“reliably reported to have been furnished. Cuban leaders have also called with increasing frequency for open rebellion as the "only road" to liberation for the Americas; they have been especially vociferous since the first of the year. Leading officials, such as Castro, Blas R”
“G 90 'PAGE 6 RUEAIIA 932°-Ci========= NOFNRN WNINTE € • AWARENESS GROUPS SUCH AS THE COMMITTEE AGAINSTTHE HIGH COST OF LIVING, THE STUDENT’S COMMITTEE FOR THE POPULAR STRUGGLE (CLEP), ETC. SECRET THE OR MAINTAINS A FRONT GROUP KNOWN AS THE SOCIALIST LEAGUE (LS, WHICH, I”
“h o f INTERNAL DISCONTENT AND TO MOUnT AN INTERNAL RESISTANCE MOVEMENT. n l. m aw B z A THE JUNTA EXPECTS THAT THE FORMER UP PARTIES LED BY THE conmUNISTS. S M A I H d j A WILL SET UP A UNIFIED FRONT FOR CAUSING CIVILIAN DISTURBANCES AND POLITICAL DISCONTEN”
“from Miami report that most Cuban exiles feel that the Havana announcement is an attempt to cover up the failure of Castro terrorists to stop Venezuela's presidential elections last Sunday. Other exile sources predict that the announcement and the setback in Venezuela mean th”
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“forP4 A. Classes in subversion and guerrilla warfare are ..■ being conducted at training centers im Limed for the Atlantic Coast region, and at Nicoya for tbit Pacific area. One of their basic texts is a pamplat titled ; "Cuba en Marehn” by Freneicce CANTOA. Thear N3jet- % ”
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“government. Cuban Embassies serve as cover. C. Considerable intelligence has been received of Cuban attempts to establish an operational relationship with guerrilla groups in Colombia with ultimate goal of overthrowing the Colombian government. d. French intelligence repo”
“13-00000 JaUA VALIy L/ld nA] Lyre oronrT ottnEi THE POLITIC AL OPPOSITION 1. CIA is already in close touch with three reputable opposition groups (the Montecristi, Autentico Party and the National Democratic Front). These all meet the fundamental criteria condition”
“spartment of Valle Pegional’’ t. Committee «.4: the Crinmunist Party of Coloi-bia PCC). G) and P.1. inata, uban deep-cover agetd wor kang with the Seventh of January Worker Student - Peasant Movement (MOEC) in In Colombia and Venezuela, Plata nota oral said that the MOT: La ”
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“have no firm evidence of Cuban material support for this effort. The quick response from Radio Havana suggests, how ever, the existence of a communications link with one or more pro-Castro organizations in the country. Quick response by Havana to unrest in the Dominican Re”
“8 THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE. 1, RAFAEL CALDERA, LEADER OF THE SOCIAL CHRISTIAN PARTY (COPE) IS SUPPORTING PLANS FOR A MILITARY OVERTHROW OF THE NEWLY ELECTED VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT OF RAUL LEONI. CALDERA PLANS”
“66 tefitiin tomletd 4 ******* bins+ripim w/w Colopbls on Colo bia xyOOTID ta have boca received of ineressing Cuban assistance, primarily dsh eh form of training courses 13 ing Erce tora\ 3 have been trained in Cuba + to the Workaz-5 nt- i Peasant Movement (LOEC). A t”
“e May Day celebrations in Cuba, was assigned this responsibility by the Costa Rican Communist Party. Honduras The Honduran armed forces began to move against a group of pro-Castro guerrillas operating against the Nicaraguan Govern- ment and active in the vicinity of the Nicaragua”
“to establish an ef- 13 fective guerrilla movement. Cuban leaders are 1 said to favor the establishment of a new organiza- 3, tion with no direct ties to orthodox Communist groups. The Cubans are said to have selected Mario Sosa to organize the new movement, and to begin mak”
“m a claimed 80 men to several thousand has been training for the past nine months. Some exiles clai m to have armed followers in There has Cuba as well as a larger number of sympathizers. been one abortive invasion attempt. These efforts have been weakene d, howev”
“SECREN NO FOREIGN DISSEM CM Report £1 Dec 62 Rome Translation of report dated 6 Dec 62 from Italian Embassy Havana to Foreign Ministry in Rome. "As I noted in my 9 November report is is difficult for Castro to remain calm. Therefore the revolutionary regime will continue wi”
“S IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OP CONTENT IS TEMTATIVE. Σου ACCORDING TO RAFAEL HERRERA, DOMINICAN WRITER FOR THE LOSTIN DIARIO NEWSPAPER, THE AGRUPACION FOLITICA CATORCE DE JUNIO (APCJ, 14TH OF JUNE MOVEMENT) HAS BECOME VIOLENTLY ACTIVE I”
“SECRET-NO FOREIGN DISSEM Cuban Developments Following Fidel Castro’s call for revolution in Latin America in his 2 January speech, other Cuban speakers are emphasizing the same theme. Che Guevara told a group of Central American delegates in Havana recently that they must ”
“Miami. The PSI stated that MASFERRER, ROBERTO FERNANDEZ MIRANDA, NORMAN, ROTHMAN, and their associates ‘ form a group which is not regarded in a favorable light by responsible Cuban exiles or by responsible elements within Cuba. The PSI stated that from the information availa”
“ang .SECRET 6 - -now begun to develop a following. The second organisation, the Movi- miento Democratico Cristiano (MDC), is described as oriented along -' traditional Christian democratic-lines. It ip’anid to have a mastional coordinator, a national executive, provincial,”
“14-00000 IN TOCS -314/02002-67 PAGE 2 ORAL PAGES SECRET 1retasstrcntioma /(direomn NO FOREIGN eontenie) DISSEM REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENTS iVEBEZUZIA, GUATEMALA, COLOMBIA, AID ALL or CZat ‘7 AMERICA. THE SOVIETS HAVE saunuir INFLUENCE I CHILE, ARGEIRINA, ALD vixIcO. -.”
“Somoza. The purpose of the meet ing will be to attempt to enlist the support of Somoza - in an attempt against the government of Enrique Peralta. A-1 asked for instructions from KUPARK on whether or hot to attend the meeting. In any event, Alejos stated that the plans call ”
“ferences between NW 66000 Docld:32629803 Page 2 SECRET ها NW 66000 Docld:32629803 Page 3 SECRET ! 2. it and China. Both the Cuban and Venezuelan representatives took a "neutral position," that is, they did not support the Soviets. ((Veteran high-level Venezuelan Communist, FALN l”
“'PAGE 2 RUEAIIA 9327 SE =2=5 NOFNRN WNINTEL o • POLISH DIPLOMATS. (SOURCE: A VENEZUELAN BUSINESSMAN WITH CONTACTS AMONG SECURITY OFFICIALS AND WHOSE REPORTING IS GENERALLY (S) SECRET RELIABLE.) 5. VENEZUELAN EXTREME LEFTIST GROUPS INCLUDE THE BANDERA ROJA (BR); THE BAND”
“AND THE MAJORITY 07 TiGM SY-TEIZE WIA AND SUPPORS 282 ARMED STRUGGLE. B. VENEZUELA. BOIR rue CMMUNIST PARTY AND THE MOVEMENT C3 THE REVOLUTIONARY LEPr (MIR). LAUNCHED THE APMED STRUGGLE, BUT BOTH : - HAVE NOW ARADONED rr. BoTH MOVEMENTS CONFINED TUSIR EFFORTS MOSTLY TO THE C”
“■ PAGE 5.RUEAZIA 9328 syomsn NOFNRN WNINTEL1 0 19 78 VISIT OF PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER. ALTHOUGH THERE IS ATENDENCY TO BLAME THE UNITED STATES FOR VENEZUELA’S CURRENT SECRET FINANCIAL PROBLEMS, IT IS DOUBTFUL THAT DEMONSTRATIONS WHICH MIGHT TAKE PLACE WOULD BE AIMED AT PRESIDE”
“SECRET-NO FOREIGN DISSEM SUPPLEMENT THE VENEZUELAN SITUATION A number of high-ranking Cuban leaders since the first of the year have publicly called for revolution in other Latin American countries, with Venezuela singled out as a country with top priority. Coinciding w”
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“o o PAGE 4. RUEAIIA 9329 *459*430597 NOFNRN WNINTEL. 22 ' DIRECTLY AFFECTED ALSO LOSE RESPECT FOR THEIR GOVERNMENT WHICH, WHILE . MISTREATING THE CITIZENRY, FAILS TO ERADICATE THE GUERRILLAS.OCODET INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE GOVERNMENT'S ANTI-GUERRILLA ACTIVITIES IN THE AREA ”
“cit support for an anti-Castro movement. They also have attempted to organize units in Venezuela.(3) There is no firm evidence that these efforts have suc - ceeded. However, Santiago REY's group in Mexico has supported Castro are successful.(4) General Pedraza, in the Dominican N”
“13-00000 SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM as a political instrument probably presages a gradual increase of terrorist incidents. Riots in mid-May led by Communist-dominated students took place in Caracas, San Cristobal, and Merida. At the same -time, one successful student-led ro”
“13-00000 TOP SECRET DINAR ,A Ti CUBAN SUPPORT OF EXTERNAL SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITY cont’d Possibly related to this reported plan to upgrade the MIR is a report from the same source that Fernandez said on 6 December that Castro recently sent money to the MIR leaders and offered”
“13-00000 TOP SECRET DINAR CUBAN SUPPORT OF EXTERNAL SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES - cont’d Although this is the first report on the possibility of a Cuban-sponsored Venezuelan government-in-exile, the Cuban radio and press have been emphasizing the slogan that the Betancourt gover”
“CLAngiricAtIon DISPATCH 47MBOL AND NUVOLA CONTINUATION OF DISPATCH SECRET UFGA 19537 b. AMSCROLL optimistically sees the start of a counter offen sive against the rampages of Communism in Latin America. Examples *3 cited were Castello Branco's action in Goaiz Province, Bra”
“SECRET ANNEX F - VENEZUELA Venezuela is the top priority target for Cuban subversion. A campaign Of terror is in full swing. Castro, Che Guevarra, Blas Roca and other high-ranking Cuban officials have, as recently as January 1963, told various visiting Latin American Comm”
“proposal made in the State Department version 29 that has been discussed that the dissident groups, that in case 24 they managed to take over the government and there was some I 25 kind of fighting that they should request help from Venezuela, j TOP SECRET”
“SECRET-MO-FOREIGN DISSEM Extremist And Police Activities In Venezuela Venezuela has been afflicted over the past several months with a rash of Castro-Communist terrorist actions. Many incidents, involving shootings and robberies, are. connected with the Movement of the Revo”
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“that its leader, Luiz Carlos Prestes, a veteran in the Communist movement in Latin -2- SECRET SECRET America, left on 7 February on a trip to Moscow, Prague, and Havana to build a counter-fire against the dissidents. Ac- cording to two reliable covert sources in the regular party”
“14-00000 ........ . — 9 U.S. OFFICIALS Satur- day announced that two Cu- ban refugee flights for Mon- day, May 1. will be suspend- ed at the request of the Cu- ban government. Communis May Day activities are sched- uled on the island that day. The U.S. financed flight”
“incidents leading to arrests are estimated at 250. The principal incidents have been the uprisings of the Puerto Cabello and Carupano garrisons; the October/November sabotage of the Lake: Maracaibo oilfields; the hijacking of the freighter Anzoategui in February and the earl”
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“SECRET -3- Villalon has stated that his plan calls for expanding and accellersting subversive activities in Argentine culminating in a complete take over within two years. There is no indica- tion that Peron himself has agreed to this plan. It has been reported that leader”
“Extremist And Police Activities In Venezuela Venezuela'has been afflicted over the past several. .months with a rash of Castro-Communist terrorist actions. Many incidents, involving shootings.and robberies, are connected with the Movement of the Revolutionary Left,2 the Vene”