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104-10229-10057 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (06/22/1961)

handle is hein.jfk/jfkarch77880 and id is 1 raw text is: 2022 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992

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24 June 1961
MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, WH/4/Security
VIA               : Chief, WH//Support
SUBJECT           : Paseports of Cubans
1. Mr. Devine, of the State Department, called on 22 June
and referred to previous discussions with members of WH Division
and of WH/4 concerning Miro Cardona's request for some 400 pass-
ports of Cubans as well as other personal documents. It was
recalled that Miro Cardona and Tony Varona, among others in the
Council, had raised this question in late April and early May with
Mr. Goodwin and later with Morales Carrion. At that time it was
understood that-these passports and documents were collected from
volunteers for the invasion forces in Florida an- held possibly by
the.FRD or its associates under an agreement that said passports
and documents would be turned over to no one other than the person
concerned or his heirs. It was also recalled by Mr. Devine that the
answer to the rejuest of the Council for these doc'umento w*s that
any individual who wanted his documents should go to the entity to
which he gave it and make application. It was also passed to the
Council that the passports were in the Florida area in custody and
were immediately available to the individual or his heirs. For a
time this seemed to suffice or, at any rate, the inquiries seemed to
stop.
1. Apparently with Miro Cardona's knowledge a few days ago
a circular was prepared by some Cuban organization and sent to
all people in the Cuban community in Miami who might be interested
in documents or passports, stating that anyone wanting to recover
said documents should apply to Mr. Hurowitz on the Cuban desk in
the Department of State. Mr. Hurowita received in the loot day or
two some thirty letters requesting documents of one individual or
another and eventually decided to acknowledge them with a form
letter, stating that no responsibility for said documents rested with
the State Department. However, the State Department would do
what it could to assist in the locating of said documents. Meanwhile
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