Cryptonym: AMSPAN-32
10/17/61: Report from FBI Miami office by Thomas H. Errion: Title: Eloy Gutierrez Menoyo: Page 13: "Informant said that one Captain Sosa who lives at 2261 N. W. 30th Street, is the owner of a boat, and reportedly will use it in any kind of an operation. This is a forty foot boat and is capable of ocean trips..."
12/28/61: Report from FBI Miami office by Thomas H. Errion: Title: Eloy Gutierrez Menoyo: Page 5: "On October 19, 1961, MM T-3, an individual with a large circle of acquaintances among the Cuban element in Miami and knows the subject and who has been involved in Cuban revolutionary activities during the past four years, advised that the boat on which Hemming traveled to Cuba was a green and white one-masted fishing boat located in the Miami River, captained by a man whose first name was Antonito (last name unknown). Informant said that Antonito is a Cuban fisherman who fishes the Bahama waters, periodically making trips to Cuba, and that Antonito is generally well considered as a patriot and an anti-communist. On October 20, 1961, MM T-3 advised that the name of the captain of the boat used by Hemming on his trip on which two members of Eloy Gutierrez Menoyo's group were passengers, was not Captain 'Sosa.' MM T-3 stated that the boat actually used for the trip was a a large boat having a sail, and that it was approximately 50 feet long. He further said that Antonito, the captain of the boat used, was not in the employ of, or associated with, any specific group..."
08/06/62: Report from Miami, Florida. Subject: Larry J. Laborde, Internal Security - Cuba: Page 2: ..."Captain Jose Rodriguez Sosa, a Cuban national residing in Miami and a member of the Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantil, a Cuban revolutionary organization, has been in close contact with Laborde and plans on sending another Cuban from Miami to join the 'Elsie Reichart' which recently sprung a leak in the hull, and whose engine is still inoperative..."
104-10164-10078: DISPATCH: OPERATIONAL CLEARANCES ON LISTED INDIVIDUALS.
11/29/62: Dispatch from COS, JMWAVE to Chief, WH: "The Operational Clearances on the below listed individuals have been cancelled... NAME: Jose Antonio Rodriguez Sosa. 201-NUMBER: 201-314484. CANCELLED: 15 Nov 62..."
104-10225-10009: CIA FILE ON ( )SHELL-5.
05/26/67: Dispatch from COS, JMWAVE to Chief, WOBONE: Subject: Transmittal of SGSWIRL Reports: "1. Forwarded herewith are JMWAVE SGSWIRL reports with below list of IRD numbers, 201 numbers and cryptonyms where available...IRD NUMBER: (#55368). 201 NUMBER: (-314484). CRYPT: (AMSPAN/32)....2. The identities of above reports are forwarded as a separate cover attachment. (Signed) Daniel R. Hoskier."
John Newman, Oswald and the CIA (2008), p. 256-257
..."On September 10, 1962, another interesting Hemming cross-reference sheet was prepared by the clerk 'jgr', in which we encounter William Seymour and Jose Rodriguez Sosa. The cross-reference sheet contains this story: (Informant) MM T-1, who has been actively engaged in Cuban revolutionary activities for the past four years and who has furnished reliable information in the past, on June 11, 1962, advised that Larry J. Laborde called Miami, Florida the previous evening and said he expected the 67-foot schooner 'Elsie Reichart' to arrive in Miami on or about July 14, 1962. Laborde said the boat would have four Americans and three Cubans aboard as crewmen. (Informant) MM T-1 advised that the schooner 'The Mariner' is still located in Ft. Myers, Florida, needs an anchor and other repairs. Both of these boats are reportedly being operated by their owners and crews without monetary remuneration from Laborde. Bill Seymour, an American citizen who had previously been trained as a mechanic while serving in the United States Navy, has been residing in Miami and is closely connected with Gerald Patrick Hemming, an American soldier of fortune who is closely associated with persons in Cuban revolutionary activities in the Miami, Florida area. Hemming, who is a close friend and associate of Laborde, planned to send Seymour to St. Petersburg to work on the boat's engine. Captain Jose Rodriguez Sosa, a Cuban national residing in Miami and a member of the Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantil, a Cuban revolutionary organization, has been in close contact with Laborde and plans on sending another Cuban from Miami to join the 'Elsie Reichart' which recently sprung a leak in the hull, and whose engine is still inoperative..."