FBI Memorandum on Quintin Pino Machado (124-90141-10015)
This FBI HQ record (Record Number 124-90141-10015, agency file 105-92413-3) is a memorandum dated 11/18/1960 from the SAC, Washington Field Office (WFO, file 105-38673) to the Director, FBI, on the subject Quintin Pino Machado. It encloses nine copies of a letterhead memorandum for the Bureau plus copies for Miami and New York, along with a memorandum evaluating an informant. The memo names WF T-1 as Silvia Mercedes Perez Colon de Bertran, who furnished information on 11/15/60 and 10/20/60 to Special Agents Gerard C. Carroll and Herbert J. Morgan, Jr., and references WF T-2. It explains the letterhead memorandum is classified 'Secret' because of CIA-furnished information, with downgrading guidance to 'Confidential' as it reveals investigative interest in a foreign diplomatic official and could identify the informant; the evaluation memorandum is classified 'Confidential.' The document was reviewed on 07/06/1999 and released under the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992, disclosed by NARA on March 18, 2025.
Description
A one-page FBI memorandum from the Washington Field Office (WFO) to the Director, FBI, dated November 18, 1960, concerning Quintin Pino Machado. The memo transmits nine copies of a letterhead memorandum with an accompanying informant-evaluation memorandum, references informants WF T-1 (identified as Silvia Mercedes Perez Colon de Bertran) and WF T-2, and discusses classification levels tied to CIA- and State Department-furnished information about a foreign diplomatic official. Released by the National Archives in the March 18, 2025 JFK Assassination Records disclosure.
Claims
The enclosed letterhead memorandum was classified 'Secret' due to CIA-furnished information, downgradeable to 'Confidential.'
90%Informant WF T-1 was Silvia Mercedes Perez Colon de Bertran, who furnished information to the FBI on 11/15/60 and 10/20/60.
85%The letterhead memorandum was classified 'Secret' because it contained CIA-classified information and reveals investigative interest in a foreign diplomatic official.
85%Informant WF T-1 is identified as Silvia Mercedes Perez Colon de Bertran, who furnished information on 11/15/60 and 10/20/60.
80%Informant WF T-2 is identified as CIA.
75%Quintin Pino Machado was the subject of FBI investigative interest connected to a foreign diplomatic official.
70%The subject Quintin Pino Machado is treated as a foreign diplomatic official of investigative interest.
70%
Events
Oct 19, 1960
Informant information furnished (WF T-1)
Information furnished to SAs Gerard C. Carroll and Herbert J. Morgan, Jr. on 11/15/60.
Nov 17, 1960
WFO memorandum to Director, FBI
SAC, WFO transmits letterhead memorandum and informant-evaluation memorandum regarding Quintin Pino Machado.
Nov 14, 1960
Informant WF T-1 furnishes information
Silvia Mercedes Perez Colon de Bertran furnished information to SAs Carroll and Morgan; earlier information furnished 10/20/60 to SA Morgan.
Jul 5, 1999
Document last review
Date of last review of the record under the JFK Records Collection Act.
Mar 17, 2025
NARA 2025 release
Record released to the public in the National Archives 2025 JFK Assassination Records disclosure.
Nov 17, 1960
FBI Memorandum authored
SAC WFO memorandum to Director FBI regarding Quintin Pino Machado, transmitting letterhead and evaluation memoranda.
Mar 17, 2025
NARA Release
Document released under the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992.
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JFK Assassination System Date: 5/27/201 _ Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: = 124-90141-10015 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER: _— 105-92413-3 Document Information f ORIGINATOR: FBI ; FROM: WMFO : TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: — 11/18/1960 PAGES: 1- SUBJECTS : QUINTIN PINO MACHADO DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: —Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: = 07/06/1999 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : MEMO U5 Release under the President John . Kennedy Assassination Records ctor Act of Ls v9.1 3 NW 89804 Dochd:32338219 Page 1 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS COLLECTION ACT OF 1992 (QPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 5010-104 . y UNITED STATES GG* ae en Sy . ~ 4 $ i | - NL ‘¥ Memoranium __. \ i ( 7O : DIRECTOR, FBI | DATE: 11/18/60 Lf P\ CT FROM SAC, WFO (105-38673) > 7 ‘ Z) get L 4 SUBJECT: mae 1’ pine eacHano ye ee — OT) PF Cobo dE AUTOS piste 7” BEACCIFIED. BY-GGG So! ‘ Me . 4 eg BE QTEBRWISE ReWFOlet and letterhead memorandum 11/2/60. s) ; t Say Enclosed are nine copies for the Bureau with one i » copy each for Miami and New York of a letterhead memorandum ' > . WS dated and captioned as above with accompanying memorandum : Xe valuat ing the informant. The informants are identified as follows: : \ : % WF T-1 is SILVIA MERCEDES , PEREZ COLON .de-; BERTRAN, -\X Ywho furnished the information on 11/15/60 to SAs GERARD C, 3) CARROLL and HERBERT J. MORGAN, Jr. The information on ; = i> (10/20/60 was furnished to SA MORGAN. Mi Rez! | WF T-2 isfcra. on] POSE IS GLASS oo The enclosed letterhead memorandum is class fied "Secret" ‘Since the information ‘furnished by CIA was so classified. RIn the event of downgrading, it should be Hu) classified “Confidential"since it reveals investigative nterest in a foreign diplématic official'and the information ‘ci : = furnished by WF T-1 could tend to identify the informant ope of. continuing value and compromise future effectiveness ‘ is @: ‘thereof. It should be further classified "Confidential" since Ese : the information furnished by the State Department was so. va | C2 oe ele classified. | SES ; The evaluation memorandum is classified "Confidential" SE& since it reveals investigative interest in a foreign diplomatic | w A iw J official. ; <i @: ral sae ar Bureau (ineis. 9) cy a Bee z, 1 - Miami (Encl. 1) (Info) (RM) WW £05 : TAY, _ f = 1 ~ New York (Encl. 1) (Info) (Rif) ZU. < ~ 2 - WFO ; Ne (1 - 134-3762) at 5) NO HJM: pjt ~,. Wh 2a 1860 pe | ey ee AY sr zy4 - ‘Spec 860 wou — oo et i i poten ~ x =. ae woe. “NW 89804 Docid:32338219 Page a 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS COLLECTION ACT OF 1992
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