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<toP ~eltEI considered to be a Communist. His brother Raul Castro, however, was clearly identified as a hard-core Com- munist.* 39/ The internal problem to which Anibal Escalante had referred in mid-summer came to a head in mid- October 1959 when Hubert Matos, a military leader in Camaguey Province and formerly a strong supporter of Castro, broke with Fidel over the increasing number of leadership positions which were being turned over to members of the Communist oriented PSP rather than to members of the 26 July Movement. Matos resigned as military leader of Camaguey on 19 October 1959 and was arrested on 20 October. During the months prior to his trial in December 1959, when he was found guilty of treason and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment, a * In view of the trend of recent years, it is inter- esting to note that the ChuAn report found reason to be somewhat critical of the Senate Internal Security Committee (Sen. Eastland's Committee) for getting in- volved in matters which were principally of concern to the intelligence community. In this case, the Senate Committee was criticized specifically for taking Diaz Lanz, the head of Castro's Air Force who had defected, and questioning him before turning him over to the intelligence agencies for initial inter- rogation. - 24 -