Collection ee AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: 124-10209-10461 RECORD SERIES: HO AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 45-10815-10 \ DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: CRANE. MICHAEL E. TO: DIRECTOR. FBI _—— TITLE: DATE: 08/16/1968. PAGES: 55 SUBJECT: MIKAGESAN MARU, FREIGHTER, EXPLOSION, SUSP, CUBAN POWER DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER. TEXTUAL DOCUMENT ORIGINAL Unclassified NEW CLAS SIFICATION: CLASSIFICATION: REVIEW DATE: 12/17/1997 UPDATE DATE: STATUS  Redact . | ° RESTRICTIONS: Consultation COMMENTS: REFERRED TO USCG Docld: 322976585 Page 1
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1993 (44 Sc 3107 Ho e ae 11-14-7017 ~~. Be 1 FD-204 (Rev. 3-3-59) () : . a “ . , Xe# ye ° UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 1 - Immigr ation and Naturalisat » Miami 1 - Géntrai Intelligance Agency, 2 - Customs f1- ‘Regions Tiy(1-é 1.- U.S. Coast Guard, Miami. i - Lilith ME Group, Region VII, Copyto: ©] - Department of State (Ccerding fairs),Miami Report of: MICHABRT: BE, CRANE Date: 8 /16 jos Field Office File #: Title: UNEENOW cv 7 4 tot Character: Synopsis: aS 20 pS och ie bet LGRXGS.. BRPLCAL the feet ab is tonnegs by cked Miami, i “Prom 12:55 on 5/2 Ai explosion vessel ke i", sever docked. Od: jand facil for the nm on the “Asake Power on at Miami, Fila. in coram 18 tO Loca 21 news mec eneral Delesate, 6 : Power” Investigats rs] facilities has failed develop any suspects is ant expiosio Interview of logical sus; to have associat: rower movement » en produsti . This investigation was predica nformation received from the Houston Office of the Fede investigation (FBI), on June 3, 1968, to the effe U.S. Coast Guard at Galveston, Texas, nad advi: office on June 3, 1968, that an explosion had occurred aboard the Japanese freighter "Mivagesan Maru” at approximately 3:15. PM on Jume 1, 1968. This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the ‘FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. Docld: 322976585 Page 2?
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 s¢ 2107 Hotes. DATE: 1i- 14-2017 5 : FD: “302 (Rev. 4-15-64) C) : ; FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION — . Date 6/12/68 3 “Lieutenant Commander WILLIAMS, is . Acting Commander of the U. S. Coast Guard Base on McArthur Causeway, Miami Beach, Florida and as such has the addi- tional title pt Acting Captain of the port. : Commander WILLIAMS advised that in connection with his current capacity as acting. captain of the port ‘he is charged with discharging the U. S. Coast Guards, a responsibility concerning the security of all port facilities in the Miami area including the facilities at Dodge Island, Commander WILLIAMS advised that as a result of the fact that three foreign ships have experienced exploe sions after having been in the port facilities at Dodge Island, Miami, Florida, he has instituted a complde NN tightening of all Coast Guard security in and about the Dodge Tsland facilities. ‘Commander WILLIAMS advised that he has alerted all crews to. completely. investigate information concerning any possible’ suspicious individuals or boats in or about the freighters that are utilizing the port facilities and he stated that in the’ event a Cost Guard vessel is desired at the facilities or elsewhere, at any time in connection with any investigation by this office a telephone call should be placed to telephone number 538-4731 and the caller should aski to speak with the officer of the day. He stated this telephone is manned on a 24 hour basis. Commander WILLIAMS advised that he has been in contact with the Intelligence Section of the U. S. Coast Guard as well as other elements of the Coast Guard but that as a result of these contacts no information has come to his attention which would suggest any suspects in connection with the explosions that occurred on the “Asaka Maru”, "Mikagesan Maru" and the "Granwood". 4 On 643/68 Miami, Florida File # Miami 45-1158 SAs JOHN Rh. * SOKERLY arid — MICHAEL E. CRANE MEC/Te) 6/7/68 erin DY __sssmenenmninscems nein nen Date dictated This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its eontents are not to be distributed outside your agency. . . ; Docld: 322976585 Page 3