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[4]. SUBJEOr: Highlights of Tape-Retorded Gonversation in HLani Retween :
[6]‘Metened to the play-back of a taps, brought to Washington from Mian,
[7]and given to Colonel King by Mr. Paley on 19 October, which was a
[8]recording of Mr.:Pawley's conversations with two Cubans during the
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[17]20 October 1959.
[19]Mr, William D parece” ond an Unidentified Cuban during
[20]Period 17-18 Ostober a
[22]4 On 20 October + the understgaed end Owen Faust of WH/3-
[24]period 17-18 October. The first conversation was with sn unidentified
[26] Suban, believed to be a uenber of m group of wealthy snti-CASTA) Cubans, — oe
[28]'. mexbers of which have telked to Mr. Parley recently about their
[29]“.. plane for. sabotage of the coming suger harvest as reported in Ur A~ 32
[30]- dated 2:Cetober. The second Cuban war AMPACA=], a Cuban journalist
[31]; |: of operational interest to Station Habaney and & * seperate memorandum
[32]SO £s submitted on that Sonversation. : . :
[34]~ ana monayy. he pointed out that Cubans in Guba are afraid’ to start an —
[35]- “wnderground movement, and there was no way to raise funds, etc. Mr.
[36]- Pawley gave him no encouragement on the money angle, saying that even 8
[37]- ££ there were Americans willing to rug the risk of becoming involved © = /: |
[38]'. ° dn Cuban yevolutlonary. activities by furnishing money for such a. =...
[39]- ovement, which he doubted, he felt that at the present time it “would cee mo
[41]a (1) there is no. unity among the anti-CASTBO groups, and there are ab:
[42]- least 10 that he knows of who are working absolutely independently of |-
[43]- one anothers snd (2) CASTRO is in control of the country and has the |
[45]me poke indistinetly,. was difficult to understand. He mentioned a.
[46]_ necting with some of our ppople who came up from Cuba” to discuss
[47]_ « plans.’ ” Be said hig group had been contacted by 3 representative of _.
[48]General: Jose: Eleutorio PEDRAZA, leader of Coban revolutionary groups
[49]_.. “4n the Dominican Republic, who wanted to know what action their grou __
[50]: had taken and was told that they had a plan “to start sabotage". The. -
[51]_~. Guban: eadd the PEDRAZA representative eaid thely group (the PEDRAZA
[52]-. group) had four. provinces organised 4n Cuba, mentioning Camaguey end.
[53]. .. Santa Clara, and that- they had ‘two provinces yet to be organised ae
[55]Wire Pauley said he felt the Cuban economic situation was. worsening |
[57]__ tyrn om CASTROy but until that time comes it.would be dangerous, to
[58]‘yt to > onganine a | Fewolutionary movement oo 7 oo.
[60]Be. ‘the ‘unidentified Cuban, who bad someuhat of an accent and
[62]“3 “ghe Oabed add be group needed ‘two things — wayel backing
[64]bo. like “putting money down.a rat-hole" for the following reasonas.
[66]support of a large number of Cubans, especially the under-pritvileged.
[68]fast and that if it gets bad enoughs a large number of Cubans will
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[86]- “upport of. the U: 8. and the Cuban replied thatcthey wanted U. S.
[87]moral support but whether they had it or not, they felt they were
[89]- know what to tell, him -= would have to think about 1t and see if any~
[90]thing could be done. He aaid, “having been connected with the U. 5, .
[91]_ Government, I:can't get. involved in revolutionary movements", . Also .
[92]~ gad he would hate to. see the Dominican Government get involved, |
[93]Which might be difficult to avold with so many Cuban exiles there,
[94]pat commented’ that: he under stood "the Dominiean Government. haan! ¢ |
[95]-siven then & dime” ;
[97]he “Hire Pawhey asked the Cuban if his group felt thay had moral
[99]obhiged to carry through with their plans. Mr. Pawley said he didn't
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