404-10179-10013 21 Nov Contact Report para &: pst to be the basis for AY's future govt. Ome Ne meee Sf OED, wacvanpe wee eee Sa ean eT _ * " Manvel Rayta military planers felt that ane aingle operation should aa (meg, 8 1940 Constitutio ( CONTACT REPORT SP Ts Meeting wlth Marae) Ray aid Raul Chibes in the latterts apartagit (30 west Soh Street, New York City) on 22 Bovenber, 1960. . PART CRE OF THREE 1. Notes thie meeting bed been called by.me in order to imples , ment the decisions reached at Resiquartere eamcerning oar future e relationships wits the MEP. (See Magoraidum For The Record dated 2] . Hovewber 1960, DIR 12532, OUT 9.535, end C/WE/L/PAles somorandum to C/why's, 9 Roverbe>, 1960; also see MASH 177%, IW £5616 which states that Runt obtained Varonats concerrece om 21 Rovester to finance the MAP via . the PRD’s omtrolle.) 2. The meeting was started by me telling Ray that I hed recelvred @ somewhat garbled weseage concerning @ certain operation in the Tele of Pines. How serious an wmdertaking wes thie end what, preciecsly, was involved? (Comment: thie question waa posed pursuant to instruction by and in line ith CA A/ PA menorendum to ne.) Ray informed me as followss _— . (a) There ‘ars .two garrisons etationed 1 at the Iele of Pines hens whea hie organi cation has acotact.” Qne garrison ie commanded wats sould sount on avpraxinately 750 men to Seat hin when and if ecides to break away frou Castro. S © has approxingtaly SO trustwortay afficlale under hig Command (whwther these cfficere ware military or civilian Ray did not know) which were rea¢y to aselet in aiti-Castre activitios—-the .eecend garrigan was located at the Punte Del Este and was primarily @ ecast artillery installation. Ray did not revel] the name af ite - em@mending officer. _ ' : - - (>) Quite e oh! from the e, Reyts vole Lure im ceme fect with ea (fra whe ie the(commander of the prisch juhere ee Matos fe 4 . According te reliable infornitien, Bay may be of help in erranging the escape of Mateos, A arrived ir Miemi on 21 Bovesber eaid that Kates eid des given--via_hie wife whe cen visit big = is efforts designed : 7: as ine to truaf at the priem-< ay to wel Line liberate Katos fron prisan. aN “(e) tn eonsidering the eituatian “ostlined in (a) end fp) above, . be forget siete tha War slam are Relieve that, if Hater Hatos can "be fred an@ 4f the tec ge: .u: smtp ue: fs necacrash 2(8) abere " wehas defet, She otwer trcove anf a g 20g part of the p<pwatian 23 the Tale of Fines, know by the aags lninc, ts asicabtedly loyal toe - cast Seta ge "ha WIP foals that the Isle of Panes | area under . mit nubs Sa ahdeasbeais itl ‘TORT S168
14-00000 . : ” 3 hy . ey. ot ‘ . - : consideration ean probebly not be held oy thea for any leagth of " * tine wmlees certain eegnente ef Castro's air fores can be sewtra- ised either pricr or during the coap. The MRPers ara ast ec much concerned ebout Castrota greand farce; according to Ray there are only throes ici, OF panees ieeding into tae le.e of Pines over merah lend. fhese roadg, the MRPera feel, can be easily enough ¢entrelled by thea, 4s sattery now gland, the general soncert of vines operation would be f to capture and nestralise Chine. | form @ caivay Gf approximately 40 men and drive to the @ prison erea--an ootansibly routine trip which has bean perferzed_in the past 6 number of times in order te get o rapelios for & garrison. Matoe would be freed with the O\belp et that time and alaost slamltanecusly with hie O\iiberation th and Puta Del Kete garrisons wald move wf * ocoupy tactical end, perhaps, algo strategio locations. .- (4) The raasen thet er was get ag the target date % OH 4 was that both and are due for rotation in the very naar fstura. THOTe, ‘iP plannere think, a Sunday le the o beet day to mount such ea operetion. © : ‘ 3. After the above expoai tion ad asked for the following essis- 4 tences ' , («) Ow support te w/o eartoe on how to neatralise Castrota air force, (bo) Intelligence data concerning coastal mining and air fields, _ (eo) Delivery of anti-air craft ertillery ad continuing re- . . supply for anti-Castre rebels after the operat/w hes beg, and (4) Maps prepared by the Aerial Service Company of Failadelphte, Pennsylvania. (7?) _ ; Lb. Witneut aeking any commlteante cn the above requeet 1 aaked ; whether ea: not Nay had proper ocamanfioation facilities at his dlepesel and whether or not bie people inside were able to receive, handle, end use any _ @ugpliee which sight came their way. I alee eskad slat specific types of weapons the RP planners were thinking of and what kirni of ammmition. re-gepply would be needed for arag now already in the hande of anti-Castro | Gubang in thet srea, “It beceié clear that Ray did oct have the saswers to | (4 ‘Se At thie peiat of the converestion I began with tre trsleamtation of the Reedcuartsre decisions reeched io regards te the Fendér: grcap's: @upport cf the MP: J said that I wanted tc repdet comeite I bad sade Frevicaaly to Cnitas, Feteves, Baryeir., and Hayy nemecy, that the Bender group could not afford any duplication cf artawlaetr: efforte, wat adeirietrative ana supely machinery had been esfatliened f.r qsité sone time, ant that tide rachinery, 1.¢., *lé Frette keec’ uciseario Remocratico, wr. 2 ave te be utilieed tc the falleet in operati we éf thie scrt. Ray s the, “technical level, iste, Colauel. Barquin @ ‘.- :-thage questions which he felt should be referred “ nig ent te
14-00000 toe . en . . e » . ’ wpdesbdtediy knew alec the military adviser to the FRD; =~ @ny atipee.ts would undowttedly carry the FRD label and in all like~ " Uiheed FRD-prepared, antielastrea literature would eccoapany euch ahip- ‘mente; plane acd plicte williged in ewb a undertaking were FED assets ° and identified as such. 6 Barts reply to thie wes eommwhet ag fellows: while the FED thinks i¢ controce these pllete I, Baader, shewld at least realise that the pllota whe were working formerly for Cebena Air Lines really belonged to the MAP. Im any case he, Ray, and the RRP weald seoept the proposed arrar.gament tecause 1¢ would not imply that the MAP is politio Cally beholder. to the FRD) it would simply indicate to the people inside ‘Ccha that the MAP was utilicing all resources to obtain the equipment necessary’ to overthrow Castro. MNeturally he wee net mtimalastic about this formaia but he could Live acd cope ulth it. . “Vo I told Ray that I would heave te get in touch with cur ailitery poople in order to find ast whether or not we now had eufficient data on _ head on which to base o deciaion. (Comment: C/iH/h wae briefed tale Phaically by me on the faregoing end on additional sepecte of this weoting which are reported in part two of thie Contact Report. C/na/k and ] felt tnat we cid not heve as yet sufficient date to make any Commitments; C/wH/h instructed me te advise Ray thats (m) Either the KRP should euberit a detailed plan which we would consider and en the tazis of which we woald then decide Whether to be of asaistance or not or} ; (b) The KRP coald go it alone, and ask ua for some aasistence efter the operation has been lesnched and w would make our Geciaion then on the beais of existing circunstancee. . Above was trenamitted to Ray who indi ceted that the HEP did ngt desire grit alone and that be wuld instruct Barquin to imiediately cone tact in Miesd to work cat a ccordisated operational plan.) 8. ne thts yatnt of the necting I falt that the tine wos ripe to weke the $2500 payment (by Bender check) and to advies Rey that another $7500 would be made available to nim wla.Juen Panla, the FED ocaptraller. I Repeated what I hed said previ cushy about duplication and followed the ; -approved lines contained fa ay 1) Hoveaber 1960 memorandum to C/uH/k. Rayte —_ and Caibag* reactions were not wmexpected: they rejected this particular fvmdiag proposal. (Comments for additional detetle aad other iteas covered ‘daring thia seeting sea parte two and three, "Contact Repart, 22  Novenber, Rooting with Bay and Geabea.*) : é eo: FOP PLL SL TTT I EI a Ee a Ay . . * é ’ fits A) a a Be ote IN aah el oe «AE al call eh ata i ne OKRLED PROLLER ae CAa/u/ PA OD; amb BMetribetian: Crig - cB ] = RAP Bo m4. ; . ae C/o), & CAMASCRS (ret te ft) Le afer/s ;