AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10201-10373 RECORD SERIES: HO AGENCY FILE NUMBER:  45-10848-3 DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: =WANNALL. W.R. TO: SULLIVAN. W. C. TITLE: DATE: (8/29/1968 PAGES: 2 SUBJECT: LANCASTRIAN PRINCESS, BOMB ATTEMPT, SUSP, OBA, MIRR DOCUMENT _ TYPE: PAPER. TEXTUAL DOCUMENT ORIGINAL Confidential NEW | CLASSIFICATION: CLASSIFICATION: | REVIEW DATE: 04/06/1998 UPDATE DATE: : STATUS _ Redact . RESTRICTIONS: JFK Act 6 (4) COMMENTS: Docld: 3227689597 Page 1
" Released under the John F.. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 SC 3107 an , DATE: 11-14-2017 = var ¢ . ortionat ~FORS NO. 10 i ON 5010-106 or ¢ cea hen ee 27 . . . fe : Tolson UNITED STATES GOVEKNMENT a aeons -_ g M d bE ‘ Ag 5 PEETIAL allahan Emo ra nN UM OC shee Cie Felt Gale ——___ be waeen DATE: 8/29/68 hey lee 42108 CONTAINED PEELS O Mr.-W, we Sullivan an IN 12 UNCLASSI TED yb / FROM: Wo R. Wannall wrt a sion ciasdiied ‘fA AL fier | oer eS i? an Declassity on: CAD SUBJECT: NSUBS; ATTEMPT TO DYNAMITE THE BRITISH FREIG ae Mt i he . ‘LANCASTRIAN PRINCESS" ON HIGH SEAS, 8/2/68. [f Meow : CRIME ON THE HIGH SEAS =~ FIRING OR TAMPER ING - we WITH A VESSEL. This is ‘informative memorandum to advise of attempt to “dynamite the British freighter “Lancastrian Princess." The bomb which did not. explode has been recovered and was made of. simulated ea which Miami Office has’ passed to Orlando Bosch Avila, head of Movimiento Insurreccional de Recuperacion Revolucionaria (HIRR) , militant anti-Castro group, ‘through a cooperative source. Previous information has indicated that on 8/27/68 Bosch — By had disclosed that a bomb had been placed on the "Lancaster Princess," a British vessel, nine days. before and that he expected the bomb to. ~ go off shortly. Inquiry determined that the "Lancaster * ‘Princess, "' ~~ was, probably identical with the "Lancastrian Princess ;"" .a British. > - vessel, which, although it had not touched Florida ports during the >> pertinent period, had touched several Gulf ports and had sailed for ~~ Englatid from Mobile, Alabama, on 8/27/68. . US; Coast Guard, Miani, WN which had' been alerted indicated it would notify the ship’s Po) “ it being his responsibility to take any further positive 1-54 F : The intérested agencies, including State Department [na MI-5A WF advised :(¥ M ee “Miami Office hasapw advised that on evening of 8/2 [° Goat Guard, locally, advised that bomb had been found attached to the’"Lancastrian Princess," anchored about three miles off Miami Beach by Dade County, Miami, Sheriff's Office. The bomb was located on right-hand side of vessel, fifteen feet below watertine jin the middle of the ship. It was secured to a metal girder by — imeans of chain and padlock and consisted of about ten sticks of dynamite. One stick was blown open by the detonation of a cap Which had been attached to the stick but the dynamite failed to | explode and no damage jenminenas The ship’ Ss. DEG TOF pet eae | VHN:.sed OLA. HREc. lop i a CONTI “Oke?” Ses ye - a ee, i ma ee Se 1 =- Mr. DeLoach = a dee, Laboratory - ~ Mr. Bishop 1 7="Mr. Sullivan». SEP re ‘ea - Mr. Rosen (Att: cajigas) ape =, qr Wannall iN Mr Trotter lar & Nagea iy womeeeamcs Oe, “hee Np bi babe Or. G Yo WPL aia eR | UNRECORDED corr FILED IN d | _ Docld: 3227689597 Page 2
a Docld: 3227689597 Page 3 “Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC 3107 H DATE: 11-14-2017 s —_ . con o g \ on Meiiorandum Wannall to Sullivan Re: UNSUBS; ATTEMPT TO DYNAMITE THE BRITISH mre FREIGHTER "LANCASTRIAN PRINCESS". ON. HIGH bi gis Abea'et SEAS, 8/28/68 | hd no suspicious persons were observed in the water or anywhere in vicinity of vessel at any of the U.S. ports despite the fact that his officers and crew had been :alerted by the ship's owners to beware of possible Cuban saboteurs. The Captain advised that he received instructions from the ship's owners to put into Miami to have the vessel checked for a bomb as the result of a Coast Guard alert. Miami Office pointed out that the dynamite in this case _|.did not explode because it was simulated dynamite furnished to '# Bosch with Bureau _ approval by a cooperative Miami source who was ‘4 approached by. -Bosch for explosives.” The Department of State was advised of the bomb attempt on the evening of 8/28/6 and State was authorized. to furnish the information [to the ?British. We are advising MI-5-{C) Immediate and vigorous investigation has been instituted ‘ and you will be kept advised of pertinent developments. Miami has requested local agencies and the vessel's Captain to treat this matter confidentially since the security and life of our source could be jeopardized, OBSERVATIONS : Previous investigation has indicated that Bosch's group has threatened to bomb ships of countries trading with Cuba, and previous memoranda recommended and approved that the Miami Office pass simulated dynamite to Bosch. It would appear from the fore- , going that Bosch or members of his group constructed the bomb with » the simulated dynamite. Our action in making the dynamite available i to him in this instance has =<. probably saved the lives of the crew h of the "Lancastrian Princess," prevented the vessel from receiving i serious bomb damage and has prevented the U.S. from being placed - in fa most embarrassing position. - ACTION: ‘This is for your information. We are pressing all aspects of this matter in effort to obtain admissable evidence of crime on the high seas violation against. Bosch and any members of his organi-~ zation involved. a oper