Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination 
Records Collection Act of 1992 
(44 USC 2107 Note) 
NW 53217 6/20/17
104-10192-10248 @ ee ” feats 98 6 Be POSSIBLE ACTION: ‘py: aceHA 66 AND: _TPRECEDENCE, PRioniry Gait OF 2 Ban el, nereaeNcES. ON pba aa 13 ‘APRIL 1963 a ae Tee gt ce ‘17638. -anoa a ee ae “nage owreo § STATES: (5 AMD 3 APRIL, 1963) oo “appraisat 3 SS. 2 pepo RéRORT.NO. THS. CONTENT 1S TENTATIVE: Ss UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS, ARE: DEFINITIVE. “APPRAISAL OF R (S00 ce paras “1- 6: A MEMBER: (er) OF THE: éuBAN LEGAL ‘PROFESSION with EXCELLENT CONTACTS AMONG ANT 1-CASTRO ‘ELEMENTS IN, CUBA AND IN EXILES PARAS 7-9: A MEMBER (rer) or a . PRONINENT ANT 1=CASTRO. FAMILY! ANTONIO VECIJANA. : H RADIO AND TV NEWS. IN THE MIAMI AREA HAD BEEN | APRIL THAT THE. MOVIMIENTO. ; oo st “REVOLUTIONARY, MOVEMENT) » Ve ALTHOUG BROADCAST ING SINCE: NOON ON r - REVOLUC 1ONARIO ‘DEL "PUEBLO (MRP,. PEOPLE SECUNDO FRENTE NACIONAL DEL ESCAMBRAY (SFNE, SEC 72° OND“ NATINAL THE MRP EXECUTIVE: “~GoNn <a vO FRON ESCAMBRAY ) “AND ALPHA: 66. WERE JOING FORCES, RMED ONLY. ON THE. EVENING OF 1) APRIL AY ‘CARLOS & HAD “BEEN NEGOTIATING FOR T HIS EFFORTS COMMITTEE WAS INFO OE LOS ‘SANTOS PENIN *COMINICIS THAT. H THE AMALGAMATION OF YHE THREE GROUPS, _AND THA = SUCCESSFUL TO THE POINT. THAT THE ONLY THING REMAINING” . (FIELD COMMENT! WERE AS FOR THE MRP EXECUTIVE CoM TTEE TO APPROVE CLiad fhe p art! A PY 4 Ld CLASSIFICATION - ~ ogni, CONTROLS oe od “"“eeaue t ; | [feekedos hoe arenes] 1. ee at araTs , salon taaien - a Oo ] : rrnArery . PONT REG iSSein tom ee = - = a “Be ti MLMRP.- -FADER.: CUSTOMS COAST. ‘GUARO TREASURY yar 1 Ko. OssoLeTs PREVIOUS EDITIONS. 3 te re ee Ba EM ae Tos ee
104-10192-10248 RP re ° “BRAZEN ‘evsisor, HOLDS N ‘NO OFFICIAL POSITION YN THE, M “COMMITTEE, HE HOWEVER: WAS. A ‘CANDIDATE FOR: NATIONAL COORDINATOR AN EXILE FOR. THE MRP. ): 2. THERE WAS so MUCH ENTHUSIASM: BY “THE MRP sseengeib ys FAVOR - OF ‘THE OFFER TO JOIN FORCES WITH SUCH WELL- -KNOWN ORGANIZAT!ONS THAT QUESTIONS. AND NOTES OF CAUTION RAISED BY SOME SEEMED HOLLOW. Be ONE OF THE REASONS FOR THE ENTHUSIASM WAS THAT THE MRP 7s HAD PLANNED: To VOTE IN FAVOR | OF. JOINING THE CRC OURING ITS MID- APRIL CONGRESS, ‘BUT JUST PRIOR TO THE OPENING OF THE CONGRESS, JOSE MIRO. ‘CARDONA 'S CONTROVERS | AL RESIGNATION HIT THE PRESS. “MOST OF THE MRP MEMBERS. SOON CAME To THE CONCLUSION THAT “THE CRC WAS FINISHED, AND BEFORE THEY COULD EXAMINE THE POSITION IN. WHICH THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD LEAVE THEM, THE OFFER TO UNITE WITH SFNE. AND ALPHA - 66 CAME LIKE A BOLT FROM THE BLUE. 4, THIS PROPOSAL TO UNITE. “WITH. SFNE AND ALPHA 66 WAS FUT TO AN OFFICIAL VOTE ON THE MORNING: CF 13 APRIL, IT WAS APPROVED 5 ay “APPROXIMATELY 78 PERCENT OF: THE MRP DELEGATES. THOSE WHO. FAVS RED “A MORE CAUTIOUS APPROACH 70 THIS MOVE ABSTAINED RATHER THAN TAKE A STAND AGAINST THE MOTION. . | . 6, THE AP TERNCON SESSION OF 13 APRIL WAS SCHEDULED TO ELECT Je A NATIONAL & COORDINATOR | IN EXILE. THIS 1S THE HIGHEST OFFICE IN TRE NOMINEES WERE PENIN, J JOSE SALVADOR PRINCE AND»
104-10192-10248 i UT: PENIN SEEMED. ‘To: HAVE. ee THE: “WMAGINATION oF fe “aut OF THE, Unicom TED EXECUTIVES. PRINCE WAS NOMINATED MORE as. i a - eee een ee A GESTURE To. HIS FORMER UNDERGROUND STATURE, suT HE” WAS NOT XPECTED TO FIGURE STRONGLY IN THE VOTING. . GoDOY'S FOLLOWERS, COMPRISE THE. CONSERVATIVE BLOC ON. THE . QUESTION OF UNITY WITH THE ‘OTHER Two GROUPS. AND, REGARDLESS OF ~ a “THE OUTCOME OF THE VOTING: HE. WAS URGED TO RAISE'A POINT: OF ORDER FOR AN EVENTUAL PUBLIC ‘STATEMENT TO BE ISSUED AT THE END OF THIS CONGRESS ¢ oR "POEs THE JOINING OF FORCES WITH: ALFHA 66 AND SFNE MEAN THAT THE 9 MRP INTENDS TO ASSIST. THE “FORMER..TWO. GROUPS IN CIRCUMVENTING, THE <wo a 2 LAWS OF: THE HOST GOVERNMENT: OR DOES IT MEAN THAT THE FORMER TWO “GROUFS ARE SUBSCRIBING TO THE MRP PRINCIPLES AND ESCHEWING THEIR PAST TAcTICs. WHICH WERE AT LEAST PARTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE | RECENT CRACKDOWN ON: EXILES BY THE U.S, GOVERNME NT? GODOY MAY GO'SO FAR ‘AS TO. SUGGEST THAT IF THE INTENTION 1S TO “CONTINUE THE WHLDCAT RAIDS, THE ia SHOULD FIND SOME OTHER 8ASE FOR OPERATIONS TSIOE, THE U.S. os ON & APRIL ANTONIO VENC | ANA OF ALPHA 66 § SAID THAT WITHIN
104-10192-10248 fet y086 [oF THE: Res VEC iA ALSO. SALO. THAT. HE BAO A MEETING WHTH | FRUSTINO. LEAL WHO, ‘BACKS: T é DIRECTORIO: REVOLUCIONER9, ESTUDIANTIL. (DRE, REVOLUTIONARY STUDENTS" DIRECTORATE) AND WITH PERSONNEL . “OF THE: “coMMANDO be “ORGANIZATION. FOR’ THE. PURPOSE. -OF REACHING, AN”: AGREEMENT WHERESY THE DRE. AND comaNDos L. WOULD RECEWE FINAN LAL BACK ING FROM ALFHA 66. &. ‘VEC IANA ALSO. SAID. THAT - SUAREZ NUNEZ (FNUY A FCNER BATISTIANO FROM NEW YORA, HAD BEEN ACCEPTED FOR MEMBERSHIP IN ALPHA 66, 9. “MITHIN: THE. NEXT Two WEEKS THERE WOULD BE A LARGE SCALE “ACTION. WITHIN CUBA, (FIELD COMMENT: THERE HAVE BEEN SOME ALLUSIONS - TO THE FACT THAT BOTH ALPHA’ 66 AND, SECUNDO FRENTE “NAC (ONAL DEL ESCAMBRAY ARE PLOTTING “FOR” ‘SOME SORT OF “A -PROVOCATON- ACTION. THERE IS AN UNCONF IMRED RUMOR. WHICH SUGGESTS THAT TRE RECENT ATTACK BY CUBAN APR FORCE AIRCRAFT ON THE ss FLOR IDAN WAS ENGIS ERED BY EXItE ACTIVIST GROUPS, AS oF 1696 HOURS ON 13 APRIL THERE wERE NO. FURTHER DETAILS. ON THIS PLANNED "ACTION", 1d, FIELD DISSEM: CANCLANT CINCARIS COMNAVKEYWEST MIAMI /REP= RESENTATIVES OF BORDER PATROL: F8! STATE I&NS CUSTOMS AND uSCG asf eee ee 24 pee Ket aero ae aT a ee OR eth epee, Pt Mead thei, ant AY