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1 February 1960
Meeting with (Henry P. Lopez)at t e Statler-Hilton Hotel on
1 February 1950 from 1000 hours to 1530 hours.
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1. Those present were ..rs. Vidal FP/Ph, (lexander Hunter) (Williams)
PP/EAD, Charles Penney (Twiss) NI/PW, and Philip Toomey (Thompson) "H/4/PP.
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2. Kr. (Lopez) Lave a report of his contucts in Cuba after receiving
his notes which were brought up by Mr. (Noel and given to Mr. (Lopez) by
Nros (Coomey) Moped said that he had given biographical sketches of
Echevarria, Rasco, Laureano Batista, Martinez Fraga, Ruben de Leon and
Sanchez Arango to the Station representative. he had also turned over a
report of Martinoz Fraga on the aims of the Recuperacion de la Revolucion.
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3. Mr. (Lopez) report was taped and a transcript will be forwarded
to /H by PP/PA.
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4. Specific recommendations made by ir. (Lorez) included having
Herbert Matthews go to Havana and try to influence Castro. Hatthews
has a good reputation throughout the 26th of July Movement and could
help in an approach to Castro. A visit by El Murrow to do a broadcast
on Cuba was also recommended. Nr.5 (Lopez) feels that Castro will be in
power for a long time to coe and that we should try to influence him.
He is seriously affected by any defections and these might be encouraged.
Castro can be hit by defections of overworked and countermanded officials.
Two men who were mentioned as ripe for defection are Rufo in Hacienda
and Cepero in Comercio. 5 Copez) also recommended contact with Padre
Alberto de Castro in Caracas. This padre was formerly Fidel's instructor.
When Fidel was in Caracas he was scolded by Padre Castro whom Fidel
treated with great respect according to Bosco. The Paare and Fidel spent
about one and one half hours alone together at this time.
This priest,
should be checked as a possible influence on Fidel. The possibility of
a split between Fidel and Raul should be exploited. Haul is cold and
mean and the fact that he is Fidel's brother does not carry too much
weight.
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