ALLEGED ABORTIVE AIR RAID OVER CUBA BY THE MIRR.
Originator: CIA
From: WAVE
To: DIRECTOR
Document date: 1965-02-03 00:00:00
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REPORT CLASS CONFIDENTIAL CONTROLLED DISSEM

COUNTRY: CUBA

SUBJ: ALLEGED ABORTIVE AIR RAID OVER CUBA BY THE MIRR

D01: 2 FEB 65.

R. PADA: UNITED STATES, MIAMI (3 FEB 65)

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

Intelligence Information Cable

COUNTRY

DATE OF

INFO.

CUBA

2• FEBRUARY 1965

ALFCOHIROLLED DISCE

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TD C508-315/00379-65

DISTRI FEBRUARY 1965

SUBJECT

INFORE

ALLEGED ÁBORTIVELAIR RAID OVER CUBA BY THE

MOVIMIENTO INSURRECCICNAL DE RECUPERACION

REVOLICIONARIA GUIRREL

UNITED STATES, MIAMI. (3 FEBRUARY 1965)

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DATE ACQ.

SOURCE

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APPRAISAL

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IN 73172

PELO REPORT NO UFG 6636

A MIAMI BUSINESSMAN NIO WAS A RESIDENT OF HABANA FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

THE •SOURCE HAS CONTACIS WHO RECOGNISE HIM AS A CHANNEL TO U.S.

'INTELLIGENCE. THIS INFORMATION HAS OBTAINED FROM A FRIEND OF

BILL JOHNSON.

Cir LiSA AMicini, FlauSA

ON 2 FEB 65 BILL JOHNSON, AN AMERICAN PILOI WHO, ARRANGES

cir Cuba

SUPPORT ASPECTS OF AIR STRIKES AGAINST CUBA BY ORLANDO BOSCH AVILA

MOVIMIENTO INSURRECCIONAL DE RECUPERACION REVOLUCIONARIA (MIRR,

INSURRECTIONAL MOVEMENT FOR REVOLUTIONARY RECOVERY), SAID THAT JACK BROCKS

CIT USA

RIGHT LAUSA FEE FIRST DEG

AN AIR STRIKE OVER CUBA WHEN MIS

TWIN-ENGINE BEECHCRAFT CRASHED WHILE HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT

FREEFORT, GRAND BAHAMAS ISLAND, ON 2 FEB. JOHNSON SAID THAT A

BOAT WITH AMMUNITION AND SUPPLIES WAS WAITING FOR THE PLANE TO ARRIVE

AT FREEPORT. THIS CARGO WAS THEN TO BE TRANSFFORED TO THE BEECH-

CRAFT. JOHNSON ADDED THAT HE WAS ASKING BOSLH FUR $2, DAD TO GIVE TO

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MRS. WRIGHT TO "KEEP HER QUIET. "

.2. JOHNSON ALSO SAID THAT WRIGHT HAD FLOWN THE SAME BEECHCRAFT

OVER CUBA ON 17 JAN WHEN THE MIRR BOMBED THE NIAGARA SUGAR MILL

IN PINAR DEL RIO PROVINCE. (FIELD COMMENT: ANOTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY

REPORTED THAT WRIGHT DEPARTED AT 12:30 P.M. ON 16 JAN IN A BEECHCRAFT

BEARING REGISTRATION N 52933 FROM FORT LAUDERDALE FOR FREEPORT.

HE LEFT FREEPORT AT 5:17 P.M. AND CHECKED THROUGH FORT LAUDERDALE

CUSTOMS AT 6:28 P.M. THAT DAY. THERE IS NO INFORMATION TO INDICATE

THAT THE N 52933, THE SAME AIRCRAFT THAT CRASHED ON 2 FEB, WAS

FLOWN ON 17 JAN.)

: 3. (FIELD COMMENT: THE 3 FEB ISSUE OF THE MIAMI HERALD REPORTED

THAT THE FEDERAL AVIATION AGENCY IDENTIFIED THE DEAD PILOT WHO CRASHED

AT FREEPORT AIRPORT ON THE AFTERNOON OF 2 FEB AS JACK BROOKS

WRICHT OF 6228 NE 5TH.AVE, MIAMI. WRIGHT TOOK OFF FROM FORT

LAUDERDALE - HOLLIWOOD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT 11:48 A.M. IN THE

TWIN-ENGINE BEECHCRAFT, WHICH WAS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN RENTED TO A

UNIFORM SUPPLY FIRM. THE FAA SAID THAT WRIGHT WAS LISTED AS THE OWNER

"OF THE PLANE.)

W":4a FIELD DISSEM: CINCLANT, CINGSO, COMAWESTFOR, MIAMI REPS

OF. STATE, USCG, BORDER PATROL, I&NS, FBI AND CUSTOMS.

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