Ingenieros de Combate Commando 100
(Commando 100 Combat Engineers)
[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: "Comando 100"
Title: Ingenieros de Combate Commando 100
(Commando 100 Combat Engineers)
Political: Organized as a non-political anti-Castro/Communist military
action/support group. Supports Dr. GARCERAN and his Pro-Gobierno
Constitucional de Cuba organization. Would like to see a
rightist government installed in a liberated Cuba. Pro-U.
S. Is a member of UNIR and Alliance for Cuba's Freedom.
Leading Personalities: Chief Fernando CASANOVAS Madrigal; Juan
AMADOR Rodriguez; Marcos AMADOR; Angel CASANOVAS; Orlando CORDERO
Blanco; Camilo G. CORTES Silvera; Orlando COY Espinoso; Gregorio
FERNANDEZ; Victor Manuel FERNANDEZ; Julio C. GARCIA Garcia; Felix
GONZALEZ Conde; Andres GUERRA Alvarez; Pedro LOPEZ; Emiliano PEREZ
Alderete; Andres SAR-ALVAREZ Andreu; Ricardo F. SARDINAS; Mario G.
SESMA Estevez; Emilio VALDES; Ricardo VILA; Gabriel VILLAR.
II. HISTORY
Date and Place of Origin: March/April 1962, Miami, Florida.
Principal Activities to Date: "Classroom" and "field" training of
Cuban exiles in commando tactics, explosives, demolition, sabotage,
booby-trapping, and related subjects. Commando 100 planned and
attempted one infiltration operation involving Orlando CORDERO Blanco
which was to be mounted from the Florida Keys. Also worked out on
paper and attempted to secure boat to carry out commando raid on Havana
harbor. Operation fell through before any action could be taken.
III. CURRENT STATUS
The "Commando 100" group remains a very small organization with only 20
members, all of whom are experts in demolition and explosives. It
continues to train exiles in a small scale but it is currently engaged
primarily in attempting to secure financial aid. It is not
engaged in clandestine operations against Cuba; has no assets inside
Cuba, and is completely lacking in financial resources.
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