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eee ¥ . 7 v - , - Ls » nN ® . . . ‘ . . APPENDIX |r FATR PLAY FOR CUBA COMMITTEE The April 6, 1960, edition of "The New Vork Times" newspaper contains a full page advertisement captioned “What is Really Happening In Cuba," placed by the Fair Play for Cuba Committee (FPCC), ‘This advertisement announced the formation of the FPCC in New York City and declared the FPCC intended to promulgate “the truth about revolutionary Cuba" to neutralize the distorted American press. "The New York Times" edition of January 11, 1961, reported that at a hearing conducted before the United States Senate Internal Security Subcommittee on January 10, 1961, Dr, Charles A, Santos-Buch identified 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 the cost of the afore-mentioned advertisement. On October 3, 1960, a source advised that the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) in New York had become active in the FPCC, and that SWP members, in an FPCC election, had been able to remove several Communist Party (CP) members who were on the Executive Board of the FPCC and gain control of the organization. A second source advised that an announcement from National Headquarters of the SWP was made on September 24, 1961, to the effect Richard Gibson had fired the secretary in the FPCC Headquarters and was trying to break the SWP influence in the FPCC, Column 2, Page 8, of the February 22, 1962, edition of "The New York Times" contains an article captioned, "Castro Backer Resigns," which announced that Robert Taber had resigned as Executive Secretary of the FPCC and as President of the Institute for the Improvement of Inter-American Relations, Incorporated, which had organized the FPCC in April, 1960. On May 17, 1962, a third source advised that National Headquarters of the FPCC is located in Room 329 at 799 Broadway, New York City, and that the FPCC is operating under the direction of Richard Gibson, Acting National Executive Secretary of the FPCC, The SWP and the CPUSA have been designated by the Attorney General of the United States pursuant to Executive Order 10450. 13