AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10200-10380 RECORD SERIES: HO | AGENCY FILE NUMBER: = 105-165503-21 DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: LEG. MX TO: DIRECTOR. FBI TITLE: DATE: 05/08/1967 PAGES: 54 _ SUBJECT: FS, ASSOC, CONSPR, BOMB, CUBAN SHIP, MX PORT, EXPLOSIVES, DESCR, ACA DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER. TEXTUAL DOCUMENT. PHOTO. PHOTO NE ORIGINAL Secret NEW CLASSIFICATION: ~ CLASSIFICATION: ( REVIEW_DATE: 03/16/1998 UPDATE DATE: STATUS _ Redact . | RESTRICTIONS: JFK Act 6 (1\(B) JFK Act 6 (1(C) JFK Act 6 (4) COMMENTS: INC MEMO Docld: 322789104 Page 1
Mr. J. Walter Yeagley ; seouridenti™s May 19, 1967 Assistant Attorney General. . Caer l ~- Mr. Wannall Director, FBIPECLASSIFIED by 1 - Mr. Nasca ore TN RM OAS Rr TE eet at ceed PRANK ANGELO FIORINI, and others . REPORTED: PLANS TO BLOW UP CUBAN: SHIP sa oes |.) EN MEXICAN Por?, POSSIBLY VERACRUZ. so pe ". ENTERNAL. SECURITY - CUBA er ' “NEUTRALITY MATTERS =~ CUBA Reference is made to our prévious, communications in the captioned matter, particularly to our communication dated April 28, 1967, which transmitted information indicating that some of those involved in the plan te blow up a vessel in _ Wlexice buried explosives in Mexico prior to their return to . | the United States. oo . _. On May. 4, 1967, a confidential source abroad fur= _ nished 16 photographs depicting the recovery of the buried explosives. by Mexican authoritie - Copies of these photographs are attached: (5) a ii, This“is for your information: a ” d ia . ‘ ae . ra : 4 ‘ a : fle : ‘ ‘s a ’s Ae f . in, « 4 pes 48 105-165503-— 2) LNA SPR ow, ut REASON sy | a #inclosures ~ 16 —‘Beciassily ows OWE 2 + Miami (105-12890) (Enclosures - 18) " 2.~ San Antonio (Enclosure) AES HBB ARi Ree on ‘1+ Legat, Mexico City (105-6046) ‘eS : & * TY An nem {4 Bess + Ch hoa ey m aUBRE SUOIN OOURRA THR, . SEE.NOTE FOR MIAMI AND - ‘SAN ANTONIO PAGE TWO GY 1 - Foreign Liaison Ugit / 7 VEN: js | af Classified by ne sod G1) CG} Dectassify on: AAD & omens MAILED Z SEE NOTE PAGE THWo Ley. MAIL, ROC wll] reveryee unre LJ UMAR A Docld: 322789104 Page 2?
o * FD-36 (Rev. 12-13-56) in . 6 foo og oe op ~ oO ly, i —— eee ee. Transmit the following in (Type in pla; ' ] | Via AIRTEL | a (Priority or Method of Mailing) lh SAL Phy Ch MO oe ee ee A‘ * Be io 2p To: | Director, FBI (he9~480) oe on: (SIC . ) Frost )/(f Legat, Mexico City (105-6046) P) ri Bote rs & FRANK ANGELO FIORINI, AKAy ET AL,; a REPORTED PLANS TO BLOW UP CUBAN o%¢ Muff) & SHIP IN MEXICAN PORT, POSSIBLY c\ YY SP? TENS _&&fE VERACRUZ ATL? ¥. SPS. TER = : Is _ CUBA FCIM, if’ ny An. Sb. Se NEUTRALITY MATTERS - CUBA DATY UE Enclosed herewith for transmittal to the Miami Office are 16 photographs depicting location and recovery of explosives buried by, FI NI and companions in the Staty of Tamaulipas, Mexico, 0) — tt ReBureau °° 4/25/67 and Miami airtels 4/20, 21, and 25/67, vi 7 a a a ALL INTORU TION CONTALEED I £ REL LS-1 Qiin 3 1 On 4/27/67 information in Miami airtel 4/20/67 ~ a ..@ Was furnished to MEX-56, FERNANDO GUTIERREZ BARRIOS, -«~ Director, Direccion Federal de Seguridad (DFS - Federal «, Security Police) and RAFAEL HERNANDEZ OCHOA, Under -Secreta " ,of Interior, gs) ee “ae Natabor 2 ADD ten DON. On 5/2/67 the same persons were furnished information from Miami airtels 4/21 and 25/67 ant by gh ‘ae, Nr with copies of the photographs furnished to Miami by Subject THOMPSON,of the location of: the. burial of the explosives, fi tr ar APPR in AND ren . On 5/4/67 GUTIERREZ BARRIOS (protect identity) as furnished SA Ve E.} RUDD with 16 photographs of 2 agent ty. : 1 REC 48 mass, Section) jos (les Pahl (1 - San tonio, 109-12 - Info) 1 = Mexico City , ay ay, MAY ra, RJG:imt ' FACE (8). sf “f wae a 7 i “Ara =f Os ~ pS ath Eee ALE A ; ~ ‘ e >S\ ahi “= Wie . ye Y - Dactassity on/ ORDR\ seB BREN La an? 18 b-10 1 4. xt NOK: gil iis) Special Agent in Okakge 71; Confi Docld: 322789104 Page 3
MEX 105-6046 of the DFS and 2 Mexigatredy my demolition men recovering the explosives, GUTIERREZ BARRIOS indicated that with the information furnished by the Miami Office his men had no difficulty in locating and recovering these objects, Inasmuch as no individual descriptions of the photographs were obtained from DFS‘and they are basically self- explanatory, no descriptive list is being set rortn.(g 2 a“ As the Bureau and Miami are aware, on 5/3/67 a bomb of low power was apparently thrown into the courtyard of the Cuban Embassy at Mexico, D.F,, and exploded underneath the automobile usually occupied by t Cuban Ambassador to Mexico JOAQUIN HERNANDEZ ARMAS; [ine DFSfis of the opinion that the CH) bombing is the work of so exil€ group‘very likely based in Florida and on this basis a telephone call. was made by th Mexico City Office to Miami on 5/4/67 and@s a result prs 3S) could be assured that FRANK FIORINI was in Miami on that date Leads to determine the whereabouts of other logical suspects, including the other Cuban suspects in this case, are being handled under the caption "ANTI-FIDEL CASTRO ACTIVITIES, IS - CUBA, NEUTRALITY MATTERS, BuFile 109-584, Miami File 105-172, MEX 109-114," LEADS MI AMI mhD - . ah © AT MIAMI’, FLORIDA a Miami is requested to furnish Mexico City with EXICO CITY already been received and furnished{to our Mexican sources.) g tae NS EE, Will maintain contact with DFS for the results of \J their investigations of the activities of the subjects in | (photographs of the subjects, other Go. THOMPSONawhich has | t \ 1 AT MEXLCO, Ds Fs fh, oh e Mexico, a ee yg SECRET... a | 03 rr%0 DocIa: 32269104 Page 4