Rolando cubela biography
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Primary Sources
(1) CIA Inspector General's Report on Plots to Assassinate Fidel Castro ()
Desmond FitzGerald, then Chief, SAS, who was going to Paris on other business, arranged to meet with Cubela to give him the assurances he sought. The contact strategi for the meeting, a kopia of which is in the AMLASH file, has this to say on cover: "FitzGerald will represent self as personal representative of Robert F. Kennedy who traveled Paris for specific purpose meeting Cubela and giving him assurances of full U.S. support if there is change of the present government in Cuba."
According to FitzGerald, he discussed the planned meeting with the DD/P (Helms) who decided it was not necessary to seek approval from Robert Kennedy for FitzGerald to speak in his name.
(2) Evan Thomas, The Very Best Men ()
The Cubans were notoriously leaky, while Castro's security service, the DGI, had been well trained by the East Germans, who had a knack for working do
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Rolando Cubela Secades
Rolando Cubela Secades
Born Cienfuegos, Cuba
Died 23 August (aged 90) Nationality Cuban Occupation Revolutionary Known&#;for Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantil Notable work El Ataque al Palacio Presidential Rolando Cubela Secades ( – 23 August ) was a Cuban revolutionary leader. He played an important part in the Cuban Revolution. He was a founding member of the Directorio Revolucionario Estudantil (DRE) and later the military leader of the DRE's Escambray Mountain front.
In Cubela was arrested for plotting the assassination of Fidel Castro and was sentenced to twenty-five years in prison. Afterwards, he went into exile to Spain, and became a doctor.[1]
Cubela Secades died on 23 August at the age of [2]
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Rolando Cubela Secades
Cuban revolutionary leader (–)
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cubela and the second or maternal family name is Secades.
Rolando Cubela Secades (19 January – 23 August ) was a Cuban revolutionary leader who played a vital part in the Cuban Revolution, having been a founding member of the Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantil and later the military leader of the DRE's Escambray Mountain front, achieving the rank of Commander, the highest military rank in the Revolutionary Army. After the Revolution succeeded in , Cubela became Cuba's envoy to UNESCO. Under the cryptonymAM/LASH, Cubela became "an important asset" of the Central Intelligence Agency, and worked with them on plots to assassinate Fidel Castro. In , Cubela was arrested for plotting the assassination of Castro, and sentenced to 25 years in prison. Released in , he went into exile in Spain.
Career
[edit]Cubela was born in Cienfuegos, Cuba, on 19 Januar