424-80041-10044) - AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER: ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE : PAGES: SUBJECTS : N COMMENTS : v9.1 HW 50953 BDocld: 3233275959 DOCUMENT TYPE: CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-90041-10041 ° HQ CR 105-89923-15 Document Information FBI LALLIER BELMONT 05/18/1960 4 CLIP JOSE RASCO BERMUDA PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Secret 1A Redact 06/03/1998 APPROVAL OF CIA MEMO Page i Date: 4/23/201
. - ag me FD us opment a NO. 10 : {oN Tolson i y nd ee UNITED STATES cov esx ; "SECRET aS Memorandum gor . 7 qr” McGuire Xe ro: MR. A. H. BELMONE = = are: 5-18-60 — | a J FROM _ inn Re 0 Qe L'ALLIER/ Vi fi if! s i, - SUBJECT: Fung . tut +E Re The following information was f Agent on 5-17-60 Messrs. Herman teas ls) J IA, concerning the captioned project whic a deaIs wi ivity directed against the Castro regime. SL ) , ‘The screening and selection of Cuban exiles for the Wiese have been moving rapidly. ie/ followzng ae {moving against Castro: Just¢ Lovvernandéz; AntonioXVARONA_ Hi gi Z SL aC ncepcion; Michel ManueT™ Fede See N. so known to us. On or about 6-1- ophirent group wil publicly announce ake up the nucleus of the or ization Loredo; PedrostaRt fanue 1 ART IMEsBue un a! Bais; Angires Regen tise Teac MAS CO}. Bernardsfarker ; “Higiniat oe ; : nN ) ye ABURF UstiZs Ma fhe ( rde; Joaquin. . g ROANTENIS Perdomo”: “and” Manuel “A ae rtinez. (Sq) r(u) ‘It is believed that all of these individuals are | Rus its existence under the name ofAFrente Revolucionario Democratico oy ERD. xe ra evolutionary Democratic ‘ront). ‘The a organization So far \ t have a Leaner and for the time being will be administere \by a four-man dire u) re RY and Rasco. (ef) 7 | 7 ot & | stated that the problem of sélecting ; promoting an acceptable leader is.a sore spot in the en{fi No one seems to stand out at the present time, although commented that Artime looks like a good bet. He is you - aggressive and may have the SA yd) to attract the support of all the various exiled factions. ) CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO . EX does ra orate consisting of Carillo, Varona, .. rt me i , . Py a crea, eeaSiegaeR ANOIR vile REC- 26 Ea. sup/nmn RELEASE CPCIA ‘NFORMATION pane 7 a (7) ANT HIS eK RLS Why 1 - SOD Ga 8a = 1 - Mr. Parsope hy, nly * hel! I ef cores emcee BS } oN ie may 25 sob ar ‘s osceoien we SUNG BER: ECLASSIFY ON, 25X_ Cyrmst e B zi : copies made 228 “SeCRET- for reviews at FBIHQ Py B2MAY 31 1960 US aimee HY 50953 DBoctd:32325959 Page 2?
u & 0 a SECreQ Memorandum for Mr. Belmont: RE ACLTP EGO fy) Fa | does not expect that the announcement of the FRD existence wilf be of any unusual nature. CIA anticipates that Castro will give # little attention and regard it only as another organization of exiles. However, it is expect that FRD will grow rapidly in strength and prestige. qj u| Ee aeameanagiee [ane Liaison Agent was furnished a list of locations in the Miami “Area now being utilied by CIA in this operation. The Rage Teague of the Miami office. Liaison has previously reported that CIA would be utilizing Swan Island located in the Guif of Mexico for the mounting of a radio broadcasting operation. Broadcasts will, of course, be directed against Castro and will be beamed to C : Broadcasts are to be initiated on or about 5-19-60. (SCV. u| CIA is spending considerable time and effort to bring certain anti-Castro Cubans outside of Cuba so that they can be utilized in this operation. This is being done on a selective basis in an effort to obtain the services of certain key men. You previously have been informed that a Cuban who is held in high regard by CIA and apparently was to be utilizéd in: this operation was Colonel RamotMBarquin. This individual is still connected with the Castro Gove ént and is assigned to an Embassy abroad. According to Barquin has not been able to make a clean break with Ca se of action which might be taken against members of his family. in Cuba. He now feels that he has this matter under control and CIA thinks that he will officially severe his connections with Castro within the next few weeks. He could become a key figure in FRD. [ef ) {The headquarters of FRD will be reported as being in Cuba and will exist in that country in a clandestine status. Branches will be established in various Latin American countries, and in the United States. Costa Rica undoubtedly will be a key location. CIA does not plan to utilize a large number of Cubans for this ‘operation. There pobably will not be more than 40 or 50 who will have been briefed and trained by CIA. This group, however, will be engaged in a program of training other Cubans outside of the U.S. /There is a plan to use a U.S. base in the Panama Canal zone for — some of this training: Al OQ u) ° ~2- SECRED list is enclosed herewith] The same data was furnished to SAC ema HY 50953 Daoctd:32325959 Page 3