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124-10300-10024] 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F_ KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992
JFK Assassination System Date: 6/5/2015
Identification For
Agency Information
AGENCY : FBI
RECORD NUMER 124-10300-10024
RECORD SERIES HQ
AGENCY FILE NUMER CR 105-162207-3
Document Inforation
ORIGINATOR FBI
FROM: SAC, MM
TO DIRECTOR, FBI
TITLE :
DATE : 07/10/1967
PAGES : 4
SUBJECTS
[Restricted]
DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT
CLASSIFICATION Secret
RESTRICTIONS IB; 4
CURRENT STATUS Redact
DATE OF LAST REVEW 06/14/1998
OPENING CRITERIA INDEFINITE, APPROVAL OF CIA
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BETANCOURT indicated that he had been the General
Coordinator of the 30th of Novenber anti-Castro organization
in Cuba during 1959, 1960 and the first part of 1961 He
arrived in the United States at Miami on June 29
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1961
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small boat . Upon his errival in the United States, he assumed
leadership of the 30th of November movement in Miami until
approximately October 1962 , when he entered the U , S . Army
under the Cuban recruitment program at Fort Jackson , S C
Subsequent to this he has been affiliated with the 30th of
November movement in Chicago for approximately two years,
1963-1965
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and in Miami 1965 to date
BETANCOURT is currently_employed 23 2 security_guard
for the National Patrol Detective -Agency and the National
Industrial Security Corporation (affiliates)
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590 S W,27th
Avenue
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Miami , Florida In connection with this employment ,
he i8 a guard at the Cuban_Refugee_Processing Center of the
Department -of Health Education and Welfare HEW ) three days
2 week The, Processing Center is located in Buildings T-90
and T-94 which_ are utilized by the U S Immigration and
Naturalization Service (INS) in processing , fingerprinting and
photographing Cuban refugees upon their arrival in the United
States _ CIA lunder the guise of_INS interviewers] interrogates
these arrivals @t this location) J(
BETANCOURT related he met ROBLEJO around the first
of January_
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1967
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when ROBLEJO reportedly returned from Mexico
City where he had been attempting to seek the release of Cuban
political prisoners in Cuba He met ROBLEJO through ANGEL_
ESTEVEZ _ a coworker of BETANCOURT at the Hotel Fontainebleau
Where both were employed 2s waiters at that time At the
request of : ESTEVEZ , BETANCOURT: furnished ROBLEJO a table gratis
at the Frank Sinatra show at the Fontainebleau Hotel for which
ROBLEJO was apparently' grateful As a result of this, ROBLEJO
soyght BETANCOURT 5 assistance in attempting to obtain the
release of political prisoners and recently BETANCOURT Was
made 2 member of the Executive Committee of the CPLLC
In this connection , BETANCOURT accompanied ROBLEJO
to San Juan, Puerto Rico
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the first week of June
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BETANCOURT by this time had the impression ROBLEJJO was actually
anti-United States and he considered ROBLETO 0 "leftist-socialist , 09
While in Puerto Rico they met with MANOLO #RAY and RUFOALOPEZ .
FRESQUET ROBLEJO discussed the possibility of RAY and LOPEZ
FRESQUET" becoming active in seeking the release of Cuban
political prisoners_ However , no definite agreement or
conclusion was reached
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BETANCOURT stated that on or about June 15
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he and ROBLEJO , while temporarily staying at 2930 Toiza ,
Santurce Puerto Rico, were having a general conversation and
ROBLEJO changed the topic to BETANCOURT S current work 2s a
security guard att the Miami Airport where the Cuban refugees
are processed _ ROBLEJO asked detailed questions concerning
the nature Of the activities-at-this -location
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to which BETANCOURT
explained that Cuban refugees upon their arrival in the United
States are processed here
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including having their photographs
taken, be fingerprinted and being interrogated ROBLEJO
asked BETANCOURT if the FBI was there
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which BETANCOURT acknowl -
edged in the affirmative
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and ROBLEJO asked
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"What do do
there?# BETANCOURT answered , investigate and clear al1
of the refugees arriving from Cuba in the United States
ROBLEJO was interested in knowing if BETANCOURT S2w "those papers"
and BETANCOURT stated he had seen them (BETANCOURT indicated
this was entirely fictitious
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but since he did not trust ROBLEJO,
he felt he might be in & position to be of possible assistance
to the U S_ Government ) ROBLEJO asked BETANCOURT if he could
"photograph take a picture of the documents or the people
the FBI investigates 89 BETANCOURT asked ROBLEJO if he was
"crazy_ 9 P0 stating that if he did something like that he could
be put in the "electric chair 0 0 ROBLEJO indicated that with
the use of 2 small camera, this could be accomplished very
easily Almost immediately =
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the topic was changed and BETANCOURT
indicated to ROBLEJO he had to leave San Juan immediately because
his child had just broken his collar bone BETANCOURT also
indicated to ROBLEJO tbat BETANCOURT 0 S 9 wife had called
and said she did not have any money in the house to buy food
9 etc At this point
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ROBLEJO gave BETANCOURT a check in the
amount of $300.00 , drawn on the First National Bank of Miami
on the account of the Comittee of Relatives of the One Hundred _
ROBLEJO made out this check in BETANCOURT S presence and
requested $50.00 be given to ROBLEJO ' s mother Immediately_
BETANCOURT cashed the check and sent 4 money order to his Wife,
ERMITAS RAMON ARIAS
BETANCOURT stated ROBLEJO had given him $50 . 00 in
cash prior to their departure. for Puerto Rico .
BETANCOURT advised he returned to Miami from Puerto
Rico on June 18 1967 and ROBLEJO remained in San Juan until
June 28 , 1967 He recalled ROBLEJO attempted to have him stay
in Puerto Rico and was 0 #= mad" a BETANCOURT for leaving early .
On June 30 1967 ROBLEJO telephonically contacted
BETANCOURT
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planned to g0 to Venezuela , Panama and Ottawa, Canada, and
would See BETANCOURT upon his return_ ROBLEJO is interested
in obtaining a Mexican visa in order to 80 to Cuba to possibly
converse with FIDEL CASTRO or other important leaders in the
communist government Of Cuba in connection with the possible
release 0f Cuban political prisoners _
Local stops have been placed with INS in order to be
notified of ROBLEJO 5 return to the United States _
Miami plans to locate and possibly monitor the bank
account of the Committee of Relatives of the One Hundred and
any other accounts where ROBLEJO is the authorized signature
f an account
The Bureau is being requested 1n a separate communi-
cation captionea 80 'SERGIO OSWALDO BETANCOURT COLLAZO aka
"Ariel 82 PSI CUBA 9 # to grant authority to contact him in
order to follow up in connection with ROBLEJJO ' s request as
mentioned above in the event ROBLEJO attempts to pursue this
matter further
The Bureau will be kept advised LHM incorporating
pertinent data regarding subject's activities will be promptly
furnished to the Bureau .
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