AGENCY: RECORD NUMBER: RECORD SERIES: AGENCY FILE NUMBER: AGENCY INFORMATION FBI 124-10206-10280 HQ 9-48130-1ST NR 35 DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: CRANE, MICHAEL E. TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: DATE: 10/17/1968 PAGES: 117 SUBJECT: DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT OBA, ASSOC, CONSPR, FIRING OR TAMPERING WITH VESSEL, WARRANTS, ARRESTS, SEARCHES, INTV, "POLANICA" CREW, USCG MEMBERS, ORIGINAL Secret NEW CLASSIFICATION: CLASSIFICATION: REVIEW_DATE: —_ 01/07/1998 UPDATE DATE: STATUS _ Redact . RESTRICTIONS: JFK Act 6 (1)(B) JFK Act 6 (1)(C) JFK Act 6 (4) COMMENTS: RPT, TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGES 2a-2b Docld: 32291004 Page 1
" Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 15C 2107 Hofey. DATE: 11- 14-2017 po BN ES MM 4521175 All nine subjects have beet designated as fugitives ce in this report in view of the fact that ‘at the time the ee warrants for their arrest were issued’ on the afternoon of: October 10, 1968, their whereabouts were unknown, All nine were eventually arrested on. the morning of October 11, 1968, prior to the submission of "Fugitive Form Letters, which. had - been prepared but were not sent in view of the apprehension ~ of. the Subjects. , . INFORMANTS AL Yogical informants | in the Miami- Office. have. a been contacted in connection with instant matter, and no © ae positive information was developed other than that reported 20 84 in the details of this report with the exception of in-. ee o formation received from OSCAR ANGULO REYES, PSI under develop~ — . ment, who waS closely associated with BOSCH, - who advised . ae _ that on September 16, 1968, at about 3:00 A. M., he received me a telephone call from BOSCH who stated that his group had , " just fired a-shot with a 57mm gun at a Polish ship docked ee, at Dodge Island. BOSCH told REYES that the gun was fired SO from the Nacie thur Causeway. REYES has refused to testify © | with regard "Ok im re other information he has furnished in the past. It is no ) that the principal source in. connection anne with this and related cases in the past has been RICARDO cee MORALES NAVARRETE, who ‘has now agreed to testify, as set out ce under the Administrative section above. Therefore, all in- or formation obtained from him has been set out in the. -Yeport Soka under appropriate FD-302s,. . | tt is noted that the attached report contains oe information and a signed statement fromf#MARIA DE LOURDES . ce BLANCO DIEZ DE cusstaslayo is a security symbol ‘informant, ace | information was norma consideréd secret, but is set out 7 in the details of this report in view of the fact that the information was obtained not as a result of any confidential _ position whichfShe holds, but by virtue of the fact that she happened t overhear a conversation in a restaurant | involving. edge we . S) COVER PAGE | an . So DoclId: 32291004 Page 2?
Released, under the John Ff. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992? (44 usc 2107 Hote }. DATE :, _11-14- 2017 . a \ | yO, - | OG - ae OO, a . a . | 7 ‘ ‘ s - 30 \ MM 45-1175 _ ee ae SPCR Ee TABLE OF CONTENTS - . PAGE I. PREDICATION bocce ence eee c ences ceteeseeceees we “3 . II. INTERVIEWS OF "POLANICA" CREW .........seeee08 4 III, INTERVIEW OF U. S. COAST GUARD MEMBERS ....... 44 ‘IV. CRIME. SCENE SEARCH bec eeceeeeaeeeeesenseneenes 19 Ve INTERVIEWS OF RICARDO MORALES. NAVARRETE ...... °° 25 - VI. .NAVARRETE'S RECOVERY OF PLIERS FROM AIMEE 35 | _ MIRANDA CRUZ * APARTMENT | ccc e cc eccccccesecsceee a VII. FBI LABORATORY REPORTS ....i...ceceeceeceseess 38 ~ y111. | SIGNED STATEMENT or(MaRrA: DE LOURDES | ye \ ; (4 vi LANCO DIEZ DE CUESTA Key oeereweo0e oe eo ° oeoeeeee 48 ; | IX, CLAIMS OF RESPONSIBILITY MADE BY "ERNESTO" ... 57 X, GRAND JURY AND INDICTMENTS ........sesseeeeees 63 _ XI, WARRANTS ISSUED AND BONDS SET ......-.e-eee0++ 64 ‘XII. ARRESTS AND SEARCHES MADE INCIDENTAL TO | ae ARRESTS OF: | | 1 ° . ORLANDO BOSCH AVILA @eest@toeseoeeece0e8ec802282 0060 90 . ef 66 . . 2. ANDRES JORGE GONZALEZ GONZALEZ ........... 70 | 3 e BARBARO BALAN GARCIA - e ° ee “e eoo@aeoesds?e °. ° ‘e e ° bd ogee 72 . , , , 5. JESUS DOMINGUEZ BENTTES 1.022200 , 79 6 e JOSE DIAZ MOREJON eeoecoces e @eeee%ee#e?sd ° e eooee@eette~a , 80 7. JORGE LUIS GUTIERREZ ULLA .....ececeeee++- 87 8. PAULINO GUTIERREZ e@oeeoaoce¢ecesve?eeeo? @ oe e eegee ° ° 90 . 2a | ; | DoclId: 32291004 Page 3
Pe pane: it~ sunder the John. F. Kennedy: Assassinatio Records: ‘Collection Act. of 1992. (44° USC 2107 7 HoFey- RNS “Miami; Florida =... September 18, 1968 1, MARIA DE LOURDES BLANCO DIEZ DE CUESTA,  a155 SW Sth Street, “Miamd, Florida, make the following - "statement voluntarily to Special Agents WILLIAM W, . STEVENS and GEORGE E, DAVES who I know to be ‘Special | 7 Agents of the FBI. 9) - _ . — oo a On the morning of September . 18, 1968, from. "approximately 8:30: through 8:50 A.M, ORLANDO BOSCH “AVILA ate breakfast at the Dog House Restaurant, 3695 West Flagler Street, and discussed his activities with | oe friend, The ’ following is what occurred on that “! eceasion: | | | | | | | At approximately 8:30 A. M. “ORLANDO BOSCH, dressed ina suit, entered. the Dog House Restaurant ~ alone and sat down in the first booth to the right ‘of the Flagler Street entrance. He advised the waitress that, he was vaiting for another fellow and kept looking at his watch, . After some five ninates, an unknown — -. Andividual entered the restaurant and approached BOSCH, © who stood up and greeted him, and the two sat down at DoclId: 32291004 Page 4
@ under. the’. ohn: EF. - Renney: Assassinatigi Records ‘Collection Act: of.°1992" (44-USC" 2107 Note}. the table. This unknown individual is described as follows: - | ome, white, ‘Latin, approximately 42 to 45 years old, “about 5° Ay" tall, weight about 180 pounds, appears slightly husky and/or overweight, hair, bald on top an —_ with a black fringe around the edges, tinged with gray, a a eyes, dakr and small, complexion, medium, scars and marks, none observed, attire, medium gray suit, white shirt and - a | The vaitress, who was apparently an American . and did not appear to understand Spanish, approached - f, K ' BOSCHts table and said to the newcomer something to the effect that his friend had been waiting for him and poe _., thought he would’ never. come. At this point, ORLANDO : mo be BOSCH introduced the newcomer to the waitress as ‘the leader of the Cuban Power group, This conversation : ‘was: apparently in jest, and the waitress laughed. but _ gave no particular indication that she knew the ~ significance of this comment or, that she knew either | _7 BOSCH or his associate personally. They ordered breakfast an and proceeded to eat ait and discuss their affairs. DoclId: 32291004 Page 5
“ReTeased, under, the-vgohn F. Kennedy “Assassination -Records Collebtion Act of 1992) (44 Use mene ; | . “At the outset. they eal iscussed various ae | we aspects of practicing medicine as. Cuban refugees: in : ca [ the Miami area and. the problens (of passing the written | "examinations and the fact that they were making medical state. boards more difficult each year, BOSCH's associate | indicated that it was necessary to study even harder “now in order to pass these examinations, They discussed “working conditions in various hospitals in the area, and BOSCH's associate indicated that he had a friend who was opening a hospital or clinic in Fort Lauderdale which would contain some 40 beds, Both BOSCH and his 7 associate seemed to feel that this was not a smart oe thing to do and might very likely prove unsuccessful, ' It was apparent fron their conversation, which was in | Spanish and frequently punctuated with swear words, os “that they’ had known each other for some time, although | probably not closely, and that _ they were both occupied | an the medical. profession, . a me, : ves - BOSCH then launched into a discussion of his. oo activities and those of Cuban Power. He talked "openly and freely in. the Spanish language in a boastful oe “manner to his: associate about these attairs , apparently | “being of the opinion that no one else in the restaurant -_understood Spanish | or was: intereste in | their conversation, Docld: 32291004 Page 6
oLlection Act - of. 41992.. fads USC. ‘2107 Nofe y- ‘firing it, jumped back into the car and fled the ‘scene, In his account of this activity, although he used the term — So tye", it was obvious that he was probably not among the  proup who actually participated in this activity. BOSCH | dndicated that. the next major planned activity of the | 7 - Cuban Power group was to go to the Olynpics games in Mexcio City to make their cause known, | | He said that in connection with these activities, . it was necessary to raise some $200,000.00 in .order to be able to continue the bombings. He said that some Cubans mistakenly thought the CIA was involved in these activities and was, perhaps, helping to finance them but. this was | “not the case. He said it was necessary to ‘raise the funds __ through contributions from the Cuban community. He | “<< acknowledged he was” avare of the fact that it would be — “impossible to raise so much money under his name, ORLANDO BOSCH, or under the name of his organization, the MIRR. “Because of past unfavorable ‘publicity and. involvenents with the United States Government, many local Cubans would _ not contribute to any program of which he was the acknowledged - leader; therefore, it was necessary to create a front or a *< B Cuecks DoclId: 32291004 Page &
.°, consolidated organization, such as Cuban Power or a group. perhaps. using another name, to collect the needed funds. a Someone would have to be the leader of this group who -. commanded the ‘respect and support of local Cubans. He ~ pointed out, that "ERNESTO" who had come to be known as. the spokesman’ for ‘Cuban Power, was respected by many and could perhaps serve this purpose. -_ | BOSCH indicated they would use various. techniques = | to raise funds and stated that one "GUADO", an individual - whom they apparently knew by this nickname, contributed $5.00 per month to the organization as did many others. _ BOSCH's associate, who appeared to be hearing much of this - for the first time, raised the question of the legality of these activities and asked BOSCH if it was not likely - these activities were illegal and the participants might very well ‘be arrested and sent to jail. BOSCH said he aia not care whether they were illegal or: not, they were still y prepared to carry then out for the good of Cuba... He boasted that the authorities were afraid to arrest os him, BOSCH, because they knew he would cause a great . deal of trouble and unfavorable publicity if arrested. DoclId: 32291004 Page 93
Released. under’ ‘the: John »- Kennedy. Assassination Records Collection Aet oF /1992: (44 USC. 2107 Nofey coe ee Sages . LoD Wea D7 | DATE: “dls ~14- -2017 a aS Po, LR oe “We s said, in the first place, he had never actually " personalty been involved in any of the bombing _ incidents and could not be directly, identified with these | activities, and Government authorities could pot prove otherwise. In the second place, he and his committee had agreed that if he was arrested and ‘sent to jail that. he would go on strike in the same oo manner as had FELIPE RIVERO, He would refuse to - 7 cooperate in any way and would refuse to eat. He would _ live on bread and melado, Which was a liquid form of sugar. He pointed out that the bread would stand for | ‘the. fact that they were Christians and the mela 0 would - stand for the fact that they were nationalists. BOSCH- “indicated that the publicity from this would be most unfavorable: for local authorities and for that reason he. considered hinselt | more or. less untouchable. | BOSCH! associate had asked him what about | eae RIVERO? _ BOSCH indicated that CARLOS RIVERO, : ‘who has been. the leader of the nationalist group in New York City, has not joined with the Cuban Power 7 * movement and is apparently still in New York City. | Docld: 32291004 Page 10
| Released. under: the - “ohn ‘Fe Kennedy Assassination Records: Collection Rot: ‘of 1992", ae “USC 2107 Hofe . DATE: “d1- 14- 2017, : -: a ae a “ oy . ‘He stated, however, recently four or five members - — ; ye of the New York nationalist group had come to Miami — from. New York and had met with BOSCH and his associates ; Sat the doctor? s residence, As a result of this meeting, | | ae they had joined with, and supported, the Cuban Power ,  movenent. . - oe as a It was not known but BOSCH in making this. ~ statement, “implied that the residence at which the neeting “had been held was, in fact, the residence of the individual te Whom he was talking. If this was the case, however, “and the associate did allow his house to be used for nectings, it was equally apparent that he’ himself had “not been at the meeting mentioned above and had not known , ee what had transpired on that occasion until BOSCH had | advised him, . | a = 7 7 | ‘Apparently the two continued to discuss these affairs : at some length but. details of any subsequent discussion were not known, Docld: 32291004 Page il
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