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104-10103-10128 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (11/15/1960)

handle is hein.jfk/jfkarch38328 and id is 1 raw text is: 14 01310128 BRAND November 15/60 On August 5/60, at 7 a.m., Brand made contact with Brand told that he wanted to see A o (PLnios wife), in order o ebrief her on the actual situation of CA's groups. That same afternoon Brand saw Amparo. Amparo informed Brand of all the arrests that had taken place after Pliniots escape from El Escambray. In regard to OA's groups in Havana, Amparo told Brand that Efren Rodriguez, member of the Executive Commitee of the 0A,was in a safe house in Havana, and was the man who could brief Brand on As situation. On August 6/60, Brand saw Efren Rodriguez. Efren informed Brand that, on account of Abay and Penela's asylum at the Embassy of Brasil, contacts had been lost with the action groups of OA. Efren was completely out of money. Brand gave him $10.00 and instructed him to establish contact with 0A's action groups. Efre agreed to do this. Brand had to remain in his safe house for the next ten days, because no glue or moustaches had been sent to him, and he had no materials for his disguise. Meanwhile, P1inio had arrived to Havana, and had established contact with Efren and other members of the underground. gave Brand'a man to be used as a driver or as a cut-out. This man 1a namei ontes. After receiving the disguise materials, Brand establidl contact with Jesus IZlesias, former member of Triple A, and Brand's fellow conspi for many years. Iglesias owned a 50 ft. yacht. Brand asked Iglesia's help to use his yacht to smuggle weapons into Cuba. Iglesias was in very low spirits. He sai( that it was useless for the cubans to fight Fidel, since Fidel had a powerful ba( from the Soviet Union, and that unless the U.S. decided to do something about it, our efforts were doomed to failure. In short, Iglesias refused to help. Next, Brand established contact with Cesar Lancis Bravo. Cesar agreed to help, Brand instructed Cesar to start looking for D.Za. and L.Zs. Besides, Cesar was t< start organizing laborers in the different Unions, and to try to gather informatl from all of them. Cesar also volunteered to make contacts with oolicemen in the patrol cars, in order to find out the codes they were using in their radio communications. He-also promised to tart a search for safe houses and store hou4 and to start checking Fidel through the members of the Sindicato Gastronomico.Iz that first meeting, Brand gave Cesar'one thousand pesos, to be used for expenses for the renting of houses. Next, Brand madecontact with Benito Fernandez, Benito said that he was eager I help and that all of us had to give 6ur best to overcome our country's situation, Benito offered his efforts to try fol find D.Zs. and L.Zs. Besides, he volunteerec to do some recruiting. Benito informed Brand that he Had an action group of aboul fifteen men, already armed. Contact was made with Dr. Helio Nkrdo Baez. Nardo informed Drand that he had already been aproached by people fro; MRR and By Lomberto Diaz, acting the lattei as representative from Tony Varona's group:-Nardo had refused to work with them. Brand asked Nardo to take care of th Province of Pinar del Rio as a leader of a new underground group, of which he w s going to be one of the 'leaders. Nardo agre to this, and promised to start lookiig for D.Zs, and L.Zs. and also promised to take care of the recruiting of peoph in the Province of Pinar del Rio. He mentioz that he had a friend who had been a fieutenent in the rebel army, and who had qui his position becaus, of the communis tendencies of the Goternment. He told drant that this ex-lieutenent could become a valuable asset if won to our side. He saic he was going to try to bring this marl to talk with Brand. Brand gave Nardo five esib, for exna

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