424-90041-10023) - v9.1 AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER: RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE : DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : AY 50953 Docld: 32325941 JFK Assassination System Identification Form. Agency Information FBI 124-9004 1-10023 HQ CR 97-3856-13 Document Information CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY CIA 10/26/1959 5 CRUZADA REVOLUCIONARIA ANTI COMUNISTA JOSE RASCO BERMUDA PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Secret 1B Redact 06/18/1998 APPROVAL OF CIA RPT Page i Date: 4/23/201
fel . 6. Under the orders ‘of Reinaldo waroRu/SONTEMUE CONTROL mans e2— +. 08~3/416 5495 ge nia local. supporters éterough three women who visit him periodically. ‘He has* been. apprised of the activities of his followers in Miami and has requested “that’$20,000, be furnished to a 40-man group of his followers in Camaguey . Provinee.”. The: Camaguey group is the one he has ‘sharees with, ee a raid. on. La Cabafia ‘prison. and freeing hin, | a, bs nas 0 Navarro ; aoe M3 ho has a group o followers = is led" by|_ und £ e sergeal £3 i3|__ she 5). 7 group “is ealled \: Chegié ache ro Cubana (LDC; Cuban Denocrats @ Legion). |{S/ as oo The’ buried arms and dynamite are to, be. used in sabotage and assassination . attempts. coe tees ce vot wa ge cn contact Marmel_ 7 attempting» to set..up an arms drop - to. +the[ Dos kilometers north of Los Palacios (22 36N, 83 16W)’ | (ind) mer will be waiting at thie point and will ‘otgnel. ‘the plan © making oe drop’ with four flashlights “prevings: and ‘the group “in + Camaguey 8. Besides:the two groups. BLO. has two. groups in Matanzas and Santa Clara _— Reinaldo BLANCO Navarro provinces. i 9. On ‘about - 25 August 1959 Manuel’ BLANCO, ‘hivaaes, in n iiand jwrota. a “letter to. one. of his’followers in Cuba. . Enclosed with, the ‘letter were two messages which BIL. igo . + asked be forwarded to i these “Lines ‘to. accompany a letter from my. friend | 7 ’ Drs Redriguez Coucseiro 9 in whose house I an. “staying since I found _ “out that they have arrested Leonel and that I cannot return there.’ ‘As you will see in the letter, I am sending you a series of instruc- ce OD .." “tions to see if we can maintain the group that is presently without os). “gr leaders, Just. as you have probably réad in the newspapers, - they ees “have caught all the leaders in the roundup. This doesn't mean’ anya - - thing more than. that. we shall. be delayed until we are reorganized © nae: T2<2 1 8 628 Only about, 100. “were arrested, and ‘the group mimbered about "390000 . . Se dpa eae vest. ba toate een Boage oe As he (my friend) informs you, I do not. ‘believe that. you ought: - “to visit Reinaldo BLANCO Navarro. in La Cabafia. prison. You‘should —. “send someone in whe you have -sonfidence. 2m the new contacts that TPR soos ‘made do not use your, own NAME o. Use an alias. 60 that, . if anyone’. “should tall, they. will not be able. to identify you. You. should pro~ “feeb the place where you live, When: you have meetings, hold them at prearranged . places, never in your home. = know. that you know how to... “do these things, but I want to warn you. to be careful, and use other sy. wire ~““persons to make’ your ‘contactss-Den't do-it personally. The- rineipal--—.-. ~ebjective is to be able to maintain yourself as the leader of the ~ movement st least until you select, ehiefs if, your work, prevents you” ~ “from leading in Haban: = thane ei as We have made. ntact here with a ‘Large group which was. not caught and which is also organized from. Autentico people. This group did ‘not. lose its leaders »sinces as I says. it was not. caught because it had |. - joined us only a "few. days previously. This. group. is almost ready for ae action; 80° “ait is urgent that you, Peorganize : ‘our, People rapidly din order: ‘ Oe 8-E-G-R-B=T wo - MaroRn/cOvranr= CONTROL wg 40953 DocTd:32325941 Page ? “we
Bee Q SEGRE 8 a ee flororay/comram= CONTROL 3° CS-3/h16, 195 that Don Fidel. may not last until the New Year. In the next: letter we See shall send more details and possibly give the naia outlines of ‘the : Do business, As soon as you have anything to report, urier in. 7 whom you have confidence. Do not-use the name of! that name is.now “burned”, Use the name address which you, already have. for. the ti 18 being. shall soon. Shange reside , S8nK a . 10." “The ‘second message ‘rea oy . because of: ‘the treason: of  WADtem: » LAS UTIERREZ, fenayel2 9 the leaders of the Organization... “o< have been. arrested; and itAs-most. necessary thet our people: ‘be 2° peorganized’ se that the movement is” ‘not Icst., “The only ‘person’ ior is: a - able to deo se is you. .I know. that. the responsibility is.very great... “bat I also “know your, abilities: and \ we are ‘sure that you wil: be able _ to ‘do the. Jobe: - ae Slee Ss gna” information, “gins you met each “the brother of _-, tions to follow. He “a prisoner, you's 3 SLt 2 apenas you, . You gan. Antreduse yourself. a our. movement - Usha send you Po wy York, 1 sa’ gro “golouses of| meee ge (ste), Of “the eAgripasion. “ HH 50953 Docld:32325941 Page 3
ec  SeReeRe Ralf ee atv NOFORN/CONTINUED CONTROL ~Ae 9) 08=3/116 495 ’ You should also. see ~~(enviado) and tell him to recall. the interview, ve. had inthe LOBEy oo “ef the Savoy Hilten of New York. Up. to recently he had a group. | “ For financial. _ “““secretary  Senox __ “behalf and that ofthe word St that you get together a good “problem. there, Al “money. Another pé: He knevs 2). is a cousin of (S) tbc, S-do t mistrust you, — “tell him that you are the messenger ~~ atters sae seior( I) a friend of ... and Sefer Tre To contact the latter, see and tell him that you come_on. my x (sic.)/ It is very important ance. pommittee to handle the money .. (oe cht You showla gis ~ “Her name is | Be: ame “Lives at Jiestaire in the Apar (See. 77. © receives our letters and can help you. reduce yourself “as i “one should know that you" see her. protect her, — a, de, _ arrested in August 1959, when the Cuban Government smashed a Plot °.. against ite (ose tt oe wee « @lections. He took asylum in the Venezuelan Embassy in July 1959 and | Was last reported in exile in Caracas on 26 July. At that time he “ a reportedly said that he would soon leave for New York, ‘where his .,, family WASs To HW 50953 DBocld:32325941 Page 4 _ In an en letter dated 4 ne 1959 at, Miami, one|| | | Baka 3 former Rebel Army cap ain; invited his ~ a Bo _ former comp _ that CRAC had gathered $1,000,000 to get Reinaldo BLANCO, Enrique . nd_her telephone umber is € brother of S)Noone else shovld see her but you, and no ., LOW must be extremely. careful to. Well, I beli jough for now. Be extremely careful, _ ;Since the thing is soon, 00 - (signature illegible) Previously reported -as a Cuban’ Rebel Army captain heading a counter= . revolutionary group in Cuba. “BLANCO was one of the chief conspirators Brother and father respectively, of Reinaldo BLANCO Navarro. Presidential candidate of the Cuban Feople's Party in the 1958. cuban - nS-in-arms” to join CRAC. The BLANCO group was reportedly without funds or arms as of 31 August 1959.: In a memorandum dated 16 September 1959 the Ue.S. Air Attache in Habana a reported information from a wife of one of the prisoners in La Cabana ° } OVARES ; Gustave de los REYES, Kuku BRINGUIER, and Dr. CAINAS Milanes out. of prison. OVARES, REYES, and CAINAS are also high-level conspirators who were’ arrested in the roundup of August 1959, According to a memorandum dated 26 August 1959, from the Protection Section of. the American Embassy, Habana, an American citizen who had just been released from La Cabana prison after five months! imprison-= ment reported that a group of ‘approximately 60 political prisoners and former prisoners are actively engaged in counter-revolutionary activities. Three hundred of the group were said to be at liberty ~ in. Habana, approximately 100 still held in prison, and about 70 in| S-B=-C-R-KoT NOFORN/CONTINUED CONTROL
S-E-C-R-E =T NOFORN/COW TINUED CONTROL =5- CS=3/416, 1,95 al fw open rebellion in Pinar del Rio under fo of the BATISTA armye Among the leadefs of the group was one ho was said to be held in the Castillo Prison at the time. nu) may be a relative of or identical with{ | Sy , 8. Identified by Source as the brother of reviously reported as co-ordinator of a group of counter-revolutionaries in Miami. Fo “On 22 September 1959 source reported that this army drop had been. scheduled between 8 and 10 pom. on 25 September. 19590 : 10. Source did not know the size of any of the groups. ’ Lle This probably refers to eported by a was reported in July 1959 to be a leader, together with one S) fa Cuban counter-revolutionary movements | ¥ to be a first cousin of lephone directory — 12. Morgan and GUTIERREZ are two Cuban Rebel Army majors who penetrated th conspiracy that was smashed in August 1959. y 4 ; ‘ . Ss 8 13. The Habana telephone directory lists Habana. 1. This is possibly a reference to] _ eported in July ) purchage, £ the or Spanish pro-Franco interests. Habe later Row known as the 15. The. Habana telephone directory lists a Avenidel~ 5 16. The Habana telephone directory lists a Company of Cuba with main offices at Habana. yw AS) yi . S) . (eee Ly ¥ 17. This is possibly a reference tol eported in the Habana press on 18 June 1959 as ar land former newspaper busines Po Bha his who was released by Cuban Government authorities ~ on 16 June. [ faha his zon,| Jobe been held on ~ charges of conspiracy. A United Press report dated July 1959 at Santiago, ~ Chil id. lawyer and one-time economic editor of had arrived in Chile as an exile. ; a bdibed OS. 18. 19. Wealthy Cuban businessman with large sugar interests. | an sa HW 50953 — Oe—Wealthy Cuban -businessman-with-Large-sugar_interestss._ S-E-C-R-E-T NOFORN/CONTINUED CONTROL Docld: 32325941 Page 5