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14-Q0000 104-10298-10095] 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F_ KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992
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RE: CUZAt REvOLJTIOKARY COUNCIL April 16 , 1963
INTERIAL ZZCURITT CUBA
The April 9, 1963, Is8ue of the "MLanl Nevb " carried an article entitled, ~Exllee Mro-To Qult" _
Thle ertIcle ' 8tated that Infortled exlle bources clalm trat Dr _ JoSz MIRO CARDONA woald rezizn hlo pos t as head of the Cuban Revolutlonary Coucii= Tne articlc saId ExIle bourceb gave two pogolbllitles for he re8Ignat Ion _ One faction belleved that MIRO 9 recent trip to from whlch he returned Sunday (AprIl 7)
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tho Unlted States Governnent to a stateme:: of po8Itive pollcy regarding Cuba Another gchcol of thought 7J9 that the Counc1l head wa8 retiring [rom h18 poet In protest of Goveracnt curb_ of hlt-and-run ra d8 on the Coniunle 10land of Cuba _
The artfcle went on to staee that Dr _ MIRO' 9 leadership In the Counc11, aLced a& unlting &ll Cuban exlles, nag been burdened by prot lens Binco hle appolntment In March 1961 _
On AprIl 10, 1963, M T-l, a former Cuban bubIneg8 executive, who 19 employed the Cuban Revoluttonary Counc11 and Xho 18 a cloge pereona]' friend of Dr _ MIRO who ha8 furnlened 9on: rellable Information In tne
CARDONA ,
advIbed that a all-nlght se881on of the Counc [1
eada86id
begInnInz Aprql 9, and ending at about 6:00 A.M. on April 10_ during Whlch time MIRO CARDOMA pregented hls reslenatlor but the Counc11 refused to accept hl9 reslgnat Ion and MIRO CARDONA wag pereuaded to renaIn 28 President of the Counc1l_
M T-l 3e1d that MIRO ' 8 reslznat1on consisced of a 25-page 8 tatement whfch was In effect an Indictnent aga Inet the admlniatratfon of President Joxi ?_ KENNEDY of the Unfted States . In rejecting h1s rebignation, the Counc1l backed up
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Cu3AN REVOLUTIONARY COUCIL
INTERNAL SECURITY CUBA
MIRO but in tho Intcreat o[ both tho UnIted Stato end tho Cuban eIIlee, decIded upon a PublIc 8tatement whIch reada 89 followe :
"CUBAN_REYOLUTIONARY_CQWNCIL
"The Cuban Revolutlonary Councll, haVIng 9tudlod
the report of 1t8 Presldent, Dr _ Jose Mro Cardone ,
preeen t rolatIone NIch the Unfted States concer_
dovernment, agroes t
"1 Not to accept the reslgnatJon 0f Dr Jose Mro and declara 1t8 full support for the ba8fc plans
Cerdona ,
Jn hIs re8 lgnatlon _
contaInod
"2_ To affIr that there L8 a aerioua cr1819 , by the prosent policy of the government of
thisbzougtt about
country _
"3 _ To expre3] the Couna!1 '9 hope % overconlng the prebent cri9f8 ond calllng upon 211 of Americe, Including the Unlted States, for mora ] and naterlel bupport Jn thelr fight to regaln thelr soverelgnty and Independenco, and tho BtrIct fulfllment 6[ American treatieg and agreoment8 , &J 401l 48 the Jolnt rebolutlon of the U _ S, Corgr08s , callIng for effective action againet Soviet intervongion
In AmerIca _
"4 To affiro that the Counc11 ha8 &lweya Insgted, end 8t1ll Inglsts, upon the neceselty of Cuban partlcIpatJon In thc procesg of Ilbera Cube _ The whlch the Counc1l would
only proceduro
forccd, on 8 plane of
accept would be coordinatfon of
Cuba NIJl never
complete respect for natlonel dlgnlty,
fIrat Iine of
renounce her legltimate right to b0 In tho
combat _
To reaffir thelr unghakeable declslon
to continue tho fIght agaIne€ the Sovlet-Cagtro reglme , under any clrcumstance whatgoever.
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CUBAN REVO UTTIONARY COUICIL
IMTEIUIA L SECURITY CUBA
"6_ In thoge dftficult tlmcb_ the Cuban Revolutlonary
Councll urgcb a11 Cubanb to
ciosor
rank8 to achlovo tho
natJona] unIty needed to haeton our ma rch towarde
Preedom .
"Manl, AprLl 10,'-196360w*:
"Movlulento Democrata Crlatlano
(Chrletlan Derocratic Movement )
JOSB FERNANDEZ BADUE
0 Movlalento de Recuperacfon RovoluclonerLa
(Movement for Revolutlonary Recovery)
CESAR BARO
Agrupec Ion Montecriatl
(Montecriatl Group)
PRNCISCO- CARRILIO
UnIded Revoluclonaria
(Revolutfonary Unlon)
FERNAND FERNANDEZ CABADA
"Rabcate Danocratico Revoluclonarlo
(aevolutionary Democratic Recovery)
RAUL MENDEZ PIREZ
KovImlento Revoluc Ionary 30 do
(30th 0f November Revolutlonary
MovecebE;
ORLANDO RODRIGUEZ
Acclon Revoluclonarle Democratice
(Democratic Revolutlonary Action)
CERARDO QUESADA
Prente Obrero Revoluclonarlo de Cuba (PORDC)
(Revolut:onary Labor Front of Cuba
"Mlftary Section
JOSE E_ MONTEAGUDO
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CUDAN REVOLUTIONARF COUNCIL
INTERNAL SECURITY CUBA
"Sector FrofesJonal
ProfosaJonal SoctIon)
ENRIQUS HUERTAS
Corporac lone8 Economlcad
(Economfc Branch)
Dr = TULIO DIAz RIVERU
MANUEL ANTOIIIO DE VAROHA
SERQIO CARRO
RICARDO IORIB
ANTONIO MACEO
ANTONIO SILIO, Sacretary
M T-l expleIned that when Dr, MIRO CARDOONA retured
to MIamt fron 4 trip to WaghIngton, D C. on whera ho
contacted hIgh gorernnent offIclals, he ca0 away tho
feellng that:
1) Tho Unfted Stetob hab no to [roa Cuba
of CommunIom _
2) If the Unlted States ever does formulate any
plans, It WIll do 90 NIthout conoIderatlon
for the Cuban OxIlce In tho United Statob _
3) The Unfted Statcb policy 18 now on0 of
poacerul co-Oxletenco wIth Communlet Cuba _
M T-l saId that In hle QpInfon, the Cuban 0xIlog
ero {rubtreted, confu8ed, 1o8Ing fafth Jn tho Unl*d Statob
and there 18 0 srOning focling of abandonment of them by tho
United Stato8 _
The AprIl 10, 1963, I8gu6 of the "Mlanl Herald"
carrled a headline articlo entitled, ReeLens a8 Ex1le
Chlef; Raps U . S Pollcy" Thle artIc la otated thet MIRO
CARDNA reglgned because the Unlted Stateg rofubed to allocato
fIfty mi.llon dolarg to traIn 8 Cuban Invaglon forco, accordlng
Sundeyith
plan
"Mlro
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Cueah FEIOLJTIONARY COJMCIL
IR zSAL ZZC:JRITY CUBA
to zoerTLect Bourcea . The article 84 Jd thet cxile leadero,
clobo to XIRO baId ho rebIgned not only becauee %f dleagreo-
@ent vth United Stateb pollcy, "but becaube he feele
Haen:nzton doeb not have any concrete plane to deal MIth
the 4:c at0r"
Tne April 11, 1963, 108ue of the "Miant Horald"
carried an artlcle entitled- "Cuban Ex,le Counc1l Vowg to
ContIn:c tne Freedom FIght" In thla article I wa0
Btated tht the Cuban Revolutlonary Counc1l had vowed to
cont'rijle It0 fight @gaInet Cabtro-Commun]om whother the
Un1644 2tate8 likes 1€ or not_ Tne artIcle 0a Id that Dr _
MIR) Ca?OSA denled reporte from U, S Covernent bourced
that he cffered hi8 reglgnatIon to the Councl booaus0 the
Unfted 2-2te8 refubed to allocate fifty milion dollers to
tra:n a Cuzan Invagion forco _ The article 9cated thet an Inforned EourC0 0a1d that KTRO decfded to Qu1t "beoauee
o[ tn: cranze In the U . S. Cuban polloy" _
Tne Apr1l 16, Iobue of the "MLant Herald"
cerrled ar article entitled Accepte Demand , FIdel Saye" _
mlb artcle by the UPI bearing a Kavena detelIne reported
that Z1zi CASTRO told Cuban8 on Thureday (April 11) that tho
KEZDI Adalnlstratlon hag accepted one of hls fIve demarde
for an er 4 tc tenoIon Jn the Caribbean _ 1hfe article 0teted
that In 2 one hour and forty mnute speech, CASTRO 0a1d that
Haehlnzton in forbidding exIles to carry on further ermed
attac*? on Cuba, ha8 fulfilled one of fIve points for peace"
edvanc e +j hlm and endorged by the Sovfet Unlon The articlo
then went on to Btate that PIDEL announced that there ar0
9t.11 f37 ccnditlong to be fulfflled and that acceptance of
thea 18 tne only BengIble thing the KENNEDY Admlnletra #Lon
can do One of the five condftion8 , eccording co the erticle,
1o U . 8 _ eyecuation of
the 61g Navai
bage at Guentanemc
On the morlng of April 15, 1963, MIaml redlo new8
broadca4+8 announced MIRO CARDONA mould @gaIn offer hle
rebimaeion to the Counc1l on that same
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~CA3ZUj
CUBAN REVOLUTIONARY CO'IcIL
ISTERAL SECURITY CIJEA
On April 15, 1963, MM T-} advieed that ho wej
pobItive that MIRO CARDOHA dld not Intend to ega In tender
hlo reo Igna t Jon on Monda] , April 15, 1962, but wa8
contemplat takinz that actIon on the following Thuredey,
Aprql 18,
1963:
YMM T-l Ba1d that the Counchl wab meeting
on Thureday to teke a 'derInitc attitude or-tough llno of
action and that 1t waz entirely probable that a 11 of the
@embere oc the Counc1l mght resleh In proteut to the pregent
Policy oc the Unfted 2tate8 WIth rcgerd to the Cuban B1tuatIon .
He Ba1d that the prezent [eellng of the Coic_l towardo the
UnIted Stateg: 18 baofcally to hell NIth 1t"
MM T-l expressed the peraonal feeling that U _ 8 ,
pollcy towarde Cuba 19 preently In 4 vacuud and congequently
overzthIng 18 at a Btandat_ll_ The Cuban ezIles In tho
Mlaml aree {0el that the U _ S 18 abandonIng thelr Ca4b0
end ha9 nov adoptcd a courie 0f poaccful cC-exiitence wIth
Commun]8t Cuba _
On AprIl 16_ 1963, MY T-2, a Cuban Ex1le who heo
furnlehed bome rellable Informatlon In the paot and who J8
a8boclated wIth felloa Cubana" who belong to Bevera ] dffferent
organIzatlong idvleed that reactIon anong the Cuban exlled
10 very bad egaIngt the United Steteb He explaIned that the
Cuban ex1leg alleze that Pre8 Ident KENNEDY nae made proml8e8
to help them In thefr fight egaInst CASTRO but 18 noh oppobIng
them and consequently they feel that the U , 8 _ 18 no commlttod
co 8 Policy of peaceful co-exietenc0 wlth Conmunl8t Cube
The Cuban exile8 ere fearful a3 to the future, confubed 88 to
why the U , S _ heg changed Ite polfcy end tne exilee feel thet
they have been abandoned In thelr fIght _
PROPBRTY OP PBI Thb demorandum 13 loaned to You
by the PBI and nelther It nor 1t9 contentb are to 60 dib -
trIbuted out8lde the agency to whch loaned _
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