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RECORDS OF THE COORDINATOR OF CUBAN AFFAIRS
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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

CALIFANO, JOSEPH A.

CRIMMINS, JOHN

INTERDEPARTMENTAL COORDINATING COMMITTEE OF CUBAN
AFFAIRS: TRANSMITTAL OF INFORMATION

07/29/63

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INTERDEPARTMENTAL COORDINATING COMMITTEE OF CUBAN
AFFAIRS

CUBAN EXILES

ANIT-CASTRO ACTIVITIES

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Two Navy reports (7 pages) attached. Denied in full by
State, JCS, OSD.

Denied in full by State, JCS, OSD.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY
WASHINGTON 25, D.C. .
July 29, 1963 -

MEMORANDUM FOR MR. JOHN CRIMMINS |

Coordinator of Cuban Affairs ,

Department of State
SUBJECT: Interdepartmental Coordinating Committee of Cuban

Affairs: Transmittal of Information

Enclosed herewith are two reports from Guantanamo Base

\ furnished by the Navy which I am forwarding for your information

-and possible future consideration by the Committee.

Ma

ogeph.A. Califant/, Jr.
General Couns¢@l

Attachments (2)
As Stated

cc: Mr. Desmond FitzGerald, CLA .
Mr. W. A. Geoghegan, Dept of Justice

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NOTE: This documont contains information
alfocting the national defense of the United -
Statas within the meaning of the espionage
laws, Title 18, U.S.C., Sec. 793 and 794.
The transmiaalon ot the revelation of ita
contents in any manner to an unauthorized

person is prohibited by law.

i This repost contains unprocesaed information.

i Plans and/or policies should not be evolved

. or modified solely on the basia of thie report.

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Cuban Counterrevolutionary | 9. DATE OF REPORT: 12 July 1963
Activities
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3. DATE OF INFORMATION: 12 June 1963
Po S PLACE AND DATE OF Aca: Cuba, 3 July 1963 13. PREPARED BY:

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M1. REFERENCES: = (a) My 2529252 of June 1963
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15. SUMMARY!

Cuba.

1. Reference (a) outlined a vlen by a group of Cuban private citizens in Miami
to raise ‘ene and one’ half million dollars to be used for opening a new front in

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‘Alonzo Gonzalez, the Naval Base contact, outlining the vlan further.

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Atteaement (1) is a copy of a letter from one of this Miami group to

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Pod, Preparing Ufficers Comment : The addressee on the attached letter "Guillermo?
». is identified as Alonzo Gonzalez, DPUB: 4 November 1921, Guantanamo City, Orientd,
' Cuba. Gonzalez claims to be. the leader of the group. Other names mentioned i
“. the attached letter are not know. Gonzalez presented his proposal and the ati-
ached letter to ComNavBase GIMO and swore him to secrecy, fe is not avare tha
noe “@ copy of ‘the letter was made. Gonzalez has confided some of the deteils of the
: ‘plan to one of the FIO Guantanamo representatives. When pushed as to names of”
: other person 2S involved he became evasive. Instead of running the possibility of
7 _alienat ing him it was decided to. let the matter iie for the ocresent.
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“thrown the challenge of freedom and neither Ienacio nor Iwill rest uni

steps taken to date, and current s

Fiami, June 12, 1963.

Dear Guillermo:

ch of. your informative letters has been received and discussed at length
tween Tenacio and myself. Your progress — there seems phenomenal,

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Our progress here has been slow and not at all spyectacular. Yet, feel

that our progress has been meaningful and heartening. But let me first do

a little straight-from-the-should er talking with you. This. is not pres¢ ented

in anyway as. an alibi for the apparent lack of action by us. for vou har
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we have met this challenge.

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However, the intenseness of your own devotion to Cuba and freedom forms 4
shield through which. you can neither see nor understand the doubts, suspisci

validy, greed, ambition, and disinterest thet charaterizes most Cubans of
vealth in exile. Yes, you know this exists in an abstract way but you have
~---thenks to Almighty God---had to Live it, to tast it, to feel it, or to te
sickened by it.

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It is in this morass of moral nothingness thet Ignacio and I have hed to begin
our work. We have turned our back upon most of it to formulate the following
simultaneous courses of action. We subi t b here a summery of our views, the
tatus of three situations for your comments
of agreement or disagreement wi. th these actions:

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Aid from the United States

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1) We both havé been in complete agreement fron the first that we must make

‘overtures ‘to the U.S. authorities for aid for this country. The elements of

time and money alone are so- demanding that the power of the United States must
be sought, The need for future U.S. policy deci sions in our favor is enovther

_ trenendous requisite for ultimate success.

2) No achieve’ this has not been easy. due to the U.S. recent pos:
the hit-and-run action groups. Ignacio used'a contact within the
an off-the-record expression of any government interest towards action within

nba. He. received a ‘reply of povitive interest coupled with a recuest for a

“general” memo on the subject: which would be forwarded to higher levels.

lenacio and I have orepared a draft of such a memo which is enclosed for your
(a) approval or disaporoval of this approach to the U.S. and (b) corrections
and/or additions to the memo.’ Devondtne: upon your reply is our future action in -

this direction,

3) TT ghould add that I aporoached the Miami office of the Office of the vor
ordiantor of Cuban Affairs with the same type inquiry and received an expression
of interest in "new faces, new ideas, and new situations". Cur project sortainls
meets those three points. lowever, we plan to stick to the FbI route which I
ene will travel via the Office of the Coordinatcr., ‘the fact that Ignacic is

highly regarded by the FBI will. give the plan an adéed weight which might well
be hel pful. , : .


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When you were here this idea of a comvittee was rather thorough
ignacio and I have had to wait and maneuver for the right set of con
appear bec.use of the fantastic number of committees already in existence to aid
the "cause" of Cuba.

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I well recall your remark to me that the amount of funds ne

ceded coulda not await
on the dollars and dimes from the exiles. We agreed. then an

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na arree now.

Bub two factors are cramping down on dollars from Ameri ans---first
cre .ckdown on the raiders and second, the sverege American's
ieduction for any contribution. Therefore, Iam workings on

i, representatives of the Isracli underground back in the:
Lo optein funds for arms here.

Florida non-profit corporation was established to purchase medicine, food,
fother essentials" for the Israeli people. Dhousancs of dollars were " colleeted
for erms under this. system. lhe attorneys involved then are assisting us with
our orobl ems now.

In such &@ set-up a humanitarian type board of Girectors is esentisl, Ignacio
and 1 t, by virtue of our daily work, are obvious 1y acceptable. We need, of course,
iser. Boza Masvidal. ,

Fe was due here in mid-Hay but did not arrive until yesterday. Is
time with him., outlining our real purpose without disclosing eny perti
details. He was'both enthusiastic for the oroject and fearful of his
participation in something which hes a considerable element of duvlicity.

Boza will oS back in Caracas by Saturday and. will immediately let me imnow of his
decision. believe the odds are 60-40 in our favor that he will accevt. Lf
feel he is a "must" to such a corporation to obtain such a non-orofit charter in

order thet we may, in turn, give a tax-exemption for bis U.S. contributions.

Jose "Pepin" Bosch

The third attack is this gentleman of more than modest means.
of deep mutual confidence (Dr. Ernesto Freyre, attorney.for Se

Through a ma
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Chase Manhattan, ete, etc.) Boga nas been interested in our pro

rs Roebuck, Mexe.co,
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You should be advised that, prior to the crackdown on the raids, Bosch hed been
Siven.a quiet okay to go when’ with a planof his own to equiv a sabotage "nother"
ship for action against Castro... He expended thousands and thousands of dollars

in outfi ting © a ship with the latest and finest ecuipment known. Then the crack+
down came and the U.S. told him that it had to be dismantled,

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Bosch has s vipulated to freyre that his man Polo Valdes
only as Polo Miranda), who was in complete charge of cho snip “desoribed anove,
must be furnished complete information on this project of ours if he (Bosch)
is xo have a_basis of determin.

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i firmly recomadnd thet + we do this. These men are of unquestionable intesrt UN,
honor, ena rare for Cubans ---can “keep their mouth shut.

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The trio

The three principals jointly and individually attest that they heve no personal
selfish interest in this action now or in the past-Castro period, Their sole
aim is a free, independent, and democratic Cuba.

the Eel
1. Wo 4nitiate the action with vz elininar: ry acts of terrorism against per-
sonages of the Castro regime and acts of sabatoze against specific military

2, With force numbering 2, 006 men to open military action
communist military posts in terrain of Oriente where countve
could not be top effective. ,

3. The absorbtion of militia units, already contacted, into the revel foree,

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to other American democracies for immediate recognition and assistance.

, ‘Bgtablishment of a.government-in-arms on Free Cuba territory and the appeal

‘Money

Arms a
Professionals and technicians (doctors, demolition experts, etc)
+ Liason with the United States. —

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To.be 3 Transportation from a reasonable ‘point. in ‘the 5
under the control of the leader

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The’ original draft of this memorandum was sent to Cuba to the leader
been returned by him to the principals in this country and.is vresen
with in. its final form as agreed to by all three.

4% conforms to the spirit of the
United States sincerely desires.to

tis presented in the sincere pelie? that:
declaration by American officials that the

expe 1’ Communism from Cuba to establish democracy in its place.

ine ‘principals agreed from the beginning that the prohibitetions placea upon
antvi-Castro military operations from U.S. soil must be respected in the full-

fillment of this Pian.

“In the spirit th 18 principals ask that immediate discussions begin on this pro-
ject in the hope that the beginning of the end of Communism. in the Americas
can become something ‘far greater than conversation. :

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o,f Nemorendum to Interested Parties on a Plan to Initiste.Anti -Gommunis % Action
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There are three men involved in the overall planning of this military project.
two of the principals are in the United States, the third---the leeder--- is
in Guba as of this writing.

The leader initiated this effort by coming from Cuba with the basic military
plan to throw the challenge of raising funds for the necessary equipment

before the two principals in the U.S..

Before accepting or rejecting this challange, the latter engazed in exhaustive
discussions with the leader in which the followi ing points were agreed woon by
ali ‘three mens Ls ,

1.. the plan is a military one. It is fundamentally non-political even
by U.S. standards. :

- ‘the plan is militerily sound.
“3. the plan can be--and must: be--tailored so as not to compromise the

international: sosition of the United Staves.

(4. The United States should be aporoached to see if "all the cards"
concerning the plan could be put on the teble.

3+ Should the U.S. interest in this plan go beyond the early 1:
phase, the contact man assigned to the oroject must be an i
U.S. military officer.

6. The forces of most every anti-Castro action group will be acceptable to be
integrated into this milite ary action.

The Leader

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he leader has been known to. one of the pr ineivals in t
The, other U.S. principal has verified the facts about tt

the U.S. for many vears.
is man independently.

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.He has studied in the United States, speaks excellent, English, is a professional,
has solid military qualifications, is personally well versed in the use of pistol

7. rifle, machine gun, ‘and bazooka. He has lived and worked in the underground and

;  «. operates in the eastern part of. the island.

communism, He is deeply attached to the United States which is no way
romising his keen independence as a Cuban patriot.

He is a young man--a man of action, idealism, and resolutely dedicated against
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He will make himself available for consultations within the United States upon
word from the two principals in this country.

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_ Ignzcio agrees with me on this.
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‘Your acceptance, rejection, or Jimitations are soucht.
Now, to turn to a question from us to you. When you were here you spoke of
2,000 neh. Your list of arms is for 2,000 men. Bet in order ing the ident
arm bands you ask for 3,000. And in a letter to Ignacio you make mention of
5,000. |
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Lam certain there are logical explanations for these various ELGUEGS « But I
would point out to you that everyone here both U.S. and exile-—~ar j
susvicious of claims of Jarse numbers oF men inside cube, Can you
us straight as to wat each of these ficures reoresent?
In closing let me point out that we can make no move further in these three
pve] ao ‘
sectors until we have your concurrance. I Imow this will receive your prompt
attention. , ,
Yours in the cause of liberty.
Antonio |
P.S. Also enclosed is a copy of a recent stater of Ass't Secre etary of
State Edwin Martin. This is most compre! ive statement on U.S. Cuban
policy yet. issued... I have been advised wo "read between the lines" to
find the suidence for U.S. policy with regerds to rendering assistance
"to actions ageinst Castro.
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