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    "ocrText": "FO-302 (Rev. 1-23-40)\nFEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION\nDate 12/18/63\n1\nROBERTO NIETO DIAZ-GRANADOS, born October 29, 1915,\nin Santingo de Cuba, stated he had been an attorney in\nMM 105-8342\nHavana, Cuba, before arriving in the United States as a\nrefugee on January 1, 1962. He snid he currently resides\nwith his family at 5040 Westwood Lake Drive, South Miami,\nFlorida. He said he knows no one named RAMON B. CORTES,\nOn December 11, 1963, MM T-1 was recontacted and\nise anyone with the surnames FERNANDEZ FEITO. He was\nhe advised there has been no additional information re-\nshown a photograph of RAMON BUENROSTRO CORTEZ, born August\n31, 1916, location not verified, and stated he did not know\nceived from the diplomat.\nthe latter.\nMM T-1 advised that information relating to one\nR.\nB. CORTES, as contained in a report to the Alien Regis-\nMr. NIETO said he does not know any diplo-\ntration file of the latter, Number A12 834 175, reflects\nmat. Mr. NIETO stated he did not know any other person\nthat CORTES had been a representative of a firm known as\nnamed ROBERT or ROBERTO NIETO.\nIntercontinental, S.A. Also, that about 1960, CORTES, as\nHe stated he possessed no information whatsoever\na representative of a firm known as Ameco (American Mater-\nial and Equipment Company) of Texarigna, Texas, had visited\npertaining to activities or individuals connected with the\nCuba and had allegedly stolen Cuban funds entrusted to him.\nassassination of President KENNEDY.\nMM T-1 also advised that information had been re-\nceived as of January, 1962, that oné RAMON B. CORTES was\nthen President of Transcontinental \"S.A., a firm which was\nreported to be rans-shipping material from the United\nStates to Cuba through Mexico. CORTES was said to be in\ncontact with LORENZO SAUNDERS, Vice-President of Transcon-\ntinental, S.A., who was said to reside in Tyler, Texas.\nMM T-1 further advised that one RAMON CORTES\nBUENROSTRO, President of the Mexican firm Transcontinental,\nS.A., had allegedly been charged by the Cuban Government\nwith shipping to Cuba used or rebuilt parts and equipment\ninstead of new material. In this same connection, CORTES\nand one IGNACIO HERNANDEZ GARCIA were alleged to have at-\ntempted to suppress action against them by the Cuban Govern-\nment by claiming they were major stockholders in a Canadian\n:\nfirm which was also supplying Cuba with parts, and that if\nthe Cubans pressed an investigation of CORTES and HERNANDEZ\n-9-\nOn 12/8/63 at Miami. Florida\nFile\n# Miami 105-8342\n-10-\nSpecial Agent JAMES J. O'CONNOR:GX\nDate dictated\n12/12/63\nby\nThis document are not to be diatribuled guteide your agency.\nagency at contains and ita contente neither datione nor conclusione of The FBI. It to the property of the FBI and le je\nCOMMISSION EXHIBIT No. 2946-Continued\nyour\nCOMMISSION EXHIBIT No. 2946-Continued\n*\n!D-302 (Rev. 1-23-80)\nFEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION\n1\nDate\n12/18/63\nTAMARA ROBERTA NIETO RODRIGUEZ, residing 5040\nWestwood Lake Drive, South Minmi, stated she was born\nMM 105-8342\nSeptember 30, 1943, in Victoria de los Tunns, Cuba, and had\ncome to the United States as a refugee on March 4, 1962.\n.\nShe stated she is known as TAMARA, and had never been called\nby the name ROBERTA. She said she had never heard of any-\nit would damage Cuban prestige with the Canadian firm.\none named RAMON B. CORTES or (first name unknown) FERNANDEZ\nFEITO, and she stated she possessed no information pertain-\nOn December 12, 1963, MM T-1 advised that a\ning to the assassination of Presidéet KENNEDY."
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