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180-10142-10241 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (11/07/1978)

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largest faCtion and had organized delegations in Miami, New
York, Chicago, Venezuela and Cuba. (Ibid) The clandestine
faction operating in Cuba was lead by Pepin Fernandez Badue
who used the alias Lucas. (Ibid) When Fernandez arrived in
the U.S. in October 1961, he presented his credentials to the
Cuban Revolutionary Council (CRC) , claiming he was the rep-
resentative of the MDC movement in Cuba, and Council president,
Dr. Miro Cardona, accepted him into the CRC. (Ibid) The
'.'Lucas faction remained with the council but declined in
\ importance because Fernandez failed to consult with the
Executive Committee of his faciton nor did he make any effort
0asp
to hold the group together. (HSCA Security File 092, Senstudy
Document, Volume 32, Item 1, #97-4110-72)
The Rasco faction of MDC had as it Military Chief an
(IbidnItem 2you74           ng-23  Fraren and under no financial~~
pressures, Batista was able to organize and partially finance the
infiltration attempts of the MDC (HSCA #009303, FBI#7-6349
Section V) which made this one of the most active and effective
underground groups in Cuba during the early 1960 's . (HSAC       t'
Security File 092, Senstudy Docuemnt, Volume 37, Item 4
#105-95461-15, page 4)
he IAsponsored a ±xa±.n4*g camp for the MDC errine,
Florida, prior to the April 1961 invasion. (HSCA #009303, p. 4,
FBI #97-4623-149, Section 5) Batista made many(CIA-sponsored)
trips from this camp to deliver explosives, guns and ammunition
to the Cuban underground. (Ibid)    B      the Bay of Pigs
invasion, all underground groups worked together, sharing
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