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Chamber o f Commerce from ' ~ * r o . ~ ' 0 b t a i n complete d e t a 11s c o n c e r n i n g receipt of t h i e fetter and i f p a s s f b l e , o b t a i n o r l g l n a l letter and e n v e l o p e f o r s u b m i s s i o n to FBI L a b o r a t o r y to be compared w i t h mpecimens m u h i t t e d by Mtami to L a b o r a t o r y I n t h l ~ c a s e .

MEW YORK:

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1. C o n t a c t W i a x i o d e l a P r e n e a w f o r d e t a i l . c o n c e r n i n g t h e "Zero" l e t te r r e c e i v e d o n t.he weekend p r e c e d i n g 5/7/79 and o b t a i n o r i g i n a l le t ter and e n v e l o p c i f oaseible . for l a t e n t f i n g e r p r i n t s and doct inentary cxamina t i o n by Lmbara t o r y a nd for compar ison w i t h mpeclrrens s u b m i t t e d by Miami.

2. New York conduc t a p p r o p r l a te l n v e s t l e a t i o n to d e t e r m i n e if ORLANDO BOSCH was i n N e w York o n or before 4/16/74 when ARTURO RODRIGURZ RIVAS was murdered.

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W 1 1 1 a l s o attempt to d c l c r r t n e 3 f I- - ' n s Sn W p r Yark C t t y o n or k f o r

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Conduct appropr ia tr inv-s t S g 8 t i o n to l d c n t i f y a i t thor of the nZeroW let ter mtnt .to CARLOS PRIO SOCARRAS r h o i8 re11 known to t h e S8n Juan Off ice.

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It is to be &tcd that the ROVO brother* are well known to the Ncr York rnd Newark Offices, for their past bombing rktivities.

With regafd to t h e i n f o r ~ t i o n r e l a t i n g to ORLANDO BOSCH pr vided by i n f o r u n t m am demcribed above, i t 18 to be note! t h a t Miami 1. c o n d u c t i n g a mepara te i n v e s t i g r t i o n e IS - CUBA, t n which BOSCH is Accion Cubrna c l a i m s c r e d i t f package bombs to Ctibrn coneula tem i n meveral f o r e i n c l u d i n g Canada, P e r u , a n d Spa In. I t C i i b n r mubmerge a f t e r t h e a l l e g e d h a r d o f i n t e r v i e w to t h e A s s o c l a t c d c l a i r s or 8nnoc1ncements have been made by Accion Cubrna . 'Zcrow came i n t o be ing w i t h t h e a s ~ a s s i n a t i o n of TORRIENTE l i t t l e wrc t h a n r w n t h l a t e r , o n 4/12/74.

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On 1968, while eaded an o r g a n i z a t i o n known re Cubrn Power, Involved In 8 aeries o f u h i p bombings, f lowed t h e technique of i s s u i n g r nonymoue under t h e name of WERNESTO," i t j l e or as u e t f o r t h

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On 4 ft 2 174, Cl~ban exilc- A v d e r JOSE BLIAS DE LA rORRIEAIZ r s a r c r a s l m t r d by an v . . ~ ' e n t i f i e d mniper i n Coral G@bles, Vr. A 80-cr'la d -:erom note rrlr found by inveut igr t i n g off i c e r ~ - acen? of the crime. On 4 '1 7 /74, tbe q i r r i r I&. - -ericir, M iami, r ece ived mn el.vclotr postmarked YAShr - U.. 8 . Portal S ~ r v i c r ? , PL 330," contr in ing typed letter i n the Spanish language sAbcled "i,:', mtrt ing t h r t rORRIENTB r r s executed r s 8 t r a i t o r

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8 bol iticrl enemy among C i ~ b r n e x i l e groups , much 88 C u b n Power and Acclon Cubrnr , mince TORRIENTE

- --~oppored terrorimt t a c t i c 6 of r u c h groupm. A n u n b r of othe,r Cllbln e x i l e s i n C a l i f o r n i a and M i r m l b a r e reported r e c + i p t af t h r e a ts r t t r i b u t e d to "Zero" or r u s p e c t e d of # m n a t i n g from wZero.w An n t m p h e r e of terror i n Miami haa been c r e a t e d by a a a a s s i n r t l o n of ~ R R I E N T E , On' 5/4/74, AUSA LAWRBNCE e x p r e s s e d a p l n l o n l+tter& u i l e d to PRIO and m y p r o b a b l y c a n s t i t u t a r ~ o l a t l o n S e c t i o n 876, 8. Code, r e g a r d i n g E t o r t i o n , a n d t h a t f u r t h e r i a v e r t i g 8 t i o n 18 r a r r a n t e d , A 1 WED AND DANGEROUS,

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A t 9:OO p e r , , Aeril 1 2 , 1974, Cuban e x i l e l e a d e r JOSE ELIAS DE LA TORRfENTE, a g e 70, n s mrclsuinr ted r t h i s r e s i d e n c e , 709 Cremona Avenue, Co ra l Gables , F l o r i d a , w h i l e watching t e l e v i s i o n with hits r i f e , H e was mhot i n t h e b8ck of h i s head by 8 mniper. R e d i ed mbor t ly t h e r e a f t e r i n a h m p i t a l , I n v e ~ t i g a t i n g o f f i c e r . of t h e Dode County P u b l i c S a f e t y Department (PSD) found r 9 rm. casing outmido t h e hauee m a r 8 window th rough which the rrmamrio f i r e d ,

The i n v e s t i g a t i n g o f f icera 81.0 found o n 8 parch t a b l e m a r t h e l i v i n g toom 8 white enve lope c o n t a i n i n g 8 3 s 5 c a r d b e a r i n g r l a r g e b l a c k oval or %mroW, above which were t h e letters 9, E, To," and benea th which was t b e m y m b o l n l X I O O H . ~ (See a t t ached 8 Xerox copy of t h i r "ttro" no t e ) ,

B u k e q u e n t l y , meveral Miami nerrrpaperr publimhed 8 copy of t h i u "rerow note . "Zerow became 8 a u b j e c t o f wide comment and u p e c u l a t i o n 8 w n g C u b a circle6 i n M i l m i .

I t is to lm noted t h a t 1'0RRIENTE n a t h e head of t h e ao -ca l l ed "Torr iente P l a n n to l i b e r a t e Cub.. 816 o r g a n i z a t i o n s e v e r a l year8 ago p u b l i c l y c la imed t h a t i t was i n t h e pracouu of o r g a n i z i n g a m i l i t a r y a p r a t i o n r g a i m t t h e Coafauniat Government of ?IDEL CASTRO, TORRIENTE r a p o r t o d l y c o l l e c t a d funb . I n the Uni ted S t a t e s and L a t i n America to c a r r y out h i s p l ana , which f i n a l l y c o l l a p e d , H i s e f f o r t s met w i t h c o ~ i d e r a b l e cr i t Ici6m from r im1 8nti-CASTRO Cuban s x i l a l e a d e r a and o r g a n i t a t loan,

PEDEIAL BUREAU OF I N V E S T I G A T I O N

M i a m i Springs, Fla., typewriter. There was no retun ~Idreas.

I Thla enve2ope contained what appears t o be a carbon coyy of a two-page bnfrarmcement f r o m The mvelo

stely dated and nd were turned over to 8 A

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A trannlation of thin let ter from S p a a h to English reads as follows:

f h ~ documenl c-l~rnI nalhrr rocommenda~iom~ nor conclur~onr of @ha FBI. I b (be prepertl m4 h FBI end b borud vmur ~ o ~ ~ r b ond YI conlenh ote not to Lo dlrtributmd outride lour mgency.

TO PUi3LIC OPT130fl I?: CZ:TJJ,

Tbcre have been many theories about t b e blase, not of the lasa of Cuba to international C o ~ s m , ht the failure to liberate Cuba. One thing 13 clear, to clcrr that evcn a bliud pan could see it: the worst U e s that a m a , I;rou? or r-:tic3 csuld i-.:;.c ore the U.S. Zhey cre to bXeme Zcr the failure ond frustration in the task of reac* . " . , 1. >-' . Ti ,.a a frir3tcning tyranny. They were norally m d L -l.;;~*i'lly obli~~d. for CL SC~ICB of hi~t0l.i~ reasons v;h.ich .L.;. =*ill ::3t CIUscusa here. I3ut also, t!?e to-cclled civilized o t t i m s on thls plact elre to blm-their ecotism, cowarcUce mfi indecision contributed t o the International be.trarjl WhJ.nd the backs of the suffering Cuban people.

They a l l e l l be punJ.shcd, because history doe8 mot pardan. lJow, there io a third 4;roup to be blaaed-in our $i&gent, tAe post dls-stlnr: CUU~ rcpul~ive of a3l. kho are they?.....tll=\sc :,'x cz :-:;>, t:i :l-.st.t bcin3 l l m = i ~ t 8 , c b i t ~ ~ c t t : ~ c gr;zc.sc oi' ii:..:*;;is: of t i 3 co9x;try, nr?rcly -. bcctu3e of tficir 0i.u ( 9 ~ b i t i s : ~ ~ ..a G I : ~ Q O : ; ~ ::itkwz G C * ~ or I,c-lift, to t <ro:;1 t 2 c 1;ord l@-~i: 5 - 9 KC-.E.~ r 3.:c 'i:a:,,; Z ~ z z i m to Uel r ar;twcr vlridr is corm:>t uici a~ter in l l~ t i c . lio matter bow hard one t r i e s , one c a find no positive points in their nature. One frho &.trays his corntry i s a capleZe3y negative, eapfy creature, no mtter from vhat -1e he $8 rlewed..

#bat do these people desemre?. . . . .these miserable *Cubmw Nbo, In the nost p a i ! hour of t l e i r country hate ncrcly eildcd sht1c to t.orc::t. . . .t;~)';?L'1:. . . . C:~T*~~::~SS , cn ~ r ~ i & t b Zero, %::A& ;:ill -d:i-a C:slr f o r i o t t n i tc:;T:o, e Zero of t i i : -ust; tud ~c:?u . l I c ' i i c~ , n I;..:o, rrot sf ~ : r z ~ i ~

- . .- for tllcrc-thcy trc to ; .:.U t 3 ;: - 3 - c 1 t->.. L ;-,- -L:! a - -4.. 4 . : .,. c I ~ ~ ~ i f i c 2 t i c 3 ~f t i t ! : i Y ':: b i i ..*b GA'C: , b-. i. b* di' L C existence, Weir ~.~orthlcss lj.vc=, ~ A c h clll cCL u? to Tczo.

Cuba will o r t.+l:lli not bo free, only t h e \:ill toll, but these uretchcd creature!; vill ouly receive a Zero.

3.5. We lmov that unfortur,~tely, the Ust is very Xon,n, but the ccceterfcs ere very Icsgc, cnd we have plcDtp of tit: 2. \

C ; P.S. 2 J3Z2 z.LC-S Df Ll TC:-- L;;;lC, ZL.X't"r3 16 A Zi:3Ur..'1- A,. L TO

EIS WzJiliY1 1ITS RCCT;I"ZD HIS ZZ.0.

Fnclcmed i n the letter -8 a white circufar plecr: ~f pnper cut 111 the form of 8 large "0" with a hale in the center, A t tile top was typed, "JOSE EL.IAS DP 1A TORRIEN'I):," and 8 t t h e bottom waa t y p e d , '@I x I OO/I .

A ttached almo 16 8 duplicrte cepy of the envelope and i t 6 contents.

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liul=l~o so j,,. tc~rizt.\:lo o a w o lr c.~l:?s.~'lidu~!, no de 1.i F ~ I C .

Gn Cuba a mtlo:, tiol co:-u~Is. o ir~torn;lcixx. l , ti:il) dc11 ~ T U ~ J S O 6:

p?*ooooo l /bortnr lo c::bnno. U ~ A C G ~ ~i CJ a o ~ ; L T ; ~ , t u ; ~ ;li;frrn:!

b33ta un cley,o aarla cttpsz do ~ o * * l o : Ids !womo t l i i \ t los *jlJll ii;:..

- ~ u p o o nnoio? puotlo:~ t-nor scn loti Eof:.:'.!:o c l los oon c2Lbxbl:

dcl fraccoo y ln fr113Zraoior1 do la tsrea Co rescztzr a Cuba d:,

t l r m i a oe?aneYou;l, a lo q?io ootaban ohll~udoir, nwal y nstarl.~?

t o po't 1 . 9 1 2 sorSo do rimonon :*r, lrrc'!~fo ?rlatc!rico qtlo no vieno a'

cab0 d i s c i ~ i i r * ~ : ~ ; r l , ?c?*o t v . . . 9 3 c : ~ c :L.tn'r?;~-, 9o:i 12.3 I~L;:.;L:'.:s r.

noa o iv i l i za8ab {Is as ta planoto, ca:.-o e,~oi~:i~r>, cohardia a indo

a?r~tribuyoron rr Aundlr sun m s el final do la trcrioion intorn3

cn lco.8 espaldus do1 oufrido pual~lo cuhono.

Unoe y otroa tcndran su ccrsti~o, puea la )dotoria no po-2

thora hion, quo& un torcer crupo dc cul?ahlos, o nuostro juic

'lo3 mno OXoorL . r r .t . ... ,..... 7.r. - .iton de todo3. ?Quionos am?. . . . puee ncrilrr man ni mu. J ~ - ;:.s *-'b a~u01103 C U ~ ~ O B quo sln sor 1

io tne , obstncalSzan rm a&-.- . eate proccso de libertar a uu

en Aroa oolo de Bus b3ntamk;is ~m?rfci .:lutl. Hombrcu y m j 3 r 0 b

alm ni eorazon, para q~~ie!acn la pai;l!)r)lr virtu8 a l p i f i c a un

02itato o x t r t i ~ o o au nat;ur~I*,zo, corr.i.)tu .J nmtor?alicta. lin

fialeza a Ln qllo por r.;,:r,Ws vaol tus 7 r:vvltcltus g.13 r o lo do c

?-oceso clc tr;t(l~ do a~~contr lr loa rcr pi^:::^ g o ~ i t i ~ 3 n~dtb 00 1

oncontr:trr en a30 oenticta, ptrso o luc l ~ J O t r n i 0 1 ~ ~ ~ a au p;rt;l

os uc 3cr totl:Smwito nny,rrfi~o y vaaio, Qo3\10 a u ~ l - p i e r a.n;ull

l a ' ~n%r.;:,

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w~ul~anoa" que en 1c horn r;ta dolorooa do ea Xi?Vb, ou m i c a o r l t ~ i -

aion I l a 81da un . id i r vaP-ucrny,a a1 %3r;r,?ntor.. . .?\4rA,.. .3L V4\CIC),

AL V,~CIO, M ; R ~ , I , A L: 1:.',1~& un wc?lnoH, ";cr c- - s I:-'T--~?P a).-- qt.19 O ~ O P -

nnra 8u tunha olvit:.n&, vn "C:~?O" do oaoo y ro~udio, uq "C;>O"J no

do vCn:Anza guoa e l las .:on nuy po. umos para ncmcorlo, aino solo

tilJi-:o, par0 8or d ~ , una ~ W L U o do otro , e l loo , oat08 nlsorrrbloa,

no S:.~rorta la -?oslcion quc buquan, ~randoa o p o q u ~ s ~ $ran osdn

uno y u su tlonpo, on form frla y doccipns in:::lda, roc/blondo su

p.6. Sahcmoa quo ilo~~mcladonranto l a l!rlto oa zmay larr:a, p r o

t:r~.:>i.on fna c9ramtoriua t n : r 13uy -~\ndos, y ptrr3 l l o v ~ ~ l o t ~ noa I

1 sabra o l tionpo.

The Miami press c a r r i e d a number of a r t i c l e 6 almost imraediately a f t e r t h e a e s r 6 ~ i n a t i o n of TORRIERPE, r e f l e c t i n g t h a t o t h e r i n d i v i d u a l s were a l l e g e d l y on r l i u t to be a s s r s s i n a t.ed by "ZERO, and It warn s p e c u l a t e d tha t ARTURO RODRIGUEZ VIVES, age 31, of Ner York City, rho r r s murdered on A p r i l 16, 1974, u y a100 have h e n 818 i n by "ZERO, Another ar t ic le a l s o r e f l e c t e d t h a t a number of Cubrn l e a d e r s were a l l e g e d l y c a r r y i n g guns i n o r d e r to p r o t e c t themsel res 8s a r e e u l t of the @*ZERO1* r s r a s s i n r t i o n of 1Y)BRIENTE.

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OnIry S. ?RIO SOCARRAS, bd7O Altan

* te lephonlcr lly a U v l m ~ ¶ SA bo &b mceimd m %row , . an former ~ m t d o n t of cub. d d -did political w r t y known am the R r t i d o ~ e v o ~ u c l o n r l o C u b a n (PRC) , a1.0 k n w n G t h e rutenflico Arty.

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Alton l o r d , ~r ib . . Thi. a d d r u s rul - - .-- - : - .-- .. . t-ltten. r e t u r n mbdren. ~ n t r l m d - i n t h e .amlaps n m m of white pper a p p m a l m t o l y -

81 8 11 i n 8i.h o u t l i n e of rn ~rrge black 0-1 - * . +em t y p s r r l t t e n lettera reading, %grw ( tnmlr ted i n t o Engl ish M mpym) . Beneath tbe oval th.= -8 T. P. 8 . , l%lOO-~uatlcir~ i n black type, f o l l d by tbe Qlta "Yay SO, Z974,w #tamped i n rcd ool-,

Dr. IRL@ u . l d Wmt May SO ir a Cubn national k l 1 d . y . ~ i a a c b d u l r d to a m r r a t e a l a b r r t l o n o n YIy 19 i n m m od tbo b a t h of Cuban ~ . t r l o t 3#SE MARTI. Tbe eelehrrtioobam oat b e a p l b l i c X ~ a n a a u ~ d . Dr, PRIO - - 8 d v i . d t h a t be L a b ~ of no logical muspocts a d mdrlaed * - , - -

tbt k Md sat p s r ~ n a l l y re-ivwd any throat. duriag - ,- tho r u o a t -to . .

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aotlf1.d eeacerning tbi, %eram letter m i n d by Die ? R X 0 8f ter Dr. PRIO n a inforred tbat t h i . m u l d b h.

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j. Letter Received May 7 , 1974, by "Miami Heraldw

It i u to be no ted t h a t t h e a s s a ~ s i n a t i o n of TORRIENTE c r e a t e d a n a tmosphere of terror among Cuban exi le8 and e s p e c i a l l y Cuban e x i l e l e a d e r s i n t h e Miami a r e a . It a p p e a r s t h a t some of t h e "teroW letters and t e l e p h o n i c t h r e a t 8 mentioned i n t h i u report may have been made by i n d i v i d u a l s u n r e l a t e d to t h e TORRIENTE a r s r u s i n a t i o n r h o a re t r y i n g to c a p i t a l i z e o n t h e

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m t m o s p ~ o f terror for r ea sons o e x t o r t l o n , ' r e v e n g ~ , amumement, or o t h e n i e t ,

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On May 7 , 1974, 'Idlami Werald, *' t e l enhon i newspaper bad- j u s t a - letter f roll "Zerow- mta t i n g that "Zero" r e s p o n s i b l e far the d e a t h o f&UURO of Ner York Ci ty . I t is to be VI-S -8 murdered a t A p r i l 16, 1974, f o u r TORRIERIg.

wZerow also warned tha t persons u8 i n g - t h e name "Zero" wi thout a u t h o r i z a t i o n and t h a t perlronr marked f o r as d no t be g iven advance n o t i f t c a t ion , t h i 8 letter had been pub l i shed i n t e . P V o - - a Prensa i n Mew T O T ~ o v e r

a t h e p a s t reekend. YW' I iW

with r e l a t e d c a s e s i nvo lv ing C u b n exile terrorilrtm,

5 . OPINION Or UNlTED STATES ATlDRNEY

On May 4, 1974. A ~ s i s t r n t U. 8 . A t t o r n e y MURANCE R. CRAIG, M i n m i . v r s c o n s u l t e d c o n c t r n l n p t h i ~ C I S @ . Re expressed t h e o p i n i o n t h r t a l t h o u g h t h e c a s e has n o t been c o m p l e t e l y developed a t t h i 8 t i m e , l h e r a ir 8 p r o b r b i l i t y of a v i o l r t i o n under S e c t i o n 876, T i t l e 18, U n i t e d S t a t e s Code, r e l r t l n g t o e x t o r t i o n , and h e f e l t t h r t f u r t h e r investigation -6 w a r r a n t e d . M r . CRAIG also s u g g e s t e d t litters which were r e c e i v e d by PRIO and b

i n d i v i d u r l .

-67.) bc t r e a t e d 8s r s l n g l e t n v e s t i g r t i o n , s i n c a r e -tens1 h l y "Zerob1 le t ters p r e p a r e d by the rme

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ARMED AND DANGFROUS,