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DOI A P R IL 1967

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-JOHNSOflSTA TE M E N TS BY J U L E S R E G IS D EBRAY C O N C ER N IN G EUROPEAN

SU PPO R T MECHANISM FOR L A T IN AM ERICAN G U E R R IL L A S A LLEG |to& # |

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2 . JU L E S R E G IS DEBRAY S A ID T H A T WHEN HE WAS IN CUBA IN E A R LY

JA N U A R Y 1 9 6 7 , NORBERTO RAMOS, A MEMBER OF TH E F O R E IG N R E L A T IO N S3S E C T IO N OF TH E C E N TR A L COM M ITTEE OF TH E CUBAN COM M UNIST P A R TY T O L D 1• S - E - Q iR i -B -T~

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HIM THAT HE SHOULD GO TO SEE FRANCOIS MASPERO IN PARIS WHEN HE

RETURNED TO FRANCE, BECAUSE MASPERO WAS SOON GOING TO RECEIVE IN

STRUCTIONS ON HOW TO OBTAIN AN INTERVIEW .W ITH ERNESTO "CHE" GUEVARA

IN L A T IN AMERICA. COMMENT: THERE IS NO INFORMATION

AVAILABLE TO ID E N TIF Y NORBERTO RAMOS AS A MEMBER OF THE CUBAN COM

MUNIST PARTY, THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE PCC, OR THE FOREIGN

RELATIONS SECTION OF THE PCC CENTRAL COMMITTEE. MASPERO IS PROBA

BLY FRANCOIS HENRI MASPERO, FRENCH NATIONAL WHO, DURING THE ALGERIAN

WAR, EDITED A NUMBER OF WORKS SUPPORTING THE ALGERIAN REBELS. AS

OF 12 JANUARY 1966, MASPERO WAS DIRECTOR OF THE PARIS PER IOD ICAL

PARTISANS. HE ATTENDED THE TRICONTINBNTAL CONFERENCE IN HAVANA,

JANUARY 1966. HE HAS EDITED MANY BOOKS ON NATIONAL LIB ER ATION

MOVEMENTS.) DEBRAY SAID HE CONTACTED MASPERO AND WAS GIVEN IN

STRUCTIONS BY MASPERO ON HOW TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE B O LIV IA N

GUERRILLA NETWORK IN LA PAZ. MASPERO ALLEGEDLY ALSO GAVE DEBRAY

AN ORAL MESSAGE TO DELIVER TO GUEVARA FROM GUEVARA'S W IFE. DEBRAY

SAID HE MADE CONTACT IN LA PAZ AND WAS TAKEN TO THE GUERRILLA CAMP

IN THE NACAHUAZU ON 6 MARCH 1967.

3 . DEBRAY CLAIMS TO HAVE MET GUEVARA THREE TIMES WHEN BOTH

WERE WITH THE GUERRILLAS, AFTER "CHE" REPORTEDLY RETURNED TO THE

MAIN GUERRILLA GROUP SHORTLY AFTER 20 MARCH 1967. j________ j COMMENT:

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SEE FOR FURTHER D E T A IL S O F "C H E " G U E V A R A 'S A L

LEG ED PRESENCE IN B O L I V I A . ) TH E F IR S T M E E TIN G , ACCORDING TO DEBRAY,

WAS T O ALLOW BOTH TO BECOME A CQ U AINTED AND D IS C U S S PLANS FOR A

EUROPEAN SUPPORT MECHANISM FOR TH E G U E R R IL LA S . |____________|COMMENT:

DEBRAY C LA IM S T H A T T H IS WAS H IS F IR S T M EETIN G W ITH GUEVARA AND

T H A T HE HAD N O T MET HIM P R E V IO U S L Y .)

4 . TH E SECOND A LLEG ED M EETING WAS TO D IS C U S S .T H E D E T A IL S OF

TH E EUROPEAN SUPPORT MECHANISM. TH E MOVEMENT, ACCORDING TO D EB R A Y,

WAS TO BE O R G A N IZ ED AND BACKED BY BERTRAND R U SSELL OF ENGLAND,

JE A N PAUL SARTRE O F FRANCE AND ALBERTO MORAVIA OF I T A L Y , AND WAS

TO SUPPORT "C H E " GUEVARA AND H IS GU ER RILLA MOVEMENT IN L A T IN AM ERICA,

T H IS MOVEMENT WAS TO BE STARTED SEPAR ATELY FROM ANY E S T A B L IS H E D

EUROPEAN L E F T IS T P A R T Y , E S P E C IA L L Y THE COMMUNIST P A R T IE S , TO SUP

PORT G U E V A R A 'S P O L IC Y OF G U ER R ILLA WARFARE. TH E MORAL AND F IN A N

C IA L SUPPORT WAS TO COME FROM IN D IV ID U A L S IN EUROPE. |__________ | COM

MENT: ACCORDING TO D EBRAY, I T SEEMED AS I F "C H E " GUEVARA AND F ID E L

CASTRO WERE NOT IN TO T A L AGREEMENT, AND TH A T GUEVARA WAS T R Y IN G TO

B U IL D MECHANISMS INDEPENDENT OF CUBA, TO SUPPORT H IS PERSONAL REVO

LU TIO N A R Y E F F O R T S .) O NLY R U SS ELL, SARTRE AND MORAVIA WERE TO KNOW

O F G U E VA R A 'S PRESENCE IN B O L IV IA A T F IR S T , BUT AN A R T IC L E IN THE

" R E V IS TA T R IC O N T IN E N T A L " WAS TO SURFACE GUEVARA’ S PRESENCE AND

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COMMENT: SUCHE F F O R TS IN B O L IV IA A T A LA TE R D A T E .

AN A R T IC L E WAS P U B L IS H E D ON 16 A P R IL 1967 BY TH E H AVA N A -B ASED

A F R O -A S IA N -L A T IN AMERICAN P E O P L E S ' S O L ID A R IT Y O R G A N IZ A T IO N - A A L A P S O .)

5 . A T TH E T H IR D M EETIN G , DEBRAY S A ID , "C H E ” A L L E G E D L Y GAVE

T H E F O LLO W IN G IN S T R U C T IO N S TO HIM TO CARRY T O R U S S E L L , SARTRE AND

M O R A V IA , A L L PERSONAL F R IE N D S O F GUEVARA:

A . T O T E L L THEM TH A T H E , DEBRAY, HAD BEEN W ITH GUEVARA

IN B O L IV IA AND T H A T GUEVARA NEEDED SUPPORT FOR H IS G U E R R IL LA S FROM

ABR O AD, SEPAR ATE FROM CUBA, AND FOR T H IS PURPOSE T H E Y WERE T O OR

G A N IZ E A NEW T Y P E OF O R G A N IZ A TIO N COMPOSED OF GROUPS IN D EP EN D EN T

FROM E S T A B L IS H E D P O L IT IC A L P A R T IE S .

B . T O T E L L RUSSELL TO ANNOUNCE A T TH E IN T E R N A T IO N A L WAR

CR IM ES T R IA L B E IN G HELD IN SWEDEN TH A T "C H E " GUEVARA SUPPORTED TH E

T R IA L AND I T S A IM S .

C . TO W R ITE A L E T T E R FROM P A R IS TO ROBERTO FERNANDO

RETAMAR IN CUBA, TO BE SENT THROUGH TH E CUBAN D IP L O M A T IC POUCH,

FOR TR A N S M ITTA L TO HAYDEE SANTAM ARIA, D IR E C TO R OF TH E "C ASA DE

L A S AM ERICAS" IN HAVANA, T E L L IN G HER TH A T HE HAD SEEN GUEVARA IN

B O L IV IA AND INFORM ING HER OF TH E PLANS TO E S T A B L IS H AN IND EPEND EN T

EUROPEAN SUPPORT MECHANISM.

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$. DEBRAY S A ID GUEVARA SHOWED HIM A TW O -PA G E M A N IFESTO O U T

L I N IN G T H E P O L IT IC A L P R IN C IP A L S O F TH E G U E R R IL L A S . TH E M A N IFESTO

C O N TA IN E D TH E FO LLOW IN G P O IN T S :

A . N A T IO N A L IZ A T IO N O F A L L NATURAL RESOURCES.

B . N A T IO N A L IZ A T IO N O F A L L FO R EIG N C A P IT A L .

C . T O SO LVE TH E IN D IA N PROBLEM BY C O N T IN U IN G TH E P R O JE C TS

BEGUN IN 1952 TO IN TE G R A TE TH E IN D IA N S IN T O TH E P O L IT IC A L AND ECO

NOM IC L I F E OF TH E N A T IO N .

D . U N S P E C IF IE D P R O JEC TS O F ECONOMIC D EVELO PM ENTS.

E . T O C R E A TE , AND C A LL FOR TH E SUPPORT O F , O THER REVO

L U TIO N A R Y GROUPS IN L A T IN AM ERICA.

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