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bem te » FATE FLAY FOS Cir’ Oe rTr 2 The April 6, 196 edition of "The New Yora aes” newspaper contained _ @ full-page advertisement captioned "nat Is Realiy iincoening In Cuba", placed _. by the Pair Play for Cuba Committee (FFCC). This adv+sbisement announced the : formation of the FPCC in New York City and declared “+ FPCC intended to premul- | gate "the truth about revolutionary Cuba't te neutraiice the distorted American press. ’ "The New York Times" edition of January 11. 1961, reported that ata hearing conducted before the United States Senate Invernei Security Subcommittee on January 10, 1961, Dre Charles A. Santos-Buch iden-ified himself and Robert -Taber as organizers of the FPCC. He also testified he and Taber obtained funds -. from the Cuban Government which were applied toward vhe cost of the aforementioned * sdvertisemant, . Qn May 16, 1963, a source advised that curing the first two years of the. FPCCts existence there was a struggle between Comminist Party (CP) and Socialist Workers Party (SwWP) elements to exert their power within the FPCC and thereby ‘ dnfluence FPCC policy. This source added that during the past year there had been ‘a successful effort by FPCC leadership tc minimize the role of these and other organizations in the FPCC so that their influence as of May, (1963 > was negligible. i . - ’ . 2 a te A A ec i ee ee oe allie oF on 7 o ’ . * La a a i] 7 oo “ o ao o rs [on a i The November 23, 1963 edition of "The New York Times" reported that Senator Thomas J. Dodd of Connecticut had called FPCr "the chief public relations instrument of the Castro network in the United Statez." It is to be noted that ', - Senator Dodd was a member of the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee which twice conducted hearings on the FPCC. « é ee ate! a rd a 7 28 we