Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 19592 (44 USC 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System Date: 4/6/2015 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER:  124-10294-10214 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: — 105-165503-43 eee Document Information ORIGINATOR: DOJ . FROM: _ [Restricted] TO: [Restricted] TITLE: DATE: 12/04/1967 PAGES: 3 SUBJECTS : [Restricted] DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: — Consulted CURRENT STATUS: Withhold DATE OF LAST REVIEW: — 10/23/1996 OPENING CRITERIA: APPROVAL OF DOJ COMMENTS: REFERRAL TO DOJ, INC MEMO Docld: 32308356 Page 1
Released under the John F. EK DATE: 14-14-2017 : Vi ne) my . : ~~ unttEep staTes€ To. MENT OF JUSTICE | / Memoranizim : TO : Director 7 DATE: - Federal Bureau of Investigation December 4 1967. yf py igi 3. Walter Yeagley ¢| Assistant Attorney General : df )) Internal Security Division AO We, @ 4 Ia/ : ! SUBJECT: FRANK ANGELO FIORINI, and others REPORTED PLANS TO BLOW UP CUBAN SHIP IN MEXICAN PORT, POSSIBLY VERACRUZ INTERNAL SECURITY = CUBA NEUTRALITY MATTERS = CUBA h ? Pursuant to the request ‘contained in your memorandum | 4 V dated October 18, 1967, there is attached for your information vy i/ a copy of a letter which we have sent to the Director, Office + | of Munitions Control, Department of State, requesting that I certain inquiries regarding the captioned matter be made . oe through appropriate diplomatic channels. Enclosur )D MOOG ns by routing slip for info “] action dateL2f5) ) by. 5 4 DEC11 1967, Docld: 32308356 Page 2? dy Assassination Records Collection,Act of 1992 (44 sc FROST Hote} :
[Released undér the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act or 1997 ~ DATE; 11-14-2017 - - . ‘ , 6 . rd December 4 19672 Mr. John Sipes Direetor Munitions Control Department of State 2121 Pennsylvanie Avenue, N.W. Washington, D. €.. 20520 Dear Mr, Sipes: This Department currently has under consideration the possible prosecution of one Frank™Fiorini, of Miami, Florida, for exporting munitions of war in violation ef Part 126.01, Title 22, Code of Federal Regulations, and Seetion 1934, Title 22, United States Code, Aecording to the information which we have received, Piorini and two other men travelled by automobile from Miami, Florida to Mexico via Brownsville, Texas, At the time when they entered Mexico on about April 12, 1967, they were carrying — certain é@xplosives and detonating devices. The alleged purpose . of this activity was to damage some Cuban ships in Mexico. It was subsequently decided that the venture vas toc risky, and the explosives were buried at an isolated spet in the vicinity of Ciudad Mante, Tamaulipas, Mexico, where they were subsequently. reeovered by Mexican authorities. We have received a translation - of a@ report on this matter prepared by Jose Maria Navarro Barquero, Department of Military Industry, Tecamachaleo, Mexico City. The FEI has advised us that an official of your Office ° stated that additional descriptive data or chemical analysis is necessary in order to make a determination as to whather the explosives in this case are on the Munitions List. We have been advised further that these explosives are still in the possession of the Mexican Army at the Department of Military Industry and that the Mexican Army has the capability of conducting an analysis to determine the chemical composition of these explosives. FBI INFO ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED FBI WEREIN IS UESLASS UTED . pete YI3- 94 BrP F Mas/de~ | \ ENCLOSUR ne ed chy j R94? Joe 6 5502: 3 << 4 > Docld: 32308356 Page 3
’ Released under the John F. Kennedy assassination Records Cotbeetlion Ac | Pe: '° © DATE: 11-14-2017 a oo - 7g “ Sm ey ~ : x o 2 « it is requested that inquiry be made through appropriate diplomatic channels to determine whether the Mexican authorities will conduct a chemical analyeis of these explosives and make the results available to us. _If so, it is further requested that a determination be made as to whether the Mexican Government would make available for purposes of prosecution witnesses who could testify regarding the recovery and custody ofthe explosives and the chemical composition of these explosives. Sincerely, J. WALTER YEAGLEY Assistant Attorney General Internal Security Division By: JOHN H. DAVITT, Chief Criminal Section aan INA kL ae eee - - as ee ee a eo Re ee ee - —-- _- - come eee _ Docld: 32308356 Page 4