(1o4-10179-10008] : RETURN TO CIA _ Background Use Only Do Not Reproduce _ a - . a .&* . oe bee 0 SUBSET ‘ Heating with Manuel Ray end Rawk chides in the latterts ” apartamt (30 Heat 60th Street, Hew York ty) . Co ——erenber , 1960. ss i. ; "2. Hotes thie meeting hart bee celled by we in order to imple- ; ment tle decisions reached at Heedguarters cmoerning car future nd 7 relationsh’*ps with the MEP. (See Werorentys Por "he Reco dated 21. Rowenter 439299, DIR 125227, OFT yubcs, ard OL a Tate semorantum to ‘ _ CAta/u, 9 Hovesber, 1960} also see MASH 177k, IE 45816 witch etetes that . . Bet obtained Phony concurresse on 2] Hovenber te Finenge) MRP ‘pede - AS 2. Th weitiag wed etarted at by ne tatiiag nay tas £4 d received. | gsonguhat gerbled ‘nesdage concerning a certain operation the; ele.of. ' Pines. How serious an undertaking was this and what, precigely, was | involved? (Comments thle queetion was pssed pureumt to taste cotton dy . and in line with n C/I / Pe nenarenter to ne.) Ray informed me vo  @ Lollowas ms , oF (s) ‘There ere id garrisons stationed at the Iele of Pines es a . : with gation has contact. One garrisen ig comamded { ‘ '. bye who could count on appraxizately 750 men to ot rt wher, At ides to break avay fros,Cestro. -- 9). ‘2 ¢ t(abether. ‘these offieara were ailitery or civilim Riy Sie A) @'eoast aftdllery installation. 7 wa cormanding officer. © vs mat - Qed Gaite eoparst Oran the seve, iaagte peopl tact with o (fre) whe ie the) commend iv ; Rober incarcerated, “Asce to relisble icf r ee ant | a eee ae Jo '. female - ved in Mismd on. 2] Rovesber said:ithat. a ‘ . seems to trust end hag given~-via his wife who 643 visit hia at the prisca-= to meee ee efforte deatgaed to % liberate Kates from prigce. s : : Loot (0) Inlecnsidering the situation outlined in (a) « ead. -(b) above, Merexe] Bay's military plennere felt that one single operation should 73, be forged: - since the MAP plamere believe that, if Hater Hatos cea re be freed anf if the two garrieang sestia.ed in paragraph 2(a) above . will defect, thas othsy troops and « good part of the popalation in the Iele of Pines, iow: by the nawe Chine, is andoubtelLly loyal te Castro. Farthernore, the MAP feels that the lele of Panes area under “ Fee meet gi. oe
“top consideration oan probably not be Seld by thea for ey deegta of tine unless certain segments of Castro's air farce con be nezire~ - ‘ised eltter pricr or during the coup, ‘fhe MiPere ere not co moh | ' conserred ebost Castro’a groand force; according te Ray there ee ng caly three roads om pesseg leading into the Isis of Ficus Sier . . marsh lend. These roads, the MiPers feel, can be easily enough 7 OGY emtrolled by ther. As matters now stand, the general conceyt cf | i. the tion would be for are: and Punte Del ost six taneously with bia ‘ b Li deratiai : occrpy teotio ? perhaps » also gtrategic locatians. a . " (a) The. reas t|27 Kovexber was set as the target date aw . wes that beth end G:,-- «\are due for rotation in the very L os near future, crucre, the MEP plaisera thanks ‘ Sunday is ta 2, best day to mownt guch a operation, ve oe 1 ge So 36 ee the above epost tien Bay ‘eaked for the following essis- . ma i f . (4) Hops pe by the Aerial ‘service Conny of Putlacaiiaa, io : _ Penner ventas (9) . : Te-gupply would be needed for arse now alresdy in'the ” Gubans in thet ereas--It- became clear that Rey aid-not -thees qaestiang which he felt should be refarred oe. "technical Revel,® dees, Colonel Barquin end 0 a Se At this point of the conversation bg vegan ith the dep) of the Headquarters deaisions reached in regards'.t6. the B ’ guppert of the Mu: I aeid that I wanted to repeat® comes & - previously to Chibas, Esteves, Bargoin, end Say} nesely,: that the bender = group could rot afford any duplicatiun of anti-Castre efforta, that @n.- ae - gdairistrative end expply machinery had been established for quite fiss time, and that this machinery, J.8., the Frente Revelucionério Desceratiso : , would have to be utilised to the fullest in ‘oparetiang’ of this scr. GOO0E-FE
14-00000 SOs rape er ea On nace ees SCRE E gma aad eel SEP ESP — meer pemmenmens om ee eeweoe = toe ; ae . +4 7 dias 5: ~ toot (atell in Hiemt to work oat @ coordinated cperetionsl plan. ake! the $2500 pament (by Bender check) and to sdviee Ray! that ° daring this aseting see parte two and three, © syn gam a | ‘a -¢ 4 Ov was aleo the military adviser to the TED wadoubtedly imew eny ehipreste wo Stedly carry the FED labe) and in all lize- oe, Lihoed FRD-preparec, enti-Castre literature would acccapany wach shi p- . mente; plena and pllote utilised in euch an undertaking were FRD sesote . @aG iseatified «8 euch. wd & Barts reply to thie wae gsemeehat as follows while the FED a : thinke 4¢ emtrols these pllete I, Baader, should at least. realise that tf the pllote who were working formerly for Cubana Air Linea really a), belenged to the MAP. In any case be, Ray, and the MRP would accept the | co a proposed errangesent becsune 1¢ would not imply that the KRP iglpelitie fs 0 4 cally teholden to the FRDs 1¢ would simply indicete to the people inside ~ ois rg . Saba that the KAP tea etdtiting all Feosurces to ebtain the equipamt: 0 f- Ef necessary to overthrow Castro. Neturally he was not antinalastic ebout — 7 this formla tut he could Live and cops with it. "4 7. 1 told Ray that T would have to get in touch with our mLditary *8 . people ia order to find ost whether or not we now had onfficient dete on an head om which to baes a decision. (Cements c,‘i/h wae briefed tele~ — - a : phonically by es on the forvgvisg and on editiosal aspecte of this - sa nesting wich are reported in part two af this Catect Report. Chae rs and I felt that we did cot have as yet mufficient deta to make any e ‘ .. com tmentos CAz/h instructed Fo ) te. advise Ray thats lian e : 3 ‘ (a) Bither the MEP. should aubelt 0 detetled pim ss would consider end onthe basde cf ubioh we would then. : Whether to be of aseietence'or not ors. 0 (b) the KEP could go it alone, sad ask us for some assistand efter the operation hea been launched aod we would make cur _ _Geciaicn then on the beals of exieting cirometances, . shove was trenenitted to Ray who indlosted that the HEP did ‘not deat te ge i¢ alone and that he would instruct Barquipm to ims came Oige ante petat af tha'neoting I fait that the tins. wea ripe te noth $7500 would be nace available to tim vin Juen Pevla, the PRD cc oll Reposted what 2 had said previously @hot duplication and followed: thet" approved lines contained 45 ay 19 Wovenber 1960 mascrandwm to -C/mi/ke - Reay*@. i and Chibag' reactions were not wpexpected: they rejected. this. particular =~ furdirg propesal, (Cawnente for additional details and other itens covered: Contact Repent 22 2 Hoven ery .. 1 & Cr er ee | SS candies alte ka GAS: . .7 ne oe Sot 7k Neoting with mye ast Ctben.*) 4 8 vis GERARD DROLLER Co 1» WH/L/ Pt UL Lo@ Gi @ C/n/L/0Ps (rot to 74 wot Te afrnp/a ns :