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14-00000 e , : a] @ we tees CONTROLLED DISSEM CONFIDE =NTIAL CENTRAL INTELLIOENCE AGENCY @ PRIORITY Intelligence Information Cable | : ; —counmy CUBA TCS DB-315/00550-65 ; | pateor 16 FEBRUARY 1965 . . DISTR, 16 FEBRUARY 1965 INTO. SUBJECT PLANNED AIR STRIKE AGAINST HABANA ON 16 FEBRUARY 1965 BY THE MIRR cee te opens om en cero tet ye ata ee eetee te nite ae AER EE ( PLACE & . DATE ACQ, UNITED STATES, MIAMI C16 FEBRUARY 1965) See CC mw 81818 "” SOURCE FIELD REPORT NO, UFG 6710 ' AND ‘ - APPRAISAL, A MIAMI BUSINESSMAN 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 FRANK. FIORINI. ; . . i , { $ | 1. AT ABOUT 1:9 AM ON 16 FEBRUARY 1965, FRANK FiORINI SAID | THAT THE MOVIMIENTO INSURRECCIONAL DE RECUPERACION REVOLUCIONARIA . ;  (MIRR, INSURRECTIONAL MOVEMENT FOR REVOLUTIONARY RECCVERY) WAS : . "PLANNING ANOTHER AIR STRIKE OVER CUBA ON 16 FEBRUARY. BILL JOHNSOK, AN AMERICAN PILOT WHO ARRANGES THE SUPPORT ASPECTS Fo SUCH STRIKES AGAINST CUBA, TOLD FIOR!N! THAT HE AND MIKE RAFFERTY HAD HAD A. —_ HEATED ARGUMENT WITH ORLANDO BOSCH AVILA, MIRR LEADER, AT ABOUT “Ws 345 “PM ON 15 FEBRUARY BECAUSE BOSCH WANTED HIS PILOT TO BOMB THE CITY OF HABANA. JOHNSON AND RAFFERTY TRIED 1) AOVISE BOSCH ‘This material contalne Information afectiog the Hationsl Defense of the Untied ftates within the meaning of the Ziptencye Laws, Tite 68, USO. Geos, 103 and M4, the the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthosined peroon 1 probiblted by Li CONFIDENTIAL , fies] " CUTISLLEB Bisstz , oe | (STATE/OIR DIA” ARMY/ACH NAVY AIR SCE SECEED NEA NIC AIS GHA SCL ONE GEA, og TSS ADICT 2, CIA/NKC COAST GUARD GORDER PATROL FOI iGNS TREASURY CUSTOMS: IMMEDIATE TO: STATE (ROI) DIA/CLIC Ena warren, TRIE OD sam EP EAP By mE E Scere PUREE RU ef BEBO : <i eaate ge en HOY te ede OS + mente = cen mee: 4 . se 00 wort crm ethene MEN feenesernnsen tseesneneenesteefee Fe . : sca eR are mee 6 Pre Pc oo ee AP Her SEES aD fans eee sini ts SP REO oo 2 Maat aca Ap
14-00000 Ara © eo | Maro 1-08 ‘a —_— omourn nese IN 61818 CONFIDENTIAL | Tbesue-sis/ PAGE 2 AGAINST SUCH AN OPERATION BUT BOSCH REFUSED TO BE ‘DISSUADED and Oo INSTRUCTED HIS PILOT TO MAKE THE MISSION. THE PILOT, AN UNIDENTI- FIED AMERICAN WHO MADE THE PREVIOUS TWO RAIDS, AGREED TO MAKE THE MISSION FOR A LARGE SUM OF MONEY. HE WAS TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN UNIDENTIFIED CUBAN PILOT. . - 2. FIORIN SAIO THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION OF BOMBING SOME: ANTI-AIRCRAFT UNITS NEAR CERTAIN UNIDENTIFIED TANKS BUT BOSCH | ALLEGEDLY INSTRUCTED THE PILOT TO FORGET ABOUT THEM AND HIT ANY~ | { THING HE COULD. - ene ae EO ae 3- FIORINI SAID THAT BOSCH HAS A 8-25 HIODEN IN THE NORTHERN | PART OF FLORIDA NEAR AN UNIDENTIFIED SUGAR MILL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS PURCHASED IN TEXAS AND IS IN GOOD CONDITION. | 4, CFIELD COMMENTs THE MIRR ANNOUNCED ON 13 FEBRUARY THAT ONE | OF 11S TWIN-ENGINE PLANES BOMBED AND STRAFED THE BAHIA HONDA SUGAR CENTRAL ON CUBA'S NORTH COAST OF PINAR DEL RIO PROVINCE IN | THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF 13 FEBRUARY. ON 16 FEBRUARY THE MIRR | amassed 9: ah Cane Seen AAG Ie CRIED & x met oe an eon tens earn : ANNOUNCED THAT THE 8-25 WAS OVER CUBA FOR 21 MINUTES ON THE RAID | #NO DID NOT DRAW ANY GROUND FIRE. NAPALM BOMBS OF 19% PCULDS-EACH, A 299-POUND HIGH EXPLOSIVE BOMB AND PHOSPHOROUS. INCENDIARY CEVICES . _ WERE ALLEGEDLY DROPPED. : THERE HAS: BEEN NO ANNOUNCEMENT FRCH CURA): i: | -(NDICATING THAT SUCH A RAID TOOK PLACE. HOWEVER, HABANA RADIO: { DID NOT ANNOUNCE CONFIRMATON OF THE MIRR'S 17 JANUARY STRIKE AGAINST THE NIAGARA SUGAR MILL UNTIL TWO DAYS LATER. ) L. 5. FIELD DISSEMs CINCLANT, CINGSO, COMKWESTFOR, MIAMI RCPS ; CONFIDENT IAL ve ee ees a “ a . i enc peep teaeresemanaren OF (eee NOONAN et Bm wR 6-88 GER 5 oe GIAO terri @ Hoot BP wa gen | | TR «ob ve | W alae a Dated kate eT eT Ta
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