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~- FBI TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION:• 0 Teletype 0 Immediate 0 TOP SECRET 0 Facsimile 0 Priority 0 SECRET !KJ AIRTEL 0 Routine 0 CONFIDENTIAL 0 UNCLAS E F T 0 0 UNCLAS

Date 11/19/92

INVEST DIV, DOMESTIC TERRORISM UNIT b6 (2 MM-61560) (FCI-1) (P) b7C

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Reference FBIHQ te1ca1l to Miami 11/17/92.

Enclosed for FBIHQ are three copies of a sel~ explanatory LHM suitable for dissemination.

Per referenced telcall advising of DOJ authority, Miami has initiated a Neutrality case on captioned matter. b6 ~~~~~~lis a well known anti-Castro activist in the Miami b7c ____The following is a descrigtion o~

NAME RACE b6 __{jJ__ SEX.* = DOB b7Cc=J ~ -~ SSAN All INFORMATION CONTAINED "i"LA DL HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED. DATE 2fA.'f/'!7 sy·~~r;!:N~ :#.37{,/f:3 2-;t1il1-(p I 5& 0- b7C GJ- Bureau (En~~r / ~~----~----~~ 1 - Miami I I b6 b7C

Approved: Transmitted ------(Number) (Time) r~~ LlfM 1-D ])o:tft55 ,, ....30 r1r ;

FBIHQe will be kept apprised of Miami's• investigative efforts.

2 • U.S. Departme. Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation

In Reply, Please Refer to P. 0. Box 592418, MIA File No. Miami, Florida 33159

November 19, 1992

b6 UNSUBS; I b7C (FIRST NAME UNKNOWN) I I ET AL; PLAN TO LAUNCH AN INVASION OF CUBA INVOLVING 300 MEN; ALl INFORMATION CONTAINtg NEUTRALITY ACT HEREIN IS UNCLASSl~FfD'• , DA1f.!l#'ifrl.'1-BY · , :tiJI/(,11.3 On October 29, 1992, a confidential informant of the Federal Bureau of Investigation was present at a meeting at PUND headquarters (PARTIDO UNIDAD NACIONAL DEMOCRATICA) where approximately eighty individuals inclTijpq a female Cphan doctor b6 and her female assistant were told by_ I b?c of PUND, and (FNUH I that a training camp would be set up west of Miami in order to train about 300 men for an invasion of Cuba. I ltold the group that participants in the invasion would go to the camp starting on 11/16/92 and remain there until 12/21/92 when they would be allowed to return to their families for the holidays. While the men are in training( t:eir ffmilies will receive a monetary allowance paid by PUND. _ _ _told the group that funds were coming from private donat1ons.

L.--:---:------!11 told the group that they would not receive b 6 weapons training at the camp because that was illegal in this b?c country. At the camp, everyone would be issued uniforms and any other necessary equipment. On or about 1/3/93, everyone would be sent to a third country where final outfitting and training would occur prior to the invasion. b6 Also during the meeting, I lasked for volunteers b?c for two special training sessions: 1) explosives and 2) special missions. I !explained that "special missions" meant conducting hits on FIDEL CASTRO and Cuban officials outside of Cuba.

This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.

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A th1rd. • key person present at t h e meet1ng•. was a tal 1 b6 Cubaf man ~·n ~is thirties and with a military style crew cut at b7C whom_ Joccasionally referred questions from the group regard1ngog1stics like getting trainees who are not Permanent Resident Aliens (PRA) Immigration Reentry Permits so that they will be readmitted in the United States after their travel to another country. k I told those in attendance that they would be ~~c armed wit M-16 and Super FAL rifles for the invasion and that the group would be resupplied by air and that ammunition and replacements would not be a problem. b6 ~----~--~!instructed the attendees to come to PUND b7C headquarters in groups of tens starting 11/10/92 to pick up a form in order to then go the female Cuban doctor's office to get a medical checkup.

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TAMPA DIVISI~~' ACCDMPANIEO A COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA

SHERIFF'S O~PUTY ON ROUTIN~ PATROL IN THE AREA OF THE

FAKAHATCHEE ST~ANU STATE PRESf~VE LJCATED NEAR THE EVERGLADES.

AT APP~OXIMATELY 10:00 A.M. A LARGE DUMP TRUCK WAS OBSERVED I EXITING A SIDE ROAD LOCAT£0 NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF SCENIC

HIGHWAY AND PATERSON 80ULEVARD. THE OCCUPANTS OF T~E DUMP

TRUCK APPEAR~D TO BE TWO HTSPANIC MALES DKESSEO IN CAMOUFLAGE

UNIFORMS. THE D~PUTY DROV~ HIS VEHICLE TO TH~ END Of THE

NA~ROW ROAD FROM WHICH THE DUMP TRUCK YAO EXITED. THE' ROAD

ITSELF lflAS LOCI\TEO ~HTHIN Tt-:E I=AKAHATCHEE STRAND STATE PARK

AND THE STATE PARK S~RVICE MAINTAINS ·THE GATE AT THE HEAD OF THE ROAD.

AT THE EN~ OF THE ROAO APPROXIM~TELY TWO ACRES OF

RECENTLY CLEAR~O LAN~ WAS ~aSE~VE0. ~ITHIN THE CLEAQING WEKE

TWO PERMAN~NT WOODFN DWELLINGS PAINTED OLiVE DRAB, ONE OF hiHICH HAD A R.ED CRnSS AFFIXED TO IT. ALSU OBSERVED WAS ·A

MOTO~ HOME AND APP~OXIMATELY SIX LARGE MILITA~Y-TYPE , TENTS.

THE TENTS RANG~D IN SI!E FROM 'PPkOXIMATELY lO-MAN T6 30-MAN

CAPACITY. ONE OF THE TENTS ~AS MARKED WITH A SIGN WHICH READ,

"G-2 INTEL !GENt:IA", \<.!rliLE Ai,lOTHER WAS LABt:LEO "STOCKA.OEh. THE

AR~A I~ ANO A~nUND THE STRUCTURES WAS COVERfO WITH A LIGHT ••••

PA~E THREE DE FSITP 0005 UWCLAS

COLOREO GRAVEL.

ON THE PE~IMETER OF TH~ CLEARING WAS A PHYSICAL TRAINING

AREA AND A MILTTA~Y STYLE CONFIDENCE COURSE. WITHIN THE

TR,INING AREA WERE TWO RECE~TLY DUG PITS SURROUNDED BY

SANDBAGS WHICH APPEAREO TO 8E DEMOLITION PITS NORMALLY

ASSOCIATED WITH EXPLOSIVES T~AINING.

UPON ENTR~~CE INT~ TH~ COMPOUND, EIGHT INDIVIDUALS WERE

OBSE~VED SITTING AROUND A RADin. ALL APP~ARED TO ~~HISPANIC,

AND .ALL WO~E C.t\r"lOUFL.6.GE "snutt IJNIFO!

VEHICLE ANO APP~OACHED THE MEN, INFORMING THEM THAT HE WAS ON ROUTINE PATRnL. NDNE OF THE MEN APPEARED TO SPEAK ENGLISH,. SO

TH~Y POINTED THE D~PUTY IN THE DIRECTION UF THE MOTOR HOME,

HE ENT~RED AND SPOKE WITH A HISPANTC MALE WHO COMMUNICATED . I WITH THE o;yuTY IN BQUKEN ENGLISH. AFTER THE DEPUtY EXPLAINED

HIMSELF, TH~ MAN WELCOMED THE DEPUTY AND INVITEn ~IM SACK

ANYTIME FO~ COFFE~. HF AL~J INFORMED THE DEPUTY THAT A FEMALE

PARK RANGER WAS AWARE OF THEIR· PRESE~CE WITHIN THE PA~K ANO

VISITED THE CAMP O~T~N. ACCORDING TO THE UN!OENTIFIED II HISPA.NIC MALE, DURING HER VISITS, THE PARK RANGeR l

NO EXPLANATION OF TH~ T!::RI'\ uPLAY" t·JAS ·JFFERED.

AT TH~T PniNT THE DEPUTY ~EJOINEU THE TWO AGEN1S WHO HAD qEMAINED INSID~ THE VfHICL~ A~D LEFT THE AREA.

INCLUDING TH~ TWO UNIFORMED INDIVIDUALS OBSERVED INSI~~

THE OU~P T~UCK, THE~F NERE A TOTAL OF ll MEN OCCUPYING THE

CAM~. THE DUMP TRUCK, THE MOTOR HCME AND A SMALL PICKUP TRUC~

WEQE THE ONLY VEHICLES PRE~ENT. N~ WE~PONS WERE OBSERVED.

TAMPA DIVTSI0N WILL cnNTINUE TO FORWARD INTELLiGENCE,, TU

FBIHO AND THF MI4MI OIVISI~N REGAROING CAPTIONED SU~JECTS AS IT IS RECEIVED.

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PASS: CIO, DOMESTIC TERRORISM UNIT, VCMO SECTION, ATTN:

OF CUB~ WITH 300 MEN; NEUT~ALITY ACT - CUBA; OU: MIAMI.

11 TITLE IS MAR\fED ucH.ANGED TO, ·IN~LUD_E ADO:iTIONAL SUBJECTS~. b 6 b7C REFERENCE rHAr'H AIRTEL TO F8IHQ DATED 11/19/92 ANl) Mt-· .~o~..~.:~....._____ ~___,

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TA1•1PA SHOULD '"'OTE THAT t1UCH OF THIS INFOKMATICN IS, AT I I i THIS TIME, SJNGULAq IN NATURE AND EXTREME CAUTION SHOULD BE I USED IN ITS DISSEMINATION.

A i"!ILITARY b7D

.:lJPE BASE CA~lP FOR THE ANT!-C.£\STRO Pl\R 1\-M~ARY ORGANIZATION

~TIDO UNID.AD NAGIONAL OEr.'!O.CRATICAJ AKA 11 PUNDrr. THE CAMP IS

LOCATED WEST OF STATE ROAD l9 AND NORTH OF STATE ROAD 41 NEAR

THE ·coPELAND FLORIDA A~EA. AN AERIAL . FLY-OVER ON ll/24/92 dY

T H E MI AM I D I V I S I 0 N S (1 G TEA ~·1 C0 NF I R ME D I T S L 0 C AT I 0 N; 0 ----,

THE CAMP. IS

TENTS, A RFCREATI~NAL VEHICLE, A STORAGE SHED, TWO OR THREE TRUCKS OR SIMILAR '" VEHICLES, A BULLDOZER, SEVERAL PORTABLE . ,, TOILETS, AND A LARGE TARPAULIN COVERING UNKNOWN OBJECTS. THE

CAMP IS CURR~NTLY ~ OCCUPIED 8Y APPROXIMATELY 30 INDIVIDUALS

THE SOURCE HAS ADVISE~ THAT PREPARATIONS ARE BEING MADE

BY PUND TO USf THIS CAMP AS A STAGING AREA FO~ APPROXIMATELY 300 MEN WHO WILL EViNTUALLY BE SHIPPED TO A THIKD CUUNTRY FOR :, MILITARY TRAINING PRIOR TO AN INVASION OF THE ISLAND OF CUBA.

NO WEAPONS ARE TO; BE STORED A.T THIS CAMP • . viEAPDNS WILL BE

FUPNISHED TO THC:.1PARTICIPANTS W;;EN THEY ARRIVt IN THE THIRD COUNTRY • ' .. - •

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PUND HAS PURCHASED MILITA~Y EQUIPMENT TO OUTFIT 500 MEN.

EQUIPMENT CONSISTS OF KEVLA~ HELMETS, ARMY BULLETPROOF VESTS, I •

NYLON BACKPACKS, WEBBI~G, WATE~ CANTEENS, KNIVES, JUNGLE BOOTS, GAS MASKS_, FIELD JACKETS, PULLOVERS, SLEEPING BAGS, AND BLANKETS. MIAMI DIVISION AGENTS HAVE EXAMINED EXAMPLES OF THE

EQUIPMENT AND DETERMIN~O T~AT ALL ITEMS ARE NEW AND NOT SURPLUS.

SO CE HAS ID~NTIFIED CAPTIONED INDIVIDUALS AS ORGANIZERS b6 OF THIS I L DOB I IS THE b7C 'I .:;,:s;::e>:;::III!&!I!IJIIII-""':C>~~<>~--~c::>===;;,;;.------....______.... PUND. FRANK STURGIS IS OF WATERGATE FAME.. MIAMI I IS CURRENTLY TRYI~G TO FULLY IOENTIFY ALL OTH~R INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED.

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FBIHQ SHOULD·NOTE THAT, ACCORDING TO THE SOURCE,

.____ ..,....___.JON 12/8/92, A.TTE"'OEO A LUNCHEON IN v!ASHINGTON D.C.

I. WHERE HE MET PRESIDENT ELECT CLINTQN. HIS ATTENDANCE WAS I! ALLEGEDLY ARRANGED BY A LONG STANDING MUTUAL CUBAN FRIEND OF CLINTON ANDI.______.I AND CLINTON ALLEGEDLY HAD A ~~c BRIEF CONVERSATION DURING THE LUNCHEON, TOPIC UNKNOWN. THE

SOURCE BEL IE VE S THAT L.l______.lrs TRYING TO MAKE INROADS INT 0

THE. CLINTON DEMOCRIATIC ADMINIS'TRATION TO 013TAIN FUTURE: POLITICAL FAVORS FOR PUNO.

!NVESTIGATIO~ CONTINUING AT MIAMI.

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R 222251Z JAN 93 ' FM FBI MIAMI (2-1'1fwi-61560J CFCI-1) (p) All INFORMATION CONTA~INED. . " ,, !' HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED' ., TO DI ECTOR FSI/RillUTINE/ DATE!lp-fifJ-1J3Y.if ,; . FB·I «.YJ(,It.3 BT UNCLAS E F T 0 CITE: //3460// b6 b7C PASS: FOR CID, o6MESTIC TERRORISM UNIT, BCMO, ATTN:

1i CD b6 suB J Ec T: UN su :J AKA ~rc====:;-___. FRANK :l; I b6 b7C ~TURGIS; I . I L..I___ __.I_!:,_~~L AKAD b7C u(LNU)_; l PLAN TO LAUNCH AN INVASION OF CUSA WITH 300 1 l MEN; NEUTRALITY A¢T - CUBA; oo: MIAMI. j.., MIVl- &15~0 =""' FOR INFORMAT i[QN or= Fo!HO AND TAMPA;[ 1HAs b7D

ADVISED THAT THE COLLIER COUNTY TRAINING CAMP HAS GROWN ,, RAPIDLY !K THE LA~T JD DAYS AND AS OF JANUARY 19,

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PAGE TWO DE FBIMM ~021 UNCLAS E F T D OCCUPIED BY APPROXIMATELY 150 MEN. THIS HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BY

MIAMI DIVISION AE~!AL RECONNAISSANCE. HE AOQ UAR T ER s ,.SHOULD ALso BE A~J ARE THAT I I

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.____ .... I WAS , ALL E GE DL Y, 0 N A MIS S I 0 N F 0 R THE ANT I-CA S T R 0 ORGANIZATION, COMMANDOS L. IT SHOULD FURTHER BE NOTED THAT

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.....______~ CONVICTING ANTI-CASTRO ACTIVISTS IN SOUTH FLORIDA. REALIZING THE DIFFICULTY IN OBTAINING PROSECUTION OF . ANTI-C.ASTRO RELATED '.ACTIVITIES IN SOUTH FLORIDA, MIAMI ,I DI V IS I 0 N HA S Ut--!0 EiR T AK E 1\l T 0 AP P L Y A M0 R E 0 I R E C T AP P R 0 AC H IN I ,. A~CERTAINING AND ~OSSIBLY DETE~RING FEDERAL VIOLATIONS.

ON JANUARY z,o, 1993, SA I lAND OETECTIVEL..I__ .... b6 r------..... b7C METRO :,DADE POLICE DEPARTMENT, I'IET WITH L..l___ _.

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L--______.I.AND FRANK STURGIS AT PUND HEADQUARTERS. AT THAT TIME, OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE CAMP W4S MADE KNOWN TO THEM. BOTH I . I b6 L...----~~ AND STURGIS ADVISED THAT THEIR IS NO INTENDED b7C INVASION OF CUBA AND THE CAMP WAS DESIGNED FOR SURVIVAL

•I TRAINING. PUND, tHROUGH UNDISCLOSED SOURCES IN THE CUBAN MILITARY, BELIEVEjTHAT A MILITARY COUP WILL TAKE PLACE IN CUBA

WITHIN THE NEXT 90 DAYS AND THEY, PUND, WANTS TO SEND MEN FROM . li A THIRD COUNTRY TO ASSIST THE MILITARY WHEN THIS OCCURS. BOTHI lAND STURGIS ADVISED THAT THEY WILL NEVER KNOWINGLY BREAK LAWS TO EFFECT THE DOWNFALL OF CASTRO. u!s. b6 b7C .....______.AND._, I I ______. I ASKED IF THEY, ALONG WITH A THIRD AGENT FROM NAPLES' FLORIDA, COULD BE SHOWN THE CAMP. I AGREED AND ARRANGEMENTS HAVE aEEN MADE FoRI 1~1---~~, li L...-______.1, AND STRUGIS TO VISIT THE CAMP mJ l.JEDNESDAY, JANUARY

27, 1993. IT IS hoPED THAT MANY OF TH~ DETAILS REGARDING THE b6 I b7C FUNDING AND POSSI~LE FOREIGN SUPPORT OF THIS OPERATION WILL BE 1: ASCERTAINED DURING THE THREE HOUR RIDf OVER TO, AND BACK FROM, li THE COLLIER COUNTY CAMP.

II THE AFOREMEN~!ONED MEETING AT PUNO AND THE FUTURE TOUR OF b6 THE COLLIER COUNT]~ CA!W HAVE SEEN DISCUSSED WITH AUSA.._I ___. b7C

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'ATTORNEY ROBERTO M~RTINEZ CONCUR WITH APPROACH TAKEN BY MIAMI f DIVISION. FBIHQ, TAMPA ~ND THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS OFFICE WILL

BE KEPT ADVISED 0~ ALL PERTINENT DEVELOPMENTS. TAMPA IS REQJESTED TO MAKE AN AGENT F~OM THE NAPLES RA AVAILABLE TO MEETtAND ACCOMPANY MIAMI CONTINGENT INTO THE CAMP. BT

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i FM... FBI TAMP.A (2-MMt-6. CFf"!RA/N) tP) ' [i TQ .. DIRECTOR FSI/P IORITY/ • II II FBI MIAMJ (2-M -5l560)/PRIORITY/ ...;; II,, BT All INFORMATION· CONTA~INED HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED. • UNCLAS E F T 0 DATE 'lfJII!l )JYf' CITE: //3880:1252?/ "lr"J7~113 ' PASS: FOR CID DOMESTIC· TERRORISM UNIT, VCMO ATTN: b6 I b7C

61. SUBJECT: , AKA [ FRANK ~ b6 b7C ~RGIS•.. I ( FNU)I AKA I F' LAN TO LAUNCH AN INVASION OF CUBA WITH 300 MEN; NEUTRALITY ACT - CUBAJ 00: MIAMI. I b6 b7C RE TELCALL FR9r1 sAl I NAPLES RA, TAMPA ...---1---;1 ~::::::::::;-_____. DIVISION TO SSA~~--r· ______.....~ MIAMI DIVISION ON 2/19/93. I FOR INFORMATI@N OF THE BUREAU AND MIAMI, COMPLAINTS b6 :r b7C cJ-MM-&l5bO- , • •

, I . PAGE TWO DE FSITP 0007 UNCLAS E F T 0 . . ~ ...... REC.·EIVEO 'FROM P..ESI~ENTS NEAR THE COLLIER COUNTY TRAINING CAMP INDICATE. THE CAMP HAS INTENSIFIED TRAINING, AND PERSONNEL ARE II . · · NOW TRAINING WITH SHOULDER WEAPONS DESCRIBED AS M-16'5 AND

AK-'47'S. II II :- THE RESIDENTIAI:i... COMPLAINTS HAVE EIEEN"RECEIVEO BY THE . I . COLLIER· COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFF ICE ( CCS 0) AS . ~~ELL AS TAMPA . ~ ' DIVISIDN,.NAPLES RESIDENT. AGENCY. RESIDENTS HAVE ADVISED OF . II H~AR!NG AUTO~ATIC 1EAPONS FIRE AS HELL AS . GROUPS OF 15-20

ARMED MEN IN CAMOU,LAGE UTILITIES CROSSING PRIVATE PROPERTY.

THE RESIDENTS REFERI TO . THE GROUPS AS ·"THE CUBAN FREEDOM FIGHTERS." I II DISCUSSIONS HAVEI . BEEN. . HELD BETWEEN . THE. NAPLES RA AND CCso· REGARDING VIOLATIOIIS OF STATE. STATtJTES·NOW OCCURRING {I.E. TRESPASSING, OPEN DISPLAY OF WEAPONS, FIRING OF WEAPONS IN UN~UTHORIZED AREASJ ETC.l. IT HAS BEEN DECIDED"THAT CCSO . JJ· ' . OFFICIALS WILL VISIT THE CAMP AND EXPLAIN STATE STATUTES . li CU~RENTLY BEING YI@LATED AND, THAT IF CONTINU~O, SUCH II VIOLATIONS WILL RESULT IN ARRESTS OF THE VIOLATORS. THE CAMP . II WilL ADDITIONALLY BE ADVISED THAT THE AREA WILL 6E II · AGGRESSIVELY PATROULED TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE. IT IS BELIEVED ,. 1r THAT THIS WARNING WILL QUELL SOCK ACTIVITIES. II· • •

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FBI BALTIMORE/IMMEDIATE/ l All INFOR~.ATION CONTAINED BT HEREIN. IS UNCLASSIFIED. tl,;_ltt"""j OATl 'ft/f'2· BY4f--4/~ UNCLAS E F T 0 . -~7~1/!J CITE: //3460//

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D. a ~ SUBJECT: UNSUBS; I I, AKA FRANK (I· < < b6 ~GIS; I I (FNU) I I AKA 'I b7C ...___ <_- ___e_.l CLNU>; PLAN TO LAUNCH AN INVASION OF CUBA WI_· TH 300 }...,

MEN; l'iEUTRALITY ACT - CUBI-1; oo:,...·M_r·1_.__ .....,ld....::;...· ·_-..,M /11-!t(§'&tJ-, RE f'liMll TELCALLS OF ASAC .______.ITO SECTrp·N CHIEF b6 b7C TO~Y BETZ, F8IHQ, 2/19/93.

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THE MISSION IS TENTATIVELY SCHED~LEO TO if

TAKE PLACE ~!THIN NEXT 10 DAYS. I MISSION lS TO ESTABLISH AN OPERATIONS.BASE ON ANDhOS II ISLAND, BAHAMAS, ~HERE OIVERSION4RY MILITARY STRIKES A~AINST

·CUBA WILL BE LAUNCHED IN THE FUTURE. THE FIRST VANGUA~O OF • II

SHIPS TO ESTABLISH A BASE ~Ill CGNSIST OF ONE MOTHER SHIPS AND

THREE TO FIVE GO-FAST VESSELS. OPERATION PLANNED TO LAUNCH,, ,, FROM MARATHON FLORIDA. INITIAL CARGO IS NOT KNOWN, HOWEVER, SOURCE ANTICIPATES NEED FOR WEAPONS, NON-PERISHABLE FObO, it CLCTHING, AND MEDICINE. SOME OF THIS MATERIAL WILL BE:

DESIGNATED FOR D~LIVERY TO CUBANS ON THE ~SL~Nb WHO WILL II PARTICIPATE IN INITIATION OF INSURGENCY. !;

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, .I IT SHOULD· BE NOTED THAT THIS POSITION MAY EFFECT HIS j ' ' :1 REL~TIONSHIP WITH PUND AND THE ANTI-CASTRD ORGANIZATIO~S AND ·rNcriVIDUALS ~UPPORTJNG THE CURRENT ONGOING ACTIVITIES. ~ SHOULD .: II .THESE RELATIONSHIPS . 8ECOME STRAINED, SOURCE'S ACCESS Tb . . . II . . . I INFORMATIGN COUL~ BECOME LIMITED, THEREBY AFFECTING TH ~

INVESTIGATION OF CAPTIQNED MATTER. ;[ II il rH.4.t4I ~HLL CONTI.NUE TO 1:1R.ING THIS INVESTIGATION T@ A J LOGICAL A~D SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION AND THE BUREAU WILL aE KEPT :I ·.ADVISED OF DETAILS AS THEY DEVELOP.

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PAGE TWO DE FBIMM 0019 UNCLAS E F T 0 I! COMPLAINTS LODGED AGAINST T~E TRAINING CAMP BY NEtGHBO~S WHO . !I HAVE O~SE~VED GR.OUPS OF A~~ED. U~IFOR~ED ~~N IN. AREAS DISTANT :I II FROM THE CAMP A~D HAVE HEtRC hHAT T~EY BELIEVED TO BE t ': ' ' AUTOMATIC WEAPON FIRE CCMING FROM THE CAMP. PARliCULARLY I~

LIG~T OF EVENTS ~T ~ACO, TEXAS, FHIHQ SHOULD BE ALERT ~OR

POSSIBLE ~FDIA COVE~AG~ G~ PUND CA~P.

1~ EARLY 1'192., PU~ID \IOLUNTARIL'f TURNED OVER 30 ~.K,lj7

RIFLES TO FBI MIAMI TO DETER~INE IF A~Y OF THESE RIFLE~ H~D

. I BEEN USED IN TI-:E ILL Ft•r':::c. LrH.DING OF Ti-'REE CUBAN AMERJ,CAN~ I~

D~CEMEER CF 19~1 ~HE~E, UPO~ ARREST A~D TRIAL BY THE C~BAN

GCVERNMENT, OF THE THnEE MEN hERE SENTENCED TC 30 +EARS T~O ; I~ PRISON ANC THE THIRD WAS EXECUTED. THE 30 WEAPONS I~ ciuESTION b6 b7C 1-' ~0 SEEN LEGALL 1 PUt:.:CHAS ED FGR PUi\0 B Y._l ______.l ~~ 1-i ELL

KNG~N FUND MEMBER. I~ EA~LY FEDRU~RY, A LETTER OF OE~AND WAS

PRESE~TEO TO FBI MI~MI BY PUND'S ATTORNEY, ANC ~Ill-' THE

CO~CURRE~CE OF lHE UNITED STATES tlTORNEYS OFFICE, THE WEAPONS

WERE RETURNED TO PU~D CN FES~UARY lS, 1993.

AT THE TIME THE ~~APGNS nERE RELEASEU lG PUNC, ~ b6 CONVERSATIOi~ TOOK PLAC':. BEH,EEN BUREAU AGEI':TS AND ._I__ ~ b7C

· ....1 ___ _.I• ....1 ___ _.I BELIE'!ES THAT AN INSURGENCY INSIDE : CUBA IS

1!-"i"IN::iH. HS" STATED THAT PLJND .HAS LfAqii/E!) FRGI"l AN ••

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'I UNIDENTIFIE~ CUEAN SOU~CE ThAT THE MILIARY LEADERS OF fHREE ·I ' :1 CUeAN PROVINCES ARE READY TC INITIATE A COUP D'ETAT; THEY ARE

l•JA!TII\G FOR A FCURT~~ P~OVH:c:: '0 JOIN TI-EIR ·RANKS. ~~HEN THIS

OCCURS! ThE ~EN ~POM THE COLLIER COJNlY CAMP ~ILL TRAVEL TO A~

UNSPECIFIED THI~D COUNTRY WHERE THEY WiLL RECEIVE A~AlfiNG II ~EAPONS. FROM THERE, THEY ~ILL BE TRANSPORTED TO CUBA'WHERE

'I THEY ~ILL JOIN THE IKSURR~CTIO~. HE STATED THftT HE WOULD

PR~FER TH4T T~E U.Sa hiLITA~Y ~E~Al~ hEUTRAl lHROUGHOUT ThE

C!HSIS. :i ~REFUSED TO IDENTIFY T~E THIRD COUNTRY THAT WOULD L-----....1. !I I' 9E USED AS A STtGING A~EA. HE DID ~TATE, HOWEVER, THAT FIVE b6 b7C COUNTRIES ~AVE 2EEN LENDI~G ASSISTANCf TO PUNO • . HE OIO NOT

ELABORATE FURTHER SUl PRQC~EDEO TO SHOW AGENTS A CO~Y OF A

. LE1TER WHICH ~AS ADDRESSED TO PR2SIOENT CALLEJAS OF HO~DURAS~ I,I' THE LETTER REQUESTED T~Al THE 1&2 CLBAN REFUGEES ST~AN~ED ON I

THE GRfiND CAYVA~ ISLANn BE ALLO~EJ TO · sETTL~ IN HONDURAS.

PU~O VCLU~TEEREC TC ASSUME ~ESPUNSIBILITY FGR All EXPENSES OF :l TP~ RECUGEES. IT SHOULD eE NOTED THAT A FOOTNOTE IN T'E . b6 LETTER REFE~kED TO A PRIOR ~~ETIN( WHICH lAND A b7C .....______.....! H.llD HELD ~HTh PRESIDENT CALLEJtl.S.

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b6 •. : PAGE FOUR OE FBI~M 0019 UNCLAS E F T 0 . 1 b7C I srATr:o.._l------.,....: __ ..... I -~1~====~--~======c=~l I il THE PLEDGE HOULO HAVE BEEN UTILIZED i: TO PURCHASE MEOICIN~~ CLOTHI~G .ANC OThER ESSE~TIALS. §INCE CLINTO~ weN ThE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTioN, I I obEs NOT KNow ~------~ I IF PHS PLEDGE IS STILL If.. EFFECT.

~------.....~ AC\1 I S£:0 THAT HE L.fAS INTi

HE WAS ABLE TO BEFRIEND SEVERAL DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATORS WHO STRONGLY CPPOSE FIDEL CASTROtS GOVERNMENT.

ACCORDING 10 ._1______.1 SEVE.R/.IL DIRECTORS FROi"; HiE CUBAN b6 b7C Af":::RICAN £\'ATION,Ill FOl!NDATION (CANF) HAVE MET L\ITH PUND '

OFFICIALS • ._I______.IDID tWT 2LASORA!E BUT.STATED THAT , HIS

THEIR SOURCE. b6 b7C ACCORDING TO AS OF FERRUARY 19, 1g93, 200., ~E~ " /d~E NOI·: T~AI:~ING AT PU~.!D'S i'llLITAl

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AN INTERVIEW OF FRANK STURGIS WIT~IN LAST 7 DAYS, STURdis

AOVISEC THAT THERE ARE NCW 300 .ME~ AT THE COLLIER COUNiY CAMP.

MIAMI IS CONTINUING INVESTIGATIO~ ftNO WILL KEEP

HEAOQU,RTERS AND INTERESTED DFFICES APPRISED.GF DEVELO~MENTS.

MIAMI t'ILL FORWARD PHOTOGRAP~S OF CAMP, BOTH AERIAL AND FROM

WITHIN, TC FBIHQ BY SEPA~ATE COVE~ •

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Date 3/4/93

TO C, MIAMI (2-MM-61560) (F-1) (P) D, DTU, VCMO, ATTN: TONY BETZ b6 FROMa C, MIAMI (2-;:;-61560) (F-1) (P) b7C S.UBJE SUBS ; I I, AKA; ET AL; U b6 PLAN TO LAUNCH AN INVASION OF CUBA WITH 300 MEN; All INF'ORMA·~J,,?LO~AINEO NEUTRALITY ACT - CUBA; HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED. , f OG:MM DATE.f.t/'-V/17 BY. _ II ~~(,lit} Re Miami teletype to FBIHQ and Tampa dated 3/3/93.

Enclosed for FBIHQ are the following:

1. One color aerial photograph of the PUND Camp taken 1/6/93.

2. Two black and white photographs of the PUND camp taken 2}16/93. (Headquarters should note the addition of numerous 40 ~an tents) 'II, 3~ Four color photographs depicting activities 11 11 inside the !. camp.

An explanation of these enclosures is contained in referenced teletype.

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SECTION ONE OF TWO SECTIONS ALL INFORMATION CONtAINh CITE : //3 4 6 0 1 1 HEREIN IS UNCLASS~FIEO' r----OA--.Il!lp!/.f!l-1J • PASS: CIO., DOMESTIC TERRORISI·\ UNIT BCMQ, ATTN: SSAI I .,J1t,t~ ~~c

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TV STATION HAS DISCOVERED THE COLLIER. COUNTY CAMP AND:' HAS

1 B~GUN SPEClAL NEWS SEGMENTS ON THE CAMP AND ITS LEADEkS. r------, 'i ON JANUARY 27,1993, SAl I NAPLES RA, COLLIER .•

.·' \) PAGE TWO DE FB!MM 0033 UNCLAS E F T 0 COUNTY DETECTIVE~~------~~ ALONG WITH SA~~------~~ANO DETECTIVE~I______.IoF THE MIAMI JOINT TERRORISM TASK b6 FORCE, WERE PROVIDED A TOUR OF THE PUNO SURVIVAL CAMP ILOCATED b7C IN COLLIER COUNTY, FLORI OA. THE TOUR WAS PROVIDED BY : ~I _____...... _----~------~~ OF PUND; FRANK STURGIS.t CAMP COMMANDER AND

FORI1ER WATF.RGATE BURGLAR; I I AND I... ______. 'b6 b7C 80TH OFFICERS TN PUND; AND~======~-======~ ~------~ ·~~------~~AND HIGH RANKING PUND MEMBER. THE CAMP IS LOCATED IN A REMOTE AREA OF THE FLORiDA EVERGLADES ADJACENT TO THE FAXAHATCHEE STATE WILDLIFE.

PRESERVE. THE CA~P OCCUPIES APPROXIMATELY 3 ACRES OF A 318

ACRE TRACT ALLEGEDLY BEING' RENTED BY PUNO FROM ANI.______~ b6 b7C ~------~~WHO HAS A FRIEND IN THE ORGANIZATION BUT IS : NOT INVOLVED PERSONALLY IN PUNO ACTIVITIES. THE CAMP APPEARS TO

BE PROFESSIONALLY MAINTAINED AND OPERATED.

THE CAMP .CONSISTS OF SEVERAL WOODEN STRUCTURES AND

APPROXIMATELY 5 TENTS. IT IS OCCUPIED BY APPROXIMATELY 100

MEN, ALL DRESSED IN MILITARY CAMO FATIGUES AND CARRYING KNIVES AND CANTEENS. IT IS CLEAR THAT THE MEN ARE LIVING ATI THE CAMP. THE OPERATION IS RUN IN STRICT MILITARY FASHION ;,WITH A e .~

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CLEARLY DErlNED HIERARCHY OF COMMAND. APPROXIMATELY Q!NE THIRD

OF THE MEN APPEARED TO BE OVER 40 YEARS OLD WITH ' DEFERENCE

BEING GIVE~ TO THEIR AGE AS EVIDENCED SY TH~ FACT THAT THeY , !I

RESIDED IN SEPARATE TE~TS WHICH WERE DESIGNATED "MP'S"

I (MILITARY POLICE). ACTUAL MILITARY TRAINING WAS GOINd ON

0 UR IN G THE T 0 U. R I NC L IJO IN G R EP ELL IN G F R0 M A T 0 WE R , A. I R , RA I D

PRACTICE, OBSTACLE COU~SE TRAINING, AND SIMULATED ATT~CKS ON A

·I MACHINE GUN NEST. THE MEN ALSO MA~CHED IN REV~EW. IT WAS APPARENT THAT THE MEN ARE RECEIVING PROFESSIONAL MILI1ARY

TR~INING FROM EXPERIENCED AND COMPETENT TRAINERS.

ONLY TWO OF THE TRAINERS WERE INTRODUCED TO THE TOUR GROUP ALONG WITH A SHORT SYNOPSIS OF THEIR EXPERIENCE IN THE MILIARY OPERATIONS. THE TWO TRAINERS IDENTIFIED WERE lFNU) lAND....,.[ _ ____. b6 b7C I

MI AI1I ARE A. ALL TRAINING WAS DONE WITH WOODEN CUTOUTS OF RIFLES. NO i• WEAPONS WERE OBSERVED EVEN IN THE STORAGE AREAS OF THE CAMP.

IF WEAPONS EXIST, THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE LbCATEO AWAY ~ROM THE PAGE FOUR DE FBIMM 0033 UNCLAS E F T 0 CAMP. HEADQUARTERs SHOULD NOTE THATI !coNFIRMS

THAT THERE ARE NO I•!EAPONS .a.T THE CAMP FOR TRAINING. 1. ______.1 b6 b7C AND OTHERS ADVISE THAT THERE ARE ONLY 2 OR 3 WEAPONS AT THE b7D CAMP FOR PROTECTION ONLY. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL SIGHTINGS

OF BEARS., \.JILD DOGS, AND PANTHERS IN AND NEAR THE CAMP,. THEY ADVISED THAT THEY WOULD NEVER NEEDLESSLY SHOOT THE WILDLIFE BECAUSE OF THE RELATIONSHIP THEY HAVE ESTABLISHED WITH THE . I

PARK Sf:RVICE OFFICERS, SOME OF WHOM ~PPARENTLY VISIT THE CAf~P REGULARLY. ,, THE SANITARY AND MEDICAL FACILITIES AT 1HE CAMP ARE MANAGED BY A PHYSICIAN, DR. (FNU)~~----~ HE IS ASSIST ED b6 b7C BY TWO PARAMEDICS. THERE IS A FULLY STOCKED INFIRMARY WITH SEPARATE LIVING QUARTERS DESIGNATED FOR QUARANTINED SOLDIERS

WITH POTENTIALLY COMMUNICABLE ILLNESSES (EVEN COMMON COLDS). THE LATRINES AND SHOWER FACILITIES ARE PROPERLY DRAINED AND COVERED. THERE ARE ALLEGEDLY MORNING AND EVENING INSPECTIONS

BY THE MEDICAL STAFF OF ALL SANITATION FACILITIES AND THE INDIVIDUAL OCCUPANTS OF THE CAMP FOR·ANY PROBLEMS (INCLUDING SUCH THINGS AS ATHLETES FOOT).

AS ANTICIPA~ED, OPPORTUNITY EXISTED TO DISCUSS P~ND POLICY WITH LEADERS DURING THE DRIVE TO THE CAMP. 'LEADERS PAGE FIVE DE FBIMM 0033 UNCLAS E F T 0

CONTEND THAT THERE IS NO INTENTION OF EVER LAUNCHING AN INVASION OF CUBA FROM THE UNITED STATES. THEY BELIEVE THAT ANY SUCH ATTEMPT WOULD END IN DISASTER. THEY INSTEAD BELIEVE

THAT THE PEOPLE ON MAINLAND CUBA MUST FIRST RISE AGAI~ST CASTRO ALONG WITH THE MILITARY. AT THAT POINT, THE EXILE

COMMUNITY MUST BE PREPARED TO RETURN TO CUBA TO ASSISt IN TriE OVERTHROW OF CASTRO.

THE LEADERS CONTEND THAT ALL PUND OPERATIONS ARE 1 FUNDED BY THE CUBAN EXILE COMMUNITY AND THAT NO MONEY IS RECEIVED FROM OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES. THEY ADVISE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH HEADS OF STATE AND REPRESENTATIVES OF

SEVERAL SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES (NOT IDE~TIFIEO) WHO HAVE AGREED TO ASSIST.PUNO IN OVERTHROWING CASTRO PROVIDED

THE FIRST EFFO~T IS INITIATED WITHIN CUBA ITSELF. AT LEAST

ONE GOVERNMENT HAS AGREED TO FURNISH WEAPONS ANO TRAINING TO b6 MEMBERS OF THE EXILE COMMUNITY WHO WISH TO RETURN TO CUBA . b7C AFTER A COUP BEGINS. ~------~~HINTED THAT PUND HAS RECEIVED

SUPPORT FORM THE GOVERNMENT OF HONDURAS.

b6 DURING LA.ST PORTION OF TOUR ._I______, STURGIS, AND b7C .__------~~WERE REMINDED OF THE ELEMENTS OF THE NEUTRALITY ACT. PAGE SIX DE FBIMM 0033 UNCLAS E F T 0 ....._ ____!, STURGIS, AND .I I REPEATED\..Y STATED THA: THEY b6 b7C li CONSIDER THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO BE THEIR FRIEND, AND. THEY WILL NEVER KNOWINGLY VIOLATE U.S. LAWS.

HE~ARTERS IS AWARE OF U.S. COAST GUARD INTERCEPTION OF VESSEL :.~GELINA" ON HIGH SEAS LADEN WITH FULLY AUTO ~:'lACHINE

LIGHT EXPLOS!VES~ ~NO OTHER MILITARY GEAR. b6 ONE OF FIVE MEN ABOARD THE ANGELINA AND A!KNOWN b7C ------·PUND MEMBER, b6 ~------b7C L------~ ADVISED THAT THE ANGELINA lt!AS A PUND MISSIOr~ TO b7D SUPPLY A SMALL GROUP OF MILITANT DISSIDENTS HIDING IN THE

SIERRA MAESTRA MOUNTAINS ON THE ISLAND OF CUBA. THES~ INDIVIDUALS REQUIRE WEAPONS, MEDICINE, AND NON-PERISHABLE

FOOD. THESE DISSIDENTS INTEND ON ASSISTING AN UNIDENTIFIED CUBAN MILITARY UNIT IN INITIATING THE COUP • b7D .....______.!PROVIDED THE LOCATION OF A "BUNKER" IN AN

AREA OF MI'Ai"II KNOWN AS "LITTLE HAVANA.'' THIS.BUNKER IS II ALLEGEDLY THE CONTROL CENTER FOR PUND CLANDESTINE ACT~VITIES.

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P AS S : C I D ·' 0 0 ME S TIC T E R R0 R I S r1 UN I T B CM 0 , ATTN : S S AL-1 ..----...1

SUBJECT: AKA; ET AL; b6 UNSUBS;~~------~~ NEUTRA~ITY b7C ACT -CUBA; OQ: MIAMI. TEXT CONTINUES: b6 BY .._l ______.loR AN INDIVIDUAL KNOWN b 7C ~A~S~~-=~--_....ANO BROUGHT TO THE BUNKER (INTERESTINGLY,~~----~ .______.I AND OTHERS ON~~------'1 HAD $13,000 DOLLARS BEHIEEN THEM e ..

PAGE TWO OE FBIMM 0034 UNCLAS E F T 0 b6 ANol !sTATED THAT HE HAD GOTTEN HIS SHARE FROM (FNU) b7C ~:::::::::;----~ .____ _.hHTH THE "ORGAN!ZATIONu). THE MONEY IS THEN DIVIDED INTO SMALLER PACKAGES AND DISTRIBUTED TO THE PAID EMPLOYEES;

FOR EXAMPLE, EACH MAN AT THE TRAINING CAMP IS PAID A ~INIMUM OF 170 DOLLARS A WEEK. THE TRAINERS ARE PAID AS MUCH AS 250 DOLLARS A WEEK. SOURCE STATED THAT HE OVERHEARD PUND LEADERS . DISCUSSING THAT FACT THAT PUND'S WEEKLY OUT-LAY IS $200,000. ,I MIAMI WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT THERE IS NO EVIDENCE.OF THIS MUCH MONEY BEING EXPENDED BY PUNO BUT THE SALARIES AND

EXPENSES AT THE CAMP MAY LOGICALLY BE APPROXIMATELY ~20,000 A WEEK.

.....______~ HE HAS b6 b7C NUMEROUS MEN WORKING FOR HIM THAT NEVER GO TO THE CA~P. THE! R

ACTIVITIES ARE UNKNOWN TO THE SOURCE • .._1______.1 AND THE OTHERS SELDOM GO TO THE BUNKER, AND WHEN THEY DO, THEY ARE NEVER ACCOMPANIED BY THEIR BODY GUARDS.· ) b6 oN FEBRUARY z, 1993, SAL...I___ ~fmm I .· I b 7C BASED ON A TELEPHONE C.A.LL FROMI ----r-- IVISIT~D PUND HEADQUARTERS IN MIAMI.

L------~~ AND STURGIS ADVISED THAT THEY WERE CONCERNED b6 b7C THAT MEDIA ATTENJION TO THEIR CAMP MIGHT BE A SOURCE OF PAGE THREE DE FBIMM 0034 UNCLAS E F T 0

EMBARRASSMENT TO THE U~ITED STATES. THEY INQUIRED AS TO THE COURSE OF ACTION THEY MIGHT TAKE IN HANDLING THIS MATTER. THEY WERE TOLD THAT THEY WERE FREE TO DEAL WITH THE MEDIA IN ANY MANNER THEY CHOSE AS LONG AS THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT THE U.S.

GOVERNMENT'S ONLY· INTEREST IN THE CAMP WAS TO ENSURE THAT NO

U.S. LAWS WERE BEING BROKEN. THEY WERE TOLD THAT DIALOGUE WITH PUNO HAD BEEN INITIATED TO MAKE IT EASIER TO DISPEL RUMORS IN THE ANGLO AND CUBAN COMMUNITIES ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES AT THE CAMP. MIAMI WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT DlALbGUE ALSO IS INTENDED TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL WHO MAY INADVERTENTLY COME IN CONTACT WITH CAMP ACTIVITIES,

AND FOR THIS REASON, THE COLLI=R COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPA~TMENT WAS REPRESENTED AT THE CAMP TOUR. ,, IT.WAS SUGGESTED TO~~------~ THAT A POLICY OF TRUTH AND ·' OPENNESS MIGHT ALLEVIATE FEARS OF SOUTH FLORIDA RESIDENTS. IT WAS ALSO SUGGESTED THAT HE CONSIDER MAKING A PUBLIC b6 b7C ANNOUNCEMENT THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WERE FREE TO VISIT AND EXAMINE THE CAMP AT ANY TIME...... ______.!STATED THAT THE FBI WAS WELCOME AT THE CAMP AT ANY TIME. DURING THIS MEETING, .....~------~~ WAS CONFRONTED W!TH THE b6 b7C PAGE FOUR DE FBIMM 003~ UNCLAS E F T 0 INFORMATION THAT THE LEADERS OF PUND HAD BEEN CONNECTEb TO THE MACHINE GUN CASE OVER THE WEEKEND. HE WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THE FBI BELIEVED PUND LEADERS WERE INVOLVED WITH THE EXPLOSIVES

FOUND ON ANGUILA CAY IN THE BAHAMAS IN SEPTEMBER OF 1~92. THtV WERE TOLD THAT THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT WOULD NOT CONDONE ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES SUCH AS THESE AND THAT THE U.S. GOVERNMENT WILL PROSECUTE PERSONS CAUGHT COMMITTING SUCH ACTS.

b6 WHILE NOT ADMITTING INVOLVEf1ENT IN THE TWO INCIDENTS, L.l______. b7C SAID THAT THERE WERE PEOPLE INSIDE OF CUBA TO WHOM THeY NEEDED

TO SUPPLY MEDICINE AND OTHER GOODS BECAUSE OF THE IMPENDING

COUP • ._l______.l EVENTUALLY SAID THAT PU"'D WOULD CEASE ALL MISSIONS FROM THE UNITED STATES THAT MIGHT EMBARRASS JHIS COUNTRY. HE JOKINGLY SAID THAT THE FBI HAD FINALLY NEUTRALIZED THE ACTIVITIES OF PUND. HE STATED THAT H£ COULD

NOT BE RESPONSIBLE, HOWEVER, FOR INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF PUND WHO MIGHT ACT ON THEIR OWN OR WITH THE HELP OF OTHER ANTI- CASTRO ORGANIZATIONS. L------~~ADVISEO THAT AFTER THE FBI LEFT PUND

HEADQUARTERS, L-1___ _.1 ANNOUNCED TO THE PUND LEAOERS~IP AND b6 b7C MEMBERS IN THE OFFICE THAT ALL PUND NAVAL OPERATIONS WOULD b7D

CEASE MIAMI . . ' • e. PAGE FIVE DE FBIMM 0034 UNCLAS E F T 0

ACKNOWLEDGES THAT, HISTORICALLY, PROMISES MADE BY ANTI-CASTRO LEADERS ARE SHORT LIVED. MIAMI BELIEVES, HOWEVER, THAT ADHERENCE TO THE LAW FOR EVEN A SHORT TIME, BY EVEN A FEW, IS PREFERABLE TO TOTAL CONTEMPT FOR U.S. AUTHORITY AND THE COURTS. ~------~~ ANO STURGIS HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE ON FEBRUARY

3, 1993 AND OPENLY DISCUSSED CAMP ACTIVITIES WITH THE · MEDIA b6 b7C AND DENIED THEIR GROUP HAD ANY INTENTIONS OF INVADING'CUBA.

STURGIS AND ._1 ____.1 ACKNO\~LEDGE D THAT THE FBI HAD VIS ITE 0 THE CAMP ONLY TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH U.S. LAW. LAW ENFORCEMENT INVOLVEMENT WITH THE CAMP WAS TREATED FAVORABLY BY THE MEDIA. SOURCE INFORMATION !NOICATES THAT PUNO INTENDS OH ERECTING ANOTHER 20 TO 25 TENTS. THIS HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BY

FRANK STURGIS. PUND LEADERSHIP ANTICIPATES THAT SEVE 1~ RAL HUNDRED MEN WILL SOON.OCCUPY THE COLLIER COUNTY CAMP_. MIAMI BELIEVES THAT MEDIA ATTENTION, A PUND OPEN ODOR POLICY TOWARD LAW ENFORCEMENT SCRUTINY, AND OPEN LINES OF COMMUNICATION ARE

ESSENTIAL TO THE S~FETY OF THE CAMP AND TO LAW ENFORCEMENT INTERESTS

REGARDING THE ACTIVITtEs OF L..l___ ..... ~ STURGIS, AND I.....______. b6 b7C MIAMI ·JOINT TERRORISM TASK FORCE IS CONTINUING fT~ I J ••• 1' I •. . , . • PAGE SIX DE FBIMM 0034 UNCLAS E F T 0

INVESTIGATION AND WILL SECURE BURE~U INTERESTS WHILE WORKING

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a b6 11 "CHANGED ; UNSUBS; I, .~KA ·1 b7C z-_z ;l FRANK ~~GIS; t' I I ? N~UT!(.AL:CTY ACT - CUBA;: r;o: 1'1! AMI •

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6LIASES OF KNOWN l~OTVIDUALS RUNNING ANTI-C~STRO, PARAMILITARY

CAMP I~ COLLIER COUNTY FLbRinA WITH ~TATEO MISSION OF - b6 ASSISTING IN . THE . OVERTHROW OF FID EL CASTRu .. _.~> -t,JtN( -· ~lSloO- PAGE TWO DE FBIMM 0009 UNCLAS E F T Q

RE MIAMI TEL TO UIRECTOR AND TAMPA DATED 3/3/93.

FOR INFORMATION OF HEADQUARTE~S AND TAMPA, ACCORDING TO

MIAMI SOURCES, THERE AR.E CtJKRENTLY 110 ~lEN AT THE COLL:IER

C0 UN T Y PUN D C A r1 P AN 0 THE C ~ MP I S S T I L L 8 E IN G · C011 MAN DE D I· 'B Y

FRANK STURGIS.

SIX M~N WERE EJECTED ~ROM THE CAMP ON 3/17/93. THEY WERE.

'3ROUGHT TO PUND HEADOUARTEI?S IN MIAMI lrlHEKE THEY tiEKE 1ACCUSED

OF STEALING EQUIPJI'IENT FORM THe CM'iP MlO OF l3ETRAYING THE

CAUSE. THEY WEKE ALSO SUSPtCTr.:D OF CONVEKTING i•IEAPUN::>. AT ThE

CAMP F~OM SEMI-AUTnMATIC Tn FULLY AUTOMATIC. ALL SIX BELONGED

TO A GROUP KNOWN .AS THE "I~TER~ATIONAL ANT!-CUMMUNIST :

BRIGADE." b6 b7C AN 0 I.... ______. AKA "-~------~-- L...------11 .A.T THE CAMP. TH.<\Ml FBI HAS V!EWED.._I ______.I ~I ND.._I ___.... I ·

b6 L..-______.1 AND .._l _ __.l H~.VE RE!:N DF&RIEFED t:lY MIAI'li DIVISION b7C

AND THey HAVE CORROBORATED SOURCE INFORMATION.

ON 3/18/93, A SHOOTIN~ QCCURRFD AT PUND HEADQUAR~ERS AND

A PUND SOLDIER WAS KILLED. MIAMI POLICE DEPA~TMENT CdASSIFIED

THE SHOOTING AS ACCIDENTAL AND A MIAMI SOU~CE CORROBO~ATED ··---"- ••

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THIS FACT.

ON 3/18/93, MIAMI AGENTS MET NITH PU~O L~ADERS,

AN AGREt:'MENT WAS ~------~~~~------~~AND FRA~K STURGIS. b6 ·~1 b7C MAOE T1 PERMIT THE FOLLOWING: ll THE C~LLIER COUNTY SHERIFFS

OFFICE (CCSOt WILL CONnUCT WEEKLY !NSP~CTIO~S OF THE P~NO

CAMP~ 2J A WEEKLY INVENTORY OF ALL CAMP FIREA~MS WILL BE

SUSMITTED TO GCSO, 3) TELEPHON~ COMMUNICATIONS WILL B~

ESTAqLISHED AT THE CAMP TO PERMIT OIRE~T CO~TACT bETWE~N CCSO :! AND TH~ CAMP IN AN ~MERGENCY~ 4) AN ENGLISY SPEAKING PERSON

WILL BE DESIGNATED AS LIAISON °ETWEEN CCS8 AND THE PUNO CAMP, ' .

Sl A W~EKLY FIREARMS PRACTICE SCHEDULE WILL BE SUBMITTED TO

CCSO~ AND 6} ALL INV~STIGATIVE AGENCIES DESIRING ACCESS TO THE

CAMP WILL, THROUGH PRidR A~RANGEMENTS, BE ESCORTED TO lTHE CAMP

II BY UNIFORMED CCSO OFFICERS. MIAMI DIV!SIO~ BELIEVES THESE

ARRANGEMENTS WILL LESSEN LIKELIHOOD OF CONFRONTATIONAL

SITUATION DEVELOPING BETWE~N CAMP QCCuPANTS AND LAW b6 E NF ORC~ ME f\!T OFFICIALS. AC CORO ING TO LIE UT'.:NA NT .._1 ______.1, b7C

CCSO, CAMP LEADERS HAVE SO FAR COMPLIED WITH ALL APPR&PRIATE

AR~ANGEMENTS AND CCSO IS CLOSELY M0NITORING ACTIVITIES AT CAI"''P. ·- · ..~ •

PAGE FDUR DE FB!MM 0009 UN~LAS E F T 0 b7D SOURCE Ii'JFORr1ATION FROM ._1______.1 AND ._l______.l HAS

CONFIRMED RIVALRY AMONG PU~D LeADERS. SOU~C~S HAVE ALSO

IDENTIFIED OPERATIONAL PRDBL~MS TH~T MAY LEAD TO THE DEMISE OF ACTIVITIES PROMOTED SY PUNO LEADERSHIP.

ADP (ARMAS DEL PUEBLO), T~E CLA~OESTINE ORGANIZATjON IN

CHARGE OF THE "BUNKER" AND ALSO THF. FINANCES OF THE OP 1ERATION,

MAY HAVE OlSASSOCIATED ITS~LF FROM PUND. ALLEGEDLY, ADP

RECENTLY GI\VE PUNO $300,000 .AS A FIN•\L PAYMENT ANO HAS , SEVE~ED ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH PUNn. ADP IS SAID TO HAVE PRO~IDED A

TOTAL ~F $2.7 MILLION TO PUNO SINCE THE CAMP PROJECT SEGAN.

o·~ 4/1/93, MIAMI POLICE DEPARTMDH ARRESTED .I :==:===;-.....1I I ON STATE CHARGES llF.....______~----- I 1. ARREST SA~fO ON I ~~c

.....______•

80TH SOURCES REFERENC~D AP.OVE AnVISED THAT, PRIOR TO b6 .______I A~R~ST, L-1__ ___.I .ANDL..I ___..... I PLANNED TO MO\IE MEN b7C

FROM THE CAMP TO HONDURAS DURING F~RST WEEK OF APRIL. ,

MIAMI BELIEVES THAT THE DEMIS~ QF TH~ CAMP OR THE CAMP j

OCCUPANTS BEING EVACU4TEO FRQM COLLIER COUNTY IS IMMI~ENT. 'I MIAMI CONTINUES TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE ACTIVITIES OF tAPTIONED

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INniV!DUALS AND WILL AOVIS~ FBIHO OF SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS.

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b6 .d b7C SUBJECT: NEUTRALITY v ACT - CUBA; 00: MIAMI. REFERENCE MIAMI AIRTEL AND LETTERHEAD MEMORANDUM {LHM}, DATE» 5/12/93. ).-MM-0/fJbtJ .... /:J REFERENCED AIRTEL REQUESTED FBIHQ TO DISSEMINATE A COPY OF REFERENCED LHM TO DOJ FOR AUTHORIZATION OF A NEUTRALITY INVESTIGATION OF CAPTIONED SUBJECTS. ON 5117193, THIS MATTER WAS TELEPHONICALLY DISCUSSED WITH THE INTERNAL SECURITY SECTION,

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, WHO AUTHORIZED A NEUTRALITY INVESTIGATION OF CAPTIONED SUBJECTS. MIAMI WILL CONDUCT A NEUTRALITY INVESTIGATION OF CAPTIONED SUBJECTS. MIAMI WILL KEEP THE DOMESTIC TERRORISM UNIT, FBIHQ, APPRISED OF ANY DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS MATTER, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT

OF THE 4/2/93 ATTACK ON THE CYPRIOT TANKER "NIKONOS" OFF THE NORTH COAST OF CUBA. BT

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ADMINISTRATIVE NOTE/TICKLER COUNT: b6 THIS TELETYPE ADVISES THE MIAMI DIVISION THAT THIS MATTER HAS b7c BEEN TELEPHONICALLY DISCUSSED WITH THE INTERNAL SECURITY SECTION {ISS}, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE {DOJ}. ON 5/17/93, DEPARTMENTAL ATTORNEY I l ISS, DOJ, AUTHORIZED A NEUTRALITY INVESTIGATION. MIAMI IS ADVISED THAT THEY SHOULD KEEP THE DOMESTIC TERRORISM UNIT {DTU}, FBIHQ ADVISED OF ANY DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS MATTER, IN LIGHT OF THE 4/2/93 ATTACK ON THE CYPRIOT TANKER "NIKONOS" OFF THE NORTH COAST OF CUBA. THIS ATTACK HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT Of NUMEROUS TELEPHONE CALLS BETWEEN THE DTU AND THE MIAMI DIVISION.

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PARTICIPANTS.

11IAMI•;RECOGNIZES THE F'BI 1 5 RESPONSIBILITY TO INV~ST IGA 'TE ':li lLL VIOLA1IONS OF THE NEUTRALITY"ACT. REALITY IN SOUTH FLORIDA IS THAT SEEMINGLY CLEAR CUT VIOLATIONS OF THE ;

NEUT~ALITY ACT AND ANCILLARY ~EAPONS POSSESSION AND 1 :I EXPORTATION STATUTES HAVE CONSISTENTLY BEEN TREATED BY THE !l

·f .· U.S. ATTORNEY'.S OF~ICE AND SOUTH FLORIDA COURTS AS

.·I UNOERSTANDABLE, AND· PERHAPS ACCEPTABLE, BEHAVIOR. THE:SE ,,I .A.C T IONS ARE VIE WE 0 BY THE M.EOI A·, THE COURTS, AND THE qoMMUN.ITY

". . . ' . :1 AT .L~RGE A~ A£TS OF PATRIOTISM BY CUSAN EXILES BENT ON

DEPOSING A COMMU~IST DICTATOR WHO THREATENS THE SECURITY OF

ALL NORTH 1\ND SO!)TH Af~ERICA., A.. PERCEIVED THREAT HISTORICALLY

E~BRACED BY EV~RY U.S ~DMINiSTRATION SINCE PRESIDENT ~ENNE~Y.

~OUR.RECENT INCIDENTS ARE INDICATIVE OF DIFFICUL~IES II I~HERENT IN 'THE PROSECUTION OF NEUTRALITY ACT AND R~L~TEO II STATUTE VIOLATIONS IN SOUTH FLORIDA: I II 1) ON r-1.1\Y 21, 1993J NINE. MEMBERS OF THE ANTI-CASTRO' PARA- . li I. ' MILITARY GROUP ALPHA 66 WERE JNDICTED ON WEAPONS LAWS ~

[I YIOLlTIONS RELATING ~0 A FAILED AR~ED RAIQ AGAINST CU~A THAT I[ WAS THWARTED·BY THE U.S. CUSTOMS SERVICE. HAND G~ENAQES, PIPE

BOMBS, AUTO!YIATTC WEAPONS At·iD A. GRENAOE LAUNCHER WERE ''I :, PAGE THREE DE FBIMM 0015 UNCLAS E F T 0

RECOVERED. DURING A SEPTEMBER, 1993 FEDERAL T~IAL AT KEY

WEST, FLORIDA, ALL WERE EITHER GIVEN DIRECTED VERDICT~ OF ACQUITTAL BY THE JUDGE OR WERE ACQUITTED BY A JURY.

2) ON l"tZ9/93·, THE 45 FT VESSEL 11'ANGELINA" WAS

INTE~.CEPTEO BY THE U.S. ·cOAST GUARD 60 MILES FROM THE COAST OF

CUBA. THE BOAT WAS TOWED TO MIAMI WHERE A SEARCH REVE~LEO ' EXPLOSIVE DEVICES.t THOUSANDS OF. ROUNDS GF Ar'iMUNITION, i:A' FULLY

FUNCTIONAL .30 CALIBER AIRCRAFT MACHINE GUN, A FULLY

FUNCTIONAL ·.50 CALIBER MACHINE GUN, 3 AUTOf.,ATIC AR-15 •s WITH

GR~NAOE LAUNCHERS AND ~SSORTEO OTHER PARA-MILITARY GEAR. FIVE

MEN WE~E AqRESTED; HOWEVER, ONLYI ! WAS INDICTEO. ON 9/loiq3,~======:::;-- IL--______. b6 b7C AS A

RESULT OF A WIDE DEPARTURC: FROM MANDATORY S ENT·ENC ING

GUIDELINES,~ I WAS SENTENCED TO I THE b6 b7C USA'S OFFICE DOES NOT INTEND ON PURSUING PROSECUTION OF THE OTHER !=OUR f'iEN.

3) ON 12/29/92, A CUBAN AIRLINER WITH 47 PASSENG8RS ABOARD WAS DIVERTED FROM HAVANA CUBA TO MIAMI BY THE CAPTAIN

AND CREW. THE SECURITY ESCORT ABOARD THE PLA~E WAS RESTRAINED PAGE FOUR DE FBIMM 0015 UNCLAS E F T 0 BY ROPE ANO DRUGGED. A FEDERAL GRAND JURY AT MIAMI REVIEWED EVIDENCE IN CONNECTION WITH THIS MATTER INCLUDING TESTIMONY

F~OM CUBA~ NATIONALS ALLOWED TO TESTIFY AT MIAMI. THROUGH THE

u.s STATE DEPARTMENT. ON 10/1/93, P~OSECUTION WAS DECLINED IN

THIS MATTER BY THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY WITH THE CONC~RRE~CE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL RENO.

4l ON JULY 4, 1992, THE u.s. COAST GUAR~ RESCUED A

DISABLED BOAT LOCATED 7 MILES OFF THE COAST OF CUBA IN CUBAN

WATERS. THE BOAT WITH ITS 4 OCCUP.ANTS WAS · TOWED TO KEYI, WES'r ,

FLORIDA. A SEARCH OF THE 90AT REVEALED 3 SEtH-AUTOMATJC·

RIFLES~ A SHOTGUN, AND OTHER PARA-MILITARY GEAR. · ONE OF THE II 0 C CUP ANTS, .______.AN o:'

COI\IVICT ED FELON, b6 b7C

ON 1/6/93, 'AFTER 2 ,. ~I j DAYS OF TRIAL, A FEDERAL JUDGE ISSUED A DIRECTED . ORDE~ OF

ACQUITTAL b6 FOR~~------b7C THE POTENTIALLY TRAGIC CONSEQUENCES OF A FLAGRANT . " NEUTRALITY ACT VIOLATION HAS NOT BEEN LOST ON THE MIA~I ,, . DIVISION. A HYPOtHETICAL AQUATIC DRIVE-BY SHOOTING QF A . ' ------~-. , ------~--- • ••

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HAVANA HOTEL RESULTING IN THE DEATH OF A INNOCENT CANADIAN

I . !. TOURIST WOULD MOST CERTAINLY P~ODUCE INTERNATIONAL CONDEMNATION OF THE U.S. F8R ALLOWING TERRORIST ACTIONS TO

ORIGINATE FROM SOUTH FLORIDA. MIAMI IS CONV!NC~O THATn SUCH AN

' EG~EGIOUS ACT AS OE~CRIBED WOULD Br: SUCCESSFULLY PROSE~UTED IN j .

SOUTH ~LORIDA; HOWEVER, AT THAT POINT, DAMAGE WOULD HAVE

ALREADY BEEN DONE TO THIS COUNTRY'S REPUTATION, NOT TO . MENTION II JHE DAMAGE DONE TO LEGITIMATE ENDEAVORS BY U.S INTEREStS AND J THE CU~AN EXILE COMMUNITY TO END A COMMUNIST REGIME INlTHIS HEMISPHERE. .

MIAMI'S INVESTIGATIVE APPROACH TO SECURIN~ FBI AND OOJ

I NT ER E S TS HA S BE E N · T0 0 ET ER ILL EG A L -~ NT I - CA S TR 0 ACT I VI tiT' I E S

THQOUGH REGULA~ NON-AOVERSAR!AL CONTACTS WITH MILITANT. ANTI-

CASTRO ACTIVISTS AND TO PENETRATE, THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF

INFORMANTS, GROUPS OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE A HISTORY OF

NEUTRALITY ACT VIOLATIONS OR OPENLY ESPDUSE THEIR INT~NTIONS .

OF VIOLATING U.S. LAWS TO TOPPLE CASJRO. PROSECUTION ~AS

SELDOM BEEN -A VIABLE OPTION.THUS MANDATING DETERRENCE ~SOUR ·! ~ PRIMARY GOAL. II THE FOLLOWING IS A SY~OPSTS OF THE APPLICATION AND ·

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,. RESULTS OF MIAMI'S INVESTIGATE AP~ROACH TO CAPtiONED KATTER: i . :, . AS THE COMPLEME.NT OF TRAINEES AT THE 'cOLLIER c·OUr·HY,

FLORIDA TRAINING CAMP BEGAN ~0 GROW, MIAMI ESTABLISHEd NON- b6 :;. b7C ADVERS<\RIAL LIAISON lHTHr------j ~ AND ,, . STURGIS·.· THROUGH AGREEI.,ENTS SECURED FROM ,CAPTIONED SUSPECTS, . . .! REPRESENTATIVES OF. THE COLLIER COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE [fWER~ . . . ' ll . PERtUTTED iWEEKLY INSPECTION'S OF J.HE EVERGLADES 'TRAINING CAMP. II THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE CAMP'S E~IST~NCE, ~AW E~FORCEMiNT WAS II :( PERMITTED ROUTINE AND UNR~STRICTED ACCESS. TO THE CAMP~ THUS

MIN I MI Z IN G TH E P 0 S S I BI L I T Y 0 F I LL E GAL C0 ND U C T AS WELL ;1·AS "

MINIMIZING ]HE POSSI~ILITY DF AN ACCIDENT A~ ARMED [I . II ; li CONFRONTATION BET~EEN POLICE ANb OCCUPANTS OF THE CAMR. MI.~MI . !I II AND TAMPA D1VISION AGENTS PERSONALLY INSPECTED THE . C~MP ON TWO li OCCASIONS. • I, . II,, . . IN 'oRDER TO biSPEL · RUMORS AMONG COLLIER COUNTY REISIDENTS ANO TO PREVENT INFLAMMATORY EXAGGERATIONS OF ACTIVITI8S AT THE

CAMP ·sy ~HE NEWS MEDiA I~ MIAMI, CAPTIONED SUSPECTS W~RE I' ENCOURAGED TO PROVIDE THE MEDIA WITH DETAILED ACCOUNT~ OF

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THEIR NUMBERS AND ACTIVITIES. • •

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A~PROPRIATE MIAMI DIVISION AGENTS WERE PERSONALLY CANVASSED TO IDENTIFY CURRENT AND PAST, BUT VIABLE, CI'S CAPABLE OF BEING. DIRECTED AGAINST CAPTIONED SUSPECTS. THIS

E~FORT WAS EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL.

AT ONE POINT DU~ING THE CAMP'S EXIST~NCE, .SEVERAL

J DISSIDENT CAMP LEADERS WERE PHYSICALLY ABDUCTED · FROM ~HE CAMP

AND RETURNED TO MIAMI BY FOLLOWERS OF CAPTIONED SUSPECTS. ·.J

RUMORS BEGAN CIRCULATING WITHI~ HOURS THAT OTHERS tN THE CAMP

.1 . WERE IN DANGER. THE COLLI~R COUNTY SO ISSUED AN ALERT TO ALL •

ACTIVE LA~ ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL IN PREPARATION FOR A ,POSSIBLE ·

ASSAULT ON THE CAMP. THROUGH PREVIOUSLY ESTABLISHED ~MERGENtY

CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBERS, MIAMI AGENTS WERE ~BLE TQ DETERMINE

THE IDENTITIES AND LOCATIONS OF THE MEN WHO HAD BEEN ~ORCIBLY I RETURNED TO MIAMI. ALL THOSE RETURNED WERE INTERVIEW~D BY MIAMI AGENTS BY MIONIGHT OF THE DAY OF THE INCIDENT AND THEY PROVIDED THE IDENTITIES OF THE ;INDIVIDUALS REMAINING IN THE

CAMP WHO MAY HAVE BEEN IN J~OPARDY. MIAMI AGENTS PRO~IDED THIS INFORMATION TO THE COLLIER COUNTY SO LIAISON OFFICER WHO,

I WITH A SMALL CONTI~GENT OF SWAT OFFICERS, WENT TO tHE CAMP,

EXTRICATED THE REMAINI~G I~DIVIOUALS, AND OFFERED THE~ SAFE

PASSAGE FROM THE CAMP IF THEY DESIRED. NON-ADVERSARIAL •

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CONTACT WITH CAPTI8NED SUSPECTS CLEARLY DIF~USED A POTENTIALLY. DANGEROUS SITUATION. IN APPROXIMATELY APRIL OF 1993, MIAMI POLICE DEPARTMENT

b6 ARRESTED .._1______.1 ON CHARGES OF .._I______.... b7C

THE M~OIA PUBLICIZED THE FACT THAT.._I ______..... b6 b7C

DUE TO THE FBI'S INVOLVEMENT IHTHLI-~------~~ FINANCIAL b7D

SUPPORT FO~ NEUTRALITY ~CT VIOLATIONS BY CAPTIONED SU~PECTS HAS CEASED. CAPTIONED SUSPECTS HAVE REVERTED TO SPANISH

LANGUAGE RADIO BROADCAST APPEALS TO G.ARN-ER FUNDS. THIS ·' APPROACH HA~ TYPICALLY PROOUCEO MEAGER REVENUES FOR SUCH

ACTIVITIES AS EVIDENCED BY THE ~ACT THAT TONY CUESTA lRECE~TLY

I' DECEASED), AN ANTI-CASTRO ICON IN THE £UBAN COMMUNITY~ LIVED ON FOOD STAMPS DESPITE HIS CONTINUED PUBLI( iPPEALS FOR FUNDS

ON SPANISH LANGUAGE RADIO •.

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II DUE TO A LACK OF RESOURCES, CAPTIONED SUSPECTS HAVE

REDUCED THEIR .MIAMI. OFFICE SPACE FROM APPROXIMATELY 3000 SQ FT

TO A SINGLE 400 SQ FT OFFICE. THE COLLIER COUNTY TRAINING CAMP, WHICH IN FEBRUARY OF

1992, HOUSED MORE THAN 200 MEN, IS CURRENTLY NON-FUNCTIONAL • ALTHOUGH TENTS. AND SOME PERNANENT STRUCTURES ARE STILL' IN

PLACE, THE AREA IS FLOODED, OVERGROWN, AND MOSQJITO ~~~ESTED .. TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT THE AREA IS UNINHAS!TABLE. MI~MI HAS

DETERMINED THROUGH CONTACTS WITH CAPTIONED SUSPECTS THAT THE CkMP IS UNOCCUPIED. MIAMI SOURCES WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION HAVE REPOR1ED MASSIVE PERSONNEL DEFECTIONS FROM THE GROUP. IT IS ESTIMATED

THAT CAPTIONED SUSPECTS NOW HAV~ LESS THAN TWO DOZEN »HANGERS-

ON" WHO SUPPORT THE SUSPECTS BY TH~IR OCCASIONAL· PRES~~CE AT . PUNO HEADQUARTERS.

' . MOST RECENTLY, SEVERAL SPANISH LANGUAGE RADIO STATION COMMENTATORS HAVE CRITICIZED SUSPECTS FOR FINANCIALLY.' . ~ ~

DESERTING APPROXIMATELY 100 CUBAN POLITICAL• ASYLUM SEEKERSII WHO .

' ' WERE FLOWN SY PUND, IN FINANCIALLY BETTER TIMES FROM THE GRAND

. ' . . CAYMAN ISLANDS TO THE OOMt~ICAN REPUBLIC WHERE THEY W~RE

PROfUSED SUPPO~T BY PUNO FOR ADf1ITTANCE TO THE UNITED:·s·TATES. • •

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THESE ASYLUM SEEKE~S REMAIN ~TRANOED IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

WITH NO RESOURCES. THEY HAVE BECOME VOCAL IN THEIR

CONDEMNATION OF PU~O AND THE MEDIA HAS PUBLICIZED THEIR COMPLAINTS.

ACCORDING TO~~------~~AND~------~----~ . !i ~------~------~~ HAS INDICATED A DESIRE TO MERGE ·b6 COMf'1ANDOS L. WITH PUND; HOWFV;:R.• THE UNION CAN ONLY BE b7C ACCOMPLI SHE,D IF ._l______.l AGREES TO CO: AS E ALL AC TI VITIE S :·~JH ICH ,, . ~ I I MIGHT BE VIEWE~ A$ ACTS OF TERRORISM SUCH AS AQUATIC DRIVE-BY ··' II SHOOTINGS AT CUBAN HOTELS 4LONG YAqADE~O BEACH NEAR H~VANA.

~----_.It-lUST ~LSO AGREE THAT NO OVERT ACTS .IN VIOLATION OF THE NEUTRALITY ACT BE CONDUCTED FROM THIS COUNTRY.

MIAMI VIEWS THiS POTENTIAL MERGER AS A BENEFIT TO THE

ENFORCEMENT OF THE NEUTRALITY LAWS. ALTHOUGH SUCH A ~ERGER

MAY INCREASE THE FINANCiAL STABILITY OF BOTH GROUPS B~CAUSE THEY WILL HAVE A COMBINED LARGER "PIEtE bf THE PIE,» THE

INFLUENCE ._1______..... 1 AND OTHERS IHLL H.~VE OVER THE MORE MILIT.I\NT b6 · b7C COMMANDOS L WILL RESULT IN A SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION OF•A

POSSIBLE INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT OCCURRING BECAUSE OF TERRORIST . • I'

ACTIVITY CONDUCTED BY OVER ZEALOUS ANTI~CASTRO ACTIVISTS.,. . · ~

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AGAIN. MIAMI BELIEVES THAT THE ~OST LOGIC~L AND EFFECTIVE

APPRO~CH TO PROTECTING U.S. INTERESTS FROM VIOLATIONS!OF THE

I NEUTRALITY ACT AND RELATED CRIMES IS A COMBINATION OF,REGUL~R NON-ADVERSARIAL.. CO~TACT WITH THE LFAOING MILITANT ANTI-CASTRO ACTIVISTS AND A CONCERTED EFFORT TO DEVELOP SOURCES CLOSE -TO

INDIVIDUALS WITH A HISTORY OF CONSPIRING TO VIOLATE U.S. LAWS. MIAMI FEELS THAT SUCCESSES IN THWARTING·ILLE,AL ACTIVITIES IN THE LAST 2 YEARS DEMONSTRATES THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS STRATEGY. iT SHOULD BE POINTED OUT, HOWEVER, THAT-IN A COMMUNITY OF

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Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington, D. C. 20535

October 26, 2015

MR. JOHN GREENEWALD JR. THE BLACK VAULT

FOIPA Request No. : 1291292-001 Subject: STURGIS, FRANK

Dear Mr. Greenewald:

The enclosed documents were reviewed under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Title 5, United States Code, Section 552. Deletions have been made to protect information which is exempt from disclosure, with the appropriate exemptions noted on the page next to the excision. In addition, a deleted page information sheet was inserted in the file to indicate where pages were withheld entirely. The exemptions used to withhold information are marked below and explained on the enclosed Explanation of Exemptions:

Section 552 Section 552a r (b)(1) r (b)(7)(A) r (d)(5) r (b)(2) r (b)(7)(B) r OH2) r (b)(3) p (b)(7)(C) r (k)(1) r (b)(7)(D) r (k)(2) r (b)(7)(E) r (k)(3) r (b)(7)(F) r (k)(4) r (b)(4) r (b)(s) r (k)(s) r (b)(5) r (b)(9) r (k)(6) p (b)(6) r (k)(7)

3 pages were reviewed and 3 pages are being released.

r Document(s) were located which originated with, or contained information concerning, other Government Agency (ies) [OGA].

r This information has been referred to the OGA(s) for review and direct response to you. r We are consulting with another agency. The FBI will correspond with you regarding this information when the consultation is completed.

r In accordance with standard FBI practice and pursuant to FOIA exemption (b)(7)(E) and Privacy Act exemption 0)(2) [5 U.S.C. § 552/552a (b)(7)(E)/0)(2)], this response neither confirms nor denies the existence of your subject's name on any watch lists.

For your information, Congress excluded three discrete categories of law enforcement and national security records from the requirements of the FOIA. See 5 U.S. C. § 552(c) (2006 & Supp. IV (2010). This response is limited to those records that are subject to the requirements of the FOIA. This is a standard notification that is given to all our requesters and should not be taken as an indication that excluded records do, or do not, exist. Enclosed for your information is a copy of the Explanation of Exemptions. For questions regarding our determinations, visit the www.fbi.gov/foia website under "Contact Us." The FOIPA Request Number listed above has been assigned to your request. Please use this number in all correspondence concerning your request. Your patience is appreciated.

You have the right to appeal any denials in this release. Appeals should be directed in writing to the Director, Office Information Policy (OIP), U.S. Department of Justice,1425 New York Ave., NW, Suite 11050, Washington, D.C. 20530-0001, or you may submit an appeal through OIP's eFOIA portal at http://www.justice.gov/oip/efoia-portal.html. Your appeal must be received by OIP within sixty (60) days from the date of this letter in order to be considered timely. The envelope and the letter should be clearly marked "Freedom of Information Appeal." Please cite the FOIPA Request Number assigned to your request so that it may be easily identified. r The enclosed material is from the main investigative file(s) in which the subject(s) of your request was the focus of the investigation. Our search located additional references, in files relating to other individuals, or matters, which may or may not be about your subject(s). Our experience has shown when ident, references usually contain information similar to the information processed in the main file(s). Because of our significant backlog, we have given priority to processing only the main investigative file(s) . If you want the references, you must submit a separate request for them in writing, and they will be reviewed at a later date, as time and resources permit.

See additional information which follows.

Sincerely, ~ David M. Hardy Section Chief Record/Information Dissemination Section Records Management Division

Enclosures Additional Information:

The enclosed documents contained in serial18910 of Headquarters file 32-HQ-2380 represent the final release of information responsive to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.

The enclosed material contains information regarding third parties. Third party information is not subject to access under the Privacy Act, 552(a)(b). Accordingly, your access rights are limited to those provided by the Freedom of Information Act. This material was withheld from you pursuant to 552 (b)(6)/(b)(7)(C), which pertains to material in which the release would constitute an unwarranted invasion of the personal privacy of third parties. This material is not appropriate for discretionary release

For your additional information, records that may be responsive to your Freedom of Information Act (FO IA) request have been transferred to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). You may desire to direct a request to NARA, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001. Please reference file numbers 2-HQ-1499, 2-HQ-1566, 73-HQ-18503, 105-HQ-165503, 105-HQ-172694, 72-HQ-2483, 2-HQ-1499 serial139, 105-HQ-172694 serial2, and 105-HQ-174694 serial 52 .

References 2-HQ-691 serial652 and 2-SA-182 serial12, which may be responsive to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, were destroyed on October 27, 2003 and October 1999. Since this material could not be reviewed, it is not known if it was responsive to your request. Record retention and disposal is carried out under the supervision of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Title 44, United States Code, Section 3301 and Title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, Chapter 12, Sub-chapter B, Part 1228. The FBI Records Retention Plan and Disposition Schedules have been approved by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and are monitored by NARA.

A search of the indices to our Central Records System reflected there were records potentially responsive to your request. On September 8, 2011 , the facility where the records are stored suffered a catastrophic flood that tem,porarily prohibits access to these records. Remediation is ongoing for the records stored in this facility. Unfortunately, we are unable to determine if, or when, these records will be available for review.

Also for your information, a search of the indices to our Central Records System reflected there were additional records potentially responsive to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. We have attempted to obtain this material so it could be reviewed to determine whether it was responsive to your request. We were advised that the potentially responsive records were not in their expected location and could not be located after a reasonable search. Following a reasonable waiting period , another attempt was made to obtain this material. This search for the missing records also met with unsuccessful results.

This material is being provided to you at no charge.

This completes the processing of FOIPA Number 1291292-001 . ..

EXPLANATION OF EXEMPTIONS

SUBSECTIONS OF TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE, SECTION 552

(b)( I) (A) specifically authorized under criteria established by an Executive order to be kept secret in the interes.t of national defense or foreign policy and (B) are in fact properly classified to such Executive order;

(b)(2) related solely to the internal personnel rules and practices of an agency;

(b)(3) specifically exempted from disclosure by statute (other than section 552b of this title), provided that such statute (A) requires that the matters be withheld from the public in such a manner as to leave no discretion on issue, or (B) establishes particular criteria for withholding or refers to particular types of matters to be withheld;

(b)(4) trade secrets and commercial or financial information obtained from a person and privileged or confidential;

(b)( 5) inter-agency or intra-agency memorandums or letters which would not be available by law to a party other than an agency in litigation with the agency;

(b)(6) personnel and medical files and similar files the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy;

(b )(7) records or information compiled for law enforcement purposes, but only to the extent that the production of such law enforcement records or information (A) could reasonably be expected to interfere with enforcement proceedings, ( B ) would deprive a person of a right to a fair trial or an impartial adjudication, (C) could reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, (D) could reasonably be expected to disclose the identity of confidential source, including a State, local, or foreign agency or authority or any private institution which furnished information on a confidential basis, and, in the case of record or information compiled by a criminal law enforcement authority in the course of a criminal investigation, or by an agency conducting a lawful national security intelligence investigation, information furnished by a confidential source, ( E ) would disclose techniques and procedures for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions, or would disclose guidelines for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions if such disclosure cou ld reasonably be expected to risk circumvention of the law, or (F) could reasonably be expected to endanger the life or physical safety of any individual;

(b )(8) contained in or related to examination, operating, or condition reports prepared by, on behalf of, or for the use of an agency responsible for the regulation or supervision of financial institutions; or

(b)(9) geological and geophysical information and data, including maps, concerning wells.

SUBSECTIONS OF TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE, SECTION 552a

(d)(5) information compiled in reasonable anticipation of a civil action proceeding;

U)(2) material reporting investigative efforts pertaining to the enforcement of criminal law including efforts to prevent, control, or reduce crime or apprehend criminals;

(k)(l) information which is currently and properly classified pursuant to an Executive order in the interest of the national defense or foreign policy, for example, information involving intelligence sources or methods;

(k)(2) investigatory material compiled for law enforcement purposes, other than criminal, which did not result in loss of a right, benefit or privilege under Federal programs, or which would identify a source who furnished information pursuant to a promise that his/her identity would be held in confidence;

(k)(3) material maintained in connection with providing protective services to the President of the United States or any other individual pursuant to the authority of Title 18, United States Code, Section 3056;

(k)(4) required by statute to be maintained and used solely as statistical records;

(k)(5) investigatory material compiled solely for the purpose of determining suitability, eligibility, or qualifications for Federal civilian employment or for access to classified information, the disclosure of which would reveal the identity of the person who furnished information pursuant to a promi se that hi s/her identity would be held in confidence;

(k)(6) testing or examination material used to determine individual qualifications for appointment or promotion in Federal Government service he release of which would compromise the testing or examination process;

(k)(7) material used to determine potential for promotion in the armed services, the disclosure of which would reveal the identity of the person who furnished the material pursuant to a promise that his/her identity would be held in confidence. FBI/DOJ i · • .., ..

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MIAMI , Dec. 4 (AP) - Frank A. the Re-election of the President, saying Sturgis, one of the five Watergate bur they had been misled into thinking they glars whose capture brought down the were acting with Government sanction. Nixon Administration, died today at a The suit was settled out of court. hospital in Miami, where he lived. He "In Watergate, he claimed to his was 68. dying day that he was acting under He died of cancer a week after he orders of the White House," Mr. Rubin was admitted to the Veterans Affairs said. "He had no idea that he would be hospital, said his lawyer, Ellis Rubin. put in prison as a result." Doctors diagnosed lung cancer that Nation 'Better OU' had spread tO his kidneys. Interviewed last year on the 20th Assoc1a 1ed Prrss Mr. Sturgis. a staunch anti-Commu anniversary of the botched break-in Frank A. Sturgis nist, was a member of the burglary that ultimately brought Mr. Nixon's team caught after a break-in at the resignation, Mr. Sturgis said he offices of the Democratic National thought the United States was beller Committee at the Watergate complex off for the experience. on June IJ, 1972. They later admitted they went there to install wiretaps and "It really screwed up the country," scan the party's files. he said. " But it made our government a At the time of his trial, he said E. little bit stronger." Howard Hunt Jr., a former aide for the He added, "I feel the laws that came Central Intelligence Agency, had re about after Watergate didn't give the cruited him for the burgTai'y by saying President - whether It was Nixon or it was a mission essential to the na anybody else- the free rein to do what Herman E. Cooper, 88, tion's security. The mission was actual· a dictator would do." ly on behalf or President Richard M. A former police officer, private in Lawyer in Manhattan Nixon's 1!172 campaign fund, the Com vestigator and a marine, Mr. Sturgis, mittee for the Re-election of the Presi· who was Cuban-American, fought .-...... dent. alongside Fidel Castro in Cuba but Herman E. Cooper, a Manhattan Mr. Sturgis served 13 months of a I later broke with him as Mr. Castro lawyer for more than 40 years, died to 4-year sentence for the burglary and turned. toward .. Communism. Mr. Stur yester!lay at _l)is ~.anhattan apart· was released In January 1974. He was gis then became a leader of PUND, a men!. He was 88. denied a pardon by President Jimmy Miami paramilitary group intent on The cause was kidney failure, said Carter. toppling Mr. Castro. his son, Thomas J. Cooper. In 1977, he and three others involved He is survived by his wife, Jan, and a Starting in the 1930's and continuing in the break-in sued the Committee for daughter. into the 1970's, Mr. Cooper was a labor lawyer who was involved in several ·oecember 5, 1993 major strikes and other labor-management disputes. In the early years he represented unions, and later he served as a special counsel and an adviser to various branches of local government. During the course of his career he was the lawyer at various times for unions as diverse as Actors' Equity and the National Maritime Union, as well as groups representing truck driv· ers, bakery deliverers, public utility workers, schoolteachers, railroad engi neers and newspaper employees. . museum. She compiled two books, Later In his legal career Mr. Cooper Adele Earnest, Expert "The Art of the Decoy: American Bird also represented banks and other busi· Carving" and "Folk Art in America: A ness organizations. And he represented On Folk Art, Dies at 92 Personal View." New York City In its negotiations with Mrs. Earnest was born in Waltham, unions of subway workers, firefighters Mass: She graduated from Wellesley and police officers. Adele Earnest, one of the founders of College. In 1929 she was stage manager In 1966 Mr. Cooper helped to found the Museum of American Folk Art, for Eva Le Gallienne's 14th Street Rep- the Republic National Bank of New died on Saturday in a nursing home in ertory Theater. In 1939 she established York and served it in various legal Mount Vernon, Wash. She was 92. the Stony Point Art Gallery in Stony capacities until just recently. In 1961 Mrs. Earnest was one of a Point, N.Y., where she specialized in He is survived by his wife of 43 years, group or six founding trustees of the decoys and folk sculpture. Helen Cooper; five daughters, Laura museum and helped its early develop Mrs. Earnest's i)~band, Joel, . died Stein of East Lansing, Mich., Joan Uhr- ment at 2 Lincoln Square in Manhattan. many years ago. Sh -~ur~ed)i~ h~~ ~ ~1hl\D·Pf Brockport, N.Y., Ann Gordon of She made several significant dona· son, Eugene, of Ana r!tes, W~,')41id l~ib.¢i'l(eley, Calif., Katharine Sulds of tions and contributions, Including an two grandchildren. .!... .: • , . · Manhattan, and Deborah Sternberg of . ~ ~ · -~ · -- t _ .... L._ ~