Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: MM
Document date: 03/27/1963
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note).

DATE: 11-14-2017

JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Date:

4/29/201

Agency Information

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER: 124-90107-10079

RECORD SERIES:

HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

105-117222-91

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM:

MM

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TITLE :

DATE: 03/27/1963

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JOHN THOMAS DUNKIN

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DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Confidential

RESTRICTIONS: Consulted

CURRENT STATUS:

Withhold

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 08/03/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: APPROVAL OF USCG

COMMENTS: NEWS ARTICLE; MIAMI NEWS, REFERRED TO USCG

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19Y2 744 USC 2107 Hotel.

11-14-2017.

CONFIDENTAL

Miami

3/27/63

NeWS COMMANDO L STRIKES

Roger!

Raiders Damage Red Ship

Ry HAL HENDRIX

as Commando L. The Miami

sial vessel hit last night still

Miand tears Latin Arsertin Elide.

News learned todas.

was alluat, but hadly in need of

4 Russian freighter in

the

Cuban port ni Isabela de Sagua

was altacked and damayed

severely last night by a hit.

News of the raid came. as

Russia protested in the Unitra

States ahout a similar attack

March 17.

repair lo keep it from sinking.

It also was learned that the

raiders suffered no casualtles

and liad returned salrly to

and-tun raiding party of the

anti-Castro organization knowin

"ragmentary

ng Miami end coco the Ru

their

"strate-base" some.

" here dn the Caribheao Ses.

ALL. FBI INFORMATION CONTAINED

HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED

JFK

Continued from Page lA to have

bear: resigned

as

Today, in a note delivered to

"We expect to bave a more

an anli-lank weapon.

the U:S.

emhassy

in Mascow,

complete report later."

By nonn, nellier Havana

the Soviet Union formally held

• It is known that the Com-

mando L

"action"

crew has

been planning a strike against

a Russian vessel in a Commu.

nist Cuban port for several

days.

The organization had express-

ed hopes of sinking à

Soviel

vessel on the mission just car-

ried out.

The raiders are believed to

have bian armed with 20 mm.

cannon end. 75 mm.

recoillesa

rifles, Host with armor-piereng

heads: ta: "smmusition. Tha 79

rard nia was raid by exports

nor Moscow had achzowledg..,

the United States responsible fot

ed the attack.

the March 17: attack on the

freighter Lgov.

In the wake of the Alpha 69

The strong message declar.

raid,

Havana

radio

reported

ed she Soviet goverament "es.

that some wounded sailors had

pects the U.S. government to

been taken to a hospital, but the

take decisive measures to pre-

broadcast did not mention an at-

vent such provocative actions

lack.

Moscow radio issued a

in the future."

quick denunciation.

The

note asserted

"without

Subsequently, the U.S. State

material support from the U.S.

Department said it "is strongly

government and without the sup.

oppared to: hit and-run attacks

ply of American arms and ves.

Cuba: by splinter

refugee

sels the group of traitors to the

gress" becatse such attacks

Cuban people Bow:

hiding on

do sut really. "weaken the grip

of Qie Castro ragime."

U.S. territory could not engage

in this kind of provocation"

The site nt this latest atack

againe Castro's Communist ira

gime is the same as the March

17 raid hy the Alpha fe organi-

zation, in which a Russian ship

and

military

camp

were

shelled.

Isabela de Saana

is in Las

Villas province on

Communist

Cuba's north coast.

Memhers of the Commancin

I action group formerly belong-

ed 1o Alpha 66, but hroke away

to form their nun lighting unit

because of differences with the

Alpha ti leadership:

A spokesman for Commando

L said here today a radio mes.

sage had been received early

this morning from the raiding

"The message staled that

bings went as especked, ev.

erything line asd to casual-

les,""

the spokeamaa

said.

Continued on Pago I8A, Col. 8

Encl (2) 5-301-0008-63

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