Unidad Cubana de Accion Libertadora UCAL -- Cuban Union of Liberating Action 1962

[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: U. C. A. L.

Title: Unidad Cubana de Accion Libertadora
Cuban Union of Liberating Action

Political: Member of UR, MRAC and ULN. Follows basic UR orientation in exile. Can be considered "right" due to original make up of ex-military personnel. Cooperates with "Montecristo". Not a member of CRC.

Leading Personalities: In U. S.: Elio TAMAYO, Rep. to UR; Jose Raul ARANGO, Natl. Secty., exile: fnu SALAZAR. In Cuba: Ex Rebel Capt. Gilberto RODRIGUEZ, founder; Mrs. Silvia CIDRE, mother of Raul ARANGO, in prison; (fnu) LEON, in prison; Felix RAMIREZ; Lario Silvio PERDOMO Lorena.

II. HISTORY

Date and Place of Origin: February 1959, Pinar del Rio, Cuba.

Principal Activities to Date: Reportedly maintained some guerrillas in northern zone of Matanzas and in Habana Province. Effectiveness cannot be determined.

III. CURRENT STATUS

Has eight persons in exile and believed to have not too many more in Cuba. Participates in UR activities in exile. ARANGO had a transmitter and receiver installed in his home in June 62 and claimed to have seven such pieces of equipment in Cuba which had been taken in by infiltration teams.

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