Evening star., 1961-04-19
CUBA
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Reporting the linkup, a COM
munique from the revolutionary
council said numerous ele-
ments" of the invasion force
joined up with mountain groups
north of Cienfuegos, site of a
Cuban naval base. 1t said they
completed the movement thanks
to the holding action of addi-
tional guerrilla units that in
filtrated Matanzas Province
and held off Soviet tanks, ar
tillery and aircraft during the
last 20 hours" :"
Soviet-Made Materiel
The communiQue said at
another point that the first
phase of the military operation
had been accomplished despite
continuous attacks by Soviet
MICS. heavy tanks and artillery
forces"
The latest communique was
the fifth in a series issued since
anti-Castro forces landed in
Cuba last week end.
The radio reported a twin
engine B-26 dropped a bomb on
the air force headquarters at
San Antonio de los Banos, 25
miles from Havana, then
wounded three persons in a
strafing run on Havana.
A diplomat in Havana re-
ported a plane that swept over
Havana was met by heavy
antiaircraft fire. He men,
toned no strafing. A Cuban
rebel radio station on Swan
Island off Guatemala claimed
Havana was bombed twice by
three planes. 1t asserted one of
the planes attacked Camp
Libertad, army headquarters on
I1dNdlld OuNShl1 To-
Little News on Invasion
The diplomat talked by tele-
phone with an Associated Press
correspondent at the big United
States Naval base on Guanta-
namo Bay in Eastern Cuba.
He said the plane passed over
the city at 8:15 pm. Tuesday
but otherwise "all is quiet for
the present" He had no infOr-
nation about the situation else
where in Cuba. The situation
was quiet around the naval
base.
The government put its fir
ing squads to work, sending
two Americans to their death.
The Castro radio said five men
who landed in Pinar del Rio
province of Western Cuba to
Join the rebels were executed,
and another group Of four was
shot for transporting weapons.
In the first group was August
Jack McNair of Miami. The
broadcast said the second group
included Howard F. Anderson,
a longtime Havana resident
from Seattle, Wash. An eX-
Marine who once was the COM
mander of Havana's American
Legion post. he was arrested
last month.
New Landings Denied
A Cuban broadcast denied
rebel claims of new landings
in Northern Matanzas and
Oriente province and said an
attack against the Isle of Pines
had failed. Rebel leaders had
asserted earlier this week that
the prison island off the south
coast had fallen and its 10000
political prisoners had joined
the insurgents.
A Cuban navy coastal radio
broadcast early today, however
did report sighting ships off
Bahia Honda, IS miles west Of
Havana on Cuba's North Shore,
The number of ships was not
given. The coastal station re-
ported it had Is militiamen on
hand to meet any attempt at
landing.
The Havana broadcast said
that a B-26 aircraft bombed
the San Antonio de los Banos
Air Base last night. dropping
one bomb. The plane then was
said TO have strafed Havana,
.wounding three persons seri-
ouSly.
The plane was fired on by
anti-aircraft batteries in La
iCabana Fortress but was able
to flee northward, the broad
cast said.
A Cuban insurgent broad
cast, picked up in st. Peters
burg this morning, said Castro
installations in Havana had
been bombed twice last night
Radio Swan, insurgent sta
ton on Swan Island off the
Guatemalan coast, said the
first strike was carried out
against Camp Libertad by two
B-26s and a lighter aircraft
not identified.
"Fish Are Landing"
=. Cryptic statements also were
heard from Radio Swan which