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f i@een STATES DEPARTMENT o@srice FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply, Please Refer to Washington, D.C. | File No. 100 -428091 July 15, 1961 Re: Merger of the Cuban Communist — Party With the 26th of July Movement A source, who has furnished reliable information in the past, furnished the following information in July, 1961: In late June, 1961, and early July, 1961, the following individuals discussed the merger of the Cuban Communist Party (CP) with the 26th of July Movement: American Section’ of the International Department of the Céntral Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CCCPSU); Timur}Timofeev, son of the late Eugene Dennis, former Ghairmanlof the Communist Party, United States of \ America (CPUSA), who is currently employed at the International \ Department of the CCCPSU, who discussed information he in turn had obtained from an individual, name unknown, who is in charge of the Cuban Section in the international Department of the CCCPSU, with regard to the merger above mentioned; and from Ladislawy;Kotzman, of the International Department of the Czechoslévakian Communist Party (CP), in charge of English speaking countries, _ f Nikolay’ ostovets, Head of the North and South This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed oui- side your agency. laa-YLGOTI-"