CURRENT INTEL MEMO: CUBAN SUBVERSION IN LATIN AMERICA SINCE JULY 1963

"10 A6666______ , '104-10338-10018 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM OCI No. 1586/64 - CI7 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Office of Current Intelligence V • 4 June 1964 CURRENT INTELLIGENCE MEMORANDUM SUBJECT: Cuban Subversion in Latin America Since July 1963 1. Cuban subversive efforts in Latin America are continuing at a steady pace, despite recent major setbacks in such countries as Venezuela and Brazil. From July 1963 through December, when Havana evidently believed a "second Cuba" was likely in Venezuela, Cuban propaganda stressed, the inevi- tability of Castro-inspired revolutions in the hemisphere. Since the first of this year, however 9 Cuban leaders have muted direct exhortations to vio­ lence and have emphasized other policy priorities. Nevertheless, the Cuban potential for subversion in Latin America remains high. 2. In his speech of 26 July 1963, Castro re­ captured much of the militant tone of his speeches in late 1962. He made it clear that he regards Cuba as the main source of inspiration and guidance for inevitable revolutions in the rest of Latin America. He"