WMLINFORMATION REPORT] Sea indeed CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Statler @.th-n the meseing of the Esparege tous, Tite 18 UST Sere barged gerngs is prOh Bted by tae S osmarerigh qasiging iaformation effecting Te Some Telene of fe Lr. te P aeg FH Phe fremreonom Gf rergtefiom f° WH & ate manne 19 @* oe SEE FICATION — G2 iE Mi ATION CONTROLS Neb. BAE.T SO FOREIGN DISSEM/CONTROMLED 1975-3 °1,/.0 DISSEM ABROAD/BACKGROUND USE ONLY countsy CUBA . REPORT NO. TOCS DB-3/G654,315 suancr PROCEEDINGS AT TEE 22 a3 Ree 5963 . bateosta, 24 APRIL 1963 MEETING OF THE CTBRN Ri vec. ARY COUNCIL precedence PRIORITY pateor =. 22-23 APRIL 1963 _ REFERENCES in 23917 INFO, TNCSDB-3/654, 291 PLACE 8 UNITED STATES (23 AFSin 1¢a':) TDCSDB-3/654, 292 DATE ACO - APPRAISAL 3. ___ _ FIELD REPORT NO. UFG-2724 { THis is UNEVALUATED InrorMaton SCURCE GRADWIG ARE DEFINITIVE, APPRAISAL OF CONTENT 15 TENTATIVE. SOURCE OFFICER (F) OF AN ax ASTUTE? GREGAFLZAPION IN EXILE, FROM JOSE ANTONIO HERNANDEZ, TO STATE; NO DESTRISMTiGy KYCEPT TO MR, THOMAS L. HUGHES, 1. THE MEETIN: OF TRE TONSEJO REVOLUCIONARIO CUBANO (CRC, CUBAN REVCLUTIONARY “O° CUL> WEEOCH CONVENED EARLY IN THE EVENING OF 22 APRIL LASIED frici. 1:06 A.M. ON 23 APRIL. ANTONIO MACEO i, BUT WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT Mee ~ st an een oF HE WOULD SERVE ™ ss Sh OCAPACE TS ONLY FOR THE TERM OF THE UNDERTAKING MACKLE PRESIDED AT TXE cath i een el . ne, ee eee eee AND ON THE STRICT COED eae Leb gt KNOWLEDGE OF HIS SERVICE NOT BE noe = me wee MADE PUBL Tc. 2. JOSE ANIC ONO BEA AL prc, WHO ATTENDED THE MEETING AS A VICE-DELEGATE OF TS: Fae Boe ZERO REVOLUCTONARIO. DEMOCRAT ICO CUBANO (FORDC, CvRaAY Re ; “ARY DENCCRATIC WORKERS FRONT), CA t Fottdad Nasr ayer " HOYSE SIT ROOM £01} (FOR HUGHES) ... PASS TO. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, EYES ONLY) (13-30)
14-00000 a CLASSIFICATION — GiTSEKVIMATION CONTROLS i c E-T ™ 239917 ‘TLlS DE- 3/654, aie NO FOREIGN DISSEM/CONTROLLED DISSEM/ NO DISSEM ABROAD/BACKGROUND USE ONLY SUGGESTED THAT THE CRC HAD FULFILLED ITS PUNCTIONS, AND THAT AT THIS POINT THERE WAS NO REASON FOR ITS CONTINUED EXISTENCE. 3. MANUEL ANTONIO DE VARONA LOREDO REYLIEU IN REBUTTAL TO ° THIS SUGGESTION, STATING THAT IN THE PAST TKO DAYS HE HAD TALKED TO CARLOS HEVIA DE LOS REYES GAVILAN, WHO HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH’ THE JUNTA REVOLUCIONARIA (JURE, REVOLUTIONS: 2¥ JUNTA); RAFAEL GUAS INCLAN, A BATISTIANO; LOMBERTO DE LA CARIDAD DIAZ, AFFILIATED WITH ae) THE PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO _CUBANO EN EL EXILIO (PRCE, CUBAN weae- rn ne ee ote TT Ae ca en cnet 7 ne ence ma eng REVOLUTIONARY PARTY IN EXILE), WHICH IS A PECTION OF THE PARTIDO REVOLUCIONARIO CUBANO- AUTENTICO (PRC-A, CUBAN REVOLUTIONARY PARTY - AUTHENTIC); JOSE ALVAREZ DIAZ, FORMER ADVISOR TO JOSE MIRO CARDONA; AND CARLOS PRIO SOCARRAS, FOZNER PRESIDENT OF CUBA. VARONA SAID THAT ALL OF THE ABOVE HAD AGREZD TO HIS PROPOSAL THAT MACEO DETERMINE FROM OFFICIALS OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT WOULD: SUPPLY THE FUNDS NECESSARY FOR THE ‘CONTINUANCE OF THE CRC, VARONA ADDED THAT HE HAD TOLD THE ABOVE INDIVIDUALS THAT IF THE CRC CONTINUED, THEY COULD BE PART GF IT. VARONA CONCLUDED HIS REBUTTAL BY STATING THAT THE CRC SHOULD PUBLISH ITS REASONS FOR CONTINUING OR LIQUIDATING ITSELF, BASED ON THE ANSWERS WHICH MACEO WOULD GET FROM "THE U.S. OFFICIAL,” 4, THE BULK OF THE MEETING WAS DEVOTED TO SPEECHES BY. VARIOUS DELEGATES SUPPORTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY VARONA. CLASSIFICATION — DISSEMINATION CONTROLS NO FOREIGN DISSEM/CONTROLLED DISSEM/NO DISSEM ABRCAD/“BACKGROUND USE ONLY
14-00000 - a, | CLASSIFICATION--CISSEMINATION CONTROLS . S-E-C-R-E-T | NO FOREIGN DISSEM/CONTROLLED DISSEM/ NO DISSEM ABROAD/BACKGROUND USE ONLY TOCSDB~3/654, 315 5. FIELD COMMENT: THE 1:00 P.M. NEWS REPORT ON CHANNEL 4 aS IN MIAMI REPORTED THAT MACEO HAD BEEN ELECTED INTERIM PRESIDENT "OF THE CRC. THIS REPORT WAS CHECKED WITH JOSE ANTONIO HERNANDEZ AND MARCELO FERNANDEZ, THE SECRETARY TO MACEO; BOTH DENIED THE ACCURACY OF THE NEWS REPORT AND STRESSED THE FACT THAT MACEO HAD PRESIDED AT THE MEETING ONLY AS AN ACCOMMODATION, 6, FIELD DISSEM: STATE (MIAMI) . ‘END OF MESSAGE CLASSIFICATION —TISSEMINATION CONTROLS ak Slt gpd <b 5 ‘NO FOREIGN DISSEM/CONTROLLED DISSEM/XO DISSEM ABROAD/BACKGROUND USE ONLY ‘aye te — soll Bike