</s>Doc ID: 687882 Doc Ref ID: A4266868-MORAY DATE: 03/26/97 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM PAGE: 1 IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY : NSA RECORD NUMBER : 144-10001-10059 RECORDS SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER: DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR : : NSA FROM : : HCF TO [IR] 2X/0/CUD/T2424-63: OFFICIAL CUBAN STATEMENT ON DEATH OF PRESIDENT TITLE : [IRJ] PAGES : 11/24/63 SUBSJECTS : CUBA, DIPLOMATIC ACTIVITY REACTION TO ASSASSINTATION [R] DOCUMMENT TYPE : REPORT CLASSIFICATION RESTRICTION : CURRENT STATUS DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 08/09/93 OPENING CRITERIA : ORIGINALING AGENCY'S DETERMINATION REQUIRED COMMENTS : CONTAINS SENSITIVE COMPARTMENTED INFORMATION [RJ] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED Released pursuant to Executive Order 14176, DECLASS. OF RECORDS CONC. THE ASSASSIMATIONS OF PRES. JFK, SEN. RFK, AND THE REV. DR. MILK, JR.

Summary:  
The documents detail the official Cuban government's reaction to President John F. Kennedy's assassination on November 22, 1963. A statement by Ambassador LECHUGA, representing Cuba, expressed sorrow over Kennedy’s death despite historical tensions between Cuba and the United States. The statement was disseminated via a circular message (SECRET SABRE) to diplomatic missions in multiple countries, including Algiers, Athens, Bamako, Beirut, Belgrade, Berlin, Brussels, Bucharest, Colombo, Copenhagen, Djakarta, Geneva, The Hague, Helsinki, Karachi, Moscow, New Delhi, Oslo, Paris, Prague, Pyongyang, Rabat, Rome, Sofia, Tel Aviv, Ulan Bator, Vatican City, and Vienna. The Cuban Embassy in Accra received the statement as part of this distribution. The documents were released under Executive Order 14176, which authorized the declassification of records related to JFK’s assassination, Senator RFK’s assassination, and the murder of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.  

Key People:  
- Ambassador LECHUGA (Cuban representative)  
- Cuban Government officials  

Key Locations:  
- Havana (Cuba)  
- Accra (Ghana)  
- Multiple international cities listed in the circular message  

Key Events:  
- Official Cuban statement of sorrow over JFK’s assassination  
- Dissemination of the statement to global diplomatic missions  

Key Organizations:  
- National Security Agency (NSA)  
- Organization of the United Nations (UN)  
- Cuban Embassy (Accra, Ghana)

JFK Declassified Files

144-10001-10059.pdf

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