Movimiento de
Recuperacion Revolucionario MRR
Movement for Revolutionary Recovery
[REF:
Cuban Counter Revolutionary Handbook 10 October 1962 by
the CIA.
FBI HQ file
number 109-584-3387; NARA RIF Number
124-10279-10032]
[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. FURTHER
NOTE: Please
consider the date,
10 Oct. 1962, when evaluating the organizations.]
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COUNTER
REVOLUTIONARY HANDBOOK
LEADING ORGANIZATION
I.
IDENTIFYING DATA
A. Common Title or
Abbreviation: MRR
B. Title: Movimiento de Recuperacion
Revolucionario
Movement for
Revolutionary Recovery
C. Affiliation with Other Groups:
Represented in original FRD and present CRC.
D. Political Alignment and Basic
Principles:
Liberal but not left; supports free enterprise. Strong
Catholic
influence. Military flavor imparted by original
nucleus of Rebel
Army officers. Included Catholic students and
government
functionaries who early became disaffected with Castro
Communism.
Basic principles: To fight Communism and
totalitarianism, return
democracy, while maintaining those social reforms
established in first
six months of Castro regime. Factionalism was minimal
until
spring of 1962, when LASAGA became impatient with CRC
inaction and led
an unsuccessful revolt which resulted in his personal
resignation from
CRC.
E. Leading Personalities: In U. S.
Jose Ignacio
LASAGA; Cesar BARO Esteva; Oscar SALAS, Marrero, leader of
faction more
tolerant of Miro; Rafael QUINTERO Ibarria (military
planner); Higinio
aka Nino DIAZ (co-founder, once expelled, but taken back;
reported in
contact with ELN); Manuel BARO Esteva (To become internal
Military
National Coordinator.) In Cuba: Beto MARQUEZ aka
Rigoberto CASAS;
Manuel ARTIME Bueza (co-founder, Brigade leader; in prison),
Juan
FALCON aka Esteban (in prison; confessed on Cuban TV); Juan
BUSTAMANTE
aka Roley (believed G-2 penetration); Juan Manuel GUILLOT
Castellano
(executed 29 Aug 1962 after last big round-up)
II.
HISTORY
A. Date and Place of Origin: Mid-1959, Cuba
B. Principal Activities to Date: Fighting
activist group
from inception. Was highly organized inside and well
connected
outside. Contributed men and leadership (AIRTIME
himself) to 1961
invasion: Despite repeated rounds of arrests, until May 1962
maintained
disciplined organization with demonstrated capability in
propaganda,
infiltration/exfiltration, limited guerrilla warfare,
etc. Has
usually worked well under U. S. sponsorship.
III.
CURRENT STATUS
A. Estimated Membership: Cuba 500 U.
S. 500 ELSEWHERE 525
B. Current Activities: At standstill
inside, at
least until return of Military Coordinator; estimated 5,000
members in
prison. Exile maintaining wait-and-see attitude toward
CRC;
individual members joining U. S. – sponsored compartmented
teams.
C. Support Facilities: Experienced
crew and
boat for infil-exfil; 20 trained action agents.
Diplomatic
courier limited W/T. Finances from CRC, plus some
private sources.
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