H $ 2 é 4 ‘ 4 Mho- ‘described himce 1 és the ¢ i t So basic strength was th 22E of th ~ Havana. - ee | oe -& report prepared: on relat ti i oO ~ Cu wba. This report reflected that (the highest authority. 1Sé1, Mx T-1, 2 Cuban exile who (3, 1964, advised thse the DRE Ww ganiz sound organization in Cuba ith contacts througout the island, This source Stated hat the DLE is. very active and ke éble to arrange for the escape of Mul mi throu rground apparatus. On Noverber Zi, 1961 who kis not furnished sufficient information & a determination as to his rélizbility, but wao stated ¢ t he was an. official of the DRE in Cuba, advised that he left Cuba in October, 1961, with che exrcefation of re turning in the near future, According to im t-2, thé DRE, the 30th of November ovement and the Movimiento Recuperacion Re i mery Recovery Movement ) GRrR) €volucionario (Réevolutis: were the only organizatic @ we fs OM AS Of any consequénce operating -in the underground Movemante at that tims, Cn. Novenbe: DRE and Mt -r- 2, advized thet ¢ DRE is the traditional Cuban students organization which ‘xists to combat tyranny in Cuba,. FERNANDEZ and M4 7-2 sa id that 90 percent of the memoership of this organization is in Cuba, and that although the Broup Suffered.2 severe setback with the errest of ALBERTO MULLER and 74 of his men in April, of the DRE hes been > They stated that and and that its — n& membership, from among Cuban | men. They said that 12 Students in the he University of 7 1961, the organizations! steuerure maintains and was. being revitaliz the DRE operates throughout eis although it also had resz laborers, farmers and pr: the group | had underground ¢ t four. universities of Cuba, including t ~ on Never 1, 1951, wy p-2 made available UIs FERNANDEZ ROCHA which included informa tne orcanization of the DRE in a - ; -
RE; CUBAN REBEL.ACTIVITIES IN CUEA in the DRE is the National Executive Council, which is divided into distinct sections called Secretariats, as ‘set forth below: ALBERTO MULLER (prisoner in Boniato Jil) LUIS FERBANDEZ R (LUCIANO) Cmome in exile) Secretariat cf Organization: MIGUEL ANGEL - Secretariat cf Propacanda: TULIO - Secretariat cf Action and Sabotage: CELESTINO Secreteriac or Supplies: JULIO CESAR Secretariat of Security: ERNESTO Secretariat of Public Relations; PANCHO Secretariat of Finances: MIGUEL Secretariat of Military Affairs: ROEERTO Secretariat of Ci Resistance: ALEJANDRO Secretariat of Pre-University Students: JORGE This. report further indicated that the : organizations in each of the six provinces were directly ot responsivle to the Executive Council and thac each re province had a coordinator whe was in contact with the ae “Executive Council. ‘It was furthe: in eacna student center oe -  gecondary and pre-university : - coordinator of the DRE. - ted that throughout Cuba he universities to the chools there wes a MM T-2 stated that the identities of the leading figures in the Cuban underground were unknown ro) o : S to him with the exception cf the leaders of the DRE. He said that .as.a matter of policy, he did not care to disclose the idéntities of these persons as they are a still overating in Cuba.” . / \ sprite een nomemmenserers un mare gereurmegy tenet men enpecmmonnen pee eek vee we
23 oa ' es | mal fs ie) Q (as th< fae er Cu Remndt ON. Oo. ct tt © ih] Cc 4 rR rs tte © 3 Q fee rey ' Seecl a) ct ko ot a Ky >o2a @ 19) oO. @ ia {3 ba Oo QO td x Q. D Od 3 tle (> t+ ’ Q vy er GQ H a gm © ie i wm os tee be 0) 3 O Sih WoO (ys a? iN He} Q F w 2 fs Ite f ho< be 1 ob ye Ite sd fo ¢ nh O° fa { tr {25 QO ao Le) [a arn) xt oa rs rey wt a ~ iY) (3. QO re O nm a Bo (pte be Q {3 I th Rit hy bird pt te {4s oad Oo ° $ Ry od a be <a :. co) - F q) a ct Uz 3 47 f 0 “4 fs < Ha { B, CHR ¢ RISTIAN YO) co we ab \ } ©2 A he On December 26, REWNG "LL was contacteé epordinator of the LDC AGUTS ated that the s mposcd of individual ce to eight members, with one es the chief. This person group with the municipal ecor cell is the only one who 1s other ceil member. There im each» city and these m2 coordindters of the previt the }DC has branches in districts of the island. IIMA BNL a pe ae any Vie < we Pa} we Dr. AGUIRRE advise of the HDC is im the hands © Committee which consists of National Coordinator "RUS a as not in a position the undergr round e who opera DRE, with wh in all of th the National | i City of @ ~ € ae a cr © ie) ch Db in the raved anasto be7A 4, ed \EIC MOVEMENT ly ince of He VENA o ‘Dr. zation in Cubs as ietin ng of from three n each cell designated conzact for the ief of the nutity of any ordinator {0 he 2 ot a cr ¢ x H. © ne) i oe arse a ts os a re) C 13 {3 fe re) c .@) a et QO ct <t nl I] jets tt (? ame) 4 ced that HO Cc -1 ts Fo E & cr © oO a 3 re) o tA io] ef oO. eye a) im @ « the national leadership “National Executive members headed by the ne, AGUIRRE described | eried, a Catholic, : NRUBIDO" as a Tidélo~aged aan, MSz 7 anti-Communist and a co otservative. He was. formerly an 3 “Gmportont figure in the Growers Association of Cuba. i He stated that "RUBIO" is also one of the two coordinators of the Province of Pinar del Rio. RENN ee amg cme teeta ‘Dacla:32206914 | Page 6...
ar) 3 RRE des Dr, AGUIRRE cribed the other officials of the MDC. in Cuba as being basically Catholic, anti- Communist and conservative. £= said thet. most of them a&re professionals cr white collar workers and: would be -Gescribed as members.cf the middle class. . Dr. AGUIRRE stated that although clandestine activity in Cuba has been continually reduced since the April 17 invasion, the IDS hes continued to operate its orgénizations in all ereas ef ths island. He said that “&ll districts of the Province of Pinar del Rio have been organized with the principal concentration of strength im the.City of Pinar del Rio. The organization in Ravana has recently experienced. more difficult ty in its operations but because it is seall there, its communication problem has not been as complicated end the group continues to act effectively. He stated that the moc. is also well organized in Matanzas, Oriente and Camaguey end that it is weakest in Les Villas. Dr. AGUIRRE st & the MDC estimates that it has. roushly 15,000 men throughout the island of Cuba, although since the time of the April 17 invasion, the coor dination between groups has not been as good as previously, . Dr, AGUIRRE stated that one of the chief problems of the PDC at this time is the lack of -@bility to communicate on & réguiar basis with the -— underground groups in Cube 2 involved in furnishing necess explosives and arms. : wia 9S well-as the difficulties s Suppliss such as ‘Dr, AGUIRRE Ss i st - cnish the true ident ei2 the MDC in Cuba for security r reasons, Dr. AGUIRRE “ onta the Miami headquarters. of the 1DC is at 2325 fa iaScayne Boulevard. 5 oe “Doeld; 32206914 ‘Dage -7
0 ct et . “RE:. CUBAN REBEL ACTIVITIES IN.CUBA G, REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT OFTHE PEOPLE (RP) | REYNOL GONZALEZ, “an underground leader of the | 22 SkP who uses the nama VANECHIO" adivected a letter dated > to k C excl, 1961, from Havana, Supa, to JOAQUIN GODOY. and ier! .CTO MAUDOZA, leaders of the M2P in the United Ge ft IY cates. in this. letter GONZALE furnished information regarding activities in Cubs in September, 1961. He indicated that the MRP underground in Cuba was active — in the field of sabotage having planted 25 bombs..thr -oughout he City of Havana during one might, .He mentioned that he ERP ina Cuba was using a plastic bag containing a_ nemical mixture similar to live phosphorous,. which was zFLficult to handleend that their.detonators were old. and corroded, He mentioned: that the "GEL!" that they had~ been using was "C-3" which had a peculiar oder and that it was, therefore, quite evident that the MRP underground as working uncer most adverss conditions, He noted , that despite the controls exercised by the CASTRO regime, _ the PRP continyed to engage in sabotage activity without hesitation, But he objected to the fact that the under-: ground was forced to use home-made material without any effective aid in the form of equipment from:abroad, . On Novenber. 28, 19651, MM T-3, a Cuban exile _ residing in Akron, Ohio, made av vailable ‘information which had been received by a friend of his in a secret ink message dated November 8, 1961,-at Havana, Cuba;— According to Mi 1-3, the writer of ‘this message was oné GASTON ACOSTA RUE, who was using the ‘har name" of JAVIER REGO, the name “which appeared as the sender on the enve Lope in wnich this letter was mailed. This- secret ink message stared that nearly all of the MRP leadership had been made prisoners. One of the leaders, "ANTONIO" had been.''tortured in the cold room" and ot : oo nearly died and | sodium pene cathol had been used by the , -~-6-
interrogators, It was’stated that "the Patter of ANTONZO on television was a bletf" and that "there wes mo treason," See Celene donal! provincial leadership for mevana there vere only ten lefs,: the rank and file were’ deseribed cs "Ox." Te was indicated that part cfl the-interior ‘we OK" and te q WASEVE igh®. despite the setbacks. | ~ . Régarding..REYNOL, GONZALEZ, it is noted that. TGKACIO. HENDOZA, “Ceneral Coordinacor of the ERP in the United States advised on Novanser 20, 1961, that’ GONZALEZ, who had been, Gensvel Coox -dinat tor of the: MRP in» Cubé had been arrested in ‘Csteber, 1961... He had eppeared om & Cuban television statica uy -edmicting’ his: énti- | government activities. and identifying certain members of the IP in Cuba, VEMDOZA caid that the persons. eéntioned by GONZALEZ had already been arrested or had fled from Cuba, He did state, how jever, thatthe arrests: . the ERP Joaders had left the organization in very serious condition and without leadership. He said that while there was undoubtedly a good nucleus of MRP members, the repressive measures ox the governs ment had beem of such. magnitude 2s to sériously Limit any. future possibili ties for reorganization MENDOZA advised tha chat the General’ Coordinator ef the MRP in Cuba, succeeding GONZALEZ, is. name ER RANCISCO. FeRoOM0. He said th PEQDOMO has been forted to move about to avoid ALTE: such an extent that -he has been unable to Funct -eiiectively as coordinator cf the MRP, MENDOZA s ated: as. of vhat time he . Stion with Ine mbers of imal ce hed no means of dicect. coz _ the MRP underground in Cu Alton Road, tiled Be ach,’ F i S & mq &
Q cs i 4u] REBEL ACTIVIT IES IN CUBA D, REVGLUTIOW ARY RECOVER Y ‘MOVE tMENT. Lt ianove, Ual °3 in wa he had been coordinatoz of the TER in: the . » me tr OR Qs 0. O< vo Be cca oe e nders believe that cheir'oxg anization in trongest and best organifed of those W a 2 oy 8 Show (a 4 nich- remained in existence following. sful invasion of April 17, 1961, SALAS advis od that based: ‘on the informati which information ~ catis factory. Its various function, in all provinces. of cuba; increasing pressure.fxrom the cuban 6-2. ~ body of the MRR is located in Hava ane has been able © . -  tomeintain Limited*conta ct ‘with cious provinces. . a Positive action by the IRR against the CASTRO regime. is - . .. seriously hampered by the ‘restrictive measures of the Pa i | - government as well as by the lack of adequate equipzant.” ‘The soverninss Cb, ~ SALAS stated that bs sed on recent information, po it appears tice the act ivity of the MRR has had‘to be™ Do confined to an occasional act of sabotase or to attempts — to seize. additional arms. No widespread activity has been possible recently. a VS such as he DRE anc’ the 30th: of Novercber Movement: are 5 also effedsive. to dome -extent.. The 19¢ is s’ considered - oo to. be fairly strong but is apparently confined to the: ather than to the rural areas, The organization . a , A ‘ VER in the unized States, He. said~ Ee said- tha tt: ‘the other underground organizations
‘continue to. rem2 in cctive in SALAS cescribed Che } read organization with less: poli most of the other organizations. E. MM in October, 196 Bren the DRE,. advis November Movem consequence of time. a) a) asa wD ra) OV t Ct 30TH OF NOVEDSER HOVEMENT — previously men and who stated on November 21, was one of the rating in the unde tioned, who left Cuba he was an official of impossible” co MAR cc them as “Long as they - underground. _ 1961, thet the 30th of hree organiz zations of t re round in Cuba at that On November 9, 1961, CARLOS RCDR 427 Southwest 4th Avenue, Miami, @ was the General Coordina tor of Moven2nt in the United States. has rece ived oc the 30th’ of Nove besed on this infor: mation, the the United, sstates believe that che geas one of the most effec organizations in Cuba, o £e a Florfa, a £ the 30th of November RODRIGUEZ stated that he casional reports regarding the status of mcer Cxganizatioa nm Cuba GUE dvi i and that | Edears of his ‘group in ir organization tive undoreround Z. QUESADA, cs eh nates ean geri Pre ntennemntnicetrigh tnt
RE:! CUBAN RE BEL ACTIVITIES IN CUDA PCDRICUEZ advised that his formed mith labor leaders wko opposed - of FIDEL CASTRO and that ship ia.Cuoa is composed of! ' We stated thet the organi ecuri. reasons as a “cel ° of oth Cy ae bat tons “oecanizatioa,. of November ered a number of ‘recent: losses, spe est by Cuban G-2 agents of 7 important the pest two yeeks. He 7 stated. that six weeks, about thirty percent of .@ movement in Cuba have peen arrest that it is apparent to the Lee 3 of United States that the 3 © egainst the underground RODRIGUEZ advised fc @ fearful that RODRIGUEZ aa dvised figures aveilable as to th igation in Cuba. He said tnee im all provinces, but that there is could make an estimate of the ove er-all strength, He furthers cated that he did not know whether the 30th of that time there strength of the — there. are g soups no one person who In * Hover oer Movement was stron ger in one province than available. the identiti es of certain leacer in. Cuba, he did not wish to disc as long as they remain in peril oe - 10: = another, since the actual membership figures are not RODRIGUEZ 7 also advised that while he knows lee s o£ the organization lose their identity in: ‘Cuba, -
RE: CUBAN REBEL “STIVITIES IN cuBA RODRIGUEZ Stated that the activities of the organizetion in Cu ave “bean restricted in recent Months but that they are directed ich timetoaighinty. toward’ sabotage. efforts. which wilh harass or impede the continued stability of the CASTRO government. . F, -REVOL LUT IC RARY UNITY ye (oR) | AN, 2185 Southwont contacted on December the General Coordinator acd that he expected n the near the principal | ‘ ALORES ALONZO ZAYAS 3 i, Florida, we ie ‘ - “ at £ oO WM S of the UR-in Cuba as of thas tc. réturn to Cuba in a clandes future, ZAYAS Stated thet the 3. O eT fh the group oeiinaliy’. numb ered : °30 + when the UR was s formad in December, 1960, but that some of those have lost their identity and are now merely a part of the UR, He stated that liaison between-the individual ‘groups. is” maintained by coordinators from cach of the groups who . meet in Havana-from time to time. — ZAYAS advised that the UR also operates in coordination with the other important underground organizations in Cuba such as the DRE, the MRR and a_ part of the 30th of November Movemsnt. . ZAYAS stated that the 30th of November Movement in Guba has been split ‘by internal political . differences, bute that one pa ct of the group continues” to be active in all provinces of Cuba. ed that the ERR has also been split . tat by. internal d ffere aces. which developed efter the MRR OO oe dd
CUBAN REBEL ACTIVITIES IN CUBA . leader, MANUEL ARTIME, fell into the hands of the’ CASTE: fox rcés following the unsuccessful invesion of April. 17, L9S1. AVYAS stated that the aR (cubano) works closely with the UR. a -  @2sYAg ecavised that an or Rescate, which had been totally in - past six months ha sun to show General Cocrdinai numed for j 18, 1961, in Cub / tha relatively unimp underg -ZAYAS advised that all io the underground organizations in Cuba operate on the basis of individual c nly one-man from each: cell knowing™the- — idéntities ‘OF individuais from another cell. He stated . that this individual, known as a coordinator, will in ‘turn have contact with. another coordinator and in this “ way lieison is maintained between ceils and betwee provinces, He said thet the objective of this type 2 of organization is to limit the number of individuals which each person knows and thus provide some security for the group. ZAYAS advised that although this : security measure has been successful to some extent, | a@ number of UR leaders were arrested and shot in April, 1961, and the organization hes been extremely cate ful and has limited its activities since that time. ' G, THE -17TH OF APRIL MOVEMENT if Qn December 20, 1961, Dr. -OMAR CASTANEDA CIFUENTES, 549 Northwest Ist Street, Miami, Florida, a, : former: Cuban attorney living in exile in the United States, who described himself as the president of the 17th of : - 12 -
8 exteenely precarious. Beny ef th t Apeil: Novement, advised tha the recent repressive measures E the CASTRO égime in Cuba had made it . exceeding roti -dexground oreanizations to operat y and compelled the ~L7th. of April Hovenent to suspend seborece and organizational &ctivities inside Cube. _ II, REPORTED CURRRILEE ACTIVITY Cn January 2, 1962, EBEL MONTIEL, 1400 . Southwest 5th Stroct, tant, Florida, was interviewed and eévised that he has bees im the United - States es én exile from Cuba since March, 1961. He said that prior to that.time he had operated as & guésrrilla in the Escumbray Mountains of Las Willes Province with CSVALDO RAHTREZ., MONTIEL stated thet since his arrival in . Miami, he has been recei CLTSEs “FOR His: ife “wha: still livée in Las. Villa: yincé near the Escambray. In these letters, by use préeerranged code, she has . been furnishing him with informztion as to the status of RAMIREZ and the other: guerrilla’ groups in the Escambray Mountains, had received a letter ae ¢ indicated that the - ar invthe Escambray @ men have .no more - Ss © a Fy Im Er: ih p Ou <<. foto €a a Qu et tf 5 ct He @ about ten days ago in which his wi Situation of the guerrille fighter Uli no- guns at all. The probiem of obtaining adequate Food is becoming more difficult with che presence of greater mumbers of. militia in the biains surrounding the Escambray. “Mount tains. a SO Because of the shortage of amnu unition, the activity of these men is confined solely-to hit and. Wand run operations, always with the purpose of obtaining © 13 - 1 MERE aas oer rpm rim: mpemetin ceo cnmnamanny # meh Mere RNY erate dete ee ett
Fe ee el dain Ota tat nal tN ge Haat mt (RE: CUBAN REB .EBEL ACTIVITIES IN CUBA tore 2 wean: _ the south coast of Cuba, « be OPI ep B Hes territories are helping. those extent with food, medicine an hse in Sf that sare serious act ese actions: “CASTR ) me) y permit the vance, ey a pat) ts 3 Cu [ote {3 C2 pS cr Sg OF 153) tos Oo Q ys fa (3 QO & c te tS mf er ra Q ee of Ki i) io +. 0) my CQ pet fa ry frto hh fs a beh Q0G ob (et pte & SS hh ts (D rt) fs Rr Fr O- © < I ee och ee ce) ce 3 Qo continus their res 3 0 bt @ & pe +s ec? ( f+te PS most urgently ty is dusto:: which have a sed by the both weapons forces in-order sngth of the. on:on the tions very — cr ty pe i rr 1 pn i et 63) a (a fu bx" [ato (0 ce kh @ 03 Ete byt Q fart Go tu M¢ ti oy ty Pu by fe) et et aa i) SQ ES ty rey oO 08 6 S23 fate ‘ © IN QO ame) a { t a3) me cr ‘e) ft G < 4 Uh GQ pee Pe (a eo {3 Be cy’ t > ct wee is 3 et ry (D 6 fs ry t G oF < we le {% fc fete ite tty D et be bY o in ae CF) 0) 3 @ fs ag Ph © gr fs rs ( ) FH ¢ Hh bbe oe fs ce i He er Ow Weers ocr be cto © 0 i Si} G om Hs ct ctr ad 8 By) ~e y be O Be be E ct ES NO Ke a O..O TW Fe tt Gam mT © O ct EH al G@ ty fe BS HO HOS MO CF fo & ey & ¢ m 0% Co @. fe) ye cet ® et & G9 (9) 09 CG &O Pr {s ° C: pea wt > the southern part than two miles from most accessible. ; and material needed 5 1 of the Escambray Mountains is 49) {4 fro ix G Et t Qu {to 1S WD pet oF 125) m ch aa Q' Q fa tr abe, fo] Le} Fin O aA act aye mt tr ee) 4 ra 9 bute Hs oo Oo Pt @ & ¢ te {3 EN po MONTIEL sta hat in and around ‘tr ré Meany men who. have m: scambray at such time écome available. Ther th minds of the anti- cae? ming increasingly diffic the government fere are so limited. Var. ties, as well as the ted La inte CL. iS Ff Qu §* “4 ay fate Fh m oe %* $3 a a aa Go sme » ‘ot fe ° 8 rom t i @, ct Ao & Go Us CQ) fete 4) Ca fase {s (b ER pte OF (i. mo} Qs a: * te (2 fu G (63) “x tt et (5 if (HQ Ch ey @ we G@ Ry ot ga Ga oO "Joe ft a fe (0 ‘action chances- of — round groups a v8 in the surrounding. mountains to some tion when available. care) bie O iS. 1 Oo ‘3 DO tf @ “WD et i?) he bs ist my © GO oO re) a O be TQ foto fri we ie tr ar © @ bk th o 3 st Ge 83 4 @ ¢ fu er O Ho  f3 & e a H et & wu ( ry pe c Bo My fe 2 fy t ri) a a os Bc & [nto scople in Cuba are vill be started against is year, since they
fa be ord 0 fe fate OT bh t Q he AONE OM R RE: -CUBAN REBEL ACTIVITIES IN CURA Hors fe ri (i oR Li ig CASTRO tal aevest 4 eh! = (p | feed ct fis < et re0Q Gs Het sy C2 {> mo A tr ‘fs CF pote ei (pb Hes om fa fs ir" fa ct te iv os Fe t-4 i) m_ pea mo y Ee a oO Q@ & © et Q. ce 6 ° ih" OG @ NS eH oe et u sugar sood a posicion ta . 1 at In addition, other strategic 1 protected and Ha ES fete < ivy a 3 oct aor be | ca ht fs 1 tt Ie 34 2 fs GS Oo W im Ne fue ‘S) fa tel a ra or rt i 5 3 'g kK ht appropria Ce electrical p 30> fe fs oO 4 C1 w . po Gh pena Pu 2.02 fs { CT 0) Q a ok re 1 pte Q ¢) ex) G@) cp fF 63 9 Cn oe (Ln < 14 he G3 (6a Psd ad a come > rar rae, tr % ~ ct te ry Qo rs 0) x <4 Qo G re O. i ie) e) ow { oi re SS co a) O erable, _ - based on his’ most of 6 CSVALDO RAMIREZ m3 600 to 800 men, to 1 + Lj i pes pte wi ! a © \ @ f2. ch wr me hog 3 ts We gos Ore (Ob tT <o O fe a - (i & these men operate elled columns of about atain contact with each G) cr (o) K 2x, individual grou men, but that they © and RAMIREZ. au a, Other smaller groups of puerrillas are reportedly operating. in the hills in various arees of Cuba, but MONTIEL advised that he had had no direct contact with them, He said that a man called "CANPYTO" is allegedly. scill in the area near Coralilio in the northwest part of Las Villas Province. It is said thet "CAMPTTO" is 2 in dire’ circumstances and relatively inactive. MONTIEL also mentioned that a man named "CARA LINDA" (Sretty Eece) is said to be in the hills in-Binar dél Rio Province with #:szal sn. A man called of 1 "T7yTE" is said to be in the hii! top Pt oe G . tw eo] £ : Lis near San Cristobal in-Las Villas Province with a group which is operating i" tony apt independently of "CARA LINDA", ct went to the hills. following. the April 17, iS6l invasion and little is _ ‘known-of him by MONTIEL, but "CARA LINDA" has been , deseribed ag an ex-soldicr in the rebel army of FIDEL. | CASTRO. : | ‘Docld:32206914 Page. 17
RE: CULAW REBEL ACTIVITIES IN-CUBA . KET {-4, a Cubea recionci is the Uaited tes “es a political exile, and a psrsoa who hed had recent contact with underground operations in Cuba, advised on i Zi 61, th é S$ familiar with the operations | I aci-c ASTRO gue ead evating in the | s k C REZ | Gen & | | part “OE August, i98t. a nin his own group and azte ed that SK ut 600 men then in y operating ride: exship of 2 det enel n various F RANT lf, moves mer the money to support RAMIRE in the | ers RE areas surrounding the Rsconbeay, and that, in  eddieion, chey are supplying - RAMIREZ and his man with whet! food is available. MM T-4 (. .. stated thatrall the farmers in the area are anti-CASTRO. Pe, 7 MMT -4 advised that at. that time, RAMIREZ Foe - was not fighting but waiting for Help Since many of his 7 men had no more than two or three rounds for their rifles Pe aed the possibility of future action on the part of a ‘ ectio . par Pee 0) RAMTRIE z depends on his obtaining adequate supplies and ae “ammnition from the outside, . Bo Regarding OSVALDO RAM REZ, MM T-4 stated . He, that he had’ ‘been a truck driver in Cuba and participated
wists Aefbual mae on garam oe emer emmy teem niparmeemnnneen en atnnen nnn et ene in the rev PATISTA vegims, atwhich ¢ tine: in the hills, Ee SExVEd 25. army of FISRL CASTRO. but after HUBERT MATOS, -v Who was ceSEx é £0 the e-hills with threa M there e eS ~CASTI TRS fox int Fi isa ft commands the respect of his mea, ° ae T-4 stated that while he had heard rumors: regarding se2ll groups of guerrillas operating in the provinces of Oriente and Pinar'del Rio, the group of CSVALGO RAMIREZ is the enly one waich he knows to exist. North- Oa November 20, 1961, NECTOR FEBLES, 785 west lOlst Strdet, Hieml, Florids, a representative of. the UR in Miami, advised that he had just received a communication from a source of tha UR.in Cuba who had been contacted by a person sepresenting OSVALDO RAMIREZ, FESLES stated that. according to this information, RAMIRE was then in the Hills of the Escembray with approximately. 800 wen and in dire néécd of food and ammunition. _FEBLES said that the person who was second in command to GREZ had made an attempt to leave Cuba by beat in x3 er Eo obtain help Yor the group from the es, but that he had been forced to return to weet ther conditions,
R {75 OF UNDERGEOURD. AGT WIPES Lit! @ a at +o 7 tts 08 a on SE fb Ce a -5;° a Cuban ex ile yao left Cuba on January d-on 34 sauary 3, 1 that at this time,. 1962, acvise 562, is almest no unde CExr ound activity taking place in She stated that an occagionsl explosion is heard vavana, SS axe ponzrally, in the nature of SERS Ee : atvno stratecic sités have . yet been damaged). rap t- 5 said that she did not belong to any one particuler va derground group, but that she hed coopera ted with several cells in such ways as hiding . people who + ing Sought by the. government and carrying messages between groups. She said thet she had been told : byshex brother just prior to leaving Cuba that the woe people in the-hills are starving and without ammunition _ for their weaporls. Consequently, they are inactive at this time and remninine in the hills because they heve tiownere else to go. She said that her btoth exhad recénily visited the Escambray arse and that this informstion had been furnished to him by farmers living there who have been helping those in the hills; Mi T~5 stated that strong forces of militia 2 a. Stationédtin the area sucroundin ne Santa Clara iis 1S Province and have terrorize Lae people. , ced that héx “orother’ told her that 21 men had Bt zen shot without trial on December 21, 1961, in Santa Seomrtue meena Sn cette A a setae tn epee gee aN eee ge was ee . ~ . ee . bee . wat . ee ere)
<. Co... tle CF ~ fH, & fy fa - S obiy CR O- . or ett Gg Cr oh oO fi ble (2 pe tH) .O < (20 fe Ig ct a: G i Fy th mw ot G be oF (i O Uw (uy ce < { (a a pw O KY et Ci fats (3 Kh O fs oO ak Om & f te ra) EQ FE pe ce G Gor ct O G@ ¢ . fis (1h fate 3 ts fs co & 2 af aa pst ee et Ch CF HY IV. o a 5 we fis He fe Q at CF. bilo pet 8 th" Ct rp © < & we ween Lier de ee te. REBEL 2 BY bp GL i SUITES UH CUBA ¢ four msn were shot the hg Grésence of the milic the formers to gst up t gucetillas. MM T-5 sta raicn ISSN Eh cencer o cere ocded with milit he h évé ingctive and a. January §, 1962, be. ieged in clandestine opera alnst the CASTRO regina, ca n December: 25, 1961, advis Guba is extremely Linited execution 2s well es the i ls has effectively vestric circulating in Miami ‘indicat Gvound forces in Cuba are cording to. ted T-11. AMOUNT “OF MELTTARY BQUIT? URS SN IPT PTAs Sra RGROUND | FORCES $59 20, 1961, ANDRES. ZAY 134 are <ound “Forees Le people Living | in the cities ~ 19 ~ m {oto (s fs ee SG oF Sf ct i oy QO tos et [3 © (a) par ie) ra) 5 ry n Le) tke} 9 tte EP ‘She 7S Dad 7 fe e ls dn. order hat Las Villas ill SS “exagge rations ary equipment: significant. & Some pastols jen sutomatie. rifles. almost exhausted and | & men have any arms at Co, ort ( : ‘ os ea bee wef fect iveness
RE: CUBAN REEEL ACTIVITIES IN- CUBA oa January 2 MONTYEL, prévicusly advised he ills forces are fairly but leck eveunition, He stated that when he ; Eecoubray in liacch, 1961, his group of about . men ‘pegsessed three Thompson, ‘submachine — three ox four H-3 carbines, three or four Garand awd a-Iew miscellcnecus weapons that had been ~ ep in brushes with the CASTRO militia. MONTIEL - d thet there presently ave no more than one-half: S& 30°men still in the Escambray alithouch some: tay have arrived since he left. He estimated bout one-half of the men ia the Escembray. possess £ one kind or another. . Cn November 21, 1961, EM Te4, previously p a. 2 te mentioned, advised that when he Tose had contact with the guerrilla forces. in thesiseanbray-insesrly’ t, 1961, about onevbal t of the men with OSVALDO . ° BZ were arucd with a variety. o£ weapons such as a pson Submachine gun, Garand M-1 rifles, Browning atic pistols end a few Czechosloveltian and Belgian iM T-4 said that the ammunition supply of these “Gas almost exhausted, however, and he doubts that acé in much better shap @ today. Regarding underground forces living in the czties, MM T-4. stated that most of the psopie are unarmed or if they have erms, they lack ammunition. Soms of them have explosives, but very often they. lack proper detonating devices. é] We: ALS ne QUIREMENTS OF TRE UNDERGROUND D 0a ecembar 20, 1961, ANDRES ZAYAS, previously mentLloned, advised that based on his experience operating:
A. GROUPS OPERATING IN CITIES 45 autos ties C~3 oc G-4 explosives © e ty ( nt re) 3 £5 cir oO F Sel ‘T. fele Lo ( Q (3 ia “‘Thompso Sur _4éusunition for°the above . Hand Gxensades . B, GROUPS OPERATING IN RURAL AREAS. SELON Un Goohs pe 3 fet > R) hy G t ra) @ 1. Garand Mel rifles 2. Carbines oo 3. 30 and 50. cel tber machine © 4. Eazookas 5 6 - Hand Grenades - Anmunition for the above weapons. M4 T~4 advised that the needs of the underground c zations in Cuba are generally similar and can be Summarized as follows: 1. Small boats of about 30. feet with high . powsred engines permitting speeds of 40 to 45 knots, which can be used to provide & continuous reliable source of supply for the underground forces at such time as they. develop a direct line of attack against Strategic sites in Cuba. 2. Detonstors. According to #4: T+4, "plastic". _ for sabotage work is available, but there is a severe. shortage of detonators. = 21-