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Last August 24 a group of young Cuban exiles in two small motor launches shelled a waterfront hotel in Havana. The Cubans--members of the Student Revolutionary Directorate (DRE) with head-quarters in Miami--evoked cries of anguish from Fidel Castro by their abortive bombardment and "embarrassment and annoyance" on the part of the United States government...
During the recent crisis the DRE was again in the news. Its newsletter issued early last week purported to pinpoint the size and location of Russian missile bases under construction in Cuba. Yesterday its leaders expressed disappointment that the United States had reached an accord with the Soviet Union before removing Premier Castro by force of arms...
...DRE has a long, often bloody history of revolt against oppression in Cuba...
Within a year after Castro's rise to power, many DRE leaders began charging that Fidel had betrayed the ideals of the revolution. Castro reciprocated by jailing, shooting, or exiling most of the right-wing element in the Directorate. In late 1960 the disaffection became so widespread the DRE leadership left Cuba and set up exile headquarters in Miami...
According to an expert on Latin American student affairs the DRE membership was slightly more conservative at the time of the exile than when the group fought with Castro in the hills. Its hardcore leadership of six young Cubans, however, "tend to be fairly progressive or socialist," the expert, who wished his name withheld, said...