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FBI Cryptonyms – Identity Known:
Bernardo Alvarez de Torres, Bay of Pigs veteran, infiltrated Garrison investigation, MM-4086-OA
Roy F. Armstrong, Postal Inspector, Dallas (in this document, Dallas T-6)
Paul Barger, Irving Police Chief, FBI Confidential Informant T-4. Barger claimed that it was not he, but a “telephone repairman“, who heard the conversation between Michael Paine in Arlington and Ruth Paine in Irving shortly after the assassination that “(Michael Paine) felt sure that Lee Harvey Oswald had killed President Kennedy, but that he was not responsible and further stated ‘we both know who was responsible.'”
Felix Botello, DL-18-S, active with American GI Forum and also with extreme right-wingers engaged in Minuteman-like activity, Ashland Burchwell and Vance Beaudreau (in this document, DL T-1)
Jack Childs, member of the CPUSA in New York City, was an Operation SOLO source and NY 694-S*
Morris Childs, Jack’s brother, member of the CPUSA in Chicago and editor of the Daily Worker, was the other Operation Solo source and CG 5824-S*
Howard Davis, MM-639-S, FBI reports on his 3/16/61 letter to JFK attacking Manolo Ray; ally of Jerry Hemming; frequent and valued FBI informant throughout the 1960s.
Jeronimo Esteves, (various spellings), SJ-492-S, ally of Antonio Veciana, second cousin of Sylvia Odio, based in Puerto Rico. MM 492-S also discusses Operation Judas as a plan to put Hubert Matos as Cuba’s new leader with Gutierrez Menoyo as chief of the Army.
Earl Harvey, informs Jim Hosty in late 1961 of lack of information on Minutemen, DL-107-C
Harry Holmes, Postal Inspector, Dallas, (in these documents, Dallas T-2 and Dallas T-10).
Joaquin Insua, Dallas Cuban Catholic Relief Services (in this document, Dallas T-3)
Margarita Landin, CPUSA member in Dallas with her husband Joe (Joe was also an ACLU member, Dallas and other Texas CPUSA chapters were poised to call the ACLU in case of emergency, he may have been DL-6-S, see memos dated 8/1/60, 8/30/60, 1/30/61, 4/10/63 ) – DL-7-S (in this document, FBI informant DL T-2)
Ruth Lowery, possibly the younger sister of CPUSA member William Lowery – DL-15-S (in this document, FBI informant DL T-4)
William J. Lowery, Jr., Dallas CPUSA member from 1945-1963. FBI informant until 9/23/63, when the double identity of this shoe salesman publicly emerged. Worked at the Shoe Haven, 620 West Jefferson Blvd., three blocks from the Texas Theatre and three blocks from Johnny Brewer at Hardy’s Shoe Store. Reported to Jim Hosty on 11/29/63 that the KLIF announcer quoted Oswald all afternoon on 11/22 as saying, “I killed the President. I killed a cop. & I’m going to kill two more“, until 6 pm, when the manager reported live that it could not be confirmed. Secretary of American GI Forum, the President was Joe Molina who worked at the TSBD and was taken into custody during the early AM hours of 11/23/63 as a suspect in the assassination of JFK. In late 64, Detective Stringfellow interrogated him about any connection between the American GI Forum and Joe Landin and Felix Botello. Reported to Jim Hosty. DL-2-S.
Andrea McCormick, reported to police LHO’s leafleting that led to his arrest. (in this document, FBI informant NO-6)
Carlos Quiroga, Cuban exile in New Orleans (in this document, FBI informant NO T-5)
L.H. Robertson, Postal Inspector, New Orleans (in this document, FBI informant NO T-1)
Also identified as L.W. Robertson
Jeanne Rodgers, Secretary to the Manager, radio station WDSU New Orleans (in this document, FBI informant NO T-3)
Nestor Rodriguez, NO-1213-S, ran New Orleans language school, met Lee Oswald, Nazi sympathizer, son of Arnesto Rodriguez/AMJUTE-1 and Emilio Rodriguez/AMIRE-1
Andrew St. George, Life Magazine photographer (in this document, NY T-1)
Enrique Varona, PSI Enrique Varona. Frequent contacts with Carlos Bringuier. (in this document, Dallas T-2)
FBI Cryptonyms – Identity Uncertain:
Manuel Rodriguez Orcarberro, may be DL-282-S. This FBI memo says “his identity is known to the Bureau, BUFILE 105-131,209), was in a top leadership position in Alpha 66…(met at Jorge Salzar’s house) at 3126 Harlandale.” The title of BUFILE 105-131209 is “Manuel Orcarberro Rodriguez.” created on 5/26/64. This is the very first serial. DL 282-S reported that the meetings were at Jorge Salazar’s residence at 3126 Harlandale. Problem: This 1965 document lists Manuel Rodriguez Orcarberro as a PSI – a Potential Security Informant – which would seem to indicate that he is not yet security informant DL 282-S. DL 282-S moved to San Juan in 1972. His last known symbol number was SJ-1140-S.
FBI Cryptonyms – Identity Unknown:
CSNY 2822-S, (referred to elsewhere as NY 2822-S) “Advised that troops being trained by the FRD had nearly completed their training and would be ready to invade Cuba by 11/1/60. No action would be taken until after US elections on 11/8/60 to avoid the matter becoming an election issue; however, it would be launched before the new President took office in order that there would be no criticism against the new President.”
Secret Service cryptonym
Bill Finch – one of the CIA officers that had earned Aragon’s trust – told the FBI he was “unable to state” if CIA had an operational interest in Radio Libertad. In an Aragon and Marshall memo, we see “3–11–14” as stating “they do not know at the Miami level whether they are supporting Radio Libertad”. This comparison unlocks one of the secrets of the documents. CIA officer Bill Finch was Secret Service source 3–11–14.
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Paul Barger, Irving Police Chief
Howard K. Davis (INTERPEN member, ally of Gerry Hemming) was allegedly MM-639-S
See Alan Weberman, The Oswald Code
William Lowery was DL-2-S
informant on CPUSA, reported to Jim Hosty, active in American GI Forum with Joe Molina (worked on 2nd floor of TSBD, arrested 11/23/63)
Arnesto Rodriguez was NO-1213-S
Joan Mellen, A Farewell to Justice, p. 56
Victor Vicente was NY-3245-S*
Also see Bill Simpich, Fair Play for Cuba and the Cuban Revolution
David Kaiser, The Road to Dallas
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More info on MM-639-S, communicating directly with Fiorini, he and Customs suspect Frank is a CIA informant. David Boylan says that Howard Davis is MM-639-S, as proven in this 1961 document.
9/9/64, Ray told the FBI that he had met Sylvia Odio on 5-6 occasions, originally at the home of Ray’s assistant Jeronimo Esteve. Esteve was interviewed the next day, and stated that Odio was his second cousin: https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=59640&relPageId=123 Here Esteve is described as SJ-492-S, and says that Odio was under psychiatric care in Ponce and in Dallas: https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=10111&relPageId=280
Carlos Quiroga – Dallas Confidential Informant T-5
Confidential informant t-17 – said William Cuthbert Brady had left USA in early august 63 and moved to Manila – p. 13 of 50
Interviewed LHO in jail night of arrest – New Orleans police intelligence (he doesn’t mention fbi) p. 18 of 50
http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/FBI%20Records%20Files/105-82555/105-82555%20Section%20015/105-15c.pdf
It actually took till 70s to get the film back
FBI confiscated the negatives from Glendale – they may be somewhere – they may show what was cut what was not.
2385 pages of counterintelligence on the CPUSA
Dallas Informant T-1: Dixie Wilson Principal Clerk, LDBs 111 through 114, Meacham Building, Fort Worth, TX – said on 6/28/61 that LHO had special training in Jacksonville as an electronics operator and in Biloxi as a radio operator during 1957.
is it ocelot = Felix Zabala?
the asset used to use the name Dr. Miranda Prado
Pedro Campos Santo told the asset said to use the name Arsenio Lara.
sj-1849-oa was being looked at Manuel Ray case, but do not want to blow his cover.
Bureau Confidential Informant 100 – James Angleton
Tried to link E. H. Williams to Jack Ruby and Oswald
WF 568-S “Our sensitive source at the Israeli Embassy”
The claim by CI-SIG in 12/63 was Oswald met with E.H. Williams of the AFL-CIO for a job in May 1963
WH 984 S may have been Enrique Garcia
Mary Ferrell refers to him as a registered Dominican agent
Dominican stolen jewelry ring – connected w Norman Rothman – based in Dallas – 984-S is in Dallas reporting on it
Enrique Garcia and 984-S are wrapped up in story about possible invasion of DR and assassination of Pres. Belanguer in 1968.
Could this be the same man?
10/5/63: Four 38 caliber revolvers – the type of revolver that shot Tippit – got turned over to Artime, Quintero, Artime’s bodyguard Enrique Garcia Chantres,
10/5/63: Four 38 caliber revolvers – the type of revolver that shot Tippit – got turned over to Artime, Quintero, Artime’s bodyguard Enrique Garcia Chantres,
focus of 984-S in this document was on studying a Dominican official
Willie Somersett MM 607-C (RAC) – then became informant for Miami Police Dept.
Mariano Faget MM CS-492-S, former chief of BRAC
Alfredo Hernandez Valdes was NY 2865-PSI. He and his brother Eduardo (the Cuban consul general in Miami) were Cuban consuls in 1958. Nunez Portunado at the time was Cuba’s ambassador to the US. His sources included Juan Palli, former VP for Cubana and assistant to media mogul Goar Mestre – he and his brother owned Chanel 6 and CMQ in Havana.
Francisco Wilfredo Varona, a close friend of Carlos Tepedino, was MM 761-S
MM 1550-KS – IDENTITY UNKNOWN, brother’s name is Rolando; (brother, active with UR in 1968, is known as Rolando “Pucho” Morales) – said the members of UMA were Marieta Fandino, Miguel Angel Peraza, and Aurea Poggio
WOUNDED ON 5/25/73 – this reveals that 1550-KS was also Ricardo Morales Navarette
Oscar Angulo was MM 1337-S, Miami’s top informant in the CORU.