U.S. INTERCEPTS ANTI-CASTRO CUBAN RAIDERS AND ARMS. (1963)

ON MONDAY, UNITED STATES AUTHORITIES IN MIAMI, FLORIDA, SIEZED FOUR BOATS WITH 21 CUBAN EXILES ABOARD. Description 1. SV BOAT. 2. SCU DOCK. 3. SV MAN INSPECTING SMALL ARMS. 4. CU SIGN. 5. SV RIFLES STACKED AGAINST WALL. 6. SV MAN LOOKS AT MACHINE GUN BULLETS. 7. SV MAN INSPECTS LARGE MACHINE GUN. 8. CU RIFLES. 9. SCU MACHINE GUN AND AMMUNITION. Initials JM/N/AW/GH Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved Background: ON MONDAY, UNITED STATES AUTHORITIES IN MIAMI, FLORIDA, SIEZED FOUR BOATS WITH 21 CUBAN EXILES HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH INTENDING TO USE THE BOATS TO CARRY OUT RAIDS ON CUBA. THREE WERE CAPTURED OFF THE COAST, WHILE THE FOURTH WAS TAKEN IN THE MIAMI CARRIED A CONSIDERABLE QUANTITY OF ARMS - INCLUDING MACHINE GUNS, AUTOMATIC RIFLES, HAND GRENADES, INCENDIARY BOMBS AND SMALL ARMS AMMUNITION REPORTS SAY THE BOATS BELONGED TO A GROUP OF CUBAN EXILES OPERATING FROM THE UNITED STATES, UNDER THE NAME “COMMAND L“.THE EXILES SAY THEY NOW PLANT TO MOVE THEIR HEADQUARTERS ELSEWHERE.