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[26]Precittted h herewith Are CRA Feperte, mobora 134 through U9, and 156,
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[60]Calef of Stetion, JHWAVE .
[62]Opera’ Lonel /GYROGE
[63]DLE, ; Seatlago ce Duba
[65]ATTEVEIGN RXRESTED: PUYRuCAGS/NUUEE. Oy
[66]1. &m O April 192, (Zose Antonio Sacurn!. das
[68]‘(ete “cue”}, born _
[70]od G19 Meridian Ave., Apt. C-10] Mianl Seach, telesone [JE 2-26h1,| was
[71]: tervieved. ae) See
[72]2. Source safd that Curing the revelutica he v6 a menber of the
[74]DR in the Univeraity af Nebana. After the revolution he vent to the
[75]University of Orintie, Santiago de Ube, oo eventually become the DRE
[76]chief for the city. In regerc. to bis fcrner. DR association he had no
[77]operational leacs, clatning that oll contact with TR menbers ‘terminated
[78]in 1959, and he knew no one who attalnec any stature in the Castro
[79]Government. , :
[81]3. As DRO chief for Seatlaco, the source claimed that he hal 50
[82]members who he considered well organizes and capable of any type of
[83]action. He caid that there were, and arc, oSner members, but he docs ¢-
[84]not consider tuea in the same category with She Fe who ore organized. into
[85]cells. Ie said cach cell has nine nen. There ave four cells Pree
[86]University of Criente and tvo in the Ufgn ‘sehool. ~
[88]kh. He said that he left Santiago in March 1962 and turned.the DRE
[89]over to his deputy. He then vent to Rabane sat informed the DRE leader-
[90]ship that the second in commend hal tekea over end he wes told that...
[91]Vobana voulé initiate contact with the nev leater. (iéte: Since close
[92]relations ere maintained by the JISMIAVE Stczion end the DRE, no attenpt
[93]was made to press the source for nas ang aiaresses, ¢te., as this in-
[94]formation can be obtained in subsequent outside cebricfings. The JMYAVS
[95]Officer respensible for the DRE operational matters was inforne ,
[96]source's errival end processing.) : ee 4"
[98]5. Source said that -at the tine he ists Santiago, the ,
[99]the Catholic student organization was trying to make contact with the .
[100]DRE and he believes that by this tine tis ecntact.has been made.- . He
[101]said thet. the DRE member vio was following this matter, and wh would
[102]follow through, was ea blinc person. Co .
[104]6. Listing tke: arms and supplies in the possessicn of the. DRE in
[105]Sentiago, the source said that it nas about 5-c peuncs of plastic remain-
[106]ing out of a shipment of 20 pounds which was received fron the DRE in
[107]Habana. Ee ssid the DRE in Sentiago placed vex>s in places where the
[108]: expiosion would not injure enyone. As fer as arms are concerned the
[109]source said thet the DRE in Santiago has tea '§ caliber pistols; five
[110]a ‘ 36 caliber pistols; one H-3} and one Torker” pune :
[112]7. The source furnished the following MUNVEE-t:pe information:
[114]11 April lyx, Santingo de Cuba; Koni accress: f/o Elisa Securn Cas03,| 00.
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[121]a. MMe cata that his fatier is in {atl ia Puerto Boniato,.
[122]ané that {n order to try and get hin free, thé source went to sce Kafor |
[123]Delernino “Anibal” Castilla, the chief of training for the Patna Soriano
[124]Military Yacaxqnent, whom he knew froa their days in the Santiago High
[125]Sehool. Source sade his plea ba “Anibal” told hia that before he could
[126]act upon it, he would have to tedk to the source for five hours in order
[127]to determine his political orientation. The source: replied taat: he odd
[128]not cone to talk politics but to pieced for his father.» "Anibal" |
[129]ancwered that he vould think ebout i$ and call the. source one. Bd ‘oF
[130]another, but he never called. Source thought that this story: ae
[131]ly demonstrated the’ (Comantst) political orientation of "Anibal.
[133]bs ‘The Drother of "Antbal” (pera 6a above) ts "Dertico”
[134]Castilla, first name possibly Alberto. [Me resigned froa the arny ana
[135]is now living in Santiego, but the source is not clear on "Bertico! a"
[136]political orientation. i
[138]c. Flectra Fernandes, the vife of Mendez Ceninche (the
[139]Sentiago C-2 chief), is no longer the civil head (comf{astonado) ‘of
[140]Santiago. Ghe is now the Fresicens am the Fecerecion ce Jiujeres -Subanas.,
[142]ae _ @. The seuree has given a complete military nap of. Orien
[144]Province to the DRE member he left in charge of Santiago DRE (see:
[145]pe qabove). Information is: passed fron Sentiaco to the DRE in Habana
[146]Mi Ai we ” *the latter, in turn, is to forwerd te int forantion: to the States.
[148]e. Source said that his centacts wio work in Hicaro report: -
[149]N . that the Nicaro-Mayari Arriba aren {ts restricted and thet > unknowa a ty
[150]of nilitary installations ore being constructed.
[152]' " f, ° The foreign instructors in the University. of Oriente ‘con-"
[153]sist of Czechs and Chileans. ‘Tze Creches have sterted a nev medical .
[154]sehool in the university end the Ciileans. have taken: over the Business
[156]Adcinistration Courses. oo
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