Batallon de Brigada BB
Brigade Battalion
[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
PART II: SECONDARY ORGANIZATIONS
I. IDENTIFYING DATA:
Common title: B. B.
Title: Batallon de Brigada
Brigade Battalion
Member of internal FND, suspected of being G-2 vehicle in Mid-1962;
composed of ex and actual military men. Organization made up of
cells. Political orientation not known. Claim large number
of members and operations from Habana to Oriente. Leading
Personalities: in U. S.: Domingo FALBER VILLASANTE.
Coord. Gen, Exile; In Cuba: Guillermo CADENA (war name), Coord Gen and
FND rep, in prison; Alfredo CORDERO (aka "TOBITA"); Rigoberto VALDES,
Coord. Gen. Habana; Pedro FORMENTAL; and Francisco BILBAO.
II. HISTORY
Organized prior April 1961, Cuba. Primary activity:
commando type acts against small guerrilla groups, and sabotage to
strategic installations. Claims to have accomplished many of its
plans.
III. CURRENT STATUS
Not known. Basically operates in Cuba. May have
suffered drastically from GCC roll-up resulting from planned "uprising"
of 1962, as did FND.
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