AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY: _ FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10213-10210 RECORD _ SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 45-10854-47 . , DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: TO: TITLE: CRANE, MICHAEL E. DIRECTOR, FBI DATE: 10/17/1968 PAGES: SUBJECT: DOCUMENT TYPE: ORIGINAL CLASSIFICATION: REVIEW_DATE: STATUS COMMENTS: Docld: 32294434 Page 1 118 OBA, BKG, INTV, ASSOC, CRIME SCENE SEARCH, LAB RPT, GRAND JURY, | ARRESTS, SEARCH WARRANTS PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT NEW CLASSIFICATION: Secret 01/07/1998 UPDATE DATE: | ~ Redact | | | . RESTRICTIONS: JFK Act 6 (1)(B) JFK Act 6 (1)(C) JFK Act 6 (4) RPT, TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGES 2a, 2b
’ Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 SC ayes . Be). DATE: 11-14-2017 . a a“ NV . : * Ly MM 45-1175 All nine “subjects have been designated as fugitives in this report in view of the fact that at the time the warrants for their arrest were, issued on the afternoon of October 10, 1968, their whereabouts were unknown. All nine were eventually arrested on the morning of October 11, 1968, prior to the submission of Fugitive Form Letters, which had. been prepared but were not sent in view of the apprehension. of the subjects. INFORMANTS | All logical informants in the Miami Office have been contacted in connection with instant matter, and no positive information was developed other than that reported in the details of this report with the exception of in-- formation received from OSCAR ANGULO REYES, PSI under deve lop- ment, who was closely associated with BOSCH, who advised that on September 16, 1968, at about 3:00 A. M., he received ' a telephone cali from BOSCH who stated that his group had just fired a shot with a 57mm gun at a Polish ship docked at Dodge Island. BOSCH told REYES that the gun was fired from the MacArthur Causeway. REYES has refused to testify — | with regard to this and other information he has furnished | in the past. K U It is ndéted that the principal source in connection with this and related cases in the past has been RICARDO MORALES NAVARRETE, who has now agreed to testify, as set out under the Administrative section above. Therefore, all in- formation obtained from him has been set out in the report under appropriate FD-302s., It is noted that the attached port contains information and a si statement from RIA DE LOURDES BLANCO DIEZ DE constigpeibo is a.security symbol informant, whose (x) information was norm y considered secret, but is set out ° in the details of this report in view of the fact that the information was,obtained not as a result of any confidential position whichighe holds, but by virtue of the fact that she happened toa Lye a conversation in a restaurant — involving BOSCH | Ve a . : COVER PAGE - . Lo SECRER. — | ; Docld: 32294434 Page 2?
- Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hotey. DATE: 11-14-2017 os pS . . S. fay MM 45-1175 7 SECRF: TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE ~ I, PREDICATION ee - 3 1 II, INTERVIEWS OF "POLANICA" CREW .....eccseeeeees 4 IiI, INTERVIEW OF U. S, COAST GUARD MEMBERS ....... | 14 Iv. “CRIME SCENE SEARCH: ....sscceceeceeceseeceesens 19° a v. INTERVIEWS OF RICARDO MORALES NAVARRETE beveee 25 | VI. NAVARRETE'S RECOVERY OF PLIERS FROM AIMEE 35 | MIRANDA CRUZ ’ APARTMENT @oe o. eoeegoge8:? e eooec #@#@eoees¢e8e ° ; i i 7 ‘. VII. | FBI LABORATORY REPORTS. a eee cer eresdageasescacs 38 . | - VIII. SIGNED STATEMENT oF [apts ‘DE LOURDES - Ox) | BLANCO DIEZ DE CUESTA} ewereerovoeo eos occa ea ee oneen 48 ) IX, CLAIMS OF RESPONSIBILITY MADE BY "ERNESTO"... 57 X. GRAND JURY AND INDICTMENTS ...........eeeee08 63) XI. WARRANTS ISSUED AND BONDS SET ....seeeeeeeeeee 64 XII. ARRESTS. AND SEARCHES MADE INCIDENTAL TO ARRESTS. OF : po 1. ORLANDO BOSCH “AVILA oe lececcececuucucuues 66_ » 7 2. ANDRES JORGE GONZALEZ GONZALEZ .......00%. 70 3. BARBARO BALAN GARCIA ec ccc veccccesccvccen:s 72 4. MARCO RODRIGUEZ RAMOS ...ccecccccceccce++s U7 6. JOSE DIAZ MOREJON @oeonoeceaeoeeeeeeceeeoeceee save 80 . 7. JORGE LUIS CUTIORRER DLiA cccccceccocsesss 87 8, PAULINO GUTIERREZ eoeoeoeceececeoresee see oeeee se 90 , ‘ : ; | 9, AIMEE MIRANDA CRUZ Cece er scer ge rescec ooo oeeees ' 92 a o) — | 2a | es J Docld: 32294434 Page 3
“Released: ander the” 70 “ as 14- 201° ior statement voluntarily ‘to Special Agents WILLIAM W. oe occasion: _ dressed ina suit, entered. the Dog House Restaurant “of the Flagler Street ‘entrance. He advised the waitress “Miami, - Florida - Beptenber 18, 1968 os i, MARTA DE ‘LOURDES S BLANCO, DIE DE CUESTA, 2155 SW 5th Street, Miami, Florida,}make the following a STEVENS and GEORGE E, DAVIS who I know to be Special Agents . of the FBI 8) . . oS | ee On the morning of September 1s, (1968, from approximately 8:30 ‘through 8: 50 A.M., ORLANDO BOSCH | “AVILA ate breakfast at the Dog House Restaurant, 3695 - | West Flagler Street, and discussed his activities with a8 friend. The, following . rons on that At approximately 8: 30 A.M., “ORLANDO BOSCH, “ alone and sat down in the first booth to the right. that, he was waiting for another fellow and kept looking at his watch. After some five minutes, an unknown “ anaividval entered the restaurant and approached BOSCH, a ‘who stood up and greeted him, and the two’ sat down at Docld: 32294434 Page 4
-. consolidated organization, such as Cuban Power ora group | "perhaps: using another name, to ‘collect the needed funds. | "Someone | would have to be the leader of this group who | “> commanded the respect and support of local Cubans. He pointed out that "ERNESTO" who had come to be known, as the. “spokesman. for ‘Cuban Power, yas s respected by many and could . “perhaps serve this purpose. . | | BOSCH indicated they would use various s techniques ~ to. raise funds and stated that. one "GUADO", an individual _ whom they apparently knew by this ‘nicknane, contributed $5.00 per month to the organization as did many others. 7 (uy a 7 BOSCH's associate, who appeared to be hearing much of this ce for the first time, raised the question of the legality of these activities and asked BOSCH if it was not likely © these activities were illegal and the participants might very well be arrested and sent to jail. BOSCH said he 7 aia” not care whether they were illegal or ‘not, they \ were 7 | still prepared to carry then out for the good of Cuba. ‘He boasted that the authorities were afraid to arrest “hin, BOSCH, because they knew he would cause a great deal of trouble and unfavorable publicity if arrested. Docld: 32294434 Page 93
“Released. under the John EF. “Kennedy Assassination. Records. Collection Act. of” 1992, (at USC 2107 Ho “He said, in the first place, he had never actually "personally been involved in. any of the bombing . incidents and could not be directly identified with these activities, and Government authorities could a me ~ not prove otherwise. In the second place, he and his, committee had agreed that it he was arrested and — | sent to jail that he would go on strike in the same _ manner as had FELIPE RIVERO, He would refuse to cooperate in any way and would refuse to eat. He would ‘live on bread and melado, which was a liquid form of sugar. He pointed out that the bread would ‘stand for _ oN 6 “the fact that they vere Chris stians and the melado would. | (uN stand for the - fact that they were nationalists, ‘BOSCH s indicated that the publicity from this would be most: __ unfavorable for local authorities and for that. reason on “he considered hinself more or less untouchable, | - BOSCH's associate had asked him what about: a ‘cantos: RIVERO? BOSCH indicated that: CARLOS RIVERO, “who has been the leader of » the nationalist ‘group in - New York city, has not joined with the Cuban Power’ ovement and is apparently still in New York city. Rew Situs etl Lid eens boda dheenas we! itteedio ht Poet Docld: 32294434 Page 10
i Released. under: the - John Fe _ Kennedy. Assas: "He stated, ‘however, recently four or five members - > from New York ‘and had met with BOSCH and his associates at the doctor's residence. As a result of this meeting, | they had joined with, and supported, the Cuban Power movement, - oe 7 rare -had been held was, in fact, the residence of the individual 7 and the associate did allow his house to be used for Me not been at the meeting mentioned above and had not ‘known. / what had transpired on that occasion until BOSCH had “advised him, affairs at some length but. details of any subsequent ~~ discussion ¢ were ‘not ‘known, nation Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote; of the New York nationalist group had come to Miami It was not known, but BOSCH in naking this: statement, ‘implied that the residence at which the meeting te whom he was talking. “If this was the case, however, ON meetings, it was equally apparent that he himself ‘had Apparently the two continued to discuss these Docld: 32294434 Page i1
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