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Abbreviations BDFA
British Documents on Foreign Affairs: Reports and Papers from the Foreign Office Confidential Print FBN U.S. Treasury Department, Federal Bureau of Narcotics FBNC Fondo Banco Nacional de Cuba, Archivo Nacional de Cuba, Havana FC Fondo Chibás, Archivo Nacional de Cuba, Havana FME Fondo Ministerio de Estado, Archivo Nacional de Cuba, Havana FRUS U.S. Department of State, Foreign Relations of the United Status FSE Fondo Secretaría de Estado, Archivo Nacional de Cuba, Havana FSP Fondo Secretaría de la Presidencia, Archivo Nacional de Cuba, Havana PAWA Collection 341, Pan American World Airways, Archives and Special Collections Department, Richter Library, University of Miami, Miami, Fla. RG21NE Record Group 21, Records of the District Courts of the United States, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Northeast Region, New York RG21SE Record Group 21, Records of the District Courts of the United States, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Southeast Region, East Point–Ellenwood–Morrow, Georgia RG59 Record Group 59, General Records of the Department of State, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Md. RG170 Record Group 170, Records of the Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Md. USDCM Criminal Dockets, U.S. District Court of Miami Introduction 1. Arango Mejía, Genealogías, 1:274, 467–68, 2:137–38; Carrizosa Argáez, Linajes, 232. 2. “Ocupó la Policía un cargamento de heroína valorado en $16,000,” Diario de la Marina, 27 December 1956, 16B; “16,000 in Heroin Seized in Vedado,” Havana Post, 27 December 1956, 1; “Ocupan drogas,” El Mundo, 26 December 1956, 8A; “20 mil pesos de fianza a unos traficantes,” Diario de la Marina, 29 December 1956, 20B; William W. Johnston, Treasury Representative in Charge, to the Commissioner of Customs, Division of Investigations, Bureau of Customs, Havana, 31 December 1956, RG170-74-12, Box 22; William W. Johnston, Treasury Representative in Charge, Monthly Activity Report, Havana, 31 December 1956, RG170-74-12, Box 22; Henry L. Giordano, “District
