Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 usc 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System Date: 4/6/2015 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10294-10216 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: — 105-165503-45, 46 | Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI. FROM: DIRECTOR, FBI TO:. YEAGLEY, J. WALTER TITLE: DATE: 05/07/1968 PAGES: 2 SUBJECTS : FS, ASSOC, ACA, MEXICO, SHIP, EXPLOSIVES DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: Secret RESTRICTIONS: — Consulted; 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 07/16/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE, APPROVAL OF DOJ . COMMENTS : REFERRAL TO DOJ, INC MEMO eee v9.1 ; 1 Docld: 32308355 Page 1
“Released under the John F. Kein BATE.b4-14-2017 (Ed. 4-26-65) TO > Director DATE: 1968. Federal Bureau of Investigation June 7, { i { ' fi) J. Walter Yeagley ‘¥ Assistant Attorney General Internal Soop ty Division v/ FRANK ANGELO FIORINI; AND OTHERS SUBJECT: REPORTED PLANS .TO BLOW UP CUBAN SHIP q IN MEXICAN PORT, POSSIBLY VERACRUZ ve or ( “ae INTERNAL SECURITY — CUBA (, /, 4 NEUTRALITY MATTERS — CUBA 4 f : This refers to your memorandum of May 7, 1968, requesting to be advised as to whether there have been any development . in this matter. ) £ fy In a letter dated December 4, 1967, a copy of which wa furnished to your Bureau, we requested the Director of Munitions Control, Department of State, to make appropriate inquiries to determine whether Mexican authorities would conduct a chemical analysis of certain explosives in their possession and make the results available to us. We also pursuant to our request. requested that a determination be made as to the avai lability | o | \ of Mexican witnesses for the purpose of prosecution. Ina ie pa ~ letter dated December 18, 1967, ‘the Director of Munitions -~ \ Control advised that appropriate action was being initiated Ef On June 6, 1968 Mr. Stanley Phillips, Office of eed ie Munitions Control, advised that on April 10, 1968 the State ' Department learned from the United States Embassy in Mexico _ ~ City that the appropriate requests had been made to Mexican ” e authorities. Mr. Phillips stated that the State Department x =| has received no information regarding this matter since 5 April 10th, but he said that he would initiate an inquiry .as to its present status. ie) ‘ OK wf —_ 4 ask PEREMN IS UNCLASSIFIED 7 pare ELScEE s oi Lain af SSIUNT i968 SE | . JON ISSO 3 ana PRATER Qvraxnsp i Docld: 32308355 Page 2?
Réleaséd under the John F. Kennedy Assassiffation Retort=toLlection DATE: 11-14-2017 a : Confidential = / Me..d. Walter Yeagley May 7, 1968 | Assistant Attorney General i tune pe . Nasca Director, FBI. op % hod , FRANK ANGELO PIORINE, _AND OTHERS CLASSIFIED ABD: a rele & REPORTED PLANS TO BLOW UP CUBAN SHIP EXTEND ny 50. au odd. 2 tui:  §N MEXICAN ‘PORT, POSSIBLY VERACRUZ FEAST Ty” 4 ‘; INTERNAL SECURITY - CUBA | Ko fhe ou. /. sl aAk “ ~g é NEUTRALITY. MATTERS = CUBA Le EE DEBCASSIFICAN Reference is made to your communication dated December 4, 1967, with enclosure. The enclosure was a copy of a letter which you sent to the Director, Office of Munitiens Control, Department of State, requesting that certain inquiries regarding the captioned matter. F be made through appropriate diplomatic channels. ee" Loy Reference is also made to.a letter dated December 185 4's Ke 1967, from the Office of Munitions Control to Mr. Johy’ h.g7 Davitt, Chief, Criminal Section, Internal Security ff | Division, a copy of which was made available to thig 2/5 . Bureau... Ly he i¥ It is requested that this Bureau be advised’ BBY “ to whether there have SOREN EF BR TSE ONE matter - 105-165503 12} 24/92 ape (gle _ qu_z|2s MO 7 jos 5: £03.46 Y 1 + Miami (205-12890) an REMBRSE ON FUL er" = Mexico City (105-606 ASIA w 7] 1 - Foreign Liaison Unit {| RELEASE PART - ol T@bMu DENIAL ig. 106 Vie MAY @ 1968 fh VHN: sed (nye Al Soe sasl = fie ‘ NOTE: Subjects in this case were inyplved in unsuccessful aati Castro plot._to blow up ship in Mexico. Based on information wef ‘ developed, Mexican authorities located éxplosives which had been alee iy buried , xico by some of those involved prior to their return. to the U. S[investigation was conducted at specific request of the ; Departmen ich indicated there were possible violations of Title. 18; Section 956 (Conspiracy to Injure Property of a Foreign Government) and Title 22, Section 1934 (Unlicensed Exportation of Munition ds The enclosure to the referenced Department letter asks that an! .. inquiry be made through appropriate diplomatic channels to detler- Z mine whether Mexican authorities could conduct a chemical analys? of the explosives and whether they could make available witness Sullivan who could testify in this case. The 12/18/67 letter ‘indica Sites Bs = HO \ccpper «fy! « SBECREL cafe Conpigent fal W _ Tolson DeLoach Mohr Bishop Casper Callahan Conrad Felt Gale Rosen Holmes 7 | Gandy — MAIL ROOM TELETYPE UNIT | Docld: 32308355 Page 3