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104-10178-10004 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (1/13/1960)

handle is hein.jfk/jfkarch60518 and id is 1 raw text is: 104-10178-10004 elea:sed under the iJihn F. Kennedyr Assass*:~iationr F:ecordsU Collectio~n A''cf f 1 92 f44 II F: 21 FI7 Nr**J Cd& r:NW~ r*J5..I ;FR7 [t:1 1 rI-2R-20121 1. Attached for the information of Headquarters is the political bible of the MDC, a recently announced organization which has hopes of blossoming into a political party. Also attached is the Boletin Formativo e Informativo No. 3, dated 15 December 1959, which states that the MDC will announce soon the date of its first national congress. Further, the MDC hopes to invite Christian Democrats from many countries of the world including Dr. Rafael CAIDERA, Secretary General Nacional del COPEI in Venesuela. 2. The MDC has its national officei at 263 Ninth St. in Vedado, Habana. The following persons are the leaders of the MDCG . Jose! acio - president Delores f, ' rg Melcho ASMI, owner of the Central Dolores i - ck qa ,c - Valentl ,RENAS . The MDC is not. highly organized. A basic organization exists in all provinces with Camaguey the best organized having a membership of 600-1,000... The.. Santiago de Cuba organization is headed by-jaurean GARROTE Jr., broker, and *4 o'Guillermo i$ARTINi.Z. The Santiago organization has its political eights po ted primari at the campesinos, labor, and students. The MDC has a basic organisation of twelve students at the University of Oriente and can count limited strength in the teachers' organisation. However, at this time the MDC has no means of reaching other students except through word of mouth. No plans exist at thi time for publishing MDC propaganda. However, in the future the MDC in Habana plans to mimeograph selected articles and send them to the provincial organizations for distribution. The local MDC is looking fcr a person or avenue which they can use to reach the campesinos and labor. 3. MDC representatives have travelled to most countries of Europe and some countries of South America to study Christian Democratic movements wherever they have existed to learn the modus operandi of those movements and to capitalizo on their experience. 4. The MDC realises that it must be very careful in its actions having already been attacked by Prime inister CAS1RO. The MDC will do everything possible to avoid being connected with counter-revolutionary groups so that they cannot be classed in the same category as BATISTA elements. 5. The above information was ceived romCLaureano GARROTE Jr3 who is under development by the write ARROTEjis pro--US having received his education in the United States. As a representative or broker, most of his buxiness has come from US firme. He is now affiliated with a.US firm in Habana. 6. None of the above information has been placed on a mat on the assumption that most of it has already been reported by the Ha;ana Station. -~l PIF F~nir Distributions 3 - Hqs w/etts 2 - Habana w/o atts 2 -Files enneth L. Veausel { 12 January 1960 LIZ '3 ....... JVl 65987 Dn c d32412~~g I~ 7'O cJJq Us Only produce I.' I w ~* DIS PA-TCH F-I-:-F-N--Z--L Chief of Station, Habana 199. FROM ;u.---- - - , º ,. _.., vi . . _. _ ___ _ --- __ _Chief of Bas.,, Santiago deCubha __g+ 13Jnur _16_ Political OrganizatiLone - Noiniento - ' 4)J~4It 'O'a Criutiano (MDC:, Christian Democratic Movemenb) e ! _ --' w to a None sI Ous.'to Mca ONLY nTa:+tcaIr - -' JLti9_7.. _r. rT- - L

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