Unidad Revolucionaria
Revolucionary
Unity
[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: U.
R., Unidad
B. Title: Unidad Revolucionaria
Revolucionary Unity
C. Affiliation with Other Groups: J.
N. R.;
plan to join CRC; UR is composed of about 20 groups, noted
by title
elsewhere in Handbook.
D. Political Alignment and Basic
Principles: No
political affiliation; Catholic influence exemplified by use
of early
Christian fish symbol; motivation defined by words "Accion"
"Anticomunista," "Liberacion" in names of member groups;
Castro to be
overthrown, Cuba returned to democracy in the Inter-American
system
based on 1940 Constitution; elections no later than 18
months after
Castro out; seized property to be returned to former owners;
Cuba to
return to free enterprise system.
E. Leading Personalities: In U.
S.: Jose
F. RODRIGUEZ, Espada, Sec Gen; Fernando F. CAVADA Paris;
Salvdor O.
GARCIA Oller; Juan F. CASTELLVI Padro; Jose E. de la
TORRIENTE,
dissident faction; Alberto FERNANDEZ Hechevarria; Andres J.
ZAYAS
Bazan; Miguel LOPEZ; Boris Miyares. In Cuba: Jose
RODRIGUEZ
(PEPE), arrested Sept. 1962; Manuel VIFRA Rodriguez,
(MARIO); Bernardo
ALVAREZ (ROBERTO) , arrested Sept. 1962; Robert M. Geddes.
UK national
in prison; Rafael DIAZ HANSCOMB, FORMER Natl. Coord.,
executed: Maj.
Humberto SORI Marin, former Mil. Coord., executed.
II.
HISTORY
A. Date and Place of Origin: Founded
in Cuba in
December 1960 when some 25 CR groups signed a unification
charter as
the U.R.
B. Principal Activities to Date:
Attempted to
unify major CR groups; active in resistance before and after
Playa
Giron; internal organization alleged to include Cuban
Navy/merchant
marine; have worked with U. S. Navy; in June 1962 helped
organize JNR;
August 1962 involved in "uprising" with FAL, MRP, SFNE and
MRTN, which
aborted after arrests by GOC security forces prior to
"uprising".
III.
CURRENT STATUS
A. Estimated Membership: Cuba 200 U. S.
200 ELSEWHERE Unknown
B. Current Activities: Continue attempts to aid
resistance;
assessing damage to UR by arrests (II.B) in Aug/Sept;
reorganizing
exile element, with plan to enter CRC; internal assets
manage some low
key sabotage and propaganda activity; potential of naval
group
undetermined.
C. Support Facilities: Internal/external
communications by
courier, diplomatic pouch, radio, open code telegram;
contact with
Guantanamo with limited support; said to have voice
transmitter (low
power, operates 1200 kcs); claim to have pre-arranged
maritime
reception points; naval group reported to have assets on
naval/merchant
ships, at bases/harbors, and to have naval vessel defection
plan
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