Minor Cuban Organizations Oct 1962:
AMVCE:
(Cuban Veterinarian Medical Association in Exile) --
CAH:
(Havana Bar Association (in Exile)
[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.]
COUNTER REVOLUTIONARY
HANDBOOK
PART III - MINOR
ORGANIZATIONS
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AMVCE: Asociacion de Medicos Veterinarios Cubanos en
el Exilio
(Cuban Veterinarian Medical Association in Exile)
Professional association. Anti-CASTRO. Promote
anti-communism with fellow associations in Latin
America.
Leader: Cristobal M. GONZALEZ Mayo.
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ANAC:
Alianza National Anti-Comunista (National
Anti-Communist Alliance)
Small internal unit led by Manuel CAPETILLO, plumber in
Cerro section of Havana.
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AND: Agrupacion
Nacional Democratica (National Democratic
Group)
Early small anti-CASTRO group, later affiliated with ARCA,
now with
UNIR. Its founder, Esteban Aquiles MORERA Pellon, came
to US 3
July 1961 and is now designated UNIR Coordinator in Exile.
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ANDP:
Asociacion Nacional Democratica Pedraza
(Pedraza National Democratic Association)
Identified by name only.
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ANORTCE: Asociacion
Nacional de Operadores Radio Telegrafistas Cubanos en el
Exilio
(National Association of Cuban Radio-Telegraph Operators in
Exile)
Essentially, a trade association. However, claim
contacts with
clandestine operators in Cuba, and state willingness to work
as
requested for liberation of Cuba. Osvaldo COELLO and
Teodoro
TEJERA Setien, two leaders, were radio operators aboard
boats in the
April 1961 invasion. 148 members.
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ANR: Accion Naval
Revolucionaria (Revolutionary Naval Action)
Identified with old UR.
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APA:
Asociacion Panamericana Anticomunista
(Anti-Communist Pan-American Association)
Participated in "unity" meetings in Washington, D. C.,
June/July
1962. Represented there by Carlos M. SERA.
Picketed White
House 23 August 1962 to protest Soviet troops in Cuba.
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APCW:
Asociacion de Profesionales Cubanos de Washington
(Professional Association of Cubans of Washington
Participated in "unity" meetings in Washington, D. C.,
June/July 1962. Represented there by Emilio Brouwer.
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APM: Asociacion de
Padres y Maestros (Association
of Fathers and Mothers)
[
NOTE: Maestros means teachers not mothers]
Participated in "unity" meeting June/July 1962.
Represented there by Fernando MENENDEZ.
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AR:
Alianza Revolucionaria (Revolutionary Alliance)
Name applied to one of the new unity groups formed inside
Cuba after
April 1961 invasion. Only known leader: Manuel
COBO,
involved in unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Czech
Military Attache
in November 1961.
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ARA:
Accion Radical Anticomunista (Anti-Communist
Radical Action)
Identified with old UR.
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ARAC:
Accion Revolucionaria Anti-Comunista
(Revolutionary Anti-Communist Action.
Affiliated with ULNC. Only known personality:
Luis IZQUIERDA. [Izquierdo]
Publishers organ called "Accion."
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ARC:
Accion Revolucionaria Constitucional
(Constitutional Revolutionary Action)
Exile organization in Venezuela which was sellin [selling]
bonds in
early 1962 to procure funds to support "Operation Truth," a
plan for
maritime raids on Cuban coast. Personalities:
Salvador
ROMANI, PIVE AGUILERA.
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ARCA:
Agrupaciones Revolucionarias Cristianas Anticomunistas
(Christian Revolutionary Anticommunist Groups)
Unity group which was predecessor of UNIR in Cuba.
Esteban
Aquiles MORERA Pellon, its founder, is now UNIR Coordinator
in Exile.
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ARD:
Accion Revolucionaria Democratica
See Part II, AAAT.
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AREC:
Asociacion para Recuperacion Economica de Cuba
(Association for Economic Recovery of Cuba)
Represents property owners, industrialists, large-scale
agricultural
entrepreneurs, and other monied interests. Sometimes
described as
"batistiano," but probably uninterested in politics so long
as its
members can repossess their properties. No action,
besides
planning to lobby with US for eventual return of
property.
Formerly well financed, but members not contributing
now.
President: Alfonso FANJUL Estrada.
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ARI: Agrupacion
Revolucionaria Independiente (Independent
Revolutionary Group)
Member of UR.
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ARSD:
Accion Revolucionaria Social Democrata
See Part II, AAAY.
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ARUL:
Asambla Representativa de la Union Libertadora
(Representative Assembly of the Liberating Union)
Early 1962 "union" inside Cuba of 34 resistance
organizations.
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B-36:
Batallion 36 (Battalion 36)
Commando-type group being organized in Puerto Rico September
1962 for raids on Cuba.
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BAA:
Bloque Auxiliar Anticomunista (Auxiliary
Anti-Communistic Bloc)
Indentified by name only.
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BBC: Buro de Bienestar
Catolico (Catholic Welfare Bureau)
Operate inside Cuba. Obtain visa waivers, help
resistance leaders
obtain asylum, obtain resistance safehouses, collect
information,
etc. Headed by Ramon GRAU Alsina.
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BCRE:
Bloque de Combatientes Revolucionarios en el Exilio
(Bloc of Revolutionary Fighters in Exile)
Pocket exile organization of about ten members. Claims
founding
in Cuba in 1959; also claims membership of such martyrs as
Plinio
PRIETO. Efren RODRIGUEZ, and Bernardo CORRALES, all
members of
other groups. Its Coordinator General (Jesus DIEGUEZ
Lamazares),
early confident of Fidel CASTRO and suspected of G-2
connections in
Miami in 1960. Other personalities: Julio
MARTINEZ, Jesus
SALGUEIRO, Walkiria RODRIGUEZ, Lius [Luis] TOMAS,
Gumersindo
GONZALEZ, Ramiro DIEGUEZ, Joaquin RUIZ Maceiras, Dora
LLANES, Petra del
RIOS. Claim allegiance to CRC.
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BIAC: Brigada
Internacional Anti-Comunista
(International Anti-Communist Brigade)
Claimed participation (with ARSD) in 14 August "bombardment"
of Cuba
which dropped food, medicines, and "social realism"
propaganda.
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BLAC: Brigada de
Liberacion Anti-Comunista
(Anti-Communist Liberation Brigade)
Small internal organization identified by name only.
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BM:
Batallon Milian (Milian Battalion)
Small (maybe one-man) internal organization headed by
"Milian" (probably war name) and affiliated with C. D.
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BOACC:
Bloque Obrero Anti-Comunist Cubano (Cuban
Anti-Communist Labor Bloc)
Aligned with UR.
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BPM:
Bloque Patriotico Militar (Patriotic Military
Bloc)
Identified by name only.
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BPUCE: Bloque Pro-Unidad Cubana en el
Exilio (Mexico)
Cuban Pro-Unity Bloc in Exile (Mexico)
Cuban-Mexican anti-CASTRO organization formed in Mexico
spring
1962. Leaders: Sergio PEREZ y Perez, Orlando DE
CARDENAS,
Pedro MIRASSOU, Julio LANIER Hevia, Rolando ROJAS.
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BUR:
Bloque de Unidad de Remedios (Unity Bloc of
Remedios)
Small "unity' group in Remedios.
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C:
Cruzadas (Crusaders)
One of member organizations of FULN which associated itself
with PGCC summer 1962. Leader: Jose R. MIRET.
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CA: Camisas Azules
(Blue Shirts)
Apparently insignificant (Possibly one-man) exile
organization founded by Ricardo SAMATIER in Miami late 1961.
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CA: Clandestinaje
Anticomunista (Anti-Communist Clandestine
(Net)
Affiliated with ARAC inside Cuba. Leader:
Antonio ROSELLO.
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CA: La Cruz de Alipio
(The Cross of Alipio)
Affiliated with ARAC inside Cuba. Leader:
"Vazquez" (war name).
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CAH:
Colegio de Abogados de la Habana (en el Exilio)
(Havana Bar Association (in Exile)
Actively engaged in propaganda activity at professional
legal
level. Summer 62 was planning international
"De-Communization
World Congress." Leaders: Silvio SANABRIA, Jose
LOPEZ,
Jorge DE CUBAS.
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