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[42]CR 97-3856-13
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[46]CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
[47]CIA
[49]10/26/1959
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[52]CRUZADA REVOLUCIONARIA ANTI COMUNISTA
[53]JOSE RASCO BERMUDA
[55]PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT
[56]Secret
[58]1B
[60]Redact
[62]06/18/1998
[64]APPROVAL OF CIA
[66]RPT
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[77]-WEth His: local. supporters through three women who visit him periodically. He
[78]: has“ been. apprised of the activities of his followers in Miami and has wequested
[80]~ ehat '$20;5000. be furnished. to a 40-man group of his followers in Camaguey 7
[81]" -  Provines.”. The Caniaguey group is the one: he has charged with making a raid. on, 7
[82]La Cabafia’ ‘prison. and freeing him.
[84]- 6. Under the orders of Reipaé are Navai'ro; ete, (fnu) Frome -
[87]contacted one, ho has a group of followers (ed del
[89], Rie “has and dynamite burt ed. on. his’ farn a that prov
[90][PRUNA’Blanso rovince whic
[92]is ‘led’ by sony ag (5 fthe[ CABRERA (6
[94]group is caliéd \ (Legis Care roetak nO
[96]The’ ‘buried’ amas and Gynemite are to, be. used in \ sabotage and assassination | .
[98]attempts. a wen . feos .
[99]7. (ero Blanco ‘ars oaarwif® co contact Manuel
[101]BLANCO Ne o/is attempting to set up an arms drop .
[103]to the[LDC flometers north of Los Palacios (22 36N,: 83 16W)'
[105](ine men will be waiting. at this point and will “elena. ‘the Plane saicing the
[106]drop: “with: four fleshlight 8.7. ;
[108]8. Besides-the two groups.
[109]Reinaldo’ BLANCO Navarro
[110]provinces. * ‘
[112]nar del Rio “Srevinde seks ‘the group "i basmguah
[113]has tuo. PonPa in Matanzas and Santa Clara. .
[115]9, On ‘about: 25. August 1959 ‘Menuet’ BLANCO. ‘Navarro, in n Hiand wrote a “letter to, or £
[116]his’followers in Cuba... Enolosed with the letter were two messages which 1. Bl NCO...
[118]+ asked be forwarded to fBrlandg,
[119][HiNlo°SA; Avenida No, 515. y
[120]“asked that[GELAZC
[121](Sic). _ One of the messag
[123]% ‘Dear Brothers
[125]I am writing these ‘lines “to accompany, a 1 tter from my. :
[126]Dr. Redriguez Couc | Sta
[127]“out that they have arrested Leonel ‘and that I camot return there.
[128]‘As you will see in the letter, I am sending you a series of instruc=-
[129]“tions to see if we ‘group that is. presently without,
[130]“ary Jeaders, Just as you: have ‘probably réad in the newspapers, - they
[131]“have caught all the deaders in the roundup... This doesn't mean’ aRy= .
[132]-- thing more thar tha: we shall be: ‘delayed until ‘We are reorganized ©
[133]"again. Only about, #499. were arre ly and the group mabered. about -
[135]39000. : . vt
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[140]“ As he (ny friend) informs you, I do net believe that you ought:
[141]“to visit Reinaldo B (0 Navarro, in ba Cabaia prison. You should _
[142]‘send someone in whom you have, confidefice. Ia the new contacts that you.
[143]‘made do not use your, own name .. Use an alias. . so that, if anyone .
[144]“should talk, they. will not be. able te identify you. You. should pro- bee
[145]“tect the place where you live. When: ‘you have meetings, hold them at oe
[146]~ “prearranged. places never in your home. = know that you know how to... | .
[147]ao “do ‘these things, but I want to warn you to be careful. apd use other
[148]=~". “persons to make’ your contacts. Den't do-it persenal3y., The principal. fe et’
[149]Lo objective is to Ls able to maintain yourself as the leader of the oe
[151]* hevement st least “until you select chiefs if your, work, Preece you. :
[152]~ “from dealing in Ha copes
[156]@ with a ‘targe group “which. was not caught, _ I
[157]x rganized ‘from. Autentico People. So
[159]Lose its Leaders, since, as I BAY» it
[161]joined us only B few day:
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[176]hat ‘Don Fidel may not last until the’ New Year, In the next letter we
[178]shall ‘send more details and possibly give the main outlines of ‘the’
[180]business. AS soon as you have anything to. report, use a cour
[182]whom you have confidence. Do not uss the name of Carlos LOSADA}S
[184]that name is now "burned". Use the name[Angel: MARTINEZ use the.
[186]address which you already have. for the tine being. I think, that we,
[189]: 10." The: ego
[191], m2 2, the leaders of the: Organt athe
[192]°““have been arrested, and itAs-most: necessary that our people: ‘be
[194]o*-peorganized so that the movement isnot Idst, ~The only ‘person’ ‘ati’ ise~
[195]. able to do se is you, I know that. the responsibility is. very. great,
[196]= “bat I alse know your: ilities. ane we are ‘sure that you wi be ‘abl
[197]“BO ‘do. the. Jobe aa Soc. Bas ce
[199]ee will contimie
[200]our informations |
[202]“the ‘brother of Baye:
[203]Ss tions: to follow.
[205]4m the -Resite de I
[206]Seon, who is-
[208]OUR novenent at shall. send vor
[210]ealkting -of ( oT 1 resontly, urd letter,
[211]fron New York, a group foliowers oeliose 1 Tgnnsi SRA
[212]es 1b (ste) of ‘the Agrapasions
[214]Paige =
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[217]nace in oe ihe cen
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[223]poo Ina memorandum dated 16 September 1959 the U.S. Air Attache in Habana
[225]eres an aie -
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[230]- . oa ioe ).
[232]~ You should also see(Seior Agust{f BATISTA, Jr, fn the
[233]“Trust Company [}2) He knows (Fran wd is a cousin of gu
[236]nd. is Wwe Like,
[237]. “So that he doesii't mistrus you, tell him that you are the messenger ~~~
[238]“~“(enviado) and tell him to recall the interview ve had in the lobby
[239]“of the Savoy Hilten of New York. Up to recently he had a group. |
[240]aetna _ nie en
[243]sate
[244]you & lots above all uy
[246]., lives_at(Galfano’ and Lagunas }%
[247](Sate. a, e receives cur_letters
[248]“vas the brother’ of(Ha
[250]and can help you. ‘ttroduce yourself.
[251]dee S)No_one else should see her tut you, and 1
[252]su must be extremely, careful to
[254]protect. her. ;
[256]hat this is nough for. now. Be extremely careful, -_
[258]Well, I belii
[260]and file,since the thing is soon... —
[262]otgmatane iitogtbte)
[264]Field Comments ~~
[266]1. Previously reported ‘as a Cuban’ Rebel Army ‘captain heading a counter-..
[267]_ revolutionary’ group in Cuba. “BLANCO was one of the chief conspirators
[268].. arrested in August’ 1959, when the Cuban Government smashed a plot |...
[270]26. Brother and father respectively, of Reinaldo BLANCO Navarro.
[272]3- Presidential candidate of the Cuban Feople's Party in the 1958. cuban:
[273]/ elections. He took asylum in the Venezuelan Embassy in July 1959 and
[274]_ | was last reported in exile in Caracas on 26 July. At that time he -
[275]-... reportedly said that he would soon leave for New York, where his
[276].. family was. - .
[278]he In an gpen letter dated 6 Jpne 1959 at Miami, one{ Francisco RODRIGUEZ ;
[279]_ , Tamayo eka FEL Mejicano® former Rebel Army captain, invited his -
[280]_ former compartons-in-arms* to join CRAC.
[282]. 5. The BLANCO group was reportedly without funds or arms as of 31 August 1959.
[284]reported information from a wife of one of the prisoners in La Cabana
[286]. that CRAC had gathered $1,000,000 to get Reinaldo BLANCO, Enrique. .
[287]OVARES , Gustavo de los REYES, Kuku BRINGUIER, and Dr. CAINAS Milanes out.
[288]of prison. OVARES, REYES, and CAINAS are also high=level conspirators
[289]who were arrested in the roundup of August 1959,
[291]7o According to a memorandum dated 26 August 1959, from the Protection
[292]Section of. the American Embassy, Habana, an American citizen who had
[293]just been released frém La Cabana prison after five months? mprisone
[294]ment reported that a group of ‘approximately 60 political prisoners
[295]and former prisoners are actively engaged in counter-revolutionary
[296]activities. Three hundred of the group were said to be at Liberty ~-
[297]in Habana, approximately 100 still held in prison, and about 70 in
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[326]Mariansos Sfé56 « a
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[329]Sons vealthy Cuban ‘vusinessman.with- large_sugar_in*erests.._.
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[336]open rebellion in ai del Rio under [Inds LARA crespo]? former corporal
[337]of the BATIST Among the leaders of the group was one(Fernande
[338]PRUNA Blanco @no ws was said to be held in the Castillo Prison at the time.
[339](PRUNA BlancéT(fnu) - ‘may be a relative of or identical with/Fernando PRUNA
[340]Blanco¢ S)
[341]Identified by Source as the brother of [Angel navarnoSreviously reported
[342]as co-ordinator of a group of counter-revolutionaries in Miamic
[344]“on 22 September 1959 source reported that this army drop had been. scheduled
[345]between 8 and 10 pem. on 25 September. 1959. :
[347]Source did not know the size of any of the groups.
[349]This probably refers to [Bre Francisco RODRIGUEZ couceire | feported by 2
[350]usually reliable source in July 1959 to be a leader, together with oneLlose {S)
[352](Inis PUJOLJS0f a Cuban counter-revolutionary movement. (RODRIGUEZ Couceire 5)
[354]was reported by the same source to be a fapst cousin of Francisco RODRIGUE
[355][Zamayo, aka "El Mejicano® (the Mexican) {5/fhe Habana telephone directory
[356]lists af Dre Francisco RODRIGUEZ Couceiros 2 lawyer, at{/Pasco Noo cm
[358]Morgan and GUTIERREZ are two Cuban Rebel Army majors who penetrated th
[359]conspiracy that was smashed in August 1959.
[361]3
[362]The Habana telephone directory lists a(Union crf Gen Lazaro Now 12iffavana.
[364]This is ‘possibly a reference tolbr. Valentin ARENAS Arminan; eported in July
[366]1949 by a usu reliable source as the notary ‘handling the purch a £ the
[368](anco Ultran or Spanish pro-Franco interests. The({Banco Ultram. as later
[369]sorbed by the[Banco Continental Anericanoy Som known as the [Banco Continental
[371]bano. o .
[372]Cubano 1©) ~ —_ . - 3
[373]The Habana ellephone directory lists a(dose Io RASCO fi Avenida(31 No. 706,
[375](go> rnetetennemeenenel S (mer amamenanamereentncenaer nen gg etree wie  Te
[377]Saeed
[379]The Habana telephone directory lists a[Banco Trustfc Ciel of Cuba with main
[380]offices at[Obispo No. 257; aynanee
[382]This is possibly a reference fir hock fi (ted in the Habana
[384]press on 18 June 1959 as an executive Of thelJplio JB ganization and former
[385]newspaper business manager who yas released by Cuban Government authorities ~
[386]on 16 June.. {Liaca d his son, a poreae LLACA, Ira 5 ad been held on —
[387]charges of conspiracy. A Unite s report dated 2If July 1959 at Santiago,
[389]_ Chile, said that(Enrique LLACA Orbis lawyer and one-time economic editor
[391]of [Diario de la Marina) had arrived in in Chile as an exile.
[393]‘ $ 27 ude oo
[394]This is possibly a reference to[GuillermoABELT, former Cuban Ambassador to
[395]the United States under BATISTA. S Se
[397]Wealthy Cuban businessman with large sugar interests.
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