' (od-0226-1003] Se een 1 eee mare, RO. ee METS EST nowt ; as * Bperereme Ae rR TEEN ONRD ETE SEO DEINE Ml Eg me eto eNepeee senany CP OYe TEENIE suey a snep an tet 2 Ace ; ~ fife 1" ef peey “el a | UK Information on Seven Cuban Internal Resistance Groups ei ; Information provided ua by our {nternal.sssete and Cobar exe filtrees indicate that saven. groups oppoeing Castro are making efforts '€o consolidate into one unified resistance. A brief description of ey he groups follows: mo . _@. Moyimtento de Recuperacton Revoluctonar{o (RR); The primary strength of thle group'lies in the Havang area, the Santa _Clara area, and certain arees of Pidar dol Rio, Ite militant member- ship nucbers 175. Communication with this group ia maintained threugh ona W/T efreutt and sy commuhications. © The loader of. ‘this group, one OMAR, ts presently in the United Stateatand is -about to return to Cuba. In his absence, ESTZHAN is the acting leader. Although in the past we provided this group with equipment, money, radio operators and trained spectailsts, wre have recently only been able to get 1500 . pounds of materLal fato thea. However, we are presently attempting | to infiltreta two radio sets zo this group and backstopping thair pro- ‘ curement of opsrational funds. locally through depoeite made to donor accounce in the United States. hie group givee the gost promise for effective operations and haa a pocenttal for sabotaga, propaganda and intelligence activity. Externally, the principal representatives are Rafeel Aurelio QUINTERO (the @es) and Juan Manuel GUILLOT, The MRRL faction of the: original MRR contains as external leaders Ricardo LORIE and Hino DIAZ. Sica a a Ol aE i
sytieee ures nevene caeetenen | Se od Sommers eee EIAs REARS AIG Et b. Hovintento Ravoluctonario del pueblo (MRP): the primacy strength of this Bx oup lies in the Havana and Les Villas areas. Ite militant wenberahip ie approximately 150. We ro longer have W/T Canmmications, but. aust rely on courlers fer cosmuntication with this “group. The arcup is not yet reorganized internally to an extent , suf fletent to irrvolve iteelf in operations of note. The group's represcntative hes recently come to the United steres, and the current internal leader is ons ANTONIO. Manols Ray was formerly the external . representative of this group. externally ita princtpal rTepresenta- tives are Rogslio CISNEROS, Ignacio MENDOZA, and Marcos WILLTANS, Ray and hia former chief asscclate Col, Barquin, Pazca, Chibas ara not Closely ‘associated with” the present active elenente of one MRP with’ whom we are in contact.” ; oe ; - eae Bevoluctonaria (UR DH ‘ This g roup is composed of : some thirty small fectione ‘with the primary strenge th rest dent in the provinces of Orienta, Matanzas, Havana, and Pinar del Rio with the poastbility of soae ‘few people remaining in the Escanbray Mountains of Las Villas. We ap longer have u/t: commanications with this group; tha former radio operator was captured. In Auguat of 1961, ef ite leaders, CESAR was reportad te be captured ang JUSTO took asylum and is Presently in tha United States. Presect toternai leadership is RICAADO. Coma {cations with this iaternai group will have to be re- ” establiehed wie che usa of « eourter ae soon as feasible. Externally : booger ee . saett oe a eee tel, 1S pated, fi at eh ee RL
14-00000 PTR ms 19g mt TO Tae eT et So oreren gener hs pew, ea rpeeteese orla eee we Per Aemage orm Ty a ~“j3- bas Srincitpal representatives are Alberts PEANANDEZ, Bchavareta, Andres Zayas, and Cesar Brito. ay Movimiento Democratico Cristiano (MDC): The primary strength) of this group, resides ia the Oriente and Matanzas areas, — ‘ah ithough they have geome representation in Ravana and Pinar de RLo provinces, This group emp loys sound security practices in {es activity. te a greater degres then, any of the other opposition elements in Cuba. The former group leader ‘Lucas PERNANDEZ Badue is presently in the United Staces; the current internal leader is Albarto del JUNC MESA. Contact is maintained with this group vta. su means . Although tts activity has been limited, thie elenent has the potential for the -eonduct of resietance, sabotage and intelligence activittes. The MDC” is a Catholic labor organizacion numbering approximately 100 wenbers “vtthin Cuba. FERNANDEZ, thefr present external coordinator, is, ou rrently undergoing training. . The former external leader of the MDC was Jose Ignacio RASCO. @. 30th of November Group: This is a small labor group number- ing approximately fifty. The organizer of this group, come DAVID SALi VADOR, ine been ini prison in Havana for some time. The current internal leader is one BENITO. Wo have courter communications with ' this element which is bellevad to have a good potential for sabotage wv) operationa, externslly, the Teadershtp ‘of thie group is in doubt ° &. 7 “ ee oat foe aba
rere sa a 2a meme pene gg 2 MEER NS RTS ES he TN el er Cereal my a aria eben hie s trmptiicn £ 14-00000 wm oO Seepm eam ° & « woére three individuals are competing for control: JESUS PERBNANDEZ, : TAPLOS’ RODRIGUEZ. QUESADA, and ANDRES CARRILLO -MENDOZA. ea eee f.. Rescate Demos ratico Reveluclonarte _LRDR) One cf. the ate ely ager setersreme A105 forming the Dems seratie Revolut Lonary Frent- “(F20) and the 8ub- oP ome Leyte | sequent Cuban Revolutionary Council (CRC). They are believed co muaber twenty-five, and have, a limited capability for paramilitary and propaganda activities. The only comaunications existent with this group ta by means of courier. The true external representation SPURTE arenes mignon gaits Ae of this group is somewhat confused since ALBERTO CRUZ, exfiltrated ~- by ¢ ke CNR to represent the element was replaced by MENDEZ FEREZ at the direction of ANTONIO VARONA of the FRD in. Miast. , VARONA is the titular head of the Rescate.” g.. Directario Revalyctonarto Estudtantel (ORE): “thie stu- dent: group, which engdges in hemispheric Propaganda activity, from Taper ember cameras geertes a Miami under agency direction, also retains a gtrength inside even though Be its former leaders have been ‘capeored and Amgrisoned: In view of. the Latin atudent! c) traditional characteriatic of resistance to state controis we. expect that the DRE can revive quite a few asseta for action inside. tes externa) ldadership is presently Manuel SALVAT Roque. Ce a “Representatives of these groups say they have formed a National Revolutionary Council (CoRR) in Cuba, and many of thetr vepresentatives have insisted they owe no allegtance to ary exile organizations,
fot ener cpepsite ~ 3 apparently referring to .thedr own external groups, ov te The Coban eo cay Nas Bro mee oe, 7" Sevohutionary Council (CRC). ‘This attempe to form an internal werger , has created considerable confusion in the crganizations lavolved. i 1 “Our best estimates of the groups’ strength {a that they could muster 1690 - 700 action agents throughout the istand. een tuba Tite ead ‘ . can en ee? nde whet oS pee ah oe Bel citla ate bee Sem en or ba te Be REE ee + f t j