(404-10174-10038 : { i. ad action ad ROTORS ; Action: FYI and fil J On 22 May 1 . Lazaro L*« born 9 Octob< “Subject res prior to de Currently residing. atés21 SW 6th Street Although subject ar CLASH CATION S-E-C-R- E-T ome qemiad HAAR TERE pia Cah AeE rehd ate . {dui d Spang crt Ct Om 962, JMWAVE debriefed: co SE FARINAS Ruiz, ber 1942 in Baez,. Las. Villas Province, Cuba, sie at Calle 30 No. 214,” Vedado, La Habana parture for the U.S. es Apt. No.' 14, Miami. rived. 21 Narch on a PAA flight from Meee ‘City, he. passed. through Miami and went en to New York, thus delaying WAVE operational jebriefing. 2. FARI fas[was National Chier of Action _and Sa atage in the _ arat: clandestine a until Carly: March 196 "Tino ) ‘Subject had | by safe “conduct to Mexico C arat of the Directorla-Revolucionario EstudTantil (DRE) _ % when: he was replaced by Laurcano PEQUENO Caka | SQNE - exposed and sought asylum and. departure Ae Etre k— 5 a we ernest, 3. Subject deseritbed his tenure in general as having been fairly ' active with good production considering - the materiel and. GOC ‘repressive measures.. He traveled quite freely j}from Havana to Pinar del Rio, back _ to Camaguey on to ‘Santiago in ‘Oriente Province: This was possible mainly because of his general appearance since although he is 20 years Bistribution: 3 = C/TFW a or M7 1.0- 19. Bart PEO DATE OISPATCHED eed 4 gune 1962| “YN 5 wee choke Resta 7 TT TT BaRRTGN STO ano aE UFGA-4253 OLADOMLARTERS mE PeUMBER 19~-120-19/23 CLASSIOCATION S-E-C-R-E-T
_ CONTINUATION OF 7 tree vanes i S-E-C-R-E-T UFGA=4253 * *. OISPATCH a eee ee cee oo SET woe ee os cet a. : + opted, of ARC, he actually seems to be about J6-years old. He is of slight’ stature, has cleancut features and frank grey eyes. He could mix with any high school group and pass. unnoticed in small or large cities. - 4, He. organized ‘Action Sabotage: teams in the provinces: with ‘the: aid of Hans HENGLER, National Militfary Coordinator, who has since been arrested and reportedly: undergoing torture in the headquarters. of G-2 in Miramar, (Organization, and Operations. of these teams are. the sub- jectoof a following: dispatch. ). FARINAS | ‘described their supplies as > | depleted: and” outdated. ye He :€ited one “example - in whitch their fragmenta “tion grenades ‘aré’ dates 1952 and: during the’ beach aétion in Pinar del. | Rio when “Juanin” ” (PEREIRA). was: captured and shot, many of the. grenades did: not. explode. ‘Subject, laid the total failure of their defensive | operation to the grenade - fatlures since they | were attacked. “by. numbers of militia. who did not feel cover and: ‘precautions: were “necessary after thoy. “observed the’ first: ‘grenade failure. | ! ; 5, They ‘were. ‘also - shaving ‘trouble. with the ‘last of their mall. gtock of "time. pencils". (Firing. Device,.. demolition. M1). Subject, . : using a lead pencil, demonstrated’ how -they’ ‘tested. the. safety” device at. last minute “just before inserting the pencil in the shape. charge. Ta some ‘pencils the firing: pins were. faulty” and ‘were discarded. . 6. Their: most” ‘Serious: short ages at ‘present are time. pencils, . ‘blasting caps and. small arms for personal defense. He described some teams - as working. in’ cities and having old Springfield rifles as their. only weapon, . This was pointed out as a. double security hazard since it >could not be concéaled by. the. carrier on.an. ‘operation and ‘it Jeopardize their safechouses by its difficult. concealment. Te FARINAS described their stock of explosives upon his. departure as total of about 120 lbs: ‘throughout © the Island y and. much of. ithis was the inferior C-3 type. It is distributed roughly as. ‘follows :. 60 libs in Havana, 25 ibs in Matanzas, 25 lbs in Camaguey, | 10 Ibs in ‘Oriente with none in Pinar. del Rio and. Las. Villas. Subject emphasized the . Amportance | of shipping ‘only the. C=4 5 ‘type which is more. -powerful and .. safer to handle because it. is odorless ‘and does not leave the. yéllow stain that: C-3 does, : “Be When queried. as. to where subject. recéived his ‘training. with demolitions he replied. that his: predecessor had passed on the hasic precautions, but since then they trained the provincial teams by taking the -U.S.° War Department | Demolitions manual and. with the aid of HENGLER' ‘English ‘language capabilities, translated sections and reproduced copie in Spanish for distribution to the outlying. provincial | teams. 9. Subject. recalled the following operations. during his. period: a. DRE teams destroyed the International Harvester Plant with “White” Phosphorous” incendiary charges. ao. Be .On 31 December 1961, _ they exploded a bomb in ssligiano’ ‘de foe ‘Cuba and during this action, ‘the brother ‘C’Pedro”) of the no / Provincial Chief of Action was captured. ; ‘Gc. In Havana Province, San Antionio de los Banos, during April, an undetermined number of beef cattle were pdéisoned by a DRE" Action team, - d. In Las Villas Province, Camajuani zone, DRE teams are. ; fe . , ‘burning sugar cane fields: using short candles” ‘as the time ‘ delay device. — ; .@, “In a GOC ‘parking area ‘at Calle’ Zapata and Paseo in Vadado, 8. to 10. vehicles were destroyed. by fire - date not reporte: In ‘thé University of Havana: campus zone, ‘three bombs were exninded,.destrovine three vehicles... : re
had an opportunity. to particivate, but that he was aware of the dis- | _tribution of the DRE organ, “Trinchera". These issues come out spora~ dically, about 910 to 15,000 pér Issuc for Havana and Havana Province. — : thig:time, his experience and capabilities are such that*Should be |. given further training and considered for future operationsof guerrill ‘detailed. reports of provincial operations and he will. probably be aoe es a ie UFGA=4253. , GB ds EAT He” S-E-C-R-E+T ‘CONTINUATION OF: OsPATCH “10. Concerning PW activities, FARINAS cxplained that he seldom — Only a few copies are carried out to the provinces and they are tre- : quently reproduced locally. The two largest and most. popular issues were those known as “Alberto MULLER” (DRE Secretary. General ‘currently ; imprisoned at Boniato Prison in Oriente) and the “Juanin™ cssue (dedicated to Juanin PEREIRA, shat by firing squad). rations’ at |, ll. “While subject ‘cannot return ‘for clandestine op warfare.or civic resistance nature. Meanwhile, subject’ is preparing consulted on future Clandestine operations planned by JMWAVE.. ‘END OF DISPATCH
DRE ORGANIZATION INSIDE CUBA, AS OF 5 JUNE 1962 (Gat OY a "Miguel® (iL.c. .. Initials used fn corresontened) ane Civil cocrtinstor and a mo eo Protahle true mine Pinance Chief . "Damaso4 Co O& ===" guel® "s demuty? _"Marcos® Fa.) Db Oh ~= Fropaganta "Ouca"” +. mmaCivil Resistance "ario® | es} ob , ~--Pre-university students — po Salar on ; ns” GC) MK | armested "Lino® j ---Security action and sabotage “Griego™ j 06 ae  ---Supply "Jeaus® Rc) v6 : , 4 | ~ Intelligence “Carlos*® € a Ob ~--General cocrdinator, arrested  Prowinetal ehtets ob Camaguey - - (vacant) . af “ @riente J — Pinar del Ric — (newly orranized by recent operations; *Pepe® (Cussta captain)?, "Patricio"? » “Gorio"?) ; {4 /8R