Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: CRANE, MICHAEL E.
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 10/17/1968
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM

IDENTIFICATION FORM

AGENCY INFORMATION

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER:

124-10206-10280

RECORD_SERIES:

HQ

AGENCY FILE_NUMBER:

9-48130-1ST NR 35

DOCUMENT INFORMATION

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM:

CRANE, MICHAEL E.

TO: DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE:

DATE: 10/17/1968

PAGES:

SUBJECT:

DOCUMENT TYPE:

ORIGINAL

CLASSIFICATION:

REVIEW DATE:

STATUS

117

OBA, ASSOC, CONSPR, FIRING OR TAMPERING WITH VESSEL, WARRANTS,

ARRESTS, SEARCHES, INTV, "POLANICA" CREW, USCG MEMBERS,

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Secret

NEW

CLASSIFICATION:

01/07/1998

Redact

UPDATE DATE:

COMMENTS:

RESTRICTIONS:

JFK Act 6 (1)(B)

JFK Act 6 (1)(C)

JFK Act 6 (4)

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All nine subjects have been

designated as fugitives

in this report in view of the fact that at the time the

warrants for their arrest were issued

on the afternoon of

October 10, 1968, their whereabouts were unknown.

All nine

were eventually arrested on the morning of October 11, 1968

prior to the submission of Fugitive Form Letters, which had

been prepared but were not sent in view of the apprehension

of the subjects.

INFORMANTS

All logical informants in the Miami Office have

been contacted in connection with instant matter, and no

positive information was developed other than that reported

in the details of this report with the exception of in-

formation received from OSCAR ANGULO REYES, PSI under develop~

ment, who was closely associated with BOSCH, who advised

that

on September 16, 1968, at about 3:00 A. M., he received

a telephone call from BOSCH who stated that his

group had

just fired a shot with a 57mm gun at a Polish ship docked

at Dodge Island. BOSCH told REYES that the gun was fired

from the MacArthur Causeway. REYES has refused to testify

with regard to

bis

in the past.

и.

It is noted that the principal source in connection

with this

and related cases in the past has been RICARDO

MORALES NAVARRETE, who has now agreed to testify, as set out

under the Administrative section above. Therefore, all in-

formation obtained from him has been set out in the report

under appropriate FD-302s.

It is noted that the attached report contains

information and a signed statement from MARIA DE LOURDES

in the details of this report in view of the fact that the

information

was obtained not as a result of any confidential

position which she holds, but by virtue of the fact that

she happened to

overhear

a conversation in a restaurant

involving BOSCH

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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I. PREDICATION ..

II: INTERVIEWS OF "POLANICA" CREW

III. INTERVIEW OF U. S. COAST GUARD MEMBERS

IV. CRIME SCENE SEARCH ....

V. INTERVIEWS OF RICARDO MORALES NAVARRETE

VI. NAVARRETE'S RECOVERY OF PLIERS FROM AIMEE

MIRANDA CRUZ' APARTMENT

VII. FBI LABORATORY REPORTS .

VIII.

(SIGNED STATEMENT OF MARIA DE LOURDES

BLANCO DIEZ DE CUESTARS

IX..

CLAIMS OF RESPONSIBILITY MADE BY "ERNESTO"

X. GRAND JURY AND INDICTMENTS

XI. WARRANTS ISSUED AND BONDS SET

XII. ARRESTS AND SEARCHES MADE INCIDENTAL TO

ARRESTS OF:

1. ORLANDO BOSCH AVILA

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2. ANDRES JORGE GONZALEZ GONZALEZ

3.

BARBARO BALAN GARCIA

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MARCO RODRIGUEZ RAMOS

5.

JESUS DOMINGUEZ BENITEZ

6.

JOSE DIAZ MOREJON ..

7.

JORGE LUIS GUTIERREZ ULLA

8.

PAULINO GUTIERREZ ..

9.

AIMEE MIRANDA CRUZ .

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Miami, Florida

September 18, 1968

I, [MARIA DE LOURDES BLANCO DIEZ DE CUESTA,

2155 SW 5th Street, Miami, Florida

make the following

statement voluntarily to Special Agents WILLIAM W.

STEVENS and GEORGE E. DAVIS who I know to be Special

Agents of the FBI.

On the morning of September 18, 1968, from

approximately 8:30 through 8:50 A.Ml., ORLANDO BOSCH

AVILA ate breakfast at the Dog House Restaurant, 3695

West Flagler Street, and discussed his activities with

& friend. The following is what occurred on that

occasion:

At approximately 8:30 A.M., ORLANDO BOSCH,

dressed in a suit, entered the Dog House Restaurant

alone and sat down in the first booth to the right

of the Flagler Street entrance.

He advised the waitress

that he was waiting for another fellow and kept looking

at his watch. Alter some five minutes, an unknown

individual entered the restaurant and approached BOSCH,

who stood up and greeted him, and the two sat

down at

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the table. This unknown individual is described as follows:

male, white, Latin, approximately 12 to 45

years old,

about 5' 1l" tall, weight about 180 pounds, appears

slightly husky and/or overweight, hair, bald on top

with a black fringe around the edges, tinged with gray,

eyes, dakr and small, complexion, medium, scars and marks,

none observed, attire, medium gray suit, white shirt and

tie.

The waitress, who was apparently an American

and did not appear to understand Spanish, approached

BOSCH's table and said to the newcomer something to the

effect that his friend had been waiting for him and

thought he would never come. At this point, ORLANDO

BOSCH introduced the newcomer to the waitress as the

leader of the Cuban Power group. This conversation

was apparently in jest, and the waitress laughed but

gave no particular indication that she knew the

significance of this comment or that

she knew either

BOSCH or his associate personally. They ordered breakfast

and proceeded to eat it and discuss their affairs.

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At the outset they

each

discussed various

aspects of practicing medicine as Cuban refugees in

the Miami area and the problems of passing the written

examinations and the fact that they were making medical

state

boards more difficult each year. BOSCH's associate

indicated that it was necessary to study even harder

now in order to pass these examinations. They discussed

working conditions in various hospitals in the area,.

and BOSCH's associate indicated that he had a friend

who vas opening a hospital or clinic in Fort Lauderdale

which would contain some 40 beds. Both BOSCH and his

associate seemed to feel that this was not a smart

thing to do and might very likely prove unsuccessiul.

It was apparent

from their conversation, which was in

Spanish and frequently punctuated with swear words,

that they had known each other for some time, although

probably not closely, and that they were both occupied

in the medical profession.

BOSCH then launched into a discussion of his

recent activities and those of Cuban Power. He talked

openly and freely in the Spanish language in a boastful

manner to his associate about these affairs, apparently

being of the opinion that no one else in the restaurant

understood Spanish or was interested in their conversation.

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He explained that in past months various

individuals from several groups locally had been placing

bombs in the Miami area and elsewhere, that these

individuals, however, were nothing but gangsters and did

not actually represent the Cuban people. He stated that

he and his group were the only true representatives of

the Cuban people and their activities were directed to

advance the cause of Cuban independence. Among some of

the recent activities, the responsibility for which he

credited to Cuban Power, were the following:

The recent bombing of the boat in San Juan,

Puerto Rico, harbor was an activity of Cuban Power, and

he was sure that the boat would have sunk if the Coast

Guard had not been alert and prevented it from doing so

by going to its assistance.

The recent shelling of the Polish vessel, the

"Polanica", in Miami had been a Cuban Power activity,

and BOSCH explained how they had prepared a car for the

little cannon and driving out along the causeway to the

appropriate spot.. He indicated that they had had to get

out of the car to actually fire the projectile and after

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firing it, jumped back into the car and fled the scene.

In his account of this activity, although he used the term

"we", it was obvious that he was probably not among the

group who actually participated in this activity. BOSCH

indicated that the next major planned activity of the

Cuban Power group was to go to the Olympics games in

Mexcio City to make their cause known.

He said that in connection with these activities,

it was necessary to raise some $200,000.00 in order to be

able to continue the bombings. He said that some Cubans

mistakenly thought the CIA was involved in these activities

and was, perhaps, helping to finance them but this was

not

the case.. He said it was necessary to raise the funds

through contributions from the Cuban community. He

acknowledged he was aware of the fact that it would be

impossible to raise so much money under his name, ORLANDO

BOSCH, or under the name of his organization, the MIRR.

Because of past unfavorable publicity and involvements

with the United States Government, many local Cubans would

not contribute to any program of which he was the acknowledged

leader; therefore, it was necessary to create a front or a

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consolidated organization, such as Cuban Power or a group

perhaps using another name, to collect the needed funds.

Someone would have to be the leader of this group who

commanded the respect and support of local Cubans. He

pointed out that "ERNESTO" who had come to be known as

the

spokesman for Cuban Power, was respected by many and could

perhaps serve this purpose.

BOSCH indicated they would use various techniques

to raise funds and stated that one "GUADO", an individual

whom they apparently knew by this nickname, contributed

$5.00 per month to the organization as did many others..

BOSCH's associate, who appeared to be hearing much of this

for the first time, raised the question of the legality

of these activities and asked BOSCH if it was not likely

these activities were illegal and the participants might

very well be arrested and sent to jail. BOSCH said he

did not care whether they were illegal or

not, they were

still prepared to carry them out for the good of Cuba.

He boasted that the authorities vere afraid to arrest

him, BOSCH, because they knew he would cause a great

deal of trouble and unfavorable publicity if arrested.

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He said, in the first place, he had never actually

personally been involved in any of the bombing

incidents and could not be directly identified with

these activities, and Government authorities could

not prove otherwise. In the second place, he and

his committee had agreed that if he was arrested and

sent to jail that he would go on strike in the same

manner as had FELIPE RIVERO. He would refuse to

cooperate in any way and would refuse to eat. He would

live on bread and melado, which was a liquid form of

sugar. He pointed out that the bread would stand for

the fact that they were Christians and the melado would

stand for the fact that they vere nationalists. BOSCH

indicated that the publicity from this would be most

unfavorable for local authorities and for that reason

he considered himself more or less untouchable.

BOSCH's associate had asked him what about

CARLOS RIVERO? BOSCH indicated that CARLOS RIVERO,

who has been the leader of the nationalist group in

New York City, has not joined with the Cuban Power

movement and is apparently still in New York City.

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He stated, however, recently four or five members

of the New York nationalist group had come to Miami

from New York and had met with BOSCH and his associates

at the doctor's residence. As a result of this meeting,

they had joined with, and supported, the Cuban Powel!

movement.

It was not known but BOSCH in making this

statement, implied that the residence at which the meeting

had been held was, in fact, the residence of the individual

to whom he vas talking. If this was the case, however,

and the associate did allow his house to be used for

meetings, it was equally apparent that he himself had

not been at the meeting mentioned above and had not known

what had transpired on that occasion until BOSCH had

advised him.

Apparently the two continued to discuss these

affairs at some length but details of any subsequent

discussion were not known.

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Special Agent, FBI

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Miámé, Forida

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