: ~~ oe . C) : 7 O ‘ C ar ; FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION . UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TUSTICE . ; In Reply, Please Refer to File No. 105-3558 Miami, Florida January 15, 1962 RE:. CUBAN REBEL ACTIVITIES IN CUBA INTERNAL SECURITY - CUBA Thtre is summarized in this memorandum information received from various sources concerning current rebel activities in Cuba. A table of contents for this memorandum is set forth below. ‘DECLASSIFIED By SUL): ON ALPS ‘ a Page I, ANTI-CASTRO UNDERGROUND ORGANIZATIONS IN CUBA la A. Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantil (Revolutionary Student Directory (DRE) la B. Christian Democratic Movement (MDC) 4 C, Revolutionary Movement of the People (MRP) 6 D. Revolutionary Recovery Movement (MRR) 8 E. 30th of November Movement 9 F, Revolutionary Unity (UR) ll G. The 17th of April Movement 12 | II, REPORTED GUERRILLA ACTIVITY 13 III. NATURE OF UNDERGROUND ACTIVITIES IN CUBA 18 IV. AMOUNT OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT POSSESSED BY ‘ UNDERGROUND FORCES 19 NS V. ARMS REQUIREMENTS OF THE UNDERGROUND GROUPS 20 het A. Groups Operating in Cities 21 | NG B. Groups Operating in Rural Areas 21 ye ES | “3 aN VI. LIAISON BETWEEN UNDERGROUND GROUPS IN CUBA Re £0 WITH UNITED STATES 22a 3 8 VII, EVALUATIONS OF PRESENT STATUS OF UNDERGROUND GROUPS 23 2h |4 CLASMMED & 7 SFL) [05-7 54H S/ CONNQENTIAL HW 54462 Docld: 32328973: °-Page “@0 8s) 2
HW 54462 RE; CUBAN REBEL, ACTIVITIES IN CUBA G@, REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT OF THE . PEOPLE (MRP) REYN! oxkGonzatez, an underground leader of the MRP who ae ‘the name "ANTONIO" directed a letter dated October l, 1961, from Havana, “Cuba, to: JOAQUIN-GODOY J. S, and IGNAC 1OMMENDOZA, leaders of the MRP in the’ United States. In this letter GONZALEZ furnished information regarding activities in Cuba in September, 1961. He indicated that the MRP underground in Cuba was active in. the field of sabotage having planted 25 bombs throughout the City of Hayana during one night, He ment ioned that the MRP in Cuba was using a plastic bag containing a . chemical mixture similar to Live phosphorous, which was *eentreninnee difficult to handle and that their detonators were old and corroded, He mentioned’ that the "GEL" that they had been using was '!C-3'' which had a peculiar oder and that it was, therefore, quite evident that the MRP underground was working under most adverse conditions. He noted that despite the controls exercised by the CASTRO regime, the MRP continued to engage in sabotage activity without hesitation, But he objected to the fact that the under- ground was forced to use home-made material without any effective aid in the form of equipment from abroad, On November 28, 1961, MM T-3, a Cuban exile residing in Akron, Ohio, made available information which had been received by a friend of his in a secret ink message dated November 8, 1961, at Havana, Cuba. According to MM T-3, the writer of this message was one GAS TONIKCOSTS FREE, who was using the ‘twar name" of JAVIE the name which appeared as the sender on the enve Lope in which this letter was mailed. This secret ink MESBage , staszed that nearly all of the MRP leadership had been made prisoners. One of the leaders, "ANTONIO had been "tortured in the cold room" and nearly died and sodium pentathol had been used by the 26 & FONFD N- ENT AL ) Docld:32328973 Page 3.9 A, codon Me
his men, Bg(L) RE; CUBAN REBEL, ACTIVITIES TN CURA te deetual capacie te a future leades of is a fighter, "ON-Political, and Commands the r T-4 Stated that while he had heard rumors On November 20, 1961, HECTOR FEELS, 785 North- WES t LOlst Stre Miam Flo ida, a r Presentat ive of jp tqtiami, Florida. ; re me Ne ae we VE , ‘the OR in Miami, advised that he had just received g ication from | : she UR in. Cuba hac - 17. et ee ne a ae q 62 BDocld: 32328973 Page HW 4544
CONFIDENTIAL RE: CUBAN REBEL ACTIVITIES IN CUBA VI, LIAISON BETWEEN UNDERGROUND GROUPS IN CUBA WITH UNITED STATES MM T-2, previously mentioned, advised on — November 21, 1961, that the DRE in Cuba had no means of communication with Cuban exiled groups in the United | States and that in fact it was for this reaggn that he had personally come to the United States. BERNARDO LLERENA, previously mentioned, furnished substantially the same information regard ing communication between rebel groups in Cuba and those in the United States. HECTOR FEBLES, previously mentioned, advised - on November 30, 1961, that personal courier was the only means of communication existing between the Cuban und te ground groups in Cuba and the Cuban exiles in the United States. He related that messages from Cuba are either sent by means of friendly foreign embassy personnel or are carried by fleeing Cuban exiles. HW 54462 Docld:32328973 Page 5
HW 54462 | Docld: 323276973 Page 6 RE: CUBAN REBEL ACTIVITIES IN CUBA VII. EVALUATIONS OF PRESENT STATUS OF “ee GROUND GROUPS HECTOR FEBLES, previously mentioned, advised on November 30, 1961, that based on information which he has been receiving from ¥ontacts of his in Cuba, it is apparent that the underground groups there are generally not functioning with any coordinated plan. H 8 said phat underground measures of the CASTRO regime in April, 1961, while those that survived were seriqug ly ainaraanice \He said that the leadership which remains in Guha having great difficulty maintaining contact with ‘the membership cells and that this lack of communication 4p causing the deterioration of many groups, im groups were completely wiped out by the antir FEBLES advised that as of that time he was unable to furnish the identities of any of the leaders of the underground in Cuba. He said that this was partly due to the fact that arrests and executions have radically changed the leadership in almost all of the groups and that furthermore, he did not feel free to identify any person continuing to opera in the underground in Cuba, Regarding the political sympathies of the ‘underground groups in Cuba, FEBLES stated that the UR, of which he was a member, was composed mainly of small, non-political organizations with a tendenc} toward the "right.'' He said that the MRP -éind the 30th of November organizations have tendencies toward the "left" and that many of the’ members of these groups would ‘continue to support FIDEL CAS STRO if he would merely sever his ties with the Soviet Union, FEBLES mentioned that the MRP has suffered an almost complete loss of leadership and is mt a serious factor in the Cuban underground. - 23 = CONN (Det \ ear nt ; LAL CONFIDENTIAL.
/ ae eae | RE: CUBAN REBEL ACTIVITIES IN CUBA FEBLES advised that the DRE is one group which has apparently managed to survive the effects of the arrests of April, 1961, and that this group is probably as active as any in Cuba at this time, He stated that the UR, which is a smaller organization, hag been working. in collaboration with the DRE, FEBLES stated that an estimate of the strength of the UR or any of the other underground groups would be nothing more than a guess at this time. / In December, 1961, MM T-6, a Cuban exile residing in San Juan, Puerto Rico, made ‘available a letter - ! he had received from his uncle regarding conditions in’ Santiago, Oriente Province, Cuba. In this letter, his uncle commented that "each day our activities are more ) Limited." He said that the so called Vigilance Committees ( in each block control what food is left in the country | and that anyone fot belonging to the Committee is ; considered a counterrevolutionary, The people of Cuba ' are living in fear of arrest and execution without trial, and while a high percentage of the citizens have joined - organizations which are in opposition to the regime, "modern airplanes" are needed to fight "these people." i ® y on December 13, 1961, Captain CARLOS“TORRES DE f NAVARRA, 2137 S Southwest _ “12th Street, Miami, _Florida, was ” interviewed and “identified himself as a Cuban pilot who had flown for Cubana Airlines from January, 1935, until the end of 1958. When FIDEL CASTRO took over the government of Cuba in January, 1959, TORRES lost his position with the airlines. He said that he remained in Cuba and in 1959 began working with various anti- CASTRO grom@s. He said that after a number of attempts, he was able to obtain permission to leave Cuba and arrived in Miami, Florida, on December 5, 1961. TORRES ~ stated that he had been restricted by. the CASTRO - regime HW 54462 Docld:32328973 Page 7_