April 5, 1974

Humberto Lopez, Jr. and Luis Crespo, the two Miami Cubans severely wounded in a March 20 bomb explosion in Little Havana, have sent the exile community a "combat" message from their hospital beds.

The brief text says: "We send you our message of combat: the promise that we will return to the people (of Cuba) who have placed their trust on us, and the promise that we will not fail our I brothers in this struggle (against Castro.) We call upon you to close ranks to continue fighting until we cross the last foxhole."

Police have linked the two men with the militant National Cuban Liberation Front which is under a federal grand jury investigation here.