Minor Cuban Organizations Oct 1962: FARI:
(Independent
Revolutionary Anti-Communist Front) -- FOCA: (Cuban
American Labor Front)
[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.]
GP80-84
COUNTER REVOLUTIONARY HANDBOOK
PART III - MINOR ORGANIZATIONS
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FARI: Frente Anti-Comunista Revolucionario
Independiente (Independent Revolutionary
Anti-Communist Front)
Inside organization. Coordinates its activities with
MOA
(Movimiento Obrero Anti-Comunista). Membership
composed mostly of
"clean" elements of pre-revolutionary army and some
civilians.
Allegedly has 13,000 members throughout Cuba. Has
provincial
organizational breakdown.
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FARI: Frente Anti-Comunista Revolucionario Integrado
(Integrated Anti-Communist Revolutionary Front)
Organized prior to 1961. Most members ex-Cuban Navy
personnel. Member of FND. Resistance action
during past
year has been limited to burning cane fields.
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FCL: Frente Cubana de Liberacion (Cuban
Liberation Front)
Resistance group destroyed 28 July 1961 when G-2 agents
arrested
Captain Miguel MARTINEZ Rodriguez and five of his
brothers.
Captain MARTINEZ was FCL chieftain, now serving thirty year
sentence.
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FCN: Frente Catolico Nacional (Catholic
National Front)
Merged with Frente Unido Nacional (FUN) in April 1962.
FUN
immediately issued orders to cease all resistance activity
and to stay
on standby basis.
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FDI: Frente Democratico Interno
(Internal Democratic Front)
Inside organization which functions in six provinces.
Member of UNIR.
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FEL: Federacion de Estudiantes Libres
(Federation of Free Students)
Probably identical with FEUL.
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FEU: Frente Estudiantil Unido (United
Students Front)
Exile organization; member of PGCC.
Director: Julio A. MORE.
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FEUL: Federacion Estudiantil Universitaria Libre
(Federation of Free University Students)
Exile organization. Member of JRLN which is affiliated
with PGCC. Director: Jesus ARTIGAS, Jr.
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FHN: Frente Hospitalario Nacional
(National Hospital Front)
No exile representation. Functions solely inside Cuba,
primarily in Havana. Member UNIR.
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FIJD: Frente Internacional de Juventudes Democratas
(International Front of Young Democrats)
Founded by Marxist and former Communist Orestes MARTINEZ
(alias
Alcantara), along communist cellular lines. Combines
religion and
politics. Has not been active since October 1960, when
it joined
DRE. Leaders: Alejandro PORTES Cortada, Virgilio
PEREZ,
Jr. Membership included Julio Warterio DARNAS Darnas.
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FIL: Frente Interno de Liberacion (Internal
Liberation Front)
Also known as FIL-ADC (Accion Democratica
Constitucional)
Leaders: Luis VISCAINO: Julio PEREZ; "Campito";
"Mago";
Major Florencia. Official organ: "Insurreccion."
Inside
organization. No exile membership. FIL-ADC
organized into
Military/Civilian sides, each with a chief. Military
side has
small bands of guerrillas operating in Camaguey, Matanzas,
and
Escambray. Several members were arrested and executed
near Guines
in summer 1962. Guerrillas completely lacking in food,
clothing,
arms and ammunition. FIL-ADC also has engaged in
distribution of
propaganda material.
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FIPE: Federacion de la Industria de Petroles en el
Exilio (Oil Industry Workers Federation in
exile)
Leaders: Ignacio DIAZ Izquierdo; Santiago
ARGUELLES; Jesus
A. RODRIGUEZ Rives; Julio G. GARCIA Garcia; Marcos RAMIREZ;
Luis
SANCHEZ; Jose Ramon ALPENDRE Seisdedos; Andres GONZALEZ
Valcarcil;
Julia G. GARCIA Garcia; Antonio RIOS. Exile
organization; member
CTC. Affiliated with PGCC, FORDC. July 1962
formed Military
Commission and organized "Petroleum Brigo de Cuco
Cervantes."
Issued application forms seeking at least 100 members.
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FIRD: Frente Interno Revolucionario Democratica
(Internal Revolutionary Front)
Small internal organization; apparently inactive.
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FIUR: Frente Interno Unido Revolucionario
(United Internal Revolutionary Front)
Leaders: Exile Coordinator: R. B. ALFONSO.
Inside: Tomas ACOSTA aka "Virgilio"; inside
organization, main
objective to help all guerrilla groups in mountains
establishing direct
communications between Cuba and US, and joining all groups
together in
one organization. Lacks arms and ammunition.
Identification
symbol of members is key with letters CMUT and FIUR.
Several
members sought asylum in Uruguayan Embassy and have since
come to US.
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FJD: Frente Jefe Democratico
(Chief Democratic Front)
Small group in Logia Mariana Crajalea, Havana, dissolved
April 1961.
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FL: Flor de Lis (Fluer de Lis)
Believed to be GOC directed and supported.
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FLA: Frente de Liberacion Anticomunista (The
Front of Anti-Communist Liberation)
Internal pocket organization affiliated with ARC.
Leader;
"Mac" (war name). May be identified with
Anti-Communist
Liberation Front, of which Justo VENTO Peraza claims to have
been Pinar
del Rio Province chief before taking asylum in Uruguayan
Embassy 23
April 1962.
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FLAC: Frente de la Liberacion Anticomunista
Cristiano (Anti-Communist Christian Front of
Liberation)
Havana faction of FLA. Leader: "La Chino"
(pseudonym). Affiliated with ARCA. Presumably
merged with UNIR.
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FLAN: Frente de Liberacion Anticomunista Nacional
(National Anti-Communist Front of Liberation)
Pocket organization with PGCC. Leader: Pedro
SALVA Montero.
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FLE: Frente de Liberacion del Escambray
(Escambray Liberation Front)
One of names used by Escambray fighters in early 1962.
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FLIR: Frente de Liberacion Interno Revolucionario
(Internal Revolutionary Front of Liberation)
Inside clandestine organization affiliated with UNIR.
Leader: Yuyo" (war name).
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FLR: Frente de Liberacion Revolucionario
(Revolutionary Front of Liberation)
Identified by name only.
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FLU: Frente de Liberacion Unido (United
Liberation Front)
Headed by Filipi Fidel VIDAL Santiago, who was participating
in
training Cuba guerrillas in Florida in April 1962.
After long
history association with SANCHEZ Arango, Eusebeo
[Eusebio] MUJAL
and others, he formed FLU and initially cooporated
[cooperated] with
Comando 100 and GARCERAN, later with DIAZ Lanz.
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FMO: Federacion Maritima Obrera
(Maritime Labor Federation)
Organized summer 1962 under CTCE.
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FND: Frente Nacional Democratico
(Democratic National Front)
Military oriented "unity" organization which once showed
promise, but
apparently suffered early penetration by G-2. National
Coordinator (Edmondo ESTRADA Carranzana), arrested
spring 62,
confessed, sentenced to 30 years; most other identified
leaders
executed September 1962. No visible organization in
exile (not
related to Aureliano SANCHEZ Arango's FND Triple A,
sometimes called
"FND"), but shortly after ESTRADA's arrest, underground sent
out
official-looking document naming Gen. Martin DIAZ Tomayo
"Provisional
President" of exile government, but imposing array signers
unknown as
resistance leaders, leading to assumption that the document
is GOC
provocation [provocation]. Names of personnel in US:
one "Jose
Garcia," mentioned in above-mentioned document as one who
could be
identified by DIAZ Tomayo; and Enrique PRIETO Pelaez and
Miguel Angel
de ORELLANO Rodriguez, both extremely uncooperative with US
debriefers. FND was working with Masons; two members
executed
(BISSET and CUETO) in August were Masons.
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FNDC: Frente Nacional Democratico Cristiano
(National Democratic Christian Front)
Only source of information is Juan Julio ALFONSO Rodriguez,
refugee who
arrived US July 1962; he claims FNDC was active in maritime
and other
support to guerrillas. Head: Chito CASTILLO,
Raul de los
SANTOS, Luciano LANTIGUA Suarez.
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FNDMA:
Federacion Nacional de Mujeres Anticomunistas
(National Federation of Anti-Communist Women)
Inside organization, member of ULNC. Leader:
Rosa SUAREZ or India Cubana.
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FNR: Frente Nacional Revolucionario
( National Revolutionary Front)
Once described as the organization for which ELN was
military
arm. Source may have meant FND, since there is no
other evidence
of "FNR" existence.
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FOCA: Frente
Obrero Cubano Americano
(Cuban American Labor Front)
Pocket organization affiliated with ULN inside Cuba.
Leader: Juamos AMORES.
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