(tog-torrt-toog7] cusancatpN $5 SCRE T Yj ‘ Beton aeQuRLD mre, ACTION: FYI “The following information was provided by Francisco Luis Rodrigues Gonzales (CC-1169), a Cuban refugee. who. arrived in Spain in early August Le, 7 oe 1962 and had been active in the Revolutionary. Student. Directorate, an anti-Government resiatance STOUPs while in Cubs Ge ‘These groups were mainly from the prov Source has bean. opposed to. the Castro regine ever since: ‘the. detection of ‘Diaz Lanz “in May 1959, and was involved in sabotage activity with. the Revolutionary Student. Directorate. His immediate supervisor ws mere known as "Charles" in clandestine ciroles. Alberto ; @ ledde¥ of this group, arrived clandestineély in Cuba in Ostobar or November 1960 and began to organize the various groups of,lirectorate to bring about an insurrection in the Sidea Waestra area, in Oriente Frovince. vied of Las Villas and Havana, and received orders to unite with 3 xuller who was already in’ the Siegra Kaeatra. The men went there in small groups, and had the seminary in the Santuario del Cobre as their destination. Once in that -Bpot, they received final instructions and military equipment. Source's group, whioh consisted of ‘two oarloads, entered the Sierra Maestra through Bayamo. Source was. riding in the first car. When they arrived on the outskirts of Bayamo, source's car wag stopped by the militia, but the car %8,5 allowed tO pase without any . oheck. ‘A few minutes later thay realized that they were being followed and De Ge tried to excape. An alarm and shots went up, and they were finally ceptured and taken prisoner. Tne seoond oar, which was following close behind them and was warned by the shcts, was able to escape. . - ° ; . the prisoners were taxen first to G-2 Headquarters in Santiago de Cuba and later to the Boniato Prison, where they were interrogated ty the G=2. There were two American prisoners thers, and although source did not know their names, he said that they were from the Guantanamo Naval Bage. wuller was taken prisoner a faw days later (shortly after tha ill-fated invasion of Flaya Giron). No arme were taken from him when he was arrested. Had this insurraction been successful, about. 4, 0CO men would have risen ‘Ups ye 4 G - —/. Ac “f q : DATE TYPED . DATE OSFATONED 3M August '62) 31 August +62] a ane a3 O0r! Jose C Ooo Ruts 2 Te ee tte ai TE erh he : . . ; OSMA~14, 272 HEADQUARTERS FILE NUMBER 23 Nett
Dass arcee Leasnrag suns MU WEL R ‘OuLAn-14,272 CLASDIFITATION SECRET? CONTINUATION OF DISPATCH d. Of the tuller group, which wae called the "127", about UW priconere were ‘taken, five of whom, including source, were eet. free. Cre of these was an infiltrator called Flores, whom no one trusted since they knew that, he was not “one of the group.". Another of these was Rolando Valdas ‘Ditelf who lea now in prison ip the ‘Fortaleza de la Cabasia serving a nine~ year. sentence. He was: ‘Captured trying to escape in a enx belonging to a militiaman and wearing a militia uniform. He defénded himself bravely, but received five bullet wounds which inoapacitated him. The other two who wero released were Eduardo Diaz Lanz and Jorge Crus Pejia, a sergeant in the Hebel Army who waa with Castro in the Sierra. Tho latter had actually not been: involved in the groups Source thought that he (source) and Uiaz Lanz were released so that they might be followed and lead the Government to other groups and individuals in Havana who mi¢ht be involved in resistance activity. Source had been in prison six months tefore being Xelessed, and. one thing which he could not explain was that ‘on the. ‘paper that he was given which indicated his release, no mention was made of any sentence or penaltys On several occasions, Muller had been subjected to false execution ‘procédures, with the purpose of trying to make him talk, but he did not. '. weakene During the trial, "everyone remained firm," and zource was told shat. Buller wae very brave in his pronouncements againat the Regime and, at every moment; abided by his principles. He presented a very. brilliant self—defenses. . Ge £. When source was in the Honiato prison, he shared a cell with a Captain An{bal Rodr{;uez, who belonged to the KKR. This officer, slong; with other rebel officers and soldiers, had‘ staged an uprising in infas, in Oriente ‘Province. Later he was sentenced to deata and shote During his last days in Cuba, source avoided all revolutionzry activity, since he wanted to leave Cuba more than anything else. However he knew that the various resistance groups worked hard, carrying out a great deal - of independent sabotage activity, although there was ‘not much coordination among the various movements. One movement whioh had a- ‘large membership, especially in Orienta Provincey:was the U-30-II. Thio group was planning to launch an insurrection in Pinar del Rfo in January 1962, but they could not Garry it out since the ‘repression in the area was 80 ‘great. | Be . he Hans, a member of the Revolutionary Student Directorate, was recently taken prisoner, and it seemed that he was tortured a great deal and - talked. As a result. of this, a house in Wajay, in Havana Province, was seized and arms and: gelatina wera found. The owners of the nouse and other ’ persons yere arrested. Helen 3. Caporla Pele Attachments Spanieh report - 1 Distributions ; Acfws, w = C/ TF ee a tie