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[5]| 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992
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[8]S-E-C-R-E-T
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[11]ka MARE(D 108 TROLLING
[12]. | ONDE ih EQUURLD
[14]Task Force
[16]Chief,
[18]Action: FYI and files
[20]. Ref =: WAVE 3748
[22]1. Gu 45 May 1962, at about 1730 hours Youu “QWIWAVE: conducted
[23]a PW | Sen rter ing of the ro} owing legal travelers: .
[25]caren F a |
[26]wa? A Fan 79 No Jord] “va GSreated) PDOB; Jan 1940, Havana. Hfisens
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[29]9 No, 361 Marianao, Havana, pléved as s clerk in
[30]NInisteria-tonercio Exterior, Department of “Empresas y
[31]Alimentos", Foreign Exchanse Section. Subject has’ been i
[33]. militant in the DRE since late 190, working as, & pesséngex
[34]: and_confidait” for contacts in their "Yerat ‘Apparat (not the
[35]< Clandestine net), ‘Subject arrived va on PAA Flight
[37]422 on 15 > Has 1962,
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[40]wo fe we ecilia Law ILA Gonzalez} PDOB18— on 1943, Havana.
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[43]; C19 No. 367: lags? thao, Havana. employed. Ugtudent
[44]{ bject is sister“Of 4. above and has assisted her ina
[45]: a capacisy.
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[47]*ogch firiam BARO Betevg PDOB*|26 "det 1937 37, Palma Soriano, Orien
[48]4 . Eflictanle ey eat, ar Sag. do Havana, In Miami ;
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[53]. , fe Pw debriivws ot Sebirel 1942
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[59]as LOSPRTCH SYVOOL AND NUMBER
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[81]OISPATCH
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[87]-receptionest_in.. the office of_her brother‘|Carlos. _BARO}-046 :
[89]220 NE 26th ‘Terrace, Miami. Subject | was employed -as..
[90]atte arrived
[92]a déntist- in the|L & 23rd Bldg}: =Vedado.
[93]in Miami. on PAK” Tight: “422 on S May 1962.
[95]2. Subjects’a and b are sisters and - ‘were questioned together On
[96]the topic of recept-ton of radio: prograns in’ ‘Cuba, both, vere agreed’:
[97]the best reception was the "Voz do Tas ‘Americas which came “in strol
[98]and clear with rarely any ‘tater ference Jjamming.. ‘Progran content wa
[99]described ‘as. generally good, gave &- morale boost to the audience and
[101]. was” becoming popular.
[103]: 3. In comment ing on Radio Las Americas, ‘they: pointed, out that
[104]‘; they. had not heard it -or attempted to tune In ‘becausé they “felf. the.
[105]quality was much ~ the same as its predecessor, * "Radio Swan” which lost ot
[106]its prestige prior’ to and: ‘during the. April 1961 invasion attempt. Both} =:
[107]"declared this was a ‘general | opinion among their acquaintances, | : ,
[109]4. Subjects commented very favorably on programs heard over
[110]station XEW, Mexico and’ WRUL, New York, describing reception. and ‘con=
[111]‘tent as. good and with ‘large: ‘audiences in.Cuba. oo
[113]5S. In ‘referring’ to other prograns, subjects reported that’ on
[115]1 May, relatives in ‘the. Matanzas area. telephoned them: in’ Havana to tell
[116]them that the "students" (DRE) were on again (TV intrusion). Also,
[117]later in. the day, friends in ithe: Vedado. area called to tell. them.to
[119]- tune into Channel, 2; that there was, a program there (about. 2115. hours
[121]“. Jocal). Unfortunately, they had. ‘already “sold their’ TV-set since- they.
[122]were leaving s00n.. Both agreed thatthe system of announcing the Tv:
[123]intrusion broadcasts over CONTE Aguero" S program.on WRUL a fow minutes
[124]prior to the intruslon was the. key. to large. audiences. Almost alr:
[125]coc oppositionists pon hearing this ahnouncenent , Start. telephoning.
[126]thetr friends to tune Anto : the TV ghannel announced. :
[128]6.) ‘Canceraing - tne DRE internal ‘organization, subjects. reported:
[129]that they had. not been active. recently and not witting to clandestine’
[130]operations, They, were aware, however, that. the DRE ‘internal net was},
[131]waiting for the infiltration of AMHINT-53 or AMHINT-2. ‘to brief. them on :
[132]the situation in exile and what support: would be forthcoring. “They.
[133]reiterated the -reports on two. bombs ‘set off in the untversity area by
[134]the DRE and burning of cane ‘and henequen fields in Natanzas ‘and: Lis
[135]Villas. °° : . .
[137]7. “When queried on- disturbanées. in Las Villas and/or Matanzas on
[139]‘or about 3 May, they replied thay they Neard the persistent rumor that |
[141]a unit (company or regiment unknown) | af militia-had bolted and fone
[142]up into the Escambray Mountains, -No further details: were known,
[144]} 8. When’ questioned on written ‘propaganda such as “flysheets or.
[145]' Clandestine newsheets, both declared. that the last propaganda scen was
[146]the: clandestine issue on "Trinchera”™ (DRE organ), that no other pro-=
[147]aI ‘paganda ‘sheets ‘had been. seen since before tiie April tavasion, .
[149]9. ‘When asked their impression, on anti-CASTRO propag anda an
[150]general they felt that it was too negative: that while the exiles and
[151]: opposition froups were busy. tearing” down the imaye of CASTRO, he was
[152]before the people with some proposal that was ‘based either on truth,
[153]had a ring of truth in it, or ak least appealed to the masses. . That
[154]some of ther contacts with young girls who served as “brigadistas” ©
[155](rural .tutors in the campaign. for “Literacy? turned up interesting | .
[156]remarks. . These girls’ claimed that many of the country folk. would throw
[157]Ac sheir hands in dismay when Communism was mentioned to them, and: :
[158]sthing ta daowith communism, and yet.
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[166]OISRATCH . S-E-C-R-E-T_ | UFGA-4212 _ a
[170]10... Subjects alsé felt that propaganda ‘should be directed more
[171]toward that Sector of Cubans*that are not fanatic Fidelistas ‘or .
[172]‘conmunists, and have not commited. ‘themselves ‘to the opposition ihovement
[174]“for. ‘such reasons as indolence,. ‘lack of couvage, or economic docibility:
[175]‘Raquel remarked that ‘our propaganda seemed to be divided ‘into two. -
[177]_ broad. categories, one directed at or attacking the hard- core. Fidelistas
[179]and the: other for opposition movement consumption, | :
[181]11. Subject c above. was debriefed for her report on “Feception of
[183]- a FALCON broadcast in Havana on-I May 1962, She stated that she was,
[184]-“€alled by a friend at about 2100 hours on I May and told that- the: DRE
[186]Trinchera. ‘progran -was being broadcast over Channel. 2 at that :moment.:
[187]Miriam turned on her. TV: and does not recall how high she had to turn up
[188]: the. volume, but to lierrecollection, not higher than normal. Ld]:
[189]_ wery ‘Clearly, the monologue * rebuttal of the ‘CASTRO: speech earl
[190]/ afternoon. She immediately called two of her friends and subsequent:
[191]"received calls from them and others ‘on reception of the program. Her}
[192]‘ account of parts-.uof the program and: the. times stated agree. with WAVE? ©
[194]: file copies of the program script..
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