Frente
Nacional Democratica Triple A (FNDTA)
National
Democratic Front (Triple A)
[REF:
Cuban Counter Revolutionary Handbook 10 October 1962 by
the CIA.
FBI HQ file
number 109-584-3387; NARA RIF Number
124-10279-10032]
[NOTE: The copies were very hard to transcribe
because of
poor photo reproduction. At points where the words were
unreadable,
three dots
(...) were inserted to indicate a missing word or words.
Words in
brackets are not contained in the original. FURTHER
NOTE: Please
consider the date,
10 Oct. 1962, when evaluating the organizations.]
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COUNTER REVOLUTIONARY
HANDBOOK
PART II: SECONDARY
ORGANIZATIONS
I. IDENTIFYING
DATA:
Common Title: F. N. D. T. A.
Title: Frente Nacional Democratica Triple A
National Democratic Front (Triple A)
Current official organization in exile for ...
Leading Personalities: [names not in order, taken from index
to leading
personalities]: Jose DE LA CRUZ Montiel, Erena CAMPOS,
Jesus
BARCELO Fernandez, Joaquin FERNANDEZ Brito, Ovidio MANALICH,
Ramiro
MANALICH Rodriguez, Ramon MIYAR, Fernando MELO,
Gilberto
SIERRA, Reinaldo SANCHEZ, Herlant TABAREZ, Julio A. DE LA
TORRE, Mario
VILLAR Roces.
II. HISTORY
SANCHEZ Arango first used ... title FNDTA in apparent effort
to recruit
supporters when he turned against Castro in early
1960. Full
title used ... consistently since SANCHEZ Arango left ...
effective
operations. SANCHEZ Arango continued ... to claim
contacts with
Escambray guerrillas. ... affiliations with Caribbean
Legion, SANCHEZ
Arango maintained friendly relations with Latin American
leaders,
BETANCOURT of Venezuela, YDIGORAS of Guatemala, and MUNOZ
Marin of
Puerto Rico) who assisted him previously.
III. CURRENT STATUS
... in exile; publishes periodical "AAA ... in New York.
SANCHEZ
Arango, despite strong personality traits which offend some
colleagues,
was considered capable of aligning FNDTA with any movement
which might
satisfy his personal ambitions; still to be reckoned with
especially in
terms of securing assistance from Caribbean Leaders.
Initially
associated himself with GARCERAN's bid. He become head of
exile
government; attended spring 1962 meeting with YDIGORAS to
promote this
concept; apparently now cool toward...
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