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Seam AUEO eee sate Gee ERI EAE LOTTIE RTE PEAY Ee Smet wey wae we — me nmr ec we * NY 97-1792 "one of the. original sponsors, Robert F# Williams of Raleigh, N.C,, expelled by the NAACP for preaching vio- — lencé and soughs by federal authorities for kidnapping, took 'political asylum' in Communist. Cuba. ‘Yn its little more than two years of existence, the FPFC has had three 'national chairmen.' Current FPFC head Lee of New York and Tampa, Fla., has submitted his resignation. Slated to preside over the formal passing of FPFC_ is New York accountant Albert Saimue ‘Baker, 70, sources said. 6 oy "Record Exposed 'mhe committee's original sponsors -- self-described as ‘thinking people' -- set out FPFC's alleged purpose: Mm give a ciear picture of Cuba as it is, without the dis- torted picture as given by the American press.' "Moving spirit behind FPFC at its start was Robert Taber, who fell by the wayside after details of a previous criminal record were made public at a Washington Congressional investigation. He was succeeded by Richard Gibson, who in turn released FPFC reins to Lee. "Disclosure of the financial backing for FPFC came at Washington hearings in 1962 when a disgruntled Cuban co-sponsor, Carlos Santos Buch, said the money to pay for a full-page ad announcing FPFC and calling for members came from Cuba's U.N. delegation. "prime activity of FPFC in its lifetime wes sponeorship of pro-Castro street rallies and mass picket lines and direction of an active propaganda mill high- lighting illegal travel-to-Cuba campsigns. - 30 - CO IAL wee ga ree ee — te ce a pe re AIR EN TE Le mE 2 On en oe eer a arr ree a re we Paetapraienames-¢>S