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14-00000 Poot Me To beast ve speek USE CRE Pe Bon te me gat Mena 3 for eee meee nanometer sean gamete me = i from: DIRECTOR 3 Cone i wre: va, pug Go RD coPY 4 PAGE THREE e To EO CITE OR Par] O22 ; 4. MAJOR CUBELA WAS A POPULAR AND PROMINENT UNIVERSITY _ i STUDENT LEADER, AN ARDENT REVOLUTIONARY AND ONE OF THRE EARL _? OF CASTRO DURING THE BATISTsa REGIME, CUBELA WAS ALSO A CLOSE 4 ~ NH Oh nn . _ WALL SCRIBBLINGS ON UNIVERSITY BUILDINGS TEREATENED CASTRO, ONE -. READING: “ONE HEAD PAYS FOR ANOTHER," ANOTHER READ "OUT WITH FIDEL," . GIVEN WIDE COVERAGE ON BOTH RADIO AND TELEVISION CIRCUITS. AS A ‘RESULT, CUBELA AND OTHERS GRANTED CLEMENCY.AND SENTENCED TO LENGTHY - PRISON TERMS. ee eae ; FRIEND OF CASTRO AND UNTIL THE ARREST RANKED HIGH ANONG THE LEADERS OF THE REGIME. HIS ARREST AND ABJECT CONFESSION AT THE PUBLIC ane . a TRIAL CONDUCTED IN STALINIST FASHION TRIGGERED OFF A SERIES OF STUDENT REACTIONS, THE TRIAL IN EFFECT BACKFIRED AGAINST THE REGIME, 4 '. &. UPI REPORTS ANG OTHER INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICES, att he INCLUDING ACCOUNTS OF REFUGEES WHO DEPARTED RECENTLY FROM CUBA, TESTIFIED TO THE FACT THAT ANTI-GOVT STUDENT AGITATIONS OCCURRED. 6. BECAUSE OF THE STRONG OPPOSITION TO THE TRIAL, CASTRO REQUESTED THE STATE PROSECUTOR NOT TO IMPOSE THE DEATH SENTENCES, IN ORDER PLACATE ADVERSE PUBLIC OPINION THE TRIAL PROCEEDINGS WERE seen Se LET , oe rs Ty ee | AUTHENTICATING : “2 eee ae Orr eee ,  p REREASING OFeizeR = " Do, etc REPRODUCTION BY OTHER THAN THE As$uiaG orrice a PROMIGITED. alae Dong ad ee SMe Ne ~ 7 . ~ coy ers at i + Ae ne enemies mee * pa at Ante bene hee eee ot etl cede © nme FN ne te attentive tie 2 er he tetele nA iene
14-00000 . 1965, MAY NOT BE SPARED 45 THE PURGE GATHERS MOMENTUM. saan i 0 putwenticating | SECRET | | gevicen | ccshacoiatioadousbietl ct 3 [se inpax Sa Se  e . rom: DIRECTOR 4 OF 3 wor va, cue C) RO COPY _ ; PAGE FOUR 4 a IhFO CITE O1R Yfoz 2 ~ i 7. THE CUBELA TRIAL WAS USED AS A PEG,I.E., GUILT BY i ASSOCIATION IN THE DISMISSAL AND CHARGES LEVIED AGAINST MAJOR j AMEIJEIRAS WHOSE LOYALTY TO THE REVOLUTION IS “UNDISPUTED" BY 4 CASTRO, HOWEVER, AMEIJEIRAS WAS STRIPPED OF HIS MILITARY RANK 4 AND CHARGED WITH THE CRIME OF BEING A PLAYBOY, LIVING THE GAY LIFE. “4 - 8. AMEIJELRAS WAS ONE OF CASTRO'S FIRST PEVOLUTIONARY i: - FOLLOWERS, HE HAD BEEN WITH CASTRO SINCE 1956, WAS ONE OF THE i SURVIVORS OF THE GRANMA EXPEDITION, FOUGHT IN THE SIERRA MAESTRA 4 , "py 1957-58 AND HAD HELD HIGH OFFICE SINCE 1959, IN OCT 1965 HE WAS ; : NAMED TO THE HUNDRED MAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE CUBAN COMMUNIST H 2) PARTY. , ul : 9. RUMORS ARE CIRCULATING THAT BLAS RCCA CALDERIO, y i MEMBER OF THE SECRETARIAT OF THE CP AND CHAIRMAN OF THE CONSTITU-_ Be 8 TIONAL STUDIES COMMITTEE, WILL SHORTLY BE BROUGHT TO TRIAL. 7 P ‘ SINILARLY, THE CHARGES OF MALPRACTICES AGAINST THE MINISTRY OF A 7 ' FOREIGN AFFAIRS IMPUGNS THE LOYALTY OF FOREIGN MINISTER RAUL ROA . d =~ GARCIA HIMSELF, ANOTHER MINISTER UNDER SUSPICION, I.B., GUILT BY oe . ASSOCIATION, IS PAURE CHOMON, MINISTER OF TRANSPORTATION, THE | 7 a ENTIRE MEMBERSHIP OF THE 100-KAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE CREATED IN LATE ~ a : RELEARING GFPICER pnt EST ek @@ PROOUETION BY OTHER THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE IB PRONISITED. oe afte oe: any Mt Bs at had a ee he ry oo ROR En ction metal ette Teeter cugstenagh atte te wee 2H me meee RNAS naNNAE iy Renee ge . A tents at amenities otto +
14-00000 faom: DIRECTOR eek § Pa he a FP ad wo: va, pre (J RID COPY PAGE FIVE anne ee) INFO CITE GIA TI102 2 10. THE UNDERLYING CAUSE FOR THE "SHOWTRIAL" OF CUBELA, THE ARREST OF THE DEPUTY WINISTER OF DEFENSE AND THE OUTLANDISH GIARGES BROUGHT AGAINST MEMBERS OF THE CP AND MINISTERIAL OFFICIALS ARISES FROM THE IRREVERSIBLE FAILURES OF THE GOVT IN THE HANDLING OF DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL PROBLEMS, THE SCARCITY OF BASIC FOOD PRODUCTS HAS WORSENED, RICE, ROOT CROPS, MILK, MEAT CONTINUE TO BE RATIONED SEVERELY, AND THE AVALLABILITY TO THE CONSUMER IS - NOW BELOW THE 1957-59 LEVEL, DESPITE SEVEN YEARS OF “COMMUNI ST PLANNING", THERE’ ARE SERIOUS SHORTAGES OF MEDICINE, TEXTILES AND HOUSING, THE LATTER HAS DETERI RATED IN URBAN AREAS TO A LEVEL FAR BELOW PRE-WAR STANDARDS , SIMILARLY, CASTRO REPORTED THAT THE SUGAR CROP THIS YEAR WILL FALL PAR BELOW THE SIX MILLION TONS HARVESTED IN 1968. SINCE SUGAR ACCOUNTS FOR SOME 80% OF TOTAL FOREIGN TRADE EARNINGS, 1966 INCOME FROM SUGAR SALES, FACED WITH DEPRESSED WORLD MARKET PRICES, WILL NOT IN ANY WAY MEET THE cost “OF BASIC IMPORTS, ESSENTIAL FOR SUSTAINING THE NATIONAL ECONOMY, . CASTRO HAS SOUGHT TO RELIEVE THE PRESSURE ON THE ECONOMY BY PER- MITTING THE EXODUS OF sonE 40C REFUGEES PER MONTH WHO ARE STREAMING .. INTO THE U.S. OTHER FAILURES I.CLUDE THE FUNCTION OF THE Goc CQOROINATING OFF ICERE noe Get AUTHENTICATING * RELEASING OFFICER SECRE T Feiare ae externctnd orricen ~ aparen bone . cc ne. . ~ REPRODUCTION | ay OTHER THAN THE bs3UING orrice as PRONIBITED. 4 Coat . wane oe : * pitend eat - eae Te ee whats - San aabde ahead Eee ee ee PU SN FRE, sy ' . * ’ Se ean ae a Ltlednd letclen s enacennientnn bale SETENS vail incor tine ere eee + ete tad Ge mies oneiere ee = we ew Bes UE comnatinatlve im crates , batten Cates i ry nee» wee avener wad be te
14-00000 sia: DIRECTOR _ Cones neo; va , pune C) RID COPY coreecrenttasa PAGE SIX _ Rbhahele rrr ee a to IKFO CITE Din 24 O¢ 2. ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE WHICH HAS ALMOST COME TO A HALT, IN THE INTEREST OF ECONOMY SOE 60,000 EXPLOYEES ARE BEING DISMISSED NT BUREAUS ARE DENUDED OF COMPETENT STAFFS, ‘ALSO, THE POLICY OF REPLACTI} NG EXPERIE FROM THEIR JOBS. IMPORTA ENCED FUNCTIONARIES WITH UNQUALIFIED .cp STALWARTS HAS ALSO BEEN EXTENDED INTO THE ARMED SERVICES, COANUNIST PARTY COMMAN MEMBERS HAVE BEEN PLACED IN ‘D POSTS AND THEIR WORD TAKES PRECEDENCE OVER THOSE WHO ARE “TECHNICALLY COMPETENT BUT XOT PARTY MEMBERS , 11. PSYCH EXPLOITATION IN MEDIA: A. EMPHASIZE POINT THAT SHOW TRIAL AND PURGES DENONSTRATE THAT IN THE PATTERN OF ALL DICTATORS, CASTRO GRASPING STRAWS, HOPING DIVERT PUBLIC ATTENTION FROY MOUNTING INTERNAL . DIFFICULTIES: Bo B. COMPARE CASTRO To NKRUMAH, SUKARNO AND OTHERS = AS LEADERS WHO HAVE BANKRUPTED THEIR NATIONAL ECONOMIES AND SOLD OUT THEIR NATION To COMMUNISM: So. ©. PORTRAY CASTRO IN STATE OF PANIC, HIS RECENT ao nANTINGS AND RAVINGS ARE REMINY "8 NISCENT OF OTHER DEFUNCT DICTATORS; : 2 “Y ; a: . oo ~ , ; 7 , , SECRET. rf ety AUTHESTICATI RG : “8 . toss ° FE ICE R : . =RELBASING OFFICER . ork toni oo OFFS e ; i tan ated cet .an ; i mola "0, ‘ " REPROOUCTION BY OTHER THAN THE ISSUING GFPiICE 15 PROWIDITED. a RA ET REE CO PBMCS TEENIE, me vty me ieee, 2 vt ame ee ne Te a a + ntl ath PA ae Set RRO ube then nea ns Achgvabpebabcde choompunt ncn Fee eet eR eee S Ree Paes ey "SERINE Eee CAD Rs, La) CL fe sorte srteurneee tt sey tape engtene ote eo ban dateergvtneadind veal ae 8
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