RE: CULAN REESE AGTIVI ITTES IN CURA te tne Province of Havana and that he had not. become a member of any particular undoreround ozpanizction, although he hed cssisted various eroups in such activities as transporting guns and on.one occasion, succeeded in reseuing a wounded vebéel who was a momber ~ of tse underground. . TORRES ctated that the CASTRO vegime hes truck terzor into the hearts of ail enti-Communist Cubans, and that they are Living in fear of their lives. He said that tna people are frecuently imprisoned or . executed on! the slightest pretaic and that the activitite of the Comittee for the Defenss of che Revolution (Vigilance Committee) have made it oxeceedingly difficult for che anti-CASTRO undersround to. operste effectively. He noted chat it is almost impossible to travel, obtain monsy, cbtain a house or to do snything without being reported to the CASTRO regime. He said this has tended to freeze the Cuban people into a state of inactive terror. . It is noted that TORRES described the Committee for the Defense of the Revolutcioa es an informal system which operates effectively througnout the island. He ‘Said that this’ Committee has armed members in practically every block throughout the Cliysof Havana, as well as ‘ in.all other cities and when a “person comes to the attention of the Committee, he is questioned concerning his sources of money, his employmen 1c or lack of emptoyment, his family, relatives, friends and if moving about, his means of transportation. He is also questioned as to where he has been, with whom, and what he has been doing The Comaittee, without benefit of warrant, may search his house and imprison him without filing charges. Captain -TORRES stated that.an oceasional |, explosion can be heard in Havana, and that this and - 25 -
RE: CUBAN REBEL ACTIVITIES IN.CULA - - other types of sabotage activity are conducte by the enti-CASTRo underground from ¢ima to time in _. Havens Provinee. He said, however, that such activites have not accomplished anything cf cisnificance against -the - vegime. He said that the work of the underground has become increasingly difficult as the program of . repressions and exacutions has been stepped up. Under- ground members are, in most instances, afraid to engage in any extensive oparation and they are unable to. operate on a coordinated basis throughout the island, He seid that the anti-CcASTRO underground is making no substantial progress wantsoever and it does not seem thet che CASTRO regima can ba overthrown by underground activity from within Cuba, | Cn December 20, 1951, LEO RODRIGUEZ, 5619 - North Miami Avenue, Miami, Florida, was contacted and . . advised that he head arrived in the United: States on | ; September 21, 1961, from Saatiaco, “Orien nte, Cuba, RCDRIGUEZ said he had lived for many years in Santiago and that his femily is still < there. For this reason, he does not wi s identity to be divulged outside of 3 rement circles. He said that he hed been in th iego and was asic Mining ment. He stated that while the under- president of the Compania Minera 2 pe Comany) of Cuba, This company was, prior to intervention, _ re a United States cwned subsiciary with headquarters in ; i - Gleveland, Chio. RODRIGUEZ steted that he, himself, was a geaduate of Yale University. RODRIGUEZ adviséd thet based on his personal observations up to the time of his éeparture in September, 1961, as well as on letters which he ha been receiving fxcm his wife since his ae a i departure, it is apparent that the action groups in , Santisgo and the surrounding area are relatively | inactive et this time. RODRIGUSZ stated that most people : operate in groups without any names, although there were ; also organized groups such as the ERP, cche MRR and the 30th i ah em .
i } iH * RE: CUBAN REBE ACtIviTizs IN CUBA. a ground grouvs wore well ozgeniaae pelor ¢ 1951 invasion, they hava b y éamaged and are in &@ state of disintssracion i said that fear is strong and necessa a supplies are lecking, So that it is. the ted tude of the people in Santiaso to wait ie stance, Ca Decewber 29, 1961, 121 7-7, a Cuban exile ~ with numsrous contacts among the “Geba sn population in Hisni, and‘who is: associated with an anctieCASTRO organization in Miami, advised that he has hed several recent com munications - with Cuba. He stated that these reports have indicated that. sabotage activity by the undareround in Cuba has decreased in recent months dua to the extreme measures being imposed by the. goverment ond also due to the lack of material. i Mi T-7 said that he had recently been informed . that..over 100 tersons have. _been killed or executed during the last two woeks of eee militia forces led _ by RAUL CASTRO. ‘These caceutions occurred in the Province - of Les Vil as and were designed to reduce anti-CASTRO activities in that province threuch the use of fear, Persous killed ware not necascarily active rebels, but were persons suspected or accused of anti-CASTRO i tated that the people of the underground Ful 3 by ty ca fs 6) oO Bh f i ‘cd Qwill relax enough to | 7 permit them to res ity, axe mainly waiting for some assistance from the United Scates, MM T-8, an-Ameritcan cit ‘who has been contacting Cuban exi fo od C3 (9 5 bid . | oma} he. ft fs 9 ne rea. to determine the actual status of the mndere eround groups. . in Cuba, advised on January 4, 1962, that ased on his + eeecues ions | with a number of individuals who have recently drground there is disorganized | arcived from Cuba, the und Ov LEe
RE:  CUEAN REBEL ACTIVITIES IN -cun A to it no longer exists as a serious factor, He © xiles now arriving ia Miemi who-were connectsa with underground organizations or activities are ¢ d z vossibsiltties for any 6 on the part of the underground. ‘he hav wnat action is taking place in Cuba today t of the efforts cf independent groups. work ordination and with as. little. contact ES her. groups in order to-provide the | bes has been told chet the. situation hag dete point that soma underground groups are mong themselves, MM T-8 said that thors is apparently almost Ro contect between. groups in Cuba and those in Miami. énd noted. that the Miamt. exiled groups will all take credic for a rumored act of sehgeege without any Specific information thet their counrerparts in Cuba WEre eesponsible. The police stata eathods used by the Cubsa goverrement have. been effective and the block by . block coverare of the’ Vigilcnce Cotmaittees has left --  -peopre Living in a state of constant fear, unwilling: to jeopardize their lives for what seems to 1 hopeless cause, | | a eS oo M4 T-8 stated that he has learned that the problems ; involved in arranging & maeting between under- Gxound groups have become so difficult thet during the Lease: ééveral months such meetings have been abandoned, a MM T-8 stated that in his most recent. conversations with incoming exiles, it has been indicated to him that-the DRE, a Catholic youth groun, offers the . best possibility for the cevelommant of en effective underground ozzanization. It also appears that the Province of Pinar del Rio is becoming a focal point for underground activity in couteast with the past when’ ’ this province was generally the least active. He stated thet people boye mentioned to him thet there is some | a t a “SE Etran are ommenemtat geet Soe neers a arena ceqeneeenestineerwwmaernes nie je ope ta cteyen vee nee
Sates ity in the Escanbray Mountains, but t creer name | 7 BASLE Ls CLV ¢ hat oo an ee Sed este myn yee Ames te * mo ons cormmected with the underground in Cuba considers Yen se mong ares) ad Le s these forces to be a serious threat to the CASTRO regime, 62, 1217-9, a Cuban exile BeTOUS contacts with Cuban : shed reliable | he had received an emper 29, 19651, which the pandueiting « of ed mother, who is Gin this letter it was y un: by a person in Havana ein nat person being reported -2 ch member of the Vigilance Coma xc the bloc ‘thet person Lives. Accord this letter, the effectiveness of this méthcd cf coy £ the population has improved as the . Ecore: of the city has declined. The mambers of . a the Vi Committee receive extra food and privileges < their services and Frequently will denouns le to further their cwm position. As a ms of the underground gr wos with regard engnce of some semblance of organization have hampered. The writer stated that it was pression that the underground people in sently operating in independent groups and ntect with formal orgenizetions.-— —— there is no coordinated plan and people o day basis, afraid to contact anyone own circié who might be of questionable On Jan wary 10, 19 2, aM T-!3 a Cuban national and ¢laimed political. . A ed that he had been active. So m vr of the DRE in of his departure.