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104-10104-10209 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (5/31/1967)

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                                        OGC  67-1077

                                        31 May  1967



 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD

 SUBJECT: Orlandb Avila y Bosch



           1.  Mr.             of the WH Haiti Desk called on
 25 May  1967 and stated that they had been advised by an asset
 in New  York that Rene Juares Leon  had been arrested by the
 FBI in New  York  City on that date. A bench warrant  for the
 arrest of Leon had been issued by the District Court for the
 Southern District of Florida since he failed to appear for his
 arraignment in March  1967.  He was  indicted along with
 Rolando Masferrer  for plotting an invasion of Haiti. Mr. Gremillion
 said that they had no operational interest in Leon, but their sources
 had indicated Leon might be considered a political asset in the post
 Duvallier era in Haiti. Mr.          asked my opinion as to
 whether or not this possible future use of Leon might have an
 effect on the charges being dropped against him. I told
 Mr. [          that it seemed highly unlikely that the Judge or
 the United States Attorney would consider dropping the charges
 since Leon had failed to appear before the court when so ordered.

          2.  I called Mr. Morris,  Internal Security Division,
 Department of Justice, the attorney handling both the Masferrer
 and Bosch prosecutions, and told him that Leon had been arrested.
 It was in a previous conversation with Mr. Morris that he told
 me that the United States Attorney expected to obtain the indictment
 against Bosch on 31 May  1967.  Mr. Morris  said that both the
 United States Attorney and the Department of Justice were
 considering postponing the date of bringing the indictment against
 Bosch because of the problems which had developed in Miami  after
 a Cuban refugee named Rivero  had been arrested.  The information
 available indicates that Orlando Bosch has been the leader of the
protest demonstrations against Rivero's arrest. It would therefore
seem  prudent ,to delay the indictment rather than precipitate
greater demonstrations in the Cuban community  of Miami.





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