</s>104-10221-10039 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 JAN 69- 2001-24225 STURGIS, Frank Anthony VOL.I JAN 67-

**Frank Sturgis**

* Former CIA operative involved in the Watergate scandal
* Claimed to have new information about a possible Cuban military operation on May 7, 1974
* Discussed idea with others that it would be less embarrassing for US if Cuba went communist
* Had conversations with government officials on May 7 and 8, 1974

**Cubanos Unidos (CU)**

* Cuban-exile anti-Fidel Castro organization in Miami, Florida
* Headed by Wilfredo Navarro
* Involved in military operations against Cuba
* Had meetings to introduce American citizens backing the group
* Leaders included Wilfredo and Jorge Navarro

**Other Individuals**

* Frank Fiorin linked himself with the Navarro brothers and Goddos Dattis
* Virginio and Ed Kaiser were introduced as Americans backing CU at a meeting
* Manuel Espinosa Diaz, Minister of the Interior, boarded a boat in Miami to go to Cuba with a list of over thirty thousand exiled Cubans
* Anthony Sturgis, President of Venezuela, was involved in a plot to assassinate Henry Kissinger

**Events**

* May 7 and 8, 1974: Frank Sturgis had conversations with government officials about Cuban military operation
* June 10, 1976: CU held a meeting to introduce American citizens backing the group
* Meeting at Dupuit Plate Hotel where Americans backing CU were introduced
* Manuel Espinosa Diaz boarded a boat in Miami to go to Cuba with a list of exiled Cubans

**Locations**

* Miami, Florida (CU headquarters)
* Cuba (target of military operations and destination for Manuel Espinosa Diaz's mission)
* Venezuela (Anthony Sturgis was President)

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