Liat PERENEE ea Shean tere > RE: CULAN REBEL ACTIVITIES IN cUEA . sid thet the Sovrinefieid rifle is general ed to be the best rifle for. use by gusrriil in the hills and mountains, while semi- éutomicic or automatic weapons, such as the M-l rifle @od M-3 machine gun, ere more suitable foe other: types of military ectivity. In addition, the ; Browning 14 shot eemi-gutomati tol, which uses 9 mm anxpunition is considered 4 lé weapon for use in the cities. With reference to the danger of possessing United States weapons at present in Cuba, the following information was reported on Becember 28, 1961, by MM T-12, [wio is acquainted with some Cubzn cabinst members and Fc) hunsrous officials of the CASTRO government. He received: ; this informacion on that same date fron a source, described | 5 fo) 2 as oanaee who had just arrived from Cuba] MM T- ~12 2 nformation in the- TAS t ates made arms in Cuba Preetically 2 all United Sta have been 3 zetived from use by the government of Cuba. There are still in use s number of Colts. and some other Waited Staels made pistols, but rifles, machine guns, mortars and artillery pieces have all been retired from active use. One reason for this is that anyone found in. the remote or: rural areas of Cuba ered with United —_ tates weapons will be shot om the spot, as invading “mercenaries” paid and supplied by the United States. The revolutionary government has the problem of determinine immediately if troops are their own, invaders, or counter- revolutionaries. To minim ize the danger of a mista ke, the Américan arms are being ret “Ee q- an) ‘ os
ete i Tc ees Et an, RE: CUBAN REBEL ACTIVITIES IN -cUSA ts VI. LIAISON BETUZEN UxOEReroum or OURS IN CUBA WITH UNITED STAGES MM T+2, previously mentionad, advised on Nowe aber Zl, 196L, that the DRE dn Cuba had no means of ication wi j th Cu uben exiled groups. in the United in f: 3 for this reason that he . e - : viously mentioned, ; BERNARDO LLERENA, prev furnished substantially the seme information regarding communication between rebel groups in Cuba and those in the United States. HECTOR PEBBLES, previoucly mentioned, advised on Noverber 30, 1961, that personal, courier was the only means of communicerion existing betuser the Cuban under- ground groups in Cuba and the Cuban exiles in the United tates. He related that messages from Cuba are either sent by msans of friendly foreign embassy pe srsonnel or are carried by flee eing Cuban exiles,
cette innabid andes 1S ee tO a es o _ mentioned that the K&P has suffered -less of lesdership: an eri roe their yrenmargctreanmene re mayne ricwndang- tm py iMate Rann agersg Aapaenemearetitpesimen 4 peo a Co oRS: CUBAN REBEL ACTIVITIES IW CURA VIL. EVALUATIONS OF PRESENT STATUS OF UNDER HECTGR EDRs, . previously mentioned, advised | n Noveuber 30, 1961, that besed on information which € has been recciving from vontacts of his in Cuba, it. S apparcnt that the underground groups there are. genovally- ot funci ng with any coordinnicd plan... He said that ome gr 2 coupletely wircd ous by the anti- underer LSULSS ii Oo xe in April, 1961, waile those the at survived wore seriously disorganized, He said thai e leadership which xemains in Cuba ig. having -g fficulty maintaining contact with the fembersh S and that this lack of: communication ip causing eriovation of many groups, . . FEBLES advised that as o unable to furnish the identities of £ the underground in Guba. He said that this was | oo artiy due. the fact that arrests end executions ave radica ly changed the leadership in almost all of the groups and that. furthermore, he did not feel free to identify any. person cont inuing. to operate in the underground in Cuba, . Regarding the political sympathies of the underground groups in Guba, FEBLES stated that the UR, of wnich he wes a member, was composed mainly of small, non-political organizations with a tendency towa vd the "right." He said thet the MRP tad the 30¢ of November organizations have tendoncies toward the "jeft" ond that many of the members of these groups would continue to Support FIDEL CASTRO if he would merely sever his ties with the Sovie ¢ Union. FEBLES en almost complete: ous | factor in the Cuban underground.
RS; . CULAN REBEL ACEIVITTES IN CUBA td : tA mop fd it Pe ty txt. 4 fol 5 raneged to survive che effects of the cil, 1951, and thac this group is probably — y in Cuba at this re, He stated that — 5 a smaller organization, has peen working nm with the DRE. PSBLES stated that an strengch of the UR or any. o£ the other ups would be nothing more then a guess BS advised that the DRE is one group which ro be th © a] ied is 3 2 ct Y i te is a he to or ba) G2 < +t @ O Ff} Noe eh ; ss tee [3 ree + ‘d te Hs) 2 O © re rm (3 Go oO rh et i) ¢ & estimate tc ee 3 . a et G2 ¥ oO fa oth O (tu a rt bh PS tte oO tb O ct pare t tate OK oe | ad ry o tn December, 1961, 22! T-6, a Cuban exile ing ia Sen juan, Puerto Rico, made available a letter = d from his uncle wogartes conditions in nte Province, Cuba. in this letter, his uncle commented that "ca ch. day our activities are more limited." He said that the co callee Vigtlonce Committees» in eee block concrol what food. is left if the country and’ that ewayone ot belonging co. the. e. Comittee is sonsidercd a counterrevolutions:y. The people of Cuba ave living in fear of arrest and e: fecution without trial, and vee a high percentage of the citizens have joined organizations which are in epposition to. the regime modern airplanes" are needed to fight "chese people." “On Becember 13, 1961, Capte ain CARLOS TORRES DE NA RRA, 2137 Southwest 12¢ Street, Miami, Florida, was intervi éewed and identified himself es a Cuban pilot who chad flown for Cubana Airlines Irom January, 1935, until - ‘the end of 1958. -When F: SL CASTRO took over the — government of Cuba in January, ane TORRES lost his position with the airlines. He aid ‘that he remained in Cuba and in 1959 bagen. Soxk ine with various anti- ASTRO gromms. He said ‘that after a number of attempts, he was ebie to obtain permission to leave Cuba and arrived in Miani, Florida, on December 5, 1961. TORRES - stated. that he had been restricted Dy the CASTRO regime heat mr an : Cy nsec gen ingen ame cnciaes