104-10048-10091 “yo an an GOLA UR ISP) a ne ( __ CLASSIFIED > MESSAGE. © :f ere sus ! re De, ¢ bir Xe ROUTING _ / tt ch Re ote FROM: JMWAVE iL _ 7 | 4 i a] sd ACTION: IW. | . INFO: ° OCI, D/DCI, “DOP, “ADDP, SOD 4, DO/H, CA 2, CA/PEG, CA/PR /O 4, CI/OPS, CI/IC 2, curs, Ft, FI/D, FI/INT 6, RI/AN, HA/SA~ 17>) WH 8, VR, FILE, CS/RF.. _ —_ | ee ay ¥ ) SECR E T 2iigg367 _ ne vv 24 FEB 65 $2592 IN 86271 “DIRE INFOCPAGY] LANT BARR CITE WAVE 8618 ee cy Sti solani “INTEL TYPIC Bae a Oo ne une ee  SUPDATA: AMCLATTER1. | “WHO “MET: WITH FRANK F1ORINI. AND BILL JOHNSON | we aT SOURCE'S HOUSE. Vs 230. 26 FEB 65. FIORINI TOLD SOURCE THAT JOHNSON ee “SAID HE SAW JACK ° ‘GRIFFIN AFTER HIS RELEASE BY U.S. AUTHORITIES FOLL-. OWING PLANE. CRASH, Bur. ‘JOHNSON WOULD NOT DISCLOSE DETAILS THEIR CONVER™ SATION, : RID: INDEX. - FILED, > 2yep362 ~ REPORT CLASS CONFIDENTIAL CONTROLLED DISSEM = COUNTY CUBA et | SUBJ: 1 “INSISTENCE, OF ORLANDO BOSCH AVILA THAT THE MIRR BOMB THE city OF nadia “2. USE OF AMERICAN PILOTS IN MIRR AIR STRIKES iw COMMENT: oe — . | | BASED ON: UFG 6747 "RELEASING I DATE DISTRIBUTED: NO PROJECT 24 FEBRUARY 1965 | CAMCLATTER/ 1) LIAISON: =x CHARLES i. _BOUNDS nha EXCLUDED FROM AUTOMATIC DOWNGRADING ANG DECLASSIF&ICATION REPRODUCTION BY ¢ OTHER 2 TH. AN | ISSUING OFF ICE IS PROHIBITED. _ Copy No, —D pd 12.33
13-00000 . ao _uassin message Ct a. | ACTION: : oe | | | INFO: 7 as 7 ! - PAGE TWO In E27) So Dol: 13 - 26. F ESRUARY 1965 | | _ “. PADAS UNITED STATES, ‘MIAMI (22 FEBRUARY. 1965), | UFG-6747 oe a : | a SOURCE: A MIAMI & BUSINESSMAN WHO WAS A RESIDENT OF HASANA FOR SEVERAL a YEARS. THE SOURCE: HAS. CONTACTS WHO RECOGNIZE HIM AS A CHANNEL. TO’ - Use INTELLIGENCE. This INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED FROM BILL. JOHNSON. | | | | | 7 | 1 | hw COMMENT: _{| ROUTINE —_—«[__[ priority | i BASED ON: : i our t | . JEXGLUNAD FROM AUTOMATIC! } | 8S ECR rT [s : DOWNGRADING AND  PEck ASSIFIC ATION . _ REPRODUCTION BY OTHER THAN ISSUING OFFICE 15 PROHIBITED. |. Copy No.
13-00000 sop CONFIDENTIAL gt me 6 (When Filled In ( cantiels ay SSE CONFIDENTIAL “CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY ~- @ROUTINE - Intelligence Information Cable COUNTRY CUBA & eee nO - TDCS DB-315/00652-65 DATEOF 20 FEBRUARY eee Co pista: 24 FEBRUARY 1965 INFO. SUBJECT Le _MIRR- INTENTION TO BOMB HABANA 26 USE OF: AMERICAN PILOTS IN: ‘MIRR AIR STRIKES "PLACE & DATE ACQ. UNITED STATES, MAME 2 FEBRUARY 1965) Co REF . “ny 86271 SOURCE eo HELD REPORT NO. UFG 6747 AND APPRAISAL: A “MIAMI "BUS INESSMAN 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 BILL JOHNSON. | \ 1965, BELL JOHNSON, AN AMERICAN. PILOT WHO | | ARRANGES - THE. ‘SUPPORT ASPECTS OF AIR STRIKES AGAINST CUBA BY ORLANDO BOSCH . AVILA! Ss MOVIMIENTO. INSURRECC [ONAL DE RECUPERAC ION REVOLUC IGN- ARIA (MIRRS INSURRECT JONAL ‘MOVEMENT FOR. REVOLUTIONARY. RECOVERY) , SAID THAT THE MIRR WAS: MAKING | :188-POUND "ASH cAN" BOMBS FOR SUBSEQUENT. | RAIDS, "MORE THAN AMPLE” “TO BLOW UP THE OIL TANKS IN HABANA," “JOHNSON “SAID THAT BOSCH ‘STILL INTENDS TO BOMB HABANA, BUT “IT WILL BE AGAINST MY ADVICE". JOHNSON LATER ADMITTED THAT HIS OWN MOTIVATION IS PURELY MERCENARY « (FIELD COMMENT: SEE TOCSDB-315/29558- 65, DATED 16 ° F EBRUARY 1965, FOR | ‘INFORMATION ON BOSCH'S INSISTENCE THAT THE CITY This material «contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Fspionage Laws, Title 18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law, . . . . GrouP 1 . : xeluded from sulamatic CONFIDENTIAL CONTROLLED ossen | cmageence’ | STATEJINR’ DIA ARMY/ACSL NAVY AIR JCS SECDEF NSA NIC AID USIA OCI ONE OCR ORR O9 EXO AD/CI 2. CIA/NMCC FBI IENS TREASURY CUSTOMS BORDER PATROL. COAST GUARD meen catnemae ne ar st enn ene teneettteeeRt etn Ee Ate ae enh A > Tome 7 i 7
13-00000 os i - 7 MFG 1-64 (20) a i wits ( — sowraouzn nissen tv 86271 CONFIDENTIAL - / eS OB nage 315/00652-65 OF HABANA BE THE MIRR' Ss NEXT TARGET. THIS MISS FON WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR 16 FEBRUARY. ) 2. JOHNSON ALLEGED THAT THE PLANES OPERATING FOR THE MIRR AR LEAVING FROM THE: UNITED ‘STATES. WHEN TAMPA.WAS MENTIONED AS A POSSIBLE DEPARTURE | POINT, “JOHNSON SAID: "YOU'RE GETTING CLOSE.” - 3. - JOHNSON: SAID. HIS ‘SMALL GROUP PRACTICES GOOD SECURITY. ” "WHEN WE. GET A PLANE, AND A PILOT, WE CONTRACT THEM FOR THREE OPERATIONS” THE PLANES ARE FLOWN. ‘BY AMERICAN PILOTS SINCE "THE CUBAN PILOTS DON'T HAVE THE curs. | | 4. JOHNSON CLAIMED. THAT JACK GRIFFIN, THE AMERICAN PILOT WHO ~~ CRASH~ -LANDED A 8 25. EARLIER THAT MORNING, HAD TAKEN PART IN A PREVIOUS. ~ RAID ON CUBA. HOWEVER, HE DID NOT KNOW IF THE DOWNED B-25 HAD EVER BEEN USED IN ANY RAIDS. "JOHNSON SAID HE DOES NOT KNOW DAN SHAW, GRIFFIN! Ss co- PILOT. ABOARD THE DOWNED B-25. | 5. JOHNSON INSISTED THAT THE RAID WHICH THE MIRR ANNOUNCED AS _ HAVING TAKEN PLACE, ON. BAHIA ‘HONDA ON 13 FEBRUARY HAD TAKEN PLACE “IN SPITE, OF THE FACT THAT CUBA HAS NOT ACKNOWLEDGED iT. | 6. FIELD DISSEM: | CINCLANT,. CINCSO, COMKWESTFOR, MIAMI REPS OF oe i STATE, FBI, CUSTOMS, , 1888, BORDER PATROL, AND USCG. (END OF MESSAGE) mee nce eR A CR RAN Re ee tot ° . CONFIDENTIAL 03; TEAMED BISSEM ini