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HAVANA l.-P1 About 300 per
sons have been rounded up and
75 shot in a purported plot to as
sassinate Prime Minister Castro
and clear the way for an invasion,
informed sources said Thursday.
The informants said two counter
revolutionary groups were accused
of plot tiny disorders in late Au
gust as a prelude to invasion and
the overthrow of Castro's regime.
Castro and other government fig
tires were said to have been mark
ed for death.
The two groups were identified
as the Anti-Communist Liberation
Front known as the FAL and the
Movement for the Recovery of the
Cuban Revolution called t h e
MRRC. The regime accused both
of working closely with the US.
Central Intelligence Agency.
The sources said those executed
went before firing squads last week
at La Cabana fortress across the
entrance to Havana Bay. Twenty
seven others were sentenced to
from to 2 to 30 years in prison. All
were tried by a revolutionary tri
bunal
The sources gave this account
of the charges:
The FAL’s uprising, set for late
August, would begin with sabo
tage of the big Havana light and
power sation near the docks. It
would spread to all provinces, with
landings in eastern Cuba.
The MRRC, which included
many active and retired police of
ficials, would attempt assassina
tions of Castro and other leaders.
It also would try to capture po
lice stations near the presidential
palace in Havana and near the
international airport.
Traffic Accidents Take 29 Lives
In Alaska Through Sept. 20
JUNEAU UP> — Traffic accidents
in Alaska claimed the lives of 29
persons through Sept. 20 of this
year. Public Safety Commissioner
Martin Underwood said yesterday.
The traffic toll during the same
period last year was 23.
Fire fatalities through Sept. 20
were listed at 15, compared with
41 through Sept. 20 of 1961.
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