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- MOVIMIINTO INSURRECCIONAL DE

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AT?: INPORGATION CONIAINED

ranbiN iS UNCLASSIFIED

EXCEFT WEBSE SHOWN

OTHERWISE

Movimiento Insurreccional de Recuperacion

Revolucionaria (Insurrectional Movement

of Revolutionary Recovery -(MIRR)

"Internal Security - Cuba

NY T'-1, who has furnished reliable information in

the past, advised on June 5, 1967, that a meeting took place

on June 3 - 4, 1967, in Jersey City, New Jersey. at the

Quality Shoes, Incorporated, 733 Bergen Avenue.

shoe store is owned and operated by Ignacle Novo, secretary

General or the Movimiento Nacionalista Cubana (Cuban

Nationalist Movement) (CNM), a militant anti-Castro

organization with headguarters In Miami, Florida. (* YU)

that present at this meeting,

Gulllermy Novo, a CNM member, Dr. Orlando. M

Bosch! who is the head of MIRR, and Dr. Manuel Antonio

evarona, who is head of rescate revolucionaria Democratic

RRD), both anti-castro organizations. (x)(u

NY I-I advised that Dr. Orlando Bosch wanted to

carry out a two-pronged attack against the Cuban Government

in Canada. Bosch specifically spoke about the assassination

of the Cuban Ambassador to Canada and a simultaneous attack

on a cuban ship in the port of Montreal. (*(4)

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Bosch, according to NY T-l, stated that they

had nine rockets, timing devices, C-3 'and C-4 explosives

winich could be used in carrying out their future plans

against the Cuban Government. (&YU)

• Bosch stated that the Cuban exiles wanted to

shov!

the United States Government, the Federal Bureau of

Investigation (FBI), and the Immigration and Naturalization

service (INS, that

what action had been taken against

Felipe Rivero, National Director of the CNM, could not

stop them in their fight against Prime Minister Fidel

castro of Cuba. ($ U

NY I-I advised that Bosch told the Novo brothers

at this meeting that upon his return to Miami, Florida.

he would have

'Gutierrez" send the necessary equipment

to one of his, Bosch's, men in the New York area,

co-ordinate future plans with the CNM through the Novo

brothers. (CHU)

NY I-l advised further on June 5, 1967, that

during the entire discussion, Dr. Manuel Antonio De Varona

ald not make any comment concerning these plans of Dr. Orlando

It should be noted that the MIRR is a small

action group of anti-Castro Cuban exiles with headquarters

numerous and almost continuous activities of a revolutionary

nature including bombing raids, attempted raids, sabotage,

demonstrations and propaganda.

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NY T-2, who has furnished reliable information

In the past, advised on May 29, 1967, that a demonstration

sponsored by Cuban exiles under the direction of the

CNM took place in New York City on May 28, 1967, in front

ot the United Nations secretariat building from 1:00 p.m.

to 3:00 p.m. on that date.

NY T-2 stated that this

demonstration was a protest against action taken by the

United States Government against Felipe Rivero in Miam,

Florida on May 12, 1967, when he was arrested by INS

authorities and detained for deportation proceedings.

NY T-2 advised that Ignacio and Guillermo Novo,

CNM members,

arrived together with an Individual known

as

"El Ronco" at this demonstration and during the course

of the demonstration, were in close contact with and

friendly to an unnamed individual whom NY T-2 said was

the leader in the New York area of, the MIRR

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indistinctile et

'El RonCo, NY I-I and NY I? during Mays.

1967, identified

as Jose Manuel Santos of Union City. New Jersey,

who recently became active again in the CNM.

NY I-2 on July 5, 1907, identified a picture

appearing in a local New. York Spanish newspaper of Israel

Romero as being the same individual with whom the Novo

brothers and Jose Manuel Santos conversed with during

the course of the demonstration in front of the United

Nations Secretariat on May 28, 1967.

NY I-2 on July 5, 1967, advised that during a

During C$

to him that he, san Pedro,

MIRR and said that he had issued instructions to Ignacic

Novo and Guillermo Novo: In New York and told them not to

attempt to obtain any explosive material from the MIRR

as he suspected that this organization was under the

direction of the United States Central Intelligence Agency

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NY I-2 further advised that (San Pedro told him

that inasmuch as both Ignacio and Guillermo Novo were

recently arrested in New Jersey, he suspected that the

Novo brothers had obtained the explosive material found

In their possession from the MIRR and that this information

vas made available to the police by some member of the NIRP. COS

It should be noted that Ignacio and Guillermo

Novo were arrested on the night of June 29, 1967,

by the

Jersey City Police Department and were charged with the

illegal possession of explosives. Guillermo Novo was

released on bail on July 8, 1967, from the Hudson County

Ja11, Jersey City, New Jersey, while Ignacio Novo was

released on bail on July 10, 1967, from the same penal

institution.

NY T-3, who has furnished reliable information

in the past, advised on June 8, 1967, that Pedro Yanes

formerly headed the MIRR and represented Dr. Orlando

in the New York - New Jersey area.

NY T-3 stated

that It was now his understanding that Pedro lanes no

longer represented the organization in the New York area

and he did not know the identity of the new representative

of the MIRR.

NY I-4, who has furnished reliable information

in the past, on

stated that the MIRR, at

the present

• time, to the

June 8, best of his knowledge, had no

formal organization active in the New York - New Jersey area.

NY I-4 advised that he did not have any knowledge of any

individuals presently afriliated with the MIRR in the

New York area.

stated that the previous delegate or

representative of the MIRR in the New York - New Jersey

are as Pedro Wanes and werent anton cen

deposed because of a

himself and Dr. Orlando Bosch..

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NY T-4 further stated on June 8, 1967, that

recently there has been some public meetings sponsored

in the New York area by a movement of Cuban exiles headed

oy Jose ramoregues, representative of the Nationa

college of Cuban Newspapermen in Exile and this movement

is called

NY T-4 stated that at meetings

advised that he was not certain of Romero's residence,

but he was sure that Romero was a resident of the State

of New Jersey.

NY T-4 advised that, at the present time, there

is no known leader of the MIRR in the New York City area

the nat, a t

and he personally had no knowledge of any individuals.

associated with MIRR in New York at the present time.

NY T-5, who has furnished reliable infomation

in the past, on July 7, 1967, stated that he had no

knowleage of any individuals in the New York - New Jersey

area who are associated with the MIRR.

NY T-5 stated

that Pedro Yanes had been the representative of the MIRR

up until several

he does not know the identity of his replacement.

with Ignacio Novo on the night of June 6, 1901, In the

Jenac 18

NY I-1 on July 7, 1967, advised that he spoke

Hudson County Jail at which time Novo instructed his wife,

Nora, to contact Israel Romero in Union City, New Jersey.

Ignacio| Novo told his wife that Israel Romero was the

official representative of the MIRR and Dr. Orlando Bosch

In the New York - New Jersey area.

The purpose of Mrs. Ignacio

Novo contacting Israel Romero, according to NY I-1, was

to ask for financial assistance from the MIRk so that

Ignacio Novo could obtain bail and be released from

• the

Hudson County Jail, Jersey City, New Jersey (U

NY I-6, who has furnished reliable information

in the past, advised on July 1l, 1967, that the MIRR

primarily is a Florida based exile Cuban organization,

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UNITE STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTiCE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

New York, New York

ĐOL 2 5 1967

CONFIDENTIAL

ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED

HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED

EXCEPT WIERE SHOWN

OTHERWISE

Movimiento Insurreccional de Recuperacion

Revolucionaria (Insurrectional Movement

of Revolutionary Recovery) (MIRR)

Internal Security - Cuba

NY I-I, who has furnished reliable information in

the past, advised on June 5, 1967, that a meeting took place

on June 3 - 4, 1967, in Jersey City, New Jersey, at the

Quality Shoes, Incorporated, 733 Bergen Avenue.

This

shoe store is

owned and operated by Ignacio Novo, Secretary

General of the Movimiento Nacionalista Cubana (Cuban

Nationalist Movement) (CNM), a militant anti-castro

organization with headquarters In Miami, Florida. SAlU

NY T-I addised that present at this meeting,

mentioned above, in addition to Ignacio Novo, were

his

brother.

Guillermo Novo, a CNM member, ..: Dr. Orlando

Bosch, who is the head of MIRR, and Dr. Manuel Antonio

De Varona, who is head of Rescate Revolucionaria Democratica

(RRD), both anti-castro organizations.(R(U)

NY T-1 advised that Dr. Orlando Bosch wanted to

carry out a two-pronged attack against the cuban Government

in Canada.

Bosch specifically spoke about the assassination

of the Cuban Ambassador to Canada and

a simultaneous attack

on a Cuban ship in the Port of Montreal. (RU)

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Bosch, according to Ny I-l, stated that they

would not use any members of the CNM because they were

too "hot". Bosch said that his man "Gutierrez" in Miami

had nine rockets, timing devices, C-3 and C-4 explosives

inich could be used in carrying out their future plans

against the Cuban Government. (SYU)

• Bosch stated that the Cuban exiles wanted to

show the United States Government, the Federal Bureau of

Investigation (FBI), and the Immigration and Naturalization

Service (INS) that

what action had

been taken against

Felipe Rivero, National Director of the CNM,

could not

stop them in their fight against Prime Minister Fidel

castro of Cuba. (&>(U)

NY T-I advised that Bosch told the Novo brothers

at this meeting that upon his return to Miami, Florida,

he would have

Gutierrez' send the necessary equipment

to one of his, Bosch's, men in the New York area, and

co-ordinate future plans with the CNM through the Novo

brothers (*›(U)

NY I-l advised further on June 5, 1967, that

auring the entire discussion, Dr. Manuel Antonio De Varona

sino ju comment contering these plans dE Dro Orlando

It should be noted that the MIRR is a small

action group of anti-Castro Cuban exiles with headquarters

in Miami, Florida, and are under the leadership of

Orlando Bosch Avila, a

former medical doctor in Cuba.

Since 1901, members of the MIRR have been involved ir

numerous and almost continuous activities of a revolutionary

nature including bombing raids, attempted raids, sabotage,

demonstrations and progaganda.

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NY T-2, who has furnished reliable information

sponsored by cuban exiles under the direction of the

at out me eye tarta bitte

1967, that a demonstration

of the United Nations Secretariat building from 1:00 p.m.

to 3:00 p.m. on that date.

NY T-2 stated that this

demonstration was a protest against action taken by the

United States Government against Felipe Rivero in Miami,

Florida on May 12, 1967, when he was arrested by INS

authorities and detained for deportation proceedings.

NY I-2 advised that Ignacio and Guillermo NoVO,

CNM members,

arrived together with an individual known

"El Ronco" at this demonstration and during the course

of the demonstration, were in close contact with and

friendly to an unnamed individual whom NY I-2 said was

the leader in the New York area of the MIRR.

NY T-1 and NY I-2, during May,, 1967, identified

'El Ronco" as Jose Manuel Santos of Union City, New Jersey,

who recently became active again in the CNN.

NY T-2 on July 5, 1967, identified a picture

appearing in a local New York Spanish newspaper of Israel

Romero as being the same individual with whom the Novo

brothers and Jose Manuel Santos conversed with during

the course of the demonstration in front of the United

Nations Secretariat on May 28, 1967.

• was very disappointed in the CL

MIRR and said that he had issued instructions to Ignacio

Novo and Guillermo Novo in New York and told them not to

attempt to obtain any explosive material from the MIRR

as he suspected that this organization was under the

direction of the United States Central Intelligence Agency

(CIA) . 088

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Revolucionaria

(c)

NY I-2 further advised that San Pedro told him

that inasmuch as both Ignacio and Guillermo Novo were

recently arrested in New Jersey, he suspected that the

Novo brothers had obtained the explosive material found

In their possession from the MIRR and that this Information

was inade available to the police by some member of the MIRR. X#(U)

It should be noted that Ignacio and Guillermo

Novo were arrested on the night of June 29, 1967, by the

Jersey City Police Department and were charged with the

illegal possession of explosives.

Guillermo Novo was

released on ball on July 8, 1967, from the Hudson County

Jail, Jersey City, New Jersey, while Ignac1o Novo was

released on bail on July 10, 1967, from the same penal

institution.

NY T-3, who has furnished reliable information

in the past, advised on June 8, 1967, that Pedro Yanes

formerly headed the MIRR and represented Dr. Orlando

Bosch in the New York - New Jersey area.

NY T-3 stated

that it was now his understanding that Pedro Yanes no

longer represented the organization in the New York area

and he did not know the identity of the new representative

of the MIRR.

NY T-4, who has furnished reliable information

in the past, on June 8, 1967, stated that the MiRk, at

the present

time, to the best of his knowledge, had no

formal organization active in the New York - New Jersey area.

tra thon a

pean the we tone

NY T-4 advised that he did not have any knowledge of any

individuals presently affiliated with the MIRR in the

New York area.

NY I-4 stated that the previous delegate or

representative of the MIRR in the New York - New Jersey

area was Pedro Yanes, who, he understanas, was recently

deposed because of a

basic difference of opinion between

himself and Dr. Orlando Bosch.

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NY I-4 further stated on June 8, 1967, that

recently there has been some public meetings sponsored

in the New York area by a movement of Cuban exiles headed

by Jose ramon Egues, representative of the National

College of Cuban Newspapermen in Exile and this movement

is called "Thesis of War"

NY I-4 stated that at meetings

sponsored by this movement in the New York - New Jersey

area,

the man representing MIRR was Israel Romero. NY I-4

advised that he was not certain of Romero's residence,

but he was sure that Romero was

a resident of the State

of New Jersey.

NY I-4 advised that, at the present time, there

is no known leader of the MIRR in the New York City area

and he personally had no knowledge of any individuals

associated with MIRR in New York at the present time.

NY T-5, who has furnished reliable information

In the past, on July 7, 1967, stated that he nad no

knowleage of any individuals

in the New York - New Jersey

area who are associated with the Mink.

NY T-5 stated

that Pedro Yanes had been the representative of the MIRR

up until several months ago, but has been replaced and

he does not know the identity of his replacement.

NY T-1 on July 7, 1967, advised that he spoke

with Ignacio Novo on the night of June 6, 1967, in the

Huason county Jail at which time Novo instructed his wife,

Nora, to contact Israel Romero in Union City, New Jersey.

Ignacio Novo told his wife that Israel Romero was the

official representative of the MIRR and Dr. Orlando Bosch

in the New York - New Jersey area.

The purpose of Mrs. Ignacio

Novo contacting Israel Romero, according to NY T-1, was

to ask for financial assistance from the MIRR so that

Ignacio Novo could obtain bail and be released from the

Hudson county Jail, Jersey City, New Jersey. /U

NY T-O, who has furnished reliable information

in the past, advised on July 1hj 1907, that the MIRR

primarily 1s a Florida based exile Cuban organization,

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UNITE STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

New York, New York

JUL 2 5 1967

ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED

HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED

EXCEPT WHERE SHOWN

OTHERWISE

FONFISENTIM

Movimiento Insurreccional de Recuperacion

Revolucionaria (Insurrectional Movement

of Revolutionary Recovery) (MIRR)

Internal Security - Cuba

NY T-1, who has furnished reliable information in

the past, advised on June 5, 1967, that a meeting took place

on June 3 - 4, 1967, in Jersey City, New Jersey, at the

Quality Shoes, Incorporated, 733 Bergen Avenue.

shoe store is owned and operated by Ignacio Novo, Secretary

General of the Movimiento Nacionalista Cubana (Cuban

Nationalist Movement, (CNM), a militant anti-Castro

organization with headquarters in Miami, FlorIda. & (U)

NY I-1 adised that present at this meetings

mentioned above, in addition to Ignacio Novo were

brother, Guillermo Novo, a CNM member, . : Dr. Orlando

Bosch, who is the head of MIRR, and Dr. Manuel Antonio

De varona, who is head of Rescate Revolucionaria Democratica

(RRD), both anti-castro organizations. (RU)

NY T-1 advised that Dr. Orlando Bosch wanted to

carry out a two-pronged attack against the Cuban Government

in canada.

Bosch specifically spoke about the assássination

of the Cuban Ambassador to Canada and a simultaneous attack

on a cuban ship in the port of montreal f(

41/96 5168 lL GAT (JFK)

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of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to

your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed

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Bosch, according to NY I-l, stated that they

would not use any members of the CNM

because they were

too "hot"

Bosch said that his man "Gutierrez"

had nine rockets timing devices next e

which could be used in carrying out their future plans

against the Cuban Government. XU

Bosch stated that the Cuban exiles wanted to

show the United States Government, the Federal Bureau of

Investigation (FBI), and the Immigration and Naturalization

Service (INS) that

what action had been taken against

Felipe Rivero, National Director of the CNM, could not

stop them in their fight against Prime Minister Fidel

castro of cuba. CRu)

NY I-l advised that Bosch told the Novo brothers

he would have

at this meeting that upon his return to Miami, Florida,

send the necessary equipment

to one of his, Bosch's, men in the New York area, and

co-ordinate future plans with the CNM through the Novo

brothers. (SU)

NY T-] advised further on June 5, 1967, that

during the entire discussion, Dr. Manuel Antonio De Varona

did not make

any comment concerning these plans of Dr. Orlando

Bosch. (*0(U)

It should be noted that the MIRR is a small

action group of anti-Castro Cuban exiles with headquarters

in Miami, Florida, and are under the leadership of

Orlando Bosch Avila, a

• former medical doctor in Cuba.

SInce 1961, members

of the MIRR have been involved in

numerous and almost continuous

• activities

of a revolutionary

nature including bombing raids,

attempted

raids,

sabotage,

demonstrations and propaganda.

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NY I-2, who has furnished reliable information

in the past,

advised on May 29, 1967, that a demonstration

sponsored by Cuban exiles under

• the direction of the

CNN took place in New York City on May 28, 1967, In front

of the United Nations Secretariat building from 1:00 p.m.

to 3:00 p.m. on that date.

NY T-2 stated that this

demonstration was a protest against action taken by the

United States Government against Felipe Rivero in Miami,

Florida on May 12, 1967, when he was arrested by INS

authorities and detained for deportation proceedings.

NY I-2 advised that Ignacio and Guillermo Novo,

CNM members,

as

of the demonstration, were in close contact with and

friendly to an unnamed individual whom NY T-? said was

the leader in the New York area of the MIRR.

who recently became active again in the CNM.

NY I-2 on July 5, 1967, identified a picture

appearing in a local Nev!

York Spanish newspaper of Israel

Romero as being the same individual with whom the Novo

brothers and Jose Manuel Santos conversed with during

the course of the demonstration in front of the United

Nations Secretariat on May 28, 1967.

NY I-2 on July 5, 1967, advised thatXauring a (C)

letent 106r Felipe Rivero by INS during May, 1967

During

contact with San Pedro, NY T-2 said that!' San Pedro indicatedl-

very disappointed In the [4

MOR and sta that he had iss castructions to Ignacio

Novo and Guillermo Novo in New York and told them not to

attempt to obtain any explosive material from the MIRR

as he suspected that this organization was under the

direction of the United States Central Intelligence Agency

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NY I-2 further advised that San Pedro

that inasmuch as both Ignacio and Guiltermo Novo were

recently arrested in New Jersey, he suspected that the

Novo brothers had obtained the explosive material found

In their possession from the MIRR and that this information

was made available to the police by some member of the MIRROU

It should be noted that Ignacio and Guillermo

Novo were arrested on the night of June 29, 1967, by the

Jersey City Police Department and were charged with the

illegal possession of

explosives. Guillermo Novo was

released on bail on July 8, 1967, from the Hudson County

Jail, Jersey City, New Jersey, while Ignacio Novo was

released on bail on July 10, 1967, from the same penal

institution.

NY T-3, who has furnished reliable information

in the past, advised on June 8, 1967, that Pedro Yanes

formerly headed the MIRR and represented Dr. Orlando

Bosch

in the New York - New Jersey area.

NY T-3 stated

that it was now his understanding that pearo lanes no

longer represented the organization in the New York area

and he did not know the identity of the new representative

of the MIRR.

NY T-4, who has furnished reliable information

in the past,

on

June 8, 1967,

the present

formal organization active in the New York - New Jersey area.

NY T-4 advised that he did not have any knowledge of any

individuals presently affiliated with the MIRR in the

BASTE

New York area.

NY T-4

stated that the previous delegate or

representative of the MIRR in the New York - New Jersey

area was Pedro Yanes, who, he understands, was recently

deposed because of a

basic difference of opinion betweer

himself and Dr. Orlando Bosch.

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NY I-4 further stated on June 8, 1967, that

recently there has been some public meetings sponsored

in the New York area by a movement of Cuban exiles headed

by Jose Ramon Egues, representative of the National

College of Cuban Newspapermen in Exile and this movement

is called "Thesis of War"

NY I-4 stated that at meetings

sponsored by this movement in the New York - New Jersey

area, the man representing MIRR was Israel

Romero. NY T-4

advised that he was not certain of Romero's residence,

but he was sure that Romero was a resident of the State

of New Jersey.

NY I-4 advised that, at the present time, there

is no known leader of the MIRR in the New York City area

and he personally had no knowledge of any individuals

associated with MIRR in New York at the present time.

NY I-5, Who has furnished reliable infomation

in the past, on July 7, 1967, stated that he had no

knowledge of any individuals in the New York - New Jersey

area who are associated with the MIRk.

that Pedro Yanes had been the representative of the MIRR

up until several months ago, but has been replaced and

he does not know the identity of his replacement.

NY I-I on July 7, 1967, advised that he spoke

with Ignacio Novo on the night of June 6, 1967, In the

Hudson County Jail at which time Novo instructed his wile,

Nora, to contact Israel Romero in Union City, New Jersey.

Ignacio Novo told his wife that Israel Romero was the

official representative of the MIRR and Dr. Orlando Bosch

in the New York - New Jersey area.

The purpose of Mrs. Ignacio

Novo contacting Israel Romero, according to NY T-1, was

to ask for financial assistance from the MIRR so that

Ignacio Novo could obtain bail and be released from the

Hudson county Ja11, Jersey Caty, New Jersey. CHU)

NY I-6, who has furnished reliable information

in the past,

advised on July 1l, 1967, that the MIRR

primarily is a Florida based exile Cuban organization,

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NY T-1, who has furnished reliable information in

the past, advised on June 5, 1967, that a meeting took place

on June 3 - 4, 1967, in Jersey City, New Jerséy, at the

Quality Shoes, Incorporated, 733 Bergen Avenue. This

shoe store is owned and operated by Ignacio Novo, Secretary

General of the Movimiento Nacionalista Cubana (Cuban

Nationalist Movement) (CNM), a militant anti-castr

organization with headquarters in Miami, Florida. (U

NY I-l addised that present at this meetinis

mentioned above, in addition to Ignacio Novo, were

brother,

Gulllermo Novo, a CNM member, ..: Dr. Orlando

Bosch, who is the head of MIRR, and Dr. Manuel Antonio

De Varona, who is head of Rescate Revolucionaria Democratica

(RRD), both anti-Castro organizations. CrU)

NY T-1 advised that Dr. Orlando Bosch wanted to

carry out a two-pronged attack against the Cuban Government

In Canada. Bosch specifically spoke about the assássination

of the Cuban Ambassador to Canada and a simultaneous attack

on a cuban ship in the Port of Montreal. Cly

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Bosch, according to NY I-l, stated that they

would not use any members of the CNM

because they were

too

• "hot". Bosch said that his man "Gutierrez" in Miami

had nine rockets, timing devices, C-3 and C-4 explosives

which could be used in carrying out their future plans

against the Cuban Government. (5//U

• Bosch stated that the Cuban exiles wanted to

show the United States Government, the Federal Bureau of

Investigation (FBI), and the Immigration and Naturalization

Service (INS) that what action had been taken against

Felipe Rivero, National Director of the CNM, could not

stop them in their fight against Prime Minister Fidel

castro of Cuba. (SU

NY T-l advised that Bosch told the Novo brothers

at this meeting that upon his return to Miami, Florida,

he would have

Gutierrez" send the necessary equipment

to one of his, Bosch's, men in the New York area,

and

co-orainate future plans with the CNM through the Novo

brothers. CRU

NY T-I advised further on June 5, 1967, that

during the entire discussion, Dr. Manuel Antonio De Varona

sos noCke any comment concerning these plans of Dr. Orlando

It should be noted that the MIRR is a small

action group of anti-Castro Cuban exiles with headquarters

in Miami, Florida, and are under the leadership of

Orlando Bosch Avila, a

former medical doctor in Cuba.

Since 1961, members

of the MIRR have been involved in

numerous and almost continuous activities of a revolutionary

nature including bombing raids,

attempted

raids, sabotage,

demonstrations and propaganda.

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NY T-2, who has furnished reliable information

in the past, advised on May 29, 1907, that a demonstratior

sponsored by Cuban exiles under

CÑM took place in New York City on May 28, 1967, in front

of the United Nations Secretariat building from 1:00 p.m.

to 3:00 p.m. on that date.

NY I-2 stated that this

demonstration was a protest against action taken by the

United States Government against Felipe Rivero in Miami,

Florida on May 12, 1967, when he was arrested by INS

authorities and detained for deportation proceedings.

NY T-2 advised that Ignacio and Guillermo NoVO,

CNM members,

arrived together with an individual known

• "El Ronco" at this demonstration and during the course

of the demonstration, were in close contact with and

friendly to an unnamed individual whom NY T-? said was

the leader in the New York area of the MIRR.

'El Ronco"

who recently became active again in the CNM.

NY I-2 on July 5, 1967, identified a picture

appearing in a local Nev

York Spanish newspaper of Israel

Romero as being the same individual with whom the Novo

brothers and Jose Manuel Santos conversed with during

the course of the demonstration in front of the United

Nations Secretariat on May 28, 1967.

recent trip to Miami, Florida, he spoke with Miguel

Who is the Acting Headlof the CNM, since thel.

detent 100o Felipe Rivero by INS during May, 1967.

contact with San Pedro, NY I-2 said thati San Pedro | Indicated)

to him that he, San Pedro, was very disappointed in the L

MIRR and said that he had

"Issued instructions to Ignacio

Novo and Guillermo Novo in New York and told them not to

attempt to obtain any explosive material from the MIRR

as he suspected that this organization was under the

direction of the United States Central Intelligence Agency

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NY T-2 further advised that San Pedio) told him

that inasmuch as both Ignacio and GuilTermo Novo were

recently arrested In New Jersey, he suspected that the

Novo brothers had obtained the explosive material found

In their possession from the MIRR and that this information

was made available to the police by some member of the MIRR.

It should be noted that Ignacio and Guillermo

Novo were arrested on the night of June 29, 1967, by the

Jersey City Police Department and were charged with the

illegal possession of explosives.

released on bail on July 8, 1967, from the Hudson County

ex 10 1967,

Guillermo Novo was

Ja11, Jersey City, New Jersey, while Ignacio Novo was

released on bail on July 10, 1967, from the same penal

institution.

NY T-3, who has furnished reliable information

in the past, advised on June 8, 1967, that Pedro Yanes

formerly headed the MIRR and represented Dr. Orlando

Bosch in the New York - New Jersey area. NY T-3 stated

that it was now his understanding that Pedro Yanes no

longer represented the organization in the New York area

and he did not know the identity of the new representative

of the MIRR.

NY I-4, who has furnished reliable information

in the past, on June 8, 1967, stated that the MIRR, at

the present time, to the best of his knowledge, had no

formal organization active in the New York - New versey area.

NY I-4 advised that he did not have any knowledge of any

individuals presently affiliated with the MIRR in the

New York area.

NY T-4 stated that the previous delegate or

representative of the MIRR in the New York - New Jersey

area was Pedro lanes, who, he understands, was recently

deposed because of a basic difference of opinion between

himself and Dr. Orlando Bosch.-

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NY I-4 further stated on June 8, 1967, that

recently there has been some public meetings sponsored

in the New York area by a movement of Cuban exiles headed

by Jose Ramon Egues,

representative of the National

College of Cuban Newspapermen in Exile and this movement

is called "Thesis of War"

NY T-4 stated that at meetings

sponsored by this movement in the New York - New Jersey

area, the man representing MIRR was Israel Romero.

NY T-4

advised that he was not certain of Romero's residence,

but he was

sure that Romero was a resident of the State

of New Jersey.

NY I-4 advised that, at the present time, there

is no known leader of the MIRR in the New York City area

and he personally had no knowledge of any individuals

associated with MIRR in New York at the present time.

NY T-5, who has furnished reliable infomation

in the past, on July 7, 1967, stated that he had no

knowledge of any individuals

In the New York - New Jersey

area who are associated with the MIRR. NY T-5 stated

that Pedro Yanes had been the representative of the MIRR

up until several months ago, but has been replaced and

he does

not know the identity of his replacement.

NY I-1 on July 7, 1967, advised that he spoke

with Ignac1o Novo on the night of June 6, 1967, In the

Hudson County Jail at which time Novo instructed his wife,

Nora,

to contact Israel Romero in Union City, New Jersey.

Ignacio Novo told his wife that Israel Romero was the

official representative of the MIRR and Dr. Orlando Bosch

in the New York - New Jersey area.

The purpose of Mrs. Ignacio

Novo contacting Israel Romero, according to NY I-l, was

to ask for financial assistance from the MIRR so that

Ignacio Novo could obtain bail and be released from the

Hudson County Jail, Jersey City, New Jersey. U

NY T-6, who has furnished reliable information

in the past, advised on July 11, 1907,

that the MIRR

primarily is a Florida based exile Cuban organization,

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NY I'-1, who has furnished reliable information in

the past,

advised on June 5, 1967, that a meeting took place

on June 3 - 4, 1967, in Jersey City, New Jersey, at the

Quality Shoes, Incorporated, 733 Bergen Avenue.

Jo, y say,

This

shoe store is owned and operated by Ignacio Novo, Secretary

General of the Movimiento Nacionalista Cubana (Cuban

Nationalist Movement) (CNM), a militant anti-Castro

organization with headquarters in Miami, Florida, Ball

NY T-1 addised that present at this meeting,

mentioned above, in addition to Ignacio Novo, were

brother,

Bosch, who is the head of MIRR, and Dr. Manuel Antonio

De Varona, who is head of Rescate Revolucionaria Democratica

(RRD), both anti-Castro organizations. (DU)

NY I-I advised that Dr. Orlando Bosch wanted to

carry out a two-pronged attack against the Cuban Government

in canada. Bosch specifically spoke about the assássination

of the Cuban Ambassador to Canada and a simultaneous attack

on a cuban ship in the Port of Montreal. (R)(U

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Bosch, according to Ny T-l, stated that they

would not use any members of the CNM because they were

too "not"

Bosch said that his man

"Gutierrez" in Miami

had nine rockets, timing devices, C-3 and C-4 explosives

which could be used in carrying out their future plans

against the Cuban Government. (YU)

• Bosch stated that the Cuban exiles wantea to

shoi! the United States Government, the Federal Bureau of

Investigation (FBI), and the Immigration and Naturalization

Service (INS) that what action had been taken against

Felipe Rivero, National Director of the CNM, could not

stop them in their fight against Prime Minister Fidel

Castro of Cuba.

NY I-l advised that Bosch told the Novo brothers

at this meeting that upon his return to Miami, Florida,

he would have

Gutierrez" send the necessary equipment

to one of his, Bosch's, men in the New York area, and

co-ordinate, future plans with the CNM through the Novo

brothers.

NY I-I advised further on June 5, 1967, that

during the entire discussion, Dr. Manuel Antonio De Varona

did not make any comment concerning these plans of Dr. Orlando

Bosch. (RU)

It should be noted that the MIRR is a small

action group of anti-Castro Cuban exiles with headquarters

in Miami, Florida, and are under the leadership of

Orlando Bosch Avila, a

former medical doctor in cuba.

Since 1961, members

of the MIRR have

been involved ir

numerous and almost continuous activities of a revolutionary

nature including bombing raids,

attempted raids, sabotage,

demonstrations and propaganda.

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NY I-2, who has furnished reliable information

in the past, advised on May 29, 1967, that a demonstration

sponsored by Cuban exiles under the direction of the

CNM took place in New York City on May 28, 1967, in front

of the United Nations Secretariat building from 1:00 p.m.

to 3:00 p.m. on that date.

NY T-2 stated that this

demonstration was a protest against action taken by the

United States Government against Felipe Rivero in Miami,

Florida on May 12, 1967, when he was arrested by INS

authorities and detained for deportation proceedings.

NY T-2 advised that Ignacio and Guillermo Novo,

of the demonstration, were in close contact with and

friendly to an unnamed individual whom NY T-2 said was

the leader in the New York area of the MIRR.

NY T-1 and NY T-?, during May,, 1967, identified

"El Ronco" as Jose Manuel Santos of Union City, New Jersey,

who recently became active again in the CNM.

NY T-2 on July 5, 1967, identified a picture

appearing in a local Nev. York Spanish newspaper of Israel

Romero as being the same individual with whom the Novo

brothers and Jose Manuel Santos conversed with during

the course of the demonstration in front of the United

one or y

Nations Secretariat on May 28, 1967.

NY I-2 on July 5, 1967, advised that/during

recent trip to Miami,

san Pedro? who is the Acting Head of the CNM,

She do one tena

Florida, he spoke with Miguel c

since thee

detention or Felipe Rivero by INS during May, 1967.

During

contact with San Pedro, NY T-2 said that San Pedro indicated L&

co nim that he, San Pedro, was very disappointed In the LE

MIRR and said that he had issued instructions to Ignaci

Novo and Guillermo Novo in New York and told them not to

as he suspected that this organization was under the

direction of the United States Central Intelligence Agency

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NY T-2 further advised that San Pedro told him

that inasmuch as both Ignacio and Guiltermo Novo were

recently arrested in New Jersey, he suspected that the

a made avanabe to

dom helice bas that tea in one win ca

It should be noted that Ignacio and Guillermo

Novo were arrested on the night of June 29, 190%, by the

Jersey City Police Department and were charged with the

illegal possession of explosives. Guillermo Novo was

released on bail on July 8, 1967, from the Hudson County

Jall, Jersey City, New Jersey, while Ignacio Novo was

released on bail on July 10, 1967, from the same penal

institution.

NY I-3, who has furnished reliable information

in the past, advised on June 8, 1907, that Pearo lanes

formerly headed the MIRR and represented Dr. Orlando

Bosch in the New York - New Jersey area.

NY T-3 stated

that it was now his understanding that Pedro Yanes no

longer represented the organization in the New York area

and he did not know the identity of the new representative

of the MIRR.

NY T-4, who has furnished reliable information

in the past, on June 8, 1967, stated that the MIRR, at

the present time, to the best of his knowledge, had no

formal organization active in the New York - New Jersey area.

NY T-4 advised that he did not have any knowledge of any

individuals presently affiliated with the MIRR in the

New York area.

NY T-4

stated that the previous delegate or

representative of the MIRk in the New York - New Jersey

area was Pedro Yanes, who, he understands, was recently

deposed because of a

basic difference of opinion between

himself and Dr. Orlando Bosch.

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NY I-4 further stated on June 8, 1967, that

recently there has been some public meetings sponsored

in the New York area by a movement of Cuban exiles headed

by Jose Ramon Egues,

representative of the National

College of Cuban Newspapermen in Exile and this movement

is called

"Thesis of War"

NY I-4 stated that at meetings

sponsored by this movement in the New York - New Jersey

area, the man representing MIRR was Israel Romero. NY I-4

advised that he was not certain of Romero's residence,

but he was sure that Romero was a resident of the State

of New Jersey.

NY I-4 advised that, at the present time, there

is no known leader of the MIRR in the New York City area

and he personally had no knowledge of any individuals

associated with MIRR in New York at the present time.

NY T-5, who has furnished reliable information

in the past, on July 7, 1967, stated that he had no

knowledge of any individuals

in the New York - New Jersey

area who are associated with the MIRR.

NY T-5 stated

that Pedro Yanes had been the representative of the MIRR

up until several months ago, but has been replaced and

he does not know the identity of his replacement.

NY T-1 on July 7, 1967, advised that he spoke

with Ignacio Novo on the night of June 6, 1967, in the

Hudson County Jail at which time Novo instructed his wife,

Nora,

to contact Israel Romero in Union City, New Jersey.

Ignacio Novo told his wife that Israel Romero was the

official representative of the MIRR and Dr. Orlando Bosch

in the New York - New Jersey area.

The purpose of Mrs. Ignacio

Novo contacting Israel Romero, according to NY I-1, was

to ask for financial assistance from the MIRR so that

Ignacio Novo could obtain bail and be released from the

Hudson County Ja11, Jersey City, New Jersey. (U(V)

NY I-6, who has furnished reliable information

in the past, advised on July 11, -1907, that the MIRk

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OTHERWISE

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Internal Security - Cuba

NY T-1, who has furnished reliable information ir

the past, advised on June 5, 1967, that a meeting took place

on June 3 - 4, 1967, in Jersey City, New Jersey, at the

ted, °733

Quality Shoes, Incorporated, 733 Bergen Avenue.

This

shoe store is owned and operated by Ignacio Novo, Secretary

General of the Movimiento Nacionalista Cubana (Cuban

Nationalist Movement) (CNM), a militant ant1-Castro

organication with headquarters in Mism, Elorada. CAL)

NY I-1 addised that present at this meeting,

mentioned above, in addition to Ignacio Novo,were

his

brother.

•Guillermo Novo, a CNM member, ..: Dr. Orlando

Bosch,

who is the head of MIRR, and Dr. Manuel Antonio

De Varona, who is head of Rescate Revolucionaria Democratica

(RRD), both anti-Castro organizations.CRfU

NY T-I advised that Dr. Orlando Bosch wanted to

carry out a two-pronged attack against the Cuban Government

in canada.

Bosch specifically spoke about the assássination

of the Cuban Ambassador to Canada and a simultaneous attack

on a cuban onip in the Post of Montreal. oU

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Bosch, according to NY T-l, stated that they

would not use any members of the CM because they were

too "hot"

• Bosch said that his man

"Gutierrez" in Miami

had nine rockets, timing devices C-3 and C-4 explosives

which could be used in carrying out their future plans

against the Cuban Government. (RU)

Bosch stated that the Cuban exiles wanted to

show! the United States Government, the Federal Bureau of

Investigation (FBI), and the Immigration and Naturalization

Service (INS) that what action had been taken against

Felipe Rivero, National Director of the CNM, could not

stop them in their fight against Prime Minister Fidel

castro of cuba. gu

NY I-l advised that Bosch told the Novo brothers

at this meeting that upon his return to Miami, Florida,

he would have

'Gutierrez" send the necessary equipment

to one of his, Bosch's, men in the New York area, and

co-ordinate

future plans with the CNM through the Novo

brothers.

NY T-I advised further on June 5, 1967, that

during the entire discussion, Dr. Manuel Antonio De Varona

did not make any comment concerning these plans of Dr. Orlando

It should be noted that the MIRR is a small

action group of anti-Castro Cuban exiles with headquarters

in Miami, Florida, and are under the leadership of

orlando Bosch Avila, a former medical doctor in Cuba.

Since 1961, members

of the MIRR have been involved in

numerous and almost continuous activities of a revolutionary

nature including bombing raids, attempted raids, sabotage,

demonstrations and propaganda.

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NY I-2, who has furnished reliable information

in the past, advised on May 29, 1967, that a demonstration

sponsored by Cuban exiles under the direction of the

&M took place in New York City on May 20, 190% in front

of the United Nations Secretariat building from 1:00 p.m.

to 3:00 p.m. on that date.

Ny T-2 stated that this

demonstration was a protest against action taken by the

United States Government against Felipe Rivero in Miami,

Florida on May 12, 1967, when he was arrested by INS

authorities and detained for deportation proceedings.

NY T-2 advised that Ignacio and Guillermo NoVO,

arrived together with an individual known

as at Renco at this demonstration and during the course

of the demonstration, were in close contact with and

friendly to an unnamed individual whom NY I-2 said was

the leader in the New York area of the MIRR.

NY T-1 and NY I-2, during May,, 190% ldentillec

"'El Ronco" as Jose Manuel Santos of Union City, New Jersey.

who recently became active again in the CNM.

NY T-2 on July 5, 1967,

identified a picture

appearing in a local New York Spanish newspaper of Israel

Romero as being the same individual with whom the Novo

brothers and Jose Manuel Santos conversed with during

the course of the demonstration in front of the United

Nations Secretariat on May 28, 1967.

NY I-2 on July 5, 1967, advised that)during a (8)

since the

so him that he, San Pedro, was very disappointed in theLC

VIRR and said that he had issued instructions to Ignaci

Novo and Guillermo Novo in New York and told them not to

attempt to obtain any explosive material from the MIRR

as he suspected that this organization was under the

direction of the United States Central Intelligence Agency

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NY T-2 further advised that San Pedro, told him

that inasmuch as both Ignacio and GuilTermo Novo were

recently arrested In New Jersey, he suspected that the

Novo brothers had obtained the explosive material found

in their possession from the MIRR and that this information

was made avallable to the police by some member of the MIRR.

It should be noted that Ignacio and Guillermo

Novo were arrested on the night of June 29, 1967, by the

Jersey City Police Department and were charged with the

illegal possession of explosives. Guillermo Novo was

released on bail on July 8, 1967, from the Hudson County

Jail, Jersey City, New Jersey, while Ignacio Novo was

released on bail on July 10, 1967, from the same penal

institution.

NY T-3, who has furnished reliable information

in the past, advised on June 8, 1967, that Pedro Yanes

formerly headed the MIRR and represented Dr. Orlando

Bosch in the New York - New Jersey area.

NY T-3 stated

that it was now his understanding that Pedro Yanes no

longer represented the organization in the New York area

and he did not know the identity of the new representative

of the MIRR.

NY T-4, who has furnished reliable information

NY T-4 advised that he did not have any knowledge of any

individuals presently affiliated with the MIRR in the

New York area.

NY I-4 stated that the previous delegate or

representative of the MIRR In the New York - New Jersey

area was Pedro Yanes, who, he understands, was recently

deposed because of a basic difference of opinion between

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NY I-4 further stated on June 8, 1967, that

recently there has been some public meetings sponsored

in the New York area by a movement of Cuban exiles headed

by Jose Ramon Egues, representative of the National

College of Cuban Newspapermen in Exile and this movement

is called "Thesis of lar"

NY T-4 stated that at meetings

sponsored by this movement in the New York - New Jersey

area, the man representing MIRR was Israel Romero. NY I-4

advised that he was not certain of Romero's residence,

but he was sure that Romero was a resident of the State

of New Jersey.

NY T-4 advised that, at the present time, there

is no known leader of the MIRR in the New York City area

and he personally had no knowledge of any individuals

associated with MIRR in New York at the present time.

NY T-5, who has furnished reliable information

In the past, on July 7, 1967, stated that he had no

knowledge of any individuals in the New York - New Jersey

area who are associated with the MIRR. NY T-5 stated

that Pedro Yanes had been the representative of the MIRR

up until several

months ago, but has been replaced and

he does not know the identity of his replacement.

NY I-I on July 7, 1967, advised that he spoke

with Ignacio Novo on the night of June 6, 1967, in the

Hudson County Jail at which time Novo instructed his wife,

Nora, to contact Israel Romero in Union City, New Jersey.

Ignacio Novo told his wife that Israel Romero was the

official representative of the MIRR and Dr. Orlando Bosch

in the New York - New Jersey area.

The purpose of Mrs. Ignacio

Novo contacting Israel Romero, according to NY I-1, was

to ask for financial assistance from the MIRR so that

Ignacio Novo could obtain bail and be released from the

Hudson County Jail, Jersey City, New Jersey•l

NY T-6, who has furnished reliable information

in the past,

advised on July 11, 196%, that the MIRR

primarily is a Florida based exile Cuban organization,

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