Movimiento
Revolucionario del Pueblo MRP
Revolutionary
Movememt of the People
[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: M. R. P.
B. Title: Movimiento
Revolucionario del Pueblo
Revolutionary Movememt of the People
C. Affiliation with Other
Groups: Mar-May 1961 in CRC
D. Political Alignment and
Basic
Principles: Under RAY, MRP earned leftist
reputation. Aimed
for Castro overthrow from within; advocated nationalization
of economy,
agrarian reform, utopian social reforms. Present
leadership
avowedly for more moderate government under 1940
Constitution, end to
Militia, break in relations with USSR.
Factionalism:
Dissatisfied with RAY's one-man leadership, in mid-1961
GONZALEZ
(previously head of JEC and JOC) took over inside, and with
this added
Catholic support, sent MENDOZA to replace RAY; MENDOZA
resigned
Feb. 1962, temporarily replaced by GODOY; May 1962 inside
Directorate
appointed FERNANDEZ, CHACON, and RAY as leaders in-exile;
RAY refused
because too busy with JURE.
E. Leading
Personalities:
Founders: Manuel RAY Rivero, now leader MRP faction in
Puerto
Rico and founder JURE; Raul CHIBAS, Ramon BARQUIN; Felipe
PAZOS, now
all in JURE with RAY; Jose MESTEVEZ; Rufo LOPEZ Fresquet;
Andres
VALDESPINO. Former members: Ignacio MENDOZA, former
new group;
Jorge BERUFF, organizing ELC; Antonio VECIANA, leader Alpha
66; Reynol
GONZALEZ, arrested. Current leaders: Antonio FERNANDEZ
Nueva;
Javier CHACON; Joaquin GODOY, Eugenio CISNEROS, also working
with RAY;
In Cuba: Jose PRINCE; Carlos PENIN; Pablo RAMIS;
Ernesto
HERNANDEZ.
II. HISTORY
A. Date and Place of
Origin: Oct 1960, Cuba
B. Principal Activities to
Date:
Was hard-hitting guerrilla and sabotage outfit. Temporary
CRC
affiliation generated friction over policies and
strategy. Not
usually responsive to U. S. or other exile guidance.
Inside Cuba,
MRP generally survived effects April 61 invasion until Oct
61 arrest of
GONZALEZ, compromise, and arrest of most other
leaders. Inside
organization virtually nonexistent after October 1961.
III. CURRENT STATUS
A. Estimated
Membership: Cuba 1,200 mostly
inactive U. S. 300
B. Current Activities:
Exiles
seeking permission from inside to join CRC, obtain needed
financial
support; if approval not received, GODOY FERNANDEZ may
resign, join CRC
as nameless group. In Cuba MRP rebuilding; engage in
intelligence
collection, propaganda.
C. Support Facilities:
Embassy
pouches used for communications. Have no W/T. MRP
asset in Havana
Post Office forwards MRP mail; couriers used for internal
contact.
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