contact with

ROMERO the source explained to him that he had not taken him

The source further advised that in general con

versation with one MANUEL CHAMISO, 435 Southwest 4th Street,

Miami, supervisor at the doll factory where ROMERO recently

worked, he had determined that ROMERO had made two trips to

New York City in November and December, 1967. According to

CHAMISO, ROMERO had said he was making these trips in an

effort to obtain a boat

, to travel to Cuba.

The source stated he was of the opinion that ROMERO

holds no loyalty to the Cuban governent and is not a Communist,

but is strictly an opportunist who would do anything for

money.

On January 8, 1967, STEPHEN CSUKAS, Enforcement Agent,

United States Customs Service, Miami, advised that EPIFANIO

ROMERO DELGADO was involved in a shooting incident with the

United States Customs near Key Biscayne, Florida, on February

23, 1967, Involving two boats with identification numbers

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FD 3340F

and FL 1462AE. According to SUKAS, ROMERO was sub-

sequently found guilty in United States District Court,

Miami, for Assault Upon A Federal Officer and on May 5, 1967,.

was sentanced to fifteen months in prison. He was subsequently

released

on parole after having served three months of this

sentence.

CSUKAS advised that a source close to ROMERO had

stated on January 7, 1967, that ROMERO had been In telephonic

contact in December, 1967, with someone at New York City, tele-

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phone number 795-6287. CSUKAS stated his source was not

aware of the identity of this individual in New York.

This document contains neither recommendations nor

conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and

is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be

distributed outside your agency.

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FD-323 (Rev. 11-29-61)

In Reply, Please Refer to

File No.

105-14883

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Miami, Florida

January 11, 1968

Title

EPIFANIO ROMERO DELGADO

Character

INTERNAL SECURITY - CUBA;

REGISTRATION ACT - CUBA

Reference Memorandum dated and captioned as

above

at Miami, Florida

All sources (except any listed below) whose identities

are concealed in referenced communication have furnished reliable

information in the past.

The confidential source mentioned in this memorandum

has furnished insufficient information to determine his

reblability.

He is a Cuban refugee who has resided in Miami

since 1961*

and is well acquainted with the Cuban element in

Miami.

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This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusiong of the FBI. It is the property

of the FBl and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside

un's agency,

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