CUBAN
COUNTER REVOLUTIONARY
HANDBOOK
CIA 1962
[REF:
Cuban Counter Revolutionary Handbook 10 October 1962 by
the CIA.
FBI HQ file
number 109-584-3387; NARA RIF Number
124-10279-10032]
Identifying documents and other
reference materials referring to the Handbook
[NOTE: The copies were very hard to transcribe
because of
poor photo reproduction. At points where the words were
unreadable, three dots
(...) were inserted to indicate a missing word or words. Words in brackets are not
contained in the original. This
Handbook
also contained an index of the organizations, group
acronyms index and
personalities index. In many instances the spelling of the
names in the
index were different than those in the group
listing. These were
not transcribed. The list following
the FORWARD are the most significant groups. FURTHER
NOTE: Please
consider the date,
10 Oct. 1962, when evaluating this handbook.]
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COUNTER REVOLUTIONARY
HANDBOOK
FOREWORD
1. This handbook is designed to provide an
abbreviated ready reference to pertinent available
information
concerning known Cuban Counterrevolutionary organizations.
It
represents an attempt to bring some degree of order out of
the chaos
which has resulted from the proliferation of such
organizations; to
indicate political orientation, organizational
effectiveness, and
fighting capability of each; and to list some of the
personalities
involved in each.
2. This hand book may conceivably be used
also as a
basis for an estimate, based on evidence accumulated up to
10 October
1962, of the capability of Cubans, both in exile and on the
island, to
contribute in an organized fashion to the liberation of
their
country. As summarized herein, such a capability
apparently
existed only in words among exiles, and not at all inside
Cuba.
3. For purposes of presentation in this
handbook, the
(415) counter-revolutionary groups and movements have been
divided into
three categories: "Leading," "Secondary," and "Minor"
organizations. Each category is treated separately in
Parts I,
II, and III respectively in this handbook. Part I
describes the
seven largest, most well-known, and most active
groups. In
addition to summaries contained in this handbook, detailed
studies have
been completed on two of these organizations (MRR and
MRTN).
Studies on two others (DRE and UR) are in final stages, and
the other
three leading organizations will be similarly treated.
4. The remainder of the organizations have
been
arbitrarily divided into "Secondary" and "Minor" on the
basis of
judgment of the overall importance of individual
organization. In
some cases information on which to make such a judgment is
sketchy and
confusing; therefore, it is possible that some so called
"Minor"organizations may emerge as groups superior to some
"Secondary"
organizations which now show promise may prove to be only
shells.
Part II, therefore, describes those organizations currently
judged to
be above average in importance. Part III describes those
judged to be
of little apparent value paper organizations, or small
disgruntled
factions split from larger movements. As such, they
have been
treated in single brief statements.
5. It is apparent that since the Playa
Giron invasion
counterrevolutionary organizations, while increasing in
number, have
decreased in effectiveness until they can no longer be
considered more
than support mechanisms. In Cuba, CASTRO'S repressive
forces have
arrested and executed so many resistance leaders that these
organizations have been compelled to constantly rebuild and
reorganize. Penetrations are common place. It is
suspected
that some of the listed
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Page II
Counter revolutionary
organizations are in fact sponsored by Cuban intelligence
services f or
the purpose of infiltrating "unities" creating provocations,
collecting
bona fide resistance members into their racks and taking
executive
action against them. It is possible that the alleged
"uprising"
or August 1962, which resulted in the well-high final
declination of
the resistance ranks, was the result of just such G-2
activities.
Guerrilla and sabotage activities have been further reduced
by lack of
external support and scarcity of qualified leadership.
I exile,
leaders continue to hold meetings, to organize to expound
plans of
liberation, and to criticize the United States "do nothing
policy." But it is the exceptional refugee leader who
has the
selflessness to relinquish status of leadership of his
organization or
himself by integrating into a single strong unified and
effective
body. "Unidades" and "Juntas" are continually being
created to
compete with one another for membership and U. S. financial
support. They print impressive lists of member
movements, which
in many instances are only "pocket" or paper groups.
Individuals
appear to leadership roles in several or more movements
simultaneously,
indicating either a system of interlocking directorates or
pure
opportunism.
6. In order to place in perspective the
hundreds of
counter-revolutionary groups treated herein, it is necessary
to
understand the highly publicized CRC Consejo
Revolucionario
Cubano – Cuban Revolutionary Council). The CRC is not
included in the
body of this handbook because it is not actually a
counter-revolutionary group, but rather a superstructure
which sits
atop all the groups willing to follow its direction and
guidance in
exchange for their portions of U. S. support for which the
CRC is the
principal channel.
7. The CRC was originally known as the FRD
(Frente
Revolucionary Democratica) and was not officially called CRC
or Consejo
until the fall of 1961. The Consejo has always been
beset with
factionalism and internal dissension. It and its
leader Dr.
Jose MIRO Cardona have been continually criticized by Cuban
exile
leaders for a "do nothing" policy. The CRC does not
participate
in activities within Cub but acts as a coordinating body for
member
organizations. It has delegations in each Latin
American country
as well as in France and Spain. Besides the main
office located
in Miami, it has offices in Washington, New York, and New
Orleans. CRC gives financial support to member groups
for
salaries, administrative expenses and possible underground
activities
in Cuba. Current CRC members ……………. members Antonio de
Varona
Loredo, Antonio Maceo, Enrique Huertas, Sergio CARBO,
Higinio [Nino]
DIAZ and Ricardo Lorie. With the overt backing of the
United
States Government and MIRO'S personal contact with high
government
personalities, the CRC has maintained a certain amount of
prestige, and
has on occasion functioned effectively in this propaganda
area. In 1962, it was largely responsible for
the program
to recruit exiled Cubans into the U. S. Army. Consejo
officials
have made speeches in support of United States policy and
have
published statements requesting unity of the exile
community.
Both MIRO and VARONA have traveled to Central America and
Panama in
attempts to gain support of those governments for the Cuban
cause.
Page III
Nevertheless, as an
effective
instrument for promoting Cuban liberation with positive
action, the CRC
as an organization has little to contribute in the military
or
resistance fields.
8. One other exile organization which will
doubtless
play an important role in any possible free Cuba is the CE
(Corporaciones Economicas de Cuba). The CE is not
listed in this
handbook because it is not a counterrevolutionary
group. However,
because of its connection with the CRC and because of its
potential as
a lobby throughout the U.S. Government and business
community, its
influence cannot be overlooked. The CE is a federation
of 30
Cuban business associations that formerly existed and
functioned in
Cuba (e.g. cigar, manufacturers, distillers, pharmacists,
printers,
etc.). Some member associations functioned in Cuba for
over 50
years. The CE itself was in existence for over 25
years prior to
reorganizing in exile. As an organization in exile it
does not
represent an active military force, but devotes its efforts
toward
providing information concerning communism and denouncing it
to the
people of the Americas. It advocates the reinstatement
of the
1940 Constitution. The CE is aligned with the CRC
because its
members feel the Consejo is the most sound and
representative unity
mechanism. It provides economic advice to the CRC
concerning
economic measures that should be adopted when Cuba is
liberated.
Its president is Dr. Tulio DIAZ Rivera. Members of the
Executive
Committee are: Dr. German ALVAREZ Fuentes, Jr.; Rafael
GARCIA
Bango; Dr. Francisco ESCOBAR Quesada; Dr. Leslie PAIVTIN de
Armas;
George F. McDonald Stewart; Dr. Rodolfo BERREGUISTAIN
Rivera, and Dr.
Antonio GIL Dominguez.
[NOTE:
The organizations in parts I and II have their own
page. Part III
groups are located in one section. The link to each
group will be made
as the information is typed.]
PART
I: LEADING ORGANIZATIONS [7 groups]
Part II describes those organizations
currently judged to
be above average in importance. [52 groups]
Part III describes
those judged to be
of little apparent value, paper organizations, or small
disgruntled
factions.
[These
were typed in multiple pages]
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