The Student Revolutionary
Directorate (DRE) was originally established to protest against the
rule of Fulgencio Batista. They took
part in the fighting in Havana but conceded political control to Fidel
Castro and
his followers when they entered the city in January, 1959.
The DRE was opposed to
Castro's communist views and many of its leaders fled to the United
States. In 1962 Manual Salvat became the leader of the DRE. Those
living in Miami received financial support from the Central
Intelligence Agency.
Some joined Alpha 66 and took part in armed
attacks on port installations and foreign shipping in Cuba.
Carlos
Bringuier
was the leader of the DRE in New Orleans.
On 9th August, 1963, Lee
Harvey Oswald was
handing out Fair Play for Cuba leaflets when he became involved in
a fight with Bringuier.
Oswald was arrested and on 12th August, he was found guilty and fined
$10. While in prison he was visited by FBI
agent, John L. Quigley. Five days later
Oswald debated the issue of Fidel
Castro
and Cuba
with Bringuier on the Bill Stuckey Radio Show.
Investigators discovered
further links between Carlos
Bringuier and
Lee
Harvey Oswald.
Bringuier was found in possession of a book, Guidebook
for Marines, owned by Oswald. On Oswald's leaflets given
out in New Orleans, was the address
544 Camp Street, New Orleans. This was also the address of the office
used by Bringuier. It was also around the corner from 531 Lafayette
Street, which housed the detective agency run by Guy
Bannister, another man accused of being involved in the assassination.
This raised suspicions that Oswald had been involved in a right-wing
conspiracy with Bringuier and Bannister to kill John
F. Kennedy.
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