Federal Bureau of Investigation

Freedom of InformationPrivacy Acts Section

Office of Public and Congressional
Affairs

Subject: Pedro Albizu Campos

File Number: 105-11898
Section XX

NYO SOURCES ADVISE THAT

POSSIBLY

WITH

DEPARTING NYC FOR PR AT

INSTANT DATE, V I A

EIGHT THREE SEVEN, A R R I V I N G SJ THREE AM,

PURPOSE OF T R I P TO ATTEND

FOUR TWENTYTHREE NEXT,

FUNERAL.

NYO MAINTAINING CONTACT WITH NYCPD AND LOCAL INTELLIGENCE

SOURCES CONTINUE TO REPORT NO KNOWLEDGE OF

VIOLENCE,
AND INTERESTED OFFICES WILL BE KEPT
END

FBI WASH DC R RELAY

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APR 28 1965

FLIGHT

DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE DIVISION

DATE

4/22/65

Pedro Albizu Campos, Titular Head

of Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico,
died in Puerto Rico 4/21/65. Puerto Rican
independence advocates have long threatened
violence upon his death, Our offices with
large Puerto Rican populations have been
alerted to furnish any indication of violence, The Federation of University Students
for Independence (FUPI) is
student organization at University
Rico. Puerto Rican Independence
(MPIPR) is Puerto Rican nationalis
closely affiliated with FUPI.
member of MPIPR and has hi
activity pertaining to sabotage of
crops in Puerto Rico and is
trained to commit sabotage,
identical with unknown subject Cuban Agent.
We are disseminating pertinent information to
Secret Service, military intelligence agencies

REASON-FCIM
DATE OF REVIEW

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NEW YORK V I A WASHINGTON--ENCODED

FROM SAN JUAN 222344

RE SJRAD T H I S DATE.
DURING T H I S

THAT MPI

P A R T I C I P A T I N G H E A V I L Y I N FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS
AND WAS I S S U I N G CALL FOR ALL MEMBERS TO JOURNEY TO SAN
JUAN FOR INTERMENT.

SOURCE I N D I C A T E D THAT JUAN MARI

CONSOLIDATE H I S P O S I T I O N
P O N C E P O L I C E SOURCE REPORTED D I S C U S S I O N AMONG INDEPENDENTISTA

RELAYED
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paraphrased
order t o

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outside

Bureau,

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FROM SAN JUAN 222344

BROKE AND FLAG REMAINED SECURELY STUCK AT TOP

POLE.

DEPARTMENT TO FREE FLAG WHO DECLINED S I N C E T H E I R EQUIPMENT

COMMITTED ELSEWHERE.

T H I S GROUP B E L I E V E D TO BE LED BY

FORMER F U P l PRESIDENT BENJAMIN O R T I Z BELAVAL.

T H I S AFTERNOON A DELEGATION OF INDEPENDENTISTA UPR
PROFESSORS CALLED ON UPR CHANCELLOR J A I M E B E N I T E Z DEMANDING
HE CLOSE UPR I N RESPECT TO SUBJECT,

B E N I T E Z REFUSED

PO I
NO OTHER S I G N I F I C A N T I N C I D E N T S NOTED,
SAN JUAN CONTINUING ROUND THE CLOCK P H Y S I C A L SURVEILLANCE
OF KEY SUBJECTS AND KEEPING INTERESTED AGENCIES ADVISED

DEVELOPMENTS,CLOSE
POLICE 'AND

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FREELY EXCHANGED,

BUREAU AND INTERESTED O F F I C E S WILL BE KEPT ABREAST

DEVELOPMENTS AS THEY OCCUR.
RECEIVED:

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paraphrased in order to protect the Bureau's cryptographic s y s t e m s .

be suitably

FBI NEW YORK

IO
SAN

TODIRECTOR, FBI

J U A N WHERE

S A N JUAN V I A WASHINGTON E N C O D E D
FROM NEW YORK

/105-47403/

I
P E D R O A L B I Z U CAMPOS.,

IS D A S H P R N

FROM S I X T O S E V E N

FOUR T W E N T Y T H R E E I N S T A N T , A P P R O X I M A T E L Y

E I G H T E E N MEMBERS O F T H E M O V I M I E N T O PRO I N D E P E N D E N C I A DE P U E R T O R I C O

NEW YORK M I S S I O N C O N D U C T E D P I C K E T I N G AT U S M I S S I O N T O UN. P A R T I C I P A N T S

D E A T H ON " I M P E R A L I S T S

C A R R I E D S I G N S BLAMING
GOVERNMENT OF PR."

US AND P U P P E T

SOURCES I N A T T E N D A N C E AND E V E N T C O V E R E D BY SAS.

NO D I S T U R B A N C E S T O O K P L A C E .

AT C O N C L U S I O N , NO P A R T I C I P A N T S R E M A I N E D T O

M A I N T A I N A L L N I G H T V I G I L AS P R E V I O U S L Y R E P O R T E D ,

T H A T P I C K E T I N G A T SAME S I T E WOULD R E S U M E SIX

FOUR TWENTYFOUR N E X T ,

BY ALL NIGHT

E V E N I N G OF F O U R T W E N T Y T H R E E INSTANT
S O U R C E S C O N T I N U E T O M A I N T A I N F R E Q U E N T C O N T A C T W I T H NYO A
KNOWLEDGE OF P L A N N E D V I O L E N C E .
F U R N I S H E D BY NYCPD.
SND

RPP
FBI WASH D C

RELAYp,

I N F O R E G A R D I N G P I C K E T S AND V I G I L

FBI NEW YORK

2570. URGENT 4/23/65

TO DIRECTOR,

PAS

CHICAGO, NEWARK, PHILADELPHIA, AND WFO

CHICAGO,

NEWARK,

PHILADELPHIA

CLASS.
REASON-FCIM

FROM NEW YORK

OF

'-

ADVISED THAT

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NYO SOURCES HAVE ADVISED THAT MOVIMIENTO PRO INDEPENDENCIA DE

PUERTO RICO-NEW YORK MISSION MAKING TENTATIVE PLANS FOR AN ALL WEEKEND

VIGIL TO

FIVE

PLACE IN FRONT OF U.S.

MISSION TO UNITED NATIONS STARTING

INSTANT DATE, CONCLUDING AFTER

SOURCES WILL PARTICIPATE AND NYO

BURIAL SUNDAY NEXT.

AFFORD COVERAGE,

NYCPD, SECRET

SERVICE, AND G-2 ADVISED.

NYO SOURCES ARE MAINTAINING CONSTANT CONTACT AND LOCAL POLICE AND
INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES BEING ADVISED OF PRO INDEPENDENCE ACTIVITY AS
INFORMATION DEVELOPS.
BUREAU AND INTERESTED OFFICES WILL BE KEPT ADVISED.

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the intelligence
in the above message is t o be disseminated outside the Bureau, it is suggested that it be suitably
paraphrased in order to protect the Bureau's cryptographic s y s t e m s .

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the intelligence contained in the above message is t o be disseminated outside the Bureau, it i s suggested that it be suitably
paraphrased in order t o protect the Bureau's cryptographic systems.

NEW YORK
4/24/65

DIRECTOR

JJM
AND S A N J U A N

SAN J U A N V I A WASHINGTON

ENCODED

FROM NEW YORK

i
t

PEDRO ALBIZU

INTERNAL SECURITY-PRN

BU F I L E 105-11898 SAW J U A N F I L E
RE NEW YORK

JUAN.

NY F I L E 100-47403

FOUR TWO THREE LAST AND S A N JUAN

FOUR TWO

FOUR LAST,

EVENING OF FOUR TWO FOUR SIX FIVE.

TRAVELLING TOGETHER, FLIGHTS NOT KNOWN

16

APR 28 1965

RETEL, NO PUERTO R I C A N INDEPENDENCE PUBLIC ACTIVITIES

PICKETING OF US MISSION TO UNITED NATIONS SCHEDULED TO RESUME
AT SIX

FOUR TWO FOUR INSTANT FOLLOWED BY POSSIBLE ALL NIGHT

PAGE TWO

NYO MAINTAINING CONSTANT CONTACT WITH SOURCES.

BUREAU AND

JUAN WILL BE ADVISED OF PERTINENT DEVELOPMENTS,

SAN JUAN

WITH

BE IDENTIFIED BY NYO AT THIS TIME,

END
SXC

R RELAY

FBI WASH DC

SAW

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R-78
URGENT 4-24-65
TO DIRECTOR AND NEW YORK
NEW YORK V IA WASHINGTON

ENCODED

SAN JUAN

PEDRO A L B I Z U CAMPOS, IS-PRN.

REMYRAD T H I S DATE.
SUBJECTS BODY WAS TRANSPORTED FROM FUNERAL HOME TO
ATENEO I N OLD SAN JUAN
AFTERNOON
MOTORCADE OF
ABOUT
C A R S WITHOUT
OF ANY KIND.
MOST CARS
WITH FOUR OR F I V E PERSONS AND MANY WOMEN AND
CHILDREN NOTED AS OCCUPANTS,
TURNOUT I N MOTORCADE F E L L
FAR SHORT OF PREDICTIONS OF P O L I C E AND INDEPENDENTISTAS.
SAN JUAN
ALL
PROCESSION PASSES SAN JUAN CATHEDRAL TOMORROW EN ROUTE
CEMETERY SUBJECTS
WILL BE BROUGHT
ARCHBISHOP
PERSONALLY OFFER PRAYERS FOR H I M BUT
NO MASS WILL BE S A I D .
ALL SOURCES CONTINUE TO PREDICT HUGH TURNOUT FOR FUNERAL
TOMORROW
MANY COMING FROM
NO NEW I N F O RE VIOLENCE
SAN JUAN O F F I C E
M A I N T A I N I N G CONSTANT LlAISON
AGENCIES.
I

the intelligence
in the above message is t o be disseminated outside the
paraphrased in order t o protect the Bureaus cryptographic s y s t e m s .

it is suggested that it be suitably

Domestic Intelligence Division

INFORMATIVE NOTE

Date

April 26, 1965

Attached r e p o r t s interment
Pedro Albizu Campos, t i t u l a r head
of Nationalist Party of Puerto
Rico, who d i e d 4-21-65.
W
e continue t o f o l l o w matter
c l o s e l y a s Puerto Rican independence advocates have long threaten
v i o l e n c e upon Albizu's death.
W
e have kept D e

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Domestic Intelligence D i v i s i o n
INFORMATIVE NOTE

Date

4-24-65

Attached radiograms
funeral arrangements and possible
violence in connection with the
death of Albizu Campos, leader of
the Nationalist Party of Puerto
Rico. San Juan Office maintaining
full liaison with police and
agencies.

JJD

(1-10-61)
. I

INFORMATIVE NOTE

April 2 7 , 1965
titular
Pedro Albizu
head of Nationalist Party of Puerto
Rico (NPPR), died 4-21-65, Puerto
Rican nationalists were expected
to commit acts of violence upon
his death,
Laura Meneses is widow of
Albizu and current mistress of
Juan Juarbe, Cuban United Nations
representative
Attached reports conflict
among pro-independence groups and
individuals resulting from confusion surrounding funeral of
Albizu
State,
State, Department,
Military agencies
been kept currently advised
of developments.

Campos,

BCR :cwb

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COPY

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Conrad
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SAN JUAN

241432

CONTINENTAL NAMES,
DE

POLICE

STORE

IF NOT
CONTINENTAL

THEY

APOLICE

HAS

INDEPENDENTISTA

intelligence contained in the above message is to be disseminated outside the Bureau, it is suggested that it be suitably
paraphrased in order to protect the Bureau's cryptographic s y s t e m s .

FBI NEW YORK

URGENT 4/25/65 JJM

TO D I R E C T O R

AND S A N J U A N

SAN J U A N V I A WASHINGTON

ENCODED

FROM NEW YORK

R E NEW YORK

F O U R TWENTY F O U R , LAST,

FROM TWO

TO FOUR T H R E E Z E R O

FOUR TWO F I V E , I N S T A N T ,

M P I P R - N E W YORK M I S S I O N S P O N S O R E D S I L E N T S T R E E T MARCH THROUGHOUT

P U E R T O R I C A N COMMUNITY, EAST S I D E MANHATTAN,

NEW Y O R K .

N I N E ZERO PERSONS P A R T I C I P A T E D , CARRYING S I G N S

P A I N T I N G S HONORING

D E A T H O F SUBJECT.
A T C O N C L U S I O N , F I V E S P E E C H E S WERE G I V E N BY KNOWN M P I P R AND NYC
NATIONALISTS,

NO D I S T U R B A N C E S TOOK

FOR INFORMATION

SAN JUAN

NYC F O U R TWENTY THREE L A S T .

OFFICE;D A N I E L

FELICIANO RETURNED TO

HE L A C K E D F U N D S

NYO SOURCES C O N T I N U E M A I N T A I N I N G R E G U L A R

WITH NYCPD AND A P P R O P R I A T E A G E N C I E S .

BUREAU

OMS

SAN J U A N

FBI WASH

DC

OFFICE

WILL BE K E P T A D V I S E D ,

FUNERAL.

LIAISON (=ON-

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Bland
Pettit
W.L. Smith

Note

yellow:

Above r e c e i v e d from New York Office by t e l e p h o n e a t

4-25-65. Bureau r e q u e s t e d t o r e l a y t o San Juan Office a s N e w York
O f f i c e t e l e t y p e machine t e m p o r a r i l y o u t of o r d e r .

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URGENT 4-25-65
DIRECTOR AND NEW
NEW YORK V I A WASHINGTON
FROM SAN JUAN
260104
PEDRO ALBIZU

CAMPOS,

24 LAST,
SUBJECT'S FUNERAL PROCESSION
T H I S DATE
FROM ATENEO TO SAN JUAN CATHEDRAL
B R I E F SERVICES AND
THENCE TO CEMETERY FOR
I N ORDERLY FASHION. ONE
BROKEN IN ARMY SCHOOL OF TROPICAL M E D I C I N E LOCATED
ALONG L I N E OF MARCH AND
AT PUERTO
R I C A N CAPITOL.
NOTED THAT THRONG W A S VERY
H E A V I L Y LEAVENED
AND CHILDREN AND
I N SOME
RESPECTS I SPLAYED A RESTRAINED
DAY
MANY PERSONS
WERE NOTED TO S T I C K W I T H THE CORTEGE
CEMETERY AND THEN DEPART OBVIOUSLY NOT B E I N G INTERESTED I N
THE A N T I C I P A T E D LONG WINDED SPEECHES.
SPEAKERS WERE
HAMPERED BY
I
BALKY
I C ADDRESS
SPEAKERS
TOP
BE
SUBSEQUENTLY WHEN FULLY
FROM SOURCES.
E S T I M A T E S OF ATTENDANCE I N PROCESSION V A R Y FROM
AT
JUNCTURE WE REGARD FUNERAL AS DISMAL
TO
FA
OF INDEPENDENTISTAS S
THEY WERE
I
FOR
TO
AS MANY AS
GRAVESIDE CEREMONIES WERE TERMINATED BY TORRENTAIL
TROPICAL DOWNPOUR WHICH HAS E F F E C T I V E L Y CLEARED STREETS
REMY R A D APRIL

OF ELEMENTS THAT MIGHT BE CONSIDERING M I S C H I E F ,

FOLLOW AS A V A I L A B L E ,

RECEIVED:

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the
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W. C. Sullivan
J. F. Bland

SAC Wallace

F. Estill

had
Laura Meneses de Albizu,

4/21/65,

San Juan 4/23/65.

informant
of Pedro Albizu Campos rho d i e d
violence
Albizus funeral

Juan Juarbe Juarbe

4/25/65

Puerto Rico on 4/23/65

with

New York t o

instructions for v i o l e n t

Laura Meneses
Juarbe have
wife
Mexico, Cuba
New York.
F i d e l Castro
exile
Mexico
the revolution
granted Cuban citizenship
f a Cuba
to that country. They
by Castro
the past
attached
the
Cuban Delegation to
United Nations
diplomatic status.
Laura
Puerto Rico t w o
travel
diplomatic
Albizus death
there,

E
office
Juarbes
manifest
American Flight 293
at
State
cancellation of Juarbe's authority
travel
the
before
flight l e f t , but
decision
t o allow
the travel
*
an interest
the Bureau
might
the
for
restricting
travel of Juarbe
for revoking
diplomatic
State
advised
information
to
State

t o the

62-7721

(3

He gave as t h e reason f o r h i s t r a v e l
t h e i l l n e s s of his fat h e r .

this Bureau
be

Juarbe

that

in the
t o the Department of State.

San Juan ham been

to
to
the
activities of Puerto R i c a n nationalists
attention during
been
t o check
days. SAC Estill
into the matter
Juarbes father's
i l l n e s s and t o
pertinent informant
violence
military intelligence
the Police
Puerto Rico, Secret Service
agencies.
be alert for any
of value t o the
Department of State
affect
diplomatic status
being
Juarbe
Laura Menses. Pertinent
disseminated t o
Department, Secret Service, Department
State and military intelligence agencies.

13-14-64)

4-26-65
NEW YORK, AND WASHINGTON F I E L D
NEW YORK V I A WASHINGTON-ENCODED

262330

FROM SAN JUAN

PEDRO A L B I Z U CAMPOS.

INTERNAL SECURITY-PUERTO

RE NEW YORK RADIOGRAM TO BUREAU, A P R I L 22, LAST.

ON APRIL

26 INSTANT,

I SED

THAT FUNERAL AND B U R l A L CEREMONIES FOR SUBJECT TOOK PLACE

DURING

OF A P R I L 2 5 LAST.

DURING

OF A P R I L 24 L A S T ,

OF
A

TO

LAURA

INFORMANTS FURTHER ADVISED THAT

JOSE ANTONIO OTERO OTERO, PRESIDENT
MENESES

JUAN JUARBE JUARBE

OF SPEAKERS TO P A R T I C I P A T E AT THE CEMETERY DURING

B U R I A L OF SUBJECT.

T H I S PROGRAM L I S T E D J U L I O DE SANTIAGO

NPPR MEMBER, AS MASTER OF CEREMONIES, AND A S SPEAKERS J O S E

THAT LAURA MENESES AFTER STUDYING THE

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A T THE CHURCH WHICH W A S TO TAKE PLACE A T APPROXIMATELY

O ' C L O C K ON A P R I L 2 5 LAST.

INFORMANTS FURTHER
THE ATENEO SHORTLY AFTER

V I SED THAT FUNERAL PROCESSION

O'CLOCK,

A P R I L 25 LAST AND PROCEEDED

TO CATHEDRAL I N DOWNTOWN SAN JUAN V I A THE C A P I T O L B U I L D I N G

OF PUERTO RICO. CONSIDERABLE

DELAY TOOK PLACE WHEN PROCESSION

REACHED THE C A P I T O L BUILDING

INASMUCH A S

LAURAMENESES

INSISTED

THAT THE FLAGS ON D I S P L A Y AT THE C A P I T O L BE LOWERED TO H A L F

CAUSED CONSIDERABLE CONSTERNATION AND F I N A L L Y ,
WHEN MENESES DISCOVERED THAT HER REQUEST WAS NOT OBEYED, THE
PROCESSION CONTINUED TO THE CATHEDRAL.

AFTER APPROXIMATELY A

MINUTE PROGRAM AT THE CATHEDRAL, THE PROCESSION PROCEEDED

TO THE CEMETERY, A R R I V I N G AT APPROXIMATELY
A R R I V A L AT THE CEMETERY, THE MASTER OF

UPON
J U L I O DE

SANTIAGO,WAS CONTACTED BY LAURA MENESES AND WAS REQUESTED TO

INTRODUCE JUAN JUARBE JUARBE,
PARAMOUR OF LAURA MENESES.

CUBAN

UNREPRESENTATIVE

AND

I T I S TO BE RECALLED ACCORDING TO

THE INFORMANTS THAT JUARBE HAD NOT

I N THE PROGRAM.

JUARBE I N H I S OPENING REMARKS STATED THAT INASMUCH AS I T WAS

BECOMING LATE, HE WOULD ANNOUNCE THE SPEAKERS WHO WOULD
P A R T I C I P A T E I N THE GRAVESIDE PROGRAM WHICH SPEAKERS HAD BEEN
SELECTED BY THE A L B I Z U F A M I L Y . JUARBE NAMED THE FOLLOWING
SPEAKERS, PROFESSOR W I L L I A M MALDONADO DENNIS, U N I V E R S I T Y OF
PUERTO RICO, PADRE MARGARITO

SANTIAGO ARCE

JOSE HERRERA

the intelligence contained in the above message is t o be disseminated outside the Bureau, it i s suggested that it be suitably
paraphrased in order t o protect the Bureau's cryptographic s y s t e m s .

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GROUP

JOSE ANTONIO OTERO OTERO, NPPR, AND ONE OF A L B I Z U ' S DAUGHTERS.

T H I S ANNOUNCEMENT BY JUAN JUARBE JUARBE ACCORDING TO THE
INFORMANTS CAUSED CONSIDERABLE SURPRISE INASMUCH AS ONLY TWO

OF THE SPEAKERS,

SANTIAGOARCE,
BY JUARBE,

I.E.

OTERO OTERO AND PADRE MARGARITO

WERE INCLUDED I N THE L I S T OF SPEAKERS G I V E N

DURING THE PROGRAM AT THE CEMETERY MARI BRAS

T R I E D TO SPEAK BUT WAS NOT PERMITTED TO

T H I S A C T I O N BY MENESES AND JUARBE

F DELETING THE M A I N

PRO-INDEPENDENCE LEADERS FROM THE PROGRAM HAS CAUSED MUCH

CONFUSION AMONG PRO-INDEPENDENCE ORGANIZATIONS AND ADDED TO
THE

CONFLICT BETWEEN LAURA MENESES AND PRO-INDEPENDENCE

FIGURES I N PUERTO R l C O
THE INFORMANTS

POINTED OUT THAT IMMEDIATELY AFTER

THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF JUARBE, A LARGE NUMBER OF I N D I V I D U A L S AT THE

GRAVESITE DEPARTED.
AGENTS BUT WHO

T H I S LARGE EXODUS W A S NOTED BY OBSERVING

NOT KNOW THE S I G N I F I C A N C E AT THAT MOMENT.

IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE FUNERAL SERVICES I N THE CEMETERY,

JUAN MARI BRAS REQUESTED TO MEET G A B R I E L VICENTE MAURA,
SECRETARY OF FOREIGN R E L A T I O N S , MPIPR, MANRIQUE CARRERA,
JOSE ANTON IO OTERO OTERO

Iv I DUALS

I s GROUP

MET I N THE V I C I N I T Y OF E L BURRITO RESTAURANT AT APPROXIMATELY

ON APRIL 25 LAST.
NPPR

MARI

BRAS STATED THAT I T I S OBVIOUS

TO A REORGANIZATION

the intelligence contained in the above message is to be disseminated outside the Bureau, it is suggested that it be suitably
paraphrased in order t o protect the Bureau's cryptographic s y s t e m s .

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FROM SAN JUAN

AS MENESES AND JUARBE ARE DESIROUS OF B R I N G I N G INTO THE

ORGANIZATION THE CUBAN ELEMENT,

THE COMMUNIST

ELEMENT,

AND THAT THERE I S ALREADY ONE OFFICIAL, L U I S MANUEL O ' N E I L L ,

SECRETARY OF FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE NPPR W I T H O F F I C E S I N
HAVANA. MARI BRAS ALSO STATED THAT ALTHOUGH THERE I S A
PERSONALITY C O N F L I C T BETWEEN MENESES AND RAMON ALLENDE,

I N CHARGE OF CASA DE L A S AMERICAS,

A CUBAN

NEW YORK, HE B E L I E V E S THAT

MENESES F E E L S THAT ALLENDE SHOULD HAVE A VOICE I N THE NEW

ORGANIZATION,

MARI BRAS STATED THAT AT

ON

A P R I L 26 INSTANT, VARIOUS MEMBERS OF THE VARIOUS PUERTO R I C O

INDEPENDENCE GROUPS WOULD MEET I N THE RESIDENCE

OFMANRIQUE

CABRERA AND DISCUSS FUTURE PLANS FOR CONTINUED STRUGGLE FOR

PUERTO RICO INDEPENDENCE WITHOUT THE NPPR
A P R I L 26 INSTANT,
PRESS CONFERENCE AT

A T JUAN MARI

BRAS I N A

ON T H I S DATE ANNOUNCED H I S R E S I G N A T I O N

FROM THE P O S I T I O N OF SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE M P I P R , SUBJECT TO

THE APPROVAL OF THE MPIPR GENERAL ASSEMBLY WHICH I S TO TAKE
PLACE ON MAY 16 NEXT AT CAGUAS, PUERTO R I C O . MARI BRAS I S
OBVIOUSLY I N F U R I A T E D OVER FUNERAL PROCEED I
T H I S MATTER IS BEING FOLLOWED AND THE BUREAU AND
O F F I C E S WILL
RECEIVED:

KEPT ADVISED.
MLT

the intelligence contained in the above message

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paraphrased in order t o protect the Bureau's cryptographic s y s t e m s :

outside the Bureau, it i s suggested that it be suitably

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PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS

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cover there i s being forwarded to

the Bureau
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T r i - X motion
p i c t u r e f i l m which was exposed during the funeral o f
subject.
The Mechanical Section is requested to process
film and return
to this o f f i c e .

Bureau (RM)
Package
San Juan

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Director, FBI

(105-11898)

R e f e r e n c e is made to your communication d a t e d

4/26/65

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FORM

MAY

No.

UNITED STATES

Memorandum
TO
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&
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DIRECTOR, FBI (105-11898)

SAC, NEW YORK (100-47403)(RUC)

DATE:

5/18/65

PEDRO ALBIZU

ReNYtels

4/15

19/65 and SJ r a d 4/16/65.

I n view of t h e subject's demise and the coverage of a l l

o u t s t a n d i n g l e a d s t h i s m a t t e r i s being r e f e r r e d upon completion
t o t h e o f f i c e of o r i g i n .

FORM NO
MAY

EDITION
REG. NO.

UNITED STATES

Memorandum
TO

DIRECTOR, FBI
MECHANICAL SECTION

DATE

5/20/65

S A C , SAN JUAN

Enclosed a r e
r o l l s of
photographic
on the occasion of the funeral
negatives which were
procession of the subject
4/24/65 (from the Jenson Funeral
Home, Santurce, Puerto Rico,
the Ateneo Puertorriqueno,
San Juan, Puerto Rico) and 4/25/65 (from the Ateneo, San
Juan, t o the Cathedral i n
San Juan and
t o the Old San Juan cemetery).
It
one
by
same t o SJO.

requested that the Mechanical Section prepare

of each clear negative and supply

SJO l a attempting t o obtain new photographs of

Puerto Rican i n d e p e n d e n t i s t sympathizers through
and a l s o t o
Individuals
participated i n
procession.

U.S. Savings

Regularly on

Payroll Savings Plan

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R e f e r e n c e is made to your communication d a t e d

transmitting

film
p e r t a i n i n g to t h e above-captioned matter.
In a c c o r d a n c e with your r e q u e s t

T h e a b o v e is

film h a s b e e n d e v e l o p e d
enlargement(
made
positive copy made
made
made
made
P h o t o s t a t s made

attached
being s e n t under s e p a r a t e c o v e r , v i a

mail

KEA Express

Mohr

DeLoach
Conrad

Felt
Gale

Rosen
Sullivan

OPTIONAL FORM NO. IO

MAY
REG. NO.

UNITED STATES GO'

TO

FROM

DIRECTOR, FBI (105-11898)

SAC

W F O (105-7852)

DATE:

6/23/65

(RUC)

ReWFOtel t o Director, 4/22/65.

Sources who are

w i t h c e r t a i n Puerto Rican
matters i n Washington, D.C., who were alerted r e g a r d i n g
s u b j e c t ' s death, t o date have f u r n i s h e d no information
r e g a r d i n g NPPR or possible v i o l e n c e t h a t c o u l d be planned
as aftermath of
death,

On 6/14/65,
I n v e s t i g a t i o n s Squad,
a d v i s e d he could f u r n i s h no p e r t i n e n t i n f o r m a t i o n i n t h i s
matter,

Review of WFO f i l e i n c a p t i o n e d case r e v e a l s no

o u t s t a n d i n g leads,

Bureau

San Juan (RM)

WFO
jab

Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan

NO. IO

OPTIONAL
MAY

EDITION
REG. NO.

UNITED STATES

Memorandum
:

DIRECTOR, FBI

SAC, NEW HAVEN

(105-11898)
(105-5732)

DATE:

6/24/65

(C)

A L B I Z U CAMPOS, aka.

IS

PRN

Re:

New Haven l e t t e r 4/27/65,

Recontact w i t h s o u r c e s familiar w i t h t h e a c t i v i t i e s of
t h e P u e r t o Rican p o p u l a t i o n i n t h e Bridgeport, Conn.,
area, f a i l e d t o r e f l e c t any p e r t i n e n t information conc e r n i n g i n s t a n t matter s i n c e s u b j e c t e x p i r e d 4/22/65.
Should any p e r t i n e n t information develop i n this r e g a r d ,
Bureau and San Juan w i l l be advised.

the

Bureau (105-11898) (RM)

New Haven (105-5732)
'

MAY

FORM

EDITION
REG. NO.

UNITED STATES

I TO

ALBIZU CAMPOS

SECURITY-PUERTO RICAN

as above.

NATIONALIST

to Bureau airtel, 5/3/65,

Reference is

A t t a c h e d hereto a r e
d a t e d and

This
471st INTC
The

as

of a letterhead

has been

locally t o ONI,
OSIand Secret Service.

to

is

inasmuch as
is classified CONFIDENTIAL
source
w h i c h is
sets forth
from
utilized
a
basis and
i n d i s c r e e t disclosure
of
i d e n t i t y would seriously jeopardize h i s effectiveness
in the future.
as i n s t a n t
sets f o r t h
re
the demise of the subject, no further a c t i o n i n instant
being taken
the SJO and t h i s case
being closed.
Index c a r d s d e s t r o y e d .

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

INTERNAL

SECURITY-PUERTO RICAN NATIONALIST

On April 17, 1965, a

who has furnished reliable

advised that the subject, who a t that
the
resided a t
Juan J. Jimenez, Urbanizacion CUNSA, Hato
Rey, Puerto Rico, was seriously ill with a kidney
and a
complications

#504

This
source
d u r i n g the evening
of A p r i l 21, 1965, that the
passed away a t approximately
attack of bronchial
that
as a result of a n
insufficiency, etcetera

T h i s lnformant further advised that the subject

a t the
of
demise was still cons
Junta of the NATIONALIST PARTY OF
titular head of that organization a
in
t o that position was JOSE
prior t o the demise of ALBIZU, occupied the position of
provisional president of' the NPPR.
The NPPRhas been
by the Attorney
General of the United States pursuant t o

Executive Order 10450,

June 17, 1965,

i n charge of

that
the
death of Dr. PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS, who was born on September

recorded

Death Certificate

Re:

Pedro Albizu Campos

had not been

m i l i t a r y service
that he
since November 15, 1964 by Dr. RICARDO CORDERO

The
a t 1515 Ponce de Leon Avenue. No autopsy was
subject was buried on April 25, 1965 a t the San Juan Municipal
Cemetery and
Jensen Funeral Home, Santurce, Puerto Rico
was l i s t e d as the
which had charge of the funeral
The
parents are listed as ALEJANDRO
ALBIZU ROMERO and
mother as JULIANA CAMPOS.
The death certificate was
LAURA DE ALBIZU
CAMPOS, who
herself as "wife of
deceased." The
death certificate
reflects that the subject was an attorney
but that he had not practiced that profession since 1936.

neither
It
is
the
property of the F B I a n d
of the FBI.
l o a n e d t o your agency;
contents are not t o be
your agency.

SUPPLEMENTAL CORRELATION SUMMARY

(See C o r r e l a t i o n Summaries d a t e d 9/16/54 a n d
as 105-11898-325 a n d 105-11898-445 r e s p e c t i v e l y )

M a i n F i l e No:
See a l s o :

105-11898
89-66;

Date: 7-29-65

S u b j e c t : Pedro Albizu Campos,

A l l l o g i c a l v a r i a t i o n s of subject
and

Date Searched: 1/22/65

name a n d a l i a s e s were searched
r e f e r e n c e s were found as:

ALL I FORM

TA

ED

OTHERWISE.

Analyst

Coordinator

Josephine T e l l e r i

Mary H. Elgin

Approved/

JUL

29

TIES

PAGE

PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS, SR.

Id

Pedro
Pedro
Pedro
Pedro

Albizu
Albizu,

AlbizuCampos
Albizu 'Campos
Albizu Campos
AlbizuCampos

Campos

A l b i z u Campos
AlbizuCampos

Albizu Campos

A l b i z u Campos
A l b i z u Campos
P e d r o Albizu
Campos
All
r e f e r e n c e s marked "A" on
slip.
information obtained
a
of
This i s a summary
all
r e f e r e n c e s t o t h e s u b j e c t i n Bureau f i l e s under t h e names
a n d a l i a s e s l i s t e d above. A l l
under t h e above names
c o n t a i n i n g data i d e n t i c a l w i t h t h e s u b j e c t have been included except
any i n d i c a t e d at t h e end of t h i s
under t h e heading REFERENCES
NOT INCLUDED I N THIS
This summary
designed
a synopsis o f t h e
information s e t o u t i n each r e f e r e n c e . I n many c a s e s t h e o r i g i n a l
s e r i a l w i l l c o n t a i n t h e information i n much more d e t a i l . .

According t o the "Washington Post 4/21/65,

Albizu Campos d i e d on t h i s date a t San Juan, PR.

Pedro

\
Add. i n f o .

.Additional
this
i n t h e main f i l e or elsewhere i n
t h i s summary.

.Division o f I n t e l l i g e n c e ,
P o l i c e o f P u e r t o Rico

DI, POPR.

MPIPR......

Movimiento Pro Independencia

Movement d e P u e r t o Rico ( P u e r t o
Rican Independence Movement)

NP.................

Nationalist Party
P a r t y of P u e r t o Rico

NPPR...............................Nationalist
OI, POPR.

Office of I n t e l l i g e n c e ,
P o l i c e o f P u e r t o Rico

PR.................................Puerto Rico

RELATIVES WHO HAVE BUREAU MAIN FILES

The r e l a t i o n s h i p , b i o g r a p h i c a l data and NPPR a c t i v i t i e s
of Pedro Albizu Campos were s e t f o r t h i n t h e s e r i a l s of t h e main
f i l e s on h i s r e l a t i v e s as f o l l o w s :
SEARCH SLIP
PAGE NUMBER

(continued)

Laura Meneses
De Albizu Campos

l e f t NY on 8/19/39 f o r PR t o
w i t h t h e l e a d e r of t h e
s o Campos. He met t h e mother
of Campos t h e n i g h t before he l e f t , t o r e c e i v e s e c r e t i n s t r u c t i o n s .

I n September 1939, i t was r e p o r t e d t h a t Campos was sending

i n s t r u c t i o n s through t h e mail t o PR and NY and t h a t t h e l e t t e r s
were being mailed by one o f t h e guards of t h e A t l a n t a P r i s o n who
had become a good f r i e n d o f Campos.
P o s t O f f i c e Department,
Atlanta, Ga.
100-4503-7

the Federal Penitentiary, Atlanta,

Ga.

The DW 2/3/43 carried an a r t i c l e captioned

i n Spanish-Speaking Harlem i s a t War A g a i n s t Axis by A r t S h i e l d s .
Spanish language
This a r t i c l e s t a t e d t h a t t h e Pueblos Hispanos
newspaper, would f i g h t a g a i n s t t h e Spanish ( f a s c i s t ) Falange a n d
would f i g h t f o r t h e freedom of Albizu Campos, P u e r t o Rican
l e a d e r i n the Atlanta P e n i t e n t i a r y . The e d i t o r f o r t h e Pueblos
Campos.
Hispanor had been i n p r i s o n

100-3-4-A, "DW" 2/3/43

a l e t t e r d a t e d 6/7/43, San F
t o Juan J u a r b e J u a r b e ,
s e n t by
Lima, Peru.
is l e
re
was made t o Pedro Albizu Campos
r e l e a s e from t h e Atlanta P e n i t e n t i a r y on 6/3/43.
The w r i t e r i n d i c a t e d
t h a t he had received no news o f
information concerning t h a t matte
I n South America, J u a r b e was
NP a n d on 11/30/42, he s e n t a l e t t e r t o one Betancourt i n Venezuela.
This l e t t e r enclosed two pamphlets concerning P u e r t o Rican independence.
One of these pamphlets r e f e r r e d t o Campos and o t h e r s who were i n
Federal p e n i t e n t i a r i e s as p o l i t i c a l p r i s o n e r s
These i n d i v i d u a l s
were s e r v i n g prison terms f o r i n c i t i n g t o r e b e l l i o n i n PR i n 1936.
(Bureau f i l e s

The PW 10/11/43 c a r r i e d an a r t i c l e e n t i t l e d " S t a t e

Delegates
t o YCL Convention i n NY." This a r t i c l e s t a t e d t h a t
a t meetings i n Alameda, San F r a n c i s c o and Los Angeles, delegates
were i n s t r u c t e d t o c a l l f o r t h e immediate and u n c o n d i t i o n a l
independence of PR a n d freedom f o r the p a t r i o t D r . Albizu Campos.
It was noted t h a t t h e Young Communist League i s t h e s u b j e c t of 61-777.

61-777-47-14

had

1949

5/11/61 r e v e a l e d t h a t
a s s o c i a t e d w i t h Pedro

This r e f e r e n c e
t h e f i l e captioned CP, USA ( P a r t i d o
Comunista P u e r t o r r i q u e n o ) (PCP) covering t h e period
s e t out information r e g a r d i n g t h e p o s s i b l e t r i a l o f PCP l e a d e r s .
s t a t e d t h a t t h e PCP had an
I n t h i s regard,
advantage as Pedro
SanAlbizu Campos had n o t attempted t o
by c a r r y i n g h i s case t o t h e higher c o u r t s

100-3-74-4871

Following t h e arrests by I n s u l a r a u t h o r i t i e s , PR,

r e s u l t i n g from t h e NPPR Revolt of 10/30/50, a q u a n t i t y o f e v i d e n t i a r y
m a t e r i a l was s e i z e d . A review o f t h e m a t e r i a l d i s c l o s e d a
telegram forwarded over t h e PR Communications Authority channels
from
a n d another i n d i v i d u a l
in Caguas
o Pedro
Albizu Campos. This communication was
Grito de
c e l e b r a t i o n on 9/23/50, a n d read
"Each N a t i o n a l i s t
he be i s lodgment of t h e saving and
combative d i g n i t y o f t h e conquest obtained by heroes o f o u r F i r s t
Republic

Lares

Add. i n f o .

105-10670-4
Note: The
celebration referred t o
September 23, 1868 when a group of Puerto Rican N a t i o n a l i s t s succeeded
i n temporarily overthrowing t h e Spanish g a r r i s o n a t Lares. The
NPPR c e l e b r a t e d t h i s d a t e as t h e anniversary of t h e b r i e f r e b e l l i o n .

This reference i s a S
captioned
was
which
inform
of these individuals i n the NPPR
concerning Pedro Albizu Campos,
P r e s i d e n t of the NPPR, was s e t

tat
that
was a
i n the company of Pedro
Albizu Campos as recent as 1953 and 1954. (No source given)
105-10316-37

independence of h i s
\

105-83053-13

"LaPrensa
Garcia
followed Pedro

2/18/61, page
revealed t h a t P e l e g r i n
s t a t e d t h a t t h e l i b e r a t o r s of PR who
Albizu Campos were n o t communists.

was noted t h a t "La Prensa" was a Spanish language

Albizu Campos was considered t h e

i n c a r c e r a t i o n . He was revered by
NPPR members a s a l e a d e r and hero i n t h e s t r u g g l e for Puerto Rican
independence and no one c o u l d r e p l a c e him as t h e supreme l e a d e r
of t h e NPPR while he was s t i l l a l i v e . (No d a t e given)

"La Chispa," page

(date not
self-described
organ of t h e Movimiento 2 1 De Marzo (M-21 (105-86860), s t a t e d
t h a t a group of US p a c i f i s t s made an appeal on Dec. 31 t o a l l t h e
d i f f e r e n t s e p a r a t i s t groups i n NYC t o march a l o n g one of t h e main
avenues as a means o f waking up t h e s l e e p i n g N o r t h Americans. A t
t h e same time, i t would a l e r t t h e Yankee government t h a t t h e Puerto
Rican people were determined t o o b t a i n t h e i r s o v e r e i g n t y a n d t h e
immediate r e l e a s e of Pedro Albizu Campos.

Some
i n d i v i d u a l s p a r t i c i p a t e d i n the Peacemakers walk
from West Third S t r e e t u
West, NYC, on 12/31/60.
protect identity)

of r e v o l u t i o n a r y p a c i f i s t s .
(continued)

(continued)

CON

At
M-21 commemoration of Masacre de Ponce on 3/19/61,
Luis Munoz-Sullivan informed those p r e s e n t t h a t he planned t o
donate
t o t h e NPPR a n d t o send a telegram t o Pedro Albizu

The Masacre de Ponce was i n commemoration o f 3/21/37,

persons were k i l l e d a n d approximately
injured (including
members o f t h e NPPR) i n a gun b a t t l e between t h e Nationalists a n d
t h e I n s u l a r P o l i c e of PR, Ponce, PR. (Source n o t
5/31/61,
Munoz-SulIivan was
t h e M-21,

I
D i r e c t o r General

The Washington C a p i t a l News S e r v i c e dated 6/14/61 concerned

Cuban P r i s i o n e r s Exchange (105-99200). It
s t a t e d t h a t the
Castro Government would exchange t h r e e captured l e a d e r s of A p r i l ' s
invasion a t t e m p t f o r a convicted Cuban s l a y e r , an imprisoned US
communist l e a d e r , and t h e
t h e NPPR. San Roman, a l e a d e r
of t h e invasion, would be exchanged f o r Pedro Albizu Campos who
was convicted o f t r y i n g t o foment a r e v o l u t i o n against US a u t h o r i t y
s e v e r a l years previously.

--erg.*

105-99200-A, Washington C a p i t a l
News S e r v i c e , 6/14/61
"New York M i r r o r
6/15/61
(Photograph of Campos
accompanied a r t i c l e

S I 105-99200-A,

( continued

(continued)

64-200-212-464

i n t h e file
s e t out considerable
interest i n
Rican independence movement in-1961 a n d 1962
p e r t a i n i n g t o h i s a t t e n d a n c e a t NPPR f u n c t i o n s
Albizu Campos,
was
PR a s a
NPPR
a c t i v i t i e s , was s e t o u t .
i n t h e Pedro Albizu
Campos Brigade were
o f t h i s brigade was t o
commit v i o l e n c e a n d sabotage t o f u r t h e r t h e cause o f independence
f o r PR. As of 5/23/62, t h e b r i g a d e was disbanded.

The January 1962 e d i t i o n of World Marxist Review

contained an a r t i c l e by Juan S a n t o s Rivera e n t i t l e d " A l b i z u Campos
Symbol of Puerto R i c o ' s S t r u g g l e f o r Independence. This a r t i c l e
s t a t e d i n p a r t t h a t Dr. Albizu Campos, g a l l a n t f i g h t e r f o r P u e r t o
Rican independence, r e c e n t l y c e l e b r a t e d ' h i s 7 0 t h b i r t h d a y i n a
c o l o n i a l p r i s o n where he i s being slowly done t o d e a t h by t h e
N o r t h American i m p e r i a l i s t s
This a r t i c l e a l s o i n d i c a t e d t h a t
p a t r i o t s could b e s t show t h e i r esteem f o r Campos by m u l t i p l y i n g t h e i r
e f f o r t s toward s a v i n g h i s life a n d
l i v e s of t h e o t h e r imprisoned
Nationalists. A h i s t o r y of Campos NPPR a c t i v i t i e s was s e t f o r t h .
W o r l d Marxist Review,
(See P u b l i c a t i o n s

Jan. 1962

Pedro Albizu Campos at t h e Presbyterian

H o s p i t a l , S a n t u r c e , PR,

o r d e r t o d e l i v e r a Christmas g i f t .

100-260268-59

The 4/20/62
of " E l D i a r i o d e Nueva York'' contained
a column of John I O r t e z ,
e n t i t l e d "Chats Around t h e New York
Field. The column on t h a t date appeared under t h e name of Rafael
G i l De L a m a d r i d as guest columnist. I n t h i s a r t i c l e , h e d i s c u s s e d
t h e schisms which had appeared w i t h i n t h e NPPR. De L a m a d r i d
mentioned t h a t t h e p r i n c i p a l f i g u r e i n t h i s new drama o f t h e f o l l o w e r s
of Pedro Albizu Campos was Olga Viscal. She had remained at Campos'
s i d e d u r i n g t h e 1950 r e v o l u t i o n i n PR. De L a m a d r i d a l s o s t a t e d
t h a t Laura Meneses d e A l b i z u had s t a y e d away from h e r husband,
Don Pedro, whom De Lamadrid r e s p e c t e d , when h e needed h e r . Care was
given him by O l g a Viscal whom h e loved as a daughter.
6/10/62, c a r r i e d t h e
The "Bohemia L i b r e P u e r t o r r i q u e n a ,
same a r t i c l e as above w i t h t h e a d d i t i o n of a photograph of Pedro
Albizu Campos. ( P u b l i c a t ion

*An anti-communist a n d anti-Cuban p u b l i c a t i o n .

On 9/17/61,
an event which paid h
On 12/26/61,

Arroyo d i r e c t e d a post c a r d t o Campos.

On 9/12/62, Arroyo a t t e n d e d a c e l e b r a t i o n commemorating

t h e b i r t h d a y of Campos a t Ponce, PR.

INS, San Juan I n t e r n a t i o n a l A i r p o r t

O n 9/11/62,
advised t h a t Arnulfo Arturo o o
Gonzalvo, born i n t h e Dominican
Republic, had
t h e US w i t h two o t h e r Dominicans and was probably
i n PR t o a t t e n d t h e b i r t h d a y c e l e b r a t i o n of Pedro Albizu Campos on
9/12/62.

This reference i n t h e f i l e captioned Cominfil o

Dominican E x i l e Groups" (105-91529) s e t o u t c o n s i d e r a b l e
p e r t a i n i n g t o t h e a c t i v i t i e s of pro-independence groups i n honor
of Pedro Albizu Campos' birthday
9/12/62, a t Ponce, PR. The
1 4 t h of June Movement, a p o l i t i c a l p a r t y a c t i v e w i t h i n the Dominican
Republic, was represented a t a c t i v i t i e s i n commemoration of Albizu
campos

105-91529-168
SI

(39

105-91529-164

The Bohemia L i b r e P u e r t o r r i q u e n a , 9/16/62, pages

carried an a r t i c l e e n t i t l e d Albizu Expelled Him Because of
Communism. This a r t i c l e s t a t e d t h a t Juan Antonio C o r r e t j e r as of
t h i s date
s h e l t e r i n the image of Pedro Albizu Campos i n an
a t t e m p t t o achieve the Presidency of t h e Republic o f PR. I n 1944
Campos, P r e s i d e n t , NPPR, a f r a n t i c anti-communist, d i s m i s s e d Corretjer
f o r h i s communist tendencies, a n d because he had discovered t h a t
C o r r e t j e r was attempting t o l e a d t h e N a t i o n a l i s t P a r t y i n t o Marxism.

and

105-99200-257

A D I , POPR, memorandum d a t e d 8/21/63 r e v e a l e d t h a t a

Federacion De U n i v e r s i t a r i o s Pro Independencia (FUPI) meeting was
A t t h i s meeting, t h e members discussed the e f f o r t s
h e l d on 8/20/63.
of t h e FUPI correspondent i n Europe t o g e t an honorary d o c t o r ' s
degree f o r Pedro Albizu Campos.

According t o " P a t r i a , self-described o f f i c i a l organ o f

t h e FUPI, t h e FUPI was n o t connected with any p o l i t i c a l o r g a n i z a t i o n
and
work f o r independence f o r PR through l e g a l and p e a c e f u l means.

reference s e t s o u t considerable information

t o a demonstration held i n Rio P i e d r a s , PR, on 9/11/63, commemorating
t h e 72nd b i r t h d a y of Pedro Albizu Campos. This p u b l i c
was
conducted by t h e Federacion De U n i v e r s i t a r i o s Pro Independencia
( F e d e r a t i o n of U n i v e r s i t y S t u d e n t s f o r Independence (FUPI)
(105-53868).
also d i s c l o s e d t h a t it was very p o s s i b l e
t h a t on 9/23/62, t h e U n i v e r s i t y of Havana would award Campos a n
honorary degree, and t h a t
s c h o l a r s h i p s i n honor o f Campos
would be e s t a b l i s h e d f o r two P u e r t o Rican s t u d e n t s f o r s t u d i e s a t
the U n i v e r s i t y o f Havana. It was also s t a t e d that Narciso RabellMartinez, FUPI Ambassador t o t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l U n i o n of S t u d e n t s ,
was attempting t o convince t h e Cuban Government t o e r e c t s e v e r a l
s t a t u e s i n honor o f Campos.

On 10/1/63, Laura Meneses De Albizu made a v a i l a b l e t o

a member of the N a t i o n a l Board, NPPR, t h e
of
with
i n s t r u c t i o n s t h a t t h i s be d e l i v e r e d t o NPPR National Board P r e s i d e n t
J o s e A n t o n i o Otero. Meneses i n s t r u c t e d t h a t t h i s money be designated
f o r g e n e r a l expenses of t h e NPPR a n d for purchase of necessary
c l o t h i n g a n d f o o d f o r Pedro Albizu Campos who was confined i n t h e
P r e s b y t e r i a n H o s p i t a l S a n t u r c e , PR. These funds were d e l i v e r e d
t o Otero on 1 0 / 4 / 6 3 .

POPR, r e c o r d s d i s c l o s e d t h a t
attempted t o v i s i t Pedro
PR, on 10/8/63.
v i s i t w i t h Campos.

Campos a t t h e P r e s b y t e r i a n

was n o t permitted t o

Campos. (No source g i v e n )

1/31/64 stated t h a t
Casandra Rivera Landron
secretary of NPPR

105-127634-1

During November 1963, t h e Movimiento L i b e r t a d o r d e

P u e r t o Rico (105-84072) d i s t r i b u t e
o f Dr. Pedro Albizu
Campos as a medium of propaganda.
os served as

date, he was i n
Because of ill health,
he was s e r v i n g h i s s e n t e n c e i n a h o s p i t a l i n PR. A l l P u e r t o Rican
independentists
paid homage t o Campos

n 9/23/64,
that
and a group o young MPIPR
i s s u i n g a p e t i t i o n t o t h e Commonwealth Secretary of J u s t i c e f o r
permission t o v i s i t Pedro Albizu Campos a t Presbyterian H o s p i t a l ,

S a n t u r c e , PR

On 11/22/64,
a g a i n i f funds were

Add. i n f o .

2/28/64, J o s e Antonio Otero, P r o v i s i o n a l P r e s i d e n t of

t h e NPPR, discussed w i t h v a r i o u s members of t h e N a t i o n a l J u n t a o f
t h e NPPR, the p o s s i b l e expulsion of Rafael Cancel Rodriguez, Mayaguez,
PR. Cancel a l l e g e d t h a t Pedro Albizu Campos had given him permission
t o be a member of t h e NPPR and a n o t h e r P u e r t o Rican independence
group. According t o t h e NPPR c o n s t i t u t i o n , a member of t h e NPPR
of
independence groups a t t h e same
pacifist,
o f Albizu and
conference regarding
he was r e l e a s e d
and a Puerto

recommended
that no
o f t e r r o r i s m be sponsored by t h e NPPR o r any o t h e r
P u e r t o Rican group during t h e n a t i o n a l e l e c t i o n , 11/3/64.
Otero
rset al et ea ds e o f A tl he
b i z up ofrom
l i c e prison
should
pending

advised
h i s pardon

12/13/64,
Rondon
11/15/64.

I , POPR,
c o n t a c t e d Albizu s i n c e t h e d a t e o f

O n 12/15/64, Rondon was appointed by members of t h e

N a t i o n a l J u n t a t o s e r v e a s assistant house matron i n t h e new r e s i d e n c e
of Albizu Campos, 504 Juan J . Jimenez, Hato Rey, PR. Rondon
assistant t o J u a n i t a Ojeda, T r e a s u r e r of t h e NPPR

was noted t h a t Rondon continued t o e x h i b i t g r e a t devotion

t o t h e NPPRand
P r e s i d e n t Pedro Albizu Campos. (No s o u r c e o r
date
(continued)

(continued, paragraphs

on preceding page)

Add. i n f o .

The following references i n t h e f i l e captioned " N a t i o n a l i s t

of
P
u e r t o Rico," f i l e #62-7721, c o n t a i n information p e r t a i n i n g
Party
t o t h e activities of Pedro Albizu Campos, P r e s i d e n t of t h i s o r g a n i z a t i o n .
over t h e l e a d e r s h i p of t h e
Campos joined t h e NPPR i n 1922 a n d
P a r t y i n 1930. As o f 1961, Campos was t i t u l a r head o f t h e NPPR.
REFERENCE

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62-7721-276

11/3/41
Summary
6/4/43

Summary

11/3/50

(Photograph)

8/19/57

(continued)

The
r e f e r e n c e s i n t h e f i l e captioned Accion
P a t r i o t i c a U n i t a r i a , " APU) f i l e #105-75842, c o n t a i n
p e r t a i n i n g t o t h e a c t i v i t i e s of t h i s o r g a n i z a t i o n i n behalf of Pedro
Albizu Campos. He
i n c a r c e r a t e d i n PR a s a r e s u l t o f h i s NPPR
a c t i v i t i e s . APU and o t h e r pro-independence o r g a n i z a t i o n s meetings
were held commemorating Campos' 70th b i r t h d a y on 9/17/61.
I n April
1963, APU, J u a n A n t o n i o C o r r e t j e r i n d i c a t e d t h a t he had been a very
c l o s e and long-time f r i e n d of Campos and f e l t t h a t he was
to
a n d analyze speeches of Campos. C o r r e t j e r s t a t e d t h a t
Campos d u r i n g h i s l i f e t i m e had n o t s p e c i f i c a l l y mentioned h i s
s o c i a l i s t i c b e l i e f s b u t i t was obvious t h a t was what he advocated.
REFERENCE

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The following r e f e r e n c e s
t h e f i l e captioned Movimiento
Pro Independencia De P u e r t o Rico ( P u e r t o Rican Independence Movement),
p e r t a i n i n g t o Pedro Albizu
f i l e #105-75715, s e t o u t
Campos. Data i n c l u d e d MPIPR a c t i v i t i e s i n behalf of Campos who was
incarcerated as a r e s u l t o f h i s NPPR a c t i v i t i e s . The MPIPR
sponsored p i c k e t i n g demanding t h e r e l e a s e of Campos and h e l d
f u n c t i o n s i n observance o f Campos b i r t h d a y .

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105-75715-161

The following r e f e r e n c e s p e r t a i n t o p e r e n n i a l f u n c t i o n s
commemorating t h e b i r t h d a y of Pedro Albizu Campos who was incarcerated
as a r e s u l t of h i s NPPR a c t i v i t i e s . The o r g a n i z a t i o n s which were
s u b j e c t s of t h e f i l e s l i s t e d below sponsored o r p a r t i c i p a t e d i n
a c t i v i t i e s i n behalf of Campos' b i r t h d a y and i n p r o t e s t of h i s
imprisonment. Speakers a t many of t h e s e a f f a i r s p r a i s e d Campos
a n d demanded independence f o r PR.
ORGANIZATION

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Mission 21 De Marzo" Movimiento P r o IndependDe P u e r t o Rico, Ponce, PR (March 2 1 s t

Mission" P u e r t o Rican Independence Movement,
Ponce, PR)

105-136833-2

Movimiento L i b e r t a d o r De P u e r t o Rico

Movimiento P r o Independencia De Puerto Rico

( P u e r t o Rican Independence Movement) Arecibo,PR.

The
references pertain to perennial functions
commemorating the birthday of Pedro Albizu Campos who was incarcerated
as a result of his NPPR activities. Data regarding NPPR activities
relative to Campos imprisonment was set out. Affairs by various
pro-independence groups were held in protest of Campos imprisonment.
The individuals who were subjects o f the
files below attended
or participated in one o r more of the aforementioned activities
behalf o f - Campos

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105-105878-3
105-80744-12
105-27058-46
105-95121-8

105-87329-9
105-127360-4
105-14349-42

105-97752-5
100-158879-175

100-18642-153
100-412900-37

105-15184-13
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105-129251-1
105-132375-6
105-72875-21
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100-8213-42
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100-434030-12
105-94206-6
105-67995-51
105-133267-2
105-76688-9
105-127320-1
100-364186-58
105-77023-6
105-117631-7
100-258294-37
105-125677-2
105-123583-1
105-126728-2
105-123570-6
105-122650-2
105-115605-4

134-9111-34
140-28576-26

The f o l l o w i n g r e f e r e n c e s on A l b i z u Campos and P e d r o

A l b i z u located i n f i l e s
i n t h e S p e c i a l F i l e Room of
t h e F i l e s and Communications D i v i s i o n , Records Branch, have been
a n d found t o be
w i t h t h e s u b j e c t of t h i s
however, t h e m a t e r i a l
has n o t been included i n
this

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The f o l l o w i n g r e f e r e n c e was n o t a v a i l a b l e d u r i n g t h e
t h i s summary
prepared :

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3/3/54
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f i l e . Differences
source w i l l be noted on t h e
search s l i p .

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