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29 November 1963
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DAILY SUMMARY
29 November 1963
This summary 0f Significant information has not been coordinated
outside the Ofice of Current Intelligence. It does not represent a
complete coverage of all current reports received, nor does time
permit the complete evaluation of all reports which are_included
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CASTRO '8 SPEECE;
In his 27 November address Castro fIrst sought to exon-
erate his regime of complicIty 1n the death of President
Kennedy and tben provided a dec 1dedly optimistic assess -
ment of Cuba 's economlc situation (Page 1)
MILITARY DEVLOPMENTS:
An unsuccessful combing opera tion was affected on the Isle
of Pines for two persons wbo apparently escaped from the
military prison there (Page 3)
CUBAN INTERNAL SITUATION:
The Cuban Government may ha ve instituted new controls on
flshermen by el1minating nlght fishing a long the north
coast and by restricting fishermen to three and one ba lf
m1les: from the coast_ according to two clandestine sourCeS
(Page 3)
INSURGENCY AN CIVIL UNREST:
Three inc Idents of gabotage bave been noted In recent in-
tercepted messages--two In Ma tanzas Province and the third
In Ortente (Page 4)
A LCB operatfon aga Inst an Insurgent band Ln Las Villas
Province ended on 29 November without results (Page 4)
Department of State Security (DSE ) offIcfals In Camaguey
Province bave been a lerted to a possIble clandestine
escape attempt during the night of 28-29 November ; militia-
men ha ve been instructed to mobiltze at Playa Santa
Luc La (Page 4)
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CUBAN EXILE AND REFUGEE ACTIVITIES :
Coma ndos L 1s cons 1dering an attack aga Inst a Soviet
vesse 1 in Cuban wa ters In the near future or when the
seas become more qulet (Page 4)
Cubanos Libres may be plannLng to, hljack a ship in a ra id
tbat would be staged from Miami (Page 5)
A sma.11 group of Cuban refugees may ha ve attempted to
infiltrate Cuba about 27 November , according to a promi=
nent exile activist (Page 5)
BLOC RELATIONS :
The Albanian ambassador spoke to a nea r-empty ha1l in
Havana on 26 November at a celebration markIng his country's
na tJona 1 holiday; the audlence was composed chiefly of
Chinese embassy personnel , students and journa lists
Tbe Cuban Government was represented by an offIcJal of the'
foreLgn cultural counc 11 _ (Page 5)
NON-BLOC: RELATIONS :
A three_man "good-W1l1" mLss_on 18 en route to Morocco to
smooth Rabat 's ruffled feelIngs over presence of Cuban
troops in Algeria (Page 6)
The director of the Cuban petroleum enterprIse 1s scheduled
to travel to Georgetown aboard the BAHIA DE TANAMO; an
untested source in Georgetown reports that Cuba W1ll
supply fuel 011 for the BrItish Gulana Blectriclty Cor-
poratlon _ (Page 6)
Cuba may establish diplomatic relatlons wIth Somal ia and
1s attempting to Improve Its relations Wlth Tanganyika
and Ghana according to Intercepted commun_cations (Page ,7)
Two representatIves of the Cuban Nationa 1 Assoc iation of
Smal1 Farmers are planning to attend a semInar Ln Chile
(Page 7 )
NON-BLOC COMWERCIAL RELATIONS :
Cuba 1s cont Inulng negotiations for the purchase of large
amounts of construction equipment , probably from the Varmi
company of Brussels (Page 7)
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CUUBAN SUPPORT OF EXTERNAL SUBVERS IVE ACTIVITIES
The Venezuelan Government has announced the discovery of
a large cache Of weapons of Cuban origin; thls provides
the best evidence in recent years of ma jor Cuban support
for La tin Anerican subversives Havana radio immediately
denLed the charge _ (Page 8)
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CASTRO S SPEECH :
Fidel 9 27 November speech to the students at Havana
University evidently bad been scheduled some weeks ag0 , be_
fore the assassination of President Kennedy and was in-
tended as a fairly sweeping review of the country 8 economic
situation, post-Hurricane Flora sa lvage operations and
lastly the regime 8 plans for changes In the educatlona1 sys-
tem _
En
fact it was the third time 1n a week that Castro has
addressed himself publicly and at length to the death of the
late Presfdent and to imputations that the Castro regime was
involved in any wa y On 24 November Castro had: displayed
considerable apprehension that already strained US-Cuban re-
lations would worsen markedly as a consequence of the assa8s1 -
natIon _ We do not bave an adequate text of Castro 3 Seemingly
1epromptu renarks Of 26 November to a group of hfgh school
students; but that speech apparently went Ifttle beyond his
statement on the Sunday following Mr_ Kennedy S death_ The
address of 27 November obvlously was a carefully prepared ref -
utatlon of charges of complicty between Castro '8 regine and
Oswa ld.
Nba tever tbe Cuban leader 8 Iotent , textual ana lysis of
the speech nelther proveb nor d1eproves that be had advance
knowledge of tbe Plot _ He 1s deternined to indct unnamed
"reactionaries" Lo tbe Unlted States WIth conspiring to murder
the Prestdent us1ng Oswa Id a8 thelr innocent dupe and to
frame Cuba ip_ order to provoke punitive action
by the
US Gov-
ernment agafnst the revolution_ To thle end he presented a
considerable body Of "evidence"_~much of 1t admittedly specu-
lative--based on wba t 18 generally known about Oswa ld , the
"norma 1" behaVIor pattern Of paranolaca the weapon the kller
ubed , the technlcal dlfflcultles presented by the 480 of a
teleecoplc sght the 36-hour Da llab pollce Interrogat1on of
tbe alleged killer and, fInally, Oswe ld '9 death at tbe handg
of Jack Ruby In the bagement of tbe Da Ilae police headquarters.
Castro rehearged tbe detalle Of Oswa Id 8 27 September
applicatlon at tbe Cuban congulate 1n MexIco City for a Cuban
vIga and protested the 23 Novenber arrest Of two employees of
tbe congulate by MexIcan authoritieb_ (Castro 0 8 rewarkB were
followed up On 28 November by the delivery of a forma 1 pro-
test by the Cuban Forelgn Minlstry to the Mexican Government--
whlch rejected 1t.) Oswa ld 8 Da 1las televislon Interview in
July b1s attempte to Ifiltrate the pro-Castro Falr Play for
Cuba Comnittee, and hls street brawl WIth anti-Caetro refugees
1n New Orleang--all wero Intended by thoge beblnd Oswa Id to
mislead public oplnton accordlng to Castro_ And finally,
the decIsion of the Da =
ilas poiice
to "clobe" tbe Oswa ld Case
WIth tbe Bhooting 0f Sunday 24 November 01 demongtrates that
tbe Perbons Ity of the deatb of Kennedy needed and urgently
had to ellelnate the accused at any cost 80 that be would
not talk_
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CASTRO ' S SPEECH cont d
But says the Cuban premler the "shot has backfired . 01
Alluding to sta tements made
eariier
in the week by physicians
at Parkland HOspital Castro clains that no one in a post-
tion to do S0 has
said
whether one or two bullets were used
to k1ll the late President_ He declared "they cannot estab-
llsb which are tbe entry and exlt wounds 1mplying that more
tban one assass1n was involved and that the President was
struck both from in front and beblnd_
In sum , whlle Castro obviously was wel1 brlefed and went
to some length to select "evidence" provlng the guilt of do_
mestic reactlonarles 1n the United Sta tes (conversely clear-
Ing hinself of any Involvement) nothlng be sa1d Indicates
advance knowledge of tbe crLne or encompasses more factual
data than can be presuned to have been gleaned from the press
The ba lance of the 27 November speech_ the part which
Castro told hls listeners comprised the address be OrLginally
intended to deliver Ras devoted to a somewha t rambling as -
sessnent of Cuba 8 economLc health_ It can be summed Wp for
the most part wl th the quote: "ThIngs are progressIng in our
country and they are going well despite tbe obstacles de-
spite the burricane Mt As he bas done before Castro blamed
thbe sloth and
ineptitude
of the Cuban bourgeousie for the
"misnanagement lack of con cern for expenditures by lack 0f
concern not
oniy
for the quantity but also the qua lity of wba t
we produced" Innedia tely after the fall of Ba tLsta He re-
viewed the "trenendous Ideological battle. it was a battle
between Ldeas .and theories withio tbe regine during Its
fIrst two years Ln power safd tbat the government Officlals
had become too "argumentatIve T1 and adnttted tbat for a time
the reg1ne bad been Lncapable of compensatIng for tbe los8 of
trade WIth tbe non-Communlst world _ Today he boasted Cuba
"can trade witb any country 1n the world; we can offer an ad-
vantageous exchange because we no longer bave to sell sugar to
Japan , England SpaLn, France end most Of the countrles with
which we traded take thelr dollars and use tbem to pay the
Yankee 1mperlalists. Instead Cuba can plow back Ioto 1tS In-
terna1 developnent revenue derived from forelgn trade and de-
velop to the maxleum tbe us0 Of tbose natural resourCes wblch
are 1n denand _
Attempts to bar Cuba from the wor ld sugar trade he sa1d bave
resulted only Ln Iocreasing the prLce 0f sugar s0 tbat the Cubans
~-though exporting less__are able to rea lIze proportiona tely grea ter
prOfits from wbet they do sell and more than break even, "Te bave
been able to get wonderful prIces and Me have sold sugar for 1965
Rore#PPforinatelz 10 cent8 Re bave made' sales for 1966 at: approxl-
ma tely 10 cents _ Though the Cuban sugar growers W1ll be affected
1n gome neasure for several years by the attempts of nonbloc states
to Jugele sugar prIces "we Shall be in a positIon /T970 or-TI7
to resist any price decrease in tbe sugar produced Tn the cpaTtal-
1Bt world = By then, "we Bha 11 be 1n & posItLon to surpa88 the
10-mLlllon-ton flgure 1n sugar productlon.
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CASTRO S SPEECA cont d
Returning to the post_burricane economlc dislocation,
Castro promised tbat by 15 December of this year full food
ratlons would be restored and in many cases a llotments in-
creased He ca lled- for greatly increased mechanization of
agrIculture and the u80 of the latest methods of cultIvation,
appea led for dore food product lon and the recovery of arable
land lost through neglect and eroslon He dema nded an end
to public "vice 01 such 48 official bribe-taking . tbeft
Pllferage etc: In the field 0f socLal welfare Castro
pra Ised medIca 1 students for "volunteering" to serve in
out-of-the-way country posts for mLnlmum terms of two years
and prophegled tbat "a8 the number of graduate doctors In-
creases tbe need for the establishment of soc 1a l1zed medIcine
once
feit
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Castro concluded by appea ling to Cuban_ youth to partici-
pate "In the grea t task of openLng new frontiers 1n every
field you are In a revolution that w1ll never end _ (CIA
FBIS 07 and adds 28 November OFFICIAL' USE ONLY)
MILITARY DEVELOPMENTS:
Military beadquarters on tbe Isle of Pines informed
Armed Forces headquarters In Havana tbat two persons who
bad escaped probably from the military prison , bad not yet
been recaptured . The 27 November Intercepted message re-
ported tbat an unsuccessful combing Operation bad been
effected In an area indicated by two peasants who reportedly
saw the escapees (See Da ily Summary of 26 November for
information on other personnel belng sought on the Isle of
Pines (USN 856 2x/SL/CUM/T405-63 27 Novenber SECRET
SABRE
CUBAN INTERNAL SITUATION:
The Cuban Government may bave Instttuted new controls
on fishermen , by . eliminating night fishing along the north
coast and by restricting fisheren to three and one ba lf
miles from the coast A Florida law enforcement officer was
informed by tbe former administrator of a fisblng coopera -
tive at Isabela de Sagua that on 12 November It was rumored
that no nlght flshlng would be a ]lowed on the north coast
of Cuba after 17 November Reportedly those wbo were fi8b-
Ing at sunset were to anchor thelr boa tB or risk beIng
fIred upon Another source rece Ived InforwatLon thirdband
from an unfdentifled fIsherwan that In late November Cuban
fisbermen were ordered. by tbe Cuban genera1 staff to do
tbeir fishing between three and three and one ba lf miles
from the coast No Confiration has yet been rece Ived of
these, reported changes In ffshlng regulat Lons (CIA TDCSDB-
3/658 077 27 November SECRET /CONTROLLED DISSEM)
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INSURGENCY AND Cb, IL UNREST :
Two additional acts of sabotage have been reported by
Bureau of Public Order (BOP) Officials in Matanzas Province .
On 25 November nearly four tons of sugar cane were burned
on the Araujo farw near Maguanito and on 27 November two
empty houses were burned on the AngelLna farm in the d1s-
trict of Maximo Gomez _
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First Army headquarters in Santiago de Cuba
was informed by its southern sector Sierra Maestra head-
quarters that 87 000 arrobas of cane were burned on 17 November
at Algeria del
Pio
near San Lorenzo In Orlente Province (USM
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2/yJ/CUP/R127-63 28 November SECRET KIMBO; and USN
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26 November
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On 27 and 28 November speclal anti-insurgent forces
(LCB) Ln Las Villas carried out an operation agaInst Menendez
Esquijaro and his band near Sanct1. Splritus_ LCB field opera-
tions' headquarters in Santa Clara was Informed On 21' November
that the operations bad ended WIthout results (USM 603 2x/
UJ/CUM/T350_63 28 November ; and 2x/xJ/CUM/T351-63 29 Novem -
ber
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Department Of State Security (DSE) officlals In Nuevitas
Canaguey ProvInce
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were Instructed On 28 November to mobfllze
mIlItLanen Into an
"eas1ly seen Iand patrol" at Playa Santa
Lucla 1n order to prevent a clandestIne escape attempt dur -
Ing tbe nlght of 28_29 Novenber DSE headquarters In Camaguey
directed NuevItas to coordlnate the; operation RIth LCP units
and "to be especially watchful for boats 81 (USM 603 2/yJ/
CUP/R128-63 29_Novenber SECRET KIMBO)
CUBAN EXILE AND REFUGEE ACTIVITIES :
Conandos L 13 considerIng an attack agaInst a Soviet
Shlp 1n Cuban Raters accordlng to a member Of a group of
Cuban refugees who have provided useful reports_ The raid
whLch was being dLscussed on 22 November Rould take place
In' the near future or wben the seas becone pore qulet Re _
the plan would iovolve 15 pen 1n three speed_boats docteouia
wbo rendezvous In InternatLonal waters after leavIng
from three polnts along the Flortda coast In connection with
the rafd Jesus Alvarez Anador Plcked up materlal on 22 Novem _
ber
inciuding
one box of fragwentatlon grenades three maga ~
Z1nes for a 20-mm _ cannon and 87 rounds of ammunition for
the sane and 15 ponchos Thls equlpment 18 befng etored at
the bone of Jesu8 Vazquez order of Super Cake 8_ A La Gran
VIa Bakers Mlani ; Vazquez home telephone number 189 379_5218 _
Other 'weapons to be used 1n the operatlons are two 20_m
cannons one 57 _@m _ cannon , four machIne guns and two Garand
rlfles Alvarez planned to 80 to Rest Palw Beach On 22 Novem _
ber to borrow Bome addIttonal Reapons (CIA TDCS_DB-3/658
110 28 November CONPIDENTIAL NO FOREIGN DISSEM/CONTROLLED
DISSEM)
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CUBAN EXILE AND REFUGEE ACTIVITIES cont 'd
Cubanos Libres may be planning to hijack a Ship in a
rafd that would be staged from Miant according to a men-
ber of a group of Cuban refugees who have provided useful
reports The source reported that funds for the raid were
to be raised at a dinner scheduled for 24 November in Le
Tre Venezie restaurant , 472 Rest 9tb Avenue New York City.
At the dlnner: Cubanos Libres was planning to show films
of their raids agaInst Cardenas 1n October 1962 and the
Arechaba la Reftnery 1n June 1963 _ (CIA TDCSDB-3/658 109
28 November CONFIDENTIAL NO FOREIGN DISSEM/ CONTROLLED
DiSSEM)
A sma 11 group of Cuban refugees may have attempted to
infiltrate Cuba about 27 November accOr ding to a prominent
exi 10 activist who recetved the information from a close
as8oclate of a person involved 1n the attempt _ Reportedly ,
a 20 - to 22-foot speed_boat left Key Biecayne Florida the
nlght of 26 November to rendezvoug Off Largo with a Cuban
f18hing boat and then proceed to an infiltration point on the
north coabt of Las Villas . The flsblng boat 18 reportedly
based In a Sbrimp f1shery on the southeagt coast of Key Largo.
The persons Involved In the operatIon were Manuel Pedro
Gutierrez Cardenas and presumably two infiltrees_-Emilio
Perez Fernandez and Lulg Agular Perez . Two crew members
96 known only by nIcknames were "Comacho" and "Vascoy possibly
Jose Bagcoy Barrtog _
(CIA TDCSDB-3/658 , 104 , 27 November
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BLOC_RELATIONS:
The Albanlan ambagsador to Cuba Joetf Pogace , delivered
a speech to a nearly empty hal1 In Havana on 26 November A
Polish correspondent 1n Havana Inforned- Rarsaw that tbe speech ,
1n celebra tIon Of Albanla 8 natlonal boliday was attended by
only 80 people_ mobtly Chinese Conmunist embasey personnel
students and Journalsts_ Cuba wab represented by an official
of the Cuban ` forelgn cultural council_ The Polish correspond_
ent reports that the audience applauded the ambassador 8 words
on the subject of "contemporary revIsionl= and "the revision-
ist blockade of- Albanla" but reacted Wltb sflence to hls at-
tack on "false guarantees for Cuba _ 01 (CIA FBIS ` 105 , 27 Novem-
ber , OFFICIAL USE ' ONLY)
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NON_BLOC RELATIONS
The Castro regIme which has yet to acknowledge publicly
the Moroccan Government 's severance of d1plomatic relations
following the arrival of Cuban troops In Algeria In late
September 1s attempting to placate Raba t On 26 November
Foregn Minlster Raul Roa advised the secretary general of the
Moroccan Forelgn Ministry that a three-man good-w1ll mIssion, T
composed of Dr Antono Carrillo Carreras Enrique Vlan Audlvert
of the Ministry 0f Forelgn Trade, and Dr Enrique Rodrlguez
Loeches ,
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the Cuban ambessador to Morocco would leave for
Raba t tbe next day to begIn conversa tIong FIth your Illustrlous
government WIth a view to clearing 4P the unfortunate mIs-
understand1ngs whlch may bave arisen. The Moroccans_
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wbo
since breakIng off formal diplomatic relatlons bave become
a larmed by the realzatlon Of the extent to which they depend
on thelr sugar imports from Cuba and the dislocation which
the loss of thege Imports would enta1l, probably M1ll give
the Cuban delegatIon a sympathetic hearing Nevertheless It
1s unllkely that Rabat will agree at thfs tIme to return an
ambassador to Cuba or to dIsavow publicly 1ts renuncLa tLon of
d1ploma tIc tleg S0 long a8 Cuban troops rema In 1n Algeria
On 21 November Rabat Jogtructed one 0f the Junlor members
of 1ts embagsy who bad renaLned 1n Cuba wben tbe ambaggador
deperted to rema In at hfs post unt1l he bad cloged out 411
f1nanclal dealings WIth Cuban banks, etc _
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and to forward per-
tInent docunentg on hls actlvities to Morocco 3 Permanent
M1esion to the. DN < Two days la ter the gecretary general of
the Moroccan Forelgn Minletry cabled Fevana tbat bls government
wa8 Incl-ned to recelve a]Cuben good-F1ll mIsglon _ (NSA
3/0 /MRD/T329-63 , 21 November ; 3/0/sRD/t329-63 23 November ;
3/0 /MRD/T335-63 , 26 November
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The dIrector Of the Cuban Governnent owned Consolidated
Petroleum Enterprlse, Sa Ivador Salag Portuondo _ 19 gcheduled
to trevel to Georgetown , BrItish Gulana =
9 on a Cuban vessel .
On 21 November Cuban ehiPping beedquarters _ 1n Ravana Informed
the captaln of the BAAIA DE TANAMO tbat Sa lag Rould be'
traveling to Georgetown from Santiago de Cuba Meanwhile, an
untested source wbo 19 a member of tbe board of the BrItish
Guiana Electricity Corporation reports tba t GIMPEX has been
awarded the contract to provide fuel 01l for the electricity
corporatIon for 1964 _ GIMPEX Jagan 9 party 9 trad1ng enter-
prIse , reportedly Intends to Import the 011 from Cuba The 8iectricity
corporation m1ll pay
,2s8c800 for the 011_ (USM_
84_ 2x/0/CUC /T406-63 , 27 Novenber SABRE; and CIA TDCS-
3/566 , 043 , 28 November CONF
IDENTIAL
NO FOREIGN DISSEM)
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NON_BLOC RELATIONS cont 'd
Cuba may establish diplomatic relatlons with Somalia
and 1s attempting to improve its relations with Tanganyika
and Ghana according to intercepted communica tlons In a
27 November Intercepted message the Somal1 Government in-
formed Its Onited Nations representatIve tbat the Counc11 of
MinLsters bad approved the establishment of relations witb
Cuba _
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and Iostructed: hlm to determ_ne the level at which the
Cubans wanted to exchange representatIves _ In a 26 November
pessage , tho Cuban Forelgn Ministry requested 1ts Prague
embassy to obtafn customs exemptions for three personnel wbo
were on thelr way to Tanganyika Cuba does not currently have
d1plomatIc repregenta tIves In TanganyIka and the Cubans may be
on a gooa-111l mL831on which 19 expec ted In that country (See
article above on good-W1ll mLsslon to Morocco . ) The three
Cubans--Juan Pellpe Benenells Varona second secretary of the
Cuban ' Embasey In Accre , Nevrls Vernter
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attache at the embagsy
In Accra, and Joge Antonlo Benitez Cebrera , an attache Of the
Cuban Enbassy In Prague-~were scheduled to arrIve 1n;Prague on
27 November In another Intercepted meegage 0f 25 November
Bavana Instructed 1tB ambaggador 1n Ghana to s1gn a
culturei
pact WIth Ghana during the first part of December The Cuban
repregenta tive was told to s1gn the Ghana zan-Ineplred pact "out
0f politicel conslderatLons (NSA 3/0/S0D/7202-63 37 November
TOP SECRET DINAR; NSA]2X/0/CUB/T2439-63 , 27 November _ SECRET
SABRE ; NSA 3/0/CUD/T1385-63 , 27 November, TOP SECRET' DINAR)
Tbe Cuban Government requeeted Chileen V1bas for two
memberg of Natlonal AggoclatLon of Sme11 Farmerg (ANAP) -
Juan . Jorge Va Idez Paz and Adelfo MartIo Barrlog_-to ettend
a "cooperatIve Bem1nar" (B1c; Pobb1bly semInar on coopera-
tlves) to be held 10 Santlago_ An 11 Novewber Intercepted
megbag0 stated tbet tbelr VIsit would last 15 deye _ (NSA
3/0/CLD/t1o86_63., 27 _November , TOP SBCRET DINAR)
NON-BLOC COWBBCIAL RELATIONS:
Cuba 19 contioulng negotlatLons for the purchage of large
amounts of congtructIon equLpment Probably from the Verml
company Of Brusgela (See Dezly Sumnerr of 7 November for
deta1ls of Vermt 9 offer ) ccordTng to an employee Of
the Spanlsb export-Import flrm CILA8A wbo bes_ aCcess to the:
company 8 fIles, 2 beven-Wan Cuban delege tLon was expected
to errIve 1p Brugselg on 30 , Novenber WItb autborLzat Jon to
let contracte _ The group reportedly plans to examIne dis-
aggemble; and tebt the equlpment and bag a total of
83 _ 5 m1111on . (It was prevIously reported that Varml bag
offered to sell $1 W1llion Rortb Of constructlon equlpment. )
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NON-BLOC COMMERCIAL RELATIONS cont 'd
The delegation 1s also interested In Visiting European
manufacturers of spare parts for the machfnes ; they were
principally interested in Visiting SpaLn_ The members of
the delegatIon are Rene Narbona fron the Cuban enterprise
for the import Of machinery 1n addition to representatIves
named Respa 1l Hernandez
Rodriguez
Alenida (s1c) Duran ,
and Mora les_ They were to stay at the Hotel Metropole in
Brussels (CIA Madrid IN 69382 28 November SECRET NO FOR-
EIGN DISSEM)
CUBAN SUPPORT OF EXTERNAL SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES :
The discovery of a large cache of weapons of Cuban orlgin,
announced by Venezuelan authoritles on 28 November provldes
the best evIdence 1n recent years Of major Cuban support for
Latln Aner-can subverslves _
The Venezuelan forelgn mInister has announced that Caracas
w11l lay formal charges concernLng the arns cache before 8
special meeting Of Latlo Anerican Foreign Mlolsters scheduled
for December Following thls Caracas wi11 ask tbat the Coun-
cil of the OrganLzatLon of Aner-can States be convoked for con-
sultation on the ma tter
Tbere 18 defInite proof to support tbe Venezuelan clafe
tbat the weapons cane from Cuba _ Tbe approxLmately three tons
of weapons Include llgbt automatLc rifles and submachLne guns
identlfled as among tbose shLpped to Cuba from Belgium 1o 1959
and 1960_ There were also mortars bazookas recoilless rifles
9 and ammunltLon of 0S nanufacture
Communlst documents setzed by Venezuelan authorttles
earlier thls month Lndlca te tbat the equIpment was destIned
for the Venezuelan Communlst8 paramllitary- arw, tbe Armed Forces
of NatIona 1 Llbera tLon_
The cacbe was found On 1 November On a beach In Falcon
Stete
1
Scene Of tbe most actIve guerrIlla effort Tbe Vene -_
zuelan Government a8b4m08 tbat the weapons were sent fron Cuba
by sea Tts 19 not conflrmed but Cuban flshLng vesgels were
used to transport weapons to South AmerLca durLng the latter
part of October accordLng to severa 1 recent clandestLne re-
ports
For more than three years, the Castro regIme ba8 tried to;
avoid actlons tbat would clearly 1mplicate It In dlrect sup-
port of Latln AnerIcan subversives Ths exceptIon seens to
demongtra te elther the hlgb degree of urgency which Cagtro
now glves to hls subverSive. effort, Or his estnate tbat the
Venezue lan s1tuatLon dow 18 rLpe for 8 flna 1 offensive:
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CUBAN SUPPORT OF EXTERNAL SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES cont d
A Havana radiobroadcast' immedlately denied that 'Cuba
was Involved in the arms-Infiltration attempt _ The broad-
cast which quoted no official source stated that "thls
1s a new campa 1gn of President Romulo Betancourt against
Cuba and Its revolutionary governnent blaming the Cubans
for the explosive Situation 1n his country and the instabil-
ity of hls government . I (SECRET)
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