Rebel Unity Pressed
Castro Reported Agreeing to a Joint Opposition Meeting
The chief representative abroad for Cuba’s insurgent leader Fidel
Castro said last night that Señor Castro has approved a meeting
of opposition groups to form a unified organization in the fight against
the regime of President Fulgencio Batista.
Dr. Mario Llerena, head of the Committee in the Exile of the
26th of July Movement, said that Señor Castro had replied favorably
to an invitation to the meeting, which is expected to include civilian,
military and labor groups opposed to the Batista regime. The date and the
site of the meeting will be announced later, Dr. Llerena said.
Señor Castro broke last December with other opposition
groups, whose leaders met in Miami, when they came out against his candidacy
for Provisional President of Cuba, Dr. Manuel Urrutia.