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susJncr: Report of Impend-IN Attac.. on Castro
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DATE 27 Novcnbe. 1)9
1. Jack Gillespie of Atlante, who is known to r.@ore recently
was approached by Rudy Fernandez of Atlanta and St. Petersburg, Fla.,
a Cuban-born UW national who is a supporter of Ehilio Nunez Portuondo.
Fernandez said: ---
a. The anti-Castro forces in the Dominicen Republic and Gutemal i
total 8,000 trooj's, of whom 5,000 could be used as paratroopers. The
Dominican Republic vill furnish airaraft and ships for an invasion
of Cubs. Tiae of the strike is indefinite but it could occur before
1 Je :uary 1963.
b. Resist nce to ra invasion in expected to be light because the
Cuban ary has not been paid for two months and is living by lecting,
c. Many hih-r: nkin Soviet officers are in Havana.
2. Gillespie said the presence of Soviet officers in Havana had also
been reported to him 24 lovenber )959 in a telephone call from a b
businessnen iin wioa he ham confidence
3. Gillespie, an experienddflier, efused Fernandez' invit'ti otoW. f ='if _
accomn'ny hira to the Doainicnn Republic to meet the invasion leaders and
review their plans.
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