AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER:  124-10197-10368 RECORD SERIES: HO AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 9-48130-4. 5 DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: SAC. WMFO TO: DIRECTOR. FBI TITLE: DATE: 06/11/1968 PAGES: 10 SUBJECT: EVID, TG, TYW, THREAT, CUBAN POWER DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER. TEXTUAL DOCUMENT ORIGINAL Unclassified NEW CLASSIFICATION: - CLASSIFICATION: REVIEW DATE: 04/06/1998 UPDATE DATE: STATUS Redact _ : . ~ RESTRICTIONS: JFK Act 6 (4) COMMENTS: INC LHM, LAB RPT Docld: 32287592 Page 1
7 Released under the John FC Kennedy Hesassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (af Osc" 7107 DATE: 11-14-2017 ° 2 G . a Gos ° . ; . ; ; , u ie) V7 , Z . WFO 9-2065 2.) 1-B Western Union Telegram Form dated 6/6/68 addressed to Sir HAROLD WILSON, London, England. 3.) 1-C Western Union Telegram Form dated 6/6/68, addressed to the Honorable GUSTAVO DIAZ ORDAZ, Palacio de Gobierno . 4.) 1-D white envelope addressed to " "The Honorable Ambassador of - <i: Great Britain to the United States Great Britain Embassy ; | Washington.- D.C.,'' postmarked Miami, Florida, 6/7/68, 5.) 1-E (same as 1-A),. 6.) 1-F (same as 1-B). 7.) 1-G (same as 1-C). 8.) 1-H white envelope addressed to . "The Honorable Ambassador of Spain to the United States Spanish Embassy Washington, - U.C.,"' postmarked Miami, Florida, 6/7/68. - , It is noted that items 1-A through ‘1-C and items \ 1-E through 1-G were translated by SA ROBERT S. CAVANUGH, \\ who advised that the contents of each, in numerical: order, contained the exact same message as items numbered 1 through 3 / ' ‘ize previously submitted with referenced airtel. Items 1-A through 1-D were furnished by Mr. BARRY RUSSELL - JONES, Security Officer to Ambassador of England, British Embassy, 3100 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. (WDC), on 6/11/68... RUSSELL - JONES advised that items 1-A : ~~ Hotes . ‘ — Docld: 3227687592 Page 2?
“Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Worey— DATE: 11-14-2017 - : UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION I, Pleuse Relorto Washington, D.C. 20535 File lon Mare June 11, 1968 ALLEGED THREATS TO GOVERNMENTS __ OF SPAIN, MEXICO, ENGLAND, AND JAPAN _POSSIBLE EXTORTION ,. “On June 10, 1968, Mr. Alberto Becerra Sierra, 2 Minister, Mexican Embassy, 2829 16th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. (WDC), furnished an envelope addressed to "The Honorable Ambassador of Estados Unidos de Mexico to the United States, Mexican Embassy, Washington, D.C.," postmarked Miami, Florida, June 7, 1968. Contained in this envelope were three Western Union Telegram Forms, each of which, contained a typewritten message in the Spanish language. The translation of the contents of each of these telegrams is as follows: "No, 1 Western Union telegram dated 6/6/68, addressed to General Francisco Franco, Madrid, Spain: _ "Disregarding the petitions of the Cuban people, it obliges us to give an ultimatum of war against your sf Government unless you suspend all commerce with the Cuban Communists regime. If you do not do this, you will be a” the one responsible for the Spanish planes and ships that will | . be dynamited. To avoid further mishaps, don't make. the mistake of under estimating this advice from Cuban power. | Pe | "SignedVErnesto | wee | | ‘Delegate General » _ Cuban Power A, "No, 2 Western Union telegram dated 6/6/68, addressed to Sir Harold Wilson, London, England: an “ "The British cargo ship 'Granwood,' property of a shipping company, blown up on 5 May 20 miles southeast of Cayo Hueso, which explosion was cloaked in sabatoge was brought Mey Roce NOL Osk Docld: 322687592 Page 4
"Rel fased under the ohn F > Kennedy “Hssassination Records Collection act of (997 (44 sc Fior wofe ey. [_ DATE: 11- 14- (2017 . ALLEGED THREATS TO GOVERNMENTS . OF SPAIN, MEXICO, ENGLAND, AND JAPAN ‘about by anti-Castro Cubans. The British Government has said nothing. You ought to know that this is the first punishment from the heroic Cuban. péople to the British | Government which trades with the tyranny of Castro. They will have to pay with much British blood for your opportunistic attitude inspired by economic gains without respect to those people who fight for a freedom that you only know how to defend for gold. , "Signed Ernesto Delegate General Cuban Power "No. 3 ‘Western Union telegram dated 6/6/68, to the Honorable Gustavo Diaz. Ordaz, Palacio de Gobierno, Mexico, D.F. "Disregarding the petitions of the Cuban people, it obliges us to give an ultimatum of war against your. Government unless you suspend all commerce with the Cuban Communists regime. If you do not. do this, you will be the one responsible for the Mexico ships and planes that will be dynamited. To avoid further mishaps, don't make the. mistake of under . estimating this advice. from Cuban power. _ “Signed Ernesto re _ Delegate General Cuban Power" * On June 11, 1968, Mr. Barry Russell - “Jones, Security. Officer, British Embassy, 3100 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.; WDC, made available to Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation a white envelope addressed to: "The Honorable Ambassador of © Great Britain to the United States Great Britain Embassy Washington. - D.C." | ~\Q®& Id~\0 718/30-4 ; 7 —_ a oe . 7 : : 7 oo oo a | Docld: 322867592 Page 5