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14-00000 2 . TA men pet og 31 August 1961 Hs Comments. on Cuban Revolutionary Comeil Ye have reduced the so-called elvil section budgee. (admin) to the latent figure of $125, 000 for September. Monthly admin costs for thie organizatioa used to mm almost a $180,000, if we included their so-called ailicary section (which wae salaries primarily for military staff recruiters, rentals for offices, médical, ete.). Our dependency paye © ments are now at 9313, 700 monthly. This may increase slightly | sines we are resuming. monthly paymenta to widews again after: their Lemp gum death benefit payments run : out. to date in PY 62 (including September payments) I would say we have expended oa the CRC $1,208,775 for strictly de- pendency payments and $466,000 for adain and related charges. - pn i ee ee a pide.
14-00000 +. Statanont: Miro? 8 Claim to have lined ‘up fifteen orgas nizations and independents for an enlarged CRC. Coument: This is usual claim of all leaders froa Carcta Kohly. The plain facta are that any leader who can prove official U. 3. backing (policy and funds) will undoubtadly bo able to Line up backing since the aan with tho purse wing the game. WH/4/Prop points out that Conte Aguero, for example, is not working with the CRC and doesn't intend te, unless he would Imow the CRC is the organtzation, | : Cn the question of funding the ‘professional groups we — ; forned (DRE, DAR, Ac, PORD, CPC) we still feol we should do so. In sexso cases, it is doubtful whether they would buy cae . Contrel ef funds, To date, they have dene good work uicar our direction and funding; whether they would do aa wall affiliated with the CBC is a question. In any case, WAVE sayo they will try to keep Mire a little more in forinod ou the groups! activitica. On tha chargo that Swan is under "Batistiano" eanagenent, . this is false, AMPALM@4, who | was running it during the otrike, is being phased out. The station may not reflect sufficient 1
"awe liberal thinking at present, but this will be remedied in ' the immediate future. Conta Aguero will participate in future programming. We sea no reason why CRC control of - Swan would sake ie any better inatrument against Castro. Any problems on payments to returnees can and should be handled at WAVE. . ° Ye do not understand Miro‘s talk about a ney inyagion.: The question of the older military types to go to "academies" _ has deca talked about vaguely in the past (raised, 1 think, | ‘with Chamberlain), but we'va never seen this list given to The’ question of who contacts Miro should definitely be resolved. f gather they (higher authorities, Tracy?) don’e : : Bang Chanberlain to continue, but should we get officially ta contact with Miro, in Mian’? Mr, Goodwin should 90 direet if desired. However, they do have. ‘contact through their Comptroller, Paula, to our finance people. Might raise problem of the PRD within the CRC. I undaere steod Bissel thought this internal grouping should be broken ap and the organization be a CPC. | Perhaps 1£ Gecdwin made this & point it would be done. |