CIA PLOT SMASHED, CASTRO REGIME SAYS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000800010014-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 3, 1999
• Sequence Number: 14
• Content Type: NSPR

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:day they
of a band O
clamped his arms embarg
An attempt to sabotage
;big copper mines of Matab
bra was smashed; the dffl
report said, even though
invaders suceeded in plan
before they went off.
Miguel Angel Orozco C
po, who reportedly o
served as an army iteute
4under dictator Fuluenclo
of the band. He was deacri
as "principal chief of
oroxcta Crespo and, a
panion no*
A,ency
The Cuban
Orozeo Crespo teed
miaai4n" ashore ,'
squads--each made u f
men;.,. at
Cuba's; wester ti fi
Weapons acid Explosives
They .landed ,tact.
using a rubber rt ;equlpp
with a muffled motor, car
log a half-ton of weapons, +
ploalves, radio tranamlttc
and fbod.fartwo wee%s
The official report
boned only Orozoo . Craig
crushii g Ai" band.:; 7-1
men to be picked up by a U
of the mission. What - tl
The government report sa
Orozco Crespo, shown
n('wspaper picture
s
carried out "some 25 mieslm
to our territory, some of thei
CPYRGHT
UnsUec
these
revealed..
Glyes Na it of 40
Havana" "newspapers raid
Orozco Cr"po gave in?
vestigators ;the names of 40
members of his organlzationN,
and made these declarations:
? The CIA is readying a
force of Cuban exiles for..a
lake invasion :of Nicaragua in
nnivance with Pr d4gt
,)Luis Sonwso to provide an jit-t
ruse for-.'foreign invasion
Cuba by accusing the Caa~
regime of aggression.
? Twenty "operators" a4'
Collecting military data for
United States Bide Cuba 'w
.the,aid of `"ati in informati
An unnamed embassy in
avana is lending,*. diplo-
4
tic pouch to the" UpIte States Intelligence '? A
tor transporting oomm
tiotus equipment to be used
by ~`~a gents In Cuba.
+. His organization bjogn
quarters "In state of
with. equipment
canrangi-"15 miltitneter
pistols" The headquarters;
s "green, house" south oI
Miami on Highway I near
;,"Monkey Jungle." He said a
.,man named Bob Wall was Co.
I ordinating the Miami actions,
keIaWd Before making sorties into
ents are taken to Sun-
Key, where they are
t
isolated until sailing time. in
a Thjplall f i
?na caur occupcy
aaoly 4.
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