</s>104-10180-10062 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 RETURN TO CIA CLASSIFIED MESSAGE Pasground Use Only Do Not Use Only 16 DECEMBER 1959 SECRET ROUND DATE ROUND TO DIRECTOR TO HAVANA SECURITY WESTERN SERIES CCC 17 07.4433 ACTION: M 5 RECY.C.L.SECT.

Summary: The document is a classified message dated December 16, 1959, addressed to the Director of Havana Security, Western Series CCC. It references ongoing activities in Cuba, including a French army officer contracted by Batista to advise the Cuban Army on guerrilla warfare. A small force active near Collise in Matanzas is noted, along with an arms shipment seized in Cayo Hueso, Florida, purchased by U.S. entities for use in Havana. The message also mentions a "26th July" reference and a potential dissolving of an entity into another, though details are unclear.  

Key People: French army officers (names redacted), Batista (Cuban leader at the time), unnamed individuals associated with U.S. arms procurement.  
Key Locations: Havana, Matanzas, Cayo Hueso, Florida.  
Key Events: Seizure of arms shipment in Cayo Hueso, French military advisors contracted for guerrilla warfare training, activities of a small force near Collise.  
Key Organizations: CIA (implied through classification markings), U.S. military or procurement entities, Cuban Army under Batista.

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