ALLEGED ABORTIVE AIR RAID OVER CUBA BY THE MOVIMIENTO INSURRECCIONAL DE RECUPERACION REVOLUCIONARIA MIRR
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Document date: 2/2/65
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SUBJ: ALLEGED ABORTIVE AIR. RAID OVER CUBA BY THE MIRR

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INFORE

ALLEGED ABORTIVE AIR RAID OVER CUBA BY THE

MOV IMIENTO INSURRECCIONAL DE RECUPERACION

REVOLUCIONARIA& (MIRR

UNITED STATES, MIAMI: (3 FEBRUARY 1965)

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

THE: SOURCE HAS CONTACTS WHO RECOGNISE HIM AS A CHANNEL TO U.S.

INTELLIGENCE. THIS INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED FROM A FRIEND OF

BILL JOHNSON®

Cir USA Miami, FialisA.

- 1. ON 2 FEB 65, BILK

JOHNSON, AN AMERICAN PILOT WHQ ARRANGES

SUPPORT ASPECTS OF AIR STRIKES AGAINST CUBA BY ORLANDO BOSCH AVILA'S

cit Cuba

MOVIMIENTO INSURRECCIONAL DE RECUPERACION REVOLUCIONARIA (MIRR,

* INSURRECTIONAL MOVEMENT FOR REVOLUTIONARY RECOVERY) , SAID THAT JACK BROOKS

GUAIGHT WAS ON FRE FIRST LEG ANAUST EVER CUBA WHEN HIS

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

FREEPORT, 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 TRANSFEPRED TO THE BEECH

CRAFT. JOHNSON ADDED THAT HE WAS ASKING BOSCH FOR $2, DEÓ TO GIVE TO

This masterial contains Information alectiaz the Intlonal Defense of the United States withla the neaning of the Esplonage Inws. Title

18, U.S.C. Beca. 793 and 79%, the transmalision a revelation Of Which in any manny 10 sit unal buried person is prohibited by law.

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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 6:20 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

WRIGHT OF 6208 NE 5TH AVE, MIAMI. WRIGHT TOOK OFF FROM FORT

LAUDERDALE - HOLLYWOOD 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.)

4. FIELD DISSEM: CINCLANT, CINGSO, COMKWESTFOR, MIAMI REPS

MOF STATE, USCG, BORDER PATROL, I&NS,

FBI AND CUSTOMS.

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