104-10072-10264 e . t ee os) yctissieus oF eRaZiLtAN FOREIGN MINISTER wire cary * EXILES REGARDING ESTABLISHGGNT Of CUBAN. GOVERMENT ., IN CXTLE @ Sy : UNITED STATES, MIAME C23 DECEMBER 1964) @ @° PARAS 1-42 A CUBAN EXULE WHO WAS PROMINENT IN POLITICS AY THE PROVINCIAL LEVEL IN CWA, CE 1S WELL KNOWN IN EXILE CIRCLES AND HAS. REPORTED OSJECTIVELY ON EXILE POLI ICS. SOURCE OCCASIONALLY RECEIVES INFORMATION DIRECTLY PROM CUZA. HIS REPORTING HAS LACKED DEPTH. PARA S:; A CUBAN EXILE Wi40 HAS EXCELLENT CONTACTS IN THE MOVIMIENTO RE- VOLUCTONARIO DEL PUEQLO (MRP = REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT OF THE PEOPLE). HE HAS BEEN AN ACCURATE RER PRTER ‘ON THIS ORGANIZATION AND ON GENERAL EXILE POLITICAL . _ DEVELOPMENTS SINCE ABOUT MID-1962, ~~ -. 4. ON 23 BECEMBER 1964 BRAZILIAN FOREIGN manic vaso UF LETTAO fare BIG? 7 UNMA SAID SEVERAL CUBAN F ULE LEADERS. TALKED ie ee iY Wan | ven OS of oounon OF CHA Mouct WwW Rt WweliOe ae IOAN PIVOT LOUSY ITA (uunTA REVELUCIONARIA GUOANA, a. ge Cu ones Gree m3 ” we f ! aan Ot FT ad ATCON CURe a2); D ONDVARDEIS~ MEZAR: gO° SARGIW Te. é. a vane ome Ae = we = 2D epitome perenne ie bagel bbe de sep GP ab tp diene saat te Ree} = . s - LTO oe. kground Use Onk ot Reproduce y bee Spy en anid ip it iy aoe AC a scion NPY in nn on wa ae “2
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14-00000_ - {4 oEve Sua ShMUE sane au ORI 656 Bween CREAT GLE 6 oS oe sity esa oe con | us 1a a2 mecp cam ccorenes cone ghar NR ANNCE Ser pr eva aks Pi NATE Se NT evra eke HO NRIACT A renee 8-515/00006-6PAGE 3 AD REPRESENTATION FOR A AN EXILE GOVERKMENT AND HE D OBTAIN WIDE ENOUGH SUPPORT. U, LENTAO MENTIONED BRIEFLY THAT HE HAD TALKED roaanord RAY, WHO HAD APPEARED WELL ADJUSTED BUT STILL BELIEVED HE COULD CARRY out, RESISTANCE ACTIVITIES WITHIN CUBA, WHICH LEITAO BELIEVED IMPOSSIBLE IN VIEW OF THE TERROR AND TIGHT SECURITY MEASURES EMPLOYED “BY THE CASTRO REGIME. ANDRES NAZARIU SARGENT ALSO TALKED TO LEITAO. . * WAZARIO'S THINKING WAS QUITE SJMILAR TO RAY'S« . “5. ON 21 DECEMBER 1964 ed angio SARGENT SAID HE TALKED TO VASCO LEITAO DA CUNHA IN. WASHINGTON ON 29 DECEMBER. NAZARIO SAID HE VISITED LEITAO AT THE REQUEST OF LEITAO'S WIFE WHO SAID HER LEITAO ASKED NAZARIO WHAT ELOY To OBTAIN A “BRO WAS NOT CERTAIN PRIO COUL £ePOn —w €C€VeQgr —F en i HUSBAND WANTED TO TALK TO HIM. MILITARY LEADER OF “THE SFNE, AND OTHER SFNE 1LE GOVERNMENT PROPOSED BY CARLOS PRIO E SFNE OFFICIALS WERE AGAGNST THE GUTIERREZ MENOYO, OFFICIALS THOUGHT OF THE EX SOCARRAS. NAZARIO REPLIED THAT TH IDEA. LEITAO REMARKED THAT HE EXPECTED SUCH A REPLY AND THAT HE HIMSELF WAS NOT‘ IN FAVOR OF IT. é —p ELD DISSEM: MIAME REP STATE “(ALSO SENT(PANAMA CIT City /AND Gn <3sOn <7On iD SIN a Te 4 ¥ i f aR A Leeann oe ee a