have lack of support from the OAS (Organization of American States) or the United States I have never been able to find out at what time this part of the plan was changed or by whom: I presume it was changed sometime between February and March of 1961, and we were not notified until we arrived at Guatemala. During those weeks before departure we were able to meet and get acquainted with most of the members of the group. One of them was a Antonio Maceo, of the most brave and famous general of the Cuban Wars for Independence of 1868—78 and 1895—98. It was for me a moment of great emotional significance because of my admiration all my life of General Maceo and that group of gallant men who made a reality of our independence from Spain at the end of the last century. On Sunday, March 26, 1961, we went like every Sunday to the Church of St. Rose of Lima, had lunch after church with all of Maggie's family at the Howard Johnson of Miami Shores. In that afternoon, I notified Maggie of our departure to the training camps in Guatemala in three to four days. We joined a group assigned to meet in the Miami offices of the Consejo Revolucionario and from there we were taken to an army base in Opa—Locka, Florida. I will follow with a translation of a diary made by me during those days: March 26, 1961 11:30 p.m. From the headquarters in Miami of the Consejo Revolucionario we were taken in a semi—truck to an abandoned air force base one and a half hours from Miami. We concluded that this was part of the Opa—Locka Base. We rested for 45 minutes inside a hanger in the base. From the hanger we were taken again in the truck directly to the planes. The airplanes were C-53’s, C-54’s and C-47’s camouflaged with
have lack of support from the OAS (Organization of American States) or the United States I have never been able to find out at what time this part of the plan was changed or by whom: I presume it was changed sometime between February and March of 1961, and we were not notified until we arrived at Guatemala. During those weeks before departure we were able to meet and get acquainted with most of the members of the group. One of them was a of Antonio Maceo, the most brave and famous general of the Cuban Wars for Independence of 1868—78 and 1895—98. It was for me a moment of great emotional significance because of my admiration all my life of General Maceo and that group of gallant men who made a reality of our independence from Spain at the end of the last century. On Sunday, March 26, 1961, we went like every Sunday to the Church of St. Rose of Lima, had lunch after church with all of Maggie's family at the Howard Johnson of Miami Shores. In that afternoon, I notified Maggie of our departure to the training camps in Guatemala in three to four days. We joined a group assigned to meet in the Miami offices of the Consejo Revolucionario and from there we were taken to an army base in Opa—Locka, Florida. I will follow with a translation of a diary made by me during those days: March 26, 1961 11:30 p.m. From the headquarters in Miami of the Consejo Revolucionario we were taken in a semi—truck to an abandoned air force base one and a half hours from Miami. We concluded that this was part of the Opa—Locka Base. We rested for 45 minutes inside a hanger in the base. From the hanger we were taken again in the truck directly to the planes. The airplanes were C-53’s, C-54’s and C-47’s camouflaged with
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