HW 55355 _—FOP-SECRET-DINAR- CUBAN SUPPORT OF EXTERNAL SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES - cont'd ———————— ease eee eee eee Although this is the first report on the possibility of a Cuban-sponsored Venezuelan government-in-exile, the Cuban radio and press have been emphasizing the slogan that the Betancourt government does not represent the people and that the real representatives of the people are to be found in the ranks of the Armed Forces of National Liberation (FALN). Ac- cording to Cuban newspapers, Pedro Duno, a former professor of the Central University of Venezuela, arrived in Havana to _ join’ the "mission" of the FALN in Havana, (CIA Munich TDCS- 3/566 ,731, 5 December, SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM) The OAS Investigating Committee which is looking into the Cuban-arms cache discovered in Venezuela does not intend ~ to limit its investigation to the cache. The group has no ‘intention to expand its study to cover domestic political as- pects of the FALN or Communist Party activities: however, the members expressed interest in looking into such aspects as Cuban broadcasts inciting to violence, possible transfer of funds from Cuba, training of Venezuelans in Cuba in subversive techniques, and evidence of other clandestine arms shipments. In addition to examining the arms cache, the committee also voiced interest in hearing tapes of recent Cuban broadcasts, examining transcripts of interrogations and documents seized from captured terrorists, saboteurs, and guerrillas, talking to Venezuelan authorities responsible for combating terrorism and insurgency, and possibly interviewing some prisoners, In a meeting with the Gommittee, the Venezuelan foreign minister placed emphasis on vverification of the Cuban origin of the arms cache, but also indicated his government would furnish all possible evidence on the Venezuelan complaint that the committee might want. (To Am Emb Caracas 485, 5 December, CONFIDENTIAL) An American woman told a Unitarian minister in New York on 5 December that her "boy friend," a former RAF flyer and soldier-of-fortune, has left for an unknown destination in Central America from which he will fly in'a pro-Castro coup in Venezuela tomorrow, Dr. Walter Kring, minister at the All Souls Unitarian Church, told a USUN official yesterday that he had been approached by an American woman who asked him to get her story "into the proper channels," The woman stated that ler friend left New York on 5 December by unknown means for an unidentified location in Central America. He told her that he would fly to Venezuela on 7 December in connection with a pro-Castro coup which she would read about in the Sunday papers, -~10- DoclId: 3274013278 Page 15
HW 355355 CUBAN SUPPORT OF EXTERNAL’ SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES - cont'd eee eae ee i Contd Dr. Kring said that he was impressed by the woman's utter sincerity and normal behavior, He believed she was convinced of the truth of her story and of the honesty of her friend, The woman had apparently, at some earlier date, contacted the FBI in connection with her friend's participation or knowledge of a coup in Honduras, She later retracted her story because she felt it seemed "too implausible and silly." (USUN, New York 2376, 5 December, CONFIDENTIAL BACKGROUND USE ONLY) -ll- DoclId:32401375 Page 16