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OPTIONAL FORM NO. 1011

5010-108

MAY 1982 EDITION

GSA GEN. REG. NO. 27

UNITED STATES G

ERNMENT

Memorandum

Released under the John

'. Kennedy

Assassination Records

Collection Act of 1992

144 USC 2107 Notel.

Case# :NU 54027 Date:

08-31-2017

TO

DIRECTOR, FBI

(97-4110)

DATE:

FROM

4-23-64

CIA HAS NO OSUECTION TO

SAC, MIAMI

(97-328) (9)

SUBJECT:

MOVIMIENTO DEMOCRATA CRISTIANO (MDC)

IS - CUBA

NEUTRALITY MATTERS

(00: Miami)

17244

sentrice

Classified By CABALCL

Declassity on: OÄDR 8/2/85

SSIFIED

• SHOWN

Re: New York airtel to Bureau, 3-31-64.

Bureau letter to Miami, 4-7-64.

for the general information of the New York

Office,

the following information is being set forth.

Most of this information was previously reported to the

Bureau in form suitable for dissemination.

MDC Arms

Miami sources have advised that LAUREANO

FALLA previously worked for CIA in delivering arms

BATISTA

to Cuba.

BATISTA reportedly retained a number of these arms for his

own personal use at a later time.

U. S. Customs in Miami

has in the past seized some of these arms and one raid was

made in Miami by Customs at a residence under the control

FALLA and VICTOR PANEQUE. U. S. Customs at the

present time believe BATISTA has more arms in Miami but

that agency does not know where they are or the quantity.

Photograpny

It was previously reported that the MDC had taken

color film of a mission and later used the film to collect

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Finances

New. York sources report that BATISTA contributes

very little money to the MDC and most of the contributions

come from Cubans, Americans and from Venezuela and New York.

Miami sources claim that the MDC has little or no money.

BATISTA is an extremely rich individual and spends his own

money on military operations.

Miami sources state that

BATISTA is unopposed as the military leader of the organi-

zation- because he buys all the military equipment needed.

On interview BATISTA has advised in the past

that the equipment used when he goes on a mission is his

own personal equipment and does not belong to the organization.

Base of Operations in the Bahamas

BATISTA

spend a month in the Bahamas in January

1964. His boat,

"Sigma 10"

, is well known to the U.S.

Coast Guard and British authorities. However, BATISTA

eluded the U. S. Coast Guard and the British frigate

"Londonderry"

BATISTA even flew on a commercial airplane

from an out island in the Bahamas to Nassau, bought motor

parts,

returned to the out island, made repairs on the

"Sigma 10"

"Sigma l0.' and then returned to the United States.

The

on this trip traveled over 1000 miles in the

Bahamas through waters

patrolled daily by the U. S. Coast

Guard air and surface craft.

It is noted that the CIA recently advised that the

MDC met with the DIRECTORIO REVOLUCIONARIO ESTUDIANTIL (DRE)

and made an oral pact concerning unity in infiltration and

guerrilla activity in Cubal

*on 3-18-64, MM 635-9fadVised that the DRE operates

from Samana Key, Bahamas...

The U.S. Coast Guard was immediately

notified and sent a plane over this

island and noted that the

island contained numerous caves and cliffs that could hide

small boats. The Coast Guard said there were about a dozen

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