Many of the 77 were previously identified as participants in the revolt by U.S. Government sources on May 6. but the new document gives intimate details of their participation before and after the American intervention. The document discloses that at least 45 of the extremists had been deported from the Dominican Republic a year before and that most of them had received guerrilla warfare training in Cuba before they began drifting back into the Dominican Republic last October. Cubas principal agency for promoting revolutionary activities in Latin America. the General Directorate of IntelligenceDGIhad for some time been providing financial support to two of the three Dominican Communist partiesthe 14th of June Political GroupAPCJand the Dominican Popular MovementMPD. The other Dominican Communist group which cooperated in the rebellion is the Dominican Popular SocialistPSPDparty which follows the Moscow line. The revolt may have been started by some dissident army officers. but the Communist leaders of all three parties issued orders to their members to incite the civilian crowds gathering in the streets. and to stage rallies and demonstrations. We all have read of the violence. wanton damage. and loss of life that ensued. It is interesting that the Cuban DGI officer who handles revolutionary operations for the Dominican Republic Is Roberto Santiesteban Casanova. deported by the United States for engaging in espionage in 1962 while serving with the Cuban delegation to the United Nations. Time is too short to present further evidence but let us review what has been happening in Latin America since the November meeting of the Latin American Communists. Venezuela: According to a report issued by the Special Consultative Committee on Security of the Pan American Union on May 7: Communist activities. which have been on the wane at the end of 1964. have broken out again and may be expected to Increase with the assistance that Cuba has promised to continue to provide to the Armed Forces of National Liberation.
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