404-10178-10004 ard ie ze 3a he Se ae SCHON GYRO _ < ROUTED : MaDl ING CON BE IUOGED None | BY QUAL RD HQ Mise ONLY CoC 4) | as r Ce ee ee . JOPPA yre Leeks ate Se _D 1S PATCH | CoO-NaPAT-D-RNaT Ebel, | > ERBAA327 SFATQAerG ay TAG MOS “Chief, WHD Chief of Station, Habana . . LG GnG —— et 7) Pim I ne Chief of Base, Santiago de Cuba ies ff yee 13 Jenuary 1960 +Y ‘Demag re 4 — ced Political Organizations = Movimiento SH he manieis ne — 2a ” s. Cristiane (ax, Christian Democratic est éf hp “ho nouns ages attached for the information of Headquartera is the "political bible® of the MOC, a recently announced organization which has hopes of blossoming into a political party, Also attached is the Boletin Formativo @ Informativo Ko, 3, dated 15 Deceuber 1959, which states that the MDC will announce soon the date of dts firet national congress, Further, the MDC hopes to invite Christies Democrats from many countries of the world including Dr. Rafael CALDERA, Secretary General Nacional del COPEL in Venesuela, The MDC haa ite national offices at 263 Ninth St, in Vedade, Habana, The , Tollowing pereons are the leaders of the MDGs ‘ _ a “ ar ~ " (1e: Josef acto fRASCO » president ( ate BETURA TO CIA “v2c\Ing\ Melohor*GASTON, owner of the Central Dolores ~ ” -- Backoroun he Pi pec 7 oR The HOG ie not. highly organized, A basic organi zation exists tn all provinces with Camaguey the best organized having a membership of 600-1,000,.. The. Santiago de Cuba organization is headed by Laureana/GAKROTE Jr., broker, and Aasy Galllermoy WARTINEZ, The Santiage organizatien has its political sights ted primarily at the campesinos, labor, and etudents, The MDC has a basic organization of twelve students at the University of Oriente and can sount limited strength in the teachers! organisation, However, at thie time the MDC has no means of reaching other students except through word of mouth. No plans exist at thie time for publishing MDC propaganda, However, in the future the MDC in Habana plans to mimesgraph selected articles and send thea to the provincial organizations for distribution, The lecal MDC ia icoking fer a person or avenue which they can use te reach the campesinos and labor, MDC representatives have travelled to moat comtries of Europa and some countries of South America to study Christian Democratic movements wherever they have existed to learn the modue operand! of those movements and to capitaliza on their experience. The MXC realises that it mist be very careful in its actions having already been attacked by Prime Minister CASTRO, The MDC will do sverything possible to avoid being connected with counter-revolutionary groups a0 that they cannot be classed in the same category as BATISTA elements, ot The above information was v who is under developmont by ths mite ii pro-US having received his education in the United States. As a representative or broker, most of his business has come from US firme. He ia now affiliated with a.US firm in Habana, None of the above information has been placed on 4 "mat" on the assumption that most of it has already been reported by the Havana Station, fl IARGEN Fpay AIDA) “Hipr a a Distributions 14 enna a: a Dal : ta Oe} Fag KY 3 oat wnt te “Hppg Coes 2 - Files | . a? 11 January 1960 : . : Tote cae Lites Sy eee ; es Ss , etAa t orn * ito ee ce 2 43 StS tee ae . ee ee Oe ng SOME