Rescate Democratico Revolucionario RDR
Revolutionary
Democratic Rescue
[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: "Rescate", RDR
B. Title: Rescate Democratico Revolucionario
Revolutionary
Democratic Rescue
C.
Affiliation with Other Groups: Represented in original
FRD and
present CRC. June 1962 Havana pact (JNR) with 30 Nov.
MDC, UR,
renounced in exile by VARONA.
D.
Political Alignment and Basic Principles:
Middle-of-the-road. Built by and around VARONA, who
was political
protege of PRIO Socarras and one-time head of PRIO's
Autentico Party
which advocated gradual economic and social reforms and
preservation of
free enterprise. "Rescate" maintains this orientation,
although
organizationally unconnected with any current Autentico
faction.
Emphatically anti-socialist.
E.
Leading Personalities: In U. S. Manuel Antonio de
VARONA
Loredo, (powerful one-man head; individually, a CRC member,
was
Coordinator-General of FRD; signed Caracas Pact of
Castro-allied forces
1958 as Autentico leader). Mario DEL CANAL Ferrer,
Raul MENDEZ
Perez; Ramon A. Ruisanchez Piedad; Angel COFINO Garcia,
Labor-politician since 1933; alleged Communist until 1940;
signed 1950
Caracas Pact as part of "Labor Unity") Francisco PAEZ Martin
(reportedly channel to underground inside Cuba; often named
is contact
by incoming refugees). In Cuba; Alberto CRUZ Caso aka
"MARIO" may be I. W. Dario LOPEZ, who signed JNR unity pact.
II. HISTORY
A. Date and Place of Origin:
Feb-March 1960. Cuba
B. Principal Activities to
Date:
Political-party background reflected in exile
activities. VARONA,
as No. 2 man in CRC, adeptly maneuvers among exiles and
Latin-Americans. Driving force behind invasion (49
captured, 6
killed at Giron). Bitterly opposed tactics and
policies of Manolo
Ray. Underground activity difficult to assess because
often
attributed old-line Autentico action arm.
III.CURRENT STATUS
A. Estimated
Membership: Cuba 200 U. S. 2000 ELSEWHERE
B. Current Activities:
Promoting
military recruiting; encouraging Latin American governments
to prod U.
S. into military action. VARONA commands sympathy of
some
Caribbean heads of state, who have offered training
sites. VARONA
bitterly criticized President Kennedy in August 1962 TV
broadcast, and
originally opposed Giron prisoners' ransom. Relations
currently
strained with inside underground. Active in
propaganda.
C. Support Facilities:
Financial
support from CRC and from private contributions. Has
mail and
diplomatic pouch communications, including means for sending
funds into
Cuba.
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