404-10763-10084 x ° ° . . . WD CLASSIFIED MESSAGE | a Cf are wo ss = FROM: JMWAVE 3! eats Ga ’ INFO .. DCI, D/DCI, DOP, ADDP, SoD 4, DO/H, CA 2, CA/PEG, NEE MO 4, : ' _. CIL/OPS, CI/IC 2, CI/PS, FI, FI/D, FI/INT 6, RI/AN, >) WH 8, VR, FILE, CS/RF. ' . f SECRE T 2499362 24 FEB 65 €259z IN 86271 L}- ; DIR inroTPAcy] LANT BARR CITE WAVE 8618 | INTEL TYPIC 1 SUPDATA: AMCLATTER-} WHO MET WITH FRANK FIORINI AND BILL JOHNSON ' AT SOURCE'S HOUSE 14:39 24 FEB 65. FIORINI TOLD SOURCE THAT JOHNSON j . : SAID HE SAW JACK GRIFFIN AFTER HIS RELEASE BY U.S. AUTHORITIES FOLL- {| OWING PLANE CRASH, BUT JOHNSON WOULD NOT DISCLOSE DETAILS THEIR CONVEP- 7 SATION. . a | 4 4 RID: INDEX. FILED 24/gp36z Do , 4 wy REPORT CLASS CONFIDENTIAL CONTROLLED DISSEM - a iH an COUNTRY: CUBA es fe ar ty SUBJ: 1. INSISTENCE OF ORLANDO BOSCH AVILA THAT THE MIRR BOMB THE “ es city OF HABANA. . me oe "20" USE OF AMERICAN PILOTS iN MIRR AIR STRIKES 0eS 06-5157 00882-65 X [ROUTINE TT iioait i La ‘BASED ON: UFG ony — E .- | RELEASING | DATE DISTRIBUTED, Ne PROJECT bo : Pat, 24 FepRusey 1968 | Care TIERS Z "- CHARLES pS19Z__ MAISON none “SRR TRE A omaoaat prom euvomariel TE . : i pene ed Sf i, REPRODUCTION BY OTHER THAN ISSUING OFFICE I$ PROHIBITED, copy No, 7 , hve . RETURN’ TO. cis ne nd Use Only ; “Backgrou duce Do Not Repro ’
14-00000 ‘ une ° 10.85 3001 CONDESA . Go MPG. Aas we When Filled In ER CONERTILED arsse': “CONFIBENTIAT CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY @ROUTINE Intelligence Information Cable . é COUNTRY CUBA | i , TDCS DB-315/00652-65 DATE OF 20 FEBRUARY 1965 | piste, 24 FEBRUARY 1965 . ‘ NFO, SUBJECT 1, MIRR INTENTION TO 6OMB HABANA 2. USE OF AMERICAN PILOTS IN MIRR AIR STRIKES PLACE & ; | PATE ACQ, UNITED STATES, MIAMI (22 FEBRUARY 1965) REF w 86271 ' SOURCE FIELD REPORT NO. UFG 6747 AND APPRAISAL, A MIAMI BUSINESSMAN WHO WAS A RESIDENT OF HABATIA FOR SEVERAL YEARS. THE SOURCE HAS CONTACTS WHO RECOGNIZE HIM AS A CHAIIMEL’TO U.S. INTELLIGENCE. . - THIS INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED FROM BILL JOHNSON, ae] Tee 1. “ON 28 FEBRUARY 1965, BILL JOHNSON, AN AMERICAN PILOT WHO . ARRANGES THE SUPPORT ASPECTS OF AIR STRIKES AGAINST CUBA BY ORLANDO ' BOSCH AVILA'S MOVIMIENTO JMISURRECCIONAL DE RECUPERAC ION REVOLUCION- ARIA (MIRR, INSURRECTIONAL MOVEMENT FOR REVOLUTIONARY RECOVERY), SAID j. THAT THE MIRR WAS MAKING 18¢-POUND “ASH CAM” GOMBS FOR SUBSEQUENT _ RAIDS, "MORE THAN AMPLE TO BLOW UP THE OIL TANKS IN HABANA,” ee ont ot @ wae? we L JOHNSON SAID THAT BOSCH STILL INTENDS TO BOMB HABANA, BUT “IT WILL BE AGAINST ME ADVICE". UGrRSON LATER AUMIITED JHAT HIS GwN MOTIVATION 1S PURELY oo : MERCENARY. (FIELD COMMENT: SEE TICSUB-315/94558-65, DATED 16 FEBRUARY 1965, FOR INFORMATION ON GOSCH’S INSISTENCE THAT THE CITY ‘This meteriel conteles information affecting the Netlonal Deflenus of tor baw Tile 18, USK, Gees, 793 and 194, the cas onammnemenn taste ater Sat ge amie oe | ee ERA aE ae = United tates withia the meaning of the Eaplonsgs ‘a Wananilesdlos of revelation of whit be aay manner @ on unauthorized prows ae CONFIDENTIAL eng eas a STATES CA ARMUIACSS MAVY AM KE GCI fi, nt : AUICL 2 CIA al FG LENS TREASURY cust, BORDER PATVON. COAST. GUAPD = Rom a © ei ea cee ae ee ae OO ree O PNY ann Soak ere © otters ue dR cantina ee . 48 om
‘ &. , nt | gant. sen wh Be sceeeneeenenenenemeneneseeneneeeemnemeemaeeememmaenmaasmaneacesseeemmmmamermmaammemmenr emmnmmemnremTraneD . . te — CONFENTIAL me ag EM | OF HABANA BE THE MIRR'S NEXT TARGET. THIS MISSION. WAS ORIGINALLY Sf ' . SCHEDULED FOR 16 FEBRUARY. ) ’ 2. JOHNSON ALLEGED THAT THE PLANES OPERATING FOR THE MIRR ARE. LEAVING FROM THE UNITED STATES. WHEN TAMPA WAS MENTIONED AS A POSSIBLE ‘DEPARTURE POINT, JOHNSON SAID: "YOU'RE GETTING CLs." J. “JOHNSON SAID HIS SMALL GROUP PRACTICES GOOD SECURITY.” MWHEN WE GET A PLANE AND A PILOT, WE CONTRACT THEM FOR, THREE OPERATIONSS. .” THE PLANES ARE FLOWN BY AMERICAN PILOTS SINCE “THE CUBAN PILOTS DON'T) 0 HAVE THE GUTS." co rn ae { “. We JOHNSON CLAIMED THAT JACK GRIFFIN, THE AMERICAN PILOT WHO Ay te " CRASH=LANDED A B-25 EARLIER THAT MORNING, HAD TAKEN PART IN A PREVIOUS ne "RAID ON CUBA. HOWEVER, HE DIO NOT KNOW IF THE DOWNED B-25 HAD EVER BEEN a fb "USED IN ANY RAIDS. JOHNSON SAID HE DOES NOT KNOW DAN SHAW, ee eo ro : GRIFFIN'S CO-PILOT ABOARD THE DOWNED B25, : - 5s JOHNSON INSISTED THAT THE RAID WHICH THE MIRR ANNOUNCED AS “HAVING TAKEN PLACE ON BAHIA HONDA ON 13 FEBRUARY HAD TAKEN PLACE a in SPITE OF THE FACT THAT CUBA HAS NOT ACKNOWLEDGED IT. ‘: 6. FIELD DISSEM: CINCLANT, CINCSO, COMKWESTFOR, MIAMI REPS OF a « eiscneecinens - 4y foe , : + . * bee ’ 4“ STATE, FBI, CUSTOMS, I&XS, BORDER PATROL," AND usce. . a stem ee eee nme tenn ae ite ee eee ee sa” set sean te tenure anne oo ta ; tonal o ‘a. = pa rn 5 oOo y = re ta 7] Dd > et tect? 4