Ejercito
Libertador de Cuba ELC
Liberating Army of
Cuba
[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: ELC
Title: Ejercito Libertador de Cuba
Liberating Army of Cuba
Political: Claims to be a non-political military
organization. Believed to be extreme left ("Fidelista
without
Fidel"). Leading members are from the "Hubert MATOS
21" group and
from past or present members of MRP. Considered to be
dangerous
to U. S. interests.
Leading Personalities: Duney PEREZ Alamo; Elvin RIVERA
Limonta;
Roberto COBAS Alvarez; Jose LOPEZ Legon; Jesus Napoleon
BEQUER; Raul
BARANDELA Estevez; Candido ALFONSO Baeza; Manuel TOYOS
Calvo; Roberto
Roca; Manuel NIETO; Jorge BERUFF; Ernesto BETANCOURT; Jorge
Perramon;
Eduardo PEREZ Gonzalez; Oscar FERNANDEZ Veiga; Enrique
FERNANDEZ Ruiz
de la Torre; Manuel Bega, Jr.; Dr. Jose LASTRA; Jose JIMENEZ
Rojo; Jose
Santiesteban PAVON; MARCELINO Garcia Beltran; Orlando
ALVAREZ Buillas;
Manuel ALVAREZ Llaneras; Dr. Jose Miguel INFANTE; Roberto
PINA Nordelo.
II. HISTORY
Organized Feb/March 1962 in Miami, as militant, aggressive
group
planning series of commando-type attacks on Cuba.
Originally
hoped for U. S. backing, but stated with or without U. S.
backing would
carry out its attacks. By April, efforts were under
way to form
an organizing committee to include former members of the
national armed
forces in order to obtain military exile support. This
was
accomplished in June, and ELC was registered with the
Justice
Department in July. Still lacks strong military
leadership; has
not engaged in any clandestine action activities, but in
June was
negotiating for a training site on Lignumvitae Key in the
Florida Keys.
[Lignum Vitae Key mile marker 78.5; located due north of,
and less than
one mile from the easternmost tip of Lower Matecumbe Key.]
III. CURRENT STATUS
26 members have been identified, most of whom are members of
the
so-called "Organization Committee". At present appears
to be
lacking in funds as well as material assets such as boats,
arms, etc.,
and does not appear to be an active action organization.
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