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104-10049-10362 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (10/20/1960)

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20 Octobe 1959


           FOR In~f

SUBJ      iighlights of Tape-Reborded Conversation in Mani Between
          Mr William D. Psale  and an Unidentified Cuban 4uring
          Period 1748 Cotober

     3on.   2o-October the undersiged and           of w/3
listened to the pla-back of a tape, brought to Washington from Ni.a
and given to Colonel King by Mr, Paulqr on 19 October, which was a
recording of Mr. Pawley's conversations with two Cuban during the
period 17-1  Cotober, The first conversation vas with an unidentified
Cuban, believed -to.be a. isember of a sw of vealtby anti-4ASM Cubans,
members of which have tlked to Mr. Pauley  ooently about their
plans for sabotage ot the coming suger harvest as reported in UWA*32
dated 2 October. The second Cuban was AmPACAi,  a Cuban journalist
of operational interest to Station Habana and a sepaate memorandan
is suatted   on that conversatio.

      .  The saidentified Cuban, who had somwhat of an accent and
spoke indistinctly, vae.difficutt to understand. He mentioned a-
mosting  with. some. at our people who came lp from Cuba to disonsS
plans   He said his group had been contacted by a rersentative of
General Jose Slesrtorio PDRAA  leader of Cuban revolutionary grleap
in the Dondnican Republic, who wanted to know what action their group
had taken and was .told that they had a plan 'to start sabotage. The
Cuban said the PDAZA  representative said their group (the PAZA
group) bad four provinces organised in Cuba, mentioning Canaguey and
Santa Clara, and that they had to provinces yet to be organised -
Habana and )atansas,             __.___

     3,  The Cuban said his group needed two things  mral  backing
and money  he pointed. out that Cubans in Cuba are afraid to start an
underground movement, and there was no way to raise funds, etc. Mr.
Pavley gave him no encouragement on the money angles saying that even
if there were Americans willing to ruo the risk of becoming involved
in Puban revolutionary activities by furnishing money for euch a
movement, which he doubted, he felt that at the present time it would
be like putting monq  don. a rathele for the filladmg reasonss
(1) there is no unity among the anti-CASE  groups and there are at -
least 10 that he knows a who are working absolutely independently of
one anotheir; and (2) CASE is in control of the country and has the
support of a large number of Cabans, especialy the under-prvlged.
Mr. Paslsy said .he felt the Cuban economic situation was worsening .
fast and that it it gets bad enough, a large nmber- of Cubans will
tp   on CASTMI  but until that time comes it-would be dangerous to
try. to organise a rmautionary movement,


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