AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORDS SERIES : TELETYPE AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : Date:10/05/93 ; Page:1 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY INFORMATION SSCIA 157-10002-10206 Released under the John . Eennedy Wesassination Records ollection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note}. ases#: Nl 54653 Date: eee eee mewn eee eee eee eee meee WO-253-Z2017 DOCUMENT INFORMATION FBI FROM : TO: TITLE : CUBAN EXILES PLANS TO ASSASSINATE CUBAN LEADERS DATE : 07/14/64 PAGES : 3 a SUBJECTS : CUBA ASSASSINATION CASTRO — DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : U : REFERRED CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : RESTRICTIONS OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : Box 333 Folder 2 PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT P 09/30/93 \ (W [R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED hay 54653 Docld:32267046 Page 1
) ; 4-3 (Rew, 4-17-63) lieah aan ve cobs ~ C , Tolson — , Beiment TOR . Mohr - a er. on BE a case Conrad sg ECODE ED CO p ySECRE] 2 = Rogen Sullivan ot Pate 2 CAIRGRAM COCABLEGRAM CRADIO. XxsTELETYPE Soi — 1:12 AM EST URGENT 7-14-64 RM (BEG bi. | e: ore NEW YORK AND ST. LOUIS ioe wy 10S AD Yh Dis a “5 NEW YORK VIA WASHINGTON - ENCODED pectosctiy gay =O3]3 FROM MIAMI -140430 | 088 Gla CO PLANS OF CUBAN EXILES TO ASSASSINATE SELECTED CUBAN GOVERNMENT = & 3 2 = LEADERS, 1S-CUBA. BUFILE 105-131629. 3 JOSE "PEPIN® BOSCH, PRESIDENT OF BARCARDI RUM CO., MIAMI, . ‘& FLA., STATED ON JULY 13, 1964, HE IS FREQUENTLY ASKED FOR = CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ANTI CASTRO ACTIVITIES. APPROXIMATELY 2-3. 3 MONTHS AGO TWO CUBANS, IDENTITIES UNKNOWN, CAME TO BOSCH AND S ASKED IF HE WAS INTERESTED IN INVESTING $150,000. THEY SAID 3 THE "MAFIA" WAS WILLING TO BET THAT AMOUNT THAT FIDEL CASTRO | 3 WOULD BE KILLED WITHIN 90 DAYS OF THE PLACING OF THE BET. | 2 BOSCH CLAIMED HE DOES NOT RECALL ADDITIONAL DETAILS, BUT TOLD s CUBANS HE WOULD HAVE TO CONSIDER THE MATTER. BOSCH EXPLAINED x. © 4, / kad ay} fo qoaosddy ssaidra ayt Sop ag jou Apu ptazuor aif} pup auth SECON TACT TURCTA ] ON HEARING OF THIS) OTe ‘ie “HE SAID HE WAS Pou BY CIA THEY WERE (S) NOT INTERESTED. BOSCH CANNOT RECALL FOR CERTAIN IF HE WAS EVER RECONTACTED BY THE TWO UNKNOWN CUBANS BUT MAY HAVE BEEN. HE SAID HE WOULD NOT RECOGNIZE A PHOTO OF THEM AND HAS NO WAY * TO DETERMINE THEIR IDENTITY. BOSCH DOES NOT KNOW OF ANYONE IN THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY CONNECTED WITH ANY PORTION OF HOODLUM ELEMENT OR CONNECTED WITH ST. LOUIS. BOSCH DID NOT CONTRIBUTE ANY MONEY OR CONTRACT | | Be WC [2187 | ito. PeUIEWED BY FBIAIFK TASK FORCE ST-109:-. [88 TH ab or 3, 40 Bt) ALL WHFOR "AATION corres Lk, ‘sie eee _ | Gr. pres ta EVE LASSUP fe) RELEASE, IN FULL / Bee MERE. OWE. AT RELEASE IN-PART FTHERWISE fae rote ence contained in the above message is to be disseminated outside the Bureau, it is suggested that tt be suitubly CO Gaephrada Atbfidrder to protect the Bureau’s cryptographic svstems. en ~~ SECREE ee HW 54653 Docld:322762046 Page 2?
Gye doer e sa a. } ; Telson __ ' / Belmont Mohr Casper Catlahan Conrad “ipeLoach DECODED copy SFCREE = Sullivan Tavel CIAIRGRAM cI CABLEGRAM CRADIO XXTELETYPE f= — olmes PAGE TWO FROM MIAMI 140430 TO DO SO FOR ANY ASSASSINATION PLAN. BOSCH DID NOT MEET WITH ELISEO GOMEZ FERNANDEZ CUBAN EXILE IN SHIPPING BUSINESS IN APRIL AND DID NOT AGREE TO ADVANCE $100,000 FOR ASSASSINATION PLAN. BOSCH DID NOT COMMIT HIMSELF TO FURNISH $50,000. BOSCH DENIED SAYING THAT HE BELIEVED CASTRO SHOULD BE ELIMINATED AND THAT CASTROS ELIMINATION IS WELL WORTH $150,000. BOSCH KNOWS TEOFILO BABUN SELMAN, CUBAN EXILE, AND OWNER OF ANTILLEAN MARINE SHIPPING CO, HE DOES NOT KNOW BABUN'S ASSOCIATES IN THE COMPANY- ELISEO GOMEZ FERNANDEZ AND OSCAR FERNANDEZ VEIGA. BABUN WAS NOT ONE OF THE TWO CUBANS WHO CALLED ON HIM REGARDING PLAN AND BOSCH CANNOT RECALL FOR CERTAIN IF HE MENTIONED THIS PLAN TO BABUN, BOSCH KNOWS JULIO LOBO, CUBAN SUGAR MAGNATE, BUT DID NOT AND WOULD NOT ASK LOBO FOR ANYTHING. BOSCH THOROUGHLY DETESTS LOBO AND WOULD NOT ENTER ANYTHING OF WHICH LOBO IS A PART. BOSCH STATED HE DOES NOT KNOW BYRON | CAMERON, FT. LAUDERDALE BUSINESSMAN, atone HERBERT F. JENNE, FT. LAUDERDALE BUSINESSMAN AND PARTNER OF BYRON CAMERON, SAID ON JULY 13, 1964, THAT CAMERON AND THEIR OTHER PARTNER, WILLIAM S. GRAY, FORMER ATLANTA BUSINESSMAN, ARE —EN ROUTE TO MIAMI FORM MAZATLAN, MEXICO, ON BOARD SHIP RECENTLY PURCHASED THERE. DESCRIBED GRAY AS APPROXIMATELY 30 YEARS OLD AND FORMER OPERATOR OF GRAY MANUFACTURING CO., ATLANTA, GA. GRAY INVESTED $50,000 IN FIRM OF F.A. JOHNSON, INC., FT. LAUDERDALE, Uv. If the intelligence contained in the above message is to be disseminated outside the Bureau, it is suggested that it be suitably paraphrased i order to protect the Bureau’s cryptographic systems. so ° re “of CRE. WE re me HW 54653 Docld:322627046 Page 3
Mohr wu Casper _— Colishan Conrad D : DECODED. COPY. a CAIRGRAM © CABLEGRAM © RADIO xq TELETYPE fees PAGE THREE FROM MIAMI 140430 | WHICH IS BUSINESS WHICH OPERATES THE MOTOR VESSEL CAYMAN HOPE | AND WILL OPERATE NEWLY PURCHASED VESSEL. JENNE-HAS NO INFORMATION CONCERNING ANY PLOT OR PLAN TO ASSASSINATE CASTRO. HE KNOWS | OF NO CONNECTION BETWEEN CAMERON AND ANY OF HOODLUM ELEMENT. | STATED CAMERON ONCE OPERATED APPLIANCE BUSINESS IN JACKSONVILLE; ! [LL., BUT SOLD OUT TO MAN NAMED MERLIN NAUSLEY. JENNE HAS NO | INFORMATION THAT CAMERON INVOLVED IN ANTI CASTRO ACTIVITIES. | LHM FOLLOWS 4 nw* RECEIVED: 2:53 AM EFH | Jj Oj If the intelligence contained in the above message ts to be disseminated outside the Bureau, it is suggested that it be suitably paraphrased in order to protect the Bureau’s cryptographic systems. HW 54653 Docld:3227827046 Page 4