Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: SAC, MM
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 09/18/1964
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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

DATE: 11-14-2017

JFK Assassination System

Date:

6/8/2015

Identification Form

Agency Information

AGENCY:

FBI

RECORD NUMBER :

124-10222-10159

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER:

97-4133-117

Document Information

ORIGINATOR:

FBI

FROM: SAC, MM

TO: DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE:

DATE: 09/18/1964

'PAGES:

4

SUBJECTS :

MRR, SINKING, SPANISH VESSEL, SIERRA ARANZAZU

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS:

CURRENT STATUS :

DATE OF LAST REVIEW :

Redact

06/10/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS:

INC NOTE

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

DATE: 11-14-2017

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MOVIMIENTO DE RECUPERACION REVOLUCIONARIA (MRR) AS - CUBA.

LETERHLAN PEACERIN

RE MIAMI AIRTEL AND EHM,

SEPTEMBER 17 LAST CAPTIONED

"SECRET' ORGANIZATION OF CONTINENTAL ACTION (OSAC)" CONCERNING

SINKING OF SPANISH VESSEL "SIERRA ARANZAZU"' OFF GREAT INAGUA,

BAHAMAS ON SEPTEMBER 13 LASTE SENTEN BECAME ELEAM

ON SEPTEMBER 18 INSTANT RST UNDER DEVELOPMENT LANGEL

YERGO, PROTECT

FORMER NEWSPAPERMAN

CUBA

WITH CONTACTS

IN MRR AND L"A

MIAMT ADVISED HE LEARNED

WOLLOWS FROMDE

CONTACT WITH MRRA

TWO LAUNCHES AND ONE LARGE BOAT OF MR DEPARTED FROM

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO NICARAGUA ON SEPTEMBER 9 LAST.

ENROUTE AND WHILE ENCOUNTERING HEAVY SEAS THE MRR BOATS

OBSERVED SHIP HEADING TOWARD CUBA. ONE OF LAUNCHES APPROACHED

SHIP IN DARK AND BY SEARCHLIGHT OBSERVED NAME "SIERRA" AND

UNCLEAR WORD ASSUMED TO BE "MAESTRA'" SIERRA MAESTRA IS

COPY

CUBAN FLAGSHIP. THIS LAUNCH DRIVEN BY SERGIO, CHAVEZ AND

THE SECOND MRR, LAUNCH DRIVEN BY SANTIAGO ALVAREZ THEN

RECORDED:

ATTACKED IN DARKNESS. THE TWO LAUNCHES AND LARGER BOAT

THEN RETURNED TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC CLAIMING RETURN FORCED

( MRK)

BY BAD WEATHER. A 4

1115/87 PSI

4

mac/ApES SINKING OF SPANISH SHIF NOT: INTENTIONAL ANDRA

2:840

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9 SEP 2 81964

for review at FBIHo by,

HSCA 3.14.78

* If the intelligence contained in the above message is to be dissemina

paraphrased in order to protect the Bureau's cryptographic systems.

97-44133

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