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14-00000 fee. 7 ‘as 3001 wm CONFIDENTIAL He MEG ee Fob Bem F nmcd daw . CONFIDENTIAL CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY ORWITNE Intelligence Information Cable : COUNTRY CUBA TOCS DB-~315/00652-65 DATE OF 20 FEBRUARY 1965 pisT,, 24 FEBRUERY 1965 ! 2. MIRR INTENTION TO BOMB HABANA , 2, USE OF AMERICAN PILOTS [14 MIRR AIR STRIKES | . | {: i PLACE & - | QATE AC. UNITED STATES, MIAMI (22 FEERUARY 1965) ans pe 66271 Oo MELD REPORT NO. UFG 6747 APPRAISAL, A MIAMI BUSINESSMAN WHO WAS A RESIOENT OF HABAWA FOR SEVERAL YEARS. ae THE SOURCE HAS CONTACTS WHO RECOGNIZE HIM AS A OW#el TO U.S. INTELLIGENCE. THIS INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED FROM GILL JO:CsSON. i | i { | { 4 ij i i 1} w= |. ON 2§3 FEBRUARY 1965, BILL JOHNSON, AN AMERICAN PILOT WHO yo a ARRANGES THE SUPPORT ASPECTS OF AIR STRIKES AGAINST CURA BY ORLANDO | | BOSCH AVILA'S MOVIMIENTO INSURRECCIONAL DE RECUPERACION REVOLUCION@ , ARIA (MIRR, INSURRECTIONAL MOVEMENT FOR REVOLUTIONARY RECOVERY), SAID 7 THAT THE MIRR WAS MAKING 183-POUND “ASH CAN" BOMBS FOR SUBSEQUENT RAIDS; "MORE THAN AMPLE TO BLOW UP THE OIL TANKS IN HABANA.” JOHNSON SAID THAT BOSCH STILL INTENOS TO BOMB HABANA, BUT “IT WILL BE AGAINST MY ADVICE". JOHNSON LATER ADMITTED THAT HIS OWN MOTIVATION 1S PURELY MERCENARY. (FIELD COMMENT: SEE + DUSNB-3! 5/9655B-65, DATED 16 . FEBRUARY 1965, FOR INFORMATION ON BOSCH'S INSISTENCE THAT THE CITY ' ‘This material contains information sffecting the Natives Defens,of te United States wiihia the meaning of the Beolorags Lat et py ia U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission oc revelpiion of which in any manner to an unauthorized person ts p We . + CONFIDENTIAL - eaunesusn essen (oe | ceareteim DIA ARMYIACE AVY AM JCS SECDEF NSA NIC. AD? USA OC! ONE OCR ORR OO ERS AD/CI 2 CIA/WMCC FBI I6NS TREASURY, CUSTOMS BORDER PATROL COAST GUARD = cet arene tiie mete meee eels wt a ee Cede net BE ON ARR ay Be FS abo a Owe bach oma vet wien woreennmenss cme TT Tee Pe Se Maha swab tp vcearasg east ERI cepts ae vey te nrear nm dae.
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