the fair play for cuba committee (fpcc) was an activist group set up in new york in april 1960.richard gott : cuba a new history 177-178 the fpcc's purpose was to provide grassroots support for the cuban revolution against attacks by the united states government, once fidel castro began openly admitting his commitment to marxism and began the expropriation and nationalization of cuban assets belonging to u.s. corporations. the committee opposed the bay of pigs invasion of 1961, the imposition of the united states embargo against cuba, and was sympathetic to the cuban view during the cuban missile crisis of 1962. subsidiary fair play for cuba groups were set up throughout the united states and canada. among its twenty-nine early notable supporters were william appleman williams, norman mailer, truman capote, james baldwin, jean-paul sartre, allen ginsberg, lawrence ferlinghetti, waldo frank and carleton beals.e.van gosse, where the bous are; cuba and the cold war, and the making of the new left,london 1993"pro-castro organization now defunct" united press international. december 29, 1963. the fair play for cuba committee has been the subject of much speculation. it was accused by some of being a soviet front, with little real support outside of a few dedicated american communists. however, it seems to have been connected to the trotskyist socialist workers' party. the fpcc achieved notoriety through the activities of lee harvey oswald in new orleans. oswald would later be accused of the assassination of president john f. kennedy. one of oswald's fpcc leaflets had the address "544 camp street" hand-stamped on it, apparently by oswald himself. this address was in the same building as the office of guy banister, an ex-fbi agent who was involved in anti-castro and intelligence activities. there is no evidence oswald actually rented an property at 544 camp 
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