Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 sec 2107 Hotty. DATE: 11-14-2017 , ( Cal - a ~. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply, Please Refer to New York, New York File Na. ™ August 8, 1967 \TION CONTAINED Pedro Armando Tomas Yanes y Ortega NCLASSTFIED Also Known As © SHOWN Pedro Armando Yanes Internal Security-Cuba NY T-1, who has furnished reliable information in the past, advised on June 5, 1967, that a meeting took place on June 3-4, 19657, in Jersey City, New Jersey, at the Quality Shoes, Incorporated, 773 Bergen Avenue. This shoe store is owned and operated by Ignacio Novo, Secretary General of Movimiento Nacionapista Cubana (Cuban Nationalist Movement ) (CNM),a militant7/Castro organization with headquarters in Miami, Florida). OO(w NY T-1 advised that present at this meeting, mentioned above, in addition to Ignacio Nova were his brother, Guillermo Novo, @ CNM member, Dr. Orlando Bosch, who is head of Movimiento Insurreccional de Recuperacion Revolucionaria (MIRR), and Dr. Manuel Antonio De Varona, who is the head of Rescate Revolucgiqnaria Democratica (RRD), both anti-Castro organizations -O0(W . NY T-1 advised that during this meeting, Dr. Orlando Bosch spoke about carrying out a two-pronged attack against the Cuban Government in Canada. Bosch specially spoke about X, iL) Classified by Ze GCL ean | Declassify of OADR 9/2578 Group Lieethor— . This document contains neither recommendations nar conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. Docld: 32340965 Page 3
“Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassinati i . y Aesassination Records Coll pare. ta ta pots ection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote). } » ( ° Hi 5 ° . \ . Pedro Armando Tomas Yanes y Ortega the assassination of the Cuban Ambessador to Canada and a simultaneous attack on a Cuban ship in the Port of Montreal, Montreal, Canada. (6-4 Ww) Bosch, according to NY T-1, stated that they would not use any members of the CNM in carrying out these plans because they, the CNM, were too “hot'. Bosch said that his man ‘Gutierrez’ in Miami had nine rockets, timing devices, C3 and C4 explosives which could be used in carrying out their future plans against the Cuban Government. Ww Beweh also stated that the Cuban exiles wanted to show the United States Government, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) that what action had been taken recently against Felipe Rivero Diaz, National Director of the CNM, could not stop them in their fight against Prime Minister Fidel Castro. NY T-1 also advised that Dr. Bosch told the Novo brothers at this meeting that upon his return to Miami, Florida, he would have “Gutierrez” send the necessary equipment to one of his, Bosch's, men in the New York area and that they would coordinate future plans with the CNM through the Novo brothers. (K\(W) NY T-1 also stated on'June 5, 1967, that during the entire discussion, Dr. Manuel Antonio De Varona did not make any comment concerning these plans of Dr. Orlando poscn .QR@L) It should be noted that the MIRR is a small action group of anti-Castro Cuban exiles with headquarters in Miami, Florida, and they are under the leadership of Orlando Bosch Avila , a former medical doctor in Cuba. Since 1961, members of the MIRR have been involved in numerous and almost continuous activities of a revolutionary nature including bombing raids, attempted raids, sabotage, demonstrations and propeganda. NY T-2, who has furnished reliable information in the past, advised on June 8, 1967, that Pedro Yanes, formerly headed the MIRR, and represented - Dr. Orlando Bosch in the New York - New Jersey area. NY T-2 said that it was his understanding that Pedro Yanes no longer was the representative of the organization in the New York area. —_ ; Docld: 32340965 Page 4
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 0st 2107 Ho DATE: 11-14-2017 s 5 co . : f - C ‘ Nowe ~ Pedro Armando Tomas Yanes y Ortega NY T-3, who has furnished reliable information in the past, on June 6, 1967, advised that the MIRR at the present time, to the best of his knowledge, had no formal organization active in the New York - New Jersey area. NY T-3 stated that he did not have any knowledge of any individuals presently affiliated with the MIRR in the New York - New Jersey area. NY T-3 stated that Pedro Yanes was the former delegate or representative of the MIRR in the New York - New Jersey area and that hewas recently replaced because of a basic difference of opinion between himself and Dr. Orlando Bosch. . NY T-3 also advised on June 8, 1967, that at meetings sponsored by Cuban exile groups in the New York - New Jersey area the man who represents the MIRR at these meetings is Israel Romero. NY T-3 advised that he was not certain of Romero's exact address but he was certain that Romero was a resident of the State of New Jersey. NY T-1 on July 7, 1957, advised that he spoke with Ignacio Novo on the night of June 6, 1957, at the Hudson © County Jail where Novo was being detained after his arrest. on June 29, 1967, in Jersey City, New Jersey, for the illegal possession of explosives. NY T-1 said that Ignacio Novo at this time instructed his wife, Nora Novo, to contact Israel Romero in Union City, New Jersey, and Ignacio Novo identified Israel Romero to his wife as being the official representative of the MIRR and Dr. Orlando Bosch in the New York - New Jersey area. QKYW Diego Gonzalez, a D sonnet for “El Tiempo,"a Spanish language newspaper published daily in NewYork City, on July 27, 1907, advised that Pedro Yanes was still associated with Dr. Orlando Bosch and the MIRR. Gonzalez stated that Israel Romero currently is the representative of the MIRR in the New York area but Pedro Yanes continues to be closely associated with Orlando Bosch of Miami, Florida, and he pointed out that Pedro Yanes is a member of the National Board of Directors of the MIRR. ’ Set forth, with a photograph attached, is a physical description of Pedro Yanes, who is the only ‘«nown representative of the MIRR in the New York City area: Docld: 32340965 Page 5