CUBANS PUT INTERVIEW WITH 4 CAPTIVES ON TV

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000400290041-8
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• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 19, 1999
• Sequence Number: 41
• Publication Date: February 3, 1965
• Content Type: NSPR

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Cubans Put Interview
With 4 Captives on TV j
Asked If he had something
I special to say, Menoyo pointed
to Florida on a map and said:
"I only, want to warn those who
wish to imitate us that they
ought to think things over well
before doing this; against the
people one cannot fight."
Four. Appear Calm
The four anti-Castro guerril-
las, captured after landing near
Baracoa on the north coast,
appeared calm and answered
questions rapidly. The smoked
and sipped water. They wore
what looked. like Improvised
HAVANA, Cuba (AP)-The government of Fidel Castro
displayed captured guerrilla leader Eloy Gutierrez Menoyo
and three of his companions on nationwide television Tuesday
night.
Menoyo claimed he used Puerto Rico as a way station en route,
to Cuba and was aided by Puerto Rico's former governor Luis[
Munoz Marin.
Two Cuban security officers questioned Menoyo and hisl
comrades in the 25-minute taped, -
Menoyo, who was a major'
under Castro before he defected I
said his group obtained a boat`
in Puerto Rico and used it toJ
travel to the Dominican Repub-11
lie.
"We understand that the FBIi
took our radio equipment," saidl
Menoyo. "Then Munoz Marini
intervenled and it wasl
returned."
The broadcast gave no nidica-1
Lion of what may be the fate of
Menoyo and the others.
Meanwhile, a Miami exile,
said a pro-Castro spy network
linking Miami, Santo Domingo
and Puerto Rico led to Menoyo's'
capture. !
Quotes Cuba Reports
Quoting reports. from Cuba,
the exile-newsman said the
Castro regime kept a close
watch on the families of Menoyo
and his top aides, as well as
places in Cuba familiar to them.
"As they (Menoyo and his
aides). were dropping from;
sight, the Castro-Communist
espionage periodically reported
to Havana every one of their,
steps," according to Informations
Cuban exile newsman Luis'
Manuel Martinez said he re-
ceived through Mexico. i
Raul Castro, Cuban armed;
forces minister, said earlier this
week that Menoyo and his three
aides were sighted 12 hours;
after they landed: and were
captured several days later. He
said thousands of militiamen
had. been mobilized to stop him.
"They taught me to use a gun
was right or wrong, Menoyo
,said, "If the people are against
Ht, it is wrong. '
He said he had expected to be
welcomed by the peasants but
received a hostile reception. He
'added that peasants gave him
food but also reported his
presence to the army.
Menoyo admitted - all the
details previously claimed by
the Cuban government. He said
he and his followers Infiltrated
Cuba from a base in the Dom-
inican Republic. Dominican
authorities have denied that any
such base exists.
"I worked for a while with the
CIA,", said one of Menoyo's
aides, Ramon Quesada Soma.
bands.
Asked in what he had done
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