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    "ocrText": "4AA THE DENVER POST\nSunday,June 3,1952\n@\nLearned to Hate CIA\nused by CIA agents for water\nAfter arriving in the U.S., he\nIN SPITE 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\nHIS 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-\n\"You don't have to spend\nrendered the ship inoperative\nwaiting.\nicine so they can carry out\nmillions of dollars to hurt\nby burning cut both engines\n\"Jose\" related how he and\ntheir missions.\nCastro,\" the American ad-\nand a generator. One member\nseveral of his co-workers had\nAmerican volunteers, in no\nviser continued. \"Multipiy\nof the \"Florida's' originalo\nplaced large amounts of C-4-\ntray connected with the CIA\nwhat we did a hundred times\nhas been negotiating with the\na high explosive in vital\nor any other governmental\nover and he would really be\nCIA to repair the \"Florida.\"\npoints throughout the plant\nagency, who advise and train\nhurting.\"\nWith the money earned from\nin which he worked. When, he\nthe Cubans maintain that a\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\ntheir American manager the\nm b y and resistance\ncarried out by killer-raider\nsmaller ship with which they\nleaders from the cities con-\nplant was ready to blow up\nteams could possibly increase\ncan conduct their own opera-\ntinue to trickel into Miami\nthe manager frantically ob-\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\navailable to fight but they\nance.\"\nbe back and we don't want\nbreaking point.\nCIA personnel, according\ncan't do it with their bare\nthat plant destroyed.\"\nAccording to these volunteers\nto the \"Florida's\" original\nhands. After assessing the do\nshort hit and run missions\ncrew, are \"stupid, inexperl-\nT HERE are confirmed re-\nnothing situation in Miami,\nports that Cuban lackeys\nwould keep the Communists\nenced and have not guts.\"\nthey compare the Kennedy\nThey charge that the head\nof\nthe CIA also have dealt\noff balance, destroy morale\nAdministration's policy of hop-\nand force them to tighten up\nman of the CIA in Key\npoorly with their more coura-\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\nThe number of personnel in-\nis an ex-Agrieulture Depart-\nber, 1960, Miro Cardone, nom-\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\nbe small and consequently the\ning about marine operations,\n\"Consejo,' invited young Cu-\nand decided not to try again\nlikelihood of the security of\nand that \"Gordon,' who\nis\nbans to join the American\ntill the horse died.\nsuch missions being com-\nhead of marine operations in\narmed forces. Several Cubans\nI talked with claimed they\npromised would be slight.\nThe result of such bungling.\nthe Miami area never com-\nWAMPS.\nOne American adviser re-\nother than giving the CIA a\nmanded anything larger than\nhad been promised faithfully\nlated how he and several\nworse name than it had after\nctive.\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 training\nnear Cuba for several days\nproduce some side effects that\nombino who had\nferent organization told of a\ncamps at which they would be\nwhile awaiting to make a con-\nwere not counted on. Several\ncted from the\nCIA \"safe house\" which was\ntaught the special skills they\ntact on the mainland. They\npersons said it is likely that\nhe Cuban frigate\nlocated on a vegetable farm\nwould need to fight the Cuban\ndidn't make their contacts nor\nif and when Castro falls, the\n5 same frigate\noutside of Miami. It soon be-\nCommunists.\ndid they get involved in any\nleadership replacing him will\nander. Bombino,\ncame obvious. he said, to the\nOne young chap told me\nfirefights with Castro militia.\nnot be those individuals spon-\nnd attempted to\nsurrounding neighbors that\nthat \"Miro himself promised\nHowever, he said, word got out\nsored by the CIA: such leader-\nFlorida' three\ngrowing vegetables was not\nthat if I enlisted I would get\nof their presence and Castro\nship may come from elements\ner according to\nthe primary purpose of the\nthe training I wanted and\nhad 5.000 militia combing the\nwhich have had to work\nmer crew mem-\nfarm's new owners when these\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\nan captain. who\nbig fuss about crop dusting\nland Air Force Base where\nleft. By his account it cost\nnot turn Cuba into as pro-\n>hany,\" told me\nplanes flying over their acre-\nfor six weeks I did little more\nthe American and his counter-\nAmerican a bastion as we\ned a year's pay\nage.\nthan polish boots, pick up eig-\nrevolutionary friends $50 for\nwould desire.\nound the world,\nWhen one of the tralnees\narette butts and clean la-\nport engineer of\nasked his instructor why\nhis M-3 submachine gun only\ntrines. I went to my com-\nhe would with-\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-\ni. \"Johnuy\" told\nprohibits firing automatic\nclal training I was promised.\new, more pliable\nweapons in the U.S.\" None-\nHe said he knew nothing of\ntheless, The Cuban said, the\nany such \"spectal training.\"\ncomptly run the\nI wrote to the chief of the Air\ncound whlle test-\nCIA expected these same\nCubans to risk their lives\nForce and was discharged\nwith weapons with which they\nshortly thereafter.\"\nwere the only\nould run her,'\nwere not completely familiar.\nWhen I asked him why he\ned. \"the CIA re-\nMembers of yet another or-\nthought such promises were\ne the \"Florida\"\nganization bitterly claim they\nmade, he answered, \"I think\nLiter making ex-\nwere given cases of Thomp-\nthey want to keep us from\nrs. we left on a\nson submachine guns for ship-\ngetting in the company's hair.\niba. A few miles\nment to undergrcund forces in\nCubans call the CIA the\nWest, the auto-\nCuba. When at sea they at-\n\"company\" as the Spanish\ncoke and we had\ntempted to test-fire the weap-\nabbreviation for company is\nlase, On our way\nons only to find that the am-\nCia.\"\ncided to test the\nmunition provided was of a\nLast month, it is known that\nrd motors that\ndifferent caliber and therefore\nthe heads of three anti-Castro\n;ower the small\ncompletely useless. On another\norganizations (no longer sup-\nry men and guns\noccasion they were given .57\nported by the CIA) flew to\nD to shore. They\nmm. recoiless rifles and ,75\nWashington to confer with sev-\nAfter stripping\nmm ammunition.\neral congressmen. They re-\nwe 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\nrent on to charge\ntold how he stole a boat with\ngets more and more arms and\notors which were\nseveral friends and escaped\nkills more of our friends,\" one\nbe new had been\nto the U.S. in August, 1061.\nleader commented."
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