JFK Assassination System Date: 4/28/201 Identification Form Agency Information Peleased under the John AGENCY: FBI Kennedy RECORD NUMBER:  124-90070-10012 Lssassination Records ~ : oOllection Act of 1992 RECORD SERIES: HQ (44 USC 2107 Note). . asex#: NW S3074 Date: AGENCY FILE NUMBER: CR 105-107224-142 N5-24-2017 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: MM TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: 06/21/1963 - PAGES: 6 SUBJECTS : CRC co CUBAN REVOLUTIONARY COUNCIL DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified 4 RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: —Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 06/26/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: | INDEFINITE COMMENTS : LHM | v9.1 HW 53074 DBocld: 323276194 Page 1
- ° a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT odgberter FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply, Please Refer to File Ne re . oe Miami, Florida ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED June 21, 1963 i$, 2 NU op-Linht [is SL ~ ra) ‘ALL UNSUR (SF RE : CUBAN REVOLUTIONARY COUNCIL HEREIN 15 UNSH <a SHOWN INTERNAL SECURITY - CUBA EXCEEDS SY 2 bE: Ciassified i a oe assny on: “OnDR'7 vhga On the morning of June 20, 1963, Mr. Me, who works in the Public Relations- ns-Department_of_the Cuban Revolutionary—Council. “(CRC) , an anti-CASTRO unity Sheeh wae / “é, fe- tion in Miami, furnished a copy of a news release which was in the process of being issued by the CRC that morning. This release reads as follows: ° "Commandos of the Cuban Revolutionary Council have landed in different parts of Cuba, continuing the actions which will definitely lead to the liberation of our country. The first reports sent by our forces reveal that the landings were effected without any difficulty and had the utmost cooperation of the peasants in the surrounding zones. These commandos, perfectly armed, have entered Cuban territory. Tomorrow, at 1:00 P.M., the general headquarters of these forces will offer a radio transmission, from Cuba, to the .. »—~ x exiles, in the forty meter band, 7018 kilocycles." ! ~ . 2S Mr. GARCIA explained that the CRC had prepared this | & | news release following newspaper inquiry concerning a New B B&B york press cablegram the same date concerning the landing of commandos in Cuba. Mr. GARCIA said that the commandos involved belonged to a member organization of the CRC but Py REASCN FCM, M, ! HW 53074 Docld:32326194 Page 2?
CUBAN REVOLUTIONARY COUNCIL (CRC) Hi 4 mM T-1 said that the above communique was . reportedly given to the United Press by JORG LETANES Oe BA | Yeusou, former writer with the Cuban newspaper’ "Prensa ~ | “NLibre," now assigtant in public relations for the. CRC. Pkt po S| — seasect eile! MM, Keats spa about 10: 00 A.M. on June 20, _ |. 1963, MANUELWANTONIO DEAVARONA and three other _representa- Y.4A . tives of of the 'CRC appeared on a Miami television program oo memmmanamne - and publicly ‘confirmed that commandos of the CRC had ao landed in Cuba.\, Suber” OLE RM? SATAN | : On the morning of June 20, 1963, MM T-2, who is associated with the CRC and who has furnished reliable information in the past, advised that this commando action was led by JOS " RRIOLA of the Movimiento Recuperacion an ele AF Revolucionari “(MRR) and that four groups were reportedly = “involved, all connected with the CRC. MM T-1 identified ARRIOLA as being the brother-in-law of SERGIO CARBO, a member of the CRC. It is to be noted that the MRR is a 7 mémber organization of the CRC and that JOSE FERNANDEZ -BADUE LUCAS, mentioned in the above cablegram, is a repre- sentative of the Movimiento Democrata Cristiana (MDC) to the | CRC. (Bu | | | Gg _ On the morning of June 20, 1963, MM T-3 and MM T-4, both of whom are officials in the MDC, a member j organization of the CRC and who have furnished reliable information in the past, advised that five or six Cuban Nationals in Miami recently returned to Cuba to rejoin a Cuban underground leader known as CAMPOS. CAMPOS for- merly headed an underground group under the command of Se THORNDYKE, a weil-known Cuban underground leader, now deceased. MM T-3 and MM T-4 said that since the CRC is now being criticized, has become somewhat inactive, and is threatened with being overshadowed by other unity S groups, the CRC issued this press release for political and propaganda purposes. They pointed out that five or six persons, names unknown to them, did not actually conduct a raid or attack, nor were they sent by the CRC Bu) ~~ | HW 53074 Docld:32326194 Page 3