4104-10216-10446 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 233 sad 74, the tenenlesion er revelation of wie im any manner to an unauthorend person is prokintied by law. C-O-N-F-~] -D-E-N -T-I-A-L CONTROLLED DISSEM + fle atereimeee Btates within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title country Cuba : susec; Discussion Regarding a Cuban - Government in Exile at Neet- ing Called by Carlos Prio Socarras Ae tehah eager eR caret Rete REO eat, ae Fon APLLO SAS BALAI BRL BR TSE CMT N EY TR ASKS TRAY MON BEG ARE SELLA EI Me 4 DEEN AA PRIOR BEEBE YY LAGAN IEA AY BH ‘ ~ - dose I. source: See below. pate of 10 - °5 March 1965 INFO. PLACE & United States, Miami DATE ACG. (16 March 1965 TWaS 18 UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOUSCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT 15 TENTATIVE. On ‘s | th Pr Jar » Aurasd cai Source of Paras. trained in the techniques of information collection. has provided useful reports since 1961. 1-4; REPORT NO. DATE OISTR. NO. PAGES REFERENCES FELD REPORT NO. CSDB-312/00782-65 fgoeote Sg i ~<a f A member of a group of Cuban emigres Carlos Prio Socarras Rafael Guas Xnclan Humberto Quinones del Sol Nestor Carbonell] Andricain Emilio Nunez Portuondo duan M. Salvat Roque Alfredo Gonzalez Duran David Cabezas Coupau Alonso Ramirez Ramon Martin Chavez Ernesto B. Cancio - Valentin Sanchez Vaillant ‘ Carlos Duquesne quesne de Zaldo Dr. Enrique Huertas Pozo The group 1. On 10 March 1965 a meeting, which was called by Carlos Prio Eduardo Suarez Rivas Orlando Puente Perez Jose Cabreras Riesgo Santiago Alvarez Rodriguez Socarras, was held in the home of Dr. Eduardo Suarez Rivas at 4766 Aiton Road, Miami Beach, and attended by the following persons whom Prio believes to be sympathetic to a Cuban Govern- ment in Exile:] Isabel Becquer (widow of Leon) Fernando Garcia Chacon Luis N. Tornes Garcia Mario Barrera Diaz Jose Gonzalez Puente Sergio Carbo Morera Father Jorge Bez Chabebe Orlando. NManrique Raul G. Menocal Seva 2. During the meeting, Prio reported that he had been in contact with high United States Government officials, and that although they did not support the idea of a Cuban Government in Exile, they promised they would not obstruct it. Brazilian Foreign Minister Vasco Leitao da Cunha had stated that it would be necessary to prepare the Brazilian people before .. 7° Brazil could support the Cuban Government in Exile. Prio said ig’ . he believes this is only an excuse by da Cunha not to carry out | a3 the plan. ie C-O0-N-F-I-D-E-N-T-I =i 32 CONTROLLED DESSEY (Mets: Feld Guvibetica ledicated by “#”.) PRHC/SE—DFE7S7R— TRS 7R Ta WHC/RR___|1| WHC/WAVE | )| WE/MADR | oe 7s a 1 vorace 1B 2, CI 4, FI 3, a” 1, DO/H i, a/c iL a), WH 2 (1), WE 1 @) Prio said that a a 9 a REPCINCLANT USIA _I&NS A CO a Ge oi Ft dete tenet by #9 _ MES ee fA NS 7 tmasos— HT Wp (AMWING=2 5 | ee eee 1 ee 0 oS): a ia GOAMBER) ~ mea wher sm WAV NOBUret or ste tote sha Se CA BIEN et me 82 6) ch Gi S minieateeetannninadsameeitaia tie Rn eee ar eNOS! sepntnetettenrgeernsirenet stearate note me rtate ee rpc ae at ee hy sAemees | mamerneneenn ~-masinnit Hen! areehweeensongenmaneniunes mergqemnne oe senator irate eea. tamer pyhdon maitre oe eterno te oF met ten erred _—
gq eg gat wee pane hee men veae ecesestam@e ange Rayner te ment setomneeRientemantieT tenet iaueneediainie pine mm mite emtnte im mine oe 5 ean De -eyerwe ge Be a ” government. & vow ® a C-O0-N-F-[ -D-E-N-T-1-A-L CONTROLLED DISSEM -2- CSDB-312/00782-65 Isabel Becquer, Eduardo Suarez, and Valentin Sanchez all spoke wut in support cf Pric ss the President of the Exile Govern- ment. They had urged a group consisting of Orlando Manrique, Orlando Puente, David Cabezas, and Rafael Guas to support the proposal. Suarez stressed that now is the opportune moment to carry out the campaign to form a Government in Exile since he has been informed by “reliable sources” that "the Americans" are. withdrawing support of all Cuban exile groups. Emilio Nénez, Sergio Carbo, and Nestor Carbonell.all spoke of the need to unite all Cubans and to form a fighting front with or without "the Americans." : De. Enrique Huertas, the last speaker, opposed the idea of appointing Prio as President of the Government in Exile. Huertas said the meeting had not been called for that purpose, the persons attending the meeting had not had time to exchange thoughts on the proposal, and they did not represent all pro- ponents of a government in exile. After various debates, it was agreed that two Commissions should be appointed as follows: the first would write a manifesto explaining to the Cuban exiles the importance of an exile government and ask for support from all Cubans. The members of this Commission are Sergio Carbo, Eduardo Suarez, and Rafael Guas. The second commission was named the “Organizing Commission" and includes Prio, Isabel Becquer, Juan M. Salvat, Huertas, Carlos Marquez, Oscar Gans,, Ramon Martin, and Alfredo Gonzalez. It was also agreed to offer Juanita Castro Ruz a position on this Commission. Source of Paras. 5-7: <A former high-level Latin American Government official who has traveled frequently throughout the Caribbean and Central America, where he maintains close friend- ships with a wide range of military and political leaders. Source is a rightist, a trained reporter, and his information has been fairly reliable in the past. A meeting of the Organizing Commission was held on 15 March 1965 in the home of Alfredo Gonzalez at 2300 N.W. 10th Street, Miami. All members of the Commission attended except Gans and Marquez who were out of town, and Salvat who evidently does not agree with the group's proposed action. A document , prepared and approved by the group probably will not be issued in the immediate future because Salvat informed Prio that he would not sign it. , ne Commission discussed the following formulas for selecting a government in exile, but no agreement was reached on the exact formula to be used. 1) Submit to the exile community a list of 50 names from which. 15 candidates receiving the highest combined vote would be chosen. The person receiving the highest number of votes would be elected president and he would form his government from the remaining 14 candidates; 2) three candidates would be selected: the person receiving the most votes among the three would form the government add the other two would be his assistants; 3) one candidate would be chosen and he would be empowered to form his own ~ C-O-N-F-I-D-E -N-T-1-A-L CONTROLLED DISSEM pate Bt ne re ee fe ene eRe matte eae ee a ren et den FRE Let ieee ants re ae teen emateee Mnitnte oem ge yet Anetta wine ae er unr ent a yo tetter nce inserts eit te eer goatee ate eetelt eseme sarstennatmir tonal iheanie nence ne
14-00000 .* ® . ° j H “Hy io C-O-N-F-I-D-E-N-T-I-A-L foO8 CONTROLLED DISSEM | H -~3- CSDB-312/00782-65 97. The Commission plans to visit all Cuban exile organizations | and seek support for the proposed government in exile. 3. Source Comment. The meeting was believed to have been called for the purpose of naming Prio the President of the Cuban Government in Exile. ¢ f | 3 i : : . i - i i : t i i f i ; ote gos C-O-N-F-I-D-E-N-T-1-A-L oo i . CONTROLLED DISSEM 4 5 4 ‘ ore - Penh + ’ \ Pr sae es mee os MR ee em me we oe Per eee . : planta eeet a . Pe es ae | seaetparerwinmtaanennes ain * 0989 Spe a