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ANTI CASTRO ACTIVITIES IS-CUBA

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ANTI-FIDEL CASTRO ACTIVITIES

IS-CUBA

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ReNYlet to Bureau dated 3/ 29/62.

MALONE, Vice-President, Czarnikow-

I bY ROBERT KLEBERG Of the King Ranch, Kingsville, Texas,

advised on 3B0/62,

that he had memoranda of his recent

conversations in Washington, D.C., which he furnished

the NY. The memoranda of MALONE were written for

ROBERT KLEBERG as a result of KLEBERG's meeting with

Vice President LYNDON B. JOHNSON on 3/15/62.

In connection with MALONE's conversation with

no matt canted to him that he, HERBERT IN u

did not gree with the general opinion of Vice

YNDON JOHNSON relative to the Lack uplans by Fresiden

ENNEDY relative to Cuba. HERBERT tOld MALONE that h

believed that President JOHN F. KENNEDY would act in the

event of a crisis in Cuba and he belleved that the

opinion expressed by LYNDON B. JOHNSON With ROBERT. KLEBERG

on 3/15/62, was true as of many months ago.

eX MALONE wrote in his memorandm to KLEBERG tha

DaRBERT was of the opinion that within the next two t

three months, a favorablé and appropriate alimate will

be created inside Cuba which would be favorable to some

type of activity to overthrow the CASTRO Government.

expressed the opinion that the US Government should not

loan Chile 385 million dollars as proposed by TEODORO

Mos of the Ane For progress progame state o

that he is very familiar with Chile and did not belleve

that they were in a position to intelligently utilize

such a large sum of money and expressed an opinion that

at the Foreign Ministers meeting at punterdul Este,

Uruguay, in January, 1962, Chile wasnagainst the US Is

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position. HERBERT

Expressed the opinion that the us

should give more encouragement to Colombia and Argentina,

who have already drawn up programs for social reform

within the countries.

MALONE aLSo wrote in his memoraneum that HERBERT A WI

expressed the opinion that MALONE and his associates

should attempt to discuss the Cuba question with Attorney

General ROBERT F. KENNEDY as he believes the Attorney

that he believed MALONE and his associates should also

calk with senators HUMPHREY and MC CARTHY, both members

of the "New Frontier", who are also individuals who can

make a tremendous impression on Present KENNEDY. HERBERT

stated that he would furnish MALONE some ideas relative

to contacting Senator HUYPIREY®

MALONE, on 3/30/62, furnished a second memo

which. he had written to ROBORI KLEBERG relative to his

conversation win a cra contaces CHARLes MAschaNAph) •

MALONE wrOte

that MAECHIN had inrormed him that The

section wichln clAnanaling Cuba has been separated

from the rest of cI

on now functions as an individual

unit and has its couri

part in the Departments of Defense:

and State.

MALONE wrote that he had discussed with hAECHINe

Vice President JOHNSON's opinion that President KENNEDY

would not act in cuba or commit Us troops in Cuba, and

SNAECHTN stated that he did not exactly agree with this

opinion of Vice President JOHNSON's, but, belleved that

if President: KENNEDY. WaS

confronted

with a situation, he

would act with firmness despite possible repercussions

in Berlin and Viet Nam.

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MALONE stated that MAcHIN]indicated that there

a. CIA plan in the formative stage relavive to Cuba,

that a military build-up can be expected in the Florida

take place from an off-shore area because of security

of che operation. MALONE aLso wrote in his memo that

MACHIN Told him to tell ALbERTO FERNANDEL of Key Biscayne,

tò be patient and that before long, CIA/would

MALONE also furnished on 3/30/62,

a copy of his

memo to ROBERT KLEBERG relative to MALONE's conversation

on 3/15/62, with SERAFINO ROMAIDI of the Iatin American

Seccion of the AFL-CIO.

In this memo to KLEBERG, MALONE

wrote that ROMUALDI stated that President KENNEDY waS

still being pushed and pulled by the "Intelligentia" who

were identified as ARJUR SCHLESINGER and ADLAI STEVENSON,

toward followngasoft line relative to Cuba. ROMUADDI told

MALONE that RICHARD N. GOODWIN of the US Department. of

State apparently was waking up to the fact that the

future, of president KENNEDY depends upon a strong, firm

policy and the elinination of CASTRO and Communism In

Cuba immediately.

RONALDI told MALONE that his opinion

of GOODWIN's present thinking was gathered from individuals

who dealt directly with GOODWIN concerning Cuba,

MALONE wrote to KLEBERG that ROMUALDI also

recommended that he,

MALONE, and his associates attempt.

to get an appointment with Attorney General ROBERT F.

KENNEDY relative to Cuba as ROBERT KENNEDY le the strong

influence on the President and has been pressuring the

president to get rid of what he calls the

• "Featherheads"

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