Juan Orta

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
W ashlne,ton, O.C. 20520
August 7, 1979
Mr. A.J.Weberman
Independent Research Associates
6 Bleecker Street
New York, NY 10012
Re: FOI 7900317
Dear Mr. Weberman:
In response to your Freedom of Information request to the

Federal Bureau of Investigation, three State Department
documents were located concerning Juan A. Orta. These
documents have been referred to our office for review.
Appropriate Department officials have no objection to the

declassification and release of this material in full.
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NSC JUAN ORTA, fORMER PRJVATE SECRETARY TO FIDEL CASTRO, ARRIVED
INR MEXICO CITY YESTERDAY AS POLTTfCAL ASYLEE. ORTA HAD SPENT
CIA OVER THREE YEARS IN ASYLUr-f r N LAT r N ·AMER ICAN tMBASS JES !!f ·.
NSA HAVANA, · flRST IN THE VENEtUELAN MISSION AND LATER IN. MEXICAN Mrs-
DOD SION AfTER VENEtUELA BROKE WITH CUBA·
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AFTERNOON PAPERS REfORT HJS PRESENCE HERE AMID SPECULATJON
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was one of a serles of desertions of high officials in the
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st-i.ted tb.a.t the fri~nds of ORTA, described as one of the
, origi.n.al c~llaborators of CASTRO, said he had be~ome dis-
illu~ioned with the pro-Communist policies of his old idol.
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ORTA was the first President serving on a_ pro-
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New York, New _Jork 10012
Dear Mr~ ,, , Weberman:
Reference is made to your Freedom of Information-

Pr ivacy Acts (FOIPA) request regarding Juan A. Orta, FOIPA
number 59,998 and our letter dated May 24, 1979.
In referenced letter, you were advised that documents

were located which contained. information originating with
the Department of State and the Central Intelligence Agency
and that these documents were referred to those agencies
for review.
Upon completion of review, the Department of State

has determined that information originating with them may
be released to you without excisions.
The Central Intelligence Agency's review has

determined that portions of these documents should be withheld
in order to protect material which is exempt from disclosure
pursuant to Title 5, United States code, Section 552, sub-
section (b) (1), which exempts from release material properly
and currently classified pursuant to Executive Order 12356
and subsection (b) (3), information specifically exempted
from disclosure by statute.
Please note that this Bureau has also deleted
information from several of these documents pursuant to
exemption (b) (1). Additionally, two documents contain deletions
pursuant to exemption "(b) (7) (C); information the disclosure
of which would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal
privacy.
For your information, twenty-one pages of documents
were referred to the above agencies for review. Accordingly,
duplication costs of $2.10 have been deducted from your fund
maintained at this Bureau.
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denial contained herein. Appeals should be directed .1. • .
writing to the Assistant Attorney General, Office of Lega~
Policy (Attention: Office of Information and Privacy),
United States Department of Justice, Washington, D. c.
20530, within thirty days from receipt of this letter. The
envelope and the letter should be clearly marked "Freedom
of Information Appeal" or "Information Appeal.• Please
cite the FOIPA number assigned to your request so that it
may be easily identified.
Sincerely yours,
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Freedom of Information-
Pri-vacy Acts Section
Records Management Division
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
W AS HI N GTON . O .C . 2 0 5 0 5
17 JAN 1983
Mr . Allan J . Weberman
c/o Independent Research Associates
6 Bleecker Street
New York City , NY 10012
Dear Mr. Weberman :
In the course of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's

search of its records in response to your Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA) request concerning Juan A. Orta , five
CIA originated documents pertaining to your request were
located and referred to this Agency for review .
After a t ho r ough review of the referred doc uments , we have
made the following determinations: enclosed , Tab A, is one
document, a memorandum dated 3 August 1961 , which is be i ng
released to you in its entirety .
Listed below are four documents wh i ch must be denied to
you in their entirety under the exemption provision of FOIA
cited beside each document . An explanation of these exemptions
is enclosed at Tab B.
Document Exem2tion
2. Memorandum, 16 July 1962 . (b)(l) , (b)(3)
3. Repo r t , 13 May 1963 . (b)(l) , (b)(3)
4. Memorandum, 2 November 1964 . (b)( l ), (b) (3)
5. Memorandum , 8 January 1965. (b)(l) , (b)(3)
The denying official for the withhel d information is
Mr . Lou~s J . Dube, Information Review Officer fo r the
Directorate of Operations .
I am advis i ng you of your right to appeal t he above
decisions by addressing your appeal to the CIA Information
Review Committee, in my care . Shou ld you decide to do this,
please set forth the basis of your appeal .
We wish to apologize for the length of time it has taken
us to complete the processing of your request. We have been
inundated, however, by a large number of requests over the past
several years . Under the circumstances, we can only do our best
to apportion our time and efforts in a manner calculated to
satisfy all of our requesters. Thus, we have adopted the
policy of first-received, first-ans we red. Thank you for your
patience and consideration while we were completing the
processing of your reque st .
Sincerely,
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Information and Privacy Coordinator
Enclosures
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WASHINGTON. Z..4. 0.C.
z ~l!li 1951
{J
l Director
Federal Bure1u of Investigation
Attention: Hr. S • .J. Papich
FROM Dep.ity Director (Pl.ans) .r.·~

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l. '.Reference is made to the Bureau's me.'!lorand=, File No O .
97-Ll96, subject as above, dated 15 June 1961, in -which t.'1e l ~
Bu:reau.. requests inforrr.at10rl a'\--a.ilable regardi...""lg the current <:..0
whereabouts of_.)_u~!5:J::S'!'A, _former Secreta...-y to fidel CASTRO; • ~
Marcelo FB.~G·EZ. Font f onner -un.der Secret.a.ry i..'"l tile Cu.ban
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Foreign Mi.'listry; .a,.'ld Marjorie de RIOS, former employee in .'tb. .)
,. Cube.in Foreign Kfo.istry. i .- . '1
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2. Juan CF.TA, a.s of 2.3 June 1,-..,1, vas in asylum in t.b.e • ·· ~'
Ve.<ezuelan Thlbassy in Havana, Cuba. ·'IJ1is o2fice has no info=-')'/
a !:.:.oi:. concerr.i.i:r~s the ?_~es.f-!nt "'hereabouts of Yid..rcelo FERl!A.nT>EZ · '/
Fo:; t a.r..d Y.z..r jorie d.e RIOS~ _ _ . -..
3 ~ Arry i_r-_forrrztion coi:icerni.ng the aboYe inovid:uals which

might cc;;;e to the attention of tt,:i_s office ;.."ill be :fon:a.rded to
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EXPLANATION OF EXEMPTIONS
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT:

(bX 1) applies to material which is properly classified pursuant to a n Executive order in the
interest of national defense or foreig n policy;
(bX2) applies to information which pertains solely to the internal rules and practices of the
Agency;
(bX3) applies to the Director's statutory obligations to protect from disclosure intelligence sources
and methods, as well as the orga ni zation , functions, names, official titles, sa la ries or
numbers of personnel employed by the Agency, in accord with the Nationa l Security Act of
1947 and the CIA Act of 1949, respectively;
(bX4) applies to information such as trade secrets and commercial or financial information
obtained from a person on a privileged or confidential bas is;
(bX5) applies to inter- and intra-agency memoranda which are advisory in nature;
(bX6) applies to information release of which would constitute an unwarranted invasion of the
personal privacy of other individuals; and
(bX7) applies to investigatory records, release of which could (C) constitute an unwarranted
invasion of the personal privacy of others, (D) d isclose the identity of a confidential source,
(E) disclose investigative techniques and procedures, or (F) enda nger the life or physical
safety of law enforcement personnel.
PRIVACY ACT:
(b) applies to information concerning other individuals which may not be released without
their written consent;
OX I) applies to polygraph records; documents or segrega ble portions of documents, release of

which would disclose intelligence sources and methods, including names of certain Agency
employees and organizational components; and, docu ments or information provided by
foreign governments;
(kXI) applies to information and material properly classified pursuant to an Executive order in
the interest of national defense or foreign policy;
(kX5) applies to investigatory material compiled solely for the purpose of determining suitability,
eligibility, or qualifications for Federal civilian employment, or access to classified
information, release of which would disclose a confidentia l source; and
(k)(6) testing or examination material used to determine individua l qualifications for appoin tment
or promotion in Federal Government service the release of which would compromise the
testing or examination process.
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OFFICE OF THE ASSOCIATE ATIORNEY GENERAL
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20530
Mr. Alan Jules Weberman

Ind ependent Research Associates
6 Bleecker Street
New York, New York 1001 2 Re: Appeal No . 9 -1 257
Dear Mr. Weberman:
You appea l ed from the action of the Federal Bureau of

I nvestigation on your request for access to records pertain-
ing to Juan Orta .
As a result of discuss i ons between Bureau personnel and

members of my staff, a supplemental re lease of nine pages is
enclosed. After careful consideration of your appeal, I have
otherwise decided to affirm the action in this case. Mr . Orta
is the subject of two Bureau main fi l es -- Internal Security -
Cuba and Neutrality Matters -- and is a lluded to b r iefly in
two files , the subjects of which are other individuals or
organizations . In these l atter instances, the Bureau
processed on l y thos e portions of the files which pertain to
him . Many of the withheld materia l s are c lassified and I
am affirming the deni al of access to them on the basis of
5 U.S . C. 552(b) (1). These materials have been referred to the
Department Review Committee for review and determination
whether they warrant continue d classification under Executive
Order 12065. You wi ll be notified if the Committee's final
d ecis ion results in the declassification of any information .
Other mate rials were properly withheld from you pursuant to
5 U. S.C . 552(b) (7) (C) and (7) (D). These provisions pertain to
investigatory records compiled for law enforcement purposes ,
the release of which would , r es p ectively, constitute an unwar-
ranted invasion of the personal privacy of third parties, in
some instances by r e vealing an investigative interest in them
on the part of the F . B.I ., and disclose the identities of
confidential sources . Names of government personnel were
among the items excised on the basis of 5 U. S . C. 552(b) (7) (C).
None of the materia l being withheld is appropriate for
discretionary re l ease .
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Judicial review of my action on this appeal is available

to you in the United States District Court for the judicial
district in which you reside or have your principal place of
business, or in the District of Columbia, which is also where
the records you seek are located.
Sincerely,
John H. Shenefield
Acting Associate Attorney General
Enclosures
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UNu.'ED STATES DEPARTMENT OF J~STICE

In RqJly, Please Reju lo

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COHf :.11-t. tJi'JfOU.rl"OZf oon>.U&

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Immigration and Naturalization Service, Miami, P~j'~
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SOCARRAS and eight o\;her,ind11j.1~~~ who were ind,lct;ed with
PRIO by a Federal -Grand Jury,-.i t4k City, on February 13, ,·
1958, for violation of Sections 0 and 371, Title 18, ·
United States Code:
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The I'ecember 2, ) 957, issne of the "Berg<.n

Evening Re coed," i{ackensc.c~{, · NE'W Jerf'ey, carried an
a,t>ticle on pap;c. or1e ent.~ tled, "Cc.se Expar.ded by
· Suicide T:ry. " T'.\is 2.rtic.l. e s ',a tc:d t!1a t \·/ILLIJIJ1
/WINGFIELD, aP,;e 3LJ, unsuccessf\'lly ai:tempi:ed suicide
I on November 29, 1957, in his .~ail cell in pol.Lee
:ieadquarters, Fort Lee, New J,;rsey, whe1·e he was
beins; held on the charge of carry:Lng a conc2aled
weapon, a .38 caliber revolver. Thie article stated
that WINGFIELD, some time between 8:Li-S p.m., and
9:25 p.m .. on November 29, 1957, took a double-
edged razor blade from a hiding place between
layers of' the sole o.f his shoe and slit open an
artery ln his le.ft arm just below the el bow.
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According to this article, wINGFIELD told

Chief of Police THEODORE E. GRIECO, Fort Lee, New
Jersey Police Department, that he did not want to
be free. WlNGFIELD was discovered lying in a pool
of blood in his cell block at 9:~5 p.n., by ~ergeant
ARTHtr.l DALTON and . Pat~"'olman JOSEPH ZEVITS.
WINGFIELD was then rushed in an ambulance
for emergency treatme:it to a nearby hospital, the
Bergen Pines County Ho~pital.
This news article quoted Police Chief
GRIECO as st:>ting that whe11 WINGFIELD was interviewed
by the Fort Lee Police Department on the afternoon
of November 29, 1957, \JINGFIELD periodically told
the police,"Ycu are looking at a corpse." His
remarks, according to the news article, were ·I
attributed to £ear of attacl< by others because of

hie refusal to post bail and because of another
remark made ':Jy WINGFIELD wherein he said "I'm
no good on the outside."
Thia news article stated that WINGFIELD , ·
if his condition permitted, wculd appear in Municipal
court on JJecP.mber 5, 1957, to face ~he charges of
the Fort Lee, New Jers:?y Police Department. An
additional charge of att~mptecl suicide had
been added to the original charge against WINGFIELD.
This article also stated t11at \·JINGFIELD was also
awaiting hearings on the Hoboken, New Jersey
· forgery charges and also on felonious assault
charge·s brought against him in New York City, on
June 28, 1957.
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This news article further stated that

\o/INGFIELD was und-=r .subpoena to aµpear before the
Federal Grand J~ry in i"Iiami, Florida, to testif~r
concernin:; nppos:t_tion to tl'.e pres~nt Cuban regime
by persons of' his •ac.quaJ.ntance.
The J3.nuary 19, 19S8, issue of "El

Diar'lo de N1l':o.va Yoric,;; a .Spanish J anguage newsp'l.per·
published daily in New York City, carried an article
on page five entitled, "Absolve Accused of
Attacking a Brother of Cuban Police Lieutenant."
This article stateci that tl-10 Cui:n>n exiles and a
North Americ2n who had been accu:oed of beatin;:;; a
Cuban police lieutenant, were found not guilty
on January 18, 19SS, and assc;\11::; cha:cges a;;ainst
them were dismissed in the Court of .:3pecial Sessions,
Manhattan, New York City. This article identified
those '"ho haci been freed of 2ssaul t charges as
PABL9((,)UINTANA, age 34, 50S \·fest 183=-ct Street, and
1\DEL)'.ECHEVAF.RIA, age 28, SOS We:;t 183:cd Street,
New Y'ork City. This articl~ identified the North
Arr;erican, who spo:rn perfect Spa'lish a·1d who was a
friend of the Cubans as ;IILLIA;~ B. ~vINGFIELD, age
33, 166 Grand Av&nue, Englewooj, Ne"l Jersey. The
assault c!"larfe s wf.:re mc.de o:r .r.:_: ..~Jl.:-,D!'.;. VALD2J, and
his son who reside at 367 \·Jads1·10;.'th Avenue, New
:~or!< Cj ty. The attolY1ey for 11~JNFIELD and the
Cubans was identified as rnwn~(l(RAY, 3Jl East
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York City, had pre viol: ly been found not guilty on
similar charges.
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This e.rticle stated that Attorney GRAY

pr~ sen teda suit f o-:..~ ~50, 000 agai ns 4; p;z TA~LD'J VALDES
alleging false arret:>t an·i irr.prisonment for being un-
justly accused by 'i,TALDE:'3 . 'l'!1is su:i.. t was pre sen tad
in the narns or r~: .i:.:·..s:~.!:·~ :::~ Oi P. lLA. It wa., also noted
that 1 t was possible t :iat tha othe.:- 9ubans who
were found not guilty wo\lld also sue VALDES.
This ne\·Js article ldcnti:ied · :mNJ...!,~O
VALDF:S 'l3 ~ing the br ot:1er of L!.e..itenant CARLOS
VALDES of the Bureau of Iuvestigations of the
Havana Po:ice.
III. r-.~w JP APER A...R'rICLES CONCERNING
C ~'1LOS PRIO P..l!v 'l1!u PARTIDO
AUTEN'IICO
The Deca:nber 6, 1957, i~sue. of the "~Tew

York Tim~s," 1:m page fourteen, cc-rried an arttcle
entit.led, "Somo2'a Reports Prio Cuban Plot. 11 This
j article, datelined Managuu., Nicaragua, ~emb~r 5,
:· · :].857, indicated that Pre sident LUIS ANA/'3 0MOZA
· }(DEBAYLE, haCJ stated that he hac•. '' definite information"
·. ; of a plan :..'or an invasi on of Cr.b~ from Nicaraguan
territOI"J with the aosistance 01· ams bought iu the
t":ii ted States. President ~OMOZA qf Nica~"ai;ua
stated that this plan had been thwarted.
This news article said that President
SOMOZA charged that the plan of invasiozi of Cuba
was formulated by the exiled £ormer Cuban Preoident,
Dr. CARLOS PRIO SOCARRA.J, who is now living in the
linited States. Tha purport ed plan ·called for
launching the attac:: from Puerto Cabezas, a northern
Ficaraguan port on the Carribean.
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. In an interv~ew held by President SOMOZA

or the evenln(; of Decembei> 4, 1957, 1 t was rep".)rted
that President SOMC'ZA stated th~t Dr. Pf.IO, the
:>resident cf C'..!ba from :L948 to 1952, had "for inany
years beea1 :.ookiug for a p:!..?..ce in S·:ntral America
from which t<.. beg1.n an attach on Ct:ba." President
30MOZA \': as quoted as ~a~rL1g that Dr. P:iIO had
recruite-d e~led Nicaraguans, C'..l.bans, Guatemalans 1
and Dominicans in ord3r to executA his plans.

Th~s art.iclc C}UQt~d Presldent S0;40ZA
as saying-, ·'v!e have de!'ini to!? i?:.fcrrna tton they had
designs on some port of Nicaragua for launching
their ::»ttack, and Puerto Cabezn~ was the last
place considered. The United States will have to
pay more attertion to Pr·io. He hr.~ been able to·
buy arms in the UnitP.d States al1ct distributa
them all ove"".' t!le place, some 0£ them ;;o central
Americans."
This news art~c.J ~ qucted CAP.l,OS PRIO as

saying that .c'I'esicient so~oi .~' a eta +-e:r.ent about an
imrasion \'~cs •:tantastic 2.nd grot~sque • ., PRIO
sa~d that 1-t was p?rt of a p~ ;.n o~ P~e ~ictent
FULGENCICJX'BAT!STA of Cuba to r.. ?ve Dr. PnIO e:~pell~d
from the' l'ni ted States •
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TlliB n3WS article otated that Dr. PRIO
was interviewed by telephone at his home in Miami
Eeact., Florida, and that PRIO rldici.lled the state-
ment made by Pre<Jident : ;or.~OZA of Nicaragua. PRIO .:
was quoted as saylng tho.t it was preposterou3
to th:tn!c that ar.yone could invcide Cuba from a
. co1.mtry he- s ti.:e to Dr. PRIO and f ric.ndly to
Preside.1t rATISTA.
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'lbe January 8, 1958, issue of "El Diario

de Nueva York," on page fou;_•, cai.'ried an article
entitled, '·'Authentics Accep i; Urrutia for ti1e
·Presidency." Th.is ·article stated that t~he.Authentic
Groups :1n 11:1.cmi, Florida, on Jan,1ary 7, 1 8,
. announced that they had accepted the pro isional
. ·~esidential candidate of t.he rebel chief, FIDEL
'C STRO: This.ar'ticle stated that Dr. MANUEL
. /} 'UTIA- had been selec'ted by FID2L CASTRO. as his
. . candfda te fo:.: provisional president. This arti ::le
stated further that UaRUTIA was acceptable to the
Authentic Groups, which a:r-e headed in Miami,'
Florida, by ~he ex-President of Guba, CARLOS FRIO
SOC ARRAS. ·/ r
Dr. MANUEL ANTONIO DJS VARONA,~sident of

the Authentic Party, and Dr, ENRIQUE C/ HENRIQUEZ,
Head oi: the Authentic Organization, were quoted as
saying in a joint statement that Dr. URRUTIA,
FIDEL CASTRO'S choice for provisional president,
was·acceptable to them if CASTRO would withdraw
or change hLi demands, namely that the July 26
Movement net cnly desigi1ate the provisional
president but that the J\.:ly 26 be perm:Ltted to
keep its arm.:;, reorga.--iize and control the Armed
Forces of Guba and that it be in charge of
mainta:!.ning public order.
This joint state:nent of VARONA and K2N1UQUEZ

states that CASTRO relegates the other organizations
oppose<i tc BATI$1l'A to a1·rai t the convocat:Lo;1 of
elections and to take part only as political parties
when the president selected by CASTRO decides to hold·
these elections. The Authentic GroU'ps observed that
such a demand by CASTl{O coi1tained thf! threat of
a permanent control of the country by force, which
· · ,'<); would be opposed . to the tratli tion of Cuba, and to
: j,~. . _the re-establishment of democratic inst:l.tutions.
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The Authentic Groaps contended that the

A!'I!led Forces of C1.loa should be rs-organized a!ld
purged of criminal elem~n~ but that the military
element ~bot..l.d be respect~d in accordance with th~
Consti tut!on that all C"..l°t.J~ns ha.ve ~~om to re-
eato.tlish.
In another SeGticn of th!s Joint state-
ment, the Authsntic Grou:>s pi"'Otcs~ed the fact that
FID~..L ~ASTRO ss~L thwl ~ndividuala representing
t:1e July 26 Move:ncn:i;/ lHa signed t~.lle
. agreer.ient to
establish the council fbr Liberation, had lacked the
authority to do so.
The Authcntics stated that it was inproper
and unjust to ~ccuse such~t:. stand.l.ng and yespectct_~>;
citizen.9- as Doctors FELIPr.- . OS and FAU.Jd·~''CH~3, 1 /
PELAY9fj:;UFJlVJ, JR., LE .;:fTl:::!i . 0.DRIGUEZ, LUCA0lORAN;
MARIO):LLi4;H'!.\.~
and RAUI),(~ DA oi.' hav~_ng asstUned a
fradfilent representc!1;1'on ot the July 26 ~10-"cr:ient
in the unity p~ct, which h~d been signed cu.riL1g
Cctobel; 1957.
'£his artic2.e alt=:.o n•>ted th.at the
Authenti~s deniec che statamen-l. e.ttr~ . butcd to
CASTRO that he, CA.3TRO, had r.ot received a ny help
from the J.iberation front, and tha Authentics stated
that without the aid of other groups and organizations
opposed tv President BATIS'l'A, !-'!DEL IJAS·rno would
not have been .able to com~ to Cuba on December 2,1956.
Concer·rins FIDSL CASTRO, it is to be noted ; .
that he is the Cuban l'ebcl leader who led an un-
successful attacl{ Oil the r.1 oncada B3.rJ."acks on JiJly
26, ~953, from whe:1ce his ot~::iriization has talcen its
name. FIDEL CA.3'l'RO, toi;cth~r \·Ti th eighty-two
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followers left Mexico aboard the Yacht, Gramma" 11
and landed inOriente Province, Cuba, on or about

December 2, 1956. CA<:> Tf:O and his followers made
their hear:lquarte rs in the Sierra Maestra
from whence t:hey have \·1 agetl gu~:-,-.:L~.J.a \·1.:t:::-!are
again~t the Gove::nment of President BATISTA of
Cuba.
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FEDERAL 9UREAU OF INVESTIGATION
RECORDS DISCLOSURE COVER SHEET
FOI/PA BRANCH
RECORDS MANAGEMENT DIVISION
Subject of Request: A. J. Weberman/

lviA y 2 4 1979 Juan A. Orta I ·.
Mr. A. J . Weberman Request number 59,998
6 Bleeker Street
New York, New York 10012
Dear Requester:
Enclosed are co9ies of documents from our files. Excisions have been made frOlll these
documents and / or enti[e documents withheld in order to p[otect materials which are exempted
from disclosure by the following subsections of Ti tle 5, United States Code, Section 552 and
Section 552a. The exemption number(s) indicated by a mark appearing in the block to the left
of the subsection cited constitutes the authority for withholding the deleted material. (See
below and reverse side of this sheet for an explanation of these exemptions . )
Section 552 Section 552a
D (b) ( 1) Cl (b) (7) (A) D (d) (5)

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William R. Webster, Director of the FBI
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See additional inforaation on continu•tion p11~e.
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ThOllaS B. Breason, Acting Chief
rre~om of Infor . . tion-Pri••cy Acts Brancb
Enclosure Records Management Division
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Several of the enclosed documents contain infor-

mation which pertain to other individuals. In the instances
where this occurred, only the portions pertinent to your
request were released. These deletions were made pursuant
to exemption (b) (7) (C), information concerning other indi-
viduals, the disclosure of which would constitute an un-
warranted invasion of personal privacy. Exemption (b) (1)
was cited to withhold information which is currently and
properly classified and (b) (7) (D) was cited to withhold
information provided to us in confidentiality.
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agencies for review and you will be advised of their avail-
ability upon return.
Please note that any appeal for denial of infor-
mation should be directed to the Associate Attorney General
rather than to the Deputy Attorney General.
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/.,.- UNITED ST.ATES GO\ _ :i:".\'MENT
Menioranc6m
TO 1'!r. :rv:ohr
FROM C. D. DeLoach
&'LilUECT : · INSIDE STO~Y

OF CASTRO'S REVOLUTION
SENATE INT~RNAL SSCURlTY SUBCO:W.JvHTTEE (SISS) \ '
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For reco :..·~ purposes, there is attached a copy of a proposed prass ~ ._
release to b3 issued by the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee Thursday, P. M., '
September 23, 1935, releas ing unknown details of the "insicle story" of Castro's ··
revolution both before and after it came to power. One oi the .witnesses, Ricardo , 1
Lorie y Valls, was one of Castro's chief weay,>0ns purchasers in the United States
u'uring the days when Castr ~ was fighting Batista from the wilds of the Sierra
:N!aestra. The othe~, Dr. Juan Orta Cordova, was cil.rector of Castro's personal
office until he sought political asylum in the Venezuelan Embas.::y in April, 1961. ,..
Lorie said he sent three Cuban helpers on circuits to stores selling guns "every
place around Florida" and was able to maintain constant pilrchases of about 12 rifles
a day. He also purchased a variety of other material, including radio equipment,
parachutes and a.irpl?..nes. O;ta was the intermediary between· Castro and former
Cuban President -:.. . _·.c.s Prid-Socarras, who provided e>..'tensive financial assistance '
for Castro's cam;:_ii;IJ. againsf-Batista. t1~
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Mr. M. h.. Jones
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WASHi i. '.Vi:ON, D. C. --Hitherto unknown details of the "inside

story" or Castro' a revolution both. before and after it came t'>
power are included in closed session testimony of two former close
associates of the Cuban leader, released today by the Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee.
One or the witnesses, Ricardo Lorie y Valls, was one of Fidel
Castro's chief weapons purchasers in the United States during the
dRys when the bearded leader was fighting Batista from the wilds
of the Sierra Maestra. The other, Dr. Juan Orta Cordova, was .
director of Castro's personal office until he sought political
~sylum in the Venezuelan Embassy in April 1961. He lived in the
Venezuelan Embassy and 1n the Mexican Embassy until he wns allowed
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to leave Cuba 1n October 1964.
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. Because or the difficulty of buying weapons 1n large lots
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~ during the revolution, Lorie said he sent three Cuban hel~ers on

~ ,, circuits to stores selling guns "every place ·around Florida,"and
r thus was able to maintain constant purchases of about 12 rifles a
: day. The arms were placed in various homes of Cubans in Miami.
;. When enough was purchased for a pl?ne-load, Lorie said the guns _ _
: were taken to an abandoned air strip near Fort Lauderdale, - Florida,
( _____ _where he and his aides pretended to be model airplane enthusiasts
~ until the strip was clear. A Castro plane would then drop in
quickly and take on the load to be flown to the Sierra Maestra.
Lorie also purchased a variety of other material, including
radio equipment, parachutes, and airplanes, much of which was sold
to him at exorbitant prices, Lorie said. In addition to a number . . ·'
of smaller airplanes, Lorie ea.id he bought a C-46 in Phoenix,
Arizona. The chief pilot was Major Pedro Diaz-Lanz, who later
became chief of Castro's Air Force and was the first major defector
from the Castro regime because of Communist influences.
The witness said he carried large sums of money with him
while in Florida, once as much as $155,000, given to him in $100
bil~s by Castro's treasurer in Florida, Haydee Santamaria, who
at ~~e time tried to persuade him to ship Communist literature
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MIAMI
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JULY Z6 REVOLUTIONARY
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MJVEMENT ~ MIAMI
SP'ECIAL AOIENT
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III. IN!_)ICTMEN'!' OF PRTO BY JE_DER~l C.RAND .JURY ,

NEW YO~! C!.Ti .i. O~ FEBR:JARY 13 ., 19~8 , AND
REACTION IN MlAMI
The Februt.ry 14 s 1958 issue of th~ ''Miami

Herald" carried an article entitled "Hec1 Indicted
Again-uMiami Conspiracy Cb.~rged to Prio ~ -H1s
Surrender Attempt !lo.eked". This article disclosed
that Dr. CARLOS PRIO .SOCARRAS was indicted on
February 13 ~ 1958 by a Federal Gr.and Jury, New York,
on a charge of viol.t.ting United States neutrality.:by
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"providing me .~s an1 mtJr.!-y for m! 1 i tvy l!xpeditions .

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and enterpri~~ .) Ag~. U..!t Cub.ii". Tr.. i.~ 4.rt icle
diBclr ~~d th~t ~th~r! indict~~ with PRIO were
,\ ." DANIE] ~~~QUEZ, 727 E. DiLido Drive, Mi"'~i Beach;
ENRIQFE \(U'..NRIQUEZ; PRI0°s brctbet:~i~~l•·~i JUAN ORTA,
first Pre~ide.nt: in Mi..ui of tr~e July Z6 As~oci.1.tion;
LUrs/sILVA :i 455 ~~--~· 28th Street 11 Mi.n i 11 who lad :- . ..!
bee:;. previcu5ly a.rrt.oted in Ncve:i::b-4!r i 1957 il and r.. -··
. . ch&rg~ i fith ~t.:f.pp ir...~ £7.t'!£ £it.in:i f ,. ,. r C•:.;.h&!l r.ebel1;
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·,. ... • .. GUIDO DE\ Bt7STAMANTE i, '-4-•.; . b.-1.d -'·!.i.O b<!.!!t .t.rr.e.~ted with
VASQUEZ , ~.d t ·;t.: ( tht:r C'J.1b.u;i in Ot.!.(...ber » TULIO__
'\.PRIETO o~ ~e~Jc;: Cit;r; L~:s\cHAVLANQ~ d!ii<:ribed as
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"n~ing opet .1.!" .~r of & . ~.:~T:.k tr.'ivel ~ge::ic7 u.'1 JOSE
lRIAR.TE lt d~~C"!:H·"~~ 8~ .i;, N~·~ Ycrk 1,~wyer. -
Tti~ .a~tie:l~ dia= lo~ ed th.at ·"t. e!l PRIO heard of

th~ iod.i~~;x~.;:-t;- :;
t.~ .1 t t tt:!p~e<! ~~re~.d~r to Miami
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cfticit.19 ,, b ·:.~ ~ .J . f f{'·l t tel.y t.c!~ tCt ~· t-. it. w.~il the
follcwi!?g d.'l.rr .t~ N~~ Yrrk .t. :.::.~1:0ri~i. ~~ h.idi £.i dled to
notify th'!ar c·! t.~" i1l '.!.1c-u.~r..ta ~}
1-h-'! .t.r· tic:l~ ti. ~.c· l.(i!!'!d tb.u:. l'R!O cL\.med that
BATISTA b.ad C«:-;'J.!';.iIH!C·-.::.-r!.y se:r.t •g~~J.e t.C" the u[l.ited
St.gte~ "~·i tt. f i. ~- ~~ :!..-: ! c. r:?Lt.tic ~ t «- t.ry t.o get th~
kr:~ric.ar.C:<.vt.r:~.:.e::~. t•' .t.~r. .i-12'i:U..!t C..·! .." H~ br£n.ded
th4! cht.rge s &B "not true"•"-'1A1
The Febru.uy 15 11 1958 ii9~u.e c.! th~ "Mimni

HerJ1ld" c.arri~d tCln article entitled "B.tcker!S Ch.mt
Cuban An~he...'"'IJ. Ai' Pric is led Off to .:.. il". This
article di '! c lc19ied lt..•t "fired up C\:b.ui p.1.triota
ch.anted their N.i.ticcu.l Ar:..t.he:'.L through Mi~i street•
Fr id.sy a.s th~ir h.J.ndc~!:fed for.mer PreEid~ct,
Dr. CARLOS PR 10 SOCARRAS ~ W·: iS led to j ai.l." (!A)
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This 8.rt i.cl~ tr,t.4.; '?d tl-~ it PRIO t4.!.r.I h~ preferred
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j£11 to fre~d~ on b"n.i whilie t.~;'j· c! l:.i.!S fello11 Cubana
were imprison~d , bec.~u se t.h~y could not a.fiord the bond.
The four g,i:reititerl i!ll. M.i~i u.n:.l~r $ .3 ~ 000. br.·nd were
PRIO , DA~lEL VASQUEZ, Dr. ENRIQUE HENRlQ'JEZ and
~. JUANtORTA.~) ~ ; ).
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Ttie Febr·u .u:y 17 » 1958 i~! t.:....e of t.b_.e "Mi..J.?11 Herald"
c&rri~d c ~.r ~i.C":..-!' e:::i.~ l4::!~i "Frie· 1.~t't. ! ! ~ M! .t .".111 .!•tl a1
600 Ch~c:r H!.?J Ex!.l ·! '""" Le~ Lh;! R~.'?C !\:..~ i'= :"'.i, ;, Th."!y Shout".
Thi , . .-rti.c.l<! d! ~ cl.~-!9' t!d !.~.,_l\ t PRIO ~t.iJ r -~l.e fi~ !d from the
D& d~ Co ...tLty J .i.1.1 $. ~· . iii..•~ night ~). iti ~i ld ct_.e ·t .rs of a
crcv.rd o f e1x b.'l.: .~_ !!~i. !J:·.ii- <t~t :lcl~ '1'.l~t: ed PRIO •s
1tt11.tiog t 1' .t.: t.~. t. .~ J l .t f..r. b,,pri~ .. cie;? ,c..t "£cct:.~ed of a
c0nspir.i.;:;y tc.- tr ~ · C'·!l'1' !I fr. :..i.". &. l~J.. :· ~ ..i.': ~ r w~:!ll I was a
young ma r... I hj,·~e bee;). l:r.-.n.Jc1.:dfed <'U)j th.rC'".m h jail
a~ 'l i r.. for t h ~ l:~ "' r ~ :~. ~ t:'·?:·, bL~ I h..!t'\'e f. •.i "b. in Cabt' 1
f ·11ture u : l t.J;..~ p·~!· p l.' ... r i~l"..~ ~ ~ !.1. V'! .,._~· f.!'~ e citizens." (zl)
Th~ .t.r- t i~l~ 6'.i.f.tJ tl,A~ Pi.IO ~ :.l~~~d t1::.~t the

demc.cr .i.~ ic E.ft :·.r ~ -!' <"':; t?:.~ C:.l.b .._.--.. r •t :·? le 110·!.r ~ being
thwi.rt.~d bv tb·~· • ·:t ic~ cf th!. Uo h· ~i S ~..t.~. ea c!ficial1
"who b~li! ~·~ t~~ prof..egt..!11..t. ct B~.~11i~ ·i-".\lA)
~eFebr-4.l-.u y 15 11 19 58 i ' ~.,_.-e c ! tt.. ~ "Dij.rio las

kr.eric45" carri~d an article in SF4n.ish ectitled, as
translated, '~Cub~ Citize.r_~ of Mf .n i Prc. ~e.st Against
Pr io Being T~ken to Pri ~en in lLUl:k ·..:..ff ~ ." This
Article stated th•t 16 aoon ~~ newt th~t PRIO and hia
companior.s h .fld beec &rre ated ard tuen fc·r a distance
of sever&l blocke :; ''h~dcuffed liu cooecn criminals",
to th~ Dade Ccw:ty J.!lil ., s t .at~~ntB of pro.test were
rec~ived a t th~ "Diuic· Lt.Ii A:l::~ric...- ~ ". Amc::tg the\_'U)
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'(ln!•.('d States C:i:l.; , 1:-. t.}Y.{t t h-;- 1.:n:awfully, wil!u!l y 31'.d lm::>..-!."lg'ly d.td
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comipi r" t o :.ep,in and !:~l on foot, md to provide and preriare the means
f:ir, 11nJ 1. o f \:nieh n:.ne~· !or and to t.::ke i;>art in n:ill tary expeditions
a:-.d enter; .:-: ~' es t:> ;1 t> c_ .-ried on from within· the United States against
the ke..,u:>l lc o! Cuba, t forE:len state wit.h which the United States, at
all ti111o;s o •i '!ntio~ed h<:!re ir. hi.is been find is no'W at puce.
2. It \.JPS pert of caid con!p~racy that said d'!fen:iants and
c:.-c?nsj"ir ;?t:>rs ~·ould :ir:ani ze and c;au ~e to be :>rganiuid col!1llittee11
end gro•:ps !'::>r the nurpcae of effectuatins 1111litary cxpeditiona and
t-nterori:i ~i: to be carried out a:;eiruit the Reriublic of Cuba and to
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co:u:'1i ttee~ Dr.:! groups. •
J. · It was also a part or said con~piracy that said defendant•
and co-e:>n -: ;. ~.ra1. ors w:rold :recruit and enc::.urage the recruitment or persona
in the United ~htes and elsewhere to participate in military expedi-
tions and enterprises to be ca?Tied on !rorn within the United States and
4. It vas further e part of said conspiracy that 11aid
defendants and c::>-conspir;it:>rs •::>uld establish and cause to be est.ab-
lished n:ilit~~Y training camps in the Dominican Re~ublic, the Republic
of Bexico, the Reoublic of Haiti and the rnited Sta tes for the purpoae
of trainin~ pe rsons to participate in ~ilit3ry exi:>editions and enter-
prises ar,airu:t the Republic of Cuba, and that they w:>uld transport and
cause to be tran:iported 11uch individuals to and !ronr such military
training camps. ...

5. It was further a p.!lrt o! aaid conspiracy that said
defendaih and co-con!'Pirators "::iuld ourchue and cause to be "lurchased
111ct.or ahipa for yse in such military expeditions and enterprise• and
that the said defendant.a and co-conspirators vould cause 111otor •hips
to sail tror:i the 'lkli ted Stater: and elsewhere, carrying anr.ed, unilan1ed
~en, 1!lllteriab and ir.1?leJ11ent1 or var tar 1111litary expeditions and

enterprises acainst the Re?ublic o! Cuba.
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6. It was !urther a p~rt :>! eaid c:>n5p1racy th~t 11aid
defendants and c~onspir1t:>r11 ·~ul1 train aircraft pilot! end :-urchase

railit1r7 aircrz!t ~nj 1rJ11Sment for the purpose o! b0111b1ng and strafinc
the Renubllc of Cuba !rau baEea ~~it.hin the United States and elGewhcre.
7. It was further a pert o! said cons?iracy that &aid
defendant.a and their co-<onspirators ~ould dispatch &nd cau~e to be
di6patched men frcn the United Strtea to the Republic of Cuba fr:lt' the
purpose of co::r~ittinc acts o! sabotage a;. ainst the Republic of Cuba
·and to assas!<wte official• :>f the 1overnn1ent of the Reoublic of Cuba.
8. It was further a part o! said cons~iracy that said •
defendants and c:>-eon:;j>iratora ·ould purcha:;e and c2uae to be purchased
arms and other 111ilitary equipment includinc but not lird ted to rifles,
1ub-mach1ne guna, pechine guns, hand grenades, fl.arne throwers, anti-
tank guna, c&rbines, 11nd 11m111uni ti on !or such ·~capons, uniforms, 111edical
eupplies, and food to be used 1n lldlitary ex~editions and enterprises
against the ?..epubllc of Cuba and that they '1-r:>uld furnish and cause to
be furnished money f:rr the purchase of such 2rms, munitions and "1lltary
equipment.
9. It was further a part of said conspiracy that aaid
defendants and co-c:mspiratora would trans oort and cause to be trans-
ported such al"lllS, muniti:>M and military equipment t:> •ari:>Us nlaces
ot concealment 1n the United St<tea !'rom "lhich places o! concealment
the arms, 111un1tions and 111illtary equipinent "~uld be transported to the ...
Republic of Cuba and elsewhere.
In oursuanee and l\lrtherance o! aaid conspirac7 and to e!!eet
the object t.hereof, the defendants and their co-conspirators did consdt
in the Southern District o! Nev Yor'< and elsewhere, the !ollO\dng :wert
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fo '..he: !:iouth'::-11 D!.;; ·. 1·ict of :k-.i York a1rplan~ tid<?ts tor the transpor-
ti;~!, 1 ,1 of ab?J4.. 1.J:.c t." t:n in uivi du nj s frcn ?lcw York City to Hiami, Florida.
2. On or ab:>ut. May 19 , 1957 CARI.CS f RIO SOCAP.RAS, also known
i.s C u r: o~ i'rio, 11 cicfe:nd<ant. ht::J'C: in, did spea k at ~iar.. 1, Florida to a
eroL•p of rnen pri')r to their ctp:1r\.u~ on the 111otor vessel "Corinthia"
fo:- a l'l!.litor;,· eTJY.':!ition ag a 1.ns t the Republic of Cuba.
). On or 11:, :>ut July L, 19:)7 CAP. La5 PP.I O 5 0C:ARRAS 1 al:;o known
ac Ca r lo3 Pr1o; Di~::.::L \IAS~lE Z Y COEJO, also kn own as Daniel V<asque::;
Gt.-::DO J.OOLFO GO:iZ/.!.."::: DE BtJ::;TJJ·:All'ft: LU~UE, al s o known as Guido l>ustam.ante,
def t. ndar.t s here in, an:i CA!c:lIOO DE t:. TORRE, a co-conspirator herein, did
attend and parti cip:it-:- in a r.1ce t1nc he l:! at Pi J.id o Island, Mi ami Beaeh,
Florid.:i.
!: • In or about the s p l'inc of 1957 TL'LIO I'RIEi'O, a defendant
hc:r ein, at ifargan City , L:>uisiana, did furnish apprOJCiiuat.ely i12,ooo
far t he purchase of t he ~otor ve sse:l "Blue Chip."
5. On or at-out Septe::iber 15, 1957 C/...k LCX> FF.IO SCCARPJ..S, also

knat.TI as Carlos Prio, and JOSE PABLO F.LIO IP.URTE Y DIAZ, also known
a s Jose lriarti, def endants herf! in, and U:ON OCTAVIO PENE Fl>.IJ.C LLUB:JlES,
also kn ~An as Rene finllo, a co-conspirator herein, did attend and
participate in a meeting held 'in a hotel 1n the Southern District. of
Hew Yor.lc.
6. On or about September 15, 1957,. EtlRIQUE Cal'UBANAMA
HEllR!Qllf.Z LARAtl7.0N, als o known as Enrique Henrique: and JO.SE PABLO
EUO IP. IARTE I DIAZ, also known as Jose !riarti, defendants herein,
did part icipate in a meeting held at Idlevild InternDtional Airp?rt
in Nett York.
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herein, .:Htid.)~t.ed in the t.,..ansp"r~tion of e c,u.: nt.ity of Tho;1:111on
11\!b-nachine (;\Ins fro::i f.le::andria ~ Vir!;inia to Savannah, Ccor!:1&.

8. In or about 5eptc:iber, 19S71 Gt;liY.1 ...J Ll"'?'O G i'.UI.C:Z
D:~ BU','TA:. ~"l': !-U !tr.: , also ::no1m 011 Guido D..:·.ta:iante, a defend:int
hrrein, c!e?&rte:! i'ro:.1 Savan."lah, Georcia in an a\!tonobile carrying
a qu~ntity or cuns.
9. !'n or .:bout October 27, 1957, J (lSE ::.l.bl/) -:L:':O ! ·.r._?TE
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jl~r Tor!: to Hell Yorl: City1 Southern District of i'.cm lor'.c.

10. On or ;ibout i'ovenber h, 1957, at Tarpon >. rin;:s, in
the Southern D:.strict or tl.orida, C!:SAR /,UGijSTO V-J:sA :-!lLG~r.in, also
l:nO'.m as Cesar Veg01, a co-cons::irator herein, c;id furnich e.p~ro:-.1-
Ntely ~.3 ,900.00 in cash to11crd t!'le .: l!rci'.a:a: of the ADe:.-ican ;/v
• ::hilonar I!!."
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As all investigation outstanding completed and reported : .
by the Miami Office, and as the only outstanding lead is for the . \' ::...; ·
New York Off ice to follow and report prosecutive action against :·
three of the subjects, this case is being placed in a pending ·
inactive status by Miami.
This report is classified secret a·s it contains
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J~ ___F_ROSECUTIVE ACTION
Ex.ami.'\"_.! ltioin on December 22, 1959, of records of
the Clerk of the Court, U. s. District Court for the
Southern Di~trict of Florida, Miami, reflected on December
21, 1959, CARLOS FRIO SOCARRAS, ENRIQUE COTUBANAMA HENRIQUEZ
LARANlON, JUAN AGUSTIN DE LA CARIDAD ORTA Y CORDOVA, LUIS
ALFONSO SILVA Y IABLEDA» JOSE PABLO ELIO IRIARTE Y DIAZ and
LUIS CHAVIANO » ap..;~a red b~fore U. S. District Court. Each
d~fenda.r.~t waived ir.dic tment. An information was filed on the
~artte date by th·e U. s. Attorney, ch.qrging all of the above,
with the exceptio~ of LUIS CHAVIANO, with conspiracy to
violate U. s. Code, Title 22, Section 1934, in violation of
Title 18, U. S. C6de, Section 371.
PRIO, HENRIQUEZ, ORTA, SILVA and IRIARTE then pleaded

~Jilty and each was given a two-year suspended sentence and
placed on two yeats probation.
On Ar:-il 20 11 1960, Assistant U. S. Attorney DAVID C.

CLARK advised that LUIS CHAVIANO was not named in the inform•-
t ion following dismfs3al of the indi~tment, due to the fact
that the United States Consul, Havana, Cuba, had refused to
give CHAVIANO prop·er do·cuments allowing him to come to the
U. S. to answer th~ plea in this case; that the judge felt
it was no fault of CHAVIAN0 °s that he was unable to appear
in court. Mr . CLARK stated that there is no action now
pending in U. S. District Court for the Southern District of
Florida against any of the subjects ·in this ·c ase, as the cases
against DANIEL VASQUEZ Y COEJO, GUIDO BUSTAMANTE and 11JLIO
PRIETO were nev~r transferred from the U. S. District Court,
S~uth,rn District of New York, to Miami.
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On Mar ch 24, 1960, Assistant U. S. Attorney

CUNNIFTE ·e tn District of New York, advised C/
t hat Docket No. ClSS-63, reflects1
th~t st 11 cutstanding and pendi~g in the
S:~. ;~ t.:hern Di n .. t ict of New York against DANIEL VASQUEZ Y
COEJO, GUIDO ADOLFO GONZALEZ DE BUSTAMANTE LUQUE and
llJLIO PRIETO. Hoe said no action had been taken on these
thre~ m~n 9 since the case of . PRIO and others had been
re!!!.,ved to the So·QJ!t:hern District d. Florida.
Mr . CUNNIFFE said that BUSTAMANTE and PRIETO,

s.i !!11ce the isS".1a:nce of arrest warrants February 13, 1959,
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hnve not made an ai:·pearanc-e in ans~er to the indictment.

1he court record, So~t hern District of New York reflected
o~ly that the U. S , Marsh a l returr.ed on February 18, 1958,
i!\ll unex·e cv.t ed warr a n.t on PRI ETO.
II . ALLE~ED FOLITICAL ACTIVITIES OF CARLOS PRIO SOCARRAS
The Sept ember 4, 1959 issue of the "Diario Las

An:.er icas", Mia-;:ei, carried an ar ticle which reflected that Dr.
CARLOS PRIO SOCARRAS, ex-President of Cuba, following his
ar riv al in M.t smi from a trip to Spain, reiterated his attitude
cf ~ ·.::1-pci:t tc the C:ib!ln revolut ionary government of FIDEL
CASIRO, and affirmed that within a few years the work by the
head of the Cuban Government would be understood and appreciated.
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You will recall that Carlos Frio Socarra.s, deposed Cuban~
Rrestdent, and 8 othe_.r}/!, .. ?lav'!'.. b~ -~ ~ ,_under indictment j6r.: ~<¥1E J -. i;
~pNril~HS· f'ml /~~lW.,.9Rf~~i~tfJl<\9n'~~~s•1~·4k'(IB'~ conspiracy,
to organtze a military or Naval expedition (Title 18, Section ~ 960). ,
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Jack Dauitt, Department a~t.orney,
telephontcally advised a'!\°'~./
5:15 p.m., 12-21-59, th.at u. s. District Judge Mathis for the ·soui::rfh~~~~
District of Florida, on the afternoon of 12-21-59 accepted a plea oj
gutlty from Prio and 4 of the defendants to information charging •
violation of Title 22, Section 1934, U. s. Code. The indictment . ;
charging conspiracy to violate Title 18, Section 960, was thereafter ./ ·
dis missed on mo ti on of the u• .s. Attorney. The judge sentenced these :
5 subjects, i~cluding Prto, to 2 years' imprisonment and thereafter
susp en~ their sent en~. The iW,viduals conujt;4"¢ed wer.p Prto,
. -~J:_iquPlienr.i.que2, [~'!__:_~:E,a, ~~-~~:~f.-?-ua and Jose · ~'..~q!Je.. Luis
"Chaviano wa s unable to gei perr.rission from the----r:Jri7)an Gouernme7it-to
appear.. and the indictment against him is still outs\ending. ~
_ The rema.iniri g subJ°e c ts a gainst whom thA/f~~ctments are t-t ·
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in addmon to Chaviano, are .Da.~ .~e_~asque2; Guido
. ,~1.fstamante and Tulia- Prieto. The latter two are /ugiT;i ues neuer having
bee.n serlJed with process : · ~
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recommendation of the U. -s. Attorney for the Souther'},District of
Florida in sentencing the subjects and the senten es giuen them were
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Departmental Attorney WILLIAM s. KENNY, advised that

CARLOS PRIO, JUAN ORTA, LOUIS SILVA, ENRIQUE HENRIQUEZ
and DANIEL VASQUEZ, appeared in SDNY and entered ~leas
of not guilty of violation of 960, T 18, USC. KENNY advised
that attorney HENRY SINGER, NYC, will represent PRIO for
all ·purposes in this matter and represented ORTA, SILVA
andl£NRIQUEZ in the arraignment only. KENNY advised
trial da te has been calenda r ed for 12/1/58 at which time
all motions must have been filed.
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AUSA HERBERT ~NTOR, SDNY, advised this date that

attorneys DAVID W. WALTERS, Miami, Fla., and HENRY SINGER, NYC,
represented PRIO while GINO P. NEGRETTI, attorney from Miami,
Fla., represented IRIARTE, HENRIQUEZ, ORTA, SILVA and CHAVIANO
this date when motions were filed in US District Court. KANTOR
advised that the above attorneys filed motions asking for change
of venue and bill of particulars. KANTOR advised that these
motions will be answered on 12/8/58 a~ which time trial date
for PRIO and other defendants will be set for conspiracy to
violate US Code, Title 18, Section 960.
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Enclosed for the Bureau are eleven copies of
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EI' AL. 11 , which reflects the whereabouts of PRIO and eight
other individuals indicted with him on 2/13/58, New
York City. · U. S. Customs, Miami, is being furnished a ·
copy by separate cover letter.
There haG been some speculation in Miami as to
vrhether or. not the Federal Government .will proceed with
prosecution based upon the indictment of PRIO and the eight
other defendants in this case. An article appeared in
the 1/25/59 issue of the "Miami News" entitled, "PRIO
is Back to Square with Uncle Sam", in which PRIO is quoted
as statin ~ , "I think Minister of State ROBERTO AGRAMONTE
intends to instruct the Cuban Ambassador in Washington to
ask the United States to dismiss the charges."
·' It is sur;gested that the.Bureau consult the U. S.
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your aGer.cy; :!. t e.ni:l./or i tG contents are not to be dj_stributed
out s ide your a{;ency.
/\ssl :;tant United .S taten /\ttorney J-II:RilERT C. KAN'i'OR ,
.s ou thern Di ;;; trict of Ne w Yoric, on December 1 , 1958 , advi s ed tha t
J'.lttorneys Dl\VID W. H/\L'I.'ER.S , Mi ..'.:ni , FJ orida., a n rl HE NRY SINGER ,
New Yor:c City , re preoente c1 C.; HLOS PRI O in t he Uni tec'l. Statez
D:l.strict Court. On J]BaMVfn J. , l959, t. s:.·.~_Gtant Un~_ted Sta tes
l'tt.orne:· !Ud'1TOR u.dv:tr.:: ecl tha t GINO P . NI:GRE'l 'TI , Mi n.mi , F J. orida,
.re :.) :~e ae nte d the othel' t~ efe nc.1 r:nt s in this. c as e, name Jy , . JOSE
IHitr.'. m, ENRIQlJE HJ?.:1,JRI Cl.tmZ , J tTJ\N ORT/\ , LUIS . ,'3 IJN t. and LUIS
CJ-: .~VIf\NO . P. osi s t .::•.nt United State~~ f,ttorney :c1~N'1.'0R st2.ted
that motion s requestinc; Ch.:i.nc;e of Venue i ·n PRIO • s c a se a.nd
al so ~ motion f or· Bi J. 1 of i:>articu J. a rs wa s f :D.ed in the United
Stci.tes Di s tl'ict Cou rt on Do~ cember 1, 1958 . K.'' N'. ~OR stated
that theGe mo tions wou l d be answered on Dec·e mber 8', 1958,
at . \'l h1 ch t i me t r i etl .c1.ate for rnro and t he other defenda nts
~·.ro u Jd be set fo r conspir<:.cy to violate Ti t~e 18, United ·
States Co de , Section 9o0 .
Assi s tant United Stc::.tes /\t t 0rney Kt~N'fOR , on Decemb er 9, /

1958 , ad vise e~ th at the he c:.rin.c; o n the moti o ns f iled by PRIO
a nd co - defendant s was postponed until De c embe r 25, 1958.
l\Ir. EDH.l\TID CUNNIFFE, J'.scis.tant United 3tates 1\ttorney,

Southern Dist~ict of New Yorlc, ad vis e d on J~nuary 26, 1959,
tha t on J anua r y J.0 , J.959, J OSE PJ\DLO IRI.t\RTE h a\1 asked for
e x t e ;1s io11 of' bai l in o rt1er to GO to Cu b a . b ut thl s was denied
by J t:(lge D/\VID . N. EDELS'i'E IH . .
Mr . CUNNIFFE :Jta tect tha t the motion for Change of

Ve nue wa:; before J udr,e EDELSTEIN and the motion wouid b e
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for the Ch.:i..nge of Venue'· CUNNIFFE stated tha t . the motion
f'or the BilJ. of PF.i.rti.cuJ.ars vrouJ.d also be a~~1Al~cd on
Fcbru ~ry 10, 1959 andfuat t~ial date for PRIO and co-
defendents vrould be set on February 10, 1959~
Aa::; ~stant Un:l. ted St2.tes /\ttorney CUNNIFFE ctdvised

on Februa:r·y ~.l, 1959 th;:;. t he had received a note from the
offtce of Judge EDEI,STEIN st.:.L tin3 thnt venue for the case
co11£-~!.'Ping PfiIO and the others. ·was . transferred from the
SotAthc:ri.1 --Dictri"c:~t .. of -New Yorlc to the Southern District of
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Sot.~th8rn Distr:lct of Ne1 ; Yor:~, lncle:;.: number 155-:SJ concerning
CARLOS ?RIO -socr., n:;'"{ A8 and othe1"~ refJ.ects that on Febl"~HU'Y 10,
1 ~59, JuclGe D.l\V ID N. EDELS'I'EIN: f:iJ_ed memorandum opinion
num;:i ~r 2Lm65 v:hicll crn.ntc:d the ·motion for Ch::;.nge of Venue
fi~8d ~y th2 defendants on Decemb ~ r 1, 1958~ and ordered the .
t1·?..nsfe r o.f proce'edinE;s in thin c2se from the C)outhern District
of New York to the Soutliern D::i.strict of FJoridn. ·
It is noted that the court recordo ref lect th c::t in
the c.;.se entitled 11 UNITED S':r':1 '.I'ES V. C.'\.RJ,OS PRIO SOCJ'l.RRAS,
ET .'1.,..~," th~. t PRIO and the ot: ..~r defend.'.:ints 1.r:i..J.l be tried
for .violation of Tit 1. e J8, United States Coue, Section 371.
The Februar;..• 11, 1959. iDsue of the Ne~r York Times,

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l ate c1ty edition, on page six11 carried an article entitled

"?RIO 1 s Tri'n.1· Is Transfe1~red.
Thir; nern.::pnper 2..rticle stated that Federal Judge

D:1VID N. EDELSTEIN~ on February 10, 1959, tr:ln::>ferred to
M:larhi, the tri8.l of C/~ RLOS PRIO . SOC!'.RR!\S, former President
of Cub ~ , ~nd eight others. Thie article stated that the
nine i ;cre indicted in NeN Yo:'lc City on chci.rges ·o f violating
this co ~-~ntr:i.- 1 3 neutr2J.l t~.; J_nl!s . They 1vere sairl to h<Jve
recPuitco. <::.n :-.•.rmy ~J.:tthin the United States to attack the
Cubo.n r;ove::."nmcnt of \·1hich FULGENCIO B/\TIST/\ was president.
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V. P.ED!~RAL GHt~::1rD JURY, NEW YORK CI~Y
M1UrllN E;l.l'~i·~~.,. J.)epar>tmsi.1tal Attorney,

advised "n Jan'..lar.y 3r 1958, th.at 'foe Department
of Justice W1.3 oe '-~!~~ . n~: to obtaiP. an indict!!lent
agair.st CARLOS PRIO S~0A?....\.AS and others through
a Grand Jury wl~ ich would · begin hearing witnesses
on .ranuary 7, 1958. Mr, e!•. J·4.~:,:. stated that an
indictment agr:>.ir.st PP.IO wculd be dOt~gh'C for
violatlon of 'l'itle 18, Uilited States ·Code, Sections
960 and 371.
DA"l~EL E. DUNl~lNG, trnited States Customs
Agen~;, New Yvrk City, teJephonic3.lly advised the
Ne\'T Yoric Office on Febru::i.ry 13.: 19.58, that the
Fed.Jral Grand Jury, Southern D:!.st:;rict of New York,
had retupned an ind.tct!!lent oa the morning of ·
Februfry J 3, 1958, for v:!.ola·i;ion of Sections 960
and 371, Title 18, United States Co~e, aga~nst
CARLOS PrtlO S0CARRAS, ENRIQUE HLlmIQTJEZ, DANI:ti:L
VA.30,UEZ, GUIDO EU.:3TAMEWrE, ..TUAN OR'rA, LUIS SILVA,
JOSE PABLO JRIAR'rE, JULiu PRIB':10 and LUIS CHAVIANO.
The February llJ., 1958, issue of the "New
York Ti:ni;s, 11 on i:;.age 0:1c, eel-.:>: •iec an article
entitled, ''U. s. Indicts P1~10 &s Cubo.n Plotter.n
Thls article stated that CARLOS PRIO, ti1e exiled
former Prei:;ident of Cuba and eig.11t other Cubans
were indi< ted in New Yo:ek City for cvnspiring to
set np a well-financed military expedition to
attack Cul)a. Dr. Paro arn:i the others w~re charged
with conspiring to violate the .neutra:ity laws of
the United States. .A Federal Grand Jurv said that
they had ''conspired to bet,in and set on !'oot, and
to provide and prepare the mea1.s for, and to .(urni.sh
money for, and tah:e part in, M!li tary e:~pedi tions and
enterprises to be carried on from the United dtates
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Thls a-:.."ticle st~. ted that at the request

o~ the Unit~d StateG Attcrne~ PAUL W. WILLIAMD,
Federal Jujge ED"~·lAftD WE::NF:CTJD isaued bench warrants
for the arre8t of all ~he defendants.
T:i:i.s a1•:icle also quotec~ Mr. WILLIAif
F. 'J:Of.U·KINS, Spe·~lal A:;sistant to th~ Attorney
General, Uni 'i;ed States IiepaPtment of Jus t:l.ce, a3 ·
stating that the aJ.legAd conspira·i:ors had l"ecrui ted
hundrerl.s of.' persons in tt.e \Jni ted States fo::i." the
military c.'l..11p::i.ir~:1s. Son!e of those recruited
were to 'Ce sent to (,uba to commit m~.i10·:. . _c £ "'! a.-r.d
others to assassinate officials of the Cuban
Governr:-.ent.
'lhiE.. article also stateu that part of the
conspiracy i~cluded ~he estc.IJlisltnent of m.ilitary
training cam~1s in the Un~_t€d .S~ates, the · Do.'."'linican
Republic, Mexico ?.nd Ha.i .ti. The plot, according
to this ne~s article, call ed fer large purchases
of arms and ')'\.,her military equipnent, some of
which has alreadJ been s~izGd.
~hu Februar~,r 16, 19S8, 7th Blue Final
eC:.:i tion of the "N~v. Yor~:: Posv· .~arried ar~ edi torlal
entitled, "Neutral in Favor of :.-3-.t tista." Thie
~ditorial stated that the indictment of CARl.OS
PRIO a.id eight of his associates fol" alle gedly
planning a mlli tary at tac!~ on t ·'.'le lJATIS'J.'A regime
from United States ter:.•itor·.Y may well have
legal validity.
This editorial stated that what is
legally d e fensible is not always morally right.
Th.l.s editoriaJ said that in applying the Neutrality
Act, in this case, we are in effect being neutral ·
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o.l' such neutralism in the .f1.ght for freedo1n.
This ed1 to:i."'iul goes on to state . that by

becoming el1emies of R'\.TISTA 1 s enAmies .: we forfeit
the t~"'ust 01' Lati11 American democ1·ats. This article
state s aictatorships of the right will be as
pleased as dictatorships of the left, and that
the blow that the United States hos. struclc against
freedorr.. will ma~~e the tyrants in l\ioscow as happy
as th~ despot in Eavana.
'.Chj ~ edi to.rial da sired to know if' ther•e

were a leftist government in Cuba and BATI.S'l A was
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Heutrali ty Act have been invol::cd. b:y the Ui1i ted
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Da\1d Walters, atto111e7 for suggested because "thl.a · 1ffe<:U
the defendant., 1&.14 Uaef .u our relaUonlhlp with a triell~?'
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&1rl. •· : . total purpose of the J1w, ( ~e
' °'Wlut lbey 414 .,.,·. pe;. neutrality act) la to pro
· nned out Of a 1pirlt of pa- our relaUonshlpe .. • • w 1t la
ot.Wn for their·own countr)'." frlendb' powers.• '· ·'
~Walters told tht: court. · Clark replied: "?n th1a cue
f .. We In thla country .fouibt they do not wiah lniprlJonment
!Jor our own freedom - and - they wWi to io aloOI with
that II what these derendanta my recommend1tion. ~
! did. 'Ibey are not c:riminala,"

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P.trtot1 and the1 ' h ·o 1ean, 1111pendecl the NII·
".acted oat er a deep 1eJ1.11 of tenoes, and est.abllahecl coD41·
. . t.loa.1 of the pro~aUoa. · .
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1 ·Another of the defe111e at- He Aid emcb defendant wu
:tomeya, Gina Neirettl, declar- free to Je1ve the jurudktion
the five were motivated by of the court at will but lbOUld ·
J ove of the U.S. and lta ldeala obey alJ lawa wberr ever ]
hicb they wanted to aee re- tnay be - u a condition
ected ln their own country." probation.
ID addition to Dr. Prlo and The cue ot a aeventh
.Dr. Ort.a, the de!endanta In- fendant, Tulio Prieto, was
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eluded Enrique .Henriquez, a er tran1ferred here. Walters

ibrother-in-law of the form er .aid be underttandt the Prieto
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'president: LUit Al!onao Silva case hun't )'fi been 1et b 1

,and Joae Iriarte D1u. trial ln New York. ,
· A •lxth defendant wh06e cue ·Prio and the othen hac! been
alao wu transferred here Indicted on cbqes that from
along with the five from t b e May of 1956 and in 1957 they
Southern Dlatrict of New York, OI'ianized · mlllt.&JY Upedltiona,
WU diamiued. Attorneys hid furniahed money, aet up train-
·Lula Oleviana •un't able to 1n1 camps and carried on otb-
,appear became "be couldn't er rnolutioll&r)' activitJa .tn
pt a viu." tO come from Cuba. fhls eountry. ·'.' , ..:. ··.
Jud&e Mathes d!ml.....S tile The ori£inll lnd.lctmenta ba4
caae against him. . . · Included a charre that ·their
Tbe othera, Waltel"I explain- consplraey called for 1et~ up
had v~unteered to place tralnlnr campt In Mexico.~
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the eourt for the tr I a L and for ditpalch!ni men 1o
. ey arrived here 1rom Cuba aualnate penont outalde
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Trotter - - - -
W.C. Sullivan_
l ln Castro Arms Plot~ Tele. Room _ _
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" (.\p) . come. Thecharie Gandy ____ -
r.-The United Stat.ea Govern- agaln&t. him wu d1am1Med.
1Dent baa handed five t.op Cuban The other five arrived from
auppart.en of Premier Fidel CUba Sunday ntaht for the
CMtro a Chrlstma.s pre&ent ID hearill6.
the form o! suspended sentences Under United Stat.ell Ian,
} tor the!; revoluUonary activity each could have been &er.tenced
In this countcy dur~ Ule to five years ID prison and flDed
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Bat15ta regime. . Sl0.000 on the orlgina> charges
: united Stat.ell District -Judge o! violatlDg the Uruted Stat.ea
William Mathes yesterday al- Neutra>lty Act. 'Ibe Jesaer
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of l'Ullty to reduced charges guilty wu con&plracy to u- 1.
and then placed them on two Port arma from thla eouµt.z7 ,
years' pr9bat1on.
'Ibey include ~
without. an export Ucenae. . !
They had pleaded not SUSt7
Socarras, former Cuban prui- to the earlier 1nd1ctment by a
deiit;"l)r. Juan ·A. Orta, Pre- New Yort annd JlUl' ~
mler Castro'a director 1eneral; them with coruplrtni to launch
Enrique Henriques, brother-ID- expeditionary forces &gal.mt
Jt.w of Dr. Prto; Lua Alfon.ao Fulgenclo Bat1ata'1 re&'ime from
Uva and Jose Iriarte Dlu. Miami arld other PolDta In th1a
A l1xth defendant, whose countrr.
case wu transferred bere wn·; · David Clar ie, assistant 'Onlted
Ith tbe five from ·tbe ·S outh- Stat.ell a tt.omey, moved to dia-
Dlstrlct of New York, wu miss the Indictment · and sub-
missed. Attorneys eald LuJs Utute the reduced cha.rgea. Re
vlana wun't able to appear ecommended two-:year .u&-
use he couldn't ret • Y1sa l'Dded sentences and ...td lt
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1complained Monday that some
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"The result ii just." . quoted Fidel Castro u nyi.ni
'Ibat waa the comment Mon- that "every Cuban la a ·spy." .
day of Dr. Ju~ A. ·Orta, dl·j "All Cubans are with 'Fidel,"
;-rector 1eneral of the office of . he 11id. '"Ibey are not apie&,
:Prime Minister Fidel Castro, 1but they are watchin1 and try.
·Oil the out.come of hia trial inf to protect the revolution.
bere by a U.S. Court. Cubanf do not hate North
• Dr. Orta and ,tour other Cu· AmerlunJ, and we have noth·
· were convicted of violatini in1 a.&&inat the United St~
neutrality act in 1957 by 1ovemment Our new laws ~
pirin1 to launch an e.xpedi· a1ain&t no one. 'Ibey are l
t n again&t former Dictator in favor of Cuba and the ·eu
Ful1encio Batista. All were re· people. ·· ·. -
lea.led OD p~baUon. '1be people of Cuba know In
Dr. Orta aalc! 111 la °'l&tta- their own mlnch that all of
fled and happJ with t.be reealt. the5e new lawa are beini pa.JI· "THE MIAMI HERALD"
· ef the tri&l llere to41.1." . ed to protect them."..
H1a view wu backed by. an· Dr. Orta aa.lc! he wu speak· December 22, 1959
other of the ddendant1, for· Inc aa a Cuba.JI clthen. 11114
mer.-CUban President c a r J 0 1 aot u an ottlclal of the revol·
Prio-'soc&JTu. Prio aaM! he wu atsona.ry '°''ernmeat. - . . Jll1am1, Plor1da
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to my coun~. have been happier if the wr.
'Dr. Orta iald: "'I conspired 1 d iet had been not ~ty
a1n1t Dictator Batista. And ! there ,..... 110 chance to iry j ·
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did th~ with.i n the tttrltory prove our innocence because
[ <he United Statel. I cam· ' man who wu involved ha
tted the crime of which I made a declaration telllnr
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wu accuaed. The result ii just." our activitiet in MiAmL •
Dr. Ort& added: however, that "I am &1t.ilried to be releued
be does not believe that U.S. on ~robation and I have ao
authorities are punuinr the problem in )'OU!' country now."
I conapiraton against Fidel Cu- ·
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the enemies of Batilta. .
lion ef tlae Je&n . . . .
ene?'I)' 1hat they used apinit .u:1:, Prio •pent la uUe bl Ill·
aml. Be a&ld be eonaldert Mi-
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uked me to put ap a f60,000 "'I believe that the people of
MIUI," Jae a&ld. "'la Ute uae · Miami and the United States
that 'lfM iried tocla7, J wu do not know the truth about 1
ftnt uked Mi pat 1IP 1%5,000, Cuba," be said. "'Much of the
althouch the bond WU later information that tbt)' &re Pt- j
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reduced. la tlnUlar actlvltl• ting ii In error. '
Cutro'1 enemlel bl lllaml •Cuba bu many problmw .
now, but lhe also bu peace and~!
t tbe, •llan . uked ..q. ti,600 order.·'Ibere are eome rich peo-
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9rta spent three Jea?S In the attuatlon, but the t
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• Ive .top Cuban supporters of director 1eneral; Enri en-
Premier Fidel Castro a Christ- rl ues, !JrothfJ~·law of Prlo;
mas present fn the form of L is lton~_i!va and Jose
suspended 1entenees for the ri~ ifi'az. - - ,._
J revolutionary activity in · x .. defendant whose
+ country durin1 the Batista re- case was transferred here
; 1 ime. · aJon1 with the !Jve from the
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I William Mathes allowed the was dismissed. Attorneys aa.Jd
i five to enter pleas of 6Uilty Luis Chevlana wasn't able to
l to redu ced charges and then ~ppear because he could~
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Uon. · · he char1e a1ainst him ·
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.JUAN OP.TA
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In January, 195?, during <;ourse . of Grand Jury ,..., ~id;r~- ·_
proceedings concerning the activities o.t the Patriotic Club of/). "/l' j r.
rl July 26, Miami, Floridq,, Juan Orta, a member of the club, testified ." · "> ·I
The Dep~rtment at that time ' requested and vns furnished inJ'ormation
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conc erning an alleged purchase o.t airline tickets in New York by
Orta for a group o.t Cubans on or about December 8, 1956. On ·-
February 11, 1957, the Department advised that they were reviewing ~'.
... the transcript o.t the Grand Jury testimony to det€rmine, among other •
things, whethe.,,.- there was su,f.ficient ~ . evidence to sustain a charge of " ·
perJury against Juan Orta. Additional i/'lformation requested by the ·, · •·
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Depa rtment uxis .turn ished on Febrwiry 19, z957. The Department haa
not reached a decision as to whether the Patriotic Club o.t July 26 \.
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Thomas Hall, Departmental Attorney, telephonically advised at 2:15 p.m.'
/1 ~l/57 that the Department was sending 2 attorneys Marvin Segal I r I
and David Harris) to Miami this evening. The Department contemplat ed.·I
having a compla_int filed and UXJ.rrant issued on March 19, 1957, -.....: l
·or Orta's arrest on perjury ·ch.arges. .. ' · -.
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li sifilation lLXls to kidnap the A'!'erican Ambassador in Havana.
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Hall uns advised tho.t while we conducted all the investigation in °""·. 1 ·: ·
this matter the agent would hpve to be furniahed the false statement .
ade by Orta before the Gran<{/ Jury. Hall advised that this in.formation
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AFTER CONFERRING WITH DEPARTMENT MADE NO MENTION TO MIAMI .
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Supervisor Miami Office, called at 8:50 p. m., ,.;~nd
March 19, 1957, conce 1 i 0 the ::1u ject for whom a complaint and warrant weF
issued at Mi~ing him with making false statements before a Federal 7(µ
Grand Jury. - s t a t e d that the subject was due to arrive at Miami at ,\
11 :05 p. m. tonight by plane from San Juan. He said that iVliami Agents would '
apprehend the subject upon his arrival unless advised to the contrary by the \
Bureau. He said the contents of the complaint had been sent to the Bureau by ·~~
~- airtel at 4 p. m. this afternoon and, of.course, it had not yet been received here . . . .;.
He was instructed to send the pertinent portion of the complaint ·by teletype at /h
9 :30 p. m. for the purpose of the Bureau press release unless he were advised .)
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a press release at the Bureau and that it would probably be necessary for Miami ~ it\
to make an immediate release there and, therefore, it would not be necessary 0 ~
for him to furnish the details of the complaint by teletype. The propos ed r ess ;fli/-_'~ i
releas e (copy attached) prepared at the Dureau was furnished to Mr. fr('.::.._· r
and he was told to include in it t h e ' .the complaint which had been issued. t"\ .
Pursuant to your instructions Mr. was also instructed to consult with 8~. i
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SUBJECT: JUAN ORTA
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warrant against Juan Orta for Perjury before the Grand Jury, ;>">''tt,. ' {· ,' f
Special Agent in Charge Weeks, Miami, was telephonically advised
on the even~g of March 18 of the Department's plans and of the need ./), .\
lo imme~tely locate the subject so he could be arrested at the ~ 'h>.•.J
• appropriate time. SAC Weeks called back at 7:45 p. m. to advise that · -: ·~ .
.~ ~ Orta is presently in the Dominican Republic and probably will return · ·
within the next few days. Attorney T'om. Hall of the Department was \
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Department's .plans. He said that the attorneys had gone to Miami last ~'-/J
night and would go ahead and prepare the complaint and warrant and turn /J
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U. S. Commissdioner at dsuch time as Orta rhaeturhns to the UniteulddStates. ·-....:~
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quiet so there will be no leak of information back to Orta which might ..~.-1 ~
preclude his return to the United States . Hall said the Department plans ~ £']
to call additional witnesses before the Grand Jury to consider the ·\ ft!
R egistration Act case against the "July 26" Club of which Orta is . A. ' :-
president and also to call airlines officials, etc., as witnesses to ~.r~~ ~j
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how ever, this is a decision for the Department to make. It, thus, appears
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JUAN AUGUSTrn de la CARIDA ORTJ\ y CORDOVA, aka - FUGITIVE
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TEL MARCH ~ TWENTY FIFTY SEVEN. EASTERN .AIRLINES·, cmn AcT

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OFFICIAL HAVING CUSTODY . OF RECORDS PERTAINING TO DEC SEVEN TRAVEL OF

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TAINED BY . E~~ ARE RESERVATION RECORDS AND FLIGHT RECOFDS. J~AN ORTA 1
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EI GHT, DURI~~ PERIOD ABOVE RESERVATIONS MADE. EN TWO-EIGHT FOUR ZERO
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JUAN AGUSTIN£ DE LA CARIDAD ORTA Y CORDOVA, WAS • . IS-CU~~~'. ~, ·~~ ~ERJURY.
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SU:3ECT AFfOR~_ ED . HEARING use TWO THIRTY PM YESTERDAY, :.HEAR}NG P~STPONED\
ONE WEEK AND ~BOND SET AT FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. _BQND REDUCED . TO TEN ~
T-iOUSAND 001.bARS TODAY BY FEDERAL JUDGE AND SUBJEC_

T .:MADE BOND. ATTORNE'ft
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MAR VIN SEGAL: AND DAVID HARRIS USDJ, HAVE ADVISED i:H~T , AFrER . INSTANT \ ".
CASE PRESENT.ED ·T;e~~.i.3-.~~~~ '1"~~CH TWENTY FIVE THAT, . UPON .!~ASIS .. APPR02_~ ~
b.n1t.1~r J"v""-~ · · · \T
GRANTED B'( ~-~' FGJ WOULD THEN EXPLORE POSSIBLE VIOL.~TIONS NEU.TRAUT~~ '\
~.CT ON PART 1 .~ERSOMS UNDER INVE~TIGATION IN CASES CAR~O~, f.RIO , SOCARR~
AND PATRIOT~~ CLUB OF ·JULY TWENTY SIX, MIAMI. THEY ARE NOW PREPARIN~ ~
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LIST PEP.SONS TO BE SUBPOENED MARCH TWENTYEIGHT NEXT. THIS LIST WILL., , ,
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INCLUDE SOM~~/UBANS WHO HAVE RETURNED TO MM FROM CUIDAD TRULI~·LO :t_ CAMf'
AIONG WITH 9,JHERS CLOSE TO PRIO AND ACTIVE IN RECRUITING ACTi!VITIES·f;j F '.',
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INFO TO EFFECT HE HAD GONE TO _CUIDAD TRULILLO, D.R. AT EXPENSE JOSE~

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tD~ IN DOMINICAN CAMP WHO, HE SAID, ARE VIRTUAL PRISONERS IN CONCENTRE- ,.
-TION CAMP. ORTA CLAIMED POLICARPO IS DEMANDING TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND
DOl l.ARS FOR · RELEASE THESE CUBANS FOR TRAMSPORTATION AND .OTHER COSTS.
ORT A OENIED · KNOWLEDGE ANY IMPLICATION PRIO IN ABOVE CAMP, DENIED
HE HAD ARRANGED FOR TRANSPORTATION ANY CUBANS TOD. R., AND DENIED
PAR T ICIPATIN~ IN RECRUITING. ORTA HAD IN HIS POSSESSION CONSIDERArlE
:J. NUM H ~R LETTE~S, SOME IN UNSEALED ENVELOPES, WHICH HE STATED HAD _BEEN
GIVEN HIM BY· CUBANS IN DOMINICAN TRAINING CAMP FOR MAILING OR DE i. IVER Y
IN MIAM I. SEVERAL LETTERS WER E ADDRESS ~ D TO PRIO, TO ORTA, BUT MOST TO
AP PARENT RELATIVES OF MEN IN CAMP. UNSEALED LETTERS AND OTHER
Mr >CEl.L ANEOUS PAPERS AND NOTES PHOTOGRAPHED AND RESULTS WI LL BE
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JUAN AUGUST]]~ de la CARIDA ORTA y CORDOVA, appearing
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JUAN -: AUGUSTIN de la CARID/\ ORTA y COROOVA, appearing .· .
as a ·witne s s on Janua ry 11, 195'(, testified falsely
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ORTA y CORDOVA then and there knew, t he aforesaid
testimony was untrue in violation of Title 18, u.s.c., :
Section 1621. . · .
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· · ' zubject ORTA departed Miami morning of 3/18/57 for
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.rf,i» URGENT 3~~0~5l 1-00 AM EST · MLM M 1- ·- :-.: ~- ..:. .· ;,,.
JJ'/oDIRECTOR 1 . FBI 4-,,pb"~
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RA, IS . D~S.ff: r~. UBA. SUBJECT ARRESTED ELEVEN ZERO FIVE PM, MAR.· NINETEEN
I MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BY MM AGENTS.
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JUAI~ AGUSTIN . DE LA CARIDA ORTA Y CORDOVA, WAS. PERJUR~. : RE MM TEL
TH RE~ Two . T~O rIVE SEVEN. HOTEL RECORDS REFLECT ORTA ARRIVED DEC rouR
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authority o/ Aoststant Unttetl Stat~o Attorney o. -~· Cl(n~, •
Orta w::iu lncaroerated In DadtJ County Jal 1 1 J.fta111I, and · · c:.;~· :. . ... '
will bfl aJJorded a hearing be/ors Unlt•d ~tatca Col!V11isston•r
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ERROR:
ff1tness In signed statement indicated she
could identify four tickets. The descriptive data
of only three tickets, however, were set forth in
the report. One had been omitted. Report disseminated
to INS and USA, Miami. •.
SA a REO.O!JMEND
SA , uho prepared the
prosecuttve swnmary repor i s matter, advised
that he inadvertently overlooked the omission ~n
proofreading. He noted that he dictated the report
tn relays to three stenographers on .March 22, 1957;
that the repor.t uns typed Immediately by the stenographe .r
under rush condition} and that he delivered the report
on the same day to the office of the u. s. Attorney ](_,
so that it could be used tn connection with a grand
jury hearing uhich uas sahedul 1 wing
Monday, March 25, 1957. SA egrt!fted
his failure to notice the pproved
the report. Stenographer regretted
the omission.
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responsible for the error ux:zs The SAC
pointed out that she uas under considera e p~essure
to expeditiously type the part of the - s s i g n e d
to her. The report uns prepared by SA dictated
in relays to three stenographer.t . e , an the USA 1 s
copy delivered personally by SA on the same day,
Inasmuch as departmental attorneys were in .Afiamt
at the time desired to review the report over the week
end in preparation for p~esentation to the grand jury
on Monday, March 25, 1957.•
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REOOMUENDATIONS OF DOMESTIO INTELLIGENCE DIVISION:

An examinatton of the signed statement tn
qu~stion reveals that the omission of the descriptive
data of one ticket ts not material. It uas noted that
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twenty-five pages, uns ex cepti well prepared
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as evidenced by the fact that he dictated a twent~
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five page report and del tvered it to the u. s. A ttomey
on the same day so th~tF it would be ready for the
departmental attorneys~on the following .Monday. It
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3/ 22/57, at Miami.
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I regret very much that I made this error and will
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conditions; and that the report was delivered by me, on the
same day, to the office of the United States Attorney, Miami,
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hearing which was scheduled for the following Monday, March 25,
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States Attorne y O. B. CLINE, Miami, Florida, ·and Mr.· DAVID ..
HARRIS and MARVIN SEGAL, Attorne ys, Criminal ' Section, . Internal
Security' Division, United States Departme ..•
complaint was filed by Special Agent
before "United States Conunissioner R
. p e rjury on three ~ounts on the part of subject. On the same
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offi ce of PAA to inquire if space was available f .o r
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numb e r, wh o should be listed as the contact name and
tele phon · n placing this reservation for
spa·c e . · ai d that she then turned to ORTA
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O~ March 19, 1957, Juan brta was arrested by the Federal
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ing him w1 th per jury- based on his testimony before a Federal ~
grand jury in Miami, Florida, inquiring into alleged viola-
tions of the Foreign Agents Registration Act, the Voorhees I
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Act and related statutes. He was arraigned before a United l
States Commissioner and released on $10,000 bail. On March 27, t.;r-
1957 a Federal grand jury- in Misxni, Florida, returned a .super- ~-
/ seding four-count indictment charging Juan Orta with a ..........._ r, _..
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i1o nthly Status Hoport !'or ~Lr , l9il• Divi/(;_Y_:: 5_Jt,jL
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Y CORDOVA, was. Juan Orta, fIO)l COYT! J1QiD
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EAL, Miami, located flight coupons of persons traveling NYC

to Miami on Flight #857, 12/8/5_6 . Subject indicted 3/27/57
\. on four counts perjury by FGJ, Miami. Spanish letters in
possession ORTA when arrested 3/19/57, Miami, included •
"\. lett e rs addre s sed to ORTA by Cubans in Dominican Republic
,~ ~ camp. ORTA possessed list of names which appear to relate ~
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Revenue Account lng
·r bited flight coupons r eflecting that
the following persons traveled from New York .City to Miami on
Eastern Air Lines Flight #857 on December 8, 1956: .......
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156804
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156809
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156812
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In the same sequence of tickets, the following
traveled:
Flight Coupon No.
156801
156802
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156806
On March 25, 1957, of Eastern Air Lines, 7 c-
al so produced Eastern Air Lines auditor's coupon 072C-76380
issued to "Mr. J. ORTA" for travel via Flight #630 on December 3,
1956, from Miami to New York City. This was a round-trip
ticket. This auditor's coupon reflected tpat the traveler
returned to Miami on December 8, 1956, via Flight #857.
On March 28,° 1957, Attorneys DAVID HARRIS and MARVIN
SEGAL, Criminal Section, Internal Security Division, United
States Department of Justice, who presented witnesses in this
case before the Federal Grand Jury, United States Di s trict Court
for the Southern District of Florida, advised that the Federal
Grand Jury returned on Ma rch 27, 1957, a true bill of indictment
against JUAN AGUSTIN DE LA CARIDA ORTA Y CORDOVA on four counts
of perjury.
On May 22, 1957, the Office of the Clerk, United
States District Court for the Southern District of Florida,
advised that on April 5, 1957, ORTA entered a plea of not
- guilty. On April 24, 1957, he filed a motion to dismiss the
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ind.ictment and on the same date a notice was entered for a

hearing May 3, 1957, on this motion. The docket did not
refle.c t any further entries.
REPORT OF MATERIAL FOUND IN POSSESSION OF ORTA AT
TIME OF HIS ARREST, MARCH 19, 1957, MIAMI
be recalledORTA was arrested at
7, by Special Agents
ORTA had various 7 L
in • He refused to
allow the Agents to retain possession of these items, but he
did give consent for the purpose of the agents' making copies
1\ of these items.
These items included f'orty or fifty letters which
were contained in his suitcase. At the moment of his arrest,
as he got off a plane from Ciudad Trujillo, Dominican Republic,
thisruitcase was not in his inunediate possession; however, he
l voluntarily agreed to allow an airport guard claim this
l.I suitcase for him; and the suitcase was brought with ORTA to
the Miami Office, where he was interviewed on March 19, 1957.
Most of the unsealed letters in possession of ORTA
were photographed by the Miami Office. The following were addressed
to ORTA:
(In Spanish) Envelope without postmark or stamp
to 11 sr. JUAN ORTA, E.S.M." bearing return address
containing . a letter dated March
. 19,
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(In Spanish) Envelope without postmark or stamp

addressed ~o 11 Sr~· .Juan Orta, W. S. M. "- containing an undated
letter reading:
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ORTA also had on his person several slips of paper,

including one containing the following notations in Spanish:
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It is to be noted that the above names appear to

relate to persons who traveled from New York City to Miami on
Eastern Air Lines Flight #857 on December 8, 1956, above
described.
Also, at the time of his arrest, ORTA, while ref'using
~ to give a statement without first consulting his attorney, did

voluntarily advise as follows:
That he had just been to Ciudad Trujillo to seek
ways and means of liberating about one hundred Cubans whom
he claimed were being held virtual prisoners in a training
camp in the Dominican Republic. He stated that he had made
two trips.
ORTA stated that on the occasion of his first visit,
which he stated was approximately the 13th of M~rch, 1957, his
transportation money had been provided by JOSE ANTONIO
ECHEVARRIA, leader of a university student group in Cuba, who
was killed during one of the recent uprisings in Havana. ORTA
explained that his transportation money had reached him via
messenger on the same day that ECHEVARRIA was reported to have
been killed during the attack on the presidential palace in
Havana. ORTA did not go into any detail relati ve to his
expense money on the occasion of his most recent visit, to the
Dominican Republic.
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airport in Santo Dom1 o on the occa n or his first visit . »:.~~·'\: ..
there as General
there, he was
JOAQ~ -~ODRIGUEZ.
and escorted to the horn of POLICARPO OLER., who is known : ~~~':.:::;>'·.~ ·
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TA related that trom
the Cuban encampment by GONZALEZ · · -..:.
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CARTAS, whom he described as another general, and one ot1 L ~ :
POLICARPO' s assistants. D 0 m / tJ 1(J_ ~ rJ K : -.:_ f V l..1 IC-
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ORTA reiterated that the only purpose of his visits

was to seek ways and means of getting the Cubans out of the
Dominican Republic. He stated that this group ot Cubans had
been "deceived" and misdirected in their thinking when they ..
had g one down to Santo Domingo. He did not elaborate. He -
denied having anything to do with any recruitment or 1ndiv1-
dual s in this country for the purpose of participating in a
revolt against BRTISTA. He stated that to his knowledge.,,
CARLOS PRIO SOCARRAS had had nothing to do with any recruit-
ment of any of these individuals, and denied that any of the
money for such purposes had come from PRIO.
ORTA explained that on the occasion of his most
recent visit to Santo Domingo, he had learned that POLICARPO
is asking $25,000. for the safe return of the Cubans now in
the training camp. According to him, POLICARPO says this
amount is necessary to provide for transportation and other ·
expenses of these individuals.
With regard to the 40 to 50 letters which ORTA had
in his possession, ORTA volunteered that he had obtained
these letters from the Cubans in the above described camp.,
and that he was going to mail them and effect personal
delivery on some or them.
ORTA denied that there is any connection between· "
himself and the group in Santo Domingo, except that both he
and the group are anti-BATISTA. ORTA 1."urther denied the ·
perjury charge, stating that he felt that it was a case or
mistaken identity on the part or witnesses. .. ,
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He admitted having tra~
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New. York City to Miami. He admitted knowing ORTA and said
he s p o k e - i n the airline terminal in New York City;
however, laimed that he gave money to another Cuban,
whom he d dentify, on the same flight, to purchase his
ticket. He claimed that he could recognize t his Cuban if
he should see him again. Upon arriving in Miami he went to
a motel and departed by plane on December 10, 1956, for Ciddad
Trujillo. Also staying at the same Miami motel was a Spanish-
speaking person to whom he gave money for transportation to
Ciudad Trujillo. He did not identify this man. In Ciudad
Tr\lJillo he stayed at Calle Barahona #125. He denied ever
.meeting PRIO or having ever been at the Vendome Hotel. He
indicated a desire to cooperate.
who was interviewed by 1 (__
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1956, and departed stern Air Lines on December 7,
Trujillo, where he eta ed
Ciudad Trujillo, wher
noted that he had in h Jacket of
calibre cartridge and the jacket of a .45 calibre cartridge.
He claimed that these were merely souvenirs and he denied
having engaged in any military training.
by SA who was interviewed

' 1957·.
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He gave his United States address as
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~ to Miami via F.a.stern Air Lines on December 7 or ,
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stayed one day and departed via Pan American Airways tor
Ciudad Trujillo, where he stayed with
at an address which he could not remem
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On April 9, 1957, Inspector~NS, advised that

13 more Cubans had arrived trom the Do~ Republic. Among
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indicated he plan e to rema n r· me. He
said that he had previously or could be
reached through his cousin.
On April 4, 1957, Attorney SEGAL stated that in
order to support the indictment in this case, it would be .
desirable to have at least one Cuban witness who traveled
from New York City to Miami on December 8, 1956, on Eastern
· Air Lines Flight #857, arid who can testify that he and other
persons for whom such travel was arranged were Cubans, and
if possible , that such passag e \·ras paid for and arranged by
ORTA, and details of recruitment.
On April 3, 1957, the Identification Division, FBI,
advised that a search of the fingerprints on subject failed
to disclose any prior criminal data.
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AT NEW YORK CITY, N. Y.:
For the purpqse of obtaining at least one reliable
witness who was on Eastern Air Lines Flight /1857 from New
York City to Miami, December 8, 1956, and who can testify
concerning fact that he and others were Cubans, that passage
was paid for and arranged by ORTA, and, if possible, details ~
of recruitment, will interview one or more of the following:
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furnished the desired information when interviewed upon
arrival, several indicated that all would be willing to talk
after all the Cubans had returned from the Dominican Republic
camp.
MIAMI
AT MIAMI, FLORIDA:
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(2) Will conduct same type investigatio.n relative to:
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Three potential witnesses located and interviewed and all

claimed that the;>· paid for their own passage. from New York
to ;Jiam i on Eas.~ern Lines Fligh~ 857, on(or about 1:ir7 ,.c ,,.,.
December 8, 19)D . Witnesses intervieV{€d advised that they ·JI ., .,
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on or about Dece;nber 8, 1957, and then went on to Ciudad Trujillo,
Dominican Republic. He advised t hat he went there as a tourist to
take a vacation. He said that he paid qis own fare; . that he went aloneJ
that there were other Cubans on tl!e plane with him but he did not know
them; that he knew noth""in · r e. arding the othi:;r Cubans nor anything
re garding . t iie sub j ect. stated that he knew nothjn g re arding
anyone recruiting oth er uoa ns ·or any pur·,:oG -.. l'lhats er
said that he works as an eleva tor operator at the
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On 1/lV'J7, New York City,

New York, e i n e s on or about
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etatod that he then foft ior tho IX>minican Iiepublic . .He advised t hat he
paid his own fare to and Jrom the ]):);!Jinican f~epublic and t hat he did not
know the s ubject nor anythin ~ rei;ardin an one r ec rui tinL Cubans for any
purpose ~er. He advfoed ·that made t he trip with him .
and tha~ paid his own far e as ar as ie .knew . lie s tated that the 7 U
purpo.:.e oi· lu.s vi::;it t o ihe Dominican fiepublic was to take a vacation.
Ile advised t hat he i s no t l iorkine at _pre sent and could be l ocated at the
above address.
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On 7/17/) 7, llrookl~1 n, New York,

advis ed that on or a cou i. 9.?u, he flc\~ tile Dominican
Republic via E:astern Air v;a.i of J~ iami, Florida. He advised
that. he went t here for a and that, he went alone . lie etated
that 1 e paid h is ol'.11 J"e1· e ttnd t hat lie clid not lmovr ·:.ho s ubj :)c t. He said
t hat there v1ere othe;r Cuban s on the s a:ne ilic.ht bnt he dicl not knoY1 thern. 7
He advised t i!at 11c did n ot kriov. anyUiin;" rei ~dfa1g t he r ares of the other C
Cubans nor did he know anythin _ re: a r ding t he r e crui t •ricnt:::: f or a n
what s o ever. II~ utatcd that .his new a ddres s ~-. ill be
Nevi York City , Ne:w York .
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On 8/20 last,, Federal Judge EME'Pl' CHOATE, Miami,,
dismissed indictment instant case.
AUSA RICHARD BOOTH advised understood indictment
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For your · in.tormatlon, on Au.gu.at 20, 195?,

Federal Judge Emett Choate, l.fiaml , Plorlda, dismissed
the Indictment I~ thl :~ ca3e.
Asalstu.nt United States Attorney Richard

Booth aduiped that It w:is his understanding that
the Indictment uns dismissed becauae the defendant
had not been properly adulsed of his rights before
teat l/ylng bifure the Federal Grand Jury. .. .
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The subject, a Cuban national~ UXJB arrested by Bureau

NOTE:
Agents on 3-19-5? on a commissioner's complaint charging him
with perjury based ··on his testimony before a Federal Grand
Jury in Miami, Florida, which w:is inquiring into alleged
violattons of the Foreign Agents Registration Act and related
statutes on the part of Cuban groups in this country. He za:zs
arraigned before a U. S. Commissioner and released on $10,000
bail. On J-2?-5? a Federal Grand Jury in Miami, Florida, returnee
a four-count indictment charging Orta with a violation of Title
18, U.s.c., Section 1621, based on his grand jury testimony. In
substance, this indictment charged Orta with testifying falsely
1..on _ _ with re\Silff.t to the travel of Cuban groups in the U. S.
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On August 27, 1957, exall).inatlon of records in the
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in the c.::i.se entitl:::d "United States versus JUAN AGUSTIN DE
LA CARIDA CIRT.~l Y C·:•H1DVA _, Criminal Doc.ket #10095," reflected
t ha.t en August 1 ·'3, 1957, an order !'~r the hearing was set
f ,: r August 20, 1957.
'.1 Aug"1A2t. 20, 1957; the Judge issued an order sup-

pressing _. te te~tiI!£·".'·nY of , the defendant and dismissing all
four co -rts of the. indictment.
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reflected that on April 24, 1957, the defendant had filed
a motion to dismiss the indictment. This motion alleged
· that the defendant's testimony upon which the charge of
perjury and the indictment tor same had been returned by •
the Grand Jurry were based, was obtained by the Government
under undue advice, compulsion, and illegally in viola-
tion of the Fifth Amendment.
It was also alleged that the defendant was not
a voluntary witness; and that the defendant was a foreigner
not versed in the English language and was ignorant or the
fact that he had certain rights as a witness, including the
right to remain silent, the right to consult an attorney
and immunities in general. It was also alleged that the
failure . or the Government to advise the defendant or suoh
rights was fatal to the indictment.
. 0n· July 15, 1957, the Court denied the motion
to dismiss and ordered the hearing for July 18, 1957.
. Documents in possession of the Clerk reflected
that on August 8, 1957, the United States Attorney filed
a "plaintiff 1 s compliance w1 th Court order,•• setting
forth the four questions which had been raised by the
defendant: (1) Did the defendant understand English at
the time he was before the Grand Jury? (2) Was the de-
fendant warned, outside or the 'transcript of testimony,
of his constitutional right to r e fuse to answer questions
which might tend to incriminate him? (3) Did the de-
fendant have le~al counsel. prior to testifying before the
Grand Jury?" (4J Irrespective of legal counsel, did the
defendant understand his constitutional rights himself?
Attached to this document was a memorandum of legal
answers.
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/ ·- On March 19, 1957, Juan-brta was .ar.reated by the Feder&! Bureau o;;;= J
· ..Jn·v e&tigation on a Commi&sioner s Complaint charging him with perjury base<\ ,,,.
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1 on hie -testimony before a Federal grand jury in Miami, Florida, inquiring111'1 ~ { -1

into alleged violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act, the Voorhees )
·j'. ·A ct and related statutes. He ·was arraigned be!o.re a United States Commissioner ..
-and released on $10, 000 bail. On March 27, 1957, a Fede.ral grand jury in
Miami, Florida returned a supersedin~ _four-count indictment charging Juan ---.....
- - - ·Ortawith a violation of Title 18, U.S. C., Section 1621, based on his grand- --- -
jury te&timoa·y.
On August 20, 1957, the District Court in Miami, Florida suppressed

the testimony of Juan Orta before the grand jury and dismissed all four
count& of the indictment. · The court had previously· denied a motion b}' the
I defendant to dismisa ·the ·indictment on the .grounds that he had not been
··advised as to his··constitutional rights- when he appeared befo.re the grand jury.
I While the court gave no reaeG>n for its- actions in dismissing the indictment,
it had indicated concern over the fact that the defendant was interrogated '
before the grand jury through an interpreter and that he was not represented
by Epunsel. '
\ It is bein determined whether to a peal this matter to the Circuit

Court !or the Fifth Judicial Circuit.
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On March 19, 1957, Juan 0rta was arrested by the Federal "'
Bureau of Investigation on a Commissioner•s Complaint charging
him with perjury based on his testimony before a Federal grand jury · ~·
/ in Miami, Florida, inquiring into alleged violations of the Foreign ~:
Agents Registration Act, the Voorhees Act and related statutes. He
was arraigned before a United States Commissioner and released on
· $10,000 bail. On March 27, 1957, a Federal grand jury in Miami,
Florida returned a superseding four-count indictment charging Juan
Orta with a violation of Title 18, u.s.c., Section 1621, based on
his grand jury testimony. On August 20, 1957, the District Court
in Miami, Florida suppressed the testimony of Juan Orta before the
grand jury and dismissed all four counts of the indictment. The
court had previously denied a motion by the defendant to dismiss the
indictment on the grounds that he had not been advised as to his
constitutional rights when he appeared before the grand jury. While
the court gave no reason for its actions in dismissing the indict-
/ ment, it had indicated cone ern over the fact that the defendant wa9'.,_
interrogated before the grand jurr through an interpreter and that "
he was not represented by counsel. On September 18, 1957, the
Goverrunent filed a notice of appeal.
In.formatton tnoluded -in Internal ~ecurtty · Diuiaton

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uRTA Y CORDOVA, by the United States Attorney, Miami, on
September 18, 1957. It was also noted that this appeal has been
set for hearing on February 6, 1958, under Case Number 16891, in
the United States Court of Appeals, .Fifth Circuit," New . Orleans, ·
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for perjury Uµt the indictment was dismissed by a Federal Judge who
ruled that he had not been properly advised of his Constitutional
rights before his appearance in the Grand Jury.
I met Mr. Nathan B. Lenvj.n in the corridor this morning

and he stated that the Government was planning to appeal the District
Court decision concerning Orta. ·Mr. Lenvin said that the ~pp~al. wquld
be greatly strengthened if the Government was iri-·a- position to show'
thatJuan ..Orhi. held a Government. offi·c_e~i.Il ·cuba .when .Carlos Prio
Socarras was. Presldep.t. .. Mr. Lenvm.. ~~~-~ th~~--~-e h.~d. ~iligently
searched the Department's files and could not locate such information.
He inquired if the Bureau would check its files for the same purpose
and I told him that we would and that if this information was located
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We are reviewing files and an appropriate letter to the
Department to the attention of Mr. Lenvin will be prepared.
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O:r:i March 19, 1957, Juan<X>Or.Jill_was arrested by the Federal Bureau
I of Investigation on a Coitiiii!sslonert s Complaint charging him with

perjury based on his testimony before a Federal grand jury in
, Miami, Florida, inquiring into alleged violations of the Foreign
Agents Registration Act, the Voorhees Act and related statutes. He
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was arraigned before a United States Commissioner and released on

$10,000 bail. On March 27, 1957, a Federal grand jury in Mia.mi,
Florida, returned a superseding four-count indictment charging Juan
in Miami, Florida, suppressed the testimony of Juan Orta before the
court had previously denied a motion by the defendant to dismiss the .
indictment on grounds that he had not been··advised as to this con-
stitutional·· rights when he appeared be:fore the grand jury. Whi.le
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· interrogated be:fore the grand jury through an interpreter and that 1
he was not represented by counsel. On September 18, 1957, the
Government filed a notice of appeal. On December 6, 1957, the
Government filed its brief with CA. On January 10, 1958, appellee
filed his reply brief with CA.
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On March 19, 1957, Juan Orta was arrested by the Federal
Bureau of Investigation . orc·acoriiiti1ss1onert s Complaint charging him
.with perjury based on his testimony before a Federal grand jury 1n
Miami, Florida, inquiring into alleged violations of the Foreign
Agents Registration Act, the Voorhees Act and related statutes.
t He was arraigned before a United States Commissioner and released \
. \on $10,000 bail. On March 27, 1957, a Federal grand jury in Miami,
· Florida, returned a superseding four-count indictment charging Juan
in Miami, Florida, suppressed the testimony . of Juan Orta before
the grand jury and dismissed all four counts of the indictment.
The court had previously denied a motion by the defendant to dis-
miss the indictment on gr01mds that he had not been advised as to
his constitutional rights when he appeared before the grand Jury.
While the court gave no reason for its actions in dismissing the
r indictment, it had indicated concern over the fact that the defend-
ant was interrogated before the grand jury through an interpreter
- ~ ' and that he was not represented by counsel. On Sep~ember 18, 1957~
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the Government filed a notice or app~al. On December 6l 1957, the\
Government filed its brief with CA. On January 10, 195tl, appellee
filed his reply brief with CA. Oral argmnent was held on ·
·' February 6, 1958.
Thia is an eztract o.f 'februaru, 1958, montldy rep~rt of the Intc:r~~al

Seourtty Dtutston of the Departme nt. It mau be filed ~f it contains
new information or destroyed if it dupli.c'}:te s _ d~a~aiql~eady received or
is of no value.
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On March 19, 1957, Juan· orta was arrested by the Federal
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Bureau of Investigation on-a--C6tn:mlssioner•s Complaint charging h1m
with perjury based on his testimony before a Federal grand jury in
Miami, Florida, inquiring into .alleged violations ot the Foreign
Agents Registration Act, the Voorhees Act and related statutes.
He was arraigned before a United States Commissioner and released
on $10,000 bail. On March 27, 1957, a Federal grand jury in Miami,
. Florida, returned a superseding four-count indictment charging Juan
Orta with a violation of Title 18, u.s .c., Section 1621, based on
1n Miami, Florida, suppressed the testimony .of Juan Orta before
the grand jury and dismissed all four counts of the indictment.
The court had previously denied a motion by the defendant to dis-
miss the indictment on grounds that he had not been advised as to
his constitutional rights when he appeared before the grand jUl7•
While the court gave no reason for its action in dismissing the
indictment, it had indicated concern over the ract that the ilef'end-
ant was interrogated before the grand jury thro1.JSh an interpreter
[ and that he was not represented by counsel. On September 18, 1957,
the Government filed a notice or appeal. On December 6t 1957, the
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Government filed its brief with CA. On January 10, 195~, appellee
tiled his reply brief with CA. Oral argument was held on
February 6, 1958. On March 18 19 8 CA reversed and remanded
case to the Distric aga
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On 3/18/58, U. s. Court of Appeals for '5th Circuit,

New Orleans, La., reversed decision of U. s. District
Court, SDF, in suppressing testimony of subject taken r . •i
before Federal Grand Jury, Miami, and dismissal of

indictment against him. Information relative to
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March 18, 1958, the ·u. s. Court of Appeals fo~ . the Fifth
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United States of America, Appellant, versus JUAN A. ORTA,
Appellee, rev~~·li,ed the decision of the U. s. District ·')4.
Court fo~~i Southern District of Florida, in suppressing r • '
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On March 19, 1957, Juan- Orta was arrested by the Federal
Bureau of Investigation on a Connniasionerts Complaint charging him
with perjury based on his testimony before a Federal grand jury in
, Mi8llli, Florida, inquiring into .alleged violations of the Foreign ~
Agents Registration Act, the .Voorhis Act and related statutes. I
He was arraigned before a United States Connnissioner and released on
$10,000 bail. On March 27, 1957, a Feder al grand jury in Miami,
. Florida, ..returned a superseding four-count indictment charging Juan
his grand jury testimony. On August · 20, 1957, the District Court
1n Miami, Florida, suppressed the testimony .of Juan Orta before the
grand jury and dismissed all fo-q.r counts of the indictment. The
court had previously denied a motion by the defendant to dismiss thl
indictment on grounds that he had not been advised as to his con-
stitutional rights when he appeared before the grand jury. While
I the court gave no reason for its action in dismissing the indiot-
ment, it had indicated concern over the fact that the defendant was
interrogated before the gra{ld ju:cy. through an interpreter and that
he was not represented by counsel. On September 18, 1957, the Govern-

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filed its brief with CA. On January 10, 1958, appellee riled his
reply brief with CA. Oral argument was held on February 6, 1958. On
March 18, 1958, CA reversed and remanded this case to the District
,
court reinstating the indictment against Orta. On April 28, 1958, J

orta filed a petition for a writ of certiorari with the Supreme Court.
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MIAMI, June 2.'i (UPl}-Fed-
·i eral Judi;re Emett C. Choate
fined a top Cuban rAvoluUon · .·
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i:ive 11ctivltirs In 11o ulh Florida
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U.S. Y. JUAN AUGUSTIN(6RTA (S.D. Fla.)

On March 19, 1957, Juan Orta was arrested by the Federal
Bureau or Investigation on a Commissioner's Complaint charging
him with perjury based on his testimony before a Federal grand
jury in Miami, FlQrida, inquiring into alleged violations of thi
oreign Agents Registration Act, the Voorhis Act and related
i tatutes. He was arraigned before a United States Commissioner

nd released on $10,000 bail. On March 27, 1957, a Federal grand
ury in Miami, Florida, returned a superseding tour-count ·indict-
ment charging Juan Orta with a violation of Title 18, Uos.c.,
Section 1621, based on his grand jury testimony. On August 20,
1957, the District Court in Miami, Florida, suppressed the teati-
_mony of Juen Orta before the gra.md jury and ~iamissed all four
-i countsof the indictment. The court had previously denied a

motion by the defendant to dismiss the indictment on grounds that
he had not been advised as to his constitutional rights when he
appeared before the grand jury. While the oourt gave no reason \
for its action in dismissing the ind1ctment, it had indicated
concern over the fact that the defendant was interrogated before
the grand jury through an ·interpreter and that he was not repre-
sented by counsel. On September 18, 1957, the Government filed
a notice of appeal. On December 6, 1957, the Government filed
its brief with CA. On January 10, 1958, appellee filed his reply
brief with CA. Oral argument was held on February 6, 1958. On
March 18, 1958, CA reversed and remanded this c ~se to the District\
Court, reinstating the indictment against Orta. On April 28,
[ 1958, Orta filed a petition for a writ of certiorari with the
Supreme Court. On Ma 2 19 8 the Government filed 1ta brief
in opposition to t e pet cer iornr •
This is an ertract of May 1958 monthly report /J'{~~-'!,J,a7 Se.curity.

Division o.f the Depa'rtment. ""· It~ bby be .filed if itN<Dll~~t!~ 'i.nformatt.on
or destr(>'IJOd i/ i t duplicntes data alrcariy receiv2Ji JUL "d ·ffs 8no value.
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On March 19, 1957, Ju~~:Qrta was arrested by the Federal ·
Bureau of Investigation on· a Commissioner's Complaint charging
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him with perjury based on his testimony before a Federal grand
Jury 1n Miami, Florida, inquiring into alleged violations of the
Foreig_n Agents Regi~tration Act, the Voorhis Act and related
--sta~ut~s. He was arraigned before a United States Commissioner
and released on #10,000 bail. On March 27, 1957, a Federal grand
jury lli Miami, Florida, rettµ>ned a superseding four-count 1ndic t-
ment charging Juan Orta with a violation of Title . 18, u.s.c.,
Section 1621, baaed . on his grand ·jury testimony. On August 20,
~957, the District Court in Miami, Florida, suppressed the testi-
mony of Juan Orta b~fore the grand jury and dismissed all four
counts ot the _indictment. The court had previously denied a
motion by the defendant to dismiss the indict~ent on grounds that
appeared before the grand jury. Wh1.le the court gave no reason
for its action 1n dismiss~ the indictment, it had indicated
~oncern over the fact that the defendant was interrogated before
the grand Jury -'through an interpreter and that he was not repre-
sented by counsel. On September 18, . 1957, the Government filed
a notice of appeal • ..On December 6, ·1957, the Government riled
brief with CA. _Oral argument was held on February 6, 1958. On
March 18, 1958, CA reversed and remanded this case to the District
Court, reinstati.l;lg the indictment against Orta. On April 28,
i958, Orta filed a petition for a wri~ · o~ certiorari with the
Supreme Court. On May 23, 1958, the Government filed its brief
in opposition to the petition for a wi-it ot certiorari. On
June 9 1 1958, the Supreme Court denied the petition for S:-writ
of certiorari. '
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On March 19, 1957, Juan Orta was arrested by the Federal·
Bureau of Investigation on a Commissioner's Complaint . charging
him with perjury based on his testimony b~fore a Federal grand
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ury 1n Miami, Florida, inquiring into alleged violations of the\
oreig_n Agents Regi~tration Act, the Voorhis Act and related _
ta~ut~s. He was arraigned before a United States Commissioner
and released on $10,000 bail. On March 27, 1957, a Federal grand
Jury in Miami, Florida, returned a superseding four-count 1ndic t-
ment chargi.pg Juan Orta with a violation of Title _18, u.s.c.,
Section 1621, based. on his grand Jury testimony. On August 20,
~957, the District Court 1n Miami, Florida, -suppressed the testi-
mony of Juan Orta bf}fore the grand jury and dismissed all four
counts ot the _indio tment. The court had pr.eviously denied a
motion by the defendant to dismiss the indictment on grounds that
appeared before the grand jury. While the court gave no reason
for its action 1n dismissing the indictment, it had indicated
ton.earn over the fact that the defendant was interrogated before
the grand Jury 1-hrough an interpreter and that he was not repre- [
sented by counsel. On September 18, 1957, the Goverrunent filed
a not!ce of appeal • ..On December 6, ·1957, the Government filed
brief with CA. ~ Oral argument was held on February 6, 1958. On
ch 18, 1958, CA reversed and remanded this case to the District
urt, reinstati.J;lg the indictment against Orta. On April 28,
58, Orta filed a petition for a wri~ 1'~ eert~orari with the
Supreme Court. On May 23, 1958, the Government filed its briGf
j.n opposj.tion to the petition for a writ of certiorari • .Qa
Jwie 9, 1958, the Supreme Court denied the petition for a writ
of certiorari. '
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12 AUG 7 .19'.>8
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On March 19, 1957, JuarL_Qrta .was arrested by the F·ederal Bureau
of Investigation on a Connnissionerts Complaint charging him with
perjury based on his testimony before a Federal grand jury in Miami,
Florida, inquiring into alleged violations of the Foreign Agents
Registration Act, the Voorhees Act and related statutes. He was
arraigned before a United States Connnissioner and released on
$10,000 bail. On March 27, 1957, a Federal grand jury in Miam.i, ·
Florida returned a superseding four-count indictment charging Juan
Orta with a violation of Title 18, u.s.c., Section 1621, baaed on
in Miami, Florida suppressed the testimony of Juan Orta before the
court had previously denied a motion by the defendant to dismiss the '-
indictment on grounds that he had not been advised as to his con-
stitutional rights when he appeared before the grand jury. While
the court gave no reason for its ·actions in dismissing the indict-
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ment; it had indicated concern over the fact that the defendant was ~
interrogated before the grand jury through an interpreter and that
he was not represented by counsel. On September 18, 1957, the Govern-
ment filed a notice of appeal. On December 6, 1957. the Government
_r~1_,.1_e_d_i_t.;..s_b_r_i~e-r~w-i_t_h_C_A_.
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the se~le pending on" JUAN AGUSTIN DE LA CARIDAD _· .. !
ORTA CORDOVA; IS - CUBAr Bufile 105-57681. . . f3
JUAN ORTA presently resides a·t 710 Pennsylvania E!
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"COMMUNIST THREAT TO THE UNITED STATES

THROUGH THE CARIBBEAN"
. PART 14
SENATE INTERNAL SECURITY SUBCOMMITTEE (SISS)
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For record purposes, there is attached one copy of a pamphlet entitled

"Communist Threat to the United Slates Through the Caribbean, " issued by the ;
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee. No press release was received with the
pamphlet. The Foreword indicates that the testimony of BJcardo Luis Lorie y Valls,
taken by the SISS in executive session on July 24, 1959, was witfilrenrn'"milpObl1-c--
release at that time for security reasons. That security problem no longer exists,
and since the material is related to the testimony of _pr~.-cT.!!.wi..OJ:ti-G.Q.!'.9.Q.VJ4....the more
recent hearing printed in this volume, the subcommittee decided to print both under
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For record purposes, ther'e is attached a copy of a propose d press

release to be issued by the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee Thursday, P.1L,
September 23, 1965, releasing unknown details of the "inside story" of Castro's
revolution both before and after it came to power. One of the witnesses, Ricardo
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Lorie y Valls, was one of Castro's chief weapons purchasers in the United States
u'uring the days ·when Castro was fighting Batista from the wilds of the Sierra ·
. Maestra. The other, Dr. Ju~ _or..ta"~or.do_ya, was director of Castro's personal
office until he sought political asylum in the Venezuelan Embassy in April, 1961.
Lorie said he sent three Cuban helpers on circuits to stores selling guns "every
place around Florida" and was able to maintain constant purchases of about 12 rifles
a day. He also purchased a variety of other material, including radio equipment,
parachutes and airplanes. Orta was the intermediary between Castro and former
Cuban President Carlos Prio Socarras, who provided extensive financial assistance
for Castro's campaign against Batista.
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Enclosure
1 - Mr. Sullivan
1 - Mr. Short
2 - Mrs. Lorraine L. Whalen
1 - Mr. M. A. Jones
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1• 1965
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FROM THE SENATE .awrERNAL SECURITY SUBCnMMIT~
WASHINGTON, D. c.--Hitherto unknown details of the "inside

story" of CRstro's revolution both before and after it CAme t"
power are included in closed session testimony of two former close
associates of the Cuban leader, released today by the Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee.
nne of the witnesses, Ricardo Lorie y VRlls, was one of Fidel
Castro's chief weapons purchasers in the United States during the
d~ys when the bearded leader was fighting Batista from .the wilds
of the Sierra Maestra. The other, Dr. Juan ~rta Cordova, WAS
director of Castro's personal office until he sought political
asylum in the Venezuelan F.mbassy in April 1961. He lived in the
Venezuelan Embassy ~nd in t h e Mexican Embassy until he WRS allowed
to leave Cuba in October 1964.
Because of the difficulty of buying weapons in large lots
during the revolution, Lorie said he sent three Cuban helpers op
circuits to stores selling guns "every place around Florida,"antl
thus was able to maintain constant purchases of about 12 rifles a
.l day. The arms were placed i n various homes of Cubans in Miami .
When enough was purchased for a plane-load, Lorie said the guns
were taken ';o an abandoned air strip near Fort Lauderdale, Florida,.
where he and his aides pretended to be model airplane enthusiasts
until the strip was clear. A Castro plane would then drop in
quickly and take on the load to be flown to the Sierra Maestra.
Lorie also purchased a variety of other material, including
radio equipment, parachutes , and airplanes, much of which was sold
to him at exorbitant prices , Lorie said. In addition to a number
of smaller airplanes, Lorie said he bought a C-46 in Phoenix,
from the Castro regime because of Communist influences.
The witness said he carried large sums of money with him
bills by Castro's treasurer in Florida, ·Haydee Santamaria, who
at one time tried to persuade him to ship Communist literature
into Florida.
After Batista's defeat , Lorie was sent to Europe on an arms
purchasing mission to "standardize the army. 11 On his return, he
said he argued with Castro about Communist influence in "Twenty-
nixth of July Movemcnt," =qu t t his association with Castro, and
later escaped to Florida.
Orta said he was the f i rst president of the "Twenty-sixth of
July Movement" in Miami, and was the intermediary between Castro
, and former Cuban President Carlos Prio Socarras, who provided
r~ extensive financial assistance for Castro's campaign against
4. Eatista. As soon as Castro took over, Orta was hired to manage
the leader's personal office.
Castro provided arms on his recommendation, Orta said, to a
Colonel Gomez, a non-Communist, for an attempt to overthrow the
Somoza government in Nicaragua. "He fought Trujillo an? _the
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es ae ng guns every p ace aroun or
was all.le· - o. maintain constant purchases of ~-~t 12 a
siqy. The· anns were pJAed in various homes of C s in Miami.
·When enough was purcha1'd for a plane-load, Lorie oaid the guns ,.
• were taken to an abandoned air strip near Fort Lauderdale, Florida,
where he and his aides pretended to be model airplane enthusiasts
until the strip was clear. A Castro plane would then drop in
quickly .and take on the load to be flown t~ the Sierra Maestra.
Lorie also purchased a variety or· other material, including
radio equipment, parachutes, and airplanes, much of which · was sold
to him at exorbitant prices, Lorie said. In addit~on to a number
of smaller airplanes, Lorie said he bought a C-46 in Phoenix,
from the Castro regime because of Communist influences • .
· The witness said he carried large sums of money with him
bills by Castro's treasurer in Florida, Haydee Santamaria , who
at one time tried to persuade him to ship Communist literature
into Florida.
After Batista's defeat, Lorie was sent to Europe on an arms
purchasing mission to 11 standardize the army. 11 On his return, he
said he argued with Castro about Communist influence in "Twen t y-
aixth of July Movement," =quit his association with Castro, and
later escaped to Florida.
Orta said he was the first president of the "Twenty-sixth of
July Movement" in Miami, and was the intermediary between Castro
and rormer Cuban President Carlos Prio Socarras , who provided
ex~nsive financial assistance for Castro's campaign against
~atista . As soon as Castro took over, Orta was hired to manage
the leader's personal office.
Castro provided anns on his recommendation, Orta said, to a
Colonel Gomez, a non-Communist, for an attempt to overthrow the
Somoza government in Nicaragua. "He fought Trujillo and the
Somozas for the same reason he fought Batista," Orta said.
Orta claimed that the death of top Castro aide Camilo
Cienfuegos in an air accident was "a premeditated assassination,
planned and directed by Fidel Castro, in order to prevent
Cienfuegos from interfering with a Communist purge of the
revolutionary army." He said he was present when Castro wris
informed of a report that Cienfuegos was alive. "He not only
appeared certain that the report was false, but became upset. He
.. immediately called Radio Rebelde, the official government station,
and spoke with someone there. He threatened to arrest them if
they did not desist from repeating false rumors . . He had not
bothered to check out the rumor to see if it was true or false,
yet he called the station ordering and threatening them," Orta
declared.
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