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[3]"20 October 1989
[5]MFMORANDUM FOR THE REOURD
[7]SUBJLOP) Mighlighta of Tape-Recorded Gonversation in Mood Retwoen
[8]Rr, Willian b. Pawley and an Unidentified Cuban during
[11]1. On 20 Ostobdup the undersignod and Owen Faust ef VH/3
[12]Uatened to tha play-back of 8 tans, brought to Weshingten from Bard
[13]: and given to Colonel Ning by Mr, Fawley on 19 October, which wae a
[14]: recording of Mr. Pawley's converaationa with two Gubang during the
[15]‘ period 17=18 Osteber, The flrat converastion was with an unldmtifiod
[16]Guban, bollaved to bo 9 mepber of @ group of wealthy anti-CASTHO Cubana,
[17]meubore of whioh have talked to Mr, Pawlay recently shout their
[18]plana for sabotage of the coming oucar harvest ag reported Ln UMIA~32
[19]dated 2 Oatobey. The second Cuban waa AKPACA+], a Cuban journolist
[20]of opsrational intarest to Station Habana, and & sopayato menorandum
[21]19 submitted on that eonversation.
[23]: Tho unidentified Cuben, who had somahat of an accent and
[24]apoke indi atanativ, wos difficult to undorstend. ‘He mentioned o
[25]nosting “with somo of our people who came up from Cuba" to disouse
[26]plans, He said hia group had bean contactod by a repreaentative of
[27]General Jone Elautorio PEDRAZA, leadar nf Cuban revolutionary groups —
[28]in tho Dominican Republic, who wanted to know what action their’ group: =
[29]bed taken and vas told that they had 9 plaw “to atart.saboteze", Tho mo
[30]Cuban said the PSDHA°A representative eaid thatr group (tha PEDRAZA
[31]group) had four provinces organised in Cuba, rentioning Comaguey and:
[32]Santa Claro, and that they had two provinces yet to be organi ted =
[34]L "Habana and Matansas.
[36]- 3. Tho Cuban eaid his group needed twe things ©= morel backing
[38]and xoney; he pointed out that Cubans in Cuda are afraid to start on
[40]- underground movement, and there wag no way to raise funds, atc. Hrs
[41]Pawley gave him no encouragement on the woney angle, saying that even :
[42]if there were Aner!cana willing to rug the risk of. becoming invel ved , : a
[43]in Cuban revolutionary sotivitica by furniahing money for auch 2 :
[44]movement, which he doubted, he felt that at the present time 1t would. :
[46]7 : - do like "putting snoney dam a rat-hole® for the following reasonas - ;
[48]: (2) there ig no unity among the anti-CASTRO groups, and there are at . .
[50]: : least 10 that he knoxp of who ere working absolutely indesenisntly of
[52]‘ | @ne anothers and (2) CASTRO ie. in control of the country and has the
[54]: Guppert of a larre. numer of Cubans, especially the under-privileged,
[56]: Rr, Posley said he felt the Cuban economic situation was worsening
[58]fast and that if it gets bad enough, a large number of Cubana will
[60]turn on CASTRO) Lut until that time cores it would be danzerous to
[62]try to organise o revolutionary ovement.
[64]SECRET
[67]. SECRET
[68]i ‘he Hr. Powtey gaked the Cuben if hie group fele they had moral
[69]1 : Support cf the U. 8. ond the Cuben replied that they wented-4. u,
[70]7 moral support but whether they hod St or not, they felt they-vere
[71]; : obliged 10 carry through with their plong. Pr. Pevley aaid ba didn't
[72]: know whet to tell him «= vould hove to think QJbuut it und sea Lf anye
[73]y thing could be dong. Ho aaid, *having deen conmctsd with tha U. 8.
[74]7 H : Gosernzent,-I ean't get involved in revolutionary movanente", Aleo
[75]: : seid he wculd hate to ane the Dowiniaan Government sot involved,
[76]ae : Wiieh wlyht be difficult to aveld with oo many Cuban oxiles there,
[77]: bat scmeented that ho wyisrstood "the Doalniean Government hasn't
[79]_ given then a dime’.
[81]: oo. Marthe Tharpe
[84]7 en. 3)