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I · (UNCLASSIPIED) KILLINGS IN HAllWr. o~I'o.JnW . . tueee I ~ Manuel·RODftIGUEZ Perez, Jeee MACHAi\Qr8e,riguez, an • .ree K ~ Resales, an. Dr. Juan Pe«re CARBO S'tr'!llo. h\8O.tltlena esp· ~

. aS3ec1atlens ameng stUAient lea«ere, were ahet an .. -ki e ~ in a rat« en an apartment1n Habana en Aprl1 20, "'l9-§i-.. -- . eae 0 !

RODRIGUEZ was Pree1._ent er the lPe.erat1.n ef Un1ve'rs1ty Stuents (FEU) -.:;-s1nce the «eath e1' Jese Anten1e ECHEVEMIA .uring the March 13, .1s- ( 0 J i

turbances (WEEK! Ne. 12, March 20, 1957). Juan CARBO 1s allege. by \}. 0

pel1ce te have been ene efthe twe men whe kille« Lt. C.l. Anten1e ~ BLANCO Rlce.; termer Chief et the Mill tary Intel11gence Service (SIM) • en Octeber 28; 1956 (UUA Ne. 44, Ooteber 31, 1956); he t .. k part 0 o in the March 13; attack agalnst the Palace, was weun«e., an. later esca~,.T;' 1'rem the h'ap1-ta.l where he was taken ter treatment. :?

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"" have strengly pr.teste41 t he killings an. seme secen4lary soheels have «ecree«per1e4s et meurn1ng in memery er the .ecease. stUjents. The ~ pel1ce state. that they ra1tie. the apartment en a t1p, that these fv kl1le« were ahet as they re:::s1ste. arrest,. an« that twe ether~ 1n the apartment' escape.. The Dnbasay has ne lnfermat1en wh1ch weul4i cause .~ it te «eu.bt the pe11ce ver s1en fit t he lnc1«ent • . . The stu«ent killings 01 wl11 hewever cause .uch r esentment ani turn mere stujents agaln~t the ~ Gevernment. Jeae WESTBftOOK1 _he has been «esor1be. as an Amer1can, wae the aenet a U.S. c1tizen father anti a CUban mother: the father was reglatere« at the EUlbassy unt11. abeut ~936 .but the c1tizensh1p seet1en has ne recer« et Je.e WESTBROOK. All tour «ea. were a cknew-1e4ige4i members er the nlt~v.llltlenary Directera t e" I an ergan1.zat l .en .1'. seme .r t hese members et t he Pe«eratlen er univers1ty s tuaents whe a.vecate an4i practice vielence ana lnaurilectlen 1n a ttempt1n&. t e everthrow the Bat .lsta a.mln1strat1.n~ ;; ,

,(UNCLASSIFIED) AlU4Y TftOOPS WI'fHDMwN FROM-SIen MAJ:STftA. Newspapers er APrtl 18, 1957repeI'te4i that mest et the ap'ec1aiarmy tre.ps· that have been .pp.s1ngl!1~~1-: ~A~Q 1n t he Sierra Maest ra

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,~ ,(CONJPIDENTIAL) COMMENT. Th1. ,' •• ~~ '1n.1cate. that the a.vernaant ,1. p.nvince. that QASTJtO 1. n. l.ngep an etteot1ve threat t o. nat1.nal.

\'~ .eCV1 t¥ 0 ', The .. ba •• y hal receive. rep.rt. .r .pp •• 1 ti.n cla1 - . that th1. , ~s ' the' JfQ' CAS'l'ftO planne. 1 t tre. the start . -They aay that he 1nten'e. - t.~keep l •• ' Until C.natitut1.nal OUarantee. -were r .t.re. anti army t.rces were lf1th4lrawn aM that hewill.no oarry .nan arme4i act1.n aga1n t .ne .t the t.wn. 1n the Sle:rraMae.tra area .

_ (UNCLASSIPIED)' JOINT CONGJIlJ:SSIONAL COMMITTD. The J.int Cen-greas1.nal C.mM1tteec.nlt1ering peacetul •• lutl.ns .r CQba'. p.lltlc&l pr.ble. ~et aa sche.Ule' .nAprll 22~ 1957 t. beg1n it. stuy.t the .pini.ns expresse. by the lea.era .tthe varl.u ' p.li ti ­cal greups ,(nEKA N •• 16 .t April 17 ~ 1957). The c • ..u tteel. eetlng In ol •• ,e. seaal.n an' 1 t 1. n.t expeote. that a ,publlc

ann.uncement .r Ita tln.lngs will be ma4e juring the cem1ng week.

(UNCLASSIrIED) SUGA~. As.r Aprll 17; rlnal pre.ucti.n rep.rts hatl been rece1vetlrrem 42 .r .the 16ltperatlng sugar mills. Pr.euc­ti.n et these 42 allIs t.tale' 7,270~756 bag.~ whleh 1s 12009~ bele. their as.lgne. qu.tas. The t.tal a.slgnee Qu.ta .t .the 161 milIa 1. 46,144,000 baga .r 5,150,000 SpaniAh leng t.ns .

(UNCLASSIPIED) COMMENT. Thetaot that the liRal precuctie, er the 42 aills waa 12.09% shert 1s n.t cen.true. a. aalaiieat.r .t the .utc •• e .r the t.tal sugar cr.po The milla tlr.t t.rep.rt final preeuctl.n are usually th.se that tall t. aake, er Ju.t' reach~ thelr a.signeC qlletas. Other 11111. pr.bably will excee. quetaa . Usually qua11tlej CUban a.urces 'stl11 est1matethe current sugar crep te range between 5,lOQ~OOO a~ 5, 300,000 Spanlsh l •• g t.n ••

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(UNCLASSIFIED) LABO!t P!tOBLEM' OP ELJ:CTftICAL WOftUltS CONTINUJ:S. Angel Cer1f1e Garc1a,liu.apen.ee ~ecretary ~eneral .r the Peieratl.n er Eleetrica1 Werkers~ was arrestee .n April 17, but was release. after brlef queatl.Ring. Immetl1ately ther.eatter Cerlfle.rierei hls 1"e11ewers t. jeslst,at least Wltl1 at'ter kiter weeken., tr •• the1r pret est . 1" the Gevel'Rllent'. interventl.a .r th~lr · lI'e.eratlenl whlch haj taken the term et ·sl.wclewns in electric etr ices but net in pr . ... clueing plants .n April 15, 16, anj 17, 1957.

Cerin~ t hen 1ssue. a public releaae Btatl ng ,that he expe cte4 I;:. have an interview en 1.1'1'11 22, with the Prime Minister te OI1SCJlBl ~ <J1:1rrent labercrls181n t he E~ectricpeeeratlen am. t . pr~ent '

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, The .leeal l.'er s1tuatl. baa taken e an 1ntemati.nal aapeot with the arrival i,n Cuba ,·en Apr1l 23, .r WillI .. DOHEftTY, Jr., Latin American Representative .t the re.tal, Telegraph . ana Telephe elnter­nati.na~. Deherty is here at the request er ftUBlDA" Secretary General er the Telephene Prieratien" whe haa been auppertlngCet1f1. ana whetears that his ewn Peaeratien Will ahertly be intervenea. Dehert,y, .h. 18. alae making an unetrlelal Investigatle ter OftITi Will stay 1 Habana rer twe _aya" an. Inten •• te Intervlew varleua laber ~ etriel.l. as well as the M1nister er Laber abeut the present laber .1t£lcultles, but primarlly in regarj te the Telephene Peaeratien.

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(UNCLASSIPIJ:D) . The .ec18iveactiea et King Hussein 1n atrength- . en1ng · his ewn · hana in JeNan enee aga1n : .... e that little ceuntry . the .. in subject et attentien In theCBban preas. HUssein has .en the battle, at least ter ne., aa1. Intermaci'n, whieh gave .. ch ereait te the U.S. ter warn1ng that it weU1i 5.1at Jerjan it attaeke." ana calle. this vietery a suceesstul teat et the Eiaenhe"er Dectrine . Other papers, tee, acknewleage. that the yeUB& King et Jerjan ba. strengthenea hIs pesit1e. an. that this ameuntea te a t emperary vlctery ter the West, but these papers a1a net give crea1t te the. J:Iaenbewer Dectrine. Avance an. Excelaler beth .etea that Jerian ia the tlrst real te.st et this .e.trine In the M1aale kat but that the tinal euteeme 1s atill much 111' .eubt • . Avanoe .bellevea that Kina Husseln saw In the Eisenhewer Pl an an eppertunity te switchtre Br i tish te U. S. pretectlen,. ana thUS ejSoape tN" the Utbi ties et­his Arabic nelghbers vhe were clea1.g ,i n ter the kill. IXcel~le~ . felt that the caring aetlen et Hua.e~ haa given tbe U.S. mere time te aeal with the Senet-Egyptian oampaign t~ take "vel" Jerian. Beth Alerta anti 'renaa Libre tel t that Jeriaa was tar rrea being eat er 'anger, hewever. Alerta tearec t hat a large part et t he pteepl e .r

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