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104-10048-10193 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (3/20/1963)

handle is hein.jfk/jfkarch07721 and id is 1 raw text is: S1O4~iOO48~1O193 . 6 r4 2C 0j Vll !5 MEMORANDUM FOR: Stanley J. Grogan, Assistant to the Director C Robert SWANNER and Robert THOMPSON, Pilota Allegedly Shot Down over Cuba in December, 1961 REFERENCES : A. Article by Al Wood in Orlando Sentinel, 12 March 1963 B. Article by Al Wood in Orlando Evening Star,. 12 March 1963 C. Article by Janes Buchanan in Pompano Beach Sun-Sentinel, 12 March 1963 1. On 19 December 1961, this Agency became aware of sorne aspects of the incident described in referenced reports. According to our records, this was the third overflight of this kind attempted. On 21 October 1961, a leaflet drop was apparently made over Camaguey, Cuba by U. S. citizens. On 8-9 December 1961, authorities at Nassau intercepted and stopped a plane and U. S. citizens preparing to conduct a similar leaflet drop over Cuba. On the weekend of 15-17 December, another overflight was conducted by U. S. citizens and from this attempt, two pilots and a plane failed to return. 2. Investigation by U. S. authorities of the activities cited above has been hampered by a welter of coiflicting stories from second and third hand sources, as well as by inconsistent statements from alleged participants. However, the following summary appears to be accurate. William JOHNSON has said that he, Robert SWANNER, and Frank FIORINI made the 21 October overflight. Alexander L RORKE, a free-lance newsman and photographer who has long been on the fringes of Cuban exile activity, has claimed that he flew on this mission as an observer. On 8 December, Robert SWANNER was intercepted in Nassau in an aircraft chartered from Sunny. South Aircraft, Inc., Fort / ...L~4-4,(--7L-t ) I . er ,:p b b AA 7 74

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