Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantil
Students Revolutionary Directorate
[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: D. R. E.
B. Title: Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantil
Students Revolutionary Directorate
C. Affiliation with Other Groups: Left CRC Mar 1962; formerly part of MRR.
D. Political Alignment and Basic
Principles: Apolitical student organization; anti-communist;
strong Catholic background; dedicated to overthrow of present
government; for political, cultural, educational freedom and
establishment of a strong national student union.
E. Leading Personalities: In U. S.
: Luis FERNANDEZ-ROCHA Rodriguez, Sec Gen; Juan Manuel SALVAT
Roque; Pedro YNTERIAN Garcia; General FATJO Miyares; Luis GUTIERREZ;
Bernabe PENA; Isidro BORJA; Elio MAS Hernandez; Ernesto FERNANDEZ
Travieso. In Cuba; Alberto MULLER Quintana, Orig. Sec Gen, in
prison; Antonio GARCIA-CREWS, in prison; Miguel GARCIA Armengol, in
prison; Hans HENGLER, in prison; Ricardo MENENDEZ, in prison; Roberto
QUINTAIROS Santiso, Gen Coord.; Julio Cesar HERNANDEZ Rojo, executed
Oct. 1962; Antonio CENTURION; Lester GARCIA Rosales, Civil Natl Coord;
Juan PEREIRA Varela, killed.
II. HISTORY
A. Date and Place of Origin: 12 Sept. 1960. U. S.
B. Principal Activities to Date:
Sabotage, TV intrusion operations; participated in April 1961 invasion
with numerous arrests and executions; mid 1961 propaganda campaign
which saved the lives of Alberto MULLER and Miguel GARCIA; publish
newspaper TRINCHERA; Infiltration operations; raid on Habana 24 August
1962.
III. CURRENT STATUS
A. Estimated Membership: Cuba 2,500 U. S. 500 ELSEWHERE 150
B. Current Activities: Re-organizing of
DRE in Cuba with better compartmentation; no further MRR association
due to MRR penetration and numerous DRE arrests mid-1962; propaganda
campaigns in US and Latin America against Communist Cuba through media
of radio broadcasts, newspaper insertions, ad hoc demonstrations and
leaflet and pamphlet distribution; anti-communist political action in
Latin American Universities and at international youth conferences;
SALVAT issued statement Sept. 1962 that DRE would "attack any Soviet
vessels seen in Cuban territorial waters" and warned of further raids.
C. Support Facilities: Claim reception
committees in Cub with safe housing and transportation; communication
via courier and diplomatic pouch; open code, telephone and
telegraph. Financial support from CRC; political and psych
activities have received clandestine U. S. support, but DRE sometimes
resists U. S. sponsors and control because of disagreement with U. S.
policy against activist operations.
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