JFK Assassination System Date: 6/4/2015 Identification Form er oO —Oqqa AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : Agency Information FBI 124-10278-10423 HQ 97-4474-104 —— OO eee ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE : DATE: ‘PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : Document Information FBI SAC, MM DIRECTOR, FBI 03/28/1964 1] MIRR, MEMBERS, ASSOC, ACA, OBA, RAIDS, FUNDS, COMANDOS L PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4 Redact 06/29/1998 INDEFINITE INC LHM, MEMO pdpras 32301588 Page 1 \_-
~ Mr. J . Walter Yeagley April 3, 1964 ecistant Attorney General * CBE fl B = FBI SL65S4D ) INSURRECIONAL If Glassived by WED B TASK FORGE | SCLEASE IN FULL - x 5! CION REVOLUCIONARIA Declassify on: La JS 2 = Fr * ) ; omecyeres CONTAINERS = 9 oa YY eertewaL SECURITY - CUBA Pas fee, eee if, 9. NEUTRALITY MATTERS poo a _essewN OR 10 rs = Reference is nade to your letter dated March 30, 1254, = ora Attached is a copy of a memorandum dated March 28, 1964, which indicates that Orlando Bosch Avila, head of the MIRR, is plannisig additional raids against Cuba from Andros Island in the Bahamas. [on March 30, 1964, ~T Por \Eic:-* a representative of the Central Intelligence Agency (cra) “ae Noe! advised that these were net CIA operational £/90/¢) so peas ac ng a ‘With reference to Bosch's plans to transpért hont af wunitions to Andros Island from Miami, Florida, which is < Rt mentioned in the attached memorandum, a representative of _~ =~ Customs in Miami advised that Customs expects to seize Bosch's boat,gs it departs for Andros Island with the munitions.. AUN . DECLASSIFIED BY - a i) wheter rial » with rePblentle!es a 5 SF CaREndos L for eB *. 2: = : cw ‘Hag reid sgainst shipping off the Cuban coast, which is ‘also mentioned in the attached memorandum, the above- . mentioned Customs representative advised. ‘that \Comandos L$ 2 2 has a bogt, the Andrea," located in the Miami River., ‘Thi =} ‘boat has recently been taken out-on several trial runs ard > is being closely watched by Customs. The "Andrea" may be - the bo at which Comandos L plang to use in the above-mentioned [ fro tthe .proposed Comandos L raid, CIA sed that \thi a) ageivity was 96 - ea (Comandos 1) / (9 Ney OIE Te. vee ut . ver ‘ , | OR SAC PAGE THO. Excluded Xrpm automatic SEE NOTE PAGES | downgradip& and - TWO & THREE. van oof declassification
. \ ; : is d } Mr.- 3 . Walter Yeagley ; . April 3, 1964 eeeistant Attorney General (BEORE | 4 (35: 2 tot EBBI stor, #8 eM oy Sleep SLD wed beh ; oN] & SbugMYENTO INSURRECTONAL DE Slassiine by MO AzA a a 2 Re BPERACTON REVORUCIONARIA _Devlassify.om /DQER F hol 5 wad ae -~ Ky "RI 5 rant ONE r t x “(nate SECURITY - CUBA OG act ! : cided . ge Sop — Mat ‘hain tiger - TERS : Loe 4 = 3 \ Refererice is made to your letter dated March 30, 1954, Xa SA ‘ 2 ‘ \: : Attached is a copy of a memorandum dated ean: Merch 28, 1964, which indicates that Orlando Bosch Avila, *AssVise re head of the MIRR, is plannitig additional reids against 920 3cial Cuba from Andros Island tn the Bahamas. [On March 30, 1964, * ~~ \i-uis a representative of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) | vez" advised that these were net CIA operations} £908) tu} Neat (Yo | 2? at With reference to Bosch's plans te transp acrrt a aa munitions to Andros Island from Miami, Florida, which is“ { Cestems in Miami advised that Customs expects to seize Besch's boat,gs it. departs for ie oD LHe with the means : tie DECLASSIFIED BY 40 1] oa _Mith. reff doles site wae 5 GF PRREhdos L for a a) hoat. rad. raid’ against shipping off the Cuban coast, which is < 3) -also. mentioned in the attacted memorandum, the above- a ‘mentioned (Customs reptesentative advised that Comandos L-- fe : has a bogt,.“the Andrea," located. tn. the Miami. River.., "Thi | ey: Care boat has recently been taken out ‘on sevetoh. € dai ‘tuns arid OO $i > is being closely watched by Customs. rea" may be a the bogt which comands L plans to use in he above-mentioned a eproperer Comandos L raid, CIA a an nagtlvity was. 96t); Gg Mohr Gasper »  Gatlahan SEE NOTE PAGES TWO & THREE. \/ ‘ Excluded.Rrgm aut onatici downgrad Ly and . declassiPicavion , a ennanmememmmnenntd DoclId: 32301588 Page 3
oe Mr. J. Walter Yeagley : Assistant Attorney General af | furnished to the interested agencies, including Customs, the Federal Aviation Agency and the Coast Guard, both in Miami and in Washington, D. C. | Copies of the attached memorandum have been | It is requested that this Bureau be advised as to / whethar an investigation of the neutrality aspects of the | at MIRR activity is desired and whether separate similar yf investigation is desired of the proposed Comandos L activity. Enclosure NOTE FOR SAC, MIAMI: Attached is copy of referenced Department letter dated 3-30-64. Keep Bureau and interested agencies currently advised of all pertinent developments. / Also advise: appropriate Bahamian authorities of MIRR plane IK (6+ Ju) NOTE: MIRR, anti-Castre organization, has carried out several raids against Cuba, the last of which was thwarted by US authorities in December, 1963. Referenced Department: letter, which was in response to our request for prosecutive opinion concerning the December, 1963, raid, stated that Department wdidi not centemplate initiating criminal action at this time. XTnformation has now been received indicating ~ MIRR is planning new raids against Cuba from Andros Island in the Bahamas. One raid allegedly will be by-boat- against | Soviet freighter off Florida coast and another will be by air over sugar areas in ‘ Cuba. Our infermant in this matter is Evelio Alpizar Perez, Cuban refuge pilottwho . has furnished information on-’. -. :otwo previous occasions ' which has lege to the thwarting of these raids. Miami has previously alerted Bahamian authorities concerning activities of MIRR and this-:should also. be done in this case. Alpizar also furnished information concerning plans of Comandos L, another anti-Castro ‘organization, to make boat attacks against 2 SEE CONT NCE OF NOTE PAGE THREE. i SECRET Ki ~ '2 IP EY PY of v ee DoclId: 32301588 Page 4
. e » FD-36 (Rev. 19-28-63) I | emt, ’ I FBI ! ! . oe ay Date: 3/28/64 Transmit the fon hangs - r 7 q i aN Fgh j E f \ Y af ‘So | ee am Od “SD — ~ A 9: 4 DIRECTOR, FBI (97-4474)/ ag hua Avine, CAM, xg qiaua?" € “ev seta v ae SAC, MIAMI (105- -2855) (9) 2/4076 cieeteta ata : Movinrewro DE. ad ate i Uh bea", ae _RECUPERACION REVOLUCIONARIA (MIRR Gules & ; IS - CUBA; NM qn (OO Miami) 4 y, SER REVERSE SPM FOR j ve CiLATIDICATION Rerep SA GEORGE E. Ty Enclosed are 12 copies of LHM dated and captioned 3 ‘o as above. Copies also furnished locally to State Dept. Co- re ne ordinator of Cuban Affairs, Border Patrol, Coast Guard, G-2, Kes | a OSI, Customs (Miami and Region II), INS, FAA, ONI salina ees ~— SF: This communication is classified "Confidential" “ | NE to protect a source of continuing value. ; ae LS. Wis , ; a MM T-1 is EVELIO ALPIZAR PEREZ, PSI (under develop- BN) For info of Bureau» BOSCH is depending on ALPIZAR nd te ROSCHL Ani LAREDO RODRIGUEZ, along with supply of weapons and explosives, ra + ment). Qiu ; $ eT NS FLED RE treasurer, from Miami to Andros Island where the, munitions will be vt ba oy : a The boat will be rented. ul 9 or {aeGf[er as LAC 1A pan Blyhed v a ‘@. Bureau (Enc aes (RM) vAq 7 Zit) a . a a 3 - Miami Custer OWS, ‘s a; 1 ot fe. 3 ra) at Csxto/3 ‘ 196 ey : “ “eS GED: egh C set se ONI/CSI/ ACS Shah Wate a0 4 is reed ies? fF. 6) = y routipgsslipsior qs oO. sein Bathe for . D ' aN | ® Roz a Deed LLGe.¥ y. f vagettg Oy ~S ple! ee 7 - = ot «| MekOK Mae ahiley ” Approved: : Special Agent in Charge Docld: 32301588 Page 5
ar . ~* ’ Fp-36 (Rev. 10-29-63). . ~ é . os . rr rr re , . . fo , " . - ~ pat re Date: a Mid to MM 105-2855 o REL “ASE IN PART f} TOTAL DENIAL BOS to handle the problem of obtaining and ioting an Aerocommander plane to be used in these plans. SOStH ‘Sxpects ALPIZAR to obtain this”plane in either Texas or Calif. where Aerocommanders are advertised in trade magazines. He will supply ALPIZAR with $1200 to obtain option’ to purchase such plane,’ with right to use it for two months. Siu BOSCH. has advised ALPIZAR he will not deal with either WILLIAM JOHNSON or CHARLES BUSH, U.S. citizens who were involved in preparations for the 12/28/63 raid. BOSCH indicats he mistrusts both of these men- Ci) Above info has been purposely omitted from the LHM to protect ALPIZAR whose vulnerability increases as BOSCH depends more and more upon him. @ Qur Miami has kept Mr. STANLEY SCHACHTER, U.S. Customs, Miami, informed of all pertinent details. Mr. SCHACHTER has advised that Comandos L has a boat, the "Andrea", located in the Miami River, which recently has been taken out on sev- eral trial runs. This boat is 28 feet long and has.a 185 HP motor. It is being closely watched by Customs./ It ap- pears this may be the boat which Comandos L plans to use on the raid reported by ALPIZAR WX, Pt Mr. SCHACHTER, on basis info obtained by this office, expects to seize BOSCH"s boat as it departs for Andros Island with arms and explosives. MIRR for intelligence: purposes and determine if the neutral- \° Miami will continue to investigate activities of . if ity laws are being violated. Approved: Special Agent in Charge DoclId: 32301588 Page 6 wom ose tee ae ornate ae . ar) ~~ ¢ caus 1 ———ee oe ween et Le z . wes! “”
UNIT ) STATES DEPARTMENT OF JSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Miami, Florida In Reply, Please Refer to March 28 > 1964 \ File No, 4105- -2855 CONFI IAL ‘f RE; MOVIMIENTO INSURRECIONAL DE RECUPERACION REVOLUCIONARIA (MIRR) INTERNAL SECURITY - CUBA; 4) pyroquarion CONTANED NEUTRALITY MATTER HEREIN IS UNS SSIFIED oni UA tS BY OF SULJECT CRGANIZATION . Previous investigation has reflected that the MIRR is an anti-Castro organization of Cuban exiles Aea ‘tered in Miami under the. leadeyship of Dr, Orlan MIRR has claimed credit for several airp over Cuba in 1963. Their last ‘attempt was stopped when the j- “Toy U. S. Customs and U. S. Coast Guard seized two boats, ex- plosives, and a plane on December 28, 1963, in the Miami area, In January and February, 1964, Dr. Bosch began \ making plans for further raids, but encountered difficulty in raising sufficient finds with which to carry out his plans, Ty Surrens: Developments On March 25,and 26, 1964, MM T-l, a Cuban exile who is friendly to some of Bosch's close associates, advised that Bosch’s plans have recently undergone some revision and acceleration. Bosch intends to set up a base of operations on Andros Island in the Bahamas. He will rent a boat in the Miami area and transport a quantity of arms and explosives from Miami to Andros Island where these materials will be cached. On this trip he will attempt to choose a Xa air strip to accommodate an Aerocomander plane. @ HA ul DECLASSIFIED PY om Wz ’ a moe ALOK MPR 7 i964 ~ ‘ DoclId: 32301588 Page 7