‘Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System oo Date: 6/4/2015 . Identification Form , I Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10293-10003 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: 97-4474-4TH NR 234 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: DELOACH, C. D. TO: MOHR TITLE: DATE: = 10/15/1965 ‘PAGES: 2 SUBJECTS : [Restricted] DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: = 07/16/1996 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : v9.1 7 Docld: 32307645 Page 1
DATE: _i1- 14- 2017 ; Gsa Gen. RG. NO. 27 { : o "7 Lt. »ONITED STATES GOv ERNMENT an Oe | ~ Memo Ta ndum . . , ; canighan TO: Mr. Mohr pate: October 15, 1965 Rosen oe 7 ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED Teen FRom : C. D. DeLoach HEREIN | U PELASSIFI ED Holmes . DATE gy, (44 BY SB AIA mL | . Gandy SUBJECT: UNSUB - MINING OF SPANISH VESSEL. SATRUSTEGUI_-& SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO . | -- OCTOBER’9, 1965 | Oo ” ex) a ).J CRIME ON THE HIGH SEAS. flee ern GRY U7 ¥OUEE) \.- Shortly before two p.m., today, the Honorable Aguirre de .* : pe 'Carcer, Minister-Counselor of the Spanish Embassy, called and spoke with: ' Leinbaugh in my office. He said that he and the Spanish Ambassador had been in touch with the State Department regarding captioned case and that the Ambassador had wanted him to get in contact.with the FBI concerning <:- this.matter. He said he had been told that the State Department was sending :. = the FBI a memorandum regarding the Spanish Government's extreme interest” 7 in this case. . . - Mr. Aguirre explained that his purpose in calling was to re-emphasize the great importance that the Spanish Government was placing © on this incident and that they sincerely hoped that the utmost was being done to resolve the case. Mr. Aguirre also wanted to know whether he could be given a progress report on the FBI's investigation to date. Aguirre was told c| that the FBI was investigating this explosion hoard the Satrustegui and that ‘|{the case was being given vigorous investigatit attention. It was explained to_ - c{him that we do not give out progress reports on our investigations andhe said — — ; she fully understood the reasons for such a policy. a wr cALeo sh So re ep ES Mr. Aguirre was most cordial, said his Government was most —_ .g. hopeful that similar acts.of sabotage could be avoided in the future and again oA reiterated his Government's extreme concern relative to the San Juan incident. ae | 133 OCT 20 1965 1G It is recommended this memorandum be vate to the General Ly Investigative Division. a —— XI. COPY § SENT TO MR. TOL SON | : + 1-Mr, Rosen! j3 5, | ; B |. % pi - Mr. on tt we 4 Ceo me Ori er .  @DDENDUM OF GENERAL INVESTIGATIVE [DIVISION HPI, fis _ ATTACH —— = i 7 oe | 170 6 ~ yw pre 2 3H | Docld: 32307645 Page 2?
~ = a . oo re ‘ \ / Ne - a sass: ‘Reca i : i F UST DIO Noy ater. PReleased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 SC DATE: 111-147-2017 | ; ; | . ADDENDUM GENERAL INVESTIGATIVE DIVISION CWC:gfs 10/16/65 San Juan has conducted exténsive investigation into an explosion which caused damage to the hull of the "Satrustegui" while moored in San J uan, Puerto Rico, on October 9, 1965. There were approximately 100 passengers aboard, but there were.no known serious injuries, and the ship remained . ) afloat. San Juan has submitted numerous items to the Laboratory to deter- mine device or components used to cause explosion. On October 13, 1965, Miami interviewed Dr. Orlando Bosch, head of the militant Anti-Castro organization "Movimiento Insurrecional de Recuperacion Revolucionaria" (MIRR), regarding an article in the "Miami Herald!’ newspaper, dated October 13, 1965, in which Dr. Bosch claimed his "'frogmen" attached a bomb to the Ship which caused the explosion, Dr, Bosch advised the Agents that cammandos of the MIRR were responsible i the mining of the "Satrustegui'! however, he denied he knew it was to be done, and he refused to name the perpetrators Miami has also conducted extensive investigation to determine if _ members of MIRR were actually responsible for the explosion or if, as in the past, MIRR was attempting only to gain publicity in a effort to raise The Spanish Ambassador has contacted the State Department regarding this case, and we are keeping the White House, the State Department, and the Department advised of developments regarding this incident. All offices have been advised to afford this investigation expeditious attention. ie , \ pe cept ee PP-¢¢ Po nT pee 2FF Docld: 32307645 Page 3