Evening star., 1960-12-16
by DOM BONAFEDE
Contributing WriteE

trampets Of the Cuban revolu-
tion.
From my hotel room in
downtown Havana, I can hear
the blasts. They occur any time
Of day, anywhere.
Terror BOmbings
The bombings are not in
tended to wreak violence, but
to spread terror and remind
Mr.. Castro that the counter.
revolutionaries are active and
working toward . day OF
reckoning.
1--WE have more than 1000
men in the hills of Escam-
bray" the lawyer-revolutionist
claimed. Castro lied when he
claimed TO have wiped them
out. They are being supplied
with air drops Of food and
guns and more mem are slip
ping through the Castro
blockade and joining them
every day.
prom time to time they
leave Castro q little reminder
Q member Of the miliciano
hanging from q tree"
He did not know how many
OF Mr.. Castro's militiamen had
been hanged but estimated
several scores"
The Havana underground is
composed of more than go or
carnations with five or more
men belonging to a single cell.
They work under q leader fire.
quently an ex-army oficer or
non-com, who alone commune
Gates with other cell leaders.
Balk Castro Spies
By restricting the pockets of
resistance to q small member
ship of trusted companions, the
rebels are able to block infiltra-
tion of Mr.. Castro's spies.
Most Of the rebels are
equipped with weapons. Never
theleSs, they are not adequately
armed for a full-scale uprising.
Arms are obtained by buying
pesos with dollars on the black
market in Miami and then
smuggling the pesos into Cuba
where purchases are made.
Weapons frequently are
bought from army defectors.
Or militiamen. who are forced
into service and feel no loyalty
to Castro. may sell their arms.
The going price is $500 for o.
submachine gun and 500 for
q revolver or pistol.
Communications between the
Miami anti-revolutionaries and
the underground Is carried on
by radio transmission on land
or ct sea aboard small boats.
Anti-revolutionary papers pub
liShed in Miami on srnall-sized
, newsprint are smuggled into
Cuba and passed clandestinely
hand to hand.
palm Beach Set"
Although the Cuban under
ground and the Miami anti
Castroites need each other and
work together for q common
cause. the underground is open
ly critical of their United
States-based comrades. Not be-
cause they are living in safety
out from under the heel Of Mr..
Castro, but because it is be-
1ieyed they are ;, not doing
e0ough.
"We know all about some Of
those patriots over there" one
insurgent remarked. I'VE call
them the Palm Beach set. They
grab another martini and say.
Isn't it too bad about Fidel.
Something has to be DONE"
There also are reports here
that many of the anti-pevolu-
tionary heads In Miami are
pulling down big salaries. This,
too, is resented In the under
ground.
TWO Of the biggest under
ground centers are in the pro-
vincial cities of Cienfuegos and
Camaguey. The hill-based reb-
els nearby are receiving sup
port from the people Of both
towns, who have been hard hit
by the country's economy slump.
Search for Evidence y
In an effort to crush the re-
sistance, Mr.. Castro has Or
UCTCu dc uldAly Go OOO AAilLId~
men into Cienfuegos In the
dead of night to search homes
for guns and other anti-revo-
lutionary evidence.
At present, there is no single
leader of the Cuban under
ground. Manolo Ray, MFR. Cas-
tro'S former Minister Of Public
Works, Is claimed by many to
be the resistance boss. But
others vigorously deny Mr..
Rays alleged role. maintain
ing it is a carryover from the
Batista era when he led the
Castro underground in Havana.
Labeled Dangerous
Mr.. Ray also Is distrusted
by many because Of his early
ties with Mr.. Castro, his re-
ported anti United States
stand, and his radicalism, re-
ferred to as "Fidelism without
F!6el." Nevertheless. Mr.. Ray
Is said to be supported by the
bulk of the Miami anti-revo-
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