Fie eet tee 4~3 Ba5 v, ie 14+8'4} . . ™ Trotter CIAIRGRAM CI CABLEGRAM cIRADIO x TELETYPE t= Tr a ee a em ae ee me ee oe ee ee 11:18 PM EST URGENT 1-20-65 PUR : TO pinpefon (97-474) FROM’ MI AMI 210135 SF 2 SHE MOVIMENTO INSURRECTIONAL DE RECUPERATION REVOLUCIONARIA (MIRR) J , \S-CUBA, NEUTRALITY MATTERS, & AZ RE: MIAMI TEL JANUARY 18, 1965 TO BUREAU, AND BUREAU TEL BAKE JANUARY 18, 1965 TO MIAMI. a le & ON JANUARY 19, 1965, MM-492~S ADVISED THAT HAVANA RADIO 7 YF SKATION CMQ AT 6 AM THAT DAY BROADCAST AN ANNOUNCEMENT FROM | MINISTRY OF ARMED. FORCES OF CUBA CLAIMING THAT ON SUNDAY HO JANUARY 17 AT 6:05 AM A 250 POUND BOMB WAS DROPPED BY A PLANE, SIMILAR TO A B=26, WHICH CAME FROM THE NORTH AND APPARENTLY RETURNED TO ITS BASE. THIS BOMB ALLEGEDLY EXPLODED IN THE YARD OF A HOUSE OWNED BY DOMINGO PRATS BANOS, LOCATED ON THE | LA GLORTOSA FARM, 86 KILOMETERS FROM BAHIA HONDA IN ROUTE TO | PALMA, MUNICIPALITY OF CONSOLACION DEL NORTE, CRHNAR DEL RIO “PROVINCE, AND MORE THAN 13 KILOMETERS FROM THE NIAGARA SUGAR CENTRAL. THIS BROADCAST CONCLUDED WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT FIDEL ASTRO DENOUNCED ONEE MORE THESE ACTS MADE WITH THE ACQUIESCENCE OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. ON JANUARY 19 THE "MIAMJ NEWS" CARRIED A SPANISH LANGUAGE ARTICLE, TRANSLATED, ENTITLED "MIRR PROMISES MORE RAIDS," WHICH REPORTED THAT DR. ORLANDO BOSCH ANNOUNCED AT HIS PRESS CONFERENCE JANUARY 18 THAT HIS RAIDING PLANE FLEW OVER CUBA , FOR 25 MINUTES WITHOUT INTERFERED GE DURING, ATTACK ON NIAGARA CS. oy SY] i 7 ? i or <— re af bp “o “ : | St Ske sto Hes wis “Pole - “Me Wave. iat ei “SFIC) © CLASSIFIED BY Pee Ay Let yi ty J Lie BED DECLASSIF. i Sattink Piel SETF eS ares) 1 AB ag oh BIDBIAE = ¥ - the intelligence contained in.the above message is H yy disseminated outside the Bureau, it is suggested that it be suitably pyap he order to protect the Bureau’s eryptographif systems. , DocTd: 32297107 Page 2
2 ison o hermit + Mohr BeLatch Caspar CCanaN crea Callebon._.____ + soe Contsd . ; Felt DECODED COP .—, 4 : Rosen —___... 7 Sullivan Tavol ‘otter —AIRGRAM C:CABLEGRAM CRADIO coTELETYPE t= ——" PAGE TRO FROM MIAMIN WZ TOV 3S SUGAR MILL AND DROPPED FOUR 100 POUND NAPALM BOMBS, ONE 150 POUND DYNAMITE BOMB, AND OTHER INCENDIARY MATERIAL ON SUGAR FIELDS, ON JANUARY 20, MM-639-S REPORTED THAT BOSCH FURNISHED HIM TODAY WITH FOLLOWING STORY. ON JANUARY 16 AN AMERICAN FRIEND, UNIDENTIFIED TO INFORMANT, FROM SOUTH CAROLINA ARRIVED IN MIAMI FLYING AN AERO COMMANDER, THIS PLANE BELONGS TO HIS COM~ PANY, UNIDENTIFIED TO INFORMANT, FOR WHICH THIS AMERICAN WORKS. BOSCH ASKED THIS AMERICAN IF HE WOULD FLY A MISSION, THE AMERICAN AGREED AND LEFT THE NEXT DAY, JANUARY 17. THE AMERICAN WAS ACCOMPANIED ON THIS MISSION BY ONE CUBAN, UNIDENTIFIED BY BOSCH, CARRYING TWO NAPALM BOMB AND TWO EXPLOSIVE BOMBS, THEY FLEW OVER PINAR DEL RIOPROVINCE FOR 25 MINUTES UNTIL THEY FOUND THE TARGET. THE BOMBS WERE THEN THROWN OUT THE WINDOW AND THE PLANE RETURNED TO THE U.S. THEY DID NOT SEE ANY OTHER AIRCRAFT OR BOATS. (% BOSCH COMMENTED THAT U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT DENIED THE RAID TOOK PLACE, BUT THEN THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT CONFIRMED IT AND NOW THE U.S. GOVERNMENT HAS HIM UNDER CONSTANT SURVEILLANCE BOSCH DISCLOSED HE WILL LEAVE MIAMI ON JANUARY 21 FOR NEW YORK CITY FOR TWO DAYS AND WILL THEN TRAVEL TO SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO, THE PURPOSE OF THIS TRIP 1S TO RAISE MONEY BASED ON THE PRESS PUBLICITY CONCERNING THE ALLEGED RAID. % )(L) MM~639-S SAID IT 1S HIGHLY UNLIKELY THAT ANY SUCH RAID TOOK PLACE, OR THAT BOSCH COULD OBTAIN THE SERVICES OF A PILOT AND PLANE ON SUCH SHORT NOTICE, INFORMANT ALSO POTNTED OUT, se! ret “i CONFIMENTIAT If the intelligence contained in the above message is to be disseminated outside the + Burau, it is suggested that it be suitadf paraphrased in order to protect.the Bureau’s cryptographic systema. _ Docld: 32297107 Page 3
CON NTIAL s— CAIRGRAM 1 CABLEGRAM ” RADIO XTELETYPE f= — ee ee PPM E A LD: I <P sai Sar BO ne a | THAT AN AERO COMMANDER DOES NOT HAVE A BOMB BAY AND THE WINDOWS DO NOT OPEN, BEING OF THE BUILT IN TYPE. CONSEQUENTLY, THE | é BOMBS COULD NOT HAVE BEEN THROWN OUT THE WINDOW. (JU. i - | MM-639-S NOTED THAT BOSCH WAS VERY NON-SPECIFIC, SPOKE IN GENERAL TERMS, AND GAVE NO DETAILS SUSCEPTIBLE OF BEING CHECKED WITH EXCEPTION REGARDING AERO COMMANDER WINDOWS ABOVE noTeD CK Kb co BOSCH LS IN JOYFUL MOOD AND EXPECTS TO COLLECT CONSIDER 2. ABLE CONTRIBUTIONS. @&V(LL) < (s)[on January 20,] LT. cov. ROBERT A. HARTER,[ASSISTANT OPERATION OFFICER, CONAD, CONTROL CENTER, KEY WEST ADVISED THAT RADAR TRACKS FOR PINAR DEL RIO PROVINCE, CUBA, FOR PERIOD). 4 AM TO 8 AM ON JANUARY 17 REFLECTED NO TRAFFIC WHATSOEVERsIS) EVELIO ALPIZAR PEREZ, KEY SOURCES-CUBA, MM-635~S, AND U.S. CUSTOMS POSSESS NO INFORMATION TO SUBSTANTIATE BOSCH'S CLAIMS, . IT 1S OPINION THIS. OFFICE THAT BOSCH?S ANNOUNCEMENT 1S | ./ PROBABLY FABRICATION AND THAT CUBAN GOVERNMENT HAS MADE A FALSE | CONFIRMATION OF BOSCH'S FABRICATION IN ORDER TO EMBARRAS U.S, _ | GOVERNMENT. a PREVIOUS INVESTIGATIQN OF BOSCH, COUPLED WITH CURRENT | INVESTIGATION OF HIM IN CASE ENTITLED "ORLANDO BOSCH AVILA, | | ETAL; JULIO CESAR IGLESIAS, ETAL-VICTIMS-EXTORTION' REFLECT | THAT BOSCH IS CAPABLE OF CONSIDERABLE DECEPTION, INTRIGUE, | CUNNING, AND VIOLENCE. ~\ | STATE DEPARTMENT AND U.S. CUSTOMS NOTIFIED LOCALLY RE | PERT INENT INFORMATION aye HEAD ven FOLLOWS. | ma ates GO v . a ey an RECEIVED: 1:36 AM 1-21-65: va . . rs, ORean a pe * SL. ence contained in the above x) rin e Bureau, it is. suggested that it be oxdjab 3 ardor Pgrotect the Bure DoclId: 32297107 Page 4