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formation of the PPE in ke gate “the truth about revolutionary C presse to promi- rted that ata Subcommittee Tre New York Times" edition o: hearing conducted before the United Stet on danuary 10, 1961, Dre Charles A. Sanics-3B. i ified himself and Robert Taber as orgarizers of the FPOC. He also a Taber obtained funds from the Cuban Government which were appli the afcrenentioned advertisement. hearing On May 26, 1963, a source advised that during the first two years of the FPCC!s existence there was a struggle between Communist Party (CP) and Socialist Workers Party (SWF) elements to exert their power within the FPCC and thereby ' influence FPCC policy. This source added that during the past year there had been” a successful effort by FPCC leadership te minimize the role cf these and other organizations in the FPCC so that their influence as of May; 1962, was negligible. The SWP has beer. designated pursuant to Executive Order 10450. On May 20, 1963 a secord source advised that Vincent "Ted" Lee, FPCC National Office Director, was then forzulating FPCC policy and had indicated that he had no intention of permitting FPCC policy to be determined by any other orga~ nization. This source’ stated that Lee believed that the FPCC should advocate resumption of diplomatic relzt‘ons between Cuba and whe United States and should support the right of Cubans to marege their revelution without interference from other nations. Lee did not advocate supporting the Cuban revolution per see The November 23, 1963 edition of "The New York Times reported that Senator Thomas J. Dodd of Connecticut had calied FPCC "the chief public relations instrument of the Castro network in the United States." It is to be noted that Senator Dodd was a member of the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee which twice conducted hearings on the FPCC,