ATTEMPT TO INFILTRATE CUBA BY CUBAN EMIGRES OF 29 MAY 1966

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0005530649
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4
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June 24, 2015
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May 18, 2011
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F-2010-01161
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May 31, 1966
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(b)(1) (b)(3) NTRAL INTELLIGENCE AG~~'~CV Intelligence lnfornation~,jd"ab1e GROUP , hdvd.d G.m ..t.m.lk 1.w.pr.di.p .nd d.ti.'It. lan THIS IS AN INFORMATION REPORT. NOT FINALLY EVALUATED- INTELLIGENCE. MIDNIGHT ON 29 MAY 19660 ? ACCORDING- TO A HAVANA RADI APPROVED FOR RELEASE^ DATE: 05-04-2011 tU~>>u~3.I1~1' ; ~ 1 Ir 1"~I COUNTRY:,", CUBA ALL , BVIX 1S ~lq ^aSt~~~A ~4A p j e! f~f1T ? MA V 1L%CC P- SUBJECT *l ATTEMPTL., TO INFILTRATE CUBA BY CUBAN EMYGRES ON wed-=43~.. Gc c-"~ COMMENT: , A. GROUP OF CUBAN EMGRES WH(-WE'RE" ATTEMPT IN G TO INFILTRA-TE INTO CUBA IN A WESTERN SUBURB OF HAVANA WERE DISCOVERED. BY CUBAN FORCES SHORTLY BEFORE C-O-N-- F- E-N-T- I -A- L (ci assiflcatf c) (disscm controls) S.1~SS11!i BROADCAST TWO INFILTRATOR WERE KILLED, THE EMIGRE BOAT WITH FOUR MEN ABOARD WAS DESTROYED, TWO WOUNDED SURVIVORS WERE RESCUED FROM THE SEA BY CUBAN FORCES AND THE TWO OTHER MEN WERE BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN KILLED IN FORCES.. I I COMMENT : THIS BOAT HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN THE EXPLOSION OF THE BOAT. 4IN ? 27734 GAVE THE NAMES OF THE MEN WHO WERE INVOLVED IN THE OPERATION). CUBANA EN EL EXILIO, (RECE, CUBAN REPRESENTATION IN EXILE), WAS THE, COORDINATOR OF THE INFILTRATION -OPERATION* THIS OPERATION WAS ALSO SUPPORTED BY THE MOVIEMENTO REVOLUCIONARIO 30 DE NOVIEMBRE, (MRTN, 30 NOVEMBER, .REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT) AND COMANDOS, L. 3. TWO BOATS WERE INVOLVED IN THE OPERATION: THE F-8477-F, A 30-FOOT BOAT WHICH WENT INTO THE SHORE WIH THE SIX MEN ABOARD; WAS THE BOAT DESTROYED BY THE CUBAN' OF REPRESENTACION DESCRIBED AS 25 FEET LONG, WITH. TWO 150-HORSEPOWER MERCRUISER ENGINES9 ,,PAINIEQ) DARK GREEN. THE 'OTHER BOAT "~? C-O-N-F-I7O--E-N-T-I-A-L . PAGE 2 OF 4 PAGES 6 -.27734. PAGE 3 OF 4 PAGES IDENTIFIED. THIS BOAT WAS NOT Ei~GACED IN THE FIRE FIGHT WITH THE CUBAN FORCES. IT HAS RETURNED TO MIAMI. 4 WERE THE MEN WHO WERE WOUNDED AND PICKED UP BY CUBAN ?NAVAL FORCES.i WERE THE MEN WHO WERE KILLED ON THE SHORE. THE MEN WHO WERE BELIEVED KILLED IN THE EXPLOSION OF THE BOAT. 5. ? THE ONLY OCCUPANT OF THE. OTHER BOAT ENGAGED IN THE OPERATION WAS COMMENT: ORDER TO TRY TO ASSASSINATE CUBAN PREMIER FIDEL CASTRO. KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH.THE PERSONS MENTIONED IN PARAGRAPH 4 IN THE ACTIVITIES OF COMANDOS L.) WERE INFILTRATING INTO CUBA IN COMMENT: SEVERAL RECENT REPORTS HAVE MENTIONED INTENTION OF'ATTEMPTING TO ASSASSINATE CASTRO. C-O-N-F-I-D-E _T-I-A-L : ":27734 PAGE 4 OF 4 PAGES ? C-O--N-F-I-D- T-I-A-L (classification) (disscm controls) COMPLETION OF PLANS BY ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF CASTRO. SA ID T HAT WOULD LEAVE MIAMI AT ANY MOMENT ON THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT. SAID HE WAS FORCED TO CANCEL HIS PLAN TO ASSASSINATE CASTRO' 7. FIELD DISSEM; CINCSO, CINCLANT, COMKWESTFOR, STATE, FBI, I&NS, CUSTOMS, BORDER 'PATROL, USCG, US ARMY FIELD APPRAISAL DETACHMENT 1. If'