404-10163-10045 ~ Routing FROM: JMWAVE mo : to FO “ae . = . ACTION: IW (COPY ISSUED TO IW & SO ATs wan tne DD) ; INFO: DCI, D/BCI, DDP, ADOP, SOD 4, CA 2, CA/PEG,-CA/PROP, CA/O 4, CI, CI/OPS, ci/ic 2 CUPS, Fl, FI/O, FI/INT 6, RI/AN, WH/SA 12, WH 8, VR, FILE, CS/RF. SECRE a 1723322 ‘DIR inropPacy) LANT ARR cite WAVE 8394 FEB 18 9$312Z, 65 IN 82931 ANTEL mele SUPDATA3 _ CLATTER=1 FROM FRANK FIORINI, REF: UFG-6719. RID: INDEX. FILED 172332Z REPORT CLASS i | H | ENTIAL CONTROLLED. DISSEM, COUNTRY: CUBA ' SUBJ: DECISION OF ORLANDO BOSCH AVILA TO USE A CUBAN PILOT ON | THE MIRR'S AIR STRIKE SCHEDULED FOR 16 FEBRUARY 1965 | i i ee ee Pine ae ne mE EIT a thes DOI: 17 FEBRUARY 1965 | PADAs UNITED STATES, MISE (17 FEBRUARY 1965). UFG-6727 . SOURCEs A MIAMI BUSINESSMAN WHO WAS A RESIDENT OF HABANA FOR SEVERAL | | YEARS, “THE SOURCE HAS CONTACTS WHO RECOGNIZE HIM AS A CHANNEL TO U.S. : . . , i ‘ INTELLIGENCE. THIS INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED FROM FRANK FIORINI. i : | oo . y teasenemneiaanmmaanmeien] PRIORITY UEG~6727 RELEASING ens - PDATE oieresutey, | __ NPUAMCLATTER/3 OeOnvLnicr TT. | 18 FEBRUARY 0533 265| UAIsoN HO of | iscsi jaan com auteur : tr 6s A apes, | t {___esctases ccaareaes } REPRODUCTION By < OTHER THAN ISSUING OFFICE {$ PROHIBITED, Cegy Ma, 8 eR Oh ne nae ht i a a Agar a EEE AAR ET Ta tah Af aE coon Lae we ~ RETURN TI TO CIA Background Use Only ae Do Not Reproduce _Taaye ethene
14-00000 | SQINHOFNHAL CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY. | Say Q (When Filled Int 1093, 30ur | Intelligence. Information Cable. - j COUNTRY CUBA TOCS 08=315/00576-65 =: i i DATE OF _ DISTR. 18 FEBRUARY 1965 Pe 4 | INFO. 17 FEBRAURY 1965 susecr aera 7 4 DECISION OF ORLANDO BOSCH.AVILA.TO USE-A CUBAN. - : a PILOT ON THE MIRR'S AIR STRIKE SCHEDULED FOR . ts .t 16 FEBRUARY 1965 . ae nr a { PLACE & — re es . . j DATE ACQ. UNITED STATES, MIAMI C17 FEBRUARY.1965) ” : RE 82931, 0 : SOURCE pT , FIELD REPORT NO, UFG-6727._— : ‘ fp APPRAISAL: A MIAMI BUSINESSMAN WHO WAS A RESIDENT OF HABANA FOR SEVERAL YEARS. THE SOURCE : HAS CONTACTS WHO RECOGNIZE HIM AS A CHANNEL TO U.S. INTELLIGENCE. THIS INFORMATION _. WAS OBTAINED FROM FRANK FIORINI. a ; MOL See 1. AT ABOUT 4:99 P.M. ON 17 FEBRUARY 1965 FRANK FIORINI: SAID THAT ORLANDO BOSCH AVILA, LEADER OF THE MOVIMIENTO INSURRECC IONAL cet DE RECUPERACION REVOLUCIONARIA (MIRR) INSURRECTIONAL.MOVEMENT FoR - * Sy * woe a . hada eb 6 tn peat tates tite Rarer ETE ou + ‘ _ REVOLUTIONARY RECOVERY) AGREED To LET THE CUBAN PILOT FLY THE OY eS MISSION SCHEOULED FOR 16 FEBRUARY INSTEAD OF THE AMERICAN PILOT. 7 2 (FIELO COMMENT: THE same SOURCE REPORTED THAT BOSCH HAD SCHEDULED. ~ of 3 AN AIR STRIKE AGAINST THE CITY OF HABANA FOR 16 FEBRUARY IN A 6-25, . j AN AMERICAN PILOT WAS TO FLY THE AIRCRAET BUT WAS TO OF ACCGHPANIED SF - | BY A CUBAN PILOT.) THE cuBAN PILOT HAS BEEN TRAINING IN THE: 625 { ot AND APPARENTLY 1S EXPERIENCED ENOUGH TO MAKE THE TRIP To CUBA. ° =] nee This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States whhia the etaing of the Beplonage pried pin, > 199 At 14 econ oe wh ya SS Eats . prea’ Sycla. CANT aasgea (ser| STATES DIA ARMYIACS! NAVY AIR cg SCOR NSA NIC CCl ONE OCR one ~~ a ) 3 é TREASURY — FE fais BORDA BATROL CUSTOMS ASCE a CLA/NMCC . LOAST, GUAETS ENOL... mois a i
14-00000 1 ee a a OE OE OB Mere oO om EE ee Ee esse see CARDED tet recreate sane toot » nae gem @ © sumatnmbe umm anne + eee stn $0 OOO A CEE FOE me -onn, Ramee Geman ame cay | CONFIDENTIAL REE tae. eee ein ™ & TDCS 00-315/00576-@m.. > A TWIN-ENGINE FIORINI SAIO THE B-25 WAS PURCHASED TEXAS AS HE PREVICUSLY STATED, CUBAN PILOT 1S THE SAME PERSON WHO WAS TO MAKE A BOSCH-F INANCEO RAID IN A SINGLE-ENG} TARGET, HE HAS HAD PREVIOUS TRAINING IN A SEA FURY AND IN SEAPLANE, PRESUMABLY A PBY, IN TUCSON, ARIZONA, NOT IN 2. THE = AIRCRAFT AGAINST AN UNSPECIFEED THE PLANE WAS TO LEAVE FROM THE KEY WEST AREA. 3. FIORINI SAIO THAT BILL JGHNSON, AN AMERICAN PELOT WHO HAS BEEN ARRANGING THE SUPPORT ASPECTS FOR BOSCH '§ RAIDS, RECEIVED AN UNIDENTIFIED SUM OF MONEY FROM BOSCH ON 17 FEBRUARY, 4, ACCORDING. TO FIORINI, IF THE RAID HAD NOT TAKEN PLACE ALREADY, {T WOULD PROBABLY BE MADE WITHIN 24 HOURS. 5+ FIELD OISSEMs OF STATE, Fal, CINCLANT, CINCSO, COMKWESTFOR, MIAMI REPS BORDER PATROL, CUSTOMS, I&NS, AND USCG, -t wig. . -7, ° “er ant 98 EMOTES see Kone Ae ee Se ee ee te “oy , t Perapapiega riaceerecormes mon) at) guepearepeehmtpaenban a ot anise bo. ‘dhe tipeeae {ENO OF MESSAGE) : i . a —t f wae & ® ' ee ry owe? ee ah.