SECRED ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN 1S UNCLASSIFIED EXCEPT WHERE SHOWN IRCEAT 12-10-63 9-17 PM EST RM OTHERWISE f T®@ DIRECTOR, /974474/ AND SAC, TAMPA /105-374/ FROM SAC, MIAMI /105-2855/ MOWIMTENTO, INS URREC TONAL DE RECUPERACION REVOLUCIONARIO, wi TATeRKR AL Leqgu Ps +e; /MIRR/ B&SH IS DASH CUBA, wr ametanlty Mot ter ye RE MIAMI rer nsesmnen cLewene/Gpieceon oremvemnee TO BUREAU AND Ja-/a-63 TAMPA TELETYPE ARCEMBER-PHREVES NINETEEN S DePEEHREE TO BUREAU. Ja- -)a-63 ON AFTERNOON/ BECEMBER—TiEbVEy—SINTVENREE, EVELIO ALPIZAR PEREZ, AKA. EVELIO ALPIZAR, /PROTECT/ FURNISHED FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL INFORM- S) ATION CONFIDENTIALLY. ‘ ON MORNING “DECEMBER—TWELWEy—SIXTYTHRER, DR. ORLANDO BOSCH AVILA, { J Fs on: OADR7F 7 HEAD OF MIRR, AND ALPIZAR MET AND TALKED WITH WILLIAM JOHNSON, U.S. CITIZEN, PILOT AND BUSINESSMAN PREVIOUSLY IMPLICATED IN CUBAN REVOLUTIONARY ACTIVITIES. JOHNSON WAS REVEALED TO ALPIZAR AS THE INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS RENTED A TWIN ENGINED BEECHCRAFT AIRPLANE WHICH IS SCHEDULED TO BE USED ON INSTANT NCHS Ne RAID. AIRPLA PYG IS LOCATED AT BROWARD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, BG wnehint iA 2 Declassi S . NOT! AT. {RLANDO, FLA., AS Bost’ HAD PREVIOUSLY INDICATED. SOME 1964 > pS ONSEDERATION IS ALSO BEING GIVEN TO USING AN AERO COMMANDER PLaneY 9 At BROWARD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT INSTEAD OF THE BEECHCRAFT. BOSCH EXPRESSED CONE DISSATISFACTION WITH ‘RRICE DEMANDED BY JOHNSON FOR 4 tr LEZ ba Smt, amg ofh BoA, WS | a OF PAGE ONE C6, , Cesta a a S. ‘ £ ie she “Pelt siew hb. 7 ; "SECRET. ‘vod ales _ DoclId: 32301573 Page 6
O — SECRED PAGE TWO USE OF A PLANE, BUT INDICATIONS ARE THAT DEAL BETWEEN BOSCH AND JOHNSON WILL BE CONSUMMATED AS ALPIZAR IS SCHEDULED TO TRY OUT TOMORROW MORN- ING AT BROWARD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, THE PLANE WHICH WILL BE USED ON THE RAID. ALPIZAR HAS BEEN INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN COMPLETE IDENTIFI- CATION OF PLANE. ALPIZAR BELIEVES HE WILL BE ABLE TO OBTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING IDENTITY AND LOCATION OF BOAT PRIOR TO ITS SCHEDULED TIME OF DEPARTURE FROM MIAMI, AREA. BOSCH HAS INDICATED THERE MAY BE SOME SLIGHT POST- PONEMENT OF THIS OPERATION, BUT NO DEFINITE CHANGE OF SCHEDULE HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED BY HIM. TODAY MIAMI BRIEFED GREGG ‘BENTLY, SPECIAL BRANCH, BAHAMEAN POLICE, ON FACTS AVAILABLE THIS MORNING. HE EXPRESSED DESIRE TO FULLY COOPERATE AND STATED THAT IF ANY PERSONS ARRESTED IN ATTEMPT TO TAKE OFF FROM BIMINI ON INSTANT BOMBING RAID THEY WOULD BE CHARGED WITH ILLEGAL ENTRY AND ILLEGAL POSSESSION EXPLOSIVES BY BRITISH AUTHORITIES. MIAMI WILL BRIEF BENTLEY ON FURTHER PERTINENT DEVELOPMENTS AS CIRCUMSTANCES RE- quire. G-')(v) IN VIEW ALPIZAR/S POTENTIAL IN ESTABLISHING LOCATION AND IDENTITY BOAT, AND TIME OF ITS DEPARTURE FOR BIMINI, IT NOW APPEARS THAT SEIZURE ‘BY U. S. CUSTOMS OF BOAT AS IT IS DEPARTING WOULD BE MOST FEASIBLE WAY-TO STOP THIS OPERATION. U. S. CUSTOMS, MIAMI, HAS ADVISED THAT UNDER EXISTING POLICY, THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE BOAT WOULD NOT BE, ARRESTED, ‘BUT THE BOAT AND EXPLOSIVES WOULD BE SEIZED. . THIS END PAGE TWO ‘ _ SECRET. pre 7E en | 2 DoclId: 32301573 Page 7
PAGE THREE PROCEEDURE WOULD AFFORD ADEQUATE PROTECTION TO ALPIZAR. U. S. CUSTOMS IS COORDINATING ITS ACTIONS WITH U. S. COAST GUARD AND BORDER PATROL IN PLANNING SUCH A SEIZURE. INTERCEPTION BY THE BRITISH AT BIMINI WOULD SERVE AS A STOP GAP PROCEEDURE IN EVENT BOSCH ENGAGES IN SUCCESSFUL LAST MINUTE DECEPTIVE TACTICS. ALPIZAR MEETING AGAIN TONIGHT WITH BOSCH. HE HAS BEEN INSTRUCTED | IMMEDIATELY ADVISE THIS OFFICE ALL FURTHER PERTINENT DEVELOPMENTS. , MIAMI HAS ORALLY ADVISED OFFICE CUBAN AFFAIRS, STATE DEPARTMENT, v4 U. S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PATROL, LOCALLY ALL PERTINENT FACTS AND IS DISSEMINATING LETTERHEAD MEMO BEARING T@DAY/S DATA TO THESE AGENCIES AND TO FAA, INS, CIA, ONI, G-2, AND OSI. TAMPA DISCONTINUE. BUREAU REQUESTED TO AFFORD COMPLETE PROTECTION TO ALPIZAS. END AND ACK PLS WA MHIS IS FBI WA 2 932 PM OK FBI WA SY TP 9-32 PM OK FBI TP VED TUALL ANO t SECRE A DoclId: 32301573 Page 8 G7-LY PY-F?