176-10036-10053 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM . IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY : NARA RECORD NUMBER : 176-10036-10053 RECORD SERIES : National Security Files AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : CIA FROM : TO: TITLE : Central Intelligence Agency information Report DATE : 5/21/1963 . PAGES : 2 SUBJECTS :- DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : _ RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : _DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 9/10/2000 OPENING CRITERIA : ; COMMENTS : National Security Files, Box 48: Cuban Subjects: Exiles information report. Box 1 ty Aane? Peewee E oD o DRL Creuse aes Tm aom €
DPN AN Ge com 7a ah Tina & ty a + 20 , CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENC fe rath RELK This” material contains information effecting the. Netiona! Defense of fhe United States within the medting of the ee, 18, USC Sees. 793 and 294, the transmission or revelation ef which ia eny manner to an unauthorised person is prohibited by few Cie ar . . . _ CLASSIFICATION ow» DISSEMINATION CONTROLS S-E-C-R-E-T ; . NO FOREIGN DISSEM » COUNTRY . CUBA/VENEZUELA oe . REPORT NO. TDCS i is “SUBJECT JOINT CUBAN EXILE EFFORT TO DATE DISTR. PROMOTE ATTACKS AGAINST SOVIET TARGETS IN CUBA PRECEDENCE . "DATE OF | 16 MAY 1963 oe Do, REFERENCES _ ee 1 oog~ PLACE & -- VENEZUELA, CARACAS (18 MAY 1963) oe reco anes. . DATE ACQ. — S ee . APPRAISAL 3. FIELD REPORT NO. ~ Ne THIS (S UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE. : ‘SOURCE . AN: OFFICIAL .SERVICE. oe ce he ON 16 MAY 1963 ARNALDO SEHWERERT, HEAD OF THE | VENEZUELAN BRANCH OF THE .MOVIMIENTO REVOLUCIONARIO DEL PUEBLO ong ; “CHRP, REVOLUTIONARY PEOPLE ' S MOVEMENT), SAID THAT THE MRP, oo pee, _ ALPHA 66, ‘AND THE SEGUNDA FRENTE NACIONAL DEL ESCAMBRAY (sh, a ‘SECOND, NATIONAL FRONT OF THE ESCAMBRAY) HAD JOINED FORCES TO. : ’ PROMOTE ATTACKS. AGAINST SOVIET TARGETS IN CUBA. .A CUBAN EXILE | - SHIP WITH ABOUT, 15 TO 20 MEN WAS THEN AT SEA FOR ‘THAT PURPOSE; po aero “THIS WAS TO BE THE. FIRST. OF, A SERIES OF RAIDS BY ALPHA 66 AND SFNE UNDER THE COMMAND OF ELOY GUTIERREZ MENOYO. THE STRENGTH a! OF THE EXILES CONSISTS. OF THIS SHIP. AND TWO LAUNCHES WHICH ARE = | eo ‘TO BE OPERATED FROM A. SIMILAR MAIN BASE NAMED "BASE ESPERANZA vo GaouP * CLASSIFICATION ~- DISSEMINATION CONTROLS io _ S-E-C-R-E-T ; -’ NO FOREIGN Fe Se A INFORMATION REPORTE “TELEGRAM “TEL E GRAM. : al Ike OBSOLETS FREVIOUS EDITIONS. . a rr nh
CLASSIFICATION—OISSEMINATION CONTROLS S-E-C-R-E-T oo | TDCS -~3/547,981 NO FOREIGN DISSEM ‘ALL OF WHICH ARE OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES. "1 ‘THE EXILES HOPE TO REPLACE TWO LAUNCHES WHICH WERE “SEIZED BY THE UNITED STATES. _ | - 3, HEADQUARTERS COMMENT: TDCSDB-3/654,702, DATED 19 MAY _ 1963, REPORTED THAT COMBINED INTERNAL FORCES SUCCESSFULLY ATTACKED - “MILITIA HEADQUARTERS AT TARARA, A SMALL PORT APPROXIMATELY 10° | MILES EAST OF HABANA, DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF 19 MAY “1963. ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE DATED 20 MAY 1963, AN ATTACK ON 19 MAY AGAINST THE TARARA MILITARY. BARRACKS IN HABANA ‘WAS. — REVEALED IN A COMMUNIQUE ISSUED IN CARACAS BY A DELEGATION. OF _ FOUR ORGANIZATIONS WHICH PARTICIPATED IN THE ACTION. . THE FOUR ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDED ALPHA 66, SFNE, MRP, AND THE ANTI — COMMUNIST LIBERATION FRONT. | 4,° FIELD DISSEM: CINCARIB, CINCLANT. _END OF MESSAGE poet apn CLASSIFICATION = DISSEMINATION CONTROLS | - §-E-C-R-E-T NO FOREIGN DISSEM