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110, I N' TH III I'A( FROM ' TO 1256 DAT t: _ _ --.., REF 'SUBJ ECT : . <__ WeeR No. 1,3 or ' y Air ! ro. S_ANA. ' (:,' -,; __ ()5! tt - (0 c( n : ( COtiFIDENTIAL I TI ES . ill. fioo d of rumor. and report. of activiti es continued the " pa.t week. ' 7here is aft ten.ion and ' expectancy in ,:: 'insurrectionary and circle.. But the Government cont inue. _to display, both outwardly .£rid , in confidenti al conversations, an 1M appearance of ' calm and great confidence. There werevariou.. going. and comings between Cuba and ,Mexico, the acknowledged foreign cent er , ___ of insurrectionary plotting due largely to the presence there ot Fidel CAS7RO Ruz, lead.rof the "26 of July" MOvement. Fructu. . RODRIGUEZ and Juan Vice Preaidents of the Feder tion of University Students (FEU) and leaders of the "Revolutionary Directorat e" of that organization, returned via Miami, and Oacar GANS Martinez, • Minister of Justice, Ambasaador to the United Statea, and Prime 0 under ex-President Carl.a PRIOand new a member.f Pard. Nationalist Revolutionary Party, went to Mexia. Oct.ber It seems generally agre- ed that "something" will b. undertaken fairly soon. Maximum publicity would be obtained if an attempt during the started here today - of the Inter-American P ress Associati on, andthia may be a factor In the Minda of pl.ttera. (UN CLASSI FIED) I NVASION OF ' CAlC SAL. On Octebor lS a ef ten young Cuban. "inTad.d" Cay. Sal" a island in the Bahamaa lyi ng some 28 mUes to the north of Cubaj ina ".ymbolic geature" t. assert Cuban sovereignty over the island. ' The group had chartered the fishing vessel "Miss Take" at Varadero, and taken contrel fr.m the, captain when at sea. '!heir landing was unopposed. '!he island has only a h.ndful of p ermanent a -few Bah.-ans and Cubans w orking for Mr. Clarence B. MOODY, aa American who ' btained ' a concess i n fram the Brit , ish a tour1a-t resort there, and 'a representative of The men st a rte d to l owe r·t he British nag, but deaisted' when the cuat .. m.s s. repres ent.tive thr eate n ed to shoot if they did, ted them- o I 1\ ) 01 sel ve a wit.h fly ing t he Cuban IILag on a short p-"le., CJlyeutha were membe rs ,-a nd of Joa' PARDO .L1?i'ci& 'id Natii1h at Revelu- t ion ary Party (PNR), a nd sent him a pret entious dated prier It . th eir excur s ion , stat ing that they had task .£ " reco vering the so vereign ty of a p art er M and theiF __ JL Tepping:mbwCONFI DEN TIAL REPORTER ACTION COpy - DEPARTMENT OF STATE The action omcemustreturnthls permanent record copy·to DClRtlles with an endorsement . 01: action taken. ' ••. . ::1it .
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.[ &0 ~ .. _ . • ~l. · ai1~-Cuban r~~t· .l' .. Cay. Sal", l , " Par .~,l~da-,aqo.,p.~:I. ~b7 yar'lOu n'.~ ,~~ and pelitioi ., , n.w te C e ,&1 th, t.~.w1ncd&J, ' .. did •• .,.ral new • , tr , , " , :I.. , . er " their arrl.,al" hewe,.er, a aniall· 0 ntinge t er arm.d
, lt~tre , • had' U'Rv.d by plane,. r,O,unded uP , the C~ban yeutha, ' 'whe t. y had only a .32 rey lY.r betw •• n them ga ••• el and preT.i edthelr y •••• l, lew.red. ill,d' re.tored the ~uban tag, and
, ha~ se.n th tt te Varad.re . ' ,. ', ' . . ~"--" ~ ' " " " ' .
. ,J OFFIC_IAt USE ONLY) Ce .nt.' 'I'll artairwa.' atraight c.ado ep.ra, and~a. a re.ult hal lri"ltat.d>~ g edlr nwnber et Cuba editeria1i.t. , and celumni.ts·, wh. f .1 that. Cu.ban 'dlgnlty hal tar.d rath.rpeer~y. S.yeral p.litlcian., n.w~.n,and blateriau., l.d by th. , paper Exce1.ler. Habana Councilman Augusti. Nayarre and Parde Llada, haye beeR publicly maintaining ter the paat ,w. menth. that
. Cay. Sal i. Cuban, and that ,the Gevernment .h uldundertake te hay. Britain . rec.gni •• the tact. Their principal metiyatien appear. t. have been . d.sir. f.r per •• nal . '," Jpublicity, and they haye be ••
. fairly succe. M. The Ministry et Stat. , haa limited itself te .tatements that the matter was receiYing due attentiell. With the news er the "in.,asi •• ", the Ministry i •• ued a atat.mentthat the y.utha had ne cennectien et any sert with the Gevernment &ad bad acted en their own. '!he Briti.h Charg' c.n.ulted the Ministry, and
J1" ut eut a mild .tatement expre.sing pleasure at the erEicia! dl •• veval . , r the expedi tien and aayingthat the incident had' b •• n ., rep.rt_cl 'e .nden' and the Bahamas. Ne' further efficial ,.tatements haTe be ..
issued, and Rene are likely.
(UNCLASSIFIED) NATIONALIST REVOLUTIONARY PAR'n APPLIES FOR RECOGNITION. On Oc,ener22~ Je.I Parde Llada, leader et ~hePartide Reveluci.narie Nacienal (PNR- Natienalist Revolutionary P~y) submitted decuments t. the Supreme El'ecteral ' C.urt allegedly ' c.ntaining the registratlener semel50,OOO T.tersa. member. efbi. party. This censtitute. m.re than twice the minimum necesaary rer a party te be ertic1ally recegnl.ed aad appr.ved te participate ' ia electiens. Recegnit ien sheuld · be rerthc ming aut.matically ~ .. the Elect.ral C.urt verif ie. t he d.ewneRt~.
(OFFICIAL USE ONLY) 'C.mment. 'Parde ' Llada and hi. fellewere ' are epp •• ed te the Batista .1d1iiiIi1.tratien. Paede and thr •• efbi. fell.were (er dubieuspel iticalanteceg.ents ) are new deputies, and Parde has indtcated that hi. party ' intend. t eparticipate 'in the , partial electien8'.cheduled f er N.vember, 195?
(UNCLASSIFIED) DE LA 'lORRIEN m ILL • Dr. a.am' de l aTORRIEN 11':, Cuba' s elder statesman ,ana l ea.der .r tEe Seciety.r Fri.nd. e£ the Republic (SAR) t entered ' a l .cal he spital en Octeber 22,allegedlJ'
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