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[7]RECORDS ACT OF 19
[9]E UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION
[11]| 2025 RELEAS
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[84]REUTERS DISPATCH pat ELINED
[86]“AY OF
[88]“CUBAN GOVT AND LEADERS COMMUNIST PARTY,
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[92]MENT CHARGES.
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[107]"ALREADY UNDERWAY IN GOVT MINISTRIES!
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[117]“ORAL AND POLITICAL PRACTICES (6)
[118]THE MINISTRIES OF FoREIGY
[120]N TRADE WILL BE post 4
[122]15 MARCH, THE FOREIGN TRADE wrx
[124]“THE PURGE"
[126]-GET DURABLE GOODS,
[128]COcagiwATING OFFICERS
[130]FFECTED BY Tug PURGE. ON
[132]ISTRY IN A sp SCIAL MEETING " APPROVED
[133]AND ADOPTED A COMPLETE CHECK ON
[135]NEW RESTRICTIONS ALREADY IMPOSED FORBID THE
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[165]FIDEL CASTRO ALSO REVEALED |
[167]"TON LEADERS ARE UNDER ARREST ON EMBEZZLE- ae
[169]STATED THAT SEVERAL
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[192]0 . INFO CITE DIA Ss JO? 22
[194]2. QUOTING AN OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE, REUTERS REPORTED
[195]THAT MAJOR EFIGENIO AMEIJEIRAS, DEPUTY MINISTER OF THE ARMED FORCES
[196]AND MEMBER OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE CUBAN CONMUNIST PARTY,
[197]HAS BEEN DISMISSED FROM HIS OFFICES AND IS TO STAND TRIAL BEFORE’
[198]-.. A COURT MARTIAL, THE COMMUNIQUE ALSO ANNOUNCED "THE ARREST OF
[199]SEVERAL DOZEN OTHER OFFICIALS" ON CHARGES OF INDULGING "LA DOLCE
[200]VITA", AN ELABORATION OF THIS CHARGE WAS MADE BY CASTRO IN HIS
[201]13 MARCH SPEECH WHEREIN HE ATTACKED MEMBERS OF CUBAN MISSIONS
[202]ABROAD WHO SPENT SEVERAL MONTHS IN "VAPORS OF PARTIES AND COOD
[203]BRANDY AND IN COMPANY OF PRETTY YOUNG GIRLS." CASTRO ADDED THAT
[204]_ THOSE GUILTY OF “PLAYBOY BEHAVIOR" WOULD BE DRAFTED INTO THE ARMY
[205]—- op SENT TO WORK ON THE FARM,
[206]3. BACKGROUND: THE PURGE BAS BEEN PRECEDED BY THE TRIAL
[207]OORKNXKEQRE ON 7 MARCH BY A REVOLUTIONARY TRIBUNAL OF SEVEN CUBANS
[208]FOR COMPLICITY IN A PLOT TO OVERTHROW FIDEL CASTRO|, THE ACCUSED
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[218]*  ° ALLEGEDLY HAD THE SUPPORT OF SOME CUBAN EXILE LEADERS NOW RESIDING j
[219]h-. INTHE U.S, TWO OF THE SEVEN, ROLANDO CUBELA AND RAMOX GUIN, HELD 4
[220]fe... THE RANK OF MAJOR, HIGHEST RANK IN THE ARMED SERVICES. THE STATE ° ‘dj
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[222]‘s PROSECUTOR REQUESTED DEATH FOR CUBELA AND THREE OTHERS. 33
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[271]: 4. MAJOR CUBELA WAS A POPULAR AND PROMINENT UNIVERSITY _
[273]STUDENT LEADER, AN ARDENT REVOLUTIONARY AND ONE OF THE EARL
[275]OF CASTRO DURING THE BATISTA REGIME. CUBELA WAS ALSO A CLOSE
[276]FRIEND OF CASTRO AND UNTIL THE ARREST RANKED HIGH AMONG THE LEADERS
[277]OF THE REGIME, HIS ARREST AND ABJECT CONFESSION AT THE PUBLIC
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[284]TRIAL CONDUCTED IN STALINIST FASHION TRIGGERED OFF A SERIES OF
[285]STUDENT REACTIONS, THE TRIAL IN EFFECT BACKFIRED AGAINST THE REGIME,
[289]wot fe '. &. UPI REPORTS AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICES,
[291]INCLUDING ACCOUNTS OF REFUGEES WHO DEPARTED RECENTLY FROM CUBA,
[292]TESTIFIED TO THE FACT THAT ANTI-GOVY STUDENT AGITATIONS OCCURRED,
[293]_, WALL SCRIBBLINGS ON UNIVERSITY BUILDINGS TEREATENED CASTRO, ONE
[294], .: READING: "ONE HEAD PAYS FOR ANOTHER,” ANOTHER READ "OUT WITH FIDEL,"
[295]eo " a 6. BECAUSE OF THE STRONG OPPOSITION TO THE TRIAL, CASTRO
[296]Z _ REQUESTED THE STATE PROSECUTOR NOT TO IMPOSE THE DEATH SENTENCES.
[297]E “ IN ORDER PLACATE ADVERSE PUBLIC OPINION THE TRIAL PROCEEDINGS WERE
[298]: | .. GIVEN WIDE COVERAGE ON BOTH RADIO AND TELEVISION CIRCUITS, AS A
[300]- ' ‘RESULT, CUBELA AND OTHERS GRANTED CLEMENCY.AND SENTENCED TO LENGTHY
[301]cy... PRISON TERMS, — ‘
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[342]7. THE CUBELA TRIAL WAS USED AS A PEG,I.E., GUILT BY
[343]ASSOCIATION IN THE DISMISSAL AND CHARGES LEVIED AGAINST MAJOR
[344]AMEIJEIRAS WHOSE LOYALTY TO THE REVOLUTION IS "UNDISPUTED" BY
[345]CASTRO, HOWEVER, AMEIJEIRAS WAS STRIPPED OF HIS MILITARY RANK
[346]AND CHARGED WITH THE CRIME OF BEING A PLAYBOY, LIVING THE GAY LIFE.
[347]8. AMEIJEIRAS WAS ONE OF CASTRO'S FIRST PEVOLUTIONARY
[348]FOLLOWERS. HE HAD BEEN WITH CASTRO SINCE 1956, WAS ONE OF THE
[349]SURVIVORS OF THE GRANMA EXPEDITION, FOUGHT IN THE SIERRA MAESTRA
[350]_ IN 1957-58 AND HAD HELD HIGH OFFICE SINCE 1959. IN OCT 1965 HS WAS
[351]NAMED TO THE HUNDRED MAN CENTRAL CONNITTEE OF THE CUBAN COMMUNIST
[353]PARTY.
[355]e 9, RUMORS ARE CIRCULATING THAT BLAS RCCA CALDERIO,
[357]oats
[359]re ed
[361]MEMBER OF THE SECRETARIAT OF THE CP AND CHAIRMAN OF THE CONSTITU-_
[362]TIONAL STUDIES CONMITTEE, WILL SHORTLY BE BROUGHT TO TRIAL.
[363]SIKILARLY, THE CHARGES OF MALPRACTICES AGAINST THE MINISTRY OF
[364]"FOREIGN AFFAIRS INPUGNS THE LOYALTY OF FOREIGN MINISTER RAUL ROA
[365]" - GARCIA HIMSELF, ANOTHER MINISTER UNDER SUSPICION, 1.B., GUILT By
[366]ASSOCIATION, IS FAURE CHOMON, MINISTER OF TRANSPORTATION. THE
[367]“ENTIRE MEMBERSHIP OF THE 100-KAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE CREATED IN LATE
[368]"4965, MAY NOT BE SPARED AS THE PURGE GATHERS MOMENTUM.
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[432]10. THE UNDERLYING CAUSE FOR THE “SHOWTRIAL" OF CUBELA,
[434]THE ARREST OF THE DEPUTY HINISTER OF DEFENSE AND THE OUTLANDISH
[435]GARGES BROUGHT AGAINST MEMBERS OF THE CP AND MINISTERIAL OFFICIALS
[436]ARISES FROM THE IRREVERSIBLE FAILURES OF THE GOVT IN THE HANDLING
[437]OF DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL PROBLEMS, THE SCARCITY OF BASIC
[438]FOOD PRODUCTS HAS WORSENED, RICE, ROOT CROPS, MILK, MEAT CONTINUE
[439]TO BE RATIONED SEVERELY, AND THE AVAILABILITY TO TBE CONSUMER 18
[440]- NOW BELOW THE 1957-59 LEVEL, DESPITE SEVEN YEARS OF “COMMUNIST
[441]PLANNING", THERE’ ARE SERIOUS SHORTAGES OF MEDICINE, TEXTILES AND
[442]HOUSING, “THE LATTER HAS DETERIORATED IN URBAN AREAS TO A LEVEL
[443]FAR BELOW PRE-WAR STANDARDS , SIMILARLY, CASTRO REPORTED THAT THE
[444]SUGAR CROP THIS YEAR WILL FALL FAR BELOW THE SIX MILLION TONS
[445]HARVESTED. IN 1965. SINCE SUGAR ACCOUNTS FOR SOME 80%.OF TOTAL
[446]FOREIGN TRADE EARNINGS, 1966 INCOME FROM SUGAR SALES, FACED WITH
[447]DEPRESSED WORLD MARKET PRICES, WILL NOT IN ANY WAY MEET THE COST
[448]“oF BASIC IMPORTS, ESSENTIAL FOR SUSTAINING THE NATIONAL ECONOMY,
[450]. CASTRO HAS SOUGHT TO RELIEVE THE PRESSURE ON THE ECONOMY BY PER-
[452]MITTING THE EXODUS OF soz 40C REFUGEES PER MONTR WHO ARE STREAMING
[454].. INTO THE U.S. OTHER FAILURES I..CLUDE THE FUNCTION OF THE Goc
[456]COORDINATING OFFICERS
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[484]ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE WHICH HAS ALMOST
[486]INTEREST OF ECONOMY SOME 60,000 EXPLOYEES ARE BEING DISMISSED
[488]FROM THEIR JOBS. IMPORTANT BUREAUS ARE DENUDED OF COMPETENT
[489]STAFFS, “ALSO, THE POLICY OF
[491]COME TO A HALT, IN THE
[493]REPLACING EXPERIENCED FUNCTIONARIES
[494]WITH UNQUALIFIED .cp STALWARTS HAS ALSO BEEN EXTENDED INTO THE
[495]ARMED SERVICES,
[497]COXXNUNIST PARTY UEMBERS HAVE BEEN PLACED IN
[498]COMMAND POSTS AND THEIR WORD TAKES PRECEDENCE OVER THOSE WHO ARE
[499]“TECHNICALLY COMPETENT BUT NOT PARTY MELIBERS ,
[500]11. PSYCH EXPLOITATION IN WEDIA:
[502]A. EMPHASIZE POINT THAT SHOW TRIAL AND PURGES
[503]DEMONSTRATE THAT IN THE PATTERN OF ALL DICTATORS, CASTRO GRASPING
[505]AT STRAWS, HOPING DIVERT PUBLIC ATTENTION FROM MOUNTING INTERNAL
[506]. DIFFICULTIES;
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[510]i : : B. COMPARE CASTRO To NKRUMAH, SUKARNO AND OTHERS
[512]AS LEADERS WHO HAVE BANKRUPTED THEIR NATIONAL ECONOMIES AND SOLD
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[515]OUT THEIR NATION TO COMMUNISN; : “b
[516]C. PORTRAY CASTRO IN STATE OF PANIC, HIS RECENT f
[517]nANTINGS AND RAVINGS ARE REMINISCENT OF OTHER DEFUNCT DICTATORS; ; of i
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[537], . D, RAISE QUESTION WHO CAN NOW CONSIDER HIMSELF |
[539]. SAFE WEEN CASTRO IS TURNING AGAINST KIS MOST LOYAL FRIENDS. | !
[540]SIMILARLY, CASTRO HAS LASHED OUT AGAINST COMMUNIST CHINA AND 4 |
[541]YUGOSLAVIA, HIS FORMER ALLIES; 4a
[543]. E. SHOW THAT UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AND PROFESSORS 4
[545]WHO IN EARLY 1965 WERE “PURCED" ON TRUMPED. UP CHARGES OF HOXO- 4 |
[546]SEXUALITY ARE BECOMING ASSERTIVE, SIMILARLY, MILITARY OFFICERS, ;
[547]FALSELY ACCUSED, WILL CERTAINLY RESPOND. THE STUDENTS WITH THE , ze
[548]MILITARY ARE THE TWO POWER GROUPS THAT CAN REVERSE THE TRENDS AS : |
[550]EXEMPLIFIED TODAY IN INDOXESIA;
[551]an " -F, LASTLY, AVOID ALL REFERENCES TO ALLEGATIONS OF _
[552]— coc maT KUBARK INVOLVED IN CUBELA PLOT.
[554]12, ABOVE BACKGROUND AND INFO MAY BE PASSED TO LIAISON.
[555]+. 13, FOR KUTUBE EXPLOITATION:
[557]“°° > A, STATIONS WITH CUBAN INSTALLATIONS AND/OR TRADE
[559]"MISSIONS ARE REQUESTED MAKE MAXIMUM EYFORT ESTABLISH DIRECT OR .
[560]INDIRECT CONTACTS WITH SELECTED CUBAN FORNMIN AND TRADE PERSONNEL
[561]THEIR AREAS. PURPOSE TO EMPHASIZE TO THEM THAT THEIR DOLCE VITA
[562]AND COURTERREY OLUTIONARY ACTIVITIZS HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO HAVANA
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[587]AND THAT TIME HAS COME TO ENSURE THZJR FUTURE THROUGH COOPERATION
[588]WITH ODYOKE. CONTACTS SHOULD BE GEARED TO RECRUITMENT IN PLACE
[589]AND COOPERATION RATHER THAN DEFECTION, SHORT OF THIS, HOWEVER,
[590]SPECIFIC DEFECTION REQUESTS SHOULD ALSO RECEIVE RECEPTIVE EAR,
[592]“ . , Bs STATIONS REQUESTED CABLE SPECIFIC LEADS IN
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