Rolando cubela biography

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 plan for the meeting, a copy 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 double agents."

Shortly before FitzGerald was due to leave for Paris to meet AMLASH, Sam Halpern walked in on a shouting match between his boss and the SAS counterintelligence (CI) officer. "The CI man was telling Des not to go to Paris. He felt Cubela was a dangle, or that he'd talk to h

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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 commander (–)

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