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14-00000 t ay ay ey to 4 at 1B ar OQ Eg _° SeE-C-R-E-T |S UFGA~4211 oe a ph WL Bad} Me? “CONTINUATION OF DISPATCH ' 220 NE 26th | Terrace, Miami. Subject was: ‘employed. as. -recepttonest_in. the. officeof, her brother a a dentist } Vedado. Subject. arrived in Miami on PAR” light han May 1962, — “onl 2. ‘Subjects a and b are sisters and were questioned together... the topic of receptton of radio: programs in: ‘Cuba, both, were agreed: tt the best reception was the “Voz dé las ‘Americas which camé in strong ..and clear with. rarely any interference Jjamming.. ‘Program content was described ‘as. generally good, gave a. morale boost to the audience arid.” . was becoming popular. : . : 3. In comment ing on Radio Las Americas, ‘they: pointed. out that. they. had not heard it oor attempted to tune in ° ‘because: they “felf the . “quality was much “the Same as its predecessor, “Radio Swan" which lost on ‘its prestige prior’ to. and during the. April 1961 invasion attempt. “Both coe "declared this was a ‘general, opinion among their acquaintances, | : ; 4. Subjects commented very favorably on programs heard over: Station XEW, Mexico and: WRUL, New York, describing reception. and ‘con= ‘tent as. good and with ‘Targe | audiences in. Cuba. 5, In ‘referring: to other prograns, subjects reported that. on 1 May, relatives in‘ ‘the Matanzas area telephoned them in’ Havana to tell them that the “students" (DRE) were.on again (TV intrusion). Also, , later in the day, friends in the: Vedado. aren called to ell them.to > tune into ‘Channel, 2, that there was a program there (about, 2115: hours local). Unfortunately, they had. already sold their’ TV. set since they. were leaving soon... Both agreed that. the system of announcing the TV: _ intrusion broadcasts over CONTE Aguero’ S$ program.on WRUL a fow minutes - prior to the intrusfon was the. ‘key. to large. audiences. - Almost all Goc oppositionists Upon hearing this announcement, Start. telephoning, their friends to tune. into. “the TV channel announced, 6... Conceraing tae DRE thternal ‘organization,- subjects reported. . that they had not been active. recently and not witting to clandestine’ operations. They: were aware, however, that. the DRE ‘internal net was- of waiting for the infiltration of AMHINT-523 or AMHINT-2., to! brief. them on the situation in exile and what support would be forthcoming. “They. reiterated the -reports on two. bombs ‘set off-in the university area by the DRE and burning of cane ‘and henequen fields in Matanzas ‘and: Las Villas. -: : . . 7. “When queried on- disturbances in Las Villas and/or Matanzas on or about 3 May, they replied that they Neard the persistent rumor that - a unit (company or regiment unknown) | of militia bad bolted and gone up into the Escambray Mountains, No further details: were known, } 8. When’ questioned on written ‘propaganda ‘such -as “flyshéets or. ; Clandestine newsheets, both declared. that the last propaganda seen was the clandestine issue on "Trinchera”™ (DRE organ), that no other pro= “‘paganda sheets had been. seen since before tiie April invasion. . aceeeten e . 9. When asked their impression. on anti-CASTRO propaganda. in’ -general they felt that it was ‘too negative: that while the exiles and opposition groups were. busy _tearing down the imare of CASTRO, he was before the people with some proposal that was ‘based either on truth, had a ring of truth in it, or ak least appealed to the masses, That some of thet contacts with young girls who served as “brigadistas" | ‘(rural tutors in the campaign for “Literacy) turned up interesting | remarks. .These girls claimed that-many of the country folk. would ‘throw ss their hands in dismay when Communism was mentioned to them, and ; sthine ta doowtth communism, and yet.
14-00000 « DISPATCH S-E-C-R-E-T ___UFGA-4211 4 10. . Subjects alsé felt that propaganda ‘should be ‘directed more toward that Sector Of Cubans “that are not fanatic Fidelistas or communists, and have not commited. ‘themselves ‘to the opposition ihovement for. ‘such reasons as indolence,,. ‘lack of courage, or economic docibility: Raquel remarked that ‘our propaganda seemed to be divided -intd two. | . broad. categories, one directed at lor attacking the hard- core. Fidelistas '- and (the: other for opposition movement consumption, | . Z1. Subject c above. was debriefed for ‘her réport on “Feception of a FALCON broadcast in Havana onl ‘Nay 1962. She stated that she was. ¢alled by a friend at’ about 2100 hours.on 1] May and told that. the ‘DRE Trinchera. ‘program :was being broadcast over Channel. 2 at that ‘moment.: Miriam turned, on her TV: and. does not recall how high shé had to turn up :. the. volume, but to ‘Wer-retollection, not higher than normal. She, heard]: very Clearly, the monologue - rebuttal of the ‘CASTRO speech earlier: tha . afternoon.” She immediately ‘called two of her friends and subsequently _ received calls from them and others ‘on reception of the program, Ner 4: ' account of parts-of the program and. the. times: stated agree. with WAVE" ; file copies of. the program seript.. : oo, we END OF DISPATCH my