(404-10178-1060 | : | 2 | | | ! | | . LK OS ff) 7/7 C aryywles oe 4 ws :. - wen S00! ° / CONFIDENTIAL bled . | ; ° AtRem Patied Sef b t fo ! | i i Cc STATE/INR «DIA ARMY/ACS NAW) AR XS SECOER NSA NK MM ousia OCi ONE OCR ORR OO FBI ® e ‘we ’ CONTRCLLED DISSEM * CONFIDENTIAL — —cenrarat INTELLIGENCE AGENCY © ROLTINE Intelligence Information Cable > COUNTRY CUBA AWEXREOOs . TOCSDB-315/02243-65 ' DATE OF 15-28 JUNE 1965 OISTR. «1 JULY 1968 INFO, : . PLAN OF THE CUBAN REPRESENTATION IN EXILE (RECE) TO BLOW UP A CUBAN OR SOVIET VESSEL IN VERACRUZ, MEXICO PACEA DATE ACQ. UNITED STATES, MIAMT (28-29 3 JUNE 1965) REF OR gen souncl: . ELD REPORT NO, UPG-7310 AND . ’ woe, . nn ~s APPRAISAL SEE BELOW. tt ; © Ch 1. FIELD COMMENT: . IT WAS REPORTED iN TOCSDB-3 15/821 98-65, DATED 18 JUNE 1965, THAT JORGE MAS CANOSA, AN OFFICIAL OF RECE, HAD PROPOSED TO A DEMOLITIONS EXPERT THAT HE TRAVEL TO SPAIN, MEXICO, AND OTHER LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES AT THE EXPENSE OF RECE AND PLACE BOMBS IN COMMUNIST INSTALLATIONS IN THOSE COUNTRIES. : 2. SOURCE FOR PARAS.3 - 5: A CUSAN REFUGEE WHO HAS MANY CONTACTS AMONG CUSAN EXILE ACTIVISTS, PREVIOUS REPORTING FROM THE REFUGEE HAS PROVED TO BE FAIRLY. RELIABLE,” WL LT oT 3. ON 15 JUNE 1965, JORGE MAS CANOSA OF THE CUBAN REPRESINTA= TION IN EXILE (REPRESENTAC 10N CUBANA EN CL EXILIO, RECE) SAID THAT This material containe information affecting the Natiosal Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title 18, U.S.C. Seca, 793 and TH, the transmission of revelation of which in any manner to aa unautboriced person is prohibited by law, RT rar - . ; CONTROLLED DISSENT INS CIA/NMCC = CUSTONS BORDER PATROL COAST CUARD
14-00000 _ CONTROLLED DISSE ~ TN 257) en OY me TDCS DB- PAGE < CONFIDENTIAL ° 315/02243-65 RECE HAO BEEN APPROACHED BY CARABALLO (FNU) FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR AN OPERATION INVOLVING THE BLOWING UP OF A SOVIET OR CUBAN “VESSEL IN VERACRUZ, MEXICO, CARABALLO'’ SAID THAT HE HAD ALL THE CONTACTS NECESSARY TO ACCOMPLISH ANY DEMOLITION OPERATION IN MEXICO AND THAT HE coULO DO THE JOB IN VERACRUZ FOR $3008. CARABALLO WAS TOL THAT RECE MIGHT USE HIM AND HIS CONTACTS, — _ BUT THAT SOMEONE ‘ELSE WOULD BE SENT TO MEXICO WITH HIM TO PLACE THE 72 we onenew acme 8 7 i - DEMOLITIONS ABOARO THE VESSEL. | ys AS OF 28 JUNE, MAS CANOSA HAD IN HIS POSSESSION 125 POUNDS . _OF PENTOLITE, WHICH HAD BEEN PURCHASED AT $3 PER POUND FROM JOSE noite 6 9, AND HE HAD APPROACHED RAMON ESCARDA PEREZ ALAMA, ‘2% ‘ RUBIO AND ANOTHER CUBAN, FROGMEN ‘.!1 °° ACQUAINTED WITH DEMOLITION GEAR, 70 PLACE THE CHARGES ON THE VESSEL. THE PLAN CALLS FOR i THREE SMALL CHARGES TO BE PLACED CLOSE TO THE MIOSHIPS CENTERLINE OF THE UNDERWATER HULL, IF THE CHARGES GO OFF AS PLANNED, A 1} FooT HOLE WILL BE BLOWN IN THE SHIP'S BOTTOM, IT IS HOPED THAT THIS PROCEDURE WILL CAUSE LITTLE OR NO HARM TO THE sdipes 86 2 mm ees mes CREW, . 5. AS OF 28 JUNE, RECE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PROCURE A SHIPPING _SCHEDULE AND MAS CANOSA WAS IN TEXAS woRXiNG OUT DETAILS § REGARDING . eae oyemenapamte aman weet me emetetete: 9 enemas or mee amen: F ecaece acer OS GU Gye ern SS STHe OPERATIONS. HE WAS EXPECTED BACK IN MIAME ON’ 5-dULYe 22: 6. SOURCE FOR PARA. 7: A CUBAN REFUGEE WHO IS ASSOCIATED SOURCE 1S REGARDED AS RELIABLE, s a gn owe sae ge © WE tase WITH ACTIVISTS IN THE MIAMI AREA, AND PREVIGUS REPORTING FROM HIM HAS PROVED TO BE ACCURATE. CONFIDENTIAL CONTROLLED DISSEM .
14-00000 . - ‘ Bee ie “os CONTROLLED. D1 SSEN IN pest TDCSDB- PAGE 3 CONFIDENTIAL 315/02243-G$ 7. ON 25 JUNE, LUIS POSADA CARRILES SAID THAT HE HAD RECSIVED $5, gid FROM MAS CANOSA OF RECE TO COVER THE EXPENSES OF A CCMOLITIGN OPERATION {N MEXICO, POSADA SAID THAT HE WAS PLANNING TO PLACE LIMPET MINES ON EITHER A CUBAN OR SOVIET VESSEL IN THE HARBOR OF ° — VERACRUZ, MEXICO, AND THAT H= HAD 192 POUNDS OF C-k EXPLOSIVES AND SOME DETONATORS. POSADA SAIO THAT HE WAS PREPARING CERTAIN 1 PAPERS TO SHOW THAT HE 1S A PUERTO RICAN AND EXPRESSED HOPE THAT _ “SUCH DOCUMENTATION WOULD ENABLE HIM TO OBTAIN A VISA FOR ENTRY ' INTO MEXICO, 8. FIELD DISSEM: CINCLANT, CINCSO, COMKWESTFOR, MIAMI REPS ” OF STATE, FB1, CUSTOMS, BORDER PATROL, I&NS, AND USC, (ALSO SENT [ PANAMA CITY|AND MEXICO CITY3), ee? 00s. om Lee ee lene we. . END OF MESSAGE Te aoe CONTROLLED DISSEM BE