JFK Assassination System Date. . 6/4/2015 Identification Form —_ee.:.,«,_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_— Ch rr Agency Information F AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER:  124-10278-10396 ; RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: 97-4474-77 : Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: SAC,MM TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE : DATE: = 12/26/1963 ‘PAGES: 14 SUBJECTS : MIRR, ACA, MEMBERS, AIRPLANE, BOAT, RAID, CUBA, MIL ACT DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 ; CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 07/30/1998 OPENING CRITERIA : INDEFINITE COMMENTS : INC LHM _ea—o v9.1 Docld: 32301561 Page 1
Me. Teleon Hy TV. . a Peboent Fi (Rev. 12-13-56) PBI Sco FORDE I pih ex waar Date: 12/26/63 3) DAG Vd Transmit the following in era on (Type in plain text or code) m Via AIRTEL ¢] ABLEASE WPRART AIRMAIL bet. Rom C TOA. DEAL ~ _, PRetity or Method of Matting) IW Risse Gandy ~~ ee TTT Te TT eT Li = TT TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (97-4474) ‘Wye ag) FROM: SAC, MIAMI (105-2855) (P) oe . / SUBJECT: MOVIMIENTO INSURRECIONAL DE o-u-4 i we 1 /4SE- ly ‘RECUPERACION REVOLUCIONARIA orm) © Of ae i . IS - CUBR LI mes ‘ CONTAINED: " NM HEREIN, 1S. YNO}ASSIFED | DATE BAe. | Re Miami airtel be ‘Bureau, 12/19/63, and Miami | teletype to Bureau, 12/24 Enclosed are twelve copies of a LHM, dated and captioned as above. Copies of this LHM are being furnished locally -~ to INS, State Department, Border Patrol, Customs (local and regional), Coast Guard, G-2, ONI, OSI, CIA, and FAA, vA in addition to the USA, Miamt.. we? Z i The Miami Office has also been in frequent & j contact with Mr. GREGG BENTLEY, Special Branch, Bahamian Police, Nassau, with regard to all pertinent developments, On 12/24/63, Mr. BENTLEY flew to Miami for a conference with Agents of this office, and he was introduced to Mr, EDWARD FICKIE and Mr. STANLEY SCHACHTER, U. S. Customs, who subsequently made arrangements to place a U. S. Customs \ official in Bimini to work directly with Mr. BENTLEY | on the A scheduled date of this” -Speration. _ UY YG’ 7 3 | Mr. FICKIE has afks © 38 asea/that U. 3, Las’ ond yf has three boats which will be used to intercept this yee operation and to prevent the boat from successfully leaving ay the Miami waters. One of these boats is a 95! Le te 3 - Bureau (Ene, 12) (AM) (RM) _pesey Vel ok ‘ J 2 - Miami sos CRIS: ayy MST pbs ° ONI/OSI/ ACSI ; Wie soe deat Afficn . a. A a hd Mer eo ba? routing 6f ; —— ! for ok at 8 A Prone. hls "EU g ZA cdl Za | nso ay HY Hf) Riercsese7 ent Per (See Bu sa papey Koen! in Charge Docld: 32301561 Page 2? = oo: —
Transmit the following in 4 cA a 1 TOTAL DENIAL Date: 12/26/63 (a+: 121259 REVIEWED. BV-EBIUIFK TASK’ FORGE C | fie Ramen [e oN" cee | DA RELEASE IN FULL FBI Pe 0 SD ee C1 RELEASE IN PART boa 2a | . t . (Type in plain text or code) v Vie AIRTEL AIRMAIL | (Priority or Method of Mailing) fi Miss Gendy. _ TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (97- ah) | | Tan -Y f, FROM: Sac, MIAME (105~2855) (P) - 0h eg yh Pre f SUBJECT: _ MOVINIENTO.. INSURRECIONAL DE. -/l- ‘Sd hg RECUPERACION Y_REVOLUCTONARTA cnr) | /f- yj iS °-CuBR ate pore 3 | NM HEREIN 1S Re Miami airtel to Bureau, 12/19/63,° and Miamt- teletype to Bureau, 12/24/63 Enclosed are twelve copies of a LHM, dated and captioned as above, —— ‘Copies of this LHM are being furnished locally to INS, State Department, Border Patrol » Customs (local it and regional), Coast Guard, G-2, ONI, OSI, CTA, and FAA, f" in addition to the USA, Miami . . aA a —— < E =) Mr, FICKIE has also Mivis sed that U. ns Yi has three boats which will be used. to intercept. this operation and to prevent the boat from successfully leaving _ Miami waters. One of these boats is a 95! Coast G Fie FE Bureau (Ene, 12) ( AM) (RM) ese) GED om 7 Copy te: Cis/Sit Page AF ere _— ON/OSI/ACSI ag fs _¢ be tk 5 f Vee ty « : : es at is bey” ro iets 5 car Vs _ Pree 3 hae fof Pore, Le V8 ul. inant Zan re | . . BY te De p 7 et ; . SoA Pa HOLT Somes ; ent iste ————_ 4 (See Rutddn Ruse 1798 Agent in Charge | : z ate ee ; sere ” CETTE ete ce ee rf ee eee oe ee cer iemes ” Ce ee tee tee ee eo es sete vtitadat sri Re FES a fee “Paacian! Docld: 32301561 Page 3
In Reply, Please Refer to File No. “ aa UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION | CIA HAS NO C8 ECTION TO Miami, Florida DECLAST F . 7ay ALSYOR, December 26, 1963 9 RELESS 1 em GAIMATION . IN FAIS unk MENT, KP Q-5-9¢ 2 Re: MOVIMIENTO INSURRECTONAL pz 0/K5 RECUPERACION REVOLUCIONARIA 2-19-97 (MIRR) rr INTERNAL SECURITY - CUBA (JF K) NEUTRALITY MATTER Previous information furnished by MM T-1, a Cuban exile who,has been involved in anti-Fidel Castro vA activit fo veral years, reflects that Doctor OrlandgofBosc vila. head of head of the Movimiento Imsurrecional ec eracidn Revolucionaria (MIRR),; an anti-Fidel Castro organization of Cuban exiles, has been planning a bombing raid against an o11] refinery at Nuevitas, Camaguey Province of Cuba. This raid was originally scheduled for the night of December 14, or 15, 1963. It was then postponed, and as of December 18, 1963, Bosch indicated the last and final practive flight in an Aero Commander airplane, registration N26-24-B, preparatory to the raid would take place on the night of December 20, 1963, at Broward International Airport in Florida, epémber 20, 1963, MM T-1 advised that Eveli Kipis Perez; he Cuban pilot scheduled to pilot the pland in this bombing raid, went to Broward International Airport where Charles Bush, owner of the Aero Commander, informed the pilot that one of the motors of the plane: had "burned out," and the plane could not be flown without extensive motor repairs. MM T-1 said that the pilot, Alpizar, examined the plane and verified that one of the motors was in fact not oper- able. Bush promised he would make another plane avail- able to Doctor Orlando Bosch. On the sagfe day, MM T-1 learned that someone other than Charles”Bush would pilot whatever plane was _* pelected from Broward International Airport to Bimini, Bahama Islands, preparatory to the bombing raid. The individual selected to pilot this plane would park the plane on the Bimini airport and register at a hotel in the town of Bimini, leaving the plane unattended over- ALL ion ann HEREIN or eypl_.4dd D AT ‘np i en at “E BA ot Docld: 32301561 Page 5
| | | ran aa RSVWED 3 SBYJFK TASK FORCE Re: MOVIMIENTO INSURRECIONAL DE. Wy BILE ay FUEL RECUPERACION REVOLUCIONARIA (MIRR)  SEREASE iN PART INTERNAL SECURITY - CUBA; . eee ~ NEUTRALITY MATTER [1 TOTAL DENIAL We night. The raiding party was scheduled to arrive by boat at Bimini under cover of darkness from Miami and load the plane with bombs and then fly it from Bimini to the target in Cuba; They would then return. to Bimini, still under cover of darkness, and return by. boat to Miami after jeaving the plane at the same place where they had taken i .. * On December 22, 1963, MM T-1 advised that Charles Bush informed Alpizar that he would substitute a Piper Aztec plane for the Aero Commander. MM T-~1 said that Bush had such a plane at his company at Broward International rport. -_ .Qn December 23, 1963, Mr. Fay Linehan, Super- vising Inspector, Federal Aviation Agency, Miami, advised that Charles Bush has leased a Piper Aztec plane bearing registration N4811-P from the Fleet Rental Leasing Corpor- . ation, Box 948, Clarkesburg, West Virginia, effective in April, 1963. Mr. Linehan advises this 1s the Aztec plane which Bush maintains at his place of business. On December 23, 1963, MM T~1 advised that  Doetor Bosch advised that the boat which he planned to use in transporting the airplane crew and the bombs from Miami to Bimini would depart from Miami on Christmas Day at about 10:00 a.m. or 12:00 a.m. He said this boat has a speed of only 10 miles per hour, and consequently would have to depart early in the day instead of during the evening as was originally -planned had a faster boat been obtained, Bosch said the plane would leave later in the day after receiving a radio signal from the boat that everything was proceeding according to plan. 2 fo haw MM T-1 said that esn1sgAfonoson, who made arrangements for the securing of this boat on behalf of Bosch, disclosed that the Coral Gables canal would be a better place to depart :-from than the place which Bosch had in mind. ~2- , Docld: 32301561 Page 6 1 iW, wv ¥
Me Re: MOVIMIENTO INSURRECIONAL DE _RECUPERACION REVOLUCIONARIA (MIRR) | _ INTERNAL SECURITY - CUBA; | a NEUTRALITY MATTER Later on December 24, 1963, MM T-1 said that Bosch announced to his party that it had become neces- Sary again to postpone the bombing raid from December 25, 1963, to a later date due to rough seas which would | endanger the boat. One of Bosch's associates indicated that the boat would probably leave Miami on,.Friday, | December 27, 1963. (It is to be. noted that a cold front swept over the Miami area on the early morning of December 24, 1963, and seas were reportedly rough.) On December 26, 1963, MM T-1 advised that the pilot Alpizar would take both an afternoon and night practice flight with the Piper Aztee plane in possession of Charles Bush at Broward International Airport. Bosch provided money to the pilot for the flight. MM T-1 said that Bosch disclosed that the boat is now scheduled to depart Miami, between 3:30 p.m. and 6:00 psm. on December 27, 1963, for Bimini. MM T-~1 said there will be no additional practice flights by the pilot after December 26, 1963. . It is to be noted that on December 26, 1963, the skies in the Miami area were clear and sunny, and weather conditions were reportedly favorable at sea. On December 20, 1963, MM T~1 advised that Doctor Bosch planned to have the raiding party drop propaganda leaflets over Cuba. MM T-1 furnished the propaganda leaflet, which 1s in the Spanish language and which has been translated as follows: Docld: 32301561 Page fF