AGENCY: RECORD NUMBER: RECORD_ SERIES: AGENCY FILE NUMBER: ORIGINATOR: FBI FBI 124-10184-10319 NO 97-74-96 AGENCY INFORMATION Released under the John . Eennedy WKesassination Records Ollection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). ase#: NW 54462 Date: 1O-O4-2017 DOCUMENT INFORMATION FROM: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: » DATE: 07/30/1964 PAGES: 2 SUBJECT: FPCC, ACT DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT ORIGINAL Confidential NEW CLASSIFICATION: CLASSIFICATION: REVIEW DATE: 07/01/1997 UPDATE DATE: 02/12/2001 Ay . : STATUS Redact ~ RESTRICTIONS: JFK Act 6 (4) COMMENTS: DATE LOWER LEFT CORNER | HW 54462 Docld:327176324 Pa qe 1
oO _ oo FAIR PLAY FOR CUBA COMMITTEE The April 6, 1960, edition of "The New York Times" newspaper contained a full-page advertisement captioned _ "What Is Really Happening In Cuba," placed by. the Fair Play for Cuba Committee (FPCC). This advertisement announced the formation of the FPCC in New York City and declared the FPCC intended to promulgate "the truth about revolutionary Cuba" to neutralize the distorted American press. (v) "The New York Times" edition of January ll, 1961, reported that at a hearing conducted before the United States Senate Internal Security Subcommittee on January 10, 1961, Dr. Charles A. Santos-Buch identified himself and Robert Taber as organizers of the FPCC, He also testified he and Taber obtained funds from the Cuban Government which were applied toward the cost of the aforementioned advertisement, (v) - On May 16, 1963, a source advised that during the first two years of the FPCCts existence there was a struggle between Communist Party (CP) and Socialist Workers Party (SWP) elements to exert their power within the FPCC and thereby influence FPCC policy. This source added that during the past year there had been a successful effort by FPCC leadership to minimize the role of these and other organizations in the FPCC so that their influence as of May, 1963, was negligible. () The SWP has been designated pursuant to Executive (u) Order 10450, i On May 20, 1963, a second source advised that Vincent "Ted" Lee, FPCC National Office Director, was then formulating FPCC policy and had indicated that he had no Kop es S° SAT HED “TCTPTED 7/30/64 . EXTERD MDP Y OE7? PGE LLED Ae SAC LETTER NO, 64-39 f gs” AUG °3.1964,/ ri. FBI — NEW ORLEANS 7 HW 54462 Docld:327176324 Page 2
A HW 54462 ®& _ ; Na intention of permitting FPCC policy to be determined by any other organization, This source stated that Lee believed that the FPCC should advocate resumption of diplomatic relations between Cuba and the United States and should support the right of Cubans to manage their revolution without interference from other nations, Lee did not advocate supporting the Cuban revolution per se. v) The November 23, 1963, edition of "The New York Times" reported that Senator Thomas J. Dodd of Connecticut had called FPCC "the chief public relations instrument of the Castro network in the United States." It is to be noted that Senator Dodd was a member of the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee which twice conducted hearings on (v) the FPCC, The December 27, 1963, edition of "The New York World Telegram and Sun" newspaper stated that the pro-Castro FPCC was seeking to go out of business and that its prime activity during its lifetime had been sponsorship of pro- Castro street rallies and mass picket lines, and the direction of an active propaganda mill highlighting illegal travel-to-Cuba campaigns. Its comparatively brief span of life was attributed to mounting anti-Castro American public opinion, the 1962 Congressional hearings which disclosed FPCC financing by Castro's United Nations Delegation, and ultimately, the bad publicity which the FPCC received from , disclosure of activities on its’ behalf by suspected (v presidential assassin Lee H. wald. On February 6, 1964, the previously mentioned second source advised that V. T. Lee had recently remarked that the FPCC was dead and that there were no plans to ( organize another similar organization, (v} On April 13, 1964, a third source advised that there had not been any FPCC’ activity in many months and that the FPCC had been dissolved. — fu}: Sources: ANY 3164- NY 3467-S (_ oak uv) 7/30/64 SAC LETTER NO, 64-39 -6- Docld: 32176324 Page 3