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as his immediate opinion that. 
‘the creation of a Cuban govern- 
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a 25 March speech of the re- 
"mercenaries" (i.e., anti-Cas- 
The “mercenary government" would 
local war, imperialism may meet 
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CUBA 
There has been only limited 
international comment so far 
on the 22 March announcement of 
the formation of the anti-Castro 
"Revolutionary Council” 
under 
Castro's former Premier Jose 
Miro Cardona. 
An Argentine 
representative in the UN gave 
ment-in-exile would have 
a fa- 
vorable impact in Latin Amer 1- 
ca," but added that the formal 
announcement should have been 
made in some Latin American 
country 
to: avoid the charge 
that the new organization is a 
Radio Moscow charged the United 
States with violating several 
international agreements in al- 
lowing the anti-Castro group 
to organize a "government" on 
its soil. 
Castro reacted by boasting 
sistance with which Cubans would 
meet any invasion attempt by 
tro Cuban exiles) or "marines." 
last 24 Hours or perhaps a lite 
tle longer, he said, adding 
that “if they begin playing at 
with hemispheric war." 
He said 
that Cuba had many more arms 
than the Congo or Laos, and as- 
serted that, in case of an at- 
tack on Cuba, “peasants and 
workers from many other Amori- 
can countries will march to war 
against imperialism." 
Recent reports describing 
tion are dominated by accounts 
of consumer-goods shortages, 
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continue 
to feel 
that 
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regime 
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threat-, 
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by 
such 
economic 
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locations, 
Sabotage und organized re- 
sistance activities evidently 
are continuing to increase 
throughout Cuba despite a pre- 
sumably steady gain in the 
strength of the government's 
instruments of repression. 
counts of. attempted sabotage 
of industrial and agricultural 
installations are becoming in- 
creasingly frequent, 
and anti- 
Castro terrorists are explod- 
ing bombs daily in Havana-- 
twelve in 4 single day, accord- 
ing to one recent 
report. 
Sources in the Guantanamo area 
report that government forces 
are being employed against four 
"major" groups in eastern Oriente 
Provincé, and other armed dis- 
sidents are said to 
be active 
in Pinar del Rio and Las Villas 
provinces, 
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Recent reports indicate 
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that sugar cane fires--allegedly 
eet by saboteurs--may 
be increas- 
ing. 
A considerable portion of 
such fire-damaged cane normally 
can be salvaged by grinding it 
immediately, but the growing in- 
cidence of such reports implies 
some roduct ion in Cuba's esti- 
mated total 1961 sugar crop of 
5,500,000-6,000,000 tons as well 
as the further erosion of support 
for Castro among the peasant 
groups on which his popularit 
rests. The present slowdown in 
Camaguey Province by sugar-mill — 
workers protesting wage cuts 
provides a further illustration 
of Gisenchantment with Castro 
among lower i:come group, 
but most foreign observers in 
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Signs of Discontent azong \..6 Cuban 
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(31 March 1961) 
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UNFVALUATED INFORMATION, SOURCE GHADINGS ARE OLPINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT 
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The great 
ef Cuban people believe that the hour of deciston 
at hand 
ane that ths 
ral of the CASTRO regins is in valance. 
They espect an 
invasion to take place before mid-April 1951 and place great reliance in 1.1 
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2. The (43 regine 
staadt-y Losing popilarity, and the lack of enthustasn 
of tne Cuban people 1: reflected in Habans, where housewives and servants 
88 a 2 
must stand in line for hours to obtain such necucsities as scap and lard. 
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Cuban women have beceme the leaders of opposition activity end urge their 
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husbands to under take action to alleviate the present situation. 
The perple 
da begun to lose their fear of the govertent, and subtle sabotage is cornon. 
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People deliterately break beer bottles and glesses, knowing that the governnent 
4% 4.377, ie, 
cannot replace them, and no one uses change, 30 that small cocnercial trans- 
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"actions have tecone hopelessly involved. 
CASTRO has said publicly that people 
who stand in line to pirchase scarce tens are counterrevolutionaries because 
«they aca trying to show that the goverrment cannot provide. 
As a result nearly 
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stands in lire; lines at grocery stercz can be seen extending for four 
to le bliecks. 
Church attendance is at an all-tine high as a 
tra t ton 
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J. Travelers through the interfor of Cube hive reported that the disenchantzent 
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of the 
s has spread throug? all the prorlrzes. 
Spokesnen of opposition 
groups say that Santiago de Cuta ani al) of Orlente Province is seething with 
hate. 
For cppositiontsts Santiago is the eas last elty in Cuba in which to 
orer ate. 
For ters there readily give all the supcert they can, Iincluling 
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hiding untergrou.? leaters in their he:e3. 
Very fees of the 
of the Cubsn 
revolution hive parsed on to the cuban masses. 
The salary of cane-culters has 
tan cut 
fifsy per cent; Lishersen must sell thelr catch to the National 
Institute fer Agrarian Refers. at low prices aid are paid in script which they 
consider valueless. 
Conucequently, it is difficalt to buy fish, arnt the fishermen 
by 
try every seins 
sell thelr prezuete 
on the free or black rarzet. 
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caser it tl par planntes or lack of supalies har Yel’ ta 
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UNE VALUATED INFORMATION, SOURCE G#ADINGS ARE OL FINI TIVE. arraaisas OF Couteny  Ventatieg. 
1. 
The great 
ef Cuban people believe that the hour of dectston % at hand 
and that the sur ral of the CASTRO regine is in balance. 
They espect aa 
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invasion to take place before mid-April 1951 and place great reliance tn 1.1 
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2. The 
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steadity losing popularity, and the lack of enthustasa 
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of the Cuhan people 1: reflected in Habana, where housewives and servants 
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must stand in line for hours to obtain such necussities as scap and lard, 
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Cuban women have beceme the leaders of opposition activity end urge their 
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husbands to undertake action to alleviate the present situation. 
The perple 
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have begun to lose their fear of the governnent, and subtle sabotage is 
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«People deliterately break beer bottles and glasses, knowing that the governnent 
cannot replace them, and no one uses change, so that small ecctercial trans- 
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CASTRO has said publicly that people 
ho stand in line to pirchase scarce items are counterrevolutionaries because 
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they ara trying te show that the 
cannot provide. 
As a result nearly 
@ettyon stands in line; lines at grocery stercz can be seen extending for four 
to five biccks. 
Church attendance is at in all-tine high as a de-onstration 
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Travelers through the inter tor of Che hive reported that the disenchant=ent 
of the marses has spread throug? all the provinces. 
Spokessen of opposition 
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groups say that Santiago de Cuta ani al? of O lente Province is seething with 
hate. 
For cppositiontsts Sant 
is the easiest elty in Cubs in which to 
ate. Vor ters there resdily give all the zb ent thy can, Ine 
lu ling 
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hiding untergrow.? lea fers in their hene. 
Very fe“ of the as of the Cuban 
revolution hive parsed on to the cuban masses. 
The salary of cane-cultecrs has 
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per cent; Lishersen must sell thelr catch to the 
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Institute fer Agrarian Refers. at low prices and are patd in ser izt which they 
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try every eins 
sell thelr precucts illegally on the free or black rarket. 
govern: at be ting units have 
but fe- are occupied. 
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de Ni par Hates or lack of supplies has. Yel ta 
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The defection 
of Jeve PARDO 
CASTRO propagandist and news 
has been discussed 2 41 walks of life and is regarded as highly significant, 
Although everyone 1 dare that PARDO is a ecmplete opportunist, 
it ie else 
known that he often has the ability to predict the future and change his 
political affilisticns. 
The ranks of the oppositionists will ‘increase as 
more and nere Cutens seek a means tc join the "winning side,” 
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Tt is ampossible t estimace the moter ef arus which have now passed into 
private hanse. 
It i9 easy to 
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gun in Habana; weapons, 
usually 
rifles, are furnished ty underground organizations. 
Mo one wishes to cache 
any extensive amcunt of arms tecause cf the difficulty in hiding then 
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It 1 also certain that the police, who despise the militia, 
will act fight. 
The morale of the militia ts fazit. 
They have show little wish to fight 
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the opposition forces in the Ecarbray area of central Cubs, and sone have 
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been tailed for refusal te ge to combat areas. 
Both ailitianen and women 
try to find any excuse to wear civilian clothing, possibly tecause meabers 
of the oppcaition have been killing and wounding 
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ard alleys of Habena and taking away their weapons. 
The gowerrment 
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has hea to disarm most of the wanen's miiitia because opposition groups 
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because of their new-found notoriety and pay. The AJR is divided into military~ 
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tyre platcons ang trained in military tactics. 
AJR members are used to shew 
the force cf the goverrment at rellies and demonstrations and also in attacks 
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upon Catholics. 
Parents of members resent the formation of the AJR because 
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CASTRC's decree of 1961 as the "Year of Education” and his erder fer closing 
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ali scheels on 15 April and sending the students to rural areas to teach 
the farmers hae caused mach resentcent among certain groups. 
Parente, 
esreciaily of fetale students, do not want to send their children to rurel 
areas to risk thezr health ani love the effects of thelr par 
11 uptrirging. 
Operators of private scheols, whose fixed expenses will cer 
during 
the 
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period of suspension of school, fear they will deco dar. 
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ferced 
to ask the gcwertment to assure the operation of the schee: 
abana is filled with Soviet, Satellite, and Crunist Chinese rationals, 
2725 
who appear to te living confortably at gever ment exzense, probably part 
thr) 
the barter plan between Cuba and blec countries. 
Through an arrangzesent vith 
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the government these naticnals do not have to pay for expenses in public 
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praces bat only sign 
bill, which the owner of the establishnent must present 
te the g>vernnent for reintursement. 
Cutan enplœyees do not like this procedure 
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because it eliminates tippim and the mers of the establiswent are uncertain 
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over their reſtaturzerent. 
Soviet an Sawllite officers are assigned to Cuban 
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Gavernment offices, 
Chirase are more of 4 mystery to the Cubans, since thay 
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are seen in large 
dut thetr functicn fs not known. 
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speculated 
that they are werkirg largely in the ctnese colery, that they 
are assigned 
tc geve: ment agricultural 
in the interlor of 
the countzy, er 
thet thay are heLpirg the militia in the Fscamtray as instructcrs in guorrille 
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important one in the Rabana 
grea, it is 
depst fer cergos 
on Soviet ehizs. 
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security on to trucks covered vith 
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also posted at all the bridges ard culverts on the 
Ateut two hunired Mitten were sent to captures 4 eue ef 
alreaty in 
the hille in that area, tut ten of the an erated 
at. too’. refigs 
in seversl marty 
and every night 
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the allitiawen began their shooting and pareecution of the ant 
f- CAS RO moan 
in the res. 
In the central part of the province the residents were not 
pornitted to more about freely. The ullitianen had helicopters at thetr 
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in this area ard they hel picked up 
ean they suspected of being 
@rgazed in esuntesrevolutionary actieities, 
After the aan was kept dargling 
frim tha heliccpter at the end of 
hy talked ant caused sone arrests 
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2. Tvo Soviets, 
ho did not identify thecselves with any organization, 
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Well-known shipping egeney in Rynna ebout 1 Apr 61 and stated tha 
vere locking for 
to carry 
Cuban sugar fren 
Hezburz, West CGereery, 
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would be sold to Ceran interests. 
thewsend tons of sugar 
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be needed to truc Wort it to Cory. 
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3. Forty-tvo 
of Cestro’s G2 organization vere arrested en 
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for conspiring vith anti-Cestro ele=ents to provide the latter w ‘.clessified — 
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1951 witha fores of 
some 10 thousand men, ede wp of disenchanted mrSers of the Cuban any, navy 
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and police on the ome herd and untergrovnd elerents on ths other, eam to an 
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abortive end vhen they failed towin the support of 
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regulars who 
underground throughout Cuba. These ex-ary regulars, vho 
are partly armed, are 
in two rain groups: 
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The Junta Cfrica Milite> 
Cristiana, which has about 1 thousand 
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about seven thov~rd in 
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