ALLEGED ABORTIVE AIR RAID OVER CUBA BY THE MIRR.
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Document date: 2/4/65
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CONFIDENTIAL

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE ASENCY

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INFORE

ALLEGED ABORTIVELAIR RAID OVER CUBA Bi, THE

MOVIMIENTO INSURRECCICINAL DE RECUPERAGION

REVOLUCIONARIA KRRISD

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 AMiami, Fla, USA

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JOHNSON, AN AMERICAN PILOT WHO ARRANGES.

SUPPORT ASPECTS OF AIR STRIKES AGAINST CUBA BY ORLANDO AUSCH AVILA G

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MOVIMIENTO INSURRECCIONAL DE RECUPERACION REVOLUCIONARIA (MIRR,

YINSURRECTIONAL MOVEMENT FOR REVOLUTIONARY RECOVERY), SAID THAT JACK BROOKS

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STRIKE OVER CUBA WHEN HIS

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

FREEPORT, GRAND BAHAMAS ISINO, ON 2 FEB. JOHNSON SAID THAT À

BOAT WITH AMMUNITION AND SUPPLIES WAS WAITING FOR THE PLANE TO ARRIVE

AT FREEPORT. THIS CARGO WAS THEN TO BE TRANSFERRED TO THE BEECH-

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MRS. WRIGHT TO "KEEP HER QUIET. "

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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 12:38 P.M. ON 16 JAN IN A BEECHCRAFT

BEARING REGISTRATION N 52333 FROM FORT LAUDERDALE FOR FREEPORT.

HE LEFT FREEPORT AT 5:17 P.M. AND CHECKED THROUGH FORT LAUDERDALE

CUSTOMS AT 6:28 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 62818 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.)

3or: to FIELD DISSEM: CINCLANT, CINCSO, COMKWESTFOR, MIAMI REPS

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