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[16]Gepytee 1 ~ INS, Mianl, Florida (All 877 123) (RM)
[17]Ree oh | EUGENE L, PAYNE” Omen Miamt, Florida
[18]. ye DECZG age
[20]Pleld Olfice Pile. oo 105-6466 : ‘Deroy File ss
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[23], Tie Oo) FELIPE VIDAL SANTIAGO ——- 22! o7e 8
[25]an Be So DO
[26]i INTERNAL SECURITY - CUBA ree
[27]ii.) Subject, a Cuban refugee, entered tha U.S. on 8/9/60;. 0.
[28]i. i | £xom' Colombia, Subject defected from the (CASTRO governs. ¢
[29]a ment while employed as Cuban Naval Attache tn Caracas,
[31]Venozuela, Subject {6 a former graduate of tha’ Cuban
[33]Rol. Naval Acadomy and in exile has bean involved in contidersble ;
[34]wpe anti-CASTRO, clandestine activity against Cuba. Subject
[35]_ has affiliatod with various anti-CaASTRO organizations in...
[37]sho Miami, Fla., area and fn 11/62, was reported to.ba
[38]associated with an individual having contacts with a
[40]Guatemala government official, ro _
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[43]7 DETAILS:
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[55]‘ Investigation in this matter was besed upon ;
[56]inforwation from MM T-1, another government epancy which
[57]conducta security and intelligenca-typa invastigations,
[58]who advised on August &, 1962, that information had bean
[59]received from a sub-sourca of unknow reliability, who
[60]advised ao follows: —_ , :
[62]SECRET
[63]. Group 1 ke .
[64]Excluded from automatic | i -
[65]downgcading and declasaification .
[66]Thie document dontaine selthet reaomaendations Kar ceaclustona of the Fi. it to ibe property tthe PDL and Ve beaned to,
[67]Yout agency) it aad jie Jodienta Gre nol lo be dietrizuiod Gulakio your agescy. .
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[78]. FELIPE. DAL, 2293 N. W. 7th Strac~ Micat,
[80]_ Flor rida, an individual who. forcerly held a.rc.poasible .
[82]: position dn the Cuban Navy, had accorpanied an individual
[83]identified as JACK.CANNON, a United States citizen,-.on an--
[84]antL-CASTRO clandestine trip to Cuba between October: 18
[86]end. 23, 1961, in which they were purportedly transporting
[87]$80,000.00 worth of o-as.
[89]The boat operated by CANNON,
[90]who also uses the nero CACK SHEA, aad the sudject waa sunk
[91]‘along tho North Coast of Cuba and the arms wero lost.
[93]Although CANNON was allegedly engaged in anti- —
[94]CASTRO activities, if T-1's sub-souzce pointed out that = |
[95]aftor doaling-with him in buainoss end learning about ei
[96]. background, he. suspectad that CANNOH. was actually involve
[98]BACKGROUND
[100]"~ Residence oe | a
[102]Accord! tng to the records of. tegration and-
[104]Naturalization: Service (INS), Micni, F |). as wade:
[105]available on December 6, 1962, by CHARLES CHALLANDES,.
[107]Investigator, subject régides at 2293. We We 7th Serect, .
[108]Miemi, Florida, —
[110]B. Birth Data and Alien Status
[112]on Juna 14, 1961, INS, Miant,; ‘Plorida, made
[113]available to the Miami Office information relating to
[115]em terete mes i eee wee
[117]political refugocs. entezing the United ‘States since
[118]January 1, 1959. Included in this List was FELIPE VIDAL
[119]SANTIAGO, born Fobruary 3, 1926, at Havana, Cuba,
[121]On December 6, 1962, Inveetl gator CHALLANDES,
[122]mentioned above, made available their file Number All 877 123
[123]xealating to tho subject, which contained the following infor-
[126]VIDAL axrived in the United Steces on Avgust 9,
[127]1960, from Bogota, Colorbia, and applied for a B-2 visa
[128]y ‘Lur four months to visit his refugee wife, ie pointed out .
[129]he was a Lieutenant. in the Cuban Navy fren 1944 to 1956, |
[130]"In 1958 ho effilfated himself with. PIDEL CASTRO and after
[131]January 1, 1959, he was appointed Chicé of the Maritime
[132]Police by. the CASTRO government. On Octcher 16, 1959, he.
[133]wes appointed Naval Atteshe at Caracas, Venezuela, Ha
[134]defected on Maxch 7, 1960,. in Caracas because of the communist
[135]infiltration of the Cuben government,
[137]- Oa April 8, 1961, VIDAL applied for political
[138]AAV ema DAL tndd Leated that in the United States he would
[139]———yeaide at 708 N.'W. 23rd Street, Miemt, Florida, and had .
[140]‘ in his possession a document identifying himself as the con
[141]ordinator of the anti-CASTRO organization Movimiento de — - ot
[142]Liberacfon Democratico Revolucionario,
[144]Ca August 10, 1960, INS obtained a sworn signed
[145]statement from VIDAL in which he stated he was discharged
[146]from the Cuban Navy under the gcvernment of FULGENCIO BATISTA
[147]because of his opposition to BATISTA,
[149]- 3 -
[151]14-0000
[153]nr so we oo.
[154]toes . VIDAL ~sdicated he never joined th= July 26th
[155]: rev “uttonary eg—ettin of FISEL CASTRO, b. was
[156]In Gctobor,
[158]affiliated with all groups cf the revolution, .
[159]1957, VIDAL was co-crdinater of the Crganfzceton Aceion
[160]Resistencia (The Clandestine Resistenca Action Organization).
[161]He nointed out that ia Havana, Cuba, he participated in
[162]disucmination of propaganca, Sadotase organized strikes,
[164]and meetings in jails, all on bebalf of the CASTRO
[165]revolution, ;
[167]: . _ VIDAL pointéd out that in 1953 a pact was formed
[168]to in Caracas naming MANUEL URSUTIA as President of the now
[170]: government, but Chet CASTRO later usuzped the presidency.
[171]_ Aftez URRUTIA was overthrow, VIDAL bocama disonchanted and
[172]1 began. to. cooperate with. cnti-CASTRO organizaticns. Ha So 4
[173]: asked. for foreign duty, and aiter noting. continued CASTRO |
[174]activitids againstthe governcent of RCMULO BETANCOURT
[176]i _ and the movement of Russian agents to Cubs, he zemoved his-
[177]. ‘family from Cuba, want to Colccdia, and defected. Pe
[183]a VIDAL emphasized that he had never been @
[184]‘member, of the Communist Party in Cuba. | 7
[186]: On October $,. 1962, MM T-2, a Cuban refugee om
[187]familiar with certafa phasés of anti-CASTRO activity ini ot ‘
[188]the Miamf area and who kas Limited J=fvznittoa regarding ==
[189]communist activities incuba, advised that captioned subject
[190]was personally kncwn to kim in Cubs, where he had the repu-
[192]‘tation of being an opportunist and extremely fond of drinking
[193]and cazousing. ‘He was a Captain in CASTRO"s Navy in
[195]i 7 Cienfuegos, Cuba.
[197]SIRAARY OF “AC TIVITIES 2° oDe
[199]Dees : LIVGITIES SINCE DEPECT ON
[201]FROM CASTRO REGIME ice : es
[202]: EGIME
[204]The December 7, 1960, 2ssua of 1 =
[205]carrier eomnish languaga néewsdavras med lished in Nan vo k
[206]I: Front dn Whont We aaee nee ty eo eee High United Cuban me
[207]; a s  aais article seated thar + i
[208]by moa ore poration in the City of Mtent was amend,
[210]We DAL SANTT NCO ¢ Sroup, which ine luca Commander FELIPE
[211]Libewatie ee the Movement of Bemocretic Revoluti
[212]Lon, Gg others, : ; menonary
[214]i
[216]1 .
[218]{ >: , On February 20, 1961) any = :
[220]: «with certain cuban activity in'ene watt eee Fentliar
[221]i SANTIAGO VIDAL and another indiveduet © area, advised
[223]i §roup ara purchasing radio equipsent. of an anti-CasTR
[227]On April 4, 1961. gantos par :
[228]i President of Cuba, sdvieed eo OS PRzO SCCARRAS, former aa
[229]ouned by FELIPE VIDAL SANTIAGO, concen Gre bt that a boat
[231]to Caracas, Venezuela, had bees Resse reese Naval Attache
[233]I pupae he boat had been sone agoroxinaraly con sqeo ee of
[235]; trip waste repented. PRIO advised tha rurpose fe and
[237]i Ldentified ae eo ee OF Cuda a close friend of PRIO,
[239]i Sa ried as JULIO GARCERAN, forner neetst. 210, x
[240]Sonne court Of Cuba. CARCERAN was to ba pare of the “a
[241]ouch Florida area tn VIDAL's boat sought to the
[243]The July 4, 1962, is :
[244]- > 25S8ué ci the "Dtsev? a Ame
[245]ne ipa langucge newspeper pedlished tn pared las Anezicas,"
[246]; eotitled, "United Front for National Livesacene ;
[247]a iberation,
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[253]t
[254]i
[255]i
[258]| would-tn all probability be incl
[260]- -ating fn effect that the Constitution of 1940 would be -. ;
[261]restored by the berating army and unify © 1 the Cuban . .
[263]anti-comounfst rorcoa. Tha article bore the signature of :
[264]Cocusander FELIPE VIDAL SANTIAGO on behalf of the "Dowocratta
[265]Recovery of Cuba." oo : OS
[267]The April 27, 1962, tasue of the "Miaal Herald,”
[268]. 4& dafly newapapor published {n Miami, carrfed an article |
[269]‘pertaining to the training of exiles in Che Miami aroa, : .
[270]“Subject, on behalf of tho United Liberation Front, was — '
[271]_listed_asona of the participants in chia training, | — Lot
[273]On May 25, 1962, MM T-1 advised that subject ~
[274]d {lit ‘included in the aflitary
[275]le maission of ‘anti-CASTRO Cuban exiles which was boing
[276]|; @&ganized by Central American countries to cooperate in.
[278]action against the CASTRO governnent,.
[280]t: 8, 1962, MM T-1, as previously indicated, | |: :*. we
[281]K CANNON, who claims he 48 engéged in enti-|"|
[282]and has made 43 clandestine trips to Cuba) |: - a,
[283]ps, transporting arma and documents. and ex- .
[284]advised. his ship was amk somewhera alo
[285]he Worth C £ Cuba, but was able to save -himse
[286]sciall plastic boat with an outboard motor which was on -
[287]board, and arrived in.Cay Sals. He reportedly was ac: fo
[288]companted on the trip by FELIPE VIDAL, 2293 N.W. 7th - [://
[289]Street, Miami, ‘Florida, who formerly held a responsible
[290]position in the Cuben Navy during the CASTRO. regime, On.
[291]this trip, CANNOW caid they were transporting $80,000.00
[292]worth of arms. and these were xeportedly lost when the boat:
[294]; According to the source of MM T-1, JACK CANNON, : 7
[295]who “s a United States citizen and former CASTRO guerrilla~ SG
[297]Iman, ie suspected of working for the Cuben government. Ha
[298]resides at.2020 H. E, 135th Street, North Miant, Florida,
[299]Where he and his Cuban wife, MARIA SUAREZ, ate tenants,
[300]The cource of MM T-1 advised he had had some business
[301]relations with CANNON and upon: obtafhing some information
[302]about him, strongly suspects he is LZnvolved in sowe clandes-
[303]tine mission for the CASTRO regine, with ramifications of
[304]eriminal offenses in Miami, He étated he suspects CANNON
[305]is the seme man who was known in Cuba by the nase of DUVAL
[306]nd who was MORGAN's adjutant during the executions per- |
[308]forned in’ Cuba. . by je paast
[309]_ - .. 5 fale
[310]MM T-1 advised ‘that on August 27, 1962, FRANK t ,
[312]~FIORINZ, “an individual active in anti-CASTRO activity, had ]-
[313]indicated that he had participated in discussions for tha
[314]previous three days with the subject and other meabers
[315]connected with. the JULIO GARCERAN group. PIORINT had.
[316]discussed participation in activity relating to the pro- ;
[317]¢urement of crews for a number of 3-26 planes, and it was
[318]decided thet. candidates. for these crewa were not to be
[319]members of the anti-CASTRO Cuban Revolutionary Council.
[321]| According to MM T-1, the pilots recruited were to
[322]be sent to unnamed Central American bases and targets were
[323]to be Guantanamo Naval Base and the City of Santiago de
[324]Cuba, or some target in that general vicinlty. No specific
[325]dete was set for this operation, but FIORINI was given the
[326]dite of August 31, 1962, as a tima lift to-find crews.
[327]FLORINI stated he had offered his sarvices to VIDAL, but.
[328]was-told ha could not participate, £..,: .
[333]14-0000
[335]= SF ocecher 22, 1962, MM T-4, who b- 8 been in-
[337]. Volved tn Cuban volut {onary activities fo. che past
[338]aor five years, advised that the subject was planning to
[339]depart that dato for Cuba on a military mission, Ac-
[340]cording to tM T-4, VIDAL was accompanied by the Anerfean
[341]adventurer ROY HARGRAVES, ' VIDAL allegedly has 15 men
[342]in his group and recently viattead New York.
[344]Poe On November 19, 1962, -H Th advised that VIDAL's
[345]oh friend, ROY HARGRAVES, ig a friend of JOUN BONILLA, Consul
[346]per General, of Guatemala, and that poth are mutual “‘Ertends of
[348]“yo a 4. ‘aguan revolutiontse, This Nicaraguan recently |
[350]epee a wee 4de .
[352]“On. October 29, 1962, wr 44-4 advised that the
[353]Subject was Lanning a pisaton ‘0 Mba. . ib
[354]‘recently. get . 6
[355]_ been a
[357]' Ld ; ’ st, his boat wag.
[358]fall: an gunboat, and that. ‘when they were ten
[359]flea. “off ‘tha. Pagar, another gunbo, a
[361]survelllance, -A
[363]- turned to Miswot. . ha
[364]using ¢ herrowed bot and the purpose ~
[368]u& Ha was re
[369]of tha misaton waa tq drop an ageng dn ¢ the Matanzas Provirice
[370]of Gubee : 7
[372]On Novesber ‘ts, 1962, YM T-4 advised that approxi-
[373]mately threa weeka previously the subject h had departed from
[375]n 4 so eee . . i
[376].
[378]Vaca Key, Marathon, Florida, jn 4 private boat on a ertp
[380]aan ts Cubéy
[381]a * PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
[382]. 1 . ,
[383]| ; . _ ,' The following $9 § physical description of the
[384]toy subjects. . ee
[385]i Name SU ).) PELEPE VIDAL SANTIAGO
[386]qf ‘ Alfaa a Felipe Vidal
[387]qf ' Race ff White
[388]: Sex jf - Male
[389]i! Pata of Birth, (f! . February 3, 1926
[390]ae Placa of Birth/ . : Havana, Cuba ;
[391]Addrasa oo 2293 N. W, 7th Street
[392]Hi oe Milani, Florida
[393]Hoot .* Hefght nh _
[394]ti : Build co." Slender om
[395]oy Hair “ole: Brown, receding
[396]! . Peculiarities '°-°-- |. Wears mustache
[397]; H ’ Gecupation, (try...) Cuban Naval: Offteer
[398]oe ‘Marital Stepug °) Married _ _
[399]i Wife oy dat RAQUEL GONZALEZ FEAL ca
[400]: Father eo ts * HONORATO VIDAL MADRAZO’
[401]of Mother CO “MARIA DEL CARMEN SANTIAGO
[402]> | ' ALVAREZ
[403]a! Fingorprint "°° Ps
[404]if Classification 19 17) WO MITE OIE
[405]i_i s 1 .u co
[406]Cuban Passport No. . 01432
[408]‘ Alien Number be: ALL 877 §23 Se