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Frank Sturgis original one-page handwritten manuscript, written in pencil and signed within the body of the text using his full legal name, Frank Fiorini. The manuscript serves as a chronological operational narrative, presenting Sturgis’s personal account of anti-Castro activity, aviation operations, intelligence interaction, and political events connected to Cuba during the late 1950s and early 1960s.

In the manuscript, Sturgis outlines activity beginning in 1956, referencing operations in Havana, Santiago de Cuba, and mountainous regions, and notes departing Cuba on June 30, 1959. He describes aircraft used in operations, including C-46 and B-25 aircraft, and identifies himself as pilot, alongside Pedro Díaz Lanz, whom he names as Chief of the Cuban Air Force. He further references Marcos Díaz Lanz, identifying him as second in command, and describes overflights of Havana during which hundreds of thousands of leaflets were dropped, asserting that these actions contributed to the breakdown of U.S.–Cuba relations.

Sturgis records subsequent appearances in Washington, D.C., referencing Senate hearings on Cuba, and continues with accounts of air and boat raids and the training of commandos for operations against the Castro regime. Within this narrative, he explicitly references President John F. Kennedy, noting meetings and preparations connected to the Bay of Pigs period and describing activity he characterizes as being undertaken in advance of, or in coordination with, U.S. policy decisions during Kennedy’s administration. These references place the manuscript squarely within the early 1960s geopolitical and presidential decision-making context.

He further references intelligence surveillance, including Cuban and Soviet monitoring, and describes later developments involving Fidel Castro’s consolidation of power, intelligence leadership changes, imprisonments, and executions following the Bay of Pigs.

Fine condition overall, with expected age toning, light handling wear, and pencil softness consistent with a working manuscript document.

Frank Sturgis (1924–1993) was a former CIA operative and anti-Castro paramilitary who became infamous as one of the five Watergate burglars arrested in 1972 at the Democratic National Committee headquarters. Beyond Watergate, Sturgis has long been a subject of JFK assassination conspiracy theories due to his intelligence connections and murky activities in Cuba. Some theorists, including New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison, suspected him of involvement or knowledge relating to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963. Though no official evidence ever linked him directly to the crime, his association with key figures and covert operations has kept his name prominent in speculative accounts of the event.

A significant signed manuscript offering a first-person account of Frank Sturgis’s claimed role in Cuban exile aviation, leaflet operations, intelligence surveillance, and activity he directly associates with the Kennedy administration!

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