Ask the Scholar
Page 48 of 142
I can add historical knowledge about this page.
Page image
OCR
CIH
Anti-Castro raids contimue
Cuban Exciles Have Lear
used by CIA ager
By ROBERT K. BROWN
skiing.
NTI-CASTRO military activity in the Carib-
THIS incident
A
bean and Miami area has reached an all-
sentment it
time low. Even an occasional mention of
caused the CIA
training camps and/or impending anti-Castro
the "Florida"
large operations are now hard to find in once rumor-
And once again
rendered the shi
ridden Miami.
by burning cut
Present counter-revolutionary operations are
and a generator.
limited to a few surreptitious runs conducted by
of the "Florida'
small groups operating independently of the Cen-
has been negofla
tral Intelligence Agency, which provides food,
CIA to repair t.
redicine, agents and a handful of weapons for
With the money
their contacts in Cuba. Three or four organiza-
such a repair j
tions give classes on demolition and other military
ida's" crew ho
smaller ship wit
subjects in their rices or maintain scraggly train-
can conduct the
ing camps where eir men exist on rice, beans,
tions withou
hoge and the pleasure cursing the CIA. Since
ance."
the abortive invasion of Cuba which CIA spon-
CIA personni
sored in April, 1961, that agency has become al-
to the "Florio
most as unpopular as Fidel Castro with large num-
crew, are "stu
enced and hav
bers of Cubans.
They charge t
CIA sponsored operations
to buy supplies, the exiles
man of the
against Castro started slack-
look to the CIA for weapons,
West-code nam
ening off in January of this
medicine. foods. ships and all
is an ex-Agrier
year before the foreign min-
the other materials necessary
ment official w?
isters' meeting at Punta del
to keep a revolution going. Cu-
ing about mas
Este. Failure to initiate oper-
ban exiles who are not cor-
and that "Go
ations after Punta del Este
rupt, who are daily risking
head of marin
was explained by pointing
their lives for freedom, say
the Miami are
out that nothing should be
they have been unable to
ANTI-CASTRO FORCES TRAIN IN SWAMPS.
manded anythi
done which might substan-
raise any sizable amounts of
Small commando raids are effective.
a 50-ft. yacht.
tiate Castro's charge of re-
money from American citizens
Another Cuba
newed United States aggres-
or industry.
sion before the United Nations.
These exiles say that the
Here is an account of one
by Roberto Bombino who had-
ferent organiza
After that "crisis" passed,
such complaint:
recently defected from the
CIA "safe hou
CIA pays a monthly lump sum
Sometime ago, a Cuban mil-
command of the Cuban frigate
located on a
the Cubans were pacified with
---some estimate it at be-
the story that it would take
"*Marti." This same frigate
outside of Mia
tween $100,000 and $200,000-
lionaire bought a small World
and its commander. Bombino,
came obvious.
time for new CIA boss John
to the "Consejo" which is lead
War II surplus warship
had chased and attempted to
surrounding r
McCone to orient himself.
by Dr. Miro Cardona, former
(which we'll call the "Flor-
sink the "Florida" three
Then it was said that the
Premier of Cuba under Castro.
ida") and installed the most
growing veget
months earlier according to
Defense Intelligence Agency
Cardona then parce!s the
advanced navigational equip-
the primary 1
one of the former crew mem-
farm's new ow1
(DIA) was taking over the
money out to the varlous or-
ment and engines available.
operational missions of the
After the boat was equipped
bers.
"vegetable far
ganizations that make up the
Central Intelligence Agency.
"Consejo,' they report.
to the tune of better than
The American captain. who
big fuss abou
If the Cubans have been un-
One group which recently
$50.000, the CIA moved in
we'll call "Johnny," told me
planes flying (
impressed by these expla-
and offered to take care of
he was offered a year's pay
age.
nations, they have been
broke with the Consejo re-
operational expenses salary
and a trip around the world,
When one
even more unimpressed with
portedly received a monthly
lump sun of $2,070. This was
for the 20-man crew, repairs,
or a job as port engineer of
asked his
the CIA itself-its operating
ammunition, fuel. etc., as long
Ney West if he would with-
his M-3 submi
techniques, personnel, accom-
supposed to pay the rent, sal-
draw from the "Florida"
fired single
aries of the department heads
as they were allowed to con-
plishments. reliability and its
trol the ship.
quietly. With the rest of his
structor repile
relations with the Cubari exile
of the organization and office
crew listening, "Johnny" told
prohibits fir
supplies.
The millionaire. who by this
me how the new, more pliable
weapons in t
movement in general.
Several A m who
time was no longer a million-
crew had promptly run the
theless, The 4
THE exiles say CIA main-
helped set up a training camp
had no alternative but to
"Florida" aground while test-
CIA expected
tains tight control over the
in the Everglades, reported
agnee.
ing her.
Cubans to r
majority of anti-Castro organi-
that as soon as it became
Friction developed between
"Since we were the only
with weapons
zations by its dispensation of
known that a training camp
the ship's Cuban crew which
ones that could run her,'
were not com
funds. guns and its system of
was In operation and young
was captalned by an Ameri-
Johnny laughed. **the CIA re-
Members e:
informants which do not spy
Cubans were clamoring
to
can and the CIA representa-
luctantly gave the "Florida"
ganization bit
on Castro but on the counter-
sign up, the C.A contacted the
tives in Key West after
back to us. After making ex-
were given c
revolutionaries.
exile organization sponsoring
several missions failed due to
tensive repairs. we left on a
son submachir
Money. the lifeblood of any
the camp through Cardona
faulty or incomplete CIA in-
mission to Cuba. A few miles
ment to under
revolutionary movement, has
and promised to contribute a
telligence reports. The CIA
out of Key West, the auto-
Cuba. When
been in short supply. During
sizable sum of money to the
then attempted to force re-
matic pilot broke and we had
tempted to te
the successful 1959 evolt
organization if it would take
placement of the critical. out-
to return to base, On our way
ons only to fi
against dietator Fulgencio Ba-
its men out of the field for
spoken but extremely able
back. we decided to test the
munition pro
tista. Cuban revolutionaries ob-
just a couple of weeks. The
American captain who didn't
small outboard motors that
different calit
tained most of their funds
men returned to Miami, the
hesitate to tell the "spooks"
we use to power the small
completely us
from inside Cuba-from the
organization got the CIA
(nickname for CIA agents)
boats that ferry men and guns
occasion they
middle and upper classes. This
money and the training camp
what be thought of their oper-
from the ship to shore. They
mm. recoiles
has not been possible for the
wasn't reopened, these Ameri-
ations.
didn't work. After stripping
mm ammuni
last year and a half. Further-
cans say.
Eventually. the CIA was
all 4 motors. we discovered
**Jose." a v
more. funds that were brought
able to take over the "Flor-
water had seeped into the
athlete who
out of Cuba and made avail-
A
ND one doesn't have to
able for revoluticanry activ-
look far in Cuban exile
ida" due to its control of the
cylinders.
American co
circles to hear numerous
purse strings and the original
"Johnny" went on to charge
toid how be
ity have been expended and
crew and captain re-
that these motors which were
several frier
cannot be Thus. if
complaints of CIA Lreptness
niarred hu's Prew unded
to be new had been
t2. the U.S.
rs DE
Page data
- Page
- 48
- Source index
- 0
- Type
- photo
- Media ID
- 7400a53886826992
- Size
- unknown
Document data
- ID
- 7564828
- Core
- doc
- Type
- document
DTO data
{
"id": "7564828",
"sourceUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7564828",
"contentType": "document",
"title": "Additional Thornley material",
"citationUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7564828",
"collections": [
"John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection",
"Papers of Jim Garrison"
],
"iiifBase": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/28/5648/7564828/content/arcmedia/dc-metro/jfkco/641323/jfk-garrison-057/jfk-garrison-057-0115.jpg",
"thumbnailUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/28/5648/7564828/content/arcmedia/dc-metro/jfkco/641323/jfk-garrison-057/jfk-garrison-057-0115.jpg",
"largeImageUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/28/5648/7564828/content/arcmedia/dc-metro/jfkco/641323/jfk-garrison-057/jfk-garrison-057-0115.jpg",
"imageCount": 142,
"hasImages": true,
"source": "import",
"hasTranscription": false
}
Context sent to Scholar
Document identity
{
"localId": "7564828",
"label": "Additional Thornley material",
"core": "doc",
"dtoType": "document",
"citationUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7564828"
}
Document source metadata
{
"id": "7564828",
"sourceUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7564828",
"contentType": "document",
"title": "Additional Thornley material",
"citationUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7564828",
"collections": [
"John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection",
"Papers of Jim Garrison"
],
"iiifBase": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/28/5648/7564828/content/arcmedia/dc-metro/jfkco/641323/jfk-garrison-057/jfk-garrison-057-0115.jpg",
"thumbnailUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/28/5648/7564828/content/arcmedia/dc-metro/jfkco/641323/jfk-garrison-057/jfk-garrison-057-0115.jpg",
"largeImageUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/28/5648/7564828/content/arcmedia/dc-metro/jfkco/641323/jfk-garrison-057/jfk-garrison-057-0115.jpg",
"imageCount": 142,
"hasImages": true,
"source": "import",
"hasTranscription": false
}
Document source extras
{
"url": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7564828",
"naId": 7564828,
"levelOfDescription": "fileUnit",
"recordType": "description",
"ocrSource": "nara-archive"
}
Page context
{
"seq": 48,
"pageIndex": 0,
"type": "photo",
"url": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/28/5648/7564828/content/arcmedia/dc-metro/jfkco/641323/jfk-garrison-057/jfk-garrison-057-0083.jpg",
"mediaId": "7400a53886826992",
"ocrText": "CIH\nAnti-Castro raids contimue\nCuban Exciles Have Lear\nused by CIA ager\nBy ROBERT K. BROWN\nskiing.\nNTI-CASTRO military activity in the Carib-\nTHIS incident\nA\nbean and Miami area has reached an all-\nsentment it\ntime low. Even an occasional mention of\ncaused the CIA\ntraining camps and/or impending anti-Castro\nthe \"Florida\"\nlarge operations are now hard to find in once rumor-\nAnd once again\nrendered the shi\nridden Miami.\nby burning cut\nPresent counter-revolutionary operations are\nand a generator.\nlimited to a few surreptitious runs conducted by\nof the \"Florida'\nsmall groups operating independently of the Cen-\nhas been negofla\ntral Intelligence Agency, which provides food,\nCIA to repair t.\nredicine, agents and a handful of weapons for\nWith the money\ntheir contacts in Cuba. Three or four organiza-\nsuch a repair j\ntions give classes on demolition and other military\nida's\" crew ho\nsmaller ship wit\nsubjects in their rices or maintain scraggly train-\ncan conduct the\ning camps where eir men exist on rice, beans,\ntions withou\nhoge and the pleasure cursing the CIA. Since\nance.\"\nthe abortive invasion of Cuba which CIA spon-\nCIA personni\nsored in April, 1961, that agency has become al-\nto the \"Florio\nmost as unpopular as Fidel Castro with large num-\ncrew, are \"stu\nenced and hav\nbers of Cubans.\nThey charge t\nCIA sponsored operations\nto buy supplies, the exiles\nman of the\nagainst Castro started slack-\nlook to the CIA for weapons,\nWest-code nam\nening off in January of this\nmedicine. foods. ships and all\nis an ex-Agrier\nyear before the foreign min-\nthe other materials necessary\nment official w?\nisters' meeting at Punta del\nto keep a revolution going. Cu-\ning about mas\nEste. Failure to initiate oper-\nban exiles who are not cor-\nand that \"Go\nations after Punta del Este\nrupt, who are daily risking\nhead of marin\nwas explained by pointing\ntheir lives for freedom, say\nthe Miami are\nout that nothing should be\nthey have been unable to\nANTI-CASTRO FORCES TRAIN IN SWAMPS.\nmanded anythi\ndone which might substan-\nraise any sizable amounts of\nSmall commando raids are effective.\na 50-ft. yacht.\ntiate Castro's charge of re-\nmoney from American citizens\nAnother Cuba\nnewed United States aggres-\nor industry.\nsion before the United Nations.\nThese exiles say that the\nHere is an account of one\nby Roberto Bombino who had-\nferent organiza\nAfter that \"crisis\" passed,\nsuch complaint:\nrecently defected from the\nCIA \"safe hou\nCIA pays a monthly lump sum\nSometime ago, a Cuban mil-\ncommand of the Cuban frigate\nlocated on a\nthe Cubans were pacified with\n---some estimate it at be-\nthe story that it would take\n\"*Marti.\" This same frigate\noutside of Mia\ntween $100,000 and $200,000-\nlionaire bought a small World\nand its commander. Bombino,\ncame obvious.\ntime for new CIA boss John\nto the \"Consejo\" which is lead\nWar II surplus warship\nhad chased and attempted to\nsurrounding r\nMcCone to orient himself.\nby Dr. Miro Cardona, former\n(which we'll call the \"Flor-\nsink the \"Florida\" three\nThen it was said that the\nPremier of Cuba under Castro.\nida\") and installed the most\ngrowing veget\nmonths earlier according to\nDefense Intelligence Agency\nCardona then parce!s the\nadvanced navigational equip-\nthe primary 1\none of the former crew mem-\nfarm's new ow1\n(DIA) was taking over the\nmoney out to the varlous or-\nment and engines available.\noperational missions of the\nAfter the boat was equipped\nbers.\n\"vegetable far\nganizations that make up the\nCentral Intelligence Agency.\n\"Consejo,' they report.\nto the tune of better than\nThe American captain. who\nbig fuss abou\nIf the Cubans have been un-\nOne group which recently\n$50.000, the CIA moved in\nwe'll call \"Johnny,\" told me\nplanes flying (\nimpressed by these expla-\nand offered to take care of\nhe was offered a year's pay\nage.\nnations, they have been\nbroke with the Consejo re-\noperational expenses salary\nand a trip around the world,\nWhen one\neven more unimpressed with\nportedly received a monthly\nlump sun of $2,070. This was\nfor the 20-man crew, repairs,\nor a job as port engineer of\nasked his\nthe CIA itself-its operating\nammunition, fuel. etc., as long\nNey West if he would with-\nhis M-3 submi\ntechniques, personnel, accom-\nsupposed to pay the rent, sal-\ndraw from the \"Florida\"\nfired single\naries of the department heads\nas they were allowed to con-\nplishments. reliability and its\ntrol the ship.\nquietly. With the rest of his\nstructor repile\nrelations with the Cubari exile\nof the organization and office\ncrew listening, \"Johnny\" told\nprohibits fir\nsupplies.\nThe millionaire. who by this\nme how the new, more pliable\nweapons in t\nmovement in general.\nSeveral A m who\ntime was no longer a million-\ncrew had promptly run the\ntheless, The 4\nTHE exiles say CIA main-\nhelped set up a training camp\nhad no alternative but to\n\"Florida\" aground while test-\nCIA expected\ntains tight control over the\nin the Everglades, reported\nagnee.\ning her.\nCubans to r\nmajority of anti-Castro organi-\nthat as soon as it became\nFriction developed between\n\"Since we were the only\nwith weapons\nzations by its dispensation of\nknown that a training camp\nthe ship's Cuban crew which\nones that could run her,'\nwere not com\nfunds. guns and its system of\nwas In operation and young\nwas captalned by an Ameri-\nJohnny laughed. **the CIA re-\nMembers e:\ninformants which do not spy\nCubans were clamoring\nto\ncan and the CIA representa-\nluctantly gave the \"Florida\"\nganization bit\non Castro but on the counter-\nsign up, the C.A contacted the\ntives in Key West after\nback to us. After making ex-\nwere given c\nrevolutionaries.\nexile organization sponsoring\nseveral missions failed due to\ntensive repairs. we left on a\nson submachir\nMoney. the lifeblood of any\nthe camp through Cardona\nfaulty or incomplete CIA in-\nmission to Cuba. A few miles\nment to under\nrevolutionary movement, has\nand promised to contribute a\ntelligence reports. The CIA\nout of Key West, the auto-\nCuba. When\nbeen in short supply. During\nsizable sum of money to the\nthen attempted to force re-\nmatic pilot broke and we had\ntempted to te\nthe successful 1959 evolt\norganization if it would take\nplacement of the critical. out-\nto return to base, On our way\nons only to fi\nagainst dietator Fulgencio Ba-\nits men out of the field for\nspoken but extremely able\nback. we decided to test the\nmunition pro\ntista. Cuban revolutionaries ob-\njust a couple of weeks. The\nAmerican captain who didn't\nsmall outboard motors that\ndifferent calit\ntained most of their funds\nmen returned to Miami, the\nhesitate to tell the \"spooks\"\nwe use to power the small\ncompletely us\nfrom inside Cuba-from the\norganization got the CIA\n(nickname for CIA agents)\nboats that ferry men and guns\noccasion they\nmiddle and upper classes. This\nmoney and the training camp\nwhat be thought of their oper-\nfrom the ship to shore. They\nmm. recoiles\nhas not been possible for the\nwasn't reopened, these Ameri-\nations.\ndidn't work. After stripping\nmm ammuni\nlast year and a half. Further-\ncans say.\nEventually. the CIA was\nall 4 motors. we discovered\n**Jose.\" a v\nmore. funds that were brought\nable to take over the \"Flor-\nwater had seeped into the\nathlete who\nout of Cuba and made avail-\nA\nND one doesn't have to\nable for revoluticanry activ-\nlook far in Cuban exile\nida\" due to its control of the\ncylinders.\nAmerican co\ncircles to hear numerous\npurse strings and the original\n\"Johnny\" went on to charge\ntoid how be\nity have been expended and\ncrew and captain re-\nthat these motors which were\nseveral frier\ncannot be Thus. if\ncomplaints of CIA Lreptness\nniarred hu's Prew unded\nto be new had been\nt2. the U.S.\nrs DE"
}