“LATERALLY. THIS CABLE CAME AS BLOW TO AMBASSADOR SINCE HE READS INTO IT IDEA THAT CUBA DOES NOT WANT CLOSE ACCR EMBASSY 3. NO ONE IN ACCR EMBASSY KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED TO CHE GUEVARA. SECRET”
“14-00000 — #72 0908 3007 LUITIONSES 1 TV TDCS PAGE OF ? PAGES - felassifratinal. fdissemn controls) NOT HAVE FAR-REACHING RPERCUSSIONS ON THE POLITICAL RELATIONS e? BETWEEN CUBA AND THE USSR, AS NUMEROUS DIFFERENCES OF VIEWS HAVE EXISTED FOR SOME TIME AND ARE WEL”
“14-00000 S_CAal RY2AT TELEPOUCH- IHIEN06 WOULD LIKE 1) SEE SIN ACO-THEY WOULD WELCORE HI, THAT HE HAD LEFT CUBA TOO SOON are THAT HE WOULD 55 rg OF HIS COUNTRYMEN IF ME WoUL: RETURN AN D HE PROCESS MADE. A-5 THEN SAID THAT ACCORDING TO INFORMATION AVAICAOLE To HIM THE ECO”
“14-00000 1 TDCS PAGE OF - PAGES (classification) (dissevn controls) CUBAN OFFICIAL, AND BETWEEN THAT OFFICIAL AND THE SOURCE, ARE SUCH AS TO PERMIT THE BELIEF THAT HE WAS SPEAKING FRANKLY.) 2. ACCORDING TO JOAQUIN ALVAREZ REMENTOL, CUBAN VICE- MINISTER OF FOREIGN TRA”
“SSING INTEL DEBRIEFING. SECRET NW 65990 Docld:32373793 Page 4 CLASSIFIED MESSAGE 7. IN 30453 PAGE 24 SECRET 5. INTEL DEBRIEFING HIGHLIGHTS FOLL: A CASTRO TRIP MOSCOW: TRIP MADE PRIMARILY TO GAIN USSR ECONOMIC AID, SECONDARILY TO SHOW PSP "OLD GUARD" THEY NO LONGER NECESSARY IN CA”
“4-00000 CONTINUATION of DISPATCH OSNA 26195 SECHKT was not brought out. It seemed to sO that subject Is riding an emotional high for Cuba and Castro. His face lit up and he bocamo relatively excited when telling us how Castro mixes and talks with the "common people," and”
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“datelined Hava Sept 63. At reception at Brazilian Emb Fidel CASTRO is Quoted: We are prepared to fi ght them and answer in kind. United States leaders should think (reflect?) that if they are aiding terrorist plans to eliminate the Cuban leaders, they themselves will not be safe.”
“NOT ARRY REVOLUTION TO OTHER COUNTRIES. SOVIETS INCLINED LEND AID NW 65924 Docld:32354288 Page 3 ت د PAGE TO ESTABLISHED REVOLUTIONS AS CASE CUBA, BUT NOT INTERVENE BEFORE PROOF WAS CASTRO REVOLUTION MADE WITH NORTHAMERICAN ARMS. CK APPEARED DISTURBED DISCUSSING SOVIET CHICOM PRO”
“FACT THAT MEXICO IS ONLY LA COUNTRY MAINTAINING DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH CUBA AND % IS SERVING CASTRO WELL AS OPEN DOOR TO ENABLE CASTRO TO CHANNEL A REVOLUTION TO OTHER CENTRAL AND LAT IN AMERICAN COUNT IRES DOES NOT tl 2”
“. FYI: Presume Hqs is aware of AP story dateli ned Hava Sep t 63. At reception at B razilian Emb Fid el CASTRO is Quoted: We ar e prepared to fight them and answer in kind. U nited States leaders s hould think ( reflect?) tha t if they are aid ing ter rorist plans to eliminate th”
“ernación as source. FYI: Presume Hqs is aware of AP story datelined Hava Sept 63. At reception at Br az il ia n Emb Fidel CASTRO is Quot ed: We are prepared to fight them and answer in kind. United States leaders should think (reflect?) that if they are aiding terrorist plans to ”
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“are of AP story datelined H ava Sept 63. At reception at Bra zilian Emb Fidel CASTRO is Q uoted: W e are prepared to fight them and answer in kind. United States leaders should think (reflect?) that if they are aiding terrorist plans to eliminate the Cuban leaders, they themselve”
“Similarly, isn't sensitivity that you spoke about.## isnAtzreaiiy the Cuban population sensitized in such fashion as to come up with a comparably provocative and zud dialogue-ending remark.)) - the It seems a little bit less. One of the problems is that of Cubed 11 immigr”
“opinion quizas no muy buena de tl. El problema de Cuba yo no creo que se defina en una forma facil. Cuba ya no es un caso alslado, tu lo sabes. Cuba forma parte de un pro bl ema continental incluso mundial. Miguel - Por desgracla, tanto para Uds. como para nosotmos. Guille”
“13-00000 -4- 4o Cuba is an unwilling instrument of Soviet policy, subject to the whims and moods of a foreign power. 3. Moscow will use Cuba as it sees fit and for its own purposes, giving help and withdrawing it to suit' the Kremlin’s desires. 4. Castro has isolated his ”
“could be expanded to include a discussion of differences between Cuba and the United States. Those in attendance agreed that such a discussion would be timely, inasmuch as it appears that Fidel Castro is not completely satisfied with Cuba’s relations with the Soviet Union. (”
“1 4-00000 esq CONFIDENTIAL -2 - States Government decided to resume this type, of activity. I told him I fully understood hisdeep desire to see his country freed ,and. what great efforts he had made toward this objective, and thanked him for the offer. 1 ontrellmyestiryu”
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“4-00000 BANaShny going to be Machiavellian, my God you don't do it like that, you know. The best propaganda is the one that comes closest to the truth, that just slightly goes off, you don't have to push the point. In any case, I do feel that there are an enormous number of ”
“THERE MAY EVEN BE A FEW IMPROVEMENTS. THE SOVIETS WILL CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN ES SENTIAL ECONOMIC AID TO CUBA. THE RECENT PURGE AND ARRESTS SHOULD SECRET " 9”
“Picayune, on Monday, 9 September-page-7, under a three-column head- line: "CASTRO Blasts R ai ds o n Cuba. Says U.S. Leaders Imperiled by Aid to Rebels." The story followed under the HARKER by-line: "Havana (AP) Prime Minister Fidel Castro said Saturday night: 'U.S. leaders would”
“humanitarian reasons, accepted Castro’s parley to evacuate the spirit-• ually wounded. We also comment on the statement of a Washington official who said that i "the fear that the U.S. may alter its relations with Cuba is unfounded (and) there is no prospect for a change in ou”
“13-00000 0 TOP SECRET DINAR OTHER CUBAN REACTIONS TO THE ASSASSINATION - cont’d Carlos Lechuga, Cuban UN ambassador, issued a statement early on 23 November stating: "Despite the antagonisms exist ing between the Government of the United States and the Cuban Revolution”
“a three-column head- line: "CASTRO Blasts Raids on Cuba. Imperile d by Aid to Rebels." HARKER by -li ne: Says U.S. Leaders The story followed under the "Havana (AP) Prime Minister Fidel Castro said Saturday night: 'U.S. leaders would be in danger if they helped in any attempt to ”
“1 4-00000 coper - E. IN 10G15 MAGIS AVGI HAS CRITICIZED "IMPER IAL ISTS. PLANS AGAINST CUBA" SINCE BEGINNING CASTRO REGIME, ESPECIALLY DURW6 Hie PRESIDENT KENNEDY’S TENURE IN OFFICE. YET, ON 21 NOV 65 AVGI PRAISED KENNEDY, STATED WARREN COMMISSION REPORT UNTRUE USING ”
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“13-00000 - (6) Lt. Col. Patchell brought up comparison between Hitler's speech after the unsuccessful Beer Hall Pustch and Castro's "History Will Absolve Me Speech" following his abortive attempt. CIA will look into this —. both for research and whether suitable for . propa”
“Nations, told his superiors he had that normal relations could be restored proved guilty. It is hoped that tlie inves- word that Castro wanted an accommoda- “on the basis of mutual respect for sover- tigations to come will proceed on the tion. John Kennedy got the message and e”
“Cuban terri- tory, Castro said : 'We are pre pared to fight them a nd answer in kind. U.S. leaders s hould think that if they are aiding terror- ist plans to eliminate Cuban leaders, they themselves will not be safe.' ... World affairs ... seemed to be entering a more peaceful cl”
“essistance within ita means to Latin American insurgents. The attention given in the Cuban press to developments in Venezuela in recent weeks strongly suggests a more than academic interest in developments there. Canadian Ambassador Kidd, speculating on the “Trotaky-like dedic”
“AND THE LAWYERS. 5. REGARDING FIDEL CASTRO, RICO CALAN SAYS THAT No ONE KNOWS WHETHER CASTRO IS A COMMUNIST OR WHAT KIND OF COMMUNIST IS MIGHT BE. IE IS A GRAr REVOLUTIONARY LEADER AND A GREAT TACTICIAN, BUT KE cANOT PLAY T ROLE OF LIBERATOR OF LATIN - AMERICA FOR RE IS TOO D”
“bearded prime minister — who L ca / pui and understands English well — turn- jot DIDN’T HELP: Castro admitted he had heard d around flamboyantly and; raising his % of the assassination threat but gave vague rea vat called to me in a friendly way: Lz1 sons for not reporting it ”
“n the principal morning paper, t he Times-Picayu ne, on Mo nd ay , 9 September-page-7, un de r a thr ee-column head- line: "CASTRO Blasts Raids on Cuba. Says U.S. Leaders Imperiled by Aid to Rebels." The story followed under the HARKER by-line: "Havana (AP) Prime Minister Fidel C”
“from Cuba. Cordoso said: "I am glad you had the chance meeting the Prime Minister. You were very ■ fortunate." 3of American President Kennedy. I agreed and asked when my longer interview Could you tell me if there is any truth at all “I thought the’ visits might be something”
“EDY, whom he ex- coriated in extraordinarily provocative fashion (" ... KENNEDY is a cretin;" 11 ... the BATISTA of his times the most opportunistic American President of ... all time ..."). 4. The interview also contained an uncomplimentary reference to Senator GOLDWATER and Cub”
“could be expanded to include a discussion of differences between Cuba and the United States. Those in attendance agreed that such a discussion would be timely, inasmuch as it appears that Fidel Castro is not completely satisfied with Cuba’s relations with the Soviet Union. K”
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“jaunant on La Rampa, and was there © ares the evening of July 15 when there • 0 0% D r00bHWG •Hsudden sound of cheers in the street. ‘v.-v people hurried from the restaurant, and I in the generalofdirection —here were shouts ..uro had. indeed, of the crowd. "Fidel! Fidel!”
“the Castro interview goa Havana airport. The approval ;‘ „/ - doso, who dealt with foreign press — and kept being told I’d have to be patient. - came at the end of June and queries was not quite as optimistic Many early-bird delegates to the OLAS confer- A W W3L was telephoned”
“ecent U.S. prompted raids on Cuban terri- tory, Castro said: 'We are prepared to fight them and a ns wer in kind. U.S. leaders should think that if they are aiding terror- ist plans to eliminate Cuban leaders, they themselves will not be safe.' " ... ... seemed to be World affair”
“13-00000 TOP SECRET probability that Castro had altered the essentially radical course of his revolu tion. From his experience here, he has gained a valuable knowledge of American public reaction which may make him a more difficult man to deal with on his return to Cub”
“C # :A wy: ***1 0 it seemed pretty obvious that Castro was extremely emotional and < tended towards being a demiged Uho had won the war but was losing 1 the peace. Tichborn concurred in this opinion, adding to it that he felt that Castro was not cognizanep of the dangers ”
“ders Imper il ed by Aid to Rebels." The story fol lowed u nder the HA RKER by-line: REPR ODU CTION P ROHIBITED.S. "Havana (AP) Prime Minister Fidel Castro sa id Saturday night:50.s. leaders would be in danger if they he lped in any attempt to do away with leaders of Cuba.' NW 659”
“- 11 - changes come about, let us be careful that we do not ruin e08 and that we do not set back our program by taking : h precipitous action, without plan. Suddenly, it came almost t as a jarring note, he said--well perhaps we're not ready wa to act yet, but whatev”
“advised that reaction among the Cuban exiles is "very bad against the United States". He explained that the Cuban exiles allege that President KENNEDY has made promises to help them in their fight against CASTRO but is now opposing them and consequently they feel that the U. ”