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    "ocrText": "4AA THE DENVER POST Sunday,June 3,1962\ne Learned to Hate CIA\nused by CIA agents for water\nAfter arriving in the U.S., he\nSPITE of the CIA, Cuban\ntheir trip. He estimated it cost\nskiing.\nsaid, he was promised by the\nfreedom fighters continue\nCastro's already strained\nCIA that he would be sent to\nto peck away at Fidel's police\nbudget tens of thousands of\nTHE incident and the re-\na camp for specialized train-\nstate. They say they feel that\npesos as well as consumption\nsentment it engendered\ning in the near future. He\nsuch efforts are not in vain.\nof precious gasoline and wear\ncaused the CIA to take over\ncommented sarcastically, \"I'd\nThey point out that they now\non vehicles used to transport\nthe \"Florida\" once again.\nlike to know what they mean\nbribe fishermen and Castro's\nthe militia to and fro.\nAnd once again the new crew\nby near future, as I'm still\nmilitia with ice, food and med-\nrendered the ship inoperative\n\"You don't have to spend\nwaiting.\"\nieine so they can carry out\nby burning cut both engines\nmillions of dollars to hurt\n\"Jose\" related how he and\ntheir missions.\nand a generator. One member\nCastro,\" the American ad-\nseveral of his co-workers had\nAmerican volunteers, in no\nof the \"Florida's\" originalere\nviser continued. \"Multiply\nplaced large amounts of C-4-\ntray connected with the CIA\nhas been negotiating with the\nwhat we did a hundred times\na high explosive in vital\nor any other governmental\nCIA to repair the \"Florida.\"\nover and he would really be\npoints throughout the plant\nagency, who advise and train\nWith the money earned from\nhurting.'\nin which he worked. When, he\nthe Cubans maintain that\na\nsuch a repair job, the \"Flor-\nsaid, they gleefully informed\nmultitude of small scale raids\nGuerrillas operating in the\nida's\" crew hope to buy a\na and resistance\ntheir American manager the\ncarried out by killer-raider\nsmaller ship with which they\nplant was ready to blow up\nleaders from the cities con-\nteams could possibly increase\ncan conduct their own opera-\nthe manager frantically ob-\ntinue to trickel into Miami\nthe strain on Castro's now\ntions - without CIA \"guid-\njected, \"Don't do that. We'll\nstraining economy to the\nwith reports that men are\nance.\"\nbe back and we don't want\nbreaking point.\navailable to fight but they\nCIA personnel, according\nthat plant destroyed.\"\ncan't do it with their bare\nto the \"Florida's\" original\nAccording to these volunteers\nhands. After assessing the do-\nHERE are confirmed re-\nshort hit and run missions\ncrew, are \"stupid, inexperi-\nnothing situation in Miami,\nenced and have not guts.\"\nports that Cuban lackeys\nwould keep the Communists\nthey compare the Kennedy\nThey charge that the head\nof\nthe CIA also have dealt\noff balance, destroy morale\nAdministration's policy of hop-\nman of the CIA in Key\npoorly with their more coura-\nand force them to tighten up\ning that Fidel will wither on\ntheir control even further.\nWest-code name of \"Max\"-\ngeous countrymen. In Decem-\nthe vine to the little boy that\nis an ex-Agriculture Depart-\nber, 1960, Miro Cardone, nom-\nThe number of personnel in-\nwas thrown from a horse the\nvolved in such activities would\nment official who knows noth-\ninal head of the CIA-financed\nfirst time he tried to ride him\ning about marine operations,\n\"Consejo,\" invited young Cu-\nbe small and consequently the\nand decided not to try again\nand that \"Gordon,\" who is\nbans to join the American\nlikelihood of the security of\ntill the horse died.\nhead of marine operations in\narmed forces. Several Cubans\nsuch missions being com-\nSWAMPS.\nthe Miami area never com-\nI talked with claimed they\npromised would be slight.\nThe result of such bungling,\nOne American adviser re-\nother than giving the CIA a\nmanded anything larger than\nhad been promised faithfully\nactive.\nlated how he and several\nworse name than it had after\na 30-ft. yacht.\nthat they would be sent di-\nCubans had stayed on a key\nthe Bay of Pigs failure, may\nAnother Cuban from a dif-\nrectly to special training\nSombino who had\nnear Cuba for several days\nproduce some side effects that\nferent organization told of a\ncamps at which they would be\nfected from the\nwhile awaiting to make a con-\nwere not counted on. Several\nCIA \"safe house\" which was\ntaught the special skills they\nthe Cuban frigate\ntact on the mainland. They\npersons said it is likely that\nlocated on a vegetable farm\nwould need to fight the Cuban\nils same frigate\ndidn't make their contacts nor\nif and when Castro falls, the\noutside of Miami. It soon be-\nCommunists.\nhander. Bombino,\ncame obvious, he said, to the\ndid they get involved in any\nleadership replacing him will\nand attempted to\nOne young chap told me\nfirefights with Castro militia.\nnot be those individuals spon-\nsurrounding neighbors that\n\"Florida' three\ngrowing vegetables was not\nthat \"Miro himself promised\nHowever, he said, word got out\nsored by the CIA: such leader-\nier according to\nthat if I enlisted I would get\nof their presence and Castro\nship may come from elements\nthe primary purpose of the\nfarm's new owners when these\nthe training I wanted and\nhad 5.000 militia combing the\nwhich have had to work\normer crew mem-\nneeded. So I enlisted in the\narea for two weeks-after the\nagainst the CIA as well as\n\"vegetable farmers\" ralsed a\nAir Force. I was sent to Lack-\ncounter revolutionaries had\nFidel, in which case they may\ncan captain. who\nbig fuss about crop dusting\nland Air Force Base where\nleft, By his account it cost\nnot turn Cuba into as pro-\nJohnny,\" told me\nplanes flying over their acre-\nfor six weeks I did little more\nthe American and his counter-\nAmerican a bastion as we\nred a year's pay\nage.\nthan polish boots, pick up eig-\nrevolutionary friends $50 for\nwould desire.\ntround the world,\nWhen one of the trainees\nport engineer of\narette butts and clean la-\nasked his instructor why\n!\nhe would with-\nhis M-3 submachine gun only\ntrines, I went to my com-\nthe \"Florida\"\nfired single shots, the In-\nmanding officer and asked\nthe rest of his\nstructor replied, \"Federal law\nwhen I could expect the spe-\n\"Johnny\" told\nprohibits firling automatic\ncial training I was promised.\nnew, more pliable\nweapons in the U.S.\" None-\nHe said he knew nothing of\ncromptly run the\ntheless, The Cuban said, the\nany such \"special training.\"\nground while test-\nCIA expected these same\nI wrote to the chief of the Air\nCubans to risk their lives\nForce and was discharged\nwere the only\nwith weapons with which they\nshortly thereafter.\"\ncould run her,\"\nwere not completely familiar.\nWhen I asked him why he\nhed. \"the CIA re-\nMembers of yet another or-\nthought such promises were\nve the \"Florida\"\nganization bitterly claim they\nmade, he answered. \"'I think\nAfter making ex-\nwere given cases of Thomp-\nthey want to keep us from\nirs. we left on a\nson submachine guns for ship-\ngetting in the company's hair.\nSuba. A few miles\nment to underground forces in\nCubans call the CIA the\nWest, the auto-\nCuba. When at sea they at-\n\"company\" as the Spanish\nbroke and we had\ntempted to test-fire the weap-\nabbreviation for company is\nbase, On our way\nons only to find that the am-\nCia.\"\necided to test the\nmunition provided was of a\nLast month. it is known that\nard motors that\ndifferent caliber and therefore\nthe heads of three anti-Castro\npower the small\ncompletely useless. On another\norganizations (no longer sup-\nTY men and guns\noccasion they were given .57\nported by the CIA) flew to\nip to shore. They\nmm. recoiless rifles and ,75\nWashington to confer with sev-\nAfter stripping\nmm ammunition.\neral congressmen. They re-\nS. we discovered\n\"Jose,\" a well-known Cuban\nported they were told, \"to wait,\nseeped into the\nathlete who worked for an\nwait. it's the best way to save\nAmerican company in Cuba,\nlives.\" \"Meanwhile, Castro\nwent on to charge\ntold how he stole a boat with\ngets more and more arms and\nnotors which were\nseveral friends and escaped\nkills more of our friends,\" one\nbe new had been\nto the U.S. in August, 1961.\nleader commented."
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