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[20]“The following information was provided by Francisco Luis Rodrigues
[21]Gonzales (CC-1169), a Cuban refugee.who. arrived in Spain in early auguat | .
[22]1962 and had been active in tbe Revolutionary. Student. TAreotorate, an ee
[23]anti-Government resistance SrOUPs while in Cuba. . :
[25]a. Source has deen. opposed to the Castro regime ever since’ the. deteotion of
[26]‘pias Lanz ‘in May 1959, and was involvod in sabotage activity with.
[27]Xevolutionary Student. Directorate. Hie immediate supervisor was} Auge! * &
[28]\Fontanilla}. known ae "Charles" in clandestine ciroles. Alberto Xuller,
[29]tho leade¥ of this group, arrived clandestinely in Cuba in Qotobar or
[30]November 1960 and began to organize the various groups ofaslirectorate to
[31]vring about an insurrection in the Si _ Maestra area, in Oriante Frovinco.
[32]‘These groups were mainly from the provirce? of Las Villas and Havana, and
[33]received orders to unite with Luller who was already in the Siepra Kaestra.
[34]The men went there in small groups, and had the seminary in tha Santuario
[35]del Cobre as their destination. Once in that Spot, they received final
[36]instructions and military equipment. Source's group, which vonsisted of two
[37]oarloads, entered the Sierra Maestra through Bayamos Source was- riding in
[38]the first oar. When they arrived on the outekirts of Bayamo, source's car
[40]. waa: stopped by the militia, but the car Wa, allowed tO pass without any
[41]oheck. ‘A fow minutes later they realized thet they were being 1ollowed and
[42]tried to escape. An alarm and shots went up, and they were finally ceptured
[43]and taken prisoner. The seoond oar, which waa following close behind them
[44]and was warned by the shcts, was able to escape. .
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[47]bo. The prisoners were taxen first to G-2 Headquarters in Santiago de Cuba and
[48]later to the Boniato Prison, where they were interrogated by the G2. _
[49]There were two American prisoners thers, and althou,sh source did not know
[50]their nanes, he said that they were from the Guantanamo. Naval Base.
[52]Muller was taken prisoner a faw days lator (shortly after the ill-fated
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[55]invasion of Flaya Giron). No arma were taken from hia when he wae arrested.
[56]Had this insurrection been successful, about 4,000 men would ‘have risen ‘Up.
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[86]ad. Of the tuller group, which waa called the "127", about prieonere were
[87]‘taken, five of whom, including source, ware sot free. Cre of these was
[88]an infiltrator oslled Florey, whom no one trusted since they knew that,
[89]he waa not “one of the group.". Another of these was Rolario: Valdes
[90]D'#iolf who is now in prison ip the ‘Fortaleza de la Cabafia serving a nine=
[91]year sentence. He was ‘oaptured trying to escape ina corr velonging toa
[92]militiaman and wearing a militia uniform. He defended himself bravely, but
[93]received five bullet wounds which incapacitated him. The other two who
[94]wero released were Eduardo. Diaz Lanz and Jorge Cruz Pefia, a sergeant in
[95]the Hebel Army who was. with Castro in the Sierra. Tho latter had aotually
[96]not been: involved in the group. Source thought that he (source) -and pias
[97]Lanz were released so that they’ might be followed and lead the Government
[98]£0 other groups and individuals in Havana who might be involved in
[99]resistance activitye Source had been -in priaon six months tefore being
[100]Seleased, and one ‘thing which he could not explain was that on the. ‘paper
[101]that he was given which indicated his release, no mention was made of any
[103]sentence or penalty.
[105]On several ecoasions, Muller had been subjected to false: “execution
[107]‘procédures, with the purpose of trying to make him talk, but he did not.
[108]‘weaken. Dring the trial, “everyone remained firm," and zource was told
[109]that. Muller was very brave in his pronouncements against the Fegime and,
[110]at every moment ;: vabided by his prinoiples. He presented a very. brilliant
[112]self-defense.
[114]f. When source was Sin the Boniato prison, he shared a cell with a Captain
[115]Anfbal Rodrfguez, who belonged to the MR. This officer, slong with other
[116]rebel officers dnd soldiers, had‘ staged’ an uprising in Ioies, in Oriente
[117]‘Provinoe. Later he was sentenced to deata and shot.
[119]During his last days in Cuba, source avoided all revolutionary activity,
[120]since he wanted to leave Cuba more than anythin; else. However he knew
[121]that the various resistance groups worked hard, carrying out a great deal -
[122]of independent pabotage activity, although there was ‘not much coordination
[123]among ‘the various movements. One movement whioh hada. ‘large ‘membership,
[124]especially in Orients Provinces:was the h+30-I1. Thia group was planning to
[125]launch an insurrection in Pinar del Rio in January 1962, tut taney could
[126]not carry it-out-since the repression in the area was 30 great. .
[130]S bh. Hans, a member of the Revolutionary Student Directorate, was recently
[131]taken prisoner, and it seemed that he was ‘tortuted a great deal and -
[132]talked. Aa a result. of thie, a house in Wajay, in Havana Province, was
[133]seized and arms and ‘gelatina wera found. The owners of the nouse and other
[135]: persons vere arrested.
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