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a ee te . by the Fair Play for Cuba Committee (FFOC). This (4) - . wt hone Lat FAIS Puy FOR CED s" newspaper contained ning In Cuba", placed gement announced the formation of the FPCC in New York City and declare FPCC intended to premul- gate "the truth about revolutionary Cuba" to neutraiice tne distorted American press. The April 6, 1960 edition of "The New Yors a full-page advertisement captioned “what Is Reali "The New York Times" edition of January ll. 1961, reported that ata hearing conducted before the United States Senate Ix. nak Security Subcommittee on January 10, 1961, Dre Charles A. Santos-Bich idenvified 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 whe cost of the aforementioned ' advertisement. f Q&m May 16, 1963, a source advised that quring the first two years of the. FPCC's existence there was a struggle between Communist Party (CP) and Socialist Workers Party (SiwP) elements to‘exert +t. power within the FPCC and thereby influence FPCC policy. This source adie that daring the past year there had been @ 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. The SWP has been designated pursuant t6 Executive Order 10450. The November 23, 1963 edition of "The New York Times" reported that Senator Thomas J. Dodd of Connecticut had called FPCo "the chief public relations instrument of the Castro network in the United Stetc:." It is to be noted that Senator Dodd was a member of the Senate Internal. Security Subcommittee which twice conducted hearings on the FPCC. ~ 28 Pay