setae acts Wen SERRE EB -8 TD TT OUND ORE 1 UN aN pe AI MG OI 8 eB RG paneee PAE OR NE A PES ITS ROLLIE LENO LO LOOP GE AAI CECE IR OAL NIR TINE, ELE RAP BMESA A AIOE ORRIN AN Ne RAE ENN ENED DRAFT= MDC - 11/7/78 Page 3 supplies and information. (HSCA Security File 092, Senstudy Document, Volume 37, Item 4, #105-95461~15, p.. 4) However, the repressive measures of the Castro regime after the invasion caused members of the Cuban undergound to live in fear of discovery and made intergroup liaison extremely risky. (Ibid, p. 2) Despite the inherent dangers, the underground movements of the MDC and Movimento Revolucionario del Pueblo (MRP) worked jointly for an all out sabotage effort in the fall of 1961. (Ibid) CIA/OS~Laureano-Batista-Palla, He’ organzigé public demonstrations Jf Z protesting na properly aid Cuban exiles * eo in their attempt to overthro Castro. (HSCA #009303, p.. 6, FBI #97-4623-180, Section 6, Corrét é CIA informed the FBI it had/no oparational interest in noon aot j (Ibid, p. 5, FBI #97~46234149, Sect On 8 gti sated og Pm? See 4 Geter le tar erin stistal faction of the MDC, entered into a ) 6h 009393, associations with other exile groups for the purpose of tion Summary) and by 1962, the et ote rete i propaganda, sabotage and supplying the Cuban underground. Ww r 1438 tn<iGG2— many MDC membes joined the Cuba Committee, formed to counteract the Fair Play for Cuba Committee, a pro-Castro iat es. organization. (CIA/DDO, MDC Volume 3, Cable to Director from JMWAVE, 6/21/62, #14986) In 1964, the MDC and DRE (spell out) worked together £62 formulate plans for an underground organization to infiltrate Oriente Province. (CIA/DDO, Laureano Batista Falla, Info. Cable TDCS DB 3/660-090, 3/14/64.
| Exsw ata te, isto QAR « CHSCP 607303 Dh 2, Po, “BLY 97-¥627-/¥9 ) oLcompenad fork row Us wae petty the pumstar>  # f DRAFT~ MDC-11/7/78 Page 4 It was the year 1963, however, that found the Batista faction of the MDC involved in a large number of anti-Castro activities. NO The MDC made a unity pact with the Commandos L in which o.. 2: S. the latter group was to provide training and assistance in i . N military intelligence and the MDC was to provide 3 small boats 3 and a team of men to infiltrate Cuba. The MDC also made. & ron i . . yet ry pact with Dr. Carlos Prio Socarras, former Pres nt of ‘ Ma who donated $50,000 to the group for military aid in return for its promise of political support. (CIA/DDO, MDC Volume 5, Information Cable(urG-3536, }9/3/63) . In April 1963, Frank Sturgis, Miami-based soldier of fortune, supplied information that Batista, Orlando Bosch Avila, Manuel Artime and Alexander Rorke were jointly planning an air strike over Havana on April 25. Gasca #009303, page 1, FBI #97-4623, Section I) According to Sturgis, the strike was to originate from an airstrip in Puerto Rico and the target a er ae by Ost (Ibid) ka. wire. othe Commedia Vantt, and Gar By «¢ Ou eam) Alexander Rorke publically announced the ee ny taken place as scheduled, which took the other planners by surprise wt , and ees dismissed it as a publicty stunt. we gf Sturgi Charme B+ the SWRs wee ace haaihcaed eentantl beak SET ect we er ee Corn prt L furts—necessary—te—imptement—theis—plan. (Ibid) This incident created a stir and resulted in an intensive FBI investigation of Rorke's allegation. (HSCA #009303, p. 3, FBI # 97-4623, Sections II through VI) It was felt that Rorke's story was probably untrue (Ibid, p. 2, #97-4623-35) since Radio Havana, immadas contrary to usual policy, made no, protest of the bombing. (IBfTa, p. 3, FBI #97-4623, Section IV)
DRAFT - MDC ~- 11/7/78 Page 5 Richard Rudolph Davis, A Cuban Alien, Wi¥K/AK/AMALIBAA upeneY (HSCA 012981) had a peripheral association with the MDC through his contact with Batista in the summer of 1963. (Ibid) Davis was residing in New Orleans and, although not at an earlier time an MDC member, claimed/to have been a "coordinator" for the group and the New York Police Deparmtent. (Ibid) He was a friend of Batista and contacted him because he knew Batista was in a position to recommend men in the Miami area who needed work. (Ibid) Davis claimed he could provide employ- ment for a small group of Cuban emigres. Davis had entered into a business deal with geologist David L. Raggio and a wealthy, right-wing New Orelanian, Gus de LaBarre, forming the Guatemalan Lumber and Mineral Corpora- tion. (Ibid) It was their intention to train the Cubans on some land in Lacombe, Louisiana to which de LaBarre had access through his nephew, Frank de LaBarre. (Ibid) After the train- ing period, they were to be sent to Guatemala to cut mahogany. A group of about 18 Cubans did arrive, under the leader- ship of a well-known Cuban exile, Victor Paneque (Ibid), who oqt- Sustaday V0 at, btw & used the military code name of Commadante Diego. (edsejtt 4’? According to Davis, the men arrived dressed in khakis (HSCA 006716, p. 4) with the idea they were to receive military training. (HSCA 006716, p. 2, FBI, Richard Rudolph DAvis, Volume I, Report from New Orleans, 7/3/64) In the latter part of July 1963, the FBI conducted a raid on property near that of the lumber company training camp, where they seized a cache of dynamite and other explosives. (Ibid). This raid, according to Davis, unnerved his trainees,
DRAFT ~ MDC ~ 11/7/78 Page 6 and they elected to return to Miami. (Ibid) A somewhat different version of this episode comes from Gus de LaBarre's nephew and attorney, Frank, who first related his story in 1966 to his former law school classmate, Jim Garrison. (HSCA 012981, Fonzi memo 9/6/78) de LaBarre said his Uncle Gus had introduced him to Davis, whom deLaBarre described as a "floater". They came to see de LaBarre about drawing up Articles of Incorporation for the Guatemalan Lumber Company and that is when he learned of their plans to bring unemployed Cubans from Miami to train as loggers. Uncle Gus sent provisions to the exiles on a daily basis and solicited money for food and clothing from friends and relatives. de LaBarre said he didn't pay much attention to the activities of the group but, when he heard on his car radio that the FBI had seized a cache of ammunition at a house in Lacombe,. he immediately called his uncle. Although receiving assurances that the lumber group was not involved, de LaBarre called the officers of the corporation together and insisted that the Cubans be taken out of there. Davis claimed, according to de LaBarre's version, that the Cubans did not want to leave, whereupon de LaBarre had to some some real "brainstorming'. He rented a Hertz ton-and-a-half truck and instructed Davis to take it to the camp and tell the Cubans "that the invasion is on." Davis complied, and the Cubans loaded their gear, jumped in the truck and were brought to the Greyhound bus terminal in New Orleans. Each Cuban was given.a one-way ticket to Miami plus a small amount of cash and told they would get their orders
MDC DRAFT - 11/7/78 Page 7 when they reached Miami. Looking as though ready for war, with knapsacks and guns bulging from under their clothes, they boarded the bus and de LaBarre had no more contact with them. The last he heard of Davis was in 1964 when one of de LaBarre's friends reported he had gone into business with Davis and was left with a lot of bills. (Ibid)
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