AGENCY INFORMATION Peleased under the John . Eennedy Wssassination Records Ollection Act of 1992 44 USce 2107 N . RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10208-10306 veoed NU e307 bate: AGENCY: — FBI RECORD SERIES: HO ne—17-2017 AGENCY FILE NUMBER:  45-10852-5:6 DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR: - FBI FROM: DIRECTOR. FBI TO: SAC.MM TITLE: DATE: 09/13/1968 PAGES: 7 SUBJECT: | SPANISH VESSEL "SS COROMOTO", DAMAGE, STERN SECTION, EXPLOSIONS DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER. TEXTUAL DOCUMENT ORIGINAL Unclassified 7 NEW CLASSIFICATION: CLASSIFICATION: REVIEW_DATE: — 04/06/1998 UPDATE DATE: STATUS _ Redact . RESTRICTIONS: JFK Act 6 (4) COMMENTS: INC TTY HW 53932 DBocld:32292030 Page 1
| Mr. Tolson__ Mr. DelLoach.. ; Mr. Callahan | Mr. Conrad... ... i Mr, Felt... Gale... f, Rosen... f.' . Sullivan } . Tavel.. Mr. Trotter Tele. Room. f Miss Holmes. Miss Gandy... VIA TELETYPE, * SEP1 3 1968 | % nanan NRe--3ee= 11/35AM EDT RGC. URGENT 9-13-68 TO DIRECTOR, SAN JUAN, NEW ORLEANS, MOBILE, HOUSTON AND sku auan VIA WASHINGTON --CODE-- FROM MIAMI — 5P ) eeeiaides Sh UNSUB 3 EXPLOSIONS ON SPANISH REGISTRY VESSEL "SS_ C_ OR TAMPERING WITH VESSELS. mf RE BUTEL TO MIAMI SEPT. THIRTEEN, SIXTYEIGHT oa AT EIGHT FIFTEEN AM, SEPT. THIRTEEN, OSCAR ANGULO REYES, PSI - UNDER DEVELOPMENT, WHO HAS FURNISHED HO IS Me AC Be — C ; RELIABLE INFORMATION IN THE PAST -AND_ Fvithro TwsueReccto wal WITH MEMBERS OF THE MO IENTO INSURRECCIOWAL DE R CUPERACION X. REVOLUCIONARIA (MIRR), HEADED BY ORLANDO BOSCH AVIER*S™Y HO==—m nme HAS ORGANIZED AN AUXILIARY ACTION GROUP KNOWN AS CUBA NBEP 17 1968 END PAGE ONE TELETVPED TO: Zs BISEP 244968 HW 53932 DBocld:322927030 Page 2?
PAGE Two ANGULO. BOSCH, DIRECTED ANGULO’S ATTENTION TO FACT THAT | A NEWS RELEASE WAS THEN BEING ISSUED FROM MIAMI RADIO STATIONS WQBA AND WFAB RELATIVE TO AN ANNOUNCEMENT BY “ERNESTO” OF CUBAN POWER CLAIMING RESPONSIBILITY FOR A SPANISH SHIP BOMBING .c}<)/t) BOSCH THEN TOLD ANGULO THAT HIS CUBAN POWER WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BOMBING AND THAT THE BOMB WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE EXPLODED AT THE END OF FIVE DAYS BUT TROUBLE IN THE BATTERIES OF THE TIME DELAY DEVICE CAUSED THE BOMB TO EXPLODE LAST NIGHT. BOSCH ADDED THAT NEXT WEEK “ERNESTO” WILL ANNOUNCE THE APPOINTMENT OF A CIVILIAN DELEGATE FOR CUBAN POWER. BOSCH HAS PREVIOUSLY TOLD ANGULO THAT AS SOON AS HIS GROUP SUCCEEDED IN SINKING A SHIP AT SEA . “ERNESTO” (MYTHICAL HEAD OF CUBAN POWER) WOULD ANNOUNCE THE APPOINTMENT OF BOSCH AS THE CIVILIAN DELEGATE <i) END PAGE Two HW 53932 DBocld:322927030 Page 3
PAGE FOUR | ANGULO, UPON INSTRUCTIONS WILL ATTEMPT TO PERSONALLY CONTACT BOSCH AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TODAY AND ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION (YU) AANGULO WILL ALSO ATTEMPT TO CONTACT ANDRES JORGE GOWZALEZ GONZALEZ, BOSCH’S CHIEF BOMB EXPERT, WHO REVEALED TO ANGULO ON NIGHT OF SEPT. TWELVE THAT ‘GONZALEZ HAD PLACED A. BOMB ON A SMALL SPANISH FREIGHTER av ‘AT THE SAME PLACE WHERE HE ee ced a sore on 1H Z gga A BOMB ON THE “LANCASTRIAN PRINCE o"f INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE BOMB WAS PLACED ON “LANCASTRIAN PRINCE” AT NEW ORLEANS AND POSSIBLY MOBILE . fON SEPT. TWO.LAST, GONZALEZ°S SISTER TOLD ANGULO THAT: HER BROTHER HAD LEFT THAT MORNING FOR AN OUT OF TOWN OPERATION BUT DID NOT eae ite HIS DESTINATION NOR DESCRIBE , u) , NATURE OF THE OPERATION F. GONZALEZ? S WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN. - . -END PAGE. FOUR | HW 53932 DBocld:322927030 Page 4
™ PAGE FIVE o FROM SEPT, TWO UNTIL SEPT. TEN, SIXTYEIGHT, WHEN INTERVIEWED BY FBI AGENT AT HIS MIAMI RESIDENCE WHEN HE DENIED HAVING BEEN.OUT OF TOWN. | “US COAST GUARD, MIAMI, ADVISED THAT THE “SS COROMOTO" DEPARTED BARCELONA, SPAIN, FOR SAN JUAN, P.R., AND ARRIVED SAN JUAN ABOUT SEPT. TEN LAST, WHERE IT REMAINED UNTIL ITS DEPARTURE SEPT. TWELVE FOR DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. MIAMI WILL IMMEDIATELY FURNISH SAN JUAN WITH PHOTOS AND DESCRIPTIONS OF CUBAN POWER ACTION MEN. SAN. JUAN HAS PREVIOUSLY CONDUCTED INVESTIGATION CONCERNING. MEMBERS OF BOSCH'S MIRR ORGANIZATION IN PUERTO RICO, MIAMI INFORMANTS HAVE PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED _NO. INFORMATION CONCERNING ANY INTENTION BY. BOSCH TO BOMB SHIPS ‘IN PR. ALTHOUGH BOSCH IS DEFINITELY INVOLVED IN SHIP BOMBINGS, HE IS ALSO KNOWN TO TAKE CREDIT, WHERE POSSIBLE, FOR ACTS OF SABOTAGE BELIEVED NOT TO HAVE BEEN COMMITTED BY HIS ORGANIZATION. oo | wl) MIAMI WILL MAINTAIN CLOSE CONTACT WITH ANGULO RAND . OTHER INFORMANTS TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. NEW ORLEANS, MOBILE, HOUSTON AND TAMPA ADVISED SEP- ARATELY. END PAO FBI WASH DC HW 53932 DBocld:322927030 Page 5