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124-10332-10018 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 JFK Assassination System Identification Form Date: 6/8/2015

Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: 124-10332-10018 RECORD SERIES : HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 105-88025-9

Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: MM TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: 08/04/1961 PAGES: 10 SUBJECTS: SANTIAGO ALVAREZ RODRIGUEZ DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: Secret RESTRICTIONS: 1A; 4 CURRENT STATUS: Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 09/21/1998 OPENING CRITERIA : INDEFINITE COMMENTS:

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MM 105-2234 CONFIDENTIAL

In view of the relative inactivity of subject at this time insofar as Cuban revolutionary matters are concerned, no further investigation is being conducted, and this case is being closed. Should subject subsequently emerge as an active leader in anti-CASTRO activities, his case will be re-opened, and investigation conducted concerning his activities, and the Bureau will be advised.

On August 1, 1961, WILLIAM HERRINGTON, CIA covert representative, Miami, Florida, informed that CIA had an operational interest in subject during the Cuban invasion in April, 1961. HERRINGTON said that while there is no interest in subject at the present time, CIA still has an operational interest in subject's son, whom he identified as SANTIAGO ALVAREZ.

HERRINGTON Indicated that CIA did have considerable operational interest in subject's yacht, the "Alisan", but that there is no interest at the present time. HERRINGTON indicated he would advise the FBI at Miami if CIA develops any further interest in subject.

Miami indices contained a 'communication from JUSTIN F. GLEICHAUF, CIA representative, under date of February 7, 1961, which, among other things, identified subject as a former Cuban senator who had collaborated on matters relating to the publication from time to time called "Esbirros". (This information, according to CIA, came from a usually reliable source. Communication was classified "secret"

An investigation by the Miami Office of "Esbirros" disclosed it was a two or three-page mimeographed "scandal sheet" directed against the Frente Revolucionario Democratico (FRD), as well as all other groups and individuals both pro and anti-FIDEL CASTRO, according to MM 492-S. It was noted that many individuals, anti-CASTRO and anti-communist, had accused many other individuals of printing "Esbirros", which had resulted in the paper not being printed or published in January, 1961. This paper received very limited distribution, and it was not believed it had been printed in December, 1960. NW 50953 DocId:32313744 Page 2 -B- COVER PAGE CONFIDENTIAL

MM 105-2234 CONFIDENTIAL

This report is classified confidential since data reported from MM T-1, who is MM 726-S reasonably result in the identification of a confidential informant of continuing value and compromise the future effectiveness thereof.

INFORMANTS

IDENTITY LOCATION OF ORIGINAL INFORMATION

MM T-1 is MM 726-S, 134-307-Sub A-98 contacted by SA Instant report, page 5 LEMAN L. STAFFORD, JR.

MM T-2 is MM 492-S, contacted by Instant report, page 5 SA JAMES D. HAYES

MM T-3 is MM 724-S, contacted by SA Instant report, page 6 JAMES D. HAYES

Careful consideration has been given to each source concealed in this report, and "T" symbols have been utilized only in those instances where identity must be concealed, NW 50953 DocId:32313744 Page 3 - C*- COVER PAGE CONFIDENTIAL