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...Miami and Manhattan, spokesmen for Miró Cardona's council announced fighting at Baracoa, Santa Clara and Pinar del Río. Rumors raced across the island that Brother Raül Castro had been captured in Oriente province. Reports of defections among navy and militia units were reinforced by a fragmentary radio call from a naval base east of Havana that there were only eight men left-all the rest had "walked away...
...Many of them are Dr. Roa's friends and associates of long standing," said Stevenson. "They make a rather impressive list: the first Provisional President of the Revolutionary Government, Dr. Manuel Urrutia; the first Prime Minister, Dr. José Miró Cardona; the first President of the Supreme Court, Dr. Emilio Menéndez." Stevenson read the full roll call: "Nearly two-thirds of Castro's first Cabinet, rebel leaders, labor leaders, editors and commentators, and even such confidants as Juan Orta, the head of the Prime Minister's own office...
When the hours dragged into days with no proclamation of a free Cuba from Exile Leader Miró Cardona, it became apparent that something-in fact everything-had gone wrong...
...away. A radio ham in New Jersey picked up a faint signal: "This is Cuba calling. Where will help come from? This is Cuba calling the free world. We need help in Cuba." In Miami, Miró Cardona and the Revolutionary Council finally broke silence to issue a statement. They had radioed the men at the Bay of Pigs to ask whether they wished to be evacuated. The answer: "We will never leave this island...
...Miami. There, say the exiles, a CIA agent named Carr called for "democratic agreement of all present in order to choose a chief or President, who would head the provisional government later." The choice of the Revolutionary Council, as the joint Frente-M.R.P. group was named: José Miró Cardona, a man whose career has been based on mediation and compromise...