CABLE: PETER N. LICARI MET WITH AMHAWK AT LATTER'S HOME ON MORNING 29 DECEMBER
Agency: CIA
Originator: CIA
From: HAVANA
To: DIRECTOR
Document date: 12/30/1959
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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1. PETER N. LIGARI HET WITH ALHAWK AT LATTER'S NOME ON MORMINO 29 DECENDER.

ACCOMPANICO THERE DY ANPAN-I SHO DIO NOT PARTICIPATE IN CONVERSATIONS, MEETING

MAS OF ONE AND HALE MIURS DURATION, FOLLOWING ARE HIGHLICHTS:

A. AMALAWA STATES MOTHING CAN BE DGE INTERNALLY BY HIS CAOUP OR OTISER

NON-BATISTA POLITICAL FORCES UNTIL NOTORIOUS BATISTA ELENENTS ARE MOVED OUT OF

FLORIDA, PREFERABLY OUT OF UNITED STATES.

B. AMHAWK WEARIED ABOUT POSSIERE, INVASION BY PEDRAZA, HE IS BITTERLY

ANTI-PEDRAZA ANO ASSURED LICARI ME AND MIS FOLLOVERS BOULD JOIN UP WITH CASTADE

IN REPELLING A PEDRAZA LED INVASION.

C. HE FEELS ECONOMIE SITUATION 1S VERY SERIOUS AND GROWINO VERSE AND

THAT AFTER SUBAR MARYEST PEOPLE WILL REALLY START FEELING THE PINCH,: SAID THIS

WILL RESULT IN FURTHER ERESION OF CASTRO'S POPLLAR FOLLOWING, FEELS VE SHOULO

HOT USE SUCAR QUOTA AS A WEAPON-FOP. IN LONG HUA IT WOULD MURT MORE THAN MELA

THE SITUATION. HE TEELS BIGGEST AND BEST WEAPON, 1S.10 KEEP THE TOURISTS OUT.

E. HE SAIO COMMUNIST INFILTRATICA AND INFLUENCE IN GOVT HAS REACHED

• ALUMINE FROFCRTIONS ANO THAT COMMUNISTS ARE GETTING COCHY ALO FEEL RESULTS OF

THE IS EFFORTS HERE TO DISCREDIT UNITED STATES WILL OVERFLOW BORDER IATO OTHER

LATIN APERICIN COUMTRIES.

FEPRODUCTICN BY OTHER IMAN THÉ ISSING OFFICE IS PROMISITEO.

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F. WITH RESFECT. OTHER OPPOSITION GROLS ME SAIO AURELIANO SANCHEZ ARANCO

IN SAVE SITUATION AS HE IS. IN OTHER HOROS WITHOUT RESOUNCES ANS UNACLE TAKE

ANY POSITIVE ACTION, SAID TMAT JUSTO CARRILLO AND RUFO LOPEZ FRESQUET OF.

MONTECRISTI GROUP HAVE NO ORGANIZATION ANO ARE GOING ALONE WITH THE REGINE IM

ORDER TO PROTECT THEIR GOUD JOBS, SAID HE DOES NOT THINK THE GOVT WILL PERMIT

ATH CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT TO TANE ROOTS.

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SAYS HE WILL KEEP ORLAMING ASAY AT NEED FOR ELECTIONS. WOLO LIKE

TO SEE UNITED STATES GOVT THROUGH THE DAS ERING ARESSURE ON CASTRO TO MOLO ELEC-

TIONS, SHILE HE APFEARS IDT TO BE AT ALL ONTIMISTIE THAT ELECTICAS WILL EE

HELD IN FORESELABLE FUTURE HE: FEELS CASTRO VULICRAULE ON THIS POINT FRCH

STARDOTNT AMPERMITOMA AND OPINION O-PINION NAZIONAL

M. SAID MIS NEWSPAPER MAS NOT BEEN FUELISHED FOR THALE VEERS FOR.

LACH OF ADVERTISING AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT, WILL DECIDE IM NEXT TWO WEEKS WHETIA

TO CONTINUE PAPER OR ABANDON FOR TIME BEING. •

1.' HE FEELS OPY EFFECTIVE STEPS CAY BE TATEM MON 19 ATTENDE BY

APPROPRIATE PUELICITY TO DISCREDIT AÑO DESTROY PORULAR INAGE OF FIDEL CASTRO:

TO LET THE CUBAY PEOPLE KNOW THAY THE AMERICAN COVT ANU PEOPLE WANT TO MELP •

THEM TO ACHISYE CEMOCRACY GUT ARE FREYENTED FROM DOIMA SO BY THE ATTITUDES AND

LANS OF THEIR CAN CUBAY GONT. TO COMBAT SOVICT PROPAGUADA BY DEMONSTRATINA

REPACOUCTION BY DIMER THAN TME ISSUENO CAPICE IS PROMISITO.

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THE BEMEFITS OS DEMCCRATIC LIFE IN THE UMITED: STATES ANO FREE COLATTRIESO

2. ALTHOUGH LIGARI PROVICER AN OPENINO ANYUN DID HOT MAIE A PLEA FOR

FINANCIA ASSISTANCE. HE DID SAY THAT IT WOULD TAKE $5, 000 HOATILY TO AVEL ISM

HIS PAPER ON A WEENLY BASIS.

3: STATICY FEELS LICARI VISIT ACCIPLISHED PLATOGE OF OPENINE WAY YOR

FUTURE TALES AND LETTING APIA KICH HE 1S MOT ALGIE: MSO BSLEVES REACTIM

TO LICARI VISIT WILL SOON BE FORTHCOHINO FROA ASHARE, LICATI GETURNTRE E

WASHINGTON 30 DECEMDER.

FILED: 3014107

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ES COMMENT: "STATED LICARDI GOING HAYA TO CONFER WITH ASPANK.

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REFRCOUTTION SY OMISA THAN TME ISSLINO OFFICE IS PACHIATED.

Pete Fit

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