Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: CRANE, MICHAEL E.
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 08/16/1968
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: 11-11-2017

JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM

IDENTIFICATION FORM

AGENCY INFORMATION

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER: 124-10214-10056

RECORD SERIES: HO

AGENCY FILE_ NUMBER: 45-10814-21

DOCUMENT INFORMATION

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM:

CRANE. MICHAEL E.

TO: DIRECTOR. FBI

TITLE:

DATE: 08/16/1968

PAGES: 70

SUBJECT:

ASAKA MARU, EXPLOSION, 05/30/68, SUSP, CUBAN POWER

DOCUMENT TYPE:

ORIGINAL

CLASSIFICATION:

PAPER. TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Unclassified

NEW

CLASSIFICATION:

REVIEW DATE:

STATUS

02/02/1998

UPDATE DATE:

Redact

RESTRICTIONS:

Consultation

COMMENTS:

REFERRED TO USCG

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

DATE: 11-14-2017

FD=302 (Rev. 4-15-64)

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Date 6/12/68

Lieutenant Commander

WILLIAMS, is

Acting Commander of the U.S. Coast Guard Base on MArthur

Causeway, Miami Beach, Florida and as such has the addi-

tional title of Acting Captain of the port.

Commander WILLIAMS advised that in connection

with his current capacity as acting captain of the port

he is charged with discharging the U. S. Coast Guards,

a responsibility concerning the security of all port

facilities in the Miami area including the facilities at

Dodge Island.

Commander WILLIAMS advised that as

a result

of the fact that three foreign ships have experienced

explos

sions after having been in the port facilities at Dodge

Island,

Miami, Florida,

he has instituted a complete

tightening of

all Coast

Guard security in and about the

Dodge Island facilities.

Commander WILLIAMS advised

that he

has alerted

all crews to completely investigate

information concerning

any possible suspicious individuals or boats in or about

the freighters that are utilizing the port facilities and

he stated that in the event a Cost Guard vessel is desired

at the facilities or elsewhere, at any time in connection

with any investigation by this office a telephone call

should be placed to telephone number 538-4731 and the

caller should ask to speak with the officer of the day.

He stated this telephone is manned on a 24 hour basis.

Commander WILLIAMS advised that he has been in

contact with the Intelligence Section of the U. S. Coast

Guard as well as other elements of the Coast Guard but

that as a result of these contacts no information has

come to his attention which would suggest any suspects

in connection

with the explosions

that occurred on the

"Asaka Maru", "Mikagesan Maru" and

the "Cranwood"

On -

6/3/68

_at

Miami, Florida

SAS JOHN R. ACKERLY and

MICHAEL E. CRANE MEC/Tg1

_File #

Miami 45-1158

6/7/68

_Date dictated

This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions. 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 outside your agency.

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