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14-Q0000 104-10221-10222/ 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F_ KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992
70.64 (0j9.14401
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
DBA 3/ubs-
FEDERUAL DUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
SECRET
1oo 1 G Ins Miaal, FlorIda (A1 877 123) (RH)
M EUGENE L, PAXNE O9ett MIaoL, glor_da Dolt
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Plold Olllao Pllo 105-6466 Bwrov Pllo M
Thlot PELIPE VIDAL SANTIACO
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Oandon INTERNAL SECURITY CuBA
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'Subjoct 0: Cuban : rofugce;. entorcd cho U S _ on 8/9/60;.
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Coioobiub
Subject dcfcctcd from cho CASTRO govern-
pent whtlo' dmployed 00 Cuban Naval Actacho Ln Caraca8
Vcnozuola Subjecc 18 0 forucr graduatc 02 cho Cuban Naval Acadomy ond Ln cxLle hog beon Involvcd In cccofdczrabJo
anti-CASTRO clandootInc actIvicy againat Cuba.
Subjcct
hae. aff4llatod wLth varfoug antz-CASTRO orcan:zactong In _
Maol Fla arca and Ln 11/62 _ wa8 roportod co.ba
08oocLacod wich nn Indlvldual having contacte, WIth
0 Guatcmala government offLcLal_
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FELIPE :dal , 2293 N , W 7th Strac
FlorAda, an IndIvfeual who forcczly hcld 3.T :'
~PcAzzbio
PojLeLon In thc Cuba7 had GccocpanLcd c Irdivfdual
Idcnc ffed 0s JACK.CAvKOS, 0 Unfccd Secect c[tizen, Gon an
oneI-CaSTTO clandeseIno crIp co Cuba bctwccn Occobor 18
and 23 1961, Jn which wcrc pezportcdly czonsport"ng
S80,000.00 wozth of 0-70 Tre boat opczctcd by CANRON_
who olco uses chc nc:o ~aCK SIEA, aad cho. cebJcce wJo aunk
'along tho Norch Coast of Cuba cnd :he DIWJ wcro looc.
Alchough CAMAON wod allcccdly crgezcd La antf-
CASTRO actLvIcLcg, 134 T-l 9 eeb-couzec pointcd ouc that
@ftor doalLng Witk hlm In bua_noc 8 cnd Icarning about bfo
background, ho: sugpcctod chac CANTFOH 5ed accually 'Involved
Ip clandogcLno @LssLong for tho CAS7RO regloo wlth ronLE4?
@CGono ss0l0E48 G0 Czstotnal acGIsvtey &o Cbe-WLenss Eso8u
BACKGROUND
4 RcsLdenee
Accordung_ to thc 'rccords 0f IEa-gratton and
NatuzalLzucLon: SezvIco (INS) MLaot _ Plor_dz, 40:; Qada:
avaflable On Dcccobor 6,
7961, by Cinries CiLLANDES,
InvoocLgator_ subject et 2293 n: W, 7th scrooe,
Miamt, Flor_daa
3, Birth Dece end_Alten Statug
On Juna 14, 1961, INS_ Mlcat; PlorLda, made
avaLLabLe co Cho' Miamt OEfIcc Information rolatLng. Co
Pol_tical rcfygoa8 entcring thc Uniccd Stateo 0Inco January; 1, 1959_ Incladcd In thfo 1ict wj8 PELIPE VIDAL
SANTIAGO , born Fobruary 3, 1926 , at Hsvana, Cuba,
On Decewbcr 6, 1962 , Irvect getor CIULLANDES wcntioned abovc , oadc available thelr f1le Nunbcr Al1 877 123 ralating co ho subject, which contained thc following Infor-
matLon;
VIDAL Grrived In the Unieed Stezes in Al:guac 9, 1.960, from Bogote, Colocbia, end applLed for 0 B- 2 vIsa
for four wontha Co visit hIc rcfugee wife_ ic polntcd ouc he waJ 0 LIcuzenant in the Cubzn Nary fzca 1944 co 1956 _
In 1958 ho Affflfated himsel€ with' PIDEZ CASTRO Gnd after Jinuary 1, 1959 he was appoInted Chlcf of tho McrI-"md pollce by: chc CASTRO government_ On Octcbcr 16 1959_ h0
WB3 appointcd Naval Atteche at Cazecas, VerezucLa. Ha dcfcctcd: on Mazch 7, 1960, In Curcca8 becauge o2 the cormurfst InffItratlon of che - Cuben governdent.
0a April 8, 1961, VIDAL cpplied for poltttcal
ney} 28 -WEAL Indicated chac In thc United S-atcs he would resLdc at 708 N . W, 23rd Strcet, Micol, Floridu
snd had
In hie po3sessLon 4 docujent Identifying himself
49 tke co- ordinator of the anti-CASTRO organtzazion Movimicnto de LiboracIon Denocratico Rcvolucionazzo.
Ca Aucust 1960_ InS obtained a Shozn 8Lgned
statcment Erom ` VIDAL Ln which he statcd be V25 d1schar_
from the Cuban Navy under tke gcvernent cf PULGENCIO BATISTA
bccauso of h1s opposLtion co BATISTA .
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VIDAL idicaccd ho ccrz Jored cL July 26ch
Ici. utlonary 3-_ 23 05 FIZZL Cisz;o; b RJs
GffIlfocod wI=h all {733R5 cf :he croIctlcc. In Cctobor,
1957 VIDAL Wjs co-672'saa?: 0f #c Czganizccior kccion
Rcc Isccncg '(Tho Clendeszine ResIsecrzu tction OrgainIzaclon) .
#c po {rccd cu: chaz 4n Havjna, Ceba, ke pjrtic_pated Io
dis:corngcion of Propasjd:, saboczcc _ 0zfanizcd scrLko8,
and pcctIncs In Jels, 01l on bekalf of che CASTRO
rcvolucLon_
VIDAL pointed out chac In 1958 0 pect W-9 fornod
In Caracas naaIng M#TizL URRUTIA as PzsIdent of cho now
tocnt, but chst CaSTRO lazcr JGu=ped the prcsLdency .
Aftc:: URRUTLA Was Olurchfowm, FIDAL bacama dIcorchantad: and
bcgan:to coopczace with anEf-CAS-RO 0gun-zat1cns ; Ho
oskcd for forcLgn ezd Astef noting cont nucd CASTRO
acelvicios @gatnse eke Govartzcnt of RCMHULO 3ETANCOURT
and cho povcmcR€ 0f Russtan aScnzs to Cuba, he .-cnoved bts
faolly {rom Cube, wanc to Colo-Sfe, end defecced:
VIDAL emphasdged chac he had never beon 8
Deabor 0€ che CommunIsc Party _ In Ceba.
On Occober '$ 1962 , M T-2, 4 Cuban refugeo
fomLlLor wLch cortafi Phases of an:f-CASZRO activlty In
tho Miql: 'areg ond cho Eas Liofted r ifeeduezoa regardIng
cccmunict actLvEtres in Cubs, advLsed thac "Captloncd subjcct
was personally kncwn to bIo '0 Cuba,, whoze ho had tho ropu-
dotLon of being an OpForcuafs: ind extrcnely fond of drtnklng
and ca-ousing. Ho VBs 6 Capcstn Lo' CASTRO s Nsvy In
Clenfuegos , Cuba.
SNNARY 07,ACZTVIZIES_SINCE_DZZECTIOY
ERONCASZRO REGINE
4
Te Decenbcz 7,
'sSue of "L, Pzensa, Ii
carried nn
Spanishclen5u iclcd sng;
Iiskcd in Ncw York,
Frort In Klani. I
eazitled "Estzbiish United Cuban
Pront Of
This et:cle scsted that hc Unitcd ByoncnbcrL birchio In tke City 02 MiSZ
wes anncarced of thc grorp , Vhich incluc d Comaandez VIDAL SANTIAGO of the Xovezerc & PELIBE
Liboration; aborg othezs_ erocrgzic Revolut_onary
wich
On Zebruazy_ Z0; 1961; %I 7-3,
2 Cwba fzolllar certain Cubzn cctivicy
in trc Maai SANTIAGO VIDAL
and ao-k2z indivduzl
advised
goup aro purchasing radio of 02 ~nti-CASTEO
equipzznt.
On Ap-tl 4 CAROs FRZO PrcaLdent o€ Cuba, sdvised 23
SCCARRAS_ forder
oimed by FELIPE VIDAL ASen: of tke FBI that 2 tost
to Carac_
Venevuekz, S}ad bee; dfszatctehun Naval
A:tscka
Cuba _
fhs 'boenehuelbeehad dis?ecched co sha cosst Of
had' not ycc rcturned_
cone 832-0x" =4fely
ten and
trtp wes to
PRI0 scv_scd tha Fizpose of tha cuz 6f Cuba 3 close Eriend of Idenclffed
as JULIO GARCERLV _ for723
Supreme Court of Ceba _
Ccg:strate of tho
Souch Florida G:rczRIV Ras co ba Szcught co che sree In VIDAL 5 So35.
4 SpanLsb
The July 4, 1961, issue cf
cha "Dlarzo laz n
arcicle
langucge newspeper llsced Im Xiazz
cartLed
Aez'cas ,
enticled, "Unizod Front
for Naclozcl a Liberation, m
govo
du3,
1960,
dafly
zu5_
:zec,
1961,
8s , bezn
days
bring
PRIO,
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zotlqg In cffcct that cha' ConetIcutlon oe 1940 vould 60'
rcbtorcd by chc Ibcrating arny and uLfy 1 che Cuban
entI-comounLac forcoe. Tha artIcle boro chc sfseturo of
Cocanndcr PELIPE VIDAL SANTIAGO on bebalf of cha "Dobocracla
Rccovcry o€ Cuba."
Thc Aprtl 27 1962 Losud of tha "HIaaI Hcrald,"
0
datly Gcdopapor pubiiehad
in MLaml, carrled an arcc lo
Pcrcoxning to cho tralnIng of exLleo n Cha MLeal eroa , Subject, on bebalf of cho Unltcd LIberatlon Fronc, vab Llatcd_Gg_one oE tbo ParcLc Lpante In chLe' cratnLog.
On 25 _ 1962 , H4 T-I advleed cbac bubjecc
vould-In 41T Probab[1Gy bo Inc luded Ln tha QIICary
(cozaLeeson ' %8entL-CASTRO Cuban exLlee which vao boLng
ergangzed by Cenirel Anericen countrLee to cooperate: 19
laccLon egeLnet ebe CASTRO government_
On_Auguet: 8; "1962, H Tl; 28 Prevlously LndLcaced;
advLged tbat . JNCK' CANNON; sho ' claloe be Le engesed: Ln 6C1-
CASTRO ectlviticb_ end hae padc ` 4J clendegtIne co Cubal Ln' vartous ` traneporting 0rwb @nd documents_ and 0x" {Llcrating people, advLaed: hLe wae ank goocvherc alops]
the -lorth Coqee Of Cube, but Ka8 ' @b10; 10' :@ave hioself Ln
BDaLL Plaectc' boac @Ith an outboard motor whIch vas_ O1 boaxd, and arrLved; Ln' Sale He reportedly vas ac ~ cowpanted on 'che by FELIPE VIDAL, 2293 N. Ha 7ch" Istreet, XLant_ PlorKda_ who foruerly 'held 0 respon8_ble
Po8LcLon In chc Cuben durIng the CASTRO. reglme On"
thLe CTIp, ` CaMOX caLd wero trenepozting $80,.000.00
worth o€ eTwg: tbceo waro: reportedly loat wben cbe 'boee:
Bank .
Accordsng to che bource of MM T-l, JaCK CaNNOII
wbo 3 4 Uniced Statea cIcIzen end: former CASTRO guerrfile-
pan, Le Bugpected of' working for the Cuban governmcnt _ Bel
reg_de9 at. 2020 H; E. 13Sth Street, North MLenf; ? 'iorlda;
mhere he 'and hLs Cuban wife_ MARLA SUAREZ , are cenantj ,
Thg ccurce of M T-l advfsed he had nad -8omc busfnese
{relcclon8 Wfth 'CANON and upon: obtalning 8ome InforwatLon
labout him, bzrongly auspecta he Le Involved In 3or8 clandeb-
Itine mIbelon Eor the CASTRO rcglme _ wIth ramfffceclong of
kcriminal offen8ee in MLaml, Ho etated he 8uspects 'Ca;O}
18 the Beme 0An) wbo wad known in .Cuba by che nja o2 DUAL
and who was . MORCAII ' 0 adjutant dur the executctons per
forved In ' Caba. i
2256
20 | -
M T-l edtlecd thet on August 27 1962 FRAANK
RIORINI , an: IndivLdual actIve: In mtL-CASTRO activItY , had ndicated that he bad particIpated In dlscu88long for tba
PrevLouis three day8 with tha gubJect ad otnet scsere
connected #fth: the JULIO CARCERAN group _ PIORINI had _
d1scuebed ParttcLpetion In aC Elvlgy re letIng €0 cho pro-
curezent of crevb for 8 number of B-26 Planes_ ad rC 449 decLded that candidatea: for chese crcwa were noc Co be
pewber8 of che antL-CASTRO Cuben Revolutlonary CouncLl.
Accordtng Co H T-l, the pIloce recrulted Nere to
Be 8enc to unnaned Central Anerfcan base8 and carsccs vera
co be Guancanamo Heval Babe and the of Santlago do
Cuba, or 8om8 carget In : that general vLcInlty_ No specLffc
dlce Vaj set for tbfs operatLon _ but PIORIRI was slven the
Of August 31, 1962 , 63 0 ELoo IIort Co fInd Crevb
RIORINT oceted ba bad Of Egred_bLg_aervlceg co VID,_buc)
Vra-told bo cowld @o€ PertICIpace,
Haz
Olps
sblPG;
bhtp
Cey
crLP
Novy
chey
@nd
Ing
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6n Octcbcr 22, 1962, #4 T-b wbo p-9 bccn In-
wolvcd In Cuban volucionary ac
tivitics
fo thc pasc
fIvc ycare , advLsod chac thc eubjcct 4o8 PlennLng co
dcpart chac daco for Cuba on 0 oflicory 0188Lon , Ac-
cordIng co 1 T-b , VIDAL Wa8 accompanIod by cho Ancrican
adventurer Roy HLARGRAVES _ VIDAL allcgodly has 15 wcn
In hLa group and reconcly latcad Ncw York _
On;. Novcmber ` 19 _ 1962 M4 I-L advlocd that VIDAL'0
Erfend ROY HARIRAVEB , Le 0 frfcnd of JOIn BONILLA Coneul
of Cuaccmale; and chac poth aro Qucual Erfcndg . of
a5 old NiGeraguan rcvolutlontuc, Thfe MIcaraguan rccencly
htred HARGEAVES to Place _ 0 fIe .6ogb Ln 4n' unIdenctELed:
boac_ He 40 reporccd-Co 'have . o€aced tbac; the Ncaraguan
governoeni:d1d not: want Fo 9poneor: @Y accIon. egatnet:
CiSTRO,_buc could confer VIth BOMtLLA; who hao, knowledge 0g
Cbe . escabfohrent o a Inter-Aor_can .BFLgado
On Occober 29_ 1962, W4 T-b advlged" chac cbe
~subJcct,vee-Plenn-ng 0 01884on, Go Cuba. Tha: eubjecc
recently Feturned f5pn 'Cuba, where ho olelwed to have
bcon *n 23918ejon; VIDAL 4: reported Co havo" BaLd_ chec
whcr -hey wera 35.mLioa .off the 'Cuban aoa6t, hLe: boac waa_
fol}; xed6y 9, Cuban: gunboae, and thac when wore cen
Dilea Off 'cha Poqae, anothor gunboat' Jaincd In 'Cha
surveLlJance _ At thLa Polnt VTDAL roturned co; Mlapt -
Ha wab reperced1y ueing 8 borrawed bont and : the: purpoge
of tha @iaelon w4A Fq drop 4n egenf in tha Macanzas Province
0f Cube,
Op Novembar. 13, 1962, H4 T-4 advleed chac approxt-
mately threa weeku prevtoualy tha oubjecc had departod from
Yeca Marothon, Florsde, In 2 Privato boet on 0 trip
to Cube,
PKYSICAL_QESCRIETIQ
The follovlog 40
9 PhyELcal doscrIpelon of tha
subject}
Naqe PELIPE VIDAL BANTIAGQ
AlLao Felipe Vidal
Race Whfce
Sex Hale
Data 0f BLrtkk February J, 1926
Placo of Blrch Havane , Cuba
Addragg 2293 N, W , 7th Streat
Manl, PlorIda
HcLght 6 '
Bufld Slender
Hatr Brown , receding
Pecullaritlee Wear8 mugcacha
CccupatLon Cuban Naval ' QffIcer
MarIcel Scefua Marrled
HIfe RAQUEZ GONZALEZ FEAL
Pather HONORATO VIDAL MDRAZO
Mother HARIA DEL CARHEE SANTIACO
ALVAREZ
FIngorprInt PS
C1a88LfIcacLon 19__L 17 w MIII II
S U OCo
Cuban Peeeporc No. 01432
AlJen Mucber AIL 877 823
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