424-10196-10477|. AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER:  124-10196-10477 RECORD SERIES: HO AGENCY FILE NUMBER:  149-5378-9 DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: SAC. MM YO: DIRECTOR. FBI TITLE: DATE: 01/27/1968 PAGES: 14 SUBJECT: AIRCRAFT, BOMBING, DAMAGE, SUSPECT, BOSCH, GUTIERREZ VIDAL, ASSOC a DOCUMENT TYPE: . PAPER. TEXTUAL DOCUMENT ORIGINAL Secret ; NEW CLASSIFICATION: CLASSIFICATION: ° REVIEW_DATE: 02/13/1998 . UPDATE DATE: STATUS  Redact . . RESTRICTIONS: JFK Act 6 (1)(B) JEK Act 6 (4) COMMENTS: INC GID NOTE HY 50953 Boctd: 32267201 Page 1
So | CO VIA TELETYPE | : By fies a CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO JAN2 71968 ha SECLASSIFICATION AND/OR, a LEASE OF CHA WFORMAON eee EST LAS ~ & . wae ESB DIRECTOR AND NEW YORK rT The) f NEW YORK a WASHINGTON ~=- ENCODED === “fi yy } FROM MIAMI Sb PoeT ~ FlLoREDA ed Unknown Subjece B-— 25 . UNSUB 3 EXPLOSION ABOARD & TWENEYELVE CARGO AIRCRAFT NUMBER XB = MOP, MIAMI INTERNATIONAL -AIRPORT » ONE TWENTY SIXTYEIGHT, Oh Destruction of of ‘hich at or Moter Vehicles ha) erna aouve "y aut % Dati, CUBAN POWER, B&- CUBA. wn ) i a REBUTEL TO MIAMI JANUARY TWENTYSIX LAST, UNDER FIRST gor a CAPTIONS MIAMI TEL JANUARY TWENTYFIVE LAST AND MIAMI AIRTEL nee \ 9 JANUARY TWENTYSIX LAST UNDER SECOND CAPTION, AG ai Ys €evtvel Trtel fe ence. Fg awe } ¢ EPERMISSION SECURED FROM Cis\ FOR TNTER IEW BY eae AGENTS oF | MIAMT WHO 1S OF HIGHLY OP. NAL Mes Q- 18 : RH EST) gy WAS CONTACTED ON _ OF piomelie’® Last, an “AD TSED AS FOLLOWS s x f Sf 5m 2 haf 44 y Ue. AS “Gm FEB 1 1968 - Classified by 2 bs Ce AG Ge. FEB 7 S88, Declassify oni OADRWV/ WEF NI er oa SN ae ft 2 END ‘PAGE ONE co cee oe el ee ~~ XEROX | re G DELOACH FOR THE, DIRECTOR ; - ee “JAN 1968 ib Py RELAYED TO_ WV a FT. TBs | £B..4,.998, VU Giese: HY 50953 Boctd: 322672701 Page 2? ae Q 3 2 1) LE I Tele. Room... ; | Miss Holmes... + COPY FILED IN (YS / 6 7
PAGE TWO (i fbn eee er . 5 OSCHIAVILA, PROMINENT ON DECEMBER FOURTEEN LAST, ORLANDO, CUBAN EXILE LEADER, ,WHO HEADS MOVIMIENTO INSURRECCIONAL DE RECUPERACION REVOLUCTONARIA (MIRR), ADVISED SOURCE CONFIDENTIALLY A NEW EXILE ORGANIZATION CALLED CUBAN POWER _ WAS BEING CREATED BY “MY MEN IN NEW YORK CITY” AND INDICATED Leo kadit ea LE ON JANUARY FIFTEEN LAST, JORGES@ONZALEZ, SHA “BOMBILLA,"*° Pac Rg ag HE WOULD FURNISH MORE oro Us LK IY ‘f © ONE OF BOSCK'S LIEUTENANTS IN MIRR-AND CHIEF OF MILITARY ARM OF MIRR, ADVISED SOURCE HE WAS MEMBER OF. CUBAN POWER, WHOSE OBJECTIVE WAS STOPPING OF SENDING OF PARCELS TO CUBA. HE REVEALED CUBAN, POWER WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR BOMBINGS OF THE . New Sevaey POST OFFCES AT ELIZABETH, Ml, ON DECEMBER FOUR LAST, NEW YORK CITY ON DECEMBER NINE LAST AND HAVANA, CUBA, ON JANUARY EIGHT LAST. HE SAID IN ADDITION, THEY HAD SENT EXPLOSIVE PACKAGES TO “TRAITORS AMONG THE EXILES.” GONZALEZ SAID TOP LEADERS OF MIRR WERE RUNNING CUBAN POWER ORGANIZATION AND ; WITHIN SEVEN OR EIGHT DAYS THEY WERE GOING TO CAUSE AN EXPLOSION (xu) Bote. END PAGE Two | '7°"F 9. os HY 50953 Daoctd: 322672701 Page 3
“S PAGE THREE WHICH WOULD BE HEARD ALL OVER THE WORLD. GONZALEZ INDICATED SOURCE WOULD BE FIRST TO BE TOLD OF THIS NEWS EVENT BEFORE IT OCCURRED. KY) | SOURCE NOTED ABOVE MEETING WITH GONZALEZ WAS HELD AT OFFICE OF CUBAN EXPRESS COMPANY MIAMI, A SHIPPING COMPANY (ersnse IN SHIPMENT OF PARCELS TO CUBA, WHICH COMPANY IS OWNED BY PauL 1NoMiOt 1ERREZYOTDAL . GUTIERREZ VIDAL, AS WELL AS HIS SON, JORGEXGUT IERREZVOLLA , ARE MEMBERS OF miRR CLEA AND CLOSE ASSOCIATES OF BOSCH. BOSCH FREQUENTLY MEETS WITH MIRR MEMBERS AT CUBAN EXPRESS COMPANY OFFICES AND SOURCE NOTED RECENT BOMBINGS BY CUBAN POWER MAY BE EFFORT TO ELIMINATE COMPETITION, NOTING CUBAN EXPRESS COMPANY IS NOT ONE OF THOSE COMPANIES BOMBED TO DATE. AG ON JANUARY SIXTEEN LAST, SOURCE MET WITH BOSCH, GUTIERREZ VIDAL AND ANOTHER UNKNOWN CUBAN MALE AT CUBAN EXPRESS . COMPANY. BOSCH THEN CONFIRMED THAT A BOMB WOULD BE SET OFF BY THEM WITHIN NEXT FEW DAYS AND STATED HE WAS THEN LEAVING FOR HU) END PAGE THREE HY 50953 Boctd: 322672701 Page 4
PAGE FOUR SOUTH MIAMI VIA HIGHWAY ONE TO PICK UP EXPLOSIVE. (4) ON JANUARY NINETEEN LAST, SOURCE CONTACTED GUTIERREZ VIDAL AND WAS TOLD BY HIM THAT THE PLANE FROM MERIDA, MEXICO, WAS TO ARRIVE ON THAT. DATE. HE REPORTEDLY TOLD SOURCE TO STAND BY FOR THE NEXT TWENTYFOUR HOURS BECAUSE "WE WILL HAVE BIG NEWS FOR YOU." GUTIERREZ VIDAL INDICATED HE HAD LEARNED OF THE SCHEDULED ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE TIMES OF THE PLANE FROM MERIDA THROUGH CONTACT WITH FAUSTO DIAZ, LOCAL MANAGER OF COMPANIA AREA DE CARGA YUCATAN. SO) U) ON JANUARY TWENTY LAST AT THREE AM AN UNIDENTIFIED MALE TELEPHONED HOME OF SOURCE AND TALKED WITH SOURCE’ WIFE, ANGELA GARCIA DE ANGULO. THE CALLER STATED, “TELL ANGULO WE PUT A BOMB ON THE PLANE FOR MERIDA,” AFTER WHICH HE HUNG UP. MRS. ANGULO RECOGNIZED THE VOICE AS THAT OF ORLANDO BOSCH aura. (3) U) AT SIX FIFTY AM, ON JANUARY TWENTY LAST, THE ABOVE MALE AGAIN CALLED HOME OF SOURCE AND WAS TOLD THAT ANGULO HAD . LEFT FOR THE AIRPORT. MRS. ANGULO INQUIRED IF THIS WAS BOSCH | CALLING, AFTER WHICH.THE CALLER HUNG UP. o{U} SOURCE WAS OF OPINION BOSCH DID NOT ACTUALLY PLACE BONB ON THE B TWENTYFIVE PLANE BUT THIS WAS PROBABLY EFFECTED, BY: YOY) i” il - END PAGE FOUR a 4 HY 50953 Daoctd: 32267201 Page 5
HY Q sera PAGE FIVE also. kn NOW as, JORGE GONZALEZ ,-4 “BOMBILLA,” AT BOSCH'S INSTRUCTIONS. oz) ANGELAXGARCIA DEYANGULO INTERVIEWED BY BUREAU AGENTS ON JANUARY TWENTYSIX LAST AND CONFIRMED ABOVE Fb TELEPHONE CALLS RECEIVED BY HER AND THAT SHE RECOGNIZED THE VOICE OF CALLER AS THAT OF ORLANDO BOSCH AVILA. (¥ U) also known as JORGE GONZALEZ  eBOMBILLA ,” IS NOT IMMEDIA 4 IDENTIFIABLE IN MIAMI FILES DUE TO COMMON vane ( BOLESED sore * nto readtion LETTE AD TOR A -NDOUM NEW YORK NOTE “KYEQ IN PARAGRAPH THREE OF MIAMI SHY ENCLOSED WITH MIAMI AIRTEL TO BUREAU, NINE TWENTYTWO SIXTYSEVEN, CAPTIONED also known ag * JORGE GUTIERREZ, PHA JORGE LUIS SEBASTIAN GUTIERREZ ULLA, TERNAL OECURITY JORGITO GUTIERREZ” ae” - CUBA.” Tats SHOWS. ‘INFO RECEIVED FROM CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE (WILLIAM SAMPOL, CONTACTED BY NEW YORK OFFICE) THAT ORLANDO BOSCH WAS PRESENT AT MEETING OF CUBAN NATIONALIST MOVEMENT (CNM) IN NEW YORK IN JUNE, SIXTYSEVEN, AT WHICH PLANS WERE DISCUSSED FOR MILITARY ACTION AGAINST . CUBAN GOVERNMENT IN CANADA. BOSCH REPORTEDLY MADE REFERENCE TO ONE GUTIERREZ IN MIAMI, NOT OTHERWISE IDENTIFIED, WHO POSSESSED VARIOUS EXPLOSIVE DEVICES WHICH COULD BE USED IN CONNECTION WITH FUTURE PLANS OF THE MIRR AND. CNM HMO u) Lievttenast ON JANUARY TWENTYSIX LAST, IX. SWILLEY , INTELLIGENCE Pabice Department DIVISION, “MIAMI RQ, - ‘WHO. jHAS CERTAIN CUBAN SUSPECTS. ‘UNDER av an END PAGE FIVE aan 50953 Daoctd: 322672701 Page 6
\ ‘CC-MR. ROSEN ~ 071u Bu Berew HY PAGE SIX SURVETLLANCE IN CONNECTION WITH INVESTIGATION OF RECENT RASH OF BOMBINGS, WAS FURNISHED NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF BOSCH, GUTIERREZ VIDAL, GUTIERREZ ULLA, AS WELL AS NAME OF JORGE also Known_as GONZALEZ, ARA “BOMBILLA,” AND WAS ADVISED INFO HAD BEEN RECEIVED ‘THEY WERE IMPLICATED IN RECENT BOMBINGS NEW YORK CONTACT AW ILL 1AM SAMPO DW sae, AND OTHER INFORMANTS FAMILIAR WITH CNM ORGANIZATION FOR INFO RE FORMING OF CUBAN POWER AND ANY KNOWLEDGE OF BOMBINGS IN MIAMI BY THIS GROUP. INVESTIGATION CONTINUING BY MIAMI. COPIES AIR MAIL TO Washieglon Fie! : NEWARK AND who, 1 Offre EJB o- See i- eo a FBI WASH DC 50953 Daoctd: 32267201 Page 7
Mr. Tolson ! Mr. DeLoach........ ff | Mr. Mohr_..... VIA TELETYPE] ©) Mr. Callahan... k # Mr. Conrad. _ i b Mr. Tavel._ 42%. 4 CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO DECLASSIFICATION AND/OR, - RELEASE OF CIA NEDEMATION ecRel _ IN THIS. DOCUMENT AS StauiTIZBD pe aa “@mG Heal } | NR ----- [own ae 9/25 PM EST Las DIRECTOR AND NEW YORK a ar] NEW YORK VIA WASHINGTON ----ENCODED---- US FROM MIAMI. oe a UNSUBs EXPLOSION ABOARD B TWENTYFIVE CARGO AIRCRAFT NUMBER CH XB =~ MOP MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, ONE TWENTY SIXTYEIGHT, . 4 DAMV, CUBAN POWER, IS - CUBA. ~ REBUTEL TO MIAMI JANUARY TWENTYSIX LAST, UNDER FIRST CAPTION: MIAMI TEL JANUSRY TWENTYFIVE LAST AND MIAMI AIRTEL JANUARY TWENTYSIX LAST UNDER SECOND CAPTION, PERMISSION SECURED FROM CIA FOR INTERVIEW BY BUREAU AGENTS “S' Bn OF MIAMT, WHO IS OF HIGHLY OPERATIONAL INTEREST To crak) . h a WAS CONTACTED ON NIGRT OF: JANUARY TWESTYSX LAST AND ADVISED -AS Oy OE ES FOLLOWS ¢ <a 7 i ma i ae ¢ Bil a ° geek Q . & ‘fe at "a wv a : ‘ gree t Fee oe . wi Vv ve Pew hee BECRED _ . ee | - oN ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED RELAYED To__ Y SFT SL... ORABERTIAL HERA Io VACLASSi 7 OTHERWISE , HY 50953 DBoctd: 322672701 Page 6
PAGE TWO ON DECEMBER FOURTEEN LAST, ORLANDO BOSCH AVILA, PROMINENT CUBAN EXILE LEADER, WHO HEADS MOVIMIENTO INSURRECCIONAL ‘DE. RECUPERACION REVOLUCIONARIA CMIRR), ADVISED SOURCE CONFIDENTIALLY & NEW EXILE ORGANIZATION CALLED CUBAN POWER WAS BEING CREATED BY "MY MEN IN NEW. YORK CITY" AND INDICATED HE WOULD FURNISH MORE INFORMATION LATER. g) U) ON JANUARY FIFTEEN LAST, JORGE GONZALEZ, AKA “BOMBILLA," ONE OF BOSCH'S LIEUTENANTS IN MIRR AND CHIEF OF MILITARY ARM OF MIRR, ADVISED SOURCE HE WAS MEMBER OF CUBAN POWER, WHOSE OBJECTIVE WAS STOPPING OF SENDING OF PARCELS To cuBA. HE REVEALED CUBAN POWER WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR BOMBINGS OF THE POST OFFCES aT ELIZABETH, No, ON DECEMBER FOUR LAST, NEW YORK CITY ON DECEMBER NINE LAST AND HAVANA, CUBA, GN JANUARY EIGHT LAST. HE SAID IN ADDITION, THEY HAD SENT EXPLOSIVE PACKAGES TO "TRAITORS AMONG THE EXILES." GONZALEZ SAID TOP LEADERS OF MIRR WERE RUNNING CUBAN POWER ORGANIZATION AND WITHIN SEVEN OR EIGHT DAYS THEY WERE GOING TO CAUSE AN EXPLOSION gy END PAGE Two HY 50953 Boctd: 322672701 Page 9
+ .° _o 7 SECRES OC PAGE THREE WHICH WOULD BE HEARD ALL OVER THE WORLD. GONZALEZ INDICATED SOURCE WOULD BE FIRST TO BE TOLD OF THIS NEWS EVENT BEFORE IT OCCURRED. g) ) SOURCE NOTED BBOQVE MEETING WITH GONZALEZ WAS HELD AT OFFICE OF CUBAN EXPRESS COMPANY MIAMI, A SHIPPING COMPANY ENGAGED IN SHIPMENT OF PARCELS TO CUBA, WHICH COMPANY Is OWNED BY PAULINO GUTIERREZ VIDAL. GUTIERREZ VIDAL, as WELL AS HIS SON, JORGE GUTIERREZ ULLA, ARE MEMBERS OF MIRR AND CLOSE ASSOGIATES OF BOSCH, BOSCH FREQUENTLY MEETS WITH MIRR MEMBERS AT CUBAN EXPRESS COMPANY OFFICES AND SOURCE NOTED RECENT BOMBINGS BY CUBAN POWER MAY BE EFFORT TO ELIMINATE COMPETITION, NOTING CUBAN EXPRESS COMPANY IS NOT ONE OF THOSE COMPANIES BOMBED TO DATE. aU) ON JANUARY SIXTEEN LAST, SOURCE MET WITH BOSCH, GUTIERREZ VIDAL AND ANOTHER UNKNOWN CUBAN MALE AT CUBAN EXPRESS. COMPANY, BOSCK THEN CONFIRMED THAT A SOMB WOULD BE SET OFF BY THEN WITHIW NEXT FEV DAYS AND STATED HE WAS THEN LEAVING FOR (4) END PAGE THREE HY 50953 Bocld: 322672701 Page 10
HY PAGE FOUR SOUTH MIAME VIA HIGHWAY ONE TO PICK UP EXPLOSIVE. SK) U) ON JANUARY NINETEEN LAST, SOURCE CONTACTED GUTIERREZ VIDAL AND WAS TOLD SY HIM THAT THE PLAWE FROM MERIDA, MEXICO, WAS TO ARRIVE ON THAT DATE. HE REPORTEDLY TOLD SOURCE TO STAND BY FOR THE NEXT TWENTYFOUR HOURS BECAUSE "WE WILL HAVE BIS NEWS FOR YOU.” GUTIERREZ VIDAL INDICATED HE HAD LEARNED OF THE SCHEDULED ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE TIMES OF THE PLANE FROM MERIDA THROUGH CONTACT WITH FAUSTO DIAZ, LOCAL MANAGER OF COMPANIA AREA DE CARGA YUCATAN. Kh U) ON JANUARY TWENTY LAST AT THREE AM AN UNIOENTIFIED MALE TELEPHONED HOME OF SOURCE AND TALKED WITH SOURCE’ WIFE, ANGELA GARCIA DE ANGULO, THE CALLER STATED, “TELL ANGULO WE PUT A BOMB OW THE PLANE FOR MERIDA,” AFTER WHICH HE HUNG UP. MRS. ANGULO RECOGNIZED THE VOICE AS THAT OF ORLANDO BOSCH AVILA. e{w) AT SIX FIFTY AM, ON JANUARY TWENTY LAST, THE ABOVE MALE ° AGAIN CALLED HOME OF SOURCE AND WAS TOLD THAT ANGULO HaD LEFT FOR THE AIRPORT. MRS. ANGULO INQUIRED IF THIS WAS BOSCH CALLING, AFTER WHICH THE CALLER HuNG uP OL) u) SOURCE WAS OF OPINICN BOSCH DID NOT ACTUALLY PLACE Bom on THE B TWENTYFIVE PLANE BUT THIS was PROBABLY; ERFACTED BY M(H) END PAGE FOUR SECREL — : 50953 Daocld: 32267201 Page 11
° Bo 9 6 PAGE FIVE JORGE GONZALEZ, AKA “BOMBILLA,” AT BOSCH’S TASTRUCTIONS. a ANGELA GARCIA BE ANGULG INTERVIEWED BY BUREAU AGENTS Of JANUARY TWENTYSIX LAST AND CONFIRMED ABOVE TELEPHONE CALLS RECEIVED BY HER AND THAT SHE RECOGNIZED TRE - VOICE OF CALLER AS THAT OF ORLANDO ROSCH AVILA. 6 (u) HY , “JORGE GONZALEZ AKA “BOMBILLA,” IS NOT IMMEDIATELY TDENTIFIASLE IN MIAMI FILES DUE TO COMMON NAME. (9) (4) NEW YORK NOTE INFO IN PARAGRAPH THREE OF MIAM] LEM ENCLOSED WITH MIAMI AIRTEL TO BUREAU, NINE TWENTYTWO SIXTYSEVEN, CAPTICNED "JORGE GUTIERREZ, AKA JORGE LUIS SEBASTIAN GUTIERREZ ULLA, JORGITS GUTIERREZ, I5 - use." ftars SHOWS INFO RECEIVED FROM CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE (WILLIAM SAMPOL, CONTACTED BY NEW YORK OFFICE) THAT ORLANDO BOSCH WAS PRESENT AT MEETING OF CUBAN NATIONALIST MOVEMENT (CNM) IN NEW YORK IN JUNE, SIXTYSEVEN, AT WRICH PLANS WERE DISCUSSED FOR MILITARY ACTION AGAINST CUBAN GOVERNMENT IK CANADA. BOSCH REPORTEDLY MADE REFERENCE TO ONE GUTIERREZ IN MIAMI, NOT OTHERWISE IDENTIFIED, WHO POSSESSED VARIOUS EXPLOSIVE DEVICES WHICH COULD BE USED IN CONNECTION WITH FUTURE PLANS OF THE MIRR AND own KK) (11) ON JANUARY. TWENTYSIX LAST, LT. SWILLEY, INTLELLIGENCE DIVISION, MIAMI PD, WHO HAS CERTAIN’ CUBAN SUSPECTS UNDER END PAGE FIVE SECRER 50953 Daocld: 32267201 Page 12
C) Store _ PAGE SIX SURVEILLANCE IN CONNECTION WITH INVESTIGATION OF RECENT RASH OF BOMBINGS, WAS FURNISHED NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF BOSCH, GUTIERREZ VIDAL, GUTIERREZ ULLA, AS WELL AS NAME.OF JORGE GONZALEZ, AKA “BOMBILLA,” AND YAS ADVISED INFO HAD BEEW RECEIVED THEY WERE IMPLICATED Th RECENT ee NEW YOR K contacfy iLL tas ae IF ILASLE, AND CTHER INFORMANTS FAMILIAR WITH CNN ORGANIZATION FOR INFO RE FORMING OF CUBAN POWER AND ANY KNOWLEDGE oF BowaIQ8s IN MIAMI BY TRIS GROUP. = { 3  ontesbin. DELOAGH POR DIRECTO HY INVESTIGATION CONTINUING BY MIAMI. COPIES AIR MAIL TO NEWARK AND WFO. END a RELAY se “FB 2 = FEE VAG BC SE Corse a Ha vih ge a ORE 3 a avs S gc | fw Seay 50953 Daocld: 32267201 Page 13