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Document date: 12/16/1963
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MOVIMIENTO RECUPERACION REVOLUCIONARIO

CUBA

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Minneapolis, Minnesota

December 16,

1963

COMIDENITAL

20/52

MOVIMIENTO RECUPERACION REVOLUCIONARIO (MRA

On December 9, 1963, a source of information on

Cuban matters whose reliability has not as yet been established,

informed that he has been in contact with Abel Mesa

who has

been designated a delegate of the Movimiento Recuperacion

Revolucionario (MRR) for the Minneapolis

area.

He

said that

he is a frequent visitor of the Mesa residence, and on many

occasions has entered into a poker

game with Mesa and other

Cuban friends.

This source related that during one of the

recent poker games, he learned that the

MRR is sending a

five-man team into Cuba once a month for the purpose of

assassination. He said the principal targets for assassination

are Fidel Castro, Raul Castro, and Che Guevera.

This source

speculated that lesser Cuban officials are probably designated

for assassination.

This source advised that sometime during the summer

months of 1963, Fidel Castro was traveling in a motorcade in

Havana and had

stopped approximately two blocks along the

scheduled route totalk to some school children.

Castro's

car proceded on and approximately two blocks

from

where he

left his vehicle,

assassins laced Castro's car_-with bullets

and killed all occupants.

The source was unable to recall

the date;

however,

on this same day, he talked to Abel Mesa

who informed him

the word of

the aborted assassination of

Fidel Castro had been received in Minneapolis,

Minnesota two

hours after

the event occurred.

The source related that in

this respect,

the MAR has, clandestine shortwave radios spotted

in Cuba, and

information

is received in Miami after which

it

is relayed by telephone to various MRR delegates throughout

the United States.

The source informed that for the most

part, MRR uses the telephone as a deans of communication,

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downgrading and

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MOVIMIENTO RECUPERACION REVOLOC ONARIO

within the

contaneutal limits of the loited

States.

With

respect to

communications,

the source intorned

that

headcuators in Miami contact its field scarces

Volter

states about twice & week,

and

ths nisiness

is dor

always confined to WRR matters.

HO Stater

that frequentry

• Cuban who has turned pro-castro is identified, and this

identification is flashed to MER delegates,

io

turn

Filter this information to all Cubans

in thé area.

This source informed that he has been advised by

Mosa

the MR leaders in Miami have been identified

came unknown.

Artime, Director o

Military Operations,

first

and

Cesar Baro,

Director of Political

Activity.

The source

informed

that he has received a letter

from Baro inviting him

to become

an American friend

sympathetic to arr.

This

source

advised that he has not accepted this

invitatios as

yet but has the invitation under consideration.

With

respect to Artine,

the source advised Artime

spends a

great

deal of time in Central and South

Anerica making

preparations

for military training for MRR menbers and recruits

He

said one area in particular is in au

ares between Nicaragua

and Costa Rica, which

ares is supposed to be in dispute

between

both of those countries.

The source stated that from the information

furnished by Abel Mesa

and other Cubans, he believes

that

clandestine landings

are being made by MRR members at

Campechuela which is

east of Santiago de Cuba.

The source

pointed out that this is strictly a speculation on his part

and he has no concrete information that landings are being

made at this point.

source of information who has furnished

information in the past

that she is aware of the organization

od Cuban matters advised

known as MRR headed

by Abel Mesa.

This source advised

that shens not developed

very much information relative

She MRR, but reca led im

a recent conversation with Rene Mesa,

brother of Abe,

other Cubans whose identities she is unable to recall, unat

the MR has a secret weapon which they call Barrigudo.

second source informed that the literal translation ot

Barrigudo is "big belly."

She informed that she does

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MOVIMIENTO RECUFERACION REVOLUCIONARIO

CONDENTAL

the sigulficance

of this

term

and

could

furnish

additional information relative to

the

URT.

Q0

conclusions of

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