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SUBJECT: WNIINTEL FGI EMPYREX TRACE

1. EMPYREX (LIAISON) REQUESTS TRACESON MAX L E S N I C K
   MENENDEZ BORN 8 SEPT 1930, HAVANA, CUBA; JOURNALIST WHO IS
   REQUESTING VISA TRAVEL DOM REP FOR BUSINESS TRIP. SUBJECT APPEARS
   TO BE IDENTICAL WITH MAX EDGARDO L E S N I C K MENENDEZ (201-209258),
   CUIS PRINTOUT NO. 151438. STATION TRACES CONTAINED UFG-01709,
   20 OCT 62 AND UFG-03590, 10 SEPT 63, INDICATE LESNICK ANTI-CASTRO
   CUBAN EXILE BROADCASTER AND STATION IS PERPLEXED SUBJECT'S
   INCLUSION IN CUIS.

2. INDEX: LESNICK, FILE: 201-209258, RVW 9 FEB 09,
   DRY 0981.

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LESNIX, MAX
201-0209258
SEX M
200-CC6-495/18
DATE-01586
13 JAN 78
TREA
P3

DIRECTOR AND PUBLISHER OF REPLICA, A SPANISH
MAGAZINE PRINTED IN MIAMI.
ATTENDED MEETING FOR PURPOSE OF ORGANIZING A
SECRET ANTI-CASTRO GROUP.

DATE 06 FEB 78
09517279

201-209258

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CABLES FROM: DIRECTOR, FBI

DATE: 16 NOVEMBER 1977
CLASSIFICATION: SECRET
SUBJECT: CUBAN INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES IN THE U.S.; FBI - CUBA

DATE: 6 AUGUST 1977
CLASSIFICATION: SECRET
SUBJECT: WILD STALLION; INTERNAL SECURITY - CUBA-PANAMA
**Biographic Information**

| Last Name | First Name | Date of Birth | City and Country of Birth | Place of Marriage |
|-----------|------------|---------------|---------------------------|------------------|
| Lesnick   | Max        | 9/2/30        | Voelitz, Cuba             |                  |
| Menendez  |            |               |                           |                  |

**Father**

| Last Name | First Name | Date of Birth | City and Country of Birth | Place of Marriage |
|-----------|------------|---------------|---------------------------|------------------|
| Lesnick   |            | 1903          | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |                  |
| Menendez  | Teresa     | 1910          | Miami, Fla                |                  |

**Former Husbands or Wives**

| Last Name | First Name | Date of Birth | City and Country of Birth | Place of Marriage |
|-----------|------------|---------------|---------------------------|------------------|
| Alvarez   | Miriam     | 8/26/32      | Havana, Cuba              | Havana, Cuba     |

**Applicant's Residence Last Five Years**

| Street and Number | City | Province or State | Country | From | To |
|-------------------|------|-------------------|---------|------|----|
| 5530 Sardina      | C. Gables | Fla | U.S.A. | Jan 75 | |
| 1730 Pizarro      | C. Gables | Fla | U.S.A. | Jan 73 | Jan 75 |
| 2122 S.W. 22 Terr.| Miami | Fla | U.S.A. | March 66 | Jan 73 |

**Applicant's Last Address Outside the United States of More Than One Year**

| Street and Number | City | Province or State | Country | From | To |
|-------------------|------|-------------------|---------|------|----|
| Banos 205         | Havana | Havana | Cuba | 56 | Jan 61 |

**Applicant's Employment Last Five Years**

| Full Name and Address of Employer | Occupation | From | To |
|-----------------------------------|------------|------|----|
| 2994 N.W. 7 St. Miami, Fla. 33125 | President | Oct. 67 | |

**Naturalization**

- **Date of Naturalization**: Oct. 67
- **Place of Naturalization**: Miami, Fla.

**Other Information**

- **Naturalization**: Yes
- **Adjustment of Status**: No

**Applicant:**

- **Name**: Lesnick-Menendez, Max
- **Alien Registration Number**: 012-542-416

**Other Agency Use**

- **INS USE (Office of Origin)**
- **Office Code**: 1-4-6-9
- **Type of Case**: MIA
- **Date**: Apr 2, 1977
- **Number**: 01-209258
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TO: PRIORITY PANAMA CITY INFO LA/MIA/MIAMI-Y

UNINTEL RYSAT PERAMPART MHSPIKE Y

REFS: A. DIRECTOR 934495

B. DIRECTOR 933647

C. PANAMA CITY 38750 [IN 076237] Y

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION (LESS 203'S) MAY BE PASSED TO THE
ITS INTERNAL 420TH FOR INFO ONLY:

A. ALDO INOCENCIO VERA SERAFIN (201-0326634) DPOB

28 JULY 1928, CAIBARIEN, LAS VILLAS, CUBA. FORMER UNDERGROUND LEADER
AGAINST BATISTA 1955-59 AND PROMINENT MEMBER IN 26TH OF JULY
MOVEMENT. HELD SEVERAL POSITIONS IN CASTRO'S EARLY REVOLUTIONARY
GOVERNMENT INCLUDING THAT OF CHIEF OF THE TECHNICAL INVESTIGATIONS
DEPARTMENT (DTI), THE MAIN INTELLIGENCE ORGAN OF THE CUBAN NATIONAL
POLICE. ARRIVED IN U.S. WITH WIFE AND BABY AS A REFUGEE ON 13 MARCH
1961. ISSUED PERMANENT U.S. ALIEN REGISTRATION NO. A-12-486-223 IN
JUNE 1965. IN 1972 MOVED TO PUERTO RICO. VERA WAS VERY ACTIVE IN
ANTI-CASTRO CUBAN EXILE GROUPS UP UNTIL THE TIME HE WAS KILLED BY UNKNOWN
ASSAINTS ON 25 OCTOBER 1976 IN SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO-Y

DATE: 201-306634

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1930, VUELTAS, LAS VILLAS, CUBA. FLED TO U.S. IN JANUARY 1961. ISSUED PERMANENT U.S. ALIEN REGISTRATION NO. A-12-542-416 IN JANUARY 1961. HAS BEEN THE PUBLISHER OF THE SMALL EXILE NEWSPAPER "REPLICA" IN MIAMI SINCE 1963 AND A COMMENTATOR FOR A DAILY NEWS PROGRAM "RADIO ANTI-CASTRO REPLICA" SINCE 1964. INVOLVED WITH SEVERAL CUBAN EXILE GROUPS. Y

2. ADDED INFO ONLY:

A. THERE ARE NUMEROUS FBI REPORTS ON VERA AND HIS ACTIVITIES WHILE A MEMBER OF VARIOUS EXILE GROUPS AND ESPECIALLY CONCERNING VERA'S INVOLVEMENT WITH THE GROUP ACCION CUBANA (AC), WHICH IS A SMALL CUBAN EXILE TERRORIST GROUP HEADED BY ORLANDO BOSCH AVILA AND WHICH HAS CLAIMED CREDIT FOR A NUMBER OF BOMBINGS AGAINST CUBAN EMBASSIES AND CONSULATES. BHERALD HAS HAD CONTACT WITH VERA OFF-AND-ON SINCE 1964. BESIDES THE CONTACT DESCRIBED IN REF B VERA WAS BEING CONSIDERED IN 1964 FOR THE AMWORLD PROGRAM, BUT THIS DID NOT MATERIALIZE. AN INTERESTING NOTE IS FACT THAT VERA WAS REGISTERED BY THE ARMY WITH ISR FOR THE PERIODS JANUARY - JULY 1964 AND AUGUST 1964 - APRIL 1966, BOTH TIMES BEING DROPPED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. Y

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B. CONCERNING LESNICK, SEVERAL FBI REPORTS INDICATE LESNICK WAS ASSOCIATED WITH ORLANDO BOSCH AND WAS INVOLVED IN AND SUPPORTED A NUMBER OF CUBAN EXILE REVOLUTIONARY GROUPS' TERRORIST ACTIVITIES. ANOTHER FBI REPORT INDICATED THAT LESNICK RECEIVED MONEY FROM PANAMA IN CONNECTION WITH NARCOTICS TRAFFIC AND ALLEGEDLY WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ARREST IN PANAMA OF GABRIEL GREGORIO RODRIGUEZ, WHO WAS SUSPECTED OF PLOTTING AGAINST THE TORRIJOS GOVERNMENT IN PANAMA. THE LATEST FBI INFO ON LESNICK RECEIVED IN SEPTEMBER 1974 REPORTED THAT LESNICK AND ORLANDO BOSCH WERE NO LONGER COOPERATING BECAUSE OF AN ARGUMENT OVER MONEY. LESNICK WAS ONCE CONTACTED BY THE HAVANA STATION IN AUGUST 1957 AS PART OF THAT STATION'S LONG RANGE DEVELOPMENT OF OPS ASSETS. THERE IS NO INDICATION OF ANY FURTHER OPERATIONAL INTEREST.

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LA COMMENT: A. INDICATED TRACES ON VERA AND LESNICK WOULD FOLLOW SEPARATELY.

B. INFORMED ADDRESSES OF ASSASSINATION OF VERA ON 25 OCTOBER 1976 AND GAVE BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF AGENCY CONTACT WITH VERA.
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C. REQUESTED TRACES ON VERA AND LESNICK AND ASKED HAS INDICATE WHAT INFO COULD BE PASSED TO THE 470TH.

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DATE: 29 OCTOBER 1976

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DDD 305000 1/3/74 1/3/74 1/3/74 1/3/74 1/3/74

TO: PRIORITY PANAMA CITY INFO LAMiami Y

UNINTEL RYBAT HYPOCH MHSPIKE Y

ACD 0000 0000 0000 0000

REFS: A. PANAMA CITY 38780 [IN 078745]

B. PANAMA CITY 38750 [IN 076237]

C. DIRECTOR 931642 Y

3. HEADQUARTERS IN PROCESS OF NOTIFYING DEA OF FBI REQUEST DESCRIBED REF C. FURTHERMORE, WE RECOMMENDING TO DEA THAT SINCE ALDEREGUIA IS A REGISTERED DEA CI THEY MAY WISH INFORM FBI OF THEIR INTEREST, IF THEY HAVE NOT DONE SO ALREADY Y

2. NO HEADQUARTERS TRACES ON OCHOA AND MAYO. TRACES ON ALDO VERA (201-0326634) AND MAX LESNICK (201-0209258) FOLLOW SEPARATELY MOSTLY BUT WILL BE FOR STATION USE ONLY. A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF INFO IS FROM FBI AND MAY NOT BE PASSED TO 470TH WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL OF FBI. BECAUSE OF NUMBER OF DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION INVOLVED IT WOULD BE BETTER IF 470TH MADE OWN QUERY TO FBI FOR THIS INFORMATION. BELIEVE IN FUTURE THAT ANY SUCH REQUESTS FROM 470TH FOR INFORMATION SHOULD BE DIRECTED THROUGH THEIR OWN COMMUNICATIONS CHANNELS TO THE FBI SINCE WE ARE NOT AT LIBERTY TO DIVULGE TO ONE AGENCY INFORMATION

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FROM ANOTHER. MOREOVER, SINCE INDIVIDUALS MENTIONED REF B ARE U.S.
PERSONS, DIRECT COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE 470TH AND THE FBI
PARTICULARLY DESIRABLE.

FILE: 201-281197, 56-2-4, 56-8-11. E2 IMPETUOUS

LA COMMENT: A. STATION ASKS IF FBI HAS BEEN INFORMED THAT ALDERGUA
INS REGISTERED IN ISR AS SOURCE OF DEA.

B. REQUESTS TRACES ON CUBAN EXILES CONNIE O CH O A,
ALDO V E R A, MAX LESNICH, AND FNU MAYO.

C. NOTIFIES ADDRESSES THAT IN RESPONSE TO HEADQUARTERS
MEMO TO FBI ON ACTIVITIES OF ALDERGUA FBI WISHES
INITIATE DISCREET INVESTIGATION OF ALDERGUA'S
ACTIVITIES IN U.S. ADVISES HEADQUARTERS GIVING SUCH
CONCURRENCE.

DC/LA/COG U. MURRAY {IN DRAFT}

PCS/LSN/ID C. ENRIGHT {IN DRAFT}

PCS/LSN/MIL FRANTZ {IN DRAFT}

PCS/NC N. DAVIS {IN DRAFT}

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AC/CI/OG/AT H. ARCHER {IN DRAFT}

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C/LA/CAR

DATE: 28 OCTOBER 1976

ORIG: LESLIE BRUDZINSKI: MEH

UNIT: LA/PNC/PA

EXT: 1454

C/LA

CLASSIFICATION: REPRODUCTION BY OTHER THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE IS PROHIBITED
SECRET 2021322 OCT 76 STAFF

CITE: PANAMA CITY 38799

TO: DIRECTOR INFO MIAMI, FL

MAINTAIN HIGH PRIORITY INTEL

1. On 26 October, KIEPOCH passed station copy of report on alleged Cuban exile terrorist activity from an apparently new source of origin in Miami. Report is not dated, but 26/2 date stamp indicates it was received on 22 October. Even though written, is not identified in handwritten document. It provides address and phone numbers in Miami area which should make his identification feasible. Writer appears to be proprietor of "PASCO" 2601 16th St., Miami, FL. Twenty-third Street, Hollywood, FL. Phone 363-7344 (office); 366-2277 (home). Additional phone 854-4231 followed by rotation (my house). We have no idea how document reached KIEPOCH, but we speculate he learned it could have brought it from Miami. The writer is a known militant (US) for his services.

2. Presumably to establish his bona fides and substantiate his access to info of value to Panamanians, writer submitted lengthy report on alleged recent Cuban exile activity accompanied...
BY LONG LIST OF CUBAN EXILE ACTIVISTS, DOCUMENT CONTAINS FAMILIAR
ALLEGATIONS OF CUBAN INVOLVEMENT IN THIS ACTIVITY. DOCUMENT STATES
THAT ORLANDO BOSCH IS UNDER ARREST IN VENEZUELA TOGETHER WITH LUIS
PULIDO CARRILLES ALIAS "EL SABIO". BOSCH WAS TRAVELING ON COSTA
RICAN PASSPORT AND ALSO HAD NICARAGUAN, DOMINICAN AND CHILEAN
PASSPORTS.

1. REPORT LISTS BOSCH'S CONTACTS AS "MIGUEL PÉREZ" IN NICARAGUA
DESCRIBED AS CLOSE TO GENERAL ANASTASIO SOTOMAYOR ORLANDO NUNEZ
IN COSTA RICA AND MARIO RIVADILLO IN SANTO DOMINGO. POSADA IS
DESCRIBED AS EX-NAVY, ARMY OFFICER, AND WORKED FOR VENEZUELA'S
DIGESTO FOR EIGHT YEARS AND THEN ORGANIZED PRIVATE DETECTIVE AGENCY
WHICH EMPLOYED OVER 1,000 MEN. POSADA, ACCORDING TO THE WRITER,
DIRECTED ALL VIOLENT ACTIONS IN VENEZUELA AGAINST THE COMMUNISTS.
HIS ALIAS WAS "INSPECTOR BARRIO" AND ALSO "EL CALICHE". THE RECENT
OPERATION AGAINST THE CURAMA PLANE WAS MOUNTED BY POSADA, ASSISTED
BY ALDO VERA. THE WRITER CONTINUES BY STATING THAT BOSCH'S RECENT
TRIP TO VENEZUELA WAS AN ATTEMPT TO SETTLE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
"ALDO'S WING" AND CORU. BOSCH'S MISSION WAS SUCCESSFUL IF IT
APPEARS TRUE AND ALDO'S GROUP WILL UNITE. ALDO VERA IS REPORTEDLY
IN PLANTATION. THE WRITER ADDS THAT ALDO VERA WILL ENTER
VENEZUELA IN NOVEMBER 75 TO MOUNT A SERIES OF ATTACKS AGAINST CUBAN EMBASSIES IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA.

4. IT IS NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR FROM TEXT, BUT IT SEEMS AFTER
   1. ACCORDING TO CUBAN REPORTS, SHE WAS ORIGINALLY JAIL IN
   CUBA, BUT ALLOWED TO TRAVEL TO PANAMA SINCE SHE HAS ALREADY SERVED
   HER SENTENCE. SHE WOULD THEN TRAVEL FROM PANAMA TO VIETNAM
   WHERE SHE WOULD BE OF SERVICE TO THE WRITER.

5. THE WRITER CLAIMS THAT ENRIQUE ARIAS WAS ALL SET TO GO TO
   PANAMA DURING THE RECENT UNREST THERE. ARIAS WAS TO HAVE BEEN
   FLEETED BY JOE MENDELA, AN AMERICAN WHO IS WELL KNOWN TO CUBAN GOVERN-
   MENT. JOE MENDELA AND ROLANDO MARTINEZ, WHO ARE IN CONTACT WITH CIA,
   WILL INTRODUCE THE WRITER TO ARIAS AND IMPROVE WRITER'S ACCESS
   TO ARIAS WHO IS OF INTEREST TO PANAMANIANS.

6. STATION POUCHING CURRY OF ALLEGED CUBAN MAIL ACTIVISTS TO
   ADDRESSES.

7. FLIGHT 507-4/3, E2 IMPACT

SECRET
SECRET 212272 OCT 76 STAFF

CITE: PANAMA CITY 38750

TO: PRIORITY L/Miami Info Director,

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT

REF: PANAMA CITY 38750 (.......

1. 470TH NIGP SUCCEEDED IN HOLDING OPS MEETING WITH SOURCE 301 NIGHT OF 19 OCT. IN COURSE OF THAT DEBRIEFING, 301 REPORTED FOLLOWING:

A. HE WAS SENT ALONE TO MIAMI BY GN 5-2, LTC. NORIEGA, ON 14 OCT. RETURNED TO PANAMA NIGHT 15 OCT. HIS MISSION WAS TO CONTACT SALVADOR ALDEREGUIA TO OBTAIN INFO ON CUBAN EXILE ACTIVITY IN CONNECTION WITH SABOTAGE OF CUBANA AIRLINER OFF BARBADOS.

B. 301 REACHED ALDEREGUIA THROUGH CUBAN EXILE FEMALE NAMED CONNIE OCHOA WHO FUNCTIONS AS MISTRESS TO BOTH 301 AND ALDEREGUIA. ALDEREGUIA NAMED CUBAN EXILES ALDO VERA AND (FNU) MAYO, A VETERINARIAN, AS HAVING HAD ROLE IN SABOTAGE OPERATION, BUT SAID PRINCIPAL FIGURE WAS ORLANDO BOSCH. ALDEREGUIA SAID THAT BOSCH HAD GONE TO NICARAGUA WHERE ANASTASIO SANCHEZ GAVE HIM UNSPECIFIED AMOUNT OF MONEY TO MOUNT OPERATION. BOSCH PROCEEDED...
TO CARRIES TO CARRY IT OUT. ALDEREGUIA ALSO NAMED CUBAN EXILE

C. AFTER 321 RETURNED TO PANAMA, HE WAS INVITED TO DINNER
AT HOME OF AMADO PADRON, KNOWN CUBAN INTEL OFFICER IN CUBAN EMBASSY
PANAMA CITY, NIGHT 16 OCT. CUBAN AMBASSADOR GARCIA WAS ALSO PRESENT.
GARCIA PRAISED 321 EFFUSIVELY FOR PREVIOUS INFO 321 HAD PROVIDED TO
CUBANS FROM MIAMI EXILE CONTACTS. GARCIA SAID THAT FIDEL CASTRO
USED IT EXTENSIVELY IN PREPARING HIS 15 OCT SPEECH.

D. 321 WILL BE ASKED BY NORIEGA TO GO TO MIAMI AGAIN IN
NEAR FUTURE, PROBABLY FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION ON SAME SUBJECT.

2. IF 321 GOES TO MIAMI AGAIN 470TH WILL SEND STUDLEY TO
MEET HIM THERE TO MONITOR HIS CONTACTS WITH EXILE COMMUNITY. CONTACT
WITH 321 IS MUCH EASIER IN MIAMI THAN IN PANAMA. 470TH WILL INFORM
FBI AS REQUIRED BY COORDINATION RULES. WOULD APPRECIATE MIAMI
STATION ASSISTANCE TO STUDLEY IF REQUIRED. MIGHT BE ESPECIALLY
HELPFUL IF MIAMI CAN PROVIDE RAPID LOCAL TRACES ON NAMES THAT HE
GETS FROM 321.

3. STATION TRACES ON OCHOA AND MAYO NEGATIVE. NAME ALDO VERA
IS ON CURRENT ON G-2 WATCHLIST, IDENTIFIED AS PUERTO RICAN RESIDENT
AND "DANGEROUS." DO NOT KNOW WHETHER THIS IDENTICAL TO SAME NAME.
IN PARA 28 ABOVE I BELIEVE IT LIKELY, MAX LESNICK IS ALMOST CERTAINLY EDITOR OF "REPLIC" MAGAZINE IN 1974 AND SUBJECT OF LENGTHY MIAMI FBI REPORT DATED 25 SEPT 74 (FBI FILE NO. 105-3442) DEALING WITH ENMITIES WITHIN MIAMI EXILE COMMUNITY.

4. REQUEST ADDRESSEE TRACES ON OCHOA, VERA, MAYO AND LESNICK. PLEASE INDICATE WHAT INFO MAY BE PASSED TO 470TH.

5. FILE: 95-2-4; 201-0933219. E2 IMPDET
SECRET 2115462 OCT 76 STAFF

CITE LA/MIAI 25518

TO: PRIORITY PANAMA CITY INFO DIRECTOR,

W/INTEL RYBAT PERAMPAK

REF: PANAMA CITY 38750 (W/076237)

1. ONLY STATION TRACES ON SUBJECTS REF ARE ON ALDO WER A SERAFIN, WHO INVOLVED WITH HAITIAN/CUBAN EXILE GROUPS PLANNING INVASION OF HAITI IN 1966. (MAY PASS 472TH).

2. WISH REMIND PANAMA CITY, LA/MIAI STATION RECORDS AND FILES ON CUBAN EXILES ARE VERY LIMITED AND THEREFORE ANY ASSISTANCE WE PROVIDE 472TH REPS WOULD NOT BE AS MEANINGFUL AS HQS TRACES.

3. FILE: 56-2-4, 221-0933215, E2 IMPDET
LESNIK, Max

CUBA

Subj reportedly in SNTO working on anti-Castro Radio program broadcast over Radio Caribe, but doubt seriously he is being considered as Director, especially in view of his Cuban nationality.

(SNTO-1366, 18 Mar 63, IN-88859)
LESNICK, MAX
SEX M DOB 08 SEP 30
CUBA, LAS VELAS
CIT CUBA ?
OCC EDITOR
A USA
REF UFCA-12336, 13 NOV 63
ATR USA KEY WEST FLK 26 JAN 61 REQUESTING
POL ASYLUM FORER RADIO PROPAGANDA CUBA,
STATES NOT COMMIE OR SYMPATHIZER. PUBLISHER
AND EDITOR OF REPLICA NEWSPAPER. 001 NOV 63.
CORS CARD WAS LESNICK, MAX MENENDEZ
UFG.

LESNICK, MAX
201-209258
SEX M DOB ?
CIT DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
OCC DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
A DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
SUBJ HAD MEETING W/SUBJ OF 201-239298
JURE. SUBJ COMMITTED HIMSELF OFFICIALLY TO
BEHALF OF JURE IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.

Lesnick, Max

Subject who is on editorial staff of newspaper
said that within one week the first edition
of Replica, a four-page newspaper, will be
available in 5,000 copies within the Cuban
exile community. Its format will be almost
in tabloid form and it may appear three times
a month. The printing cost for each issue will
be $200.

CSUB-3/657,382
22 Oct 63

LESNICK, MAX
201-209258
SEX M DOB ?
CIT USA ?
OCC ?
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NEWSPAPER REPLICA
TO COUNTERACT PRO-BATISTA PROPAGANDA IN
THE CUBAN EXILE COMMUNITY, THE SUBJECT
IS AN EDITOR.
LESNIK, M.

Cuba

Sukij, Cuban rational, recently rumored made Chief Radio CARIBE.

(WAVE-5865, (IN-87544), 16 Mar 63)
DATE: 1 JUNE 1976
CLASSIFICATION: SECRET
SUBJECT: ANTI-CASTRO ACTIVITIES - INTERNAL SECURITY - CUBA
SBI FILE NO: NONE GIVEN
(CABLE FROM DIRECTOR, FBI)
much the stories of Horace Alger.

But not everyone in the Miami area appreciates the Cubans' accomplishments. In fact, the refugees are beginning to encounter an anti-Cuban backlash. The friction between Cubans and their "Anglo" neighbors is different from the problems faced by most minority groups in the nation, if only because here the Cubans have become the majority—52 per cent of the population in Miami, 35 per cent in suburban Hialeah. But their numbers and their success are the heart of the problem. "I've never seen anti-Cuban feeling so bad," says Rafael Villaverde, a Bay of Pigs veteran turned community organizer in Little Havana. "Before, the Cubans were competing for low-level jobs. Now they're competing for the job of bank president, corporation executive, even mayor. We are starting to step on toes."

The Cubans are themselves divided over the issue of U.S. defense with Castro's Cuba. More and more exiles are gung-ho about the notion of liberating Cuba at any cost. But there are those who refuse to concede defeat. Last month, that difference of opinion apparently led to a killing in Miami and the threat of more violence to come.

Scuffle: Much of the Ango-Cuban tension has been erupting in changing neighborhoods. In one southwest Miami community, Cuban and Anglo families have been feuding for months. In January, a shot was fired during one scuffle. "There is a real bitterness now in many middle-class white communities," says Miami attorney William Coburn, especially among people who grew up here and whose neighbors are mostly Cuban. Late last year, the mayor of Hialeah, Dale Bennett, publicly denounced the fact that "hundreds of old-timers have moved out of the Cuban community," warned Bennett. "The people who have come in from Cuba don't like to take over the State of Florida and turn it into Cuba. But unfortunately for them this is America."

Mrs. Mary Ortwick, a longtime Miami resident, agrees. "What the sign says, she complains, "and the people refuse to speak anything but Spanish. Why should I have to learn Spanish?"

That is one of the non-Latinos' most persistent complaints. A particular target of their outrage has been a bilingual education program requiring thousands of English-speaking children in eight elementary schools to learn Spanish. Latin students are learning English. Last November, the Anglo community rose up to elect to the school board an opponent of such programs, replacing the board's only Cuban-American member. So far, he has had no luck in getting the program curtailed, and the resentment persists.

Killing: Many Cubans these days do not go as innocently as they once did to the notion of going back to a liberated Cuba. "Morally, we are still at war with Castro," says Max Schick, Cuban publisher of the Spanish-language magazine Replicia. "But realistically we know the situation is different. We have been in Miami for a long time. We may have to fight for our children to go to school here. This is where we live." The deaths, however, are not so rare. In 1973, Luciano Nieves, 43, a former captain in Castro's army, was shot to death in a Miami parking lot only a few days after he had been a witness in a libel suit. The killing, police believe, was the work of anti-Castro terrorists who may have been responsible for as many as 50 bombings during the past year. A few days after the murder, a "hit list" was found targeting a dozen other prominent exiles.

Despite their fraternal struggles and their fierce ethnic pride, the Cuban-Americans are steadily moving into the American mainstream. What they need now is political power. "We were economically successful, years ago," says Miami city commissioner Manolo Rebozo, who in 1973 became the first Cuban-American to be elected to office in Florida. "But political power is not as important at the time." Currently, Cubans account for only 10 per cent of the registered voters in Miami and 23 per cent in Hialeah. But they are beginning to sign up for U.S. citizenship in record numbers and to demand jobs as civil servants, policemen and teachers. The Cubans may never jump into the melting pot, but they know what it takes to claim a place by the fire.

Newsweek, March 17, 1975
FBI DOCUMENTS

DATE: 20 SEPTEMBER 1974
CLASSIFICATION: NONE GIVEN
SUBJECT: UNION MUNDIAL ANTICOMUNISTA (UMA)
FBI FILE NO: 105-22199 (MIAMI)

DATE: 20 AUGUST 1974
CLASSIFICATION: SECRET - NO FOREIGN DISSEMINATION
SUBJECT: RUBEN DARIO NASCIMANNA CORREA
FBI FILE NO: 105-21878 (MIAMI).
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LESNIK, MAX
201-0209258
SEX M.
201-0889544
HVCA-19960
13 AUG 74

CIT CUBA

RES USA, FLA, MIAMI, HAD INTERVIEW IN HIS MIAMI OFFICE W/ ALFONSO JIMENEZ RAMOS, 201-0889544, 12 JUN 74 PHOTO ATTACHED

DATE 21 AUG 74

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DATE: 31 JULY 1974
CLASSIFICATION: CONFIDENTIAL
SUBJECT: ACCION ORIANA (AC)
FBI FILE NO.: 106-21947 (MIAMI)
(COPY AVAILABLE IN FILE OF
ORLANDO BOSCH
AVILA - NO. 4 OF THIS TRACF)

DATE: 29 JULY 1974
CLASSIFICATION: SECRET
SUBJECT: ORLANDO GARCIA BENITEZ
FBI FILE NO.: 106-21901 (MIAMI)
SECRET 2319162 JUL 74 STAFF

CITE WH/MIAI 22190 (ENNIS ACTING)

TO: DIRECTOR INFO PANAMA CITY,

RYBAT

REF: DIRECTOR 577760

1. FOLLOWING IS VERBATIM EXCERPT FROM JULY 23 MIAMI NEWS COLUMN "MIAMI AL DIA" BY HILCA INCLAN:

"WHO IS THE AGGRESSOR AND WHO IS THE VICTIM IS THE QUESTION IN THE LATEST OF CUBAN EXILE SQUABBLES.

"PEDRO MARTINEZ, A FIGURE IN VARIOUS EXILE REVOLUTIONARY ORGANIZATIONS, SAYS MAX L E S N I K, EDITOR AND OWNER OF REPLICA MAGAZINE AND NEWSPAPER, AND STAFFER MIGUEL A L V A R E Z POINTED GUNS AT HIM AND ORDERED HIM OUT OF DADE COUNTY JUNE 26, OUTSIDE MARTINEZ' HOME, 1800 NW, 24TH AVE.

"MARTINEZ FILED CHARGES AGAINST BOTH MEN WITH THE STATE ATTORNEY AND RETAINED ATTORNEY ELLIS RUBIN TO FIGHT THE CASE FOR HIM.

"LESNIK SAYS IT WAS MARTINEZ WHO FIRST THREATENED HIM AND ONE OF HIS PHOTOGRAPHERS, ESTEBAN MARTIN.

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LESNIK SAYS HE AND ALVAREZ THEN SET UP A MEETING WITH MARTINEZ AND TALKED TO HIM, BUT NEVER POINTED GUNS AT HIM, OR THREATENED TO KILL HIM. NO SHOTS WERE FIRED AND NO ONE WAS HURT.

"I ONLY TOLD HIM THAT IF HE DIDN'T SHAVE UP SOMEBODY WOULD TAKE HIM OUTSIDE THE COUNTY TO CHATTANOOGA. LESNIK SAYS, "HIS LATEST FAD IS TO SAY I'M HIS ENEMY".

"HE SPECULATED MARTINEZ COULD BE CONNECTED WITH A NEW GROUP CALLING ITSELF (UMA), THE SPANISH INITIALS FOR WORLD ANTI-COMMUNIST UNION. UMA HAS TAKEN CREDIT FOR VANDALISM AGAINST CUBAN STORES WHICH SELL REPLICA. UMA SAYS THE MAGAZINE IS COMMUNISTIC.

"BOTH MEN HAVE AGREED TO HAVE THEIR VERSION OF THE STORY TESTED BY A LIE DETECTOR. LESNIK ALREADY GAVE HIS VERSION AS SWORN TESTIMONY TO THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. ATTORNEY RUBIN WROTE A LETTER TO THE STATE ATTORNEY CHARGING A 'WATERGATE TYPE COVERUP' IN THE CASE AND DEMANDING WARRANTS BE ISSUED OR INFORMATIONS (SIC) FILED AGAINST LESNIK AND ALVAREZ WITHIN 24 HOURS.

"I THINK BOTH RUBIN AND MARTINEZ ARE TWO PUBLICITY
SEEKERS, KEEPING EACH OTHER COMPANY, LESNIK SAYS."

2. FILE: 56-9-20, E2, IMPDET
FBI DOCUMENT

DATE: 23 JULY 1974

CLASSIFICATION: NONE GIVEN

SUBJECT: UNION MUNDIAL ANTICOMUNISTA (UMA)

FBI FILE NO: 105-22159 (MIAMI)
SECRET
BLACK TAPE DOCUMENT

TO: RID/Files, GC-52
FROM: LA/RMO, 7631, 1906

I certify that the enclosed document is the CS Copy, has been properly input to the CS Records System, and that its Dennison Tickets and back-flap (where applicable) are stapled to the outside of this envelope, together with a completed Form 2021, to restrict the file (Form 2021 required only for document classified to a 201 file).

Doc. Symbol and Number
DIR-570490

Date of Document
3 July 74

Doc. is Classified to RID File No. 201-209258

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OUTGOING MESSAGE

TO: PANAMA CITY INFO MEXICO CITY

RE: PANAMA CITY 23150 [IN-29439241]

1. FYI ONLY: LESNICK INVOLVED IN DEFENSE WITNESS IN ONGOING COURT CASE IN WASHINGTON. LESNICK POSSIBLY CIS AGENT, OR AT LEAST HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL MEMBER OF CUBAN EXILE COMMUNITY INVOLVED IN TERRORIST ACTIVITIES. DUE SENSITIVITY COURT CASE, ADVISABILITY APPROACHING FBI HAS ABOUT INVESTIGATION OF LESNICK AND/OR NASCUNANA JR. WILL REQUIRE FURTHER STUDY. WILL ADVISE.

2. WILL POUCH TO PANAMA CITY COPIES OF PREVIOUS FBI REPORTS ON LESNICK AMONG APPARENT CONCERN OF FBI IS ACTIVITY LESNICK AS UNREGISTERED AGENT PANAMANIAN GOVT. INCLUDING ALLEGATION THAT HE SOURCE OF INFO RESULTING IN ARREST IN PANAMA OF GABRIEL GREGORIO RODRIGUEZ. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH COURT CASE OF PARA 1. ADVISE TO JUDGE FROM FBI REPORTING. NASCUNANA WAS IN MIAMI JAN 74 ACTING AS CASE OFFICER FOR LESNICK AND AN EMPLOYEE OF LESNICK'S NAMED MARIO CABRERA. TRACES FOLLOW BY DISPATCH.

3. ANY FURTHER INFO MCKERTHY MIGHT COME ACROSS WOULD BE

DATE: 7/18/74

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OUTGOING MESSAGE

CONFIDENTIAL

FILE: 201-770319, 201-204288 (CLESNICK). E2 IMPORT A

SUBJECT: RUBEN DARIO NASCUNANA CORREA OF PANAMA HANAH 6-2.

CGC EO DIETEL (PHONE)

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DATE: 2 JUL 79

G/C: NICKERSON/J. GALLETT

U/C: LH/2/P

E/C: 1764

REPRODUCTION

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CL UF: 051047
SECRET 282127 JUN 74 STAFF

CITE PANAMA CITY 28250

1. DIRECTOR INFO MEXICO CITY, MANAGUA.

2. STONE HYPOCH.

3. MANAGUA 21218 (in 272441)

4. MEXICO CITY 28479 (in 273035)

1. FLOYD H. MCNERTNEY (NDC) HAS BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY

THE SUBJECTS OF REFERENCES AS FATHER (M A S C U N A A

JENZALEZ) AND SON (M A S C U N A A CORREA) THRU NATIONAL

GUARD FILES. MCNERTNEY REPORTS THAT SON IS NOW WORKING

FULL-TIME AS NATIONAL GUARD LIASON WITH THE THREE

GUARD OFFICERS STATIONED IN PANAMA. HE FURTHER IS OF THE

OPINION THAT SON, BECAUSE OF ATTITUDE, REPEATED TRIPS TO

CUBA, AND EXTENSIVE ASSOCIATION WITH CUBANS BOTH ON AND OFF

DUTY, HAS BEEN RECRUITED BY C.I.S. BASED ON HIS KNOWLEDGE OF

MAX. L E S N I C K. MCNERTNEY FURTHER SUSPECTS THAT ANY

RELATION BETWEEN THESE TWO INVOLVES ONE OR BOTH OF TWO THINGS,

ONE, GOP MAY BE USING LESNICK AND MAGAZINE "REPLICA" AS ANTI-

U.S. PROP MECHANISM ON CANAL ZONE ISSUE AND/OR FOR INVESTIGATIVE

COVERAGE OF PANAMANIAN EXILE ACTIVITIES IN MIAMI WITH

SECRET
MASCUNANA, JR, AS THE CHANNEL. TWO, DGI MAY BE USING
MASCUNANA, JR, AND LESNICK TO COVER CUBAN EXILES IN MIAMI,
BECAUSE OF THE VERY OVERT NATURE OF MASCUNANA - CUIS
RELATIONSHIP WE SUSPECT THE FORMER.

2. IN ANY CASE, MASCUNANA CORREA IS EX-ASSET OF OURS
WHO CAN IDENTIFY HIS THREE FORMER CASE OFFICERS (VEAUSSELL,
SOLLIDAY, AND LYNAM) AND PROBABLY ALL STATION LIASON
OFFICERS SINCE 1977. HE FURTHER REPORTEDLY HEAVILY INVOLVED
IN DRUG TRAFFIC AT PRESENT TIME. WE CONCERNED THAT IF ANY
WORD OF THIS INVESTIGATION GETS BACK TO HYGRUFF-1 HE IS
GOING TO BLAME US. TO PROTECT OUR EQUITIES, REQUEST
HEADQUARTERS CONTACT FBI AND DETERMINE REASON FOR, AND
DETAILS OF, FBI INVESTIGATION. FURTHER REQUEST THAT ANY
FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF SUBJ BE COORDINATED WITH STATION.

3. REQUEST TRACES LESNICK.

4. INDEX AND FILE: 281-2772319. E2 IMPDET

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INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE SUBJECT AND SHOULD BE REQUESTED
FROM IP/FILES.

LESNICK, MAX
201-0209258
SEX M
201-0770319
PACY-28950
28 JUN 74

GCP MAY BE USING SUBJ AND MAGAZINE REPLICA AS
ANTI-U.S. PROP MECHANISM OF CANAL ZONE ISSUE
AND/OR FOR INVESTIGATIVE COVERAGE OF PANAMANIAN
EXILE ACTIVITIES IN MIAMI WITH MASCUNANA, JR
201-0770319 AS THE CHANNEL

DATE 27 AUG 74
09162006

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FBI DOCUMENT

DATE: 28 JUNE 1974

CLASSIFICATION: CONFIDENTIAL

SUBJECT: MAX LESNICK

FBI FILE NO.: 105-3492 (MIAMI)
FBI DOCUMENT (CROSS REFERENCE SHEET)

DATE: 25 JUNE 1974

CLASSIFICATION: NONE GIVEN

SUBJECT: "ZERO" (AN ORGANIZATION)

FBI FILE NO: 1-7-22094; 9-2690 (MIAMI)

DOCUMENT AVAILABLE IN IP/CFS
SECRET 2621132 JUN 74 STAFF
CITE PANAMA CITY 28924.

TO: MEXICO CITY, MANAGUA INFO DIRECTOR.

1. STATION IN RECEIPT OF REQUEST FROM FBI MEXICO CITY
VIA CONSUL FOR ANY INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON RUBEN DARO
M. S. C. U. N. A. A. 2ND LT. NATIONAL GUARD. SUBJ MAY BE
IDENTICAL WITH RUBEN DARO M. S. C. U. N. A. A. CORREA
(1-770-14) PANAMANIAN 2ND OFFICER IN OFFICIAL CAPS
WITH CUBAN INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS STATIONED IN PANAMA. MAY ALSO BE
IDENTICAL WITH SUBJ OF SAME NAME, A TRAFFICKING UNKNOWNS WHO
REPORTED AS MEMBER OF PANAMANIAN CONSULAR CORPS STATIONED
MANAGUA AS OF OCTOBER 73. FBI GIVES THEIR SUBJECTS 509
FL. PANAMA CITY, 13 MAY 41 AND RESIDENCE AS VILLA ESPADA 3365.
PANAMA CITY. MASCUNANA CORREA'S FATHER IS PANAMA CITY.
17 APRIL 42. LAST KNOWN ADDRESS CALLE 6 AND AVENIDA 8.
2. BUREAU REQUEST STATES THAT MASCUNANA (FBI #105-13993)
IS SUBJ OF INVESTIGATION BECAUSE OF CONTACT WITH MAX

L. E. S. N. I. C. K., EDITOR OF "REPLICA" MAGAZINE, MIAMI WHI IN
JRN SUBJ OF FBI SECURITY INVESTIGATION. FLOYD M. MCERTNEY
(LOC) IS IN DAILY CONTACT WITH FIRST MASCUNANA ABOVE AND ALSO

SECRET
KNOWS LESNICK AS PRO-CASTRO LEFTIST.

3. BECAUSE OF OUR ODS INTEREST STATION HAS ADVISED CONSUL THAT WE WILL REPLY TO FBI REQUEST THRU OUR CHANNELS.

4. FOR MANAGUA: CAN YOU PROVIDE MATRONYMIC AND CURRENT LOCATION OF MASCUNANA THE CONSUL?

5. FOR MEXICO CITY: PARA ONE MAY BE PASSED FBI. CAN YOU OBTAIN ANY FURTHER IDENTIFYING INFO FROM FBI?

6. INDEX ALL FILE: 201-7783. X-REF 58-9-1. 22

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LESNICK, MAX
201-0209258
SEX M.
201-0770319
PACY-28924
26 JUN. 74.
CIT CUBA
OCC NEWS
RES USA, MIAMI, EDITOR, REPLICA MAGAZINE PRO-
CASTRO LEFTIST, SUBJ OF SECURITY IN INVESTIGA-
TION IN CONTACT WITH RUBEN DARIO MASCUNANA

DATE 07 AUG 74
09151106

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LESNICK, MAX
201-0209258
SEX M
019-300-026
WHIM-21546
17 APR 74

MENTIONED AS ONE OF LEADERS OF FREnte DE LIBERACION NACIONAL DE CUBA.

DATE 16 MAY 74
09108246

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FBI DOCUMENTS

DATE: 27 MARCH 1974
CLASSIFICATION: NONE GIVEN
SUBJECT: ANTI-CASTRO ACTIVITIES
FBI FILE NO: 105-1742 (MIAMI)

DATE: 14 MARCH 1974
CLASSIFICATION: CONFIDENTIAL
SUBJECT: REVOLUTIONARY MEDICAL UNION
DR. HUMBERTO LUIS FONTANA MENDEZ
FBI FILE NO: 105-71604 (MIAMI)
FBI DOCUMENTS

DATE: 14 MARCH 1974
CLASSIFICATION: CONFIDENTIAL
SUBJECT: AGENT CUBANA (AC)
FBI FILE NO: 105-21947 (MIAMI)

DATE: 28 FEBRUARY 1974
CLASSIFICATION: CONFIDENTIAL
SUBJECT: MAX LESHICK
FBI FILE NO: 105-3492 (MIAMI)
FBI DOCUMENTS

DATE: 20 FEBRUARY 1974
CLASSIFICATION: NONE GIVEN
SUBJECT: ALFREDO SANTIAGO SOLEH ALVAREZ
FBI FILE NO: NONE GIVEN (MIAMI)

DATE: 13 FEBRUARY 1974
CLASSIFICATION: NONE GIVEN
SUBJECT: DIRECTORIO REVOLUCIONARIO (DR)
FBI FILE NO: 105-21599 (MIAMI)

FBI DOCUMENTS

DATE: 11 FEBRUARY 1974
CLASSIFICATION: NONE GIVEN
SUBJECT: JOSÉ ANTONIO CALATAYUD RIVERO
FBI FILE NO: 105-21599 (MIAMI)

DATE: 16 JANUARY 1974
CLASSIFICATION: CONFIDENTIAL
SUBJECT: ORLANDO HOCH AVILA
FBI FILE NO: 105-2856

FBI DOCUMENT

DATE: 15 JANUARY 1974
CLASSIFICATION: NONE GIVEN
SUBJECT: FREnte CUBANO DE LIBERACION
FBI FILE NO: 105-21592


10 May 1960

MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD

SUBJECT: Payment to Edward G. Tichborn (P)

1. On 9 May this office received a telegram (in the file) from Tichborn (P) dated 5 May 1960 in which he stated that he had not yet received his check for $500.00 from Ashmead, Hanniford & Associates.

2. The undersigned contacted Mr. Thomas Strange, Cover Division, to find out the reason for this delay. After following up this request he informed me that said check had cleared Tichborn's (P) California bank on 27 April, the Federal Reserve on 29 April and is now in Cover Division as a cancelled check.

3. I tried to phone Tichborn (P) late Monday afternoon (9 May) but he was not in his office. I reached him this morning and advised him that the money had been deposited in his bank on the date noted above. Tichborn (P) said he had not checked with the bank but would do so.

Evalena S. Vidal
Political Action Division
LLF429 0B154 LA610
L LLJ201 PD LOS ANGELES CALIF 5 250P PDT
HENRY DARKIN
PO BOX 8105 SOUTHWEST STATION WASHDC
NO WORD FROM (ASHMEAD) YET. PLEASE CHECK. MAY HAVE MISMAILED.
BEST REGARDS
(HENRY LOPEZ)

201(253)263
08


25 April 1960

MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD

SUBJECT: Payment to Bivard G. Tichborn (P)

Tichborn's (P) accountings for the advance given him in connection with his Cuban trip were processed and found in order. The remaining half of his salary ($650.00) which was to be paid upon the completion of his assignment was then processed through the appropriate Finance and Cover channels (hand-carried). The check, drawn on Ashmead, Hanford Associates in the amount of $650.00 was cleared and left with Cover Division late Friday afternoon 22 April 1960. Cover Division said it would be forwarded that day to Ashmead, Hanford Associates in Philadelphia who would then mail it to Tichborn's (P) California bank, on the following Monday - 25 April 1960.

Svalena S. Vidal

Orig. - Subject File
1 - Chrono


RETURN TO CIA
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Do Not Reproduce

4 February 1960

MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD

SUBJECT: Meeting with Henry P. Lopez at Carleton Hotel. PP/PA
representatives were Horace Davis and Evelina Vidal. WH
representatives were Robert Reynolds (Ritcher) and Philip
Toomey (Thompson). The meeting took place 15 January 1960
1200 hours to 1510 hours.

He read the PP staff report on opposition groups (sanitized) and the
report (sanitized) on the (Indian political action) operation.

Lopez was briefed by Mr. Reynolds on the current situation in Cuba.
He was given a check for $1300 and instructions to call Benjamin Evans
at the Embassy and use the name Fred Morse.

Mr. Lopez stated that he foresaw no problems in getting around in Cuba.
He mentioned that one of his friends in the Harvard Graduate School,
Regina Boti Leon, was now in the Castro cabinet and that he and Boti had
dated the same girl who was now in New York. He intended to phone the
girl on his stop-over in New York to renew acquaintance.

Lopez was told about security precautions and that Mr. Evans would
brief him further on contacts to be made. Mr. Davis asked when he would
be back here and Lopez said about the second of February. Davis said that
we would tape his remarks at that time. Lopez was asked to keep accurate
account of his arrivals and departures for accounting purposes.

(P. Toomey)
WH/PA/PP


SECRET

1 February 1960

SUBJECT: Meeting with Henry F. Lopez at the Statler-Hilton Hotel on 1 February 1960 from 1000 hours to 1530 hours.

1. Those present were: Mrs. Vidal FP/PA, Alexander Hunter (Williams) FP/PA, Charles Penney (Twiss) MI/PA, and Philip Toomey (Thompson) MI/PA.

2. Mr. Lopez gave a report of his contacts in Cuba after receiving his notes which were brought up by Mr. Joel and given to Mr. Lopez by Mr. Cooney. Mr. Lopez said that he had given biographical sketches of Escobar, Basco, Lauriano Batista, Martinez Fraga, Ruben de Leon and Sanchez Arango to the Station representative. He had also turned over a report of Martinez Fraga on the aims of the Revolucion de la Revolucion.

3. Mr. Lopez's report was taped and a transcript will be forwarded to MI by FP/PA.

4. Specific recommendations made by Mr. Lopez included having Herbert Matthews go to Havana and try to influence Castro. Matthews has a good reputation throughout the 25th of July Movement and could help in an approach to Castro. A visit by Ed Hurwitz to do a broadcast on Cuba was also recommended. Mr. Lopez feels that Castro will be in power for a long time to come and that we should try to influence him. He is seriously affected by any defections and these might be encouraged.

5. Castro can be hit by defections of overworked and countermanded officials. Two men who were mentioned as ripe for defection are Rafa in Hacienda and Cepeda in Comercio. Mr. Lopez also recommended contact with Padre Alberto de Castro in Cienfuegos. This padre was formerly Fidel's instructor. When Fidel was in Cienfuegos he was scolded by Padre Castro when Fidel treated with great respect according to Basco. The padre and Fidel spent about one and one half hours alone together at this time. This priest should be checked as a possible influence on Fidel. The possibility of a split between Fidel and Raúl should be exploited. Raúl is cold and mean and the fact that he is Fidel's brother does not carry too much weight.


MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD:

SUBJECT: Debriefing of Edward G. Tichborn(P)

1. Edward G. Tichborn(P) arrived in Washington from his trip to Cuba during the night of 31 January 1960. He was debriefed at the Hotel Statler from about 1000 to 1530 hours on 1 February. Those present at the debriefing were Messrs. O3 (Phil Toomey) and Charles Penney from WH Division, Mr. Alexander Hunter (PP/EAD), and the undersigned. This debriefing was very interesting and resulted in a good deal of pertinent information. The three and a half reels of tape derived therefrom are now being transcribed by this office. Some of the more salient points are noted below.

II

2. Some of the operational information and suggestions offered by Tichborn are the following:

a. There appears to be little chance of a coalition of the opposition groups at this time or in the near future since they are not well organized and each group xxx would want to be the leader of such an effort. Also, according to the members of the opposition to whom Tichborn talked, it is the general consensus of opinion that Fidel Castro is in no danger of losing his grip or the devotion of his followers for some time to come.

b. Fidel Castro seems to become most upset and almost panicked by defections. Possessing a "Messianic-type complex" he cannot bear the thought of someone leaving the fold. Rather than to let such defections pass unnoticed, he feels compelled to give reasons and make excuses. This then blows the matter up perhaps out of proportion and quickly becomes a matter of public knowledge. Tichborn feels that the inducement of defections could perhaps have more effect on Castro than any other single, rational action we might undertake.

c. There appears to be a relatively long-standing schism between the brothers Fidel and Raoul Castro. Raoul is the more cold individual. As an example, Fidel once ordered some 400 prisoners to be returned safely to their homes, but Raoul had a number of them killed. The general feeling in Cuba is that Fidel is not a Communist, but that Raoul is undoubtedly at least a fellow-traveller. Developing or exploiting this schism could therefore, be operationally advantageous. (The fact that they are brothers would probably have little effect on Fidel who has already reduced xxxxxx the land holdings of his mother and another brother in conformity with the agrarian reform program and who jailed his sister, and fired a Minister, over a shake-down on an insurance deal.)

3. Of special operational interest were several individuals Tichborn mentioned who might have some influence on Fidel Castro and hence might be of
operational interest. They are:

a. Father (Padre) Alberto de Castro: he is a Jesuit priest presently located in Caracas, Venezuela, who had been a teacher of Fidel Castro during his youth. Castro was in Venezuela and saw Father de Castro there during which time the latter criticized Fidel for some of his actions. In spite of the fact that this remonstration occurred in front of some of Fidel's men, and they later treated him with great respect, it was felt by Tichborn's source that this information, and by Tichborn, that Father de Castro undoubtedly has some influence over Castro. Tichborn suggested that it would be of value to determine whether or not Fidel has any regular contact with Father de Castro and if so, what operational potential he might have.

b. "Harb" Mathews: he is a journalist with the N.Y. Times and was the only American newspaperman covering the Castro story prior to his final success. While Tichborn was in Cuba, a front page article appeared in Revolution (the regime's press spokesman) on Mathews. It was a sort of editorial and praised Mathews as a "real man" and one who understood the revolution and its aims. Tichborn feels that it might be to our advantage to get into contact with Mathews since he appears to have the confidence of the administration.

c. Professor Rosco: Subject is on the faculty of the Universidad de Villanueva and is a contemporary of Fidel Castro. They were classmates and both were debaters although according to Rosco, Castro did not make the Debating Society of which he was a member. Once after the revolution, Rosco attended a speech Castro made and after the oration, the latter asked Rosco what he thought of it. Upon hearing some criticism, he wanted to know how it could have been improved. Since Castro was leaving for Venezuela and the United States he asked Rosco to accompany him in order that they could discuss the matter further. Tichborn feels that Rosco (a member of the opposition) probably has more influence on Castro than Rosco realizes and that this possibility would be worth looking into.

d. Edward R. Murrow: he produced a TV program on Castro and Tichborn feels that he might have established a rapport with Castro during this period.

4. One of the contacts Tichborn made in Cuba (the Director of Tourism) asked him if he knew of anyone who would be interested in coming to Cuba on an all-expenses-paid visit in order to write articles (or other similar propaganda) on present day Cuba. Tichborn mentioned Cleo Roberts, a popular radio and TV commentator in Los Angeles as a possible candidate. (Tichborn also discussed this matter with Horace W. Davis.) Tichborn will mention this possibility to Roberts upon his return to California.

5. While in Cuba, Tichborn accidentally met a young lady who later revealed to him that she was "an agent for the State Department". He felt that this was a security matter and that it should be brought to our attention for that purpose. Mr. (Toomey) did not recognize the name; it is being further checked out with WH Division. The incident and the details will be made the subject of a separate memorandum for CI Staff.
6. On the administrative side, Mr. Tichborn will forward by mail his financial accounting, one copy to the cover company and the other to Henry W. Darkin(f). The cover letter which was provided him the event that he came to the attention of the Cuban authorities was returned to us and is now in his file. (There was no necessity for its use.) Tichborn inquired as to the possibility of receiving reimbursement for medical expenses which will undoubtedly be incurred upon his return to California due to a possible hernia which developed in New York on his return trip en route to Washington. This is being checked out by this office. Tichborn departed for Los Angeles (having been taken to Friendship International Airport by Henry W. Darkin) at about 1800 hours on 1 February 1960.

Evalena S. Vidal


Edward G. Tichborn's bank is as follows:

Bank of America
Wilshire-Sweetzer Branch,
6507 Wilshire Blvd.,
Los Angeles 48, California

The check for the $2,000 operational advance was drawn on a check of the cover company. It was mailed from Washington with an accompanying letter written by Tichborn stating that it should be deposited to his Commercial Account. Date of writing and forwarding was 15 January 1960.

The $650 check for ½ of his total salary, should be mailed to the same bank and credited to his Commercial Account.

E.S.V.
19 Jan 60


Dear Mr. Tichborn:

The following is set forth as clarification of your present mission, and the procedures which will be followed in the conduct of it. Please indicate your agreement by signing below.

A. Operational

1. You will be briefed generally on some aspects of the Cuban situation while in Washington on this date.

2. The major briefing to be given you concerning the local political situation, security precautions, and more detailed instructions on your present mission will be undertaken upon your arrival in Havana.

3. Upon arrival in Havana a tourist card will be issued by the Cuban Immigration authorities. You will give your true name and occupation in the United States and state that you are in that area as a "tourist".

4. Your initial contact in Havana will be with IDEN A (name and telephone number attached hereto). When making this call, you will identify yourself as Fred Morse.

5. IDEN A will then give you the briefing mentioned in paragraph 2 above.

6. IDEN A will also arrange to put you in contact with about two individuals for the purpose of starting you on your assignment. It is anticipated that other leads and contacts will result from these introductions, both in Havana and the interior.

7. When talking to any local contacts you make while in Cuba, your cover story will be the following: that you are talking to them on the behalf of some (unnamed) American businessmen and investors in order to assess discreetly their position and legal resources as concerns the revolutionary laws and to determine the possibility for future financial development and investments.
8. We are providing you with a letter from a cover company (attached hereto) which you will use only in the case of extreme emergency in the event that you come to the attention of the Cuban authorities. This letter states that you are there on a vacation and that this company has asked you to get some first-hand information on the subjects mentioned in paragraph 7 above while there if you are so inclined. This will provide you with a plausible excuse for being both a tourist and one interested in talking with local personalities.

9. Your mission generally is to talk with as many knowledgeable persons as possible regarding the political situation in Cuba, with special emphasis on the opposition, its strengths, weaknesses, plans and programs. Of particular interest is the possibility or feasibility of a coalescence of these opposition groups.

B. Administrative

1. While on your present assignment you will keep a record of your expenses which will enable you to submit the required accounting for funds upon your return. In keeping the accounts you should note times of arrival and departure, detailed notation of expenses incurred, and the rate of exchange obtained when exchanging U. S. dollars into local currency.

2. Upon your return you will submit two accountings. One will include your salary under "services rendered", and also your expenses and will be in true name to the following company:

   Ashmead, Manifold Associates
   1615 Spruce Street,
   Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

3. The second accounting will also include salary and operational expenses and will be submitted in pseudonym to:

   Henry W. Darkin
   P. O. Box 8105
   Southwest Station
   Washington, D. C.

   [Signature]

   [Date]


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27 October 1959

MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Cover Division
ATTENTION: Mr. Strange (x-8264)
SUBJECT: (Henry P. Lopez) 05

1. To confirm your conversation with (same name) on 26 October 1959 vs request that backstopping facilities be provided for Subject by the following organization:

   Ackerman, Manifold Associates
   1615 Spruce Street
   Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2. Subject will send a true copy of his expenses to this organization and at the same time he will submit to PS/PAO, via a post office box address, a detailed accounting in accordance with Agency regulations.

3. For your information Subject's address is:

   6505 Wilshire Boulevard
   Los Angeles, California

4. Subject's pseudonym is forwarded under separate cover.

Horace W. Davis
Acting Chief
Political Action Division

Distribution:
Orig. & 1 - addressee
1 - chrono
1 - Subject file