ree AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ; meee ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: ‘PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE: CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : v9.1 Doclda: 32301592 Page 1 JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-10278-10427 HQ 97-4474-108 Document Information FBI | SAC, MM DIRECTOR, FBI 05/11/1964 13 MIRR, ACA, OBA, ASSOC, PLAN, RAID PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4 Redact 06/29/1998 INDEFINITE INC NOTE, MEMO, LHM 34
ORE: MOVIMIENTO INSURRECIONAL DE’ | st _ RECUPERACION, REVOLUCIONARTA (ume) | Previous information has. indicated that. the captioned oa iami, Florida, anti-Castro organization has been. engaged 1 in oot efforts to attack Gubad itis Ppt ee aan Ma “On May 11, 1964, a source . who has ‘furnished | reliable information in the past advised:that Orlando Bosch ~~ < Avila, head of the MIRR, ‘is planning .a:joint sea and air raid .to sink the "Las Villas," a Cuban freighter which reportedly ecently left Marseilles, France, for Havana, .Cuba,:.with a: Cargo of heavy. equipment | such as busses | or railroad. ‘stock. ne Jerry Fuller, brother of Bobby Fuller, who 1 was wai “executed by Castro after being captured on an abortive. raid” from Miami in 1960, ils. scheduled to rent.a 26~foot Bertram ’ speedboat on the morning of May: 19,1964, at Bertram* s Boat: ard, and turn it over to’two or more Cubans at the Crandon arina for travel by sea the same day to Palm Beach, Florida, ~ where Bosch has obtained a safe house near the Lake Worth Inlet. ° ‘. Two homemade torpedoes, equipped with. radio. directional controls ' were scheduled :to, be transported by.a motor vehicle on May | il; 1964, from Miami to the aforementioned safe houses 00 oe MIRR ‘representatives ‘connected with, the safe house ‘ -wi1ll maintain a lookout off shore in a small fishing boat for, “the "Las Villas." The speedboat,, under the. command of one sran-O# Lando Ramirez, a bomb expert who has been involved in’ ae the torpedoes will be launched. An air surveillance and an * ¢tack,. which will be coordinated with the sea_ attack, ate also on Being planned. Reportedly, a Cessna plane, Registration (Male aber N 316 D, which is. located at the Aero, Country, Club. sf "trot tier... : I Tele: -Room_: ; Miss ‘Holnies reoee S ov DoclId:32301592 Page ?
es ” MOVIMIENTO INSURRECIONAL DE 7s RECUPERACION REVOLUC IONARIA erRR) | Bosch has instructed that ‘aerial . surveillances be. or - conducted twice daily of the.sea lanes off the east coast oa --; of Florida from May 12 through May 14, 1964, to locate the ; “.\° “Las Villas" as it approaches the Florida. ‘coast. When the | . vessel is spotted, the pilot of the'plane is to advise the | “individuals: located at Palm Beach of the vessel's’ location. a . and direction and then return to a predesignated spot-on the °.: . Florida mainland to. pick up seven to ten 25-pound napalm. .; bombs and a weapon.. The pilot of the plane reportedly is to. ' coordinate his. movements with the speedboat and is to drop i" the bembs on the "Las Villas" immediately prior to the attack oo by the speedboat in order. to divert attention from this boat.. ee “The above-mentioned. source feels that Bosch is _ promoting this plan for his own n personal benefit and profit. without sharing any risk. ‘ pee ee "The Bureau of Customs in Miami has been furnished ee fo. . complete details in this matter and is conducting investigation |. te yp admed | at. stopping the raid-and seizing the contraband, . . eis ee, ‘Appropriate care should "ba used in handling this. gy Boman 50. that the source will. ‘not. be » jeopardized. oo “Original furnished ‘to AAG. . Yeagley. Xerox copies ‘to » Beat , State, CIA, Army , Navy, DIA, Customs ANS: 1 FAA and Coast ‘Guard so “ Coordinator, ., | DocId: 32301592 Page 3
ip . ca ‘a . ~ - . ne - - 4-3 (Rev. 4-17-63) ooo Tolson / . . ’ i a ; elmont et ets - - ff cv Mohr," 1 . ; ' - ’ - - , C3 | . Covent DECODED “COPY Vc Tavel Trotter — AIRGRAM CABLEGRAM = RADIO OXTELETYPE tee Holmes A. 11:28 PA EST URGENT 5-116 RM ALL INFORMATION eSivTaINet wt HEREIN |S PNCLASSIFIE Sue Le 97-4744. MIAMI FILE 105-2855. 7 /” ' a B¥ov siento. INSURRECIONAL DE RECUPERACION REVOLUCIONARIA (MIRR): ES CUBA NEDTRAL (TY MATTER. ON MAY 11, 1964 EVELIO ALPIZAR PEREZ (PROTECT), CUBAN PILOT WHO HAS FURNISHED RELIABLE INFORMATION CONCERNING PREVIOUS RAIDS. ADVISED AS FOLLOWS: 6RLANDO BOSCH AVILA, HEAD OF MIRR PLANS JOINT SEA AND AIR RAID TO SINK THE "LAS VILLAS," A 300 FOOT CUBAN FREIGHTER WHICH |S SCHEDULED TO HAVE RECENTLY DEPARTED MARSEILLES,, FRANCE FOR } HAVANA, CUBA WITH A LOAD OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT ABOARD SUCH AS , BUSSES OR RAILROAD STOCK. BOSCH PLANS THIS ATTACK OFF COAST if \ OF SOUTH FLORIDA, ALONG SEA ROUTE NORMALLY USED BY SHIPS. JERRY FULLER, BROTHER OF BOBBY FULLER WHO WAS EXECUTED BY FIDEL®€ASTRO WHEN CAPTURED ON ABORTIVE RAID FROM MIAMI IN 1960, IS SCHEDULED.TO RENT A 26 FOOT BERTRAM SPEED BOAT ON MORNING OF MAY 4G, 1964 AT BERTRAM'S BOAT YARD, AND TURN IT OVER TO TWO OR MORE. CUBANS, IDENTITY UNKNOWN, AT CRANDON MARINA FOR TRAVEL BY SEAr.SAME DAY TO PALM BEACH, FLORIDA WHERE BOSCH HAS OBTAINED A SAFE¢ ? HOUSE NEAR THE LAKE WORTH INLET. “TWO HOME MADE TORPEDOES, EQUIPPED WITH RADIO: DIRECTIONAL CONTROLS, ARE SCHEDULED TO BE TRANSPORTED rg un EX: U7. Laden men LL, pf ‘4 oH one ee Wg may 14 1964 yt be ae fee MY _. a é red sib A t | If the intelligence contained in the above message is to be disseminated outside the Bureau, it is suggested that ‘it be suitably paraphrased in order to protect the Bureau’s cryptographic systems. XX Docld: 32301592 Page 4
1 : 43 - L ' 4-3 (Rev. 4-17-63) — Tolson . - . ° - , Belmont a yom ee . . Csr Mohr ‘ Casper ° Callahan Conrad DeLoach Evans DECODED COPY = Rosen Sullivan Tavel Trotter CIAIRGRAM ci CABLEGRAM (CRADIO GQTELETYPE tx.'= Holmes PAGE TWO FROM MIAMI 112330 VIA UNKNOWN MOTOR VEHICLE FROM MIAMI TO ABOVE DESCRIBED SAFE HOUSE, PALM BEACH, ALPIZAR HAS FURNISHED DESCRIPTION AND LOCATION OF HOUSE IN MIAMI WHERE HE BELIEVES TORREDOES MAY BE PRESENTLY LOCATED. . THE MIRR MEN AT ABOVE SAFE HOUSE WILL MAINTAIN LOOKOUT OFF | SHORE IN A SMALL FISHING BOAT FOR THE "LAS VILLAS," THE BERTRA SPEEDBOAT, UNDER COMMAND OF ORLANDO RAMIREZ, BOMB EXPERT INVOLVED IN PREVIOUS RAID ATTEMPTS, WILL BE USED AS ATTACK BOAT TO LAUNCH THE TWO TORPEDOES. AN AIR SURVEILLANCE AND ATTACK, COORDINATED WITH ABOVE SEA ‘ATTACK, 1S PLANNED TO TAKE PLACE UNDER’ IMMEDIATE SUPERVISION OF ALPIZAR WHO WILL PILOT A CESSNA, REGISTRATION NUMBER N 316 D, ACCOMPANIED BY ANOTHER CUBAN, POSSIBLY JESUS SANCHEZ MARTINEZ, WHO PARTICIPATED IN LAST MIRR RAID ATTEMPT ON DECEMBER 28, 1963. THIS PLANE IS LOCATED AT AERO COUNTRY CLUB, SOUTH OF MIAMI, BOSCH HAS INSTURBCTED ALPIZAR TO CONDUCT AERIAL SURVEILLANCES FROM 6 AM TO 9 AM AND FROM 3 PM TO 6 PM DAILY ON MAY 12, 13, AND 14, OF THE SEA LANES OFF FLORIDA EAST COAST TO LOCATE THE "LAS VILLAS" AS IT APPROACHES FLORIDA COAST. BOSCH INSTORCTED ALPIZAR°TO NOTIFY BY WALKIE TALKIE RADIO THE CUBAN UNIT AT PALM BEACH OF EAS VILLAS LOCATION AND DIRECTION, ALPIZAR 1S THEN SUR- Jes TO RETURN TO FLORIDA MAINLAND AND PICK UP SEVEN TO TEN NAPALM BOMBS, 25 POUNDS EACH, AND AN FAR WEAPON AT A PREDESIGNATED SPOT WHERE LAREDO RODRIGUEZ, TREASURER OF MIRR, WILL BE WAITING = If the intelligence contained in the above message is to be disseminated outside the Bureau, it is suggested that it be suitably paraphrased in order ta protect the Bureau’s cryptographic systems. Docld:32301592 Page 5
- 4 og e "43 (Rev! 4-17-63) o . _ « . . . : ve a oo C, Tolson Belmont Mohr Casper Callahan Conrad DeLoach Evans Gale Rosen Sullivan Tavel Trotter Tele. Room Holmes | | ALPIZAR FEELS THAT BOSCH IS PROMOTING THIS PLAN FOR HIS | PAGE THREE FROM MIAMI 112330 IN A VEHICLE WITH THESE MATERIALS, BOSCH HAS INSTORICTED ALPIZAR TO COORDINATE HIS MOVEMENTS WITH THE BERTRAM SPEED- BOAT AND TO DROP NAPALM ON THE LAS VILLAS IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO ATTACK BY THE SPEEDBOAT IN ORDER TO DIVERT ATTENTION FROM THE SPEEDBOAT. ALPIZAR AND RODRIGUEZ ARE SCHEDULED TO LOCATE ON {}AFTERNOON OF MAY 11 THE EXACT SPOT WHERE RODRIGUEZ WILL BE WAITIING WITH THE NAPALM BOMBS, ALPIZAR WILL REPORT RESULTS TO MIAMI NIGHT OF -MAY 11. PERSONAL BENEFIT AND PROFIT WITHOUT SHARING ANY_RISK. US CUSTOMS, MIAM! HAS BEEN FURNISHED COMPLETE DETAILS. CUSTOMS IS ASSUMING RESPONSIBILITY OF CONDUCTING IMMEDIATE APPROPRIATE INVESTIGATION TO STOP THIS RAID AND SEIZE CONTRABAND. ARRANGEMENTS ALSO BEING MADE 50 THAT ALPIZAR CAN AVOID PICKING UP THE NAPALM BOMBS WITH, HIS SECURTTY BEING SeOP ARNE UNDER NO C#RCUMSTANCES WILL ALPIZAR DROP NAPALM ON SHIP. . CUSTOMS PLANS SEIZE TORPEDOES BEFORE THE BERTRAM SPEEDBOAT CAN DEPART PALM BEACH, MIAME MAINTAINING CLOSE CONTACT WITH ALPIZAR AND CLOSE LIAISON WITH CUSTOMS AND WILL KEEP BUREAU IMMEDIATELY ADVISED ALL eERT NENT DEVELOPMENTS, LETTERHEAD MEMO FOLLOWS, jl BUREAU REQUESTED AFFORD ALPIXAR MAX | MUM: PROTECTION. ; \\ 2 i> RECEIVED: 5-12-64 1:00/AM EFH \ Ce: Vk. Suit pol If the in telligence contained in the above message is to be disseminated outside the Bureau, it is suggested that it be suitably paraphrased in order to protect the Bureau’s cryptographic systems. | Docld:32301597 Page 6
“oy ho ¢ y ¥ of . - -3 (Rr - A ‘, Y ™ 180% : ” _ wo . L + Belmont  e a wo f a . Mohr B a rT nw ; “> rf IS SCHEDULED TO HAVE RECENTLY DEPARTED MARSEILLES, FRANCE FOR © jy HAVANA, CUBA WITH A LOAD OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT ABOARD SUCH AS Q)} ., BUSSES OR RAILROAD STOCK. BOSCH PLANS THIS ATTACK OFF COAST as] OF SOUTH FLORIDA, ALONG SEA ROUTE NORMALLY USED BY SHIPS. ava JERRY FULLER, BROTHER OF BOBBY FULLER WHO WAS EXECUTED BY Ye y FIDEL CASTRO WHEN CAPTURED ON ABORTIVE RAID FROM MIAMI IN 1960, \ a8 (WAS SCHEDULED TO RENT A 26 FOOT BERTRAM SPEED BOAT ON MORNING OF S| ¢ MAY 1Q, 1964 AT BERTRAM'S BOAT YARD, AND TURN IT OVER TO TWO Sb pon MORE CUBANS, IDENTITY UNKNOWN, AT CRANDON MARINA FOR TRAVEL 7 3 BY SEA SAME DAY TO PALM BEACH, FLORIDA WHERE BOSCH HAS OBTAINED i Tols \ 3 Casper : aa 2 . Callahan Conrad DeLoach Evans ECODED FE = D Rosen Sullivan Tavel Trotter, Tele. Room Holmes Gandy SAIRGRAM) © TO/DIRECTOR © ROM MIAMI 112330 BUF ILE 97-L7 4k. MIAMI FILE 105-2855, MOVIMIENTO INSURRECIONAL DE RECUPERACION REVOLUCIONARIA (MIRR): IS-CUBA, NEUTRALITY:MATTER. ON MAY 11, 1964 EVELIO ALPIZAR PEREZ (PROTECT), CUBAN PILOT WHO HAS FURNISHED RELIABLE INFORMATION CONCERNING PREVIOUS RAIDS ADVISED AS FOLLOWS: ORLANDO BOSCH AVILA, HEAD OF MIRR PLANS JOINT SEA AND AIR RAID TO SINK THE "LAS VILLAS," A 300 FOOT CUBAN FREIGHTER WHICH | — A SAFE HOUSE NEAR THE LAKE WORTH INLET. Pt TWO HOME MADE TORPEDOES, EQUIPPED WITH RADIO DIRECTIONAL age RANS ONTROLS ARE. SCHEDULED TO BE TRANSPORTED ON NIGHT OF MAY ‘N 8 ‘ ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED , a eu . ry FERELY. is te pCi iss} Sir “BANA tes , DATE, faa fes._ BY SM amafeor— ORB WVE2 | Y BR (IO2IT (a i O | WW Vas | If the intelligence contained in the above message is to be disseminated outside the Bureau, it is & Di it be suitably. paraphrased in order ta protect the Bureau’s cryptographic systems. . Docld:32301592 Page 7
J 7 a TO nnn OS : oa A a on et ‘S cas : 4-3 (Re 73) ann L. Tolson ca ‘ ZA / : ; Belmont Py te . y ao Mohr pO E, C/ ’ 2 : . . Casper So Callahan Conrad DeLoach Evans DECODED COPY ei Sullivan Tavel Trotter Tele. Room Holmes — AIRGRAM PAGE TWO FROM MIAMI 112330 VIA UNKNOWN MOTOR VEHICLE FROM MIAMI TO ABOVE DESCRIBED SAFE HOUSE, PALM BEACH. ALPIZAR HAS FURNISHED DESCRIPTION AND LOCATION OF HOUSE IN MIAMI WHERE HE BELIEVES TORREDOES MAY BE PRESENTLY LOCATED. THE MIRR MEN AT ABOVE SAFE HOUSE WILL MAINTAIN LOOKOUT OFF a SHORE. IN A SMALL FISHING BOAT FOR THE "LAS VILLAS." THE BERTRAM yok SPEEDBOAT, UNDER COMMAND OF ORLANDO RAMIREZ, BOMB EXPERT INVOLVED IN PREVIOUS RAID ATTEMPTS, WILL BE USED AS ATTACK BOAT TO LAUNCH THE TWO TORPEDOES. | _ AN AIR SURVEILLANCE AND ATTACK, COORDINATED WITH ABOVE SEA . ATTACK, 1S PLANNED TO TAKE PLACE UNDER IMMEDIATE SUPERVISION _OF ALPIZAR WHO WILL PILOT.A CESSNA, REGISTRATION NUMBER N 316 D, ‘ACCOMPANIED BY ANOTHER CUBAN, POSSIBLY JESUS SANCHEZ MARTINEZ, WHO PARTICIPATED IN LAST MIRR RAID ATTEMPT ON DECEMBER 28, 1963. ! _. THIS PLANE 1S LOCATED AT AERO COUNTRY CLUB, SOUTH OF MIAMI. | BOSCH HAS INSTOBCTED ALPIZAR TO CONDUCT AERIAL SURVEILLANCES - FROM 6 AM TO 9 AM AND FROM 3 PM TO 6 PM DAILY ON MAY 12, 13, } AND 14, OF THE SEA LANES OFF FLORIDA EAST COAST TO LOCATE THE if "LAS VILLAS" AS IT APPROACHES FLORIDA COAST. BOSCH INSTOICTED ALPIZAR TO NOTIFY BY WALKIE TALKIE RADIO THE CUBAN UNIT AT PALM 3 BEACH OF KAS VILLAS LOCATION AND DIRECTION, ALPiZAR 1S THEN SUP} a } BS ; POSED TO REMURN TO FLORIDA MAINLAND AND PICK UP SEVEN TO TEN NAPALM BOMBS, 25 POUNDS EACH, AND AN FAR WEAPON AT A PREDES!IGNATED | { | If the intelligence contained in the above message is to be disseminated outside the Bureau, it is suggested that it be suitably paraphrased in order to protect the Bureau’s cryptographic systems. i t | Docld:32301597 Page &
‘ < . ~ ‘\ Now Toison y ad Belmont Va a * Mohr NS a Nei Casper Callahan oe : lines eat Conrad DeLoach Evans . DECODED COPY oe Sullivan Tavel Trotter ~ AIRGRAM CABLEGRAM (1 RADIO wo TELETYPE Tele. Room lmes PAGE THREE FROM MIAMI 112330 . IN A VEHICLE WITH THESE MATERIALS. BOSCH HAS INST(RCTED ALPIZAR TO COORDINATE HIS MOVEMENTS WITH THE BERTRAM SPEED- BOAT AND TO DROP NAPALM ON THE LAS VILLAS IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO ATTACK BY THE SPEEDBOAT IN ORDER TO DIVERT ATTENTION FROM THE ‘SPEEDBOAT. ALPIZAR AND RODRIGUEZ ARE SCHEDULED TO LOCATE ON AFTERNOON OF MAY 11 THE EXACT SPOT WHERE RODRIGUEZ WILL BE WAITIING WITH THE NAPALM BOMBS. ALPIZAR WILL REPORT RESULTS TO MIAMI NIGHT OF MAY 11. : ALPIZAR FEELS THAT BOSCH 1S PROMOT ING THIS PBBAN FOR HIS. PERSONAL BENEFIT AND PROFIT WITHOUT SHARING ANY RISK. --US CUSTOMS, MIAMI HAS BEEN FURNISHED COMPLETE DETAILS. CUSTOMS 1S ASSUMING RESPONSIBILITY OF CONDUCTING IMMEDIATE | “APPROPRIATE INVESTIGATION. TO STOP THIS RAID AND SEIZE CONTRABAND. | ARRANGEMENTS ALSO BEING MADE. $0 THAT ALPIZAR CAN AVOID | PICKING UP THE NAPALM BOMBS WITH,HIS SECURTTY BEING JEOPARDIZED UNDER NO CW!RCUMSTANCES WILL ALPIZAR DROP NAPALM ON SHIP. CUSTOMS PLANS SEIZE TORPEDOES BEFORE THE BERTRAM SPEEDBOAT CAN DEPART PALM BEACH. | MIAMI MAINTAINING CLOSE CONTACT WITH ALPIZAR AND CLOSE “uiatdon WITH CUSTOMS AND WILL KEEP BUREAU IMMEDIATELY ADVISED ALL PERTINENT 7 ‘DEVELOPMENTS, LETTERHEAD MEMO FOLLOWS. | | BUREAU REQUESTED AFFORD ALPIZAR MAXIMUM PROTECTION. oe ec ee ec ee a ee : ee Lae ees Ser Ao ERE TTT a ae | RECEIVED: 5-12+64 1:00 AM EFH Pr ve... lige If the intelligence contained in the above message is to be disseminated outside the Bureau, it is suggested that it be suitably paraphrased in order to protect the Bureau’s cryptographic systems. Docld:32301592 Page 9