SUBJ: ALLEGED CONFIRMATION THAT ELOY GUTIERREZ MENOYO OF THE SFNE IS IN CUBA.
Agency: CIA
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To: DIRECTOR
Document date: 12/31/1964
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REVOLUCIONARIO DEL PUEBLO (MRP, REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT OF THE PEOPLE).

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APPRAISAl: A CUBAN EXILE WITH EXCELLENT CONTACTS IN THE MOVIMIENTO REVOLUCIONARIO DEL

PUEBLO (MRP, REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT OF THE PEOPLE). HE HAS BEEN AN ACCURATE

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1. AT 4:DD PM ON 29 DECEMBER 1964 ANDRES NAZARIO SARGEN,

OFFICIAL OF THE SEGUNDO FRENTE NACIONAL DEL ESCAMBRAY (SFNE,

SECOND NATIONAL FRONT OF THE ESCAMBRAY), SAID THAT HE HAD ATTENDEU

A PRE-DAWN MEETING THẠT DAY WITH CECILIO VAZQUEZ, ALCUSAN

RESIDING IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WHO IS DESCRIBED AS A CONFIDANT

OF ELON GUTIERREZ MENOYO, SENE MILITARY LEADER. REINALDO ABREU

PEREZ AND ANTONIO VECIANA BLANCH OF THE MRP - ALPHA-66 - SENE ALLIANCE

ALSO ATTENDED THE MEETINE. VAZQUEZ, WHO HAD JUST ARRIVED IN MIA-I

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"THREE WEEKS AGO FOR CUBA." VAZQUEZ SAID HE HAD BEEN ORDERED

BY GUTIERREZ TO WAIT THREE WEEKS AND THEN PERSONALLY INFORM THE

MIAMI DELEGATION OF THE ALLIANCE OF GUTIERREZ' TRIP. VAZQUEZ

ADDED THAT CONFIRMATION HAD BEEN RECEIVED THAT GUTIERREZ WAS IN

CUBA. IN THE SAME MESSAGE, GUTIERREZ FURTHER ORDERED VAZQUEZ TO

INFORM ABREU NOT TO PUBLICLY ANNOUNCE HIS ARRIVAL IN CUBA UNTIL

SO ORDERED.

2. VAZQUEZ SAID HE WOULD AMPLIFY ON GUTIERREZ' ACTIVITIES

WHEN HE RETURNED FROM NEW YORK CITY IN "FOUR OR FIVE DAYS."

AT SUCH TIME HE WOULD ALSO DISCLOSE THE PROPAGANDA PLAN AND COURSE

OF ACTION GUTIERREZ WANTS THE ALLIANCE EXECUTIVE BOARD TO FOLLOW

ONCE THE NEWS MEDIA IS TOLD OF HIS PRESENCE IN CUBA. VAZQUEZ DID

NOT DISCLOSE THE NATURE OF HIS TRIP TO NEW YORK CITY.

3: ACCORDING TO VAZQUEZ, GUTIERREZ LEFT A "SMALL NUCLEUS"

OF MEN IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. (SOURCE COMMENT: GUTIERREZ

PROBABLY HAD ABOUT 45 MEN IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AT PEAK

STRENGTH. HE MAY HAVE TAKEN 28 TO 30 MEN WITH HIM. IT IS POSS-

IBLE THAT GUTIERREZ IS IN THE BARACOA REGION OF ORIENTE PROVINCE,

BECAUSE IT IS ONE OF THE FEW IN CUBA THAT IS ACCESSIBLE BY SEA

AND NOT BY LAND. THIS STRATEGIC CONDITION WOULD MAKE IT ALMOST

IMPOSSIBLE FOR CASTRO TO MOUNT A CONCENTRATED LAND ATTACK ACA INST

GUTIERREZ. )

•. 4. ON 26 DECEMBER, EUSEBIO QUEDA DIAZ, ONE OF THE MIN'! LEADERS

OF THE SFNE, SAID THAT A MESSAGE HAD BEEN RECEIVED BY AZREU FROM

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"THREE WEEKS AGO FOR CUBA." VAZQUEZ SAID HE HAD BEEN ORDERED

BY GUTIERREZ TO WAIT THREE WEEKS AND THEN PERSONALLY INFORM THE

MIAMI DELEGATION OF THE ALLIANCE OF GUTIERREZ: TRIP. VAZQUEZ

ADDED THAT CONFIRMATION HAD BEEN RECEIVED THAT GUTIERREZ WAS IN

CUBA. IN THE SAME MESSAGE, GUTIERREZ FURTHER ORDERED VAZQUEZ TO

INFORM ABREU NOT TO PUBLICLY ANNOUNCE HIS ARRIVAL IN CUBA UNTIL

SO ORDERED.

•2. VAZQUEZ SAID HE WOULD AMPLIFY ON GUTIERREZ' ACTIVITIES

WHEN HE RETURNED FROM NEW YORK CITY IN "FOUR OR FIVE DAYS."

AT SUCH TIME HE WOULD ALSO DISCLOSE THE PROPAGANDA PLAN AND COURSE

OF ACTION GUTIERREZ WANTS THE ALLIANCE EXECUTIVE BOARD TO FOLLOW

ONCE THE NEWS MEDIA IS TOLD OF HIS PRESENCE IN CUBA. VAZQUEZ DID

NOT DISCLOSE THE NATURE OF HIS TRIP TO NEW YORK CITY.

3. ACCORDING TO VAZQUEZ, GUTIERREZ LEFT A "SMALL NUCLEUS"

OF MEN IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. (SOURCE COMMENT: GUTIERREZ

PROBABLY HAD ABOUT 45 MEN IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AT PEAK

STRENGTH. HE. MAY HAVE TAKEN 2Q TO 30 MEN WITH HIM. IT IS POSS-

IBLE THAT GUTIERREZ IS IN THE BARACOA REGION OF ORIENTE PROVINCE,

BECAUSE IT IS ONE OF THE FEW IN CUBA THAT IS ACCESSIBLE BY SEA

AND NOT BY LAND. THIS STRATEGIC CONDITION WOULD MAKE IT ALMOST

IMPOSSIBLE FOR CASTRO TO MOUNT A CONCENTRATED LAND ATTACK ACA INST

GUTIERREZ. )

4.. ON 26 DECEMBER, EUSEBIO OUEDA DIAZ, ONE OF THE MIAVI LEADERS

OF THE SFNE, SAID THAT A MESSAGE HAD BEEN RECEIVED BY AEREU FROM

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GUTIERREZ ON 23 DECEMBER. THE MESSAGE, WHICH WAS NOT SIGNED BY

GUTIERREZ, SAID THAT THE SFNE IN MIAMI COULD EXPECT A MESSAGE AT

ANY MOMENT ADVISING THAT GUTIERREZ HAD ARRIVED IN CUBA.

5: FIELD DISSEM: CINCLANT, CINCSO, COMKWESTFOR, MIAMI REPS

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