(404-10163-10046 Te eee matthew: : . . eA \. ‘ wourme | oo 3] ‘ FROM: JURWAVE ACTION, = IW (COPY ISSUED TO WH/SA, IW,SiD0 at 1685 15 Fob Ou) 4 INFO, » D/OCI, DDP, ADDP, SOD 4, DO/H, CA 2, CA/PEG, CA/PROB,-CA/0 4, cI, CI/OPS, SI/Ic 2, C1/PS, FI, FI/D,: FIZINT 6, RI/ANZ ! WH 8, VR, FILE, CS/RF. a jo ———— V SECRE1 161926z EA FEB 16 29252 €5 in &1818 - PRIORITY DIR INFO PRICRITY LANT BARR CITE WAVE 8326 INTEL TyPt : i : | SUPDATA: | CM FRANK FIROINIE. RID: INOCX. i FILED 16192 | REPORT CLASS CCNFIDENTIAL CCHTROLLED S1SSEM | ; ' t | ' COUNTRY: CUBA SUBJ: PLANNED AIR STRIKE ACAINST HABANA BY THE MIRR CH 16 FESRUARY . i + | 1965 | OO: 16 FEBRUARY 1965 | _ -PADA: UNITED STATES, MIAME (16 FEBRUARY 1965) | UFG 6719 | | SOURCE: A M:AMI BUSINESSMAN WHO WAS A RESICENT CF RASHES FOR | ' SEVERAL YEARS, THE SCURCE HAS CCNTACTS WHO RErocHi7E © aS 2 ‘ i —— i cae ane nett name aeecneoe enna aoe ewe at nee cea | a oa a Si ene] a nd ADVISED $1D0 OF THCs S09: Hua eats ro SIG C i oe yee : : POR an yRaneminnene sO i NO AT 1730 LOCAL. | dene eng ; | | sae b2L_W/ RES ___ _| TCS OB-315/00550-65 i - "ROUTINE Tx LeRiorty ‘ a EE Oe t i eS Ol SNS EE] tas on ure Gig ' "RIEASING 1% SAE “pistaisuniD, ') PROJECT Waa, Srsrafa a 16 FEBRUARY 1965 CAMCLATTER/1) : : 5 paar AVILES | Mr poubs” wn are FOUR Rg MAISON: it a4 ienyaee” Pawns ha we REPROOUCTION , OTHER THAN ISSUING OFFICE 1S POH SiTED, Copy bis. . 7 age en aaettatene te e tee yee . i wo , RETURN TO CIA 5 Background Use Only — Do Not Reproduce -
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14-00000 OFS 19-63 hate . Pg eee ta r"GONRBENTIAr CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY © PRIORITY ' Intelligence Information Cable ; COUNTRY CUBA TOCS DB-315/00550-65 _-DATEOF 16 FEBRUARY 1965 . DISTR. 16 FEBRUARY 1965 INFO, SUBJECT ; PLANNED AIR STRIKE AGAINST HABANA ON 16 FEBRUARY 1655 BY THE MIRR | DATEAGQ, UNITED STATES, MIAMI (16 FEBRUARY 1965) er m 81818 os | source FELD REPORT NO. UFG 6710 / AND APPRAISAL: A MIAMI BUSINESSMAN WHO WAS A RESIDENT OF HABANA FOR SEVERAL YEARS. THE SOURCE HAS CONTACTS WHO RECOGNIZE HIM AS A CHANNEL TO U.S. INTELLIGENCE, THIS INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED FROM FRANK FIORINI. BN arte feo ee nent te eee 1. AT ABOUT 1:9 AM ON 16 FEBRUARY 1965, FRARK FIORIN| SAID i ——— TT ' THAT THE MOVIMIENTO INSURRECCIONAL DE RECUPERACION REVOLUCICRARIA oo (MIRR, INSURRECTIONAL MOVEMENT FOR REVOLUTIONARY RECOVERY) ‘A Pare. PLANNING ANOTHER AIR STRIKE OVER CUE% ON 16 FEBRUARY. BILL ATER SOK, AM AMERICAN PILOT WHO ARRANGES THE SUPPORT ASPECTS FOR SUCH STRIKES AGAINST CUBA, TOLD FICRINE THAT HE AND MIKE RAFFERTY HAD HAS A HEATED ARGUMENT WITH ORLANDO BOSCH AVILA, MIRR LEADER, AT AS0U7 11:45 PM oN 15 FEBRUARY BECAUSE BOSCH WANTED HIS PILOT To Ga9 THE CITY OF HABANA. JOHNSON AND RAFFERTY TRIED TO ACVISE BCSCH ‘This material eentaing informatinn effecting the Wational Defense o° the Usited Gtates within the meaning of the Teptowage Laws, Tiue 18, D846, Gece, 103 and 194, the trenscleion of revelation of which im aay manner to an uneuthorieed perme ts grehislted by lev. russ ong ad oe ob ode ame ew Bap e a ag me GfATE/INR §=DIA AMMY/ACHD «NAVY «AI OB seeORs eae Me UA Ott ce cce wa og EXD AG/C1 2, CLA/NMCE COAST GUARD BORDER PATROL Foi §&NS TREASURY CUSTtEs , IMMEDIATE TO: STATE CREED Pee sroee SEA/C BIS OIG Be 6 adds ge Bee fh shee ee errr Seay
14-00000 Game tee <a came *00550-65 “AGAINST SUCH AN OPERATION BUT BOSCH REFUSED 10 BE DISSUADED AND INSTRUCTED HIS PILOT TO MAKE THE MISSION. THE PILOT, AN UNIDENTI- FIED AMERICAN WHO MADE THE PREVIOUS TWO RAIDS, AGREED TO MAKE THE MISSION FOR A LARGE SUM OF MONEY. HE WAS TO BE ACCOMPANIED By AN UNIDENTIFIED CUBAN PILOT. . oo —_ fe 2." FIORINI SAID THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION OF BOMBING SOME ANTI-AIRCRAFT UNITS NEAR CERTAIN UNIDENTIFIED TANKS BUT BOSCH ALLEGEDLY INSTRUCTED THE PILOT. TO FORGET ABOUT THEM ANO HIT ANY- THING HE COULD. . a 3- FIORINI SAID THAT BOSCH HAS A 8-25 HIDDEN IN THE NORTHERN PART OF FLORIDA NEAR AN UNIDENTIFIED SUGAR MILL. THE AIRCRAFT _ WAS PURCHASED IN. TEXAS AND 1S IN GOOD CONDITION. We CFIELD COMMENTS THE MIRR ANNOUNCED ON 13 FEBRUARY THAT ONE OF ITS TWIN-ENGINE PLANES BOMBED AND STRAFED THE BAHIA HONDA SUGAR CENTRAL ON CUBA'S NORTH COAST OF PINAR DEL RIO PROVINCE IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF 13 FEBRUARY. ON 16 FEBRUARY THE MIRR- ANNOUNCED THAT THE 8-26 WAS OVER CUBA FOR 21. MINUTES ON THE RAID AND D1D NOT DRAW ANY GROUND FIRE. NAPALM BOMBS OF 19 POUNCS EACH, A 29-POUNS HIGH EXPLOSIVE BOMB AMO PHOSPHOROUS INCENDIARY DEVICES © WERE ALLEGEDLY DROPPED. THERE HAS GEEN NO ANNOUNCEMENT FROM CUSA INDICATING THAT SUCH A RAID TOOK FLACE. HOWEVER, HABANA RADIO "DID NOT ANNOUNCE CONFIRMATION OF THE MIRR'S 17 JANUARY STRIKE _ AGAINST THE NIAGARA SUGAR MILL UNTIL TWO DAYS LATER» ) 5+ FIELD DISSEMs CENCLANT, CINCSO, COMKWESTFOR, MIAMI REFS TDCSDE-315/ ° | PAGE 2 ‘ ite eeerans: > 9 cb Bee Sonat tease URINATES coe teste . i i ‘eho mae mee oh aengm =. ap * Oe ry "1+ "ntact atyegpistirine” ne Japon OE de Pm Ret ees, t a -4 i ‘
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