424-80041-10044) - AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER: ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE : PAGES: SUBJECTS : N COMMENTS : v9.1 HW 50953 BDocld: 3233275959 DOCUMENT TYPE: CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-90041-10041 ° HQ CR 105-89923-15 Document Information FBI LALLIER BELMONT 05/18/1960 4 CLIP JOSE RASCO BERMUDA PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Secret 1A Redact 06/03/1998 APPROVAL OF CIA MEMO Page i Date: 4/23/201
. - ag me FD "sy eres com Snel opment a NO. 10 . fo™ Tolson / ee “ UNITED STATES GOVL MENT ° *SECRET as aS Memorandum por . 7 qr” McGuire Xe ro: MR. A. H. BELMONE = = are: 5-18-60 — | a J FROM _ inn Re 0 Qe L'ALLIER/ Vi fi if! ~~ i, - SUBJECT: Fung . bat Pe , The following information was furnished to the Li ‘ idol pee ison Agent on 5-17-60 Messrs. Herman Horton, [| fs) J SrA, concerning the captioned project whi a deafs wi ivity directed against the Castro regime. SL ) ake up the nucleus of the or izatioy 1 moving against Castro: , Just Orvernandéz; Antoni oxVARONA | MLoredo; PedrostaRt j EY i , ‘The screening and selection of Cuban exiles for the Wiese have been moving rapidly. ie/ followzng ae Higa o s lagConcepcion; Michel. ManueT™ Fede Se eee N. Higinig pak Z5, Me rde; Joaquin. - : rtinez. (Sq) r(u) Bais; Anjres iS¥Gomez;, Tose Tanaeg MASCO; Bernardxparker; NG KOANTENIS Perdomo; “and” Manuel a5 i ‘Tt ‘is believed that all of these individuals are | 4349 known to us. On or about 6-1-60,this group wil publicly announce mae its ex Be cence under the name opxfrente. Revolucionario Democratico S(FRD.), StShave a Tend Democratic Front). The organization so far- N ave a leader and for the time being will be administere \by a four-man di ' u) = EA nd Rasco. (ef) _ | 7 os 2 stated that the problem of sélecting Ai cane promoting an acceptable leader is.a sore spot in the enZire proiect. vA No one seems to stand out at the present time, although iS . commented that Artime looks like a good bet. He is yourg, énthu stic, - aggressive and may have the SA yd) to attract the support of all the various exiled factions. ) CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO . EX does ra orate consisting of Carillo, Varona, .. rt me i , . Py a crea, eeaSiegaeR ANOIR vile REC- 26 Ea. sup/nmn RELEASE CPCIA ‘NFORMATION pane 7 a (7) ANT HIS eK RLS Why 1 - SOD Ga 8a = 1 - Mr. Parsope hy, nly * hel! I ef cores emcee BS } oN ie may 25 sob ar ‘s osceoien we SUNG BER: ECLASSIFY ON, 25X_ Cyrmst e B zi : copies made 228 “SeCRET- for reviews at FBIHQ Py B2MAY 31 1960 US aimee HY 50953 DBoctd:32325959 Page 2?
u & 0 a SECreQ Memorandum for Mr. Belmont: RE ACLTP EGO fy) y) (“Fives not expect that the announcement of the FRD existence wilf be of any unusual nature. CIA anticipates that Castro will give # little attention and regard it only as another organization of exiles. However, it is expect that FRD will grow rapidly in strength and prestige. qj u| Ee aeameanagiee [ane Liaison Agent was furnished a list of locations in the Miami “Area now being utilied by CIA in this operation. The Rage Teague of the Miami office. Liaison has previously reported that CIA would be utilizing Swan Island located in the Guif of Mexico for the mounting of a radio broadcasting operation. Broadcasts will, of course, be directed against Castro and will be beamed to C : Broadcasts are to be initiated on or about 5-19-60. (SCV. u| CIA is spending considerable time and effort to bring certain anti-Castro Cubans outside of Cuba so that they can be utilized in this operation. This is being done on a selective basis in an effort to obtain the services of certain key men. You previously have been informed that a Cuban who is held in high regard by CIA and apparently was to be utilizéd in: this operation was Colonel RamotMBarquin. This individual is still connected with the Castro Gove ént and is assigned to an Embassy abroad. According to Barquin has not been able to make a clean break with CaStro because of action which might be taken against members of his family. in Cuba. He now feels that he has this matter under control and CIA thinks that he will officially severe his connections with Castro within the next few weeks. He could become a key figure in FRD. [ef ) {The headquarters of FRD will be reported as being in Cuba and will exist in that country in a clandestine status. Branches will be established in various Latin American countries, and in the United States. Costa Rica undoubtedly will be a key location. CIA does not plan to utilize a large number of Cubans for this ‘operation. There pobably will not be more than 40 or 50 who will have been briefed and trained by CIA. This group, however, will be engaged in a program of training other Cubans outside of the U.S. /There is a plan to use a U.S. base in the Panama Canal zone for — some of this training: Al OQ u) ° ~2- SECRED list is enclosed herewith] The same data was furnished to SAC ema HY 50953 Daoctd:32325959 Page 3