ELECTION OF OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF VETERANS OF THE BAY OF PIGS

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• Publication Date: February 23, 1963

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,D.ca States (29 April 1963) FIELD REPORT NO.
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2. April 1963 members of L,sociaoion de Ve efano
ie Cochinos (AVBC,.Association of Veterans of the L,-ay
with headquarters at 109 SW 17th Avenue, Miami 35,
(telephone [phone]), held elections for officers.
Slates of candidates were offered to the 636 members
.o e..AVBC who registered. The winning slate was the one
ead.c.d by Jaime Varela Canosa, who is also identified as
.he organizer and guiding -spirit behind the organization.'
The following will serve as officers of the AVEC for the
term of one year:
President: Jaime Varela Canosa
7ice-President: Jose Peruyero Rodriguez
Secretary: Dr. Alberto,JaArcia' Navarro
Vice-Secretary: Dr. Manuel Molina Godinez
Treasurer: LuisArrizi..triz.q.i-STr-dTnas
Viou-Treasurer: Rene linl7f,
Director of Organization: Miguel Cervera Consuegra
Vioe-Direetor. of Organization: AntO-fiio 15acz Llanes
.i)irector of Foreign Relations: Rodolfe_prondo Q,,lintana
Vice-Director of Foreign Ralation.L.: Jose 137.711aA Young
Director for Culture, Press, and Propaganda:
Carlos Hernandez Hernandez
Vice-Director for Culture, Press, and -117opaganda:
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Director for Social Assistance: Edgard() Buttari Puig
Vice-Director for Social Assistance:
Rolando Jimenez Alvarez
Director for Military Matters: Luis Mor.6-eThelgado
Vice-Director for Military Matters:
Bernardo G. de Torres
. The Electoral Committee included Andres A. B.assols Pazos
as chairman, Jorge Roblejo Lone as secretary, Jose Ibarra
Calera, Enrique BlIrnet Gil, and Rafael Rubio Quintana
Voting members, and one representative' from each of the
three slates of nominees, as observers. �
4, A total of 470 votes was cast; 166 members did not vote.
It was generally said that the slate headed by Hiram_rfomez
Rodriguez had the backing of Guillermo Alonso Pujol. ManLi.iD1
P.ftime Buesa, who was present at the elections, favored the
;11.ate headed by Varela and Felipe Rtv_a:,2,,o Diaz indicated thq
he favored the slate headed by Ceierino Alvarez Castrillon.2
5 Despite the fact that Voting was on the basis of slates,
each candidate was voted on separately; consequently, Daniel
Gonzalez Carmenate, who was originally on the Varela slate"
7"'-.TFri7esaor'fbr Military Matters, was defeated by Luis Morse
"Delgado, nominee for this position on the slate headed by
Ceferino Alvarez Castrillpne Morse. was a member of the
Prisoner Delegation which was paroled by the Government of
Cuba to come to the United States tp arrange for the col-
lection of the ransom money.
� The -AVBC officers elected were officially invested at
-.6:00 p.m. on 28 April. 1963.
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The. AVBC Was registered on 29 March 196.3.in-Tallahassee,
;Florida, as a fraternal, military patriotic Organization,
to.include all former members of Brigade 2506. The AVBC
:was described as apolitical, and its stated purpose was
maintain and strengthen tne.unity of members of Brigade.
2506, to guard and. preserve the prestige of the Brigadernd to keep it safe from exploitation, and to constitute
_ nucleus -of members of the Brigade which would strive for
tb unification of all Cuban exiles apart from political
rientation.
The newly elected officers of the AVBC are apparently trying
.to expand the membership of the organization as much as
posible and have proposed the establishment of honorary
y:ipmberships in the AVBC. A meeting was to be held by
Manolo Fernandez, and Jesus Guejeves, the latter
presenting members of the. first Cubans to be discharged
llowing training and service in the Army of the United
tates. The details of this honorary membership to all .
Cubans who have undergone military training was to have
been takeivLip On. 25 April., between representatives of the .
i'VBC.and recently discharged- Cubans. It is believed
that some 238 .Cubans have been discharged,. and ;it was
hoped that an of them might affiliate themselves with
the AVBC.
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9. On 22 April Varela met with Gomez, one of the unsuccessful
candidates for presidency, Alvarez, another of the unsuccessful
candidates for the presidency, Orlando Cuervo Bermudez, Luis
Morse Delgado, Luis E,_Chinea Rios, OrIando_Urra Quinones,
bi Ramirez,Porta, and Antonio,Paez in a sort Of organ-
izatiobal meeting to overcome ani-ossible resentment which
the unsuccessful candidates might have harbored. Varela
said that on that same day, 22 April, he had a meetingwith
individuals, whose names he would not reveal, who had
� promised unlimited aid and support to a genuine and successful
unification of the Cuban exile community.3
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The Association claims a total membership of 800, although
only 636 registered to vote. The Association hopes that
everyone who participated in the April 1961 invasion will
eventually become members.
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Source reported that there is a possibility that Felipe
Rivero was in turn backed by certain American financiers,
as ,one of the candidates on the Alvarez slate was being
pushed by Sierra (fnu). The source may have been referring
to Pauline. A. Sierra, a Cuban lawyer claiming to represent
U.S. financial interests. Sierra may also be one of the
.individuals referred to in paragraph nine above aslaving
promised unlimited aid and. support. Sierra is reported to
have talked to.a Tony Hernandez, who may possibly be identical
with Manuel Antonio, Hernandez Diaz of .the Bay of Pigs
Association.
Cc:rent. Recent information on'Sierra was
dated 9 May 1963.
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Comment. It is believed that Manuel Artime Buesa
and/or Enrique Jose Ruiz Williams may be trying to gain
control of the organYation. Ruiz has approached Varela
with a proposal that he (Ruiz) be appointed New York and
Washington delegate of the AVBC, but Varela has no intention
of appointing him.
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