siete mh EY Pte REA CORN td tte } 1955-57; 1956 ¢ 1957-584 PN gp ewR-B? . i NO FOREIGN DISSEM DaACRURUURL ¢ At the time of the border incident between Costa Rican and Nicaraguan troops Subject went to Costa Rica tcgether vith other members of the University Students Federaticn (Federacion Estudiantil Universitaria - FEU) to defend .Costa Rica. When he returned from Costa Rica he rejoined the fight against the Batista reyime. He and others then founded the Revolutionary Directorate (Directorio Revelucionario - DR) organization, After the failure of the DR's attack against the Presidential Palace on 13 March 1957 many of the leaders souglt asylum in the United States, Subject joined this group cof exiles and was appcinted a member of the national executive of the DR, Subject was involved in the assassination of Lt. Col. Antonio BLANCO Rico of Batista's Military Intelligence (SIM) (see Unit 3, Prior Politicsl Beliefs), During December 1957-January 1958 Subject made trips to New York City to buy arms and wir material for an expedition tc Cuba which the DR was preparing. He participated in this expedition which left Miami on 1 February 1958 on a 55 foot yacht. The expeditioncries consisted of 16 men and one woman, headed by Faure CHOMON Mediavilla. They landed at the Bay of Nuevitas, Camagiley Province, on 8 February and then went by truck to the Escambray Mountains in Las Villas Province. Subject participated in the fighting in the Escambray until the fall of the Batista regime. At first he headed the "José Antonio Echeverria" Column of the DR and later he was appointed as military chief of the DR, When the military forces of the 26th of July Movement headed by Ernesto "Che" GUEVARA de la Serna arrived at the Escanbray , Subject signed a formal military pact in the name ef the DR with the 26th of July Movenent. Subject headed DR trocps in the capture of the city of Santa Clara, Las Villas Province, and was wounded in a combat in that city ‘on 30 December 1958. (He was shot by a carbine bullet in the right arm.), He was then taken to the town of Placetas, Las Villas, for medical attention and subsequently returned to the front lines, In December the DR and the 26th of July Movement in Las Villas Province joined forces in the fight against Ratista's army. The DR refused to recognize “Che" Guevara as its commander-in-chief and took military orders only from Subject. Continued CUBELA Secades, L4zaro)Rolando , Unit 8 S-E-C-R-E-T NO FOREIGN DISSEM ‘ H wae ~gSb Sfp be anc eI SORENTO RAAT AES ra, BRSIRESSAATS of ORE GA ne Tiled, AER Tete tag EE 1 ‘ i { 2 eeeneliennnmtt en see ete
14-00000 a beeen So S-E-C-R-E-T NO FOREIGN DISSEM MILITARY BACKGROUND: (Cont'd) Ss 19598 When BATISTA fled Cuba on 1- January 1959 the DR forces headed . to the Presidential Palace, 1 Refugio Street, Havana, and cecupied it. Subject acted as military chief and on 5 . ; | : January turned the palace over to President Manuel URRUTIA ~~ - rs Lieo after the initial discrezancies regarding the turning : ; over of the palace had been overcome, gb ee BEE On 25 March 1959 Subject was promoted from comandante in the rebel army to comindante in the revolutionary army and was appointed military attaché te Spain by Fidel CASTRO, He left on or about 27 March. Semnean e 3 meanness gt ns OY ERSTE REAR Bateman, % @ 7 On 1 July the Dominican Foreign Minister advised the US ; i oe Embassy that Subject, then Under Secretary in the Cuban ot Interior Ministry, was engaged in activation and leadership in a Cuban effort to overthrow the Government of the . | Dominican Republic. He had reports on impending landings, Dg. possibly for the Third of July, with some 200 Cubans and So Venezuelans, in three launches escorted Ly three ships of the Cuban Navy. Two launches would fly American fiags and i, vO the third the Nicaragua flag. Another anti-Trujillo source Lo , reported the same informaticn to the Embassy three days , i: i earlier. ; 1960; On 6 January Subject was hospitalized in the "Borges" \ " Pavilion of the “Calixto Carcfa” Huspital where he was i } operated on for the bullet wound in his right arm. , 19614 In January it was reported that Subject would go to Spain i in the near future using a fictitious name and with his ; beard shaved off. He was to te chief of the action group t penetrating Spain from Cuba. 1963! A Cuban Government employee with good contacts in military re rr . services reported on 25 April that Subject had been recalled . “| ae into active service from his pest as a doctor in the , ‘ Municipal Children's Hospital. tinge mie oe Continued CUBELA Secades, (i2aro)Roiando Unit 8 S-E-C-R-E-T NO FOREIGN DISSEM .. \ aanshaninenitetacasierai os Se Re — Ae DAME
74-00800 3 & Seer, 2 x * Le : & 7 ‘a Sp ey . ‘ ree STE PAIR ot ees see ttre pun moor wee ey . se . . . eee vate ete I ° ® . . . . 4 a \ f ‘ . rs §-E-C-R-E.T NO FOREIGN DISSEM MULITARY BACKCROUND: (Cont 'a) ‘In Paris in October 1963 a high-ranking official of the Cuban Interior Ministry said Angel QUEVEDO Valdivia, an FEU official, and Subject, a former student leader, had resigned from the army after difficulties. with Rad CASTRO. . i oe peters meen URE Re AS AE DOIN IAN re ba These difficulties occurred after they had completed a vet ‘ * senior army training course (around July 1963) and instead ; oo; _ i ".. OF receiving the rank of comandante which they had held Oe i during the revolution they were told by Ral Castro that , : they were being deucted to capitin, Both then resigned, CUBELA Secades, (14zaro) Roiando Unit 8 S-E-C-R-E-T NO FOREIGN DISSEM SBE Ma otk Sato Beeline chert oer a amc Am ct aN ee Meee Ne peat BERR EONAR a
14-00000 . a 4 ie u + g ¥ APT etree i hy — S-E-C-R-E~T _ oe NO FOREIGN DISSEM ‘ | FOLLOWING WITHIN THE MILITARY: , During the anti-Batista fight in the Escambray Mountains during 1957-58 Subject was the military chief of the Revolutionary Directorate (DR). He resigned from the army in late 1963. His i current following within the military, if any, is not a matter of : i ’ record, creer: rea tetnlet an e AED CHRISTE TT ES IH FLIED trate ora, | : 1 ; } ‘ i 1} | | CUBELA Secades, . (Lazarc)Rolando S-E-C-R-E-T NO FOREIGN DISSEM =