Central Intelligence Agency

Washington. D.C. 20505

12 February 2014
Mr. John Greenewald

Reference: F-2014-00107
Dear Mr. Greenewald:
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Revolucionario del Pueblo (MRP, Peoples'
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intervieved in the offices of ~he Joint Chi
Buildingi' RAY, hereinafter r~ferred- to as~ Subject, spoke in an
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to this, he spoke in a rambling manner,
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the gist, or the main thoughts
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and he presented his interpre
n of the errors ~hich had been committed.
by the Central Intelligence
_ cy, resulting in the abortive inva~ion in
the Bay of Cochinos. Mainl .. hese errors ~ere in the lack of monetary,
operational, military and
.. tical support to his organization. He .
spelled these out in cons
able detail by starting first with the lack
of proper political moti hoh inside Cuba, and thus the lack of incentive
by the Cuban people to
~ ;e i~ revolt. He said that the Cuban people
did not lmov the ult .
. pol;itical goal of the invasion forces. He said
that his ovn people,
memD,ers of the MRP; ~ere afraid that if the invasion
~as successful they,
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succeeding governme
This,! he emphasized, limited any support ~hich
could have been gi ~; to the !invading forces. Much later in his presentation
the Subject came , to thi~ point saying that he and his people had learned
about 11 0peration orty" as a .11 mopping-'up11 operation, ~hich ~as to have
eliminated his
P,'overs in Cuba. He said "Operation Forty" vas composed
of followers o former president Fulgencio BATISTA ~ho ~ere to follow

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behind the invading troops and "purge" the captured

said that the operation vas planned by SANJENIS and GUTIERREZ,
one of the members vas C.ALVINOS (fnu) , . a "war criminal" who vas
in the invasion.

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Central Intelligence Agency, and talked at some length
to obtain air drops for his partisans in the Sierra Es
during September 1960. Accor~ng to the Subject, not
requested vas delivered. He ~as critical of the lack
that while he was still in Ha:bana he met vi th an offi
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and that he vas promsed full' a:nd unconditional logi
vhen _he arrived in Miami, Flo~ida, he found that
full nor unconditional. He said that support vas
acceptance of the "Frente", and he told about
to his partisans, again in the Sierra -~scambr
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ned the lack of financial
support,/ and he said that thei only method
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ba, selling the Cuban pesos
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States dollars to Miami. He
listed his grievance against ~die Sv
aying his organization Vf!.S not
represented in the programming, and a
g that later Radio Swan fell into
complete disrepute through itF use o
es .and contradictions.
6. The Subject talked cbnsi
ly about the large number of "Batistianos"
who were in the training cam.p:s ,
~s futile efforts to rid the . camps of
these undesirable elements. He
- tified Jose "Pepe 11 PEREZ San Ramon, the
commander of the Brigade, andJ o PEREZ San Ramon, a Brigade officer,
as "Batistianos," but on ques i . . -ing admitted that they were not charged
'With any crimes. He explain
at, "They liked BATISTA." One point he
did not clarify was why his ... ernal organization could use ex-members of
the Constitutional A:nrcy an _-t at the same time they were not suitable if
they were in exile.
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, the Haba:na department store, and the Habana
period ~hich remained the Subject spoke of. vhat can
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action vork inside Cuba. He said that in the

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underground it vas necessary to vork vith others solely on the

known bona fides, and that i f MRP members had to vork 'With other
unknown to them, it would increase the chanpe for compromise. He
questioned as to "'bether or not it would be preferable to have
coordinating group, representing all groups, to direct the
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