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104-10174-10062 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (01/01/1963)

handle is hein.jfk/jfkarch13846 and id is 1 raw text is: 104-1017410062 1ackground Use Oi-4 __ D~o Not-yroduce __ V. M01zTECR1STI GRGUP (Agrupacion Monteristi) A* fASEA) The Agrupacion-Montecristi is a small group composed of wealthy Cuban profesaional and businessmen, predominantly lawyers and economiat. Established about 1952 shortly after Batista's coup d'etat, It is one - of the oldest of the anti-Batista groups and was involved in the April 1956 abortive ArM revolt led by Colonel Raman Barquin. On 20 July 1958, the Agrupacion Montecristi signed the Caracas Unity Pact (the unification agreement eigned by representatives of all the groups in opposition to Batista), and formed a part of the Civic Revolutionary-Front (Frente Civico Revolucionario - FCR). During the Batista regime, it served as a support mechanism for revPlutionary activity inside Cub.. its main functions as a support mechanism were to collect funds to finance the revolution and to protide econcac and political guidance to the FRC. About one million pesos (one million US dollars) were collected to support the fight against Batista, Because of the economdc,-professional, and social position which the group represents in Cuban society, it exerted considerable influence on the political and econcmic decisions of the FR. It also sent military observers to the Sierra Maestra and to the Sierra del Escambray during the fighting. In 1957, Justo Carrillo Hernandes became the groupls representative in Miami whare he cooperated with the 26 of July Movement under the terms of the Caracas Pact. In late 1958, the group, while still co- operating with the 26 of July Movement, began planning independent military activity against Batista in conjunction with the military group headed by Barquin, then imprisoned on the Isle of Pines as a result of his participation in the abortive coup of 1956. In January 1959, Barquin, released from* prison by the revolutionary , forces, assumed temporary command of the Cuban Armed Forces. He was replaced in this post by Fidel Castro and subsequently by Ran1 Castro Rus, and was relegated to unimportant military duties, probably because of the 26 of July Movement's fear of his independence and military following. o15

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