Directorio Revolucionario Cubano - DRC
(Cuban Revolutionary Directorate)
[Reference: FBI file # 105-20202-36]
3/13/73
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
M E M O R A D U M
TO: SAC, MIAMI (105- )
FROM: SA GEORGE 3. DAVIS, JR.
SUBJECT: CUBAN REVOLUTIONARY DIRECTORATE
(DIRECTORIO REVOLUCIONARIO CUBANO -DRC)
The following is a summary translation by Miami Translator Eleanore M.
Schoenberger, of an article which appeared in "Diario de las Americas,"
Miami, Florida, on 3/10/73, page 1-B:
CUBAN REVOLUTIONARY DIRECTORATE PROCLAIMS
"RECONCILIATION OR WAR"
by EVARISTO R. SAVON
The Cuban Revolutionary Directorate held a press conference last Monday
night, at the offices of Brigade 2506, attended by important
representatives of various Cuban sectors, to proclaim their motto of
"National Reconciliation or Revolutionary War.
The meeting was opened by JUAN FELIPE DE LA CRUZ, who announced that
ANTONIO CALATAYUD, Secretary General of the DRC would read an important
document to be distributed in Cuba and in exile.
CALATAYUD began his speech with a tribute to Colonel VICENTE MENDEZ,
whose widow was present, to student leader PEDRO LUIS BOITEL, and all
the other Cuban martyrs. He said that after two years work, the
DRC is presenting its plan to liberate Cuba, before we are betrayed by
an agreement for coexistence.
He said that the DRC accepts all groups in exile.
He then read the document, which is summarized as follows:
GED/ems
We want it known that the DRC has no connections, alliances or
compromises with any foreign government or agency of a foreign
government. We will not use U.S. territory for carrying out our
plans, nor will we involve the U.S. government in the battle of our
people for liberation.
Under our motto of "National Reconciliation or Revolutionary War," we
will not pause in our battle against the Communist tyranny and the
Soviet presence in Cuba. Our battle will be without quarter, a
battle to the death. The DRC has opened communications with the
revolutionaries in Cuba. We want Cuba to be free, democratic,
progressive, just, with opportunities for all, where we can work for
the common goal of moral and material development of the nation.
The DRC is interested in understandings with democratic elements within
the government and the armed forces of Cuba, on the basis of national
reconciliation. We are willing to negotiate with any members of
the armed forces, at the level of Major or Captain, with the exception
of FIDEL CASTRO, RAUL CASTRO, OSVALDO DORTICOS, CARLOS RAFAEL
RODRIGUEZ, RAMIRO VALDES and the members of G-2, all of whom will be
arrested and tried by the proper courts, charged with treason and
selling the revolution to the Soviets.
We are planning general political amnesty for all political crimes,
past and present. The only people who will be tried for political
or criminal actions are those who, after publication of this offer,
commit crimes from the political or military positions they occupy in
Cuba.
It is up to our brothers, in Cuba and in exile. The future of
Cuba today is in foreign hands, and these foreigners do not understand
the hopes and needs of our people. Our duty is to face
them. Each day, we will be better organized, seeking more
militants and more allies. We believe in daily work and in the
battle which will develop, but we always leave the door open to
national reconciliation. Let us work together to seek a rapid
solution to this situation–otherwise, the only solution is
revolutionary war. We would prefer a solution which would not
involve a long, cruel, bloody war.
WE WILL NEVER NEGOTIATE THE FREEDOM OF OUR COUNTRY!
NATIONAL RECONCILIATION OR REVOLUTIONARY WAR!
Miami, Florida, March 5, 1973
for the Central Committee of the DRC, signed by:
ANTONIO CALATAYUD
DUNNEY PEREZ ALAMO
RAMON FONT
PEDRO ROIG
ANTONIO MICHEL YABOR
ALDO VERA
ANTONIO GARCES
PRIMITIVO RODIRGUEZ
OLIVERIO TOMEU
JOSE PEREZ ALAMO
GASPAR JIMENEZ
HECTOR CARBONELL
AUGUSTO MAXWELL
MIGUEL ANGEL GARATE
JORGE TRIANA
GENEROSO BRINGAS
JOSE COMENARES
RAFAEL MENENDEZ
PABLO RAMIREZ
MANUEL DUASSO
ALFREDO SOLER
RAUL REYES ROQUE
PEDRO LUIS LEYVA
ANTONIO SOBRINO
RAMON CAVEDA COLOME
FRANCISCO LORENZO
EMILIANO ANTUNEZ
JOSE CARLOS PRADO
JUAN OCTAVIO ORTEGA
JULIO RAMOS
OSCAR TERCELLA
ENRIQUE HERNANDEZ
JOSE LUIS HERNANDEZ
ENGENIO MARTI PEREZ
FLAVIO LUIS LOPEZ
PEDRO DIAZ LANDA
ALFREDO SAYOS
HERNAN HENRIQUEZ LORA
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