[to4-t0192-40183 | 4 aev i Scaey 4 April 1960 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD SUBJECT: Transcript of Recorded Summary of ANPALM Meetings : 2. Tels mezorandum svemsrizes djscussions which hare takep place fron 2] March through 30 March between Mr. Schards,+ Mr, Foster,* Mr. “Rivers,? Mr. Thompson® and kr, Falzer.> During this period, we have discussed a mumter of topics under the following headings: General; Political; Propaganda; Action and Immediate Plans. General 2. It is agreed, first, that any possitility of reaching a peaceful agreement om the creblea confrenting us in Cuba fe no longer present and that Pidel has passed the point of no return. Second, prompt action is desirabie because the situstion ig growing worse every day, and the solution to the protiea beecmes more difficult as it is allowed to deteriorate. Third, this problem ia not Limited to Cuba alone but 4s international in scope. . Political 3. I¢ bas been agreed first that a name, a platform ard a symbol should be chosen at the esrliest oprertunity. It hae also deen agreed that theee gentlemen will meet in Jacksonville on the 3rd and 4th of April with representatives of other groups who have similar oninions of the situation and whe wish to coordinate their actions. It will be at the Jacksonville meeting, and if necessary at later meetings in Havens, thst decisions will be taken on the name, platform and symbol for the “Joint organisation, which we will meanwhile refer to as the Junta, Te is agreed tht the sririt of the Caracas Pact should be revived wherever possible in the official prenouncements of the Junta. Mr, Edwards, Mr. Foster and “Me, Rivere sre nrepsringe their own platform of polities], sccial and economic mea- sures weich they will take with them to the meeting and wiich they will provide to us. at the fortheoming meting, names of reople to be creniy identified as repre- sentatives of the Junta will be decided, At the Jacksonville meeting these gentle- mon will tear in wind the idea that they wisn to make it cossible for others who een . 1 = Oscar SCHEVARRIA Salwat 2 — Angel FERNANDEZ Varela 3 « sose Tenacio RASCO & § SEORET
-- good satirical fila. e oh op gp ty eR fy & Apriy 1960 — nee to the principles expressed ‘eannot attend the meeting to express their adhere attempt to i.pose a single narrow there at a later .dste. Therefore, they will rot system of political, economic or sociel thoucht, but rather will emphasise the need _ for a return to constitutional government uncer which all perties have the right. to express their avn opinions and the people have a democratic chode@, = > _-§ =We plan'te employ press, radio, films, intrusion and other techniques | to underai:6 ani discredit the government and to prepare the people for later action. This phase will have as one of ita-objectives the dissenin:tion ef the truth to. _ people who have been alsled by the present regime. -The names of specialists in. radio work have been provided, and the decision will be made later as to which of - these will be used in which place. Three m-n who have been selected for this radio work are Juan PALLI, Antonio ALONSO Avila, Miguel] SUARES Fernandes and - Angel Polix YERGO. Other names are om a list which has been provided. 6 Discussion was held concerning the technique of having some saterial pre- pared in Havana and sent outside for brosdcaats back inte the country. It was felt that this technique, would permit timely exploitation of develorments inside the country, Another suggestion involves ataging incidents shich would arousé *- Castro, filming his impassioned reaction on ‘TV or in publie arpearances and thei, - by careful editing, to emphasizing gestures and facial expressions to produce @ This fila might also employ 8 musics) bsekground carefully , dditional ridicule, . sychronized with Castro's movements as 6 wey of heaping on a 9, We also discussed ways of printing msterial outside of Cuba for later. dis- tribution inside the country or in other target areas. One epecifie example was & ‘pamphlet on the denial of human rights ig Cuba.today, which it is hoped can be . prepared in tine for distribution at the forthcoming conference on Freedom and, . Democracy in Caracas. Another technique im connection with radio bresdeasts involves the use of small pocket recordera, These would be carried on the rersons of repre- sentstives of the group for surreptitious recordings of casual conversations which, ‘after editing, could be replayed over the air to give whstever impression. which we . wish to ereate, Still another -techniaue involves the use of indestructible recorder> ‘ gpeaker ecuipment which can be left in pu lie places with ocre-recorded mesaares. © Another uses tape ‘recorders and loud speskers placed in hotels overlooking public _ assembly areas where, after an appropriate period of blark tape, 4 message can be broadcast, to. sow confusion and ‘eonsternation among the sutherities. Another —. -propag-nda teehnique which might be employed would be wall pesters with pictures of Fidel ‘earing the. beard made of some sucstence which dissolves readily in the rain and which would leeve a rather ridiculous-looking, beardless figure following a rain. Aetion 6. After a lengthy discussion of this cusstion, it ws decided that precise - geang of action should be determined following meetings with other leaders and SECRET
% erie 8 ape . ite | Bay, oy Satcel —— & April 1960. Page 3 , meetings with exverte in this ‘leld. It ws also agreed that, weanwhile, training of qualified peonle should proceed. -In this connoetion, 4t was agreed that an assessa.nt -prograr based in the Miami area would be the first s:ep. For this a- team of three or four people headed by Manuel Artime has been cesignated, It is expected that on the 3lst of March these gentlemen will meet with hia in New Tork and will explain ¢o hin his duties which will be the following: = = = 7 a. He will be instructed to. make contact with certain selected neople who .. - are-already {n this country, -He will base his contscts on clearances. which are received through a representative of Mr. Frank Bender, who =. - attended several of the mectings. EE b. After Artime has made his initial assessment of these candidates and. eo has obtained their agreement to carticipate, he will send other, less ‘well-known membre of the team to escort these people inte the assesement’ areas where they will undergo medical, intelligence and psychiatric examination, A list. of 16 candidates who are ready at the moment ané most of whom are elready available inthis country has been submitted. It ie expected that an additional number, bringing the total to sonewhers between 30 and 100 can be located following the return of these gentlemen ~ to their homes, It has also been agreed that a list of 20 memders of the old army who are now in the Miami area, will be carefully scroenea and cheoked by these gentlemen on their return and that those ‘on whom’: . no derogatory information ie available will be the subjects of Artime's presssessnent. 9. The initial cadre of instructors.will emerge from the group of 20 and the group ef.16, Those who are chosen Inter will be instructed in turn by the initial cadre at a location to be chosen outside of this country. The question of speclal~ Asts was also taken up. In the field of physicians, ineluding ss: chiatriste, there are a probable ten or more who gan be recruited and brought out at such time ag the need for then arises. There are eight or more specialists in small boat . operations who would be of value in exfiltration operations, There are. apprexi= | mately five cualified pilots, There are vife or more radio communicators. This will be the subject of a later coment. - The group also has access to several boats eapable of travelling out ag far ae the territorial limits of three or twelve | , . miles, and probably even further. There are fur or more such boats available. Im this connection the question of redio beacons and their use in exfiltration operations wig also discussed, It was pointed out that equirment aay soon be available which can be carried by emall eraft and which will make a rendeavous at sea more simple and more secure. Immediate Plans 10, A schedule was draw up to show the sov-menta of Mr. Edwards, Mr. Rivers and Mr. Foster during the week or so, Following are the activities wiich each expsets . : Cc,
14-00000 é . ie Seno wr Ene’ § : Pn es wns oeGhe : we | & April 1960 rage & : On 31. Harch,. Mr. Foster will go to New York where he wll meet with the o thers end Fahuel Artine who's expected to return from Mexic@’om the same date, The meeting will be held at the Statler Hotel. On the first and second of Arril, Mr. Foster will be in New Yora. On the third, he ‘will ‘proceed to Jacksonville, on the fourth he will- mect there. with - réprestntatives of other ak tof ‘m the fifth, he will return to ' obHsvana and there. he will talk tol Hermano LAZA concerning the possibility v6 that/Hermano LAZA)Jean come to this country for approximit ly four weeks _ of specialized tk ining in communications. It is contemplated that af a& [Hermano TAZA) ‘te available for this, then he on bis return: to Havana . WALL bein: 4) position to pasa his training along to a group of other a ns people. This. would-be extremely important in the event that relations ee were to be broken. Another assignment of Mr. Foster wi 11 be to carry : . apwith him to certain pedple “in Hav2na the decisions reached at the . * Jacksonville meeting. This is assuming thit certain members whose presence is desired wild be uriable to attend the Jacksonville meetings and will therefore have to be contacted by Mr. Foster on his return. Another task which has-been given him is to check out the list of twenty names of candidates in the Miami area which came from another source, b. Mr. Rivers will accompany: the other members of the rroup to New York on the 3lst. He will go with then to Jacksonville on the third, he will . go te Tampa and Miami on the 5th and 7th and will probably return to Havana on the eighth. ‘Go Mr. Edwards will go to New York on the 31st with the other two. He will meet there with Artime on the 3lst and on the first, On the second, he will .go to Boston to speak with Mr. {Rodriquez Bezoa }concerning possible gé training of the latter in comaunications work. Mr. Charles Barker will meét him there and will speak directly to Mr. Rodriquez Bezos lif the °6¢ possibility looks good. Mr. Edwards will proceed then to Jacksonville on the. third for talks there and will return to Havana at some later dste, d. Concerning Mr. Artime, his instructions will bé to return to Miami after the New York meetings and await contact from a representative of Mr. Carl Bender. He will be instructed in more detail there on how to prodeed with # the reception and assessment of people chosen for the action phase, These detsiled instructions will come from the renrasantative of Mr. Bender. Before he leaves New York or. in the early afternoon of the 3lst of March, Mr. Artime will also make contact with Mr, Alberto Hoque at the Commodore Hotel to diecuss collaboration of Roque with the group. Mr. Artine has been chosen.for this.work since he will not be returning to Havana and the cuestion of exposure ia not critical here. . 5 =“ T OVE G ; DC/AnH/& -natt ER/bL gegnt Cpl