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Telegram to the White House Jan 1967
by
ATON CONSTANZO PALAU
re MASFERRER



50240
T-97/R-XX
Spanish

MIAMI, FLORIDA 29
THE PRESIDENT
THE WHITE HOUSE

I RESPECTFULLY NOTIFY YOU THAT, AS A RESULT OF THE ACTION TAKEN BY THE IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES IN THEIR EXAGGERATED INVESTIGATION OF ROLANDO MASFERRER ROJAS (BREAKING INTO AND SEARCHING HIS HOME HERE IN MIAMI), HIS BROTHER, DR. RODOLFO MASFERRER, DIED OF A HEART ATTACK BECAUSE HE THOUGHT THAT THE SAID OFFICERS WERE UNDERCOVER AGENTS FOR FIDEL CASTRO.  SUCH SERIOUS MEASURES INVOLVING A WELL-KNOWN ANTI-CASTRO CUBAN CALL FOR YOUR IMMEDIATE INVESTIGATION OF THIS CASE IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH WHERE THE RESPONSIBILITY LIES AND TO TAKE ACTION TO STOP THE PERSECUTION OF CUBANS WHO ARE FRIENDS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND RELENTLESS ADVERSARIES OF FIDEL CASTRO.

ATON CONSTANTO PALAU, CAPTAIN OF THE REBEL ARMY
75 SOUTHWEST 4TH STREET
MIAMI, FLORIDA

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Memorandum of Information Re:  Telegram to The President of the United States from Anton Constanzo Palau, Cong  CO 703.615, January 18, 1967

On January 1, 1959 Rolando A. Masferrer-Rojas, A7 197 768, arrived at Key West, Florida with 25 other  Cuban refugees on the yacht OLOKUN II.  He was detained in Service custody at McAllen, Texas until January 27, 1959 when he was paroled under Section 212 (d) (5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

Service action was initiated to prohibit Masferrer from being within 150 miles of the Florida or Gulf coasts.  After several hearings in the U.S. District Court, Miami, Masferrer's parole conditions were amended to require him to report to the District Director, New York.  The parole conditions also required that he obtain permission from the District Director, New York, before leaving that area.

From August 1962 to January 2, 1967 several reports were received indicating Masferrer came to Miami in violation of the parole conditions.  Investigators from the Miami office interviewed Rolando Masferrer's brother, Rodolfo Masferrer, on only one occasion, December 1, 1966, when it was reported Rolando Masferrer was in the Miami area without first obtaining the required permission.

On January 2, 1967 Rolando Masferrer and 74 others were arrested in the Florida Keys, by U.S. Customs Agents, as they were preparing to leave for an armed invasion of Haiti.  Anton Constanzo Palau, the writer of the telegram, evaded arrest at this time, but he was subsequently arrested on the same charges.

On January 10, 1967 Rolando Masferrer was released from Service custody on a $10,000 bond.  The conditions of this bond confine him to Dade County, Florida and Metropolitan New York.
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CO 703.615

Dear Mr. Palau:

Your telegram to President Johnson has been received regarding the case of Mr. Rolando Masferrer Rojas.

I have requested the District Director of this Service at Miami, Florida, to submit a current report in this matter.  Upon its receipt, you will be further advised.

Sincerely

E. A. Loughran
Associate Commissioner
Management

Mr. Aton Constanzo Palau
752 Southwest Fourth Street
Miami, Florida  33130

CC:  DISTRICT DIRECTOR, MIAMI, FLORIDA - Copy of letter under acknowledgment and its enclosure attached for your information.  Please submit prompt report, attention CONGR CO 703.615.


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