</s>2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 104-10221-102222 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F KENNEOY ASS ASSASSANATION RECORDES ACT OF 1993 DBA-3/1065- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION SECRET Copy lon 1 - INS, Miami, Florida (A11 877 123) (RH) Report of EUGENE L. PAYNE Date EUGENIE L. PAYNE Oren Miani, Florida DECC G 1092 Field Office File ... 105-6666 Dereen File # Tiles FELIPE VIDAL SANTIACO 201-267053 FELIEPE VIDA SANTIAGO 4 yield - - - - - - - - Synchron INTERNAL SECURITY - CUBA Subject: a Cuban refugee, entered the U.S. on 8/9/60; from Colombia, Subject defenced from the CASTRO govern- ment to the Cuban government. Venezuela. Subject is a former graduate of the Cuban. Naval Academy and in exile has been involved in the Cancun, Naval Academy and is also an anti-CASTRO organization. has affiliated with various anti-CASTRO organization, object the Miami, Fla ., and with an 11/62, was reported to be associated with an individual having contacts with a Coconutale government official. - G - DETAILS: DETALLS: Investigation in this matter was based upon information from M-1, M-2, and another government agency which conducted security and intelligence-type investigations, conducted by the Department of the Information Agency, who received from a sub-source of 1962, and then information had boan advicted as follows. SECRET SECRET Excluded from automatic 1 This document details whether whether the government is responsible for the property of the Foll and is intended to. downcading and decalification.

Summary:  
The document details the activities of Felipe Vidal Santiago (born February 3, 1926), a Cuban refugee and former naval officer who defected from Cuba in 1958. Vidal resided in Miami, Florida, and was affiliated with anti-Castro organizations, including the Organization Action Re-identification (Clandestine Historical Action Organization) and the Cuban Liberation Front. He engaged in clandestine operations against the Castro regime, including planning trips to Cuba under assumed identities such as "Jack Cannon" and "Jack Shea." Vidal was reported to have coordinated with individuals like Frank Friorine and Roy Harraves, who were linked to anti-Castro networks. Financial details mention a boat trip in October 1962 involving $80 million, allegedly transported by Cuban naval officers, though the transaction's nature remains unclear. The document also notes Vidal’s association with Jack Cannon, a U.S. citizen suspected of working for the Cuban government, and references covert operations in Miami and Cuba.  

Key People:  
- Felipe Vidal Santiago (born February 3, 1926)  
- Jack Cannon (U.S. citizen, suspected Cuban intelligence asset)  
- Frank Friorine (involved in anti-Castro activities)  
- Roy Harraves (linked to anti-Castro networks)  
- John Bonilla (Guatemalan consul associated with Vidal)  

Key Locations:  
- Miami, Florida (Vidal’s residence and operational base)  
- Cuba (sites of clandestine operations, including Matanzas Province)  
- Venezuela (Vidal’s former naval post as Cuban Naval Attache)  
- Colombia (Vidal’s entry point to the U.S.)  

Key Events:  
- Vidal’s defection from Cuba in 1958 and subsequent activities in Miami.  
- Clandestine trips to Cuba under false identities, including a 1962 operation involving $80 million.  
- Coordination with anti-Castro groups like the Organization Action Re-identification and Cuban Liberation Front.  
- Suspected collaboration between Vidal and Jack Cannon, who was linked to Cuban intelligence.  

Key Organizations:  
- Organization Action Re-identification (Clandestine Historical Action Organization)  
- Cuban Liberation Front  
- Anti-Castro networks in Miami and Cuba  
- Cuban government (Castro regime, including Naval Academy affiliations)

JFK Declassified Files

104-10221-10222.pdf

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