Pare under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Notrr=" _ DATE: 11-14-2017 © a " In May and June, 1963, the Source advised that, according to MORA, the communist revolution in Mexico is no longer a wild dream. She claimed that the PCM had concocted a feasible plan calling for taking over in Mexico within ten years. She claimed that the revolution would necessitate bloodshed and that trained soldiers would be necessary. She Stated that leaders, both Mexican and foreign, had been trained to set up small units similar to the ones operating in Venezuela and many of their skirmishes never reached the newspapers. She also stated that the PCM, within the previous year, had operated a school in Mexico to train leaders for that revolution. She stated that when the revolution comes, “it wild need outside help which has. been promised from Cuba although Cuba, will not necessarily be the country of crigin. She implied that financial support would come from the Russians or, more probably, the Chinese. The PCM will have a support function providing assistance and an underground, as well as food, shelter, and men when possible. She claimed the PCM could provide cover temporarily and finally furnish provisional local government in areas which are taken over. It was expected that fighting men would be recruited from among the controlled PCM farmers! organizations u) ; [e¥i06-939 On September 17, 1963, MEX-18 advised that the subject introduced the source to an individual, subsequently identified as GURGUEN_M ROARED TAN who is now a member of the Federal DIStrict Committee of the PCM. MORA claimed to the subject that MAKSABEDIAN was a member of her branch which was described as the leadership branch of the PCM although admittedly that was a descriptive title and not the name of the branch. MAKSABEDIAN subsequently outlined to the informant his concept of how the PCM could take over Mexico through exploitation of the discontented | middie class, and when the informant discussed this matter with MORA, MORA stated she was aware of the plan and it was already being implemented which was why FRANCISCO MORA wanted to-quit the PCM since FRANCISCO MORA did not consider such a program to be a genuine communist revolution. According to MORA, the : So-called Leadership Branch was composed of leaders in various fields and she qualified because of her position as a .department head at the University of Mexico San Carlos Campus and*her Gy) husband was in the Branch "on a pass", indicating that it was -L- | | ares) bonnie i" y . . . Docld:32311392 Page 6
. Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hot DATE: 11-14-2017 c ; ula £ ~ \ a 3/4 aa | (1d100-939 oO Abe a AN ern y S , mainly because of her position that he was accepted. MORA further advised that FRANCISCO MORA had lost the fight within the so-called leadership branch against the concept outlined by MAKSABEDIAN and that after ten "screaming" branch meetings, . the branch, except for EDTAN A (u) FRANCISCO MORA; voted &) . - unanimously with MAKSABEDIAN 9 On August 8, 1963, MEX-18 and.MEX-19 advised that on August, 6, 1963. ELTZARETH MORA stated that ske was | dotne "something" for the PCM and that peopleswere coming and going from her residence and therefore she did not want any persons who were not politically trustworthy around hex residence at that time Wu) On October 8, 1963, the informants advised that on October 6, 1963, MORA borrowed 500 pesos ($40 U.S.) from the informants to make up a deficit from the funds she had collected from the imprisoned railroad workers' families y MORA stated she had expended the money for something else and would have to turn the total sum in the next day. MORA Stated she had money in a savings account in an unidentified bank but it would not be possibye to withdraw this money without a delay of eight days, ~ On February 24, 1964, the informants advised that on that date ELIZABETH MORA stated that FRANCISCO MORA was extremely nervous over trying to have clandestine meetings in their residence while her mother and the children's friends were sitting around. According to the source, the subject's mother is a conservative, Negro a. Cn is not aware of her daughter's political activities CHINESE AND CUBAN MATTERSR YAU) On March 15, 1963, the source advised that RLIZABETH and FRANCISCO MORA had claimed that they had missed their PCM — *branch meeting on March 7, 1963. ELIZABETH MORA claimed that FRANCISCO MORA did not want to attend that meeting as he did not want to listen to or participate in a debate which was scheduled regarding an editorial in the "Daily Worker", 7 denouncing MAO TSE TUNG. The MORAs claimed that they had been¥(K.) -M- are. Os Docld:327311392 Page 7 a
DATE ; Released under the Jolin F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hot 11-14-2017 C O IngfSico- 939 had objected to the use of-that box because it would not hold the large volume. of mail from China and that therefore the box had been discontinued but that FRANCISCO, MORA would obtain ‘a box for handling the mail in the future ) SOBELL FILM oy” SOBELL FILM et 8 ae 3y, 1963, @ source advised that on July AMEEROPOL, the guardian of the children of executed atom Spies, JULIUS and ETHEL ROSENBURG, had been at the informants! residence going over the script on the so- called documentary film "The Sobell Story" which related to imprisoned atom spy by MORTON SOBELL. MEX-19 was to do the script and ASA ZATZ was to handle the translation. ELIZABETH MORA was to furnish the actors and a "left wing director" for : dubbing the Spanish language version. Accordang to the infor- mants, ELIZABETH MORA collected 7,000 pesos ($560 U.S.) f associates of the ACGM to cover the cost of this project UW) fozEcHosLovaKrAN EMBASSY CONTACTS L U) On April 23, 1964, the source advised that on April 18, 1964, ELIZABETH and FRANCISCO MORA arrived in the infor- - mant's home to attend a party, coming directly from the — Czechoslovakian Embassy, and that FRANCISCO MORA brought with him a bottle of Czechoslovakian vodka. FRANCISCO MORA was intoxicated. During the party, he repeatedly demanded state- ments from ACGM associates present to support the Chinese . position in the Sino-Soviet. split and he also urged full Support for the Negro Nationalists in the United States. The informants received the impression that ELIZABETH MORA intended to advise them of an important matter which had come up in. the Czechoslovakian Embassy during their visit but she was upset by ~ her husband's nes (uy condition and did not tell her story to the informants uw) NEGRO QUESTION ‘On February 24, 1964, the informants advised that on that date ELIZABETH MORA had stated that the "big thrill" of the previous week was ROBERT FRANKLIN WILLIAMS having come Foggia -Q- | COVER PAGE , | Docld:32311392 Page &@
@leased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC 27107 NOtrT- DATE; 11-14-2017 . . a Sez , 5 WA (uahido-939 . Progressive Labor Group is a catchall for the Negro Nationalists who are now leaving the CPUSA. She also stated there were more Negro Nationalists in SNCC and CORE than in the NAACP BY uv) On April 22, 1964, informants advised that ELIZABETH MORA had told them that FRANCISCO MORA had just made an arrange- ment to rent an isolated hacienda near the City of Pachuca for the use of a group of important visiting Negroes from the United States who are expected to arrive in Mexico about the weekend of May 8, 9, 1964. She did not further identify the visitors nor indicate the purpose of their visit but invited the informants to joim the group at the hacienda after the visitors arrived. On May 12, 1964, however, the informants advised that the pro- posed weekend in the hacienda did not materialize. ELIZABETH MORA had dropped the question, and the informants received the impression that either visitors did not arrive as scheduled or, if they did, objected to the presence of two white persons on the ranch so that the invitation was dropped although on both April, 26 and 29, 1964, MORA had again confirmed the invitation. GU) . On May 15, 1964, the informants advised that on the previous two days ELIZABETH MORA_ stated that she had_ received a letter from ROBERT WILLIAMS in Cuba which she said proposed far more violent and emphatic procedures against white people than had previously been offered by anyone else. She said she was astounded that he would assume her support in this matter as he knows her to be a member of the Mexican Communist Party, implying that such membership would preclude her from approving such violent means. MORA also claimed that Negro woman, AUDREY or AUDIE MORE or_AUDREY or AUDIE MOORE (phonetic) in Los Angeles, who was formerly a communist, is now carried on the mast head of WILLIAMS! publication "The Crusader" as an editor of some type. MORA indicated she was - : disgusted with WILLIAMS. MORA read to MEX-18 portions of one of WILLIAMS' letters which stated that guns must be obtained and aimed at white men from the windows of homes. The infor- mant observed that this is the type of statement made nightly by WILLIAMS on his radio broadcast, but MORA stated she does not listen to his programs since their radio does not receive Cuban stations (AY) a -s- COVER PAGE Docld: 32311392 Page 93
"Réleased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hoter™ . DATE; 11-14- 2013 a Coy 7 o | . CY * as ed J4 (uc) 100-939 MEX-18 advised ELIZABETH MORA of the statements made regarding her by GERTRUDE SOLTKER, but MORA stated she was not concerned over any misunderstanding of her situation at the Czechoslovakian Embassy or with any friends she wanted to have. To prove her point, she stated that she and FRANCISCO MORA had been guests of the Czechoslovakians twice that week. MORA claimed that one of those meetings was a dinner attended by the - Czechoslovakian Ambassador; the Ghana Ambassador, with two other Ghana Embassy officers; and two American Negroes whom MORA claimed were important members of MALCOLM X's staff. She claimed that during the dinner MALCOLM X and Black Nationalism were toasted frequently and there were two toasts for China and several for the Czechoslovakians but none for either Russia or KHRUSHCHEV. Subsequently, that evening MORA went to the Ghana Embassy to act as translator for a member of the Czechoslovakian Embassy who went there but could not under- Stand the version of English spoken by the Ghana diplomats. The meeting at the Ghana Embassy was not attended by the alleged representatives of MALCOLM X. Informants were unable to ascertain the complete purpose of those meetings but MORA \ stated that MALCOLM X was going to tour Africa and particularly | wanted to go to Ghana. MORA advised the informants that the meeting at the Czechoslovakian Embassy was not the meeting she had previously stated would be held with the important Negro visitors from the United States, but that it was part oF the > same thing Xi w) SOURCES: Identity of Source Location T-1 is{MBx-16 134-74 T-2 is|MEX-18 and MEX-19 134-10A T-3 is]jMEX-4 and MEX-86 = 134-40A T-4 is JMEX-118 134-325A T-5 is} MExX-234 and 134-7714 - ({MEX~235 a -~ Tm COVER PAGE Pe | Docld:327311392 Page 10