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14-00000 - 4 ”~ *SNTRERLED OSSEH Enns eee, ~ e ° . . . CONFIDENTIAL CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE ASENCY " '@ ROUTINE ’ Intelligence Information Cable | a ws COUNTRY CUBA “ TDCS0B-315/00379-65 : DATECE «sss: FEBRUARY 1965 DIS'23 FEBRUARY 1965 (NES ALLEGED ABORTIVELAIR ae ee ne Bt AE OE i cc ete REVOLUCIONARI RR cs PLACE & : DATE ACQ. UNITED STATES, MIAME (3 FEBRUARY 1965) REF ~ Biz ELD REPORT NO, UFG-6636 po a APPRAISAL: A MIAMI BUSINESSMAN WHO WAS A RESIDENT OF HABANA FOR SEVERAL YEARS, _ TRE-SOURCE HAS CONTACTS WHO RECOGNISE HIM AS A CHANNEL To U.S, j . “INTELLIGENCE. THIS INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED FROM A FRIEND OF .. . BILL JOHNSON. ; § i i 4 . PV ab 2 Te - er Mian Fla 4 . i , —" '%. ON 2 FEB 65 BIL JOHNSON, AN AMERICAN TL_WHQ ANGES. : i “SUPPORT ASPECTS OF AIR STRIKES AGAINST CUBA BY ORLAN SCH wig : MOVIMIENTO INSURRECCIONAL DE RECUPERACION REVOLUC INSURRECTIONAL MOVEMENT FOR REVOLUTIONARY RECOVERY), SAID THAT JACK BRooks | ir re tiaaisEla USA Decwasod AGHT re) THe IRST LEG OF AN AIR STRIKE OVER CUBA: WHEN HIS TWIN-ENGINE BEECHCRAFT CRASHED WHILE HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT FREEPORT, GRAND BAHAMAS: imEND, OM Z @ FEB. IONARIA (mMiRR, Sans ate Bo . . - et minenemeeene se rmiene. + JOHNSON SAID THar a | BOAT WITH AMMUNITION: AND SUPPLIES was WAITING-FOR THE PLANE TO ARRIVE UT Oot | i | | | L B t ‘AT FREEPORT. THIS CARGO WAS THEN TO BE TRANSFEPRES TO THE BEECH- poof CRAFT. JOHNSON ADDED THAT HE WAS ASKING d0ScH Fun #2, df 70 GIVE To Bais material contains information Secting the National Detenss of the United States within the meaning of the Ru-caege Lace, Title i, USO. Geos, 793 and 704, the tranamisc..m. or sevelation of ehich in Say Manner ww 6m Unsuaurised parson is ALashited by law. CONFIDENTIAL OO -CéeSROLLED Disses x Sen or ATATE/INA OIA AAMY/ACSHH =MAVY AI® SES SECDEE HEA WIC “AI USIA OCI ONE OCR Onn cis An/Cl 2, CIA/NMCC, FBI, LENS} TREASURY, BORDER FATROL GUARD, CUSTCEE
14-00000 tan eRe + mec iiitinerann enna 3 | ~315/00379- PAGE CONFIDENTIAL — . TDCSDE-315/ 379- MRS. WRIGHT TO “KEEP HER QUIET." de eg be foe tte +2. JOHNSON ALSO SAID THAT WRIGHT HAD FLOWN THE SAME BEECHCRAFT OVER CUBA ON 17. JAN WHEN THE MIRR BOMBED THE NIAGARA SUGAR MILL. iN PINAR DEL RIO PROVINCE. (FIELD COMMENT: ANOTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY REPORTED. THAT WRIGHT DEPARTED AT 12: 738 P.M. ON 16 JAN IN A BEECHCRAFT BEARING. REGISTRATION N 52933 FROM FORT LAUDERDALE’ FOR FREEPORT; | HE LEFT FREEPORT AT 5:17 P.M. £50 CHECKED: CuSTOMS AT 6:2¢ P.M. THAT DAY. \ THROUGH FORT LAUDERDALE THERE 1S NO INFORMATION TO INDICATE | THAT THE N 52933, THE SAME AIRCRAFT THAT CRASHED ON 2 Fee, WAS | FLOWN ON 17 JAN.) 3. (Feo COMMENT: THE 3 FEB ISSUE OF THE MIAMI HERALD REPORTED | THAT THE FEDERAL AVIATION AGENCY IDENTIFIED THE DEAD PILOT WHO CRASHED | AT FREEPORT AIRPORT ON THE AFTERNOON OF 2 FEB AS JACK BROOKS | - WRIGHT OF 6298 NE 5TH AVE, MIAMI. WRIGHT TOOK OFF FROM FORT ; LAUDERDALE’ = HOLLYWOOD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT 11:4 A.M. IN THE | TWIN-ENGINE BEECHCRAFT, WHICH WAS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN RENTED TO A UNIFORM SUPPLY FIRM. THE FAA SAID THAT WRIGHT WAS LISTED AS THE OWNER rE I = i [ E t! et ame ate rene Oe . bam we . ae . cet Sn me aoe tee oe ete EDEN eto tS meu oo bate Re Prams outerp ane bots $e oF THE PLANE.) en a i : “hk, FIELD DISSEM: CINCLANT, CINCSO, COMKWESTFOR, MIAMI REPS | OF STATE, USCS, BORDER PATROL, iSNSs°FBI AND CuSTOms.: if Do mo, oo et oe an ; wpe | CONF: DENTIAL (ZNO OF MESSAGE) E . : BO, ' nes i a a - a } ee a eee ae eae TV Tl aatt padpaettatay mpbmrerereenreceet wo oP, ; i tiaatteanedd Stake — eget 4 eee. treme