</s>TOP SECRET UMBRA Doc ID: 66788868 Doc Ref ID: 42685770 DATE: 03/25/97 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM PAGE:1 IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY NUMBER : NSA AGENCY INFORMATION RECORD NUMBER: : 144-10001-10106 RECORD SERIES : RECORD FILE NUMBER # : AGENCY FILE NUMBERS : DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR : NGA FROM : : NSA : TO : : HCF [R] 3/POD/T1488-63: INCREASED TENSION IN HAVANA FOLLOWING VENEZUELAN TITLE : : INCReASED TENSION IN HAYANA FOLLOWING VENZUZUVELAN DATE : 12/10/63 [RJ] PAGES : 2 SUBJECTS : PORTUGAL SUBJECT : 2 DIPLOMATIC ACTIVITY VENEZUEZA, DIPLOMATIO ACTIVITIVITY MEXICO, DIPLOPLOPMATIC ACTVITY CUBA, DIFPLOMMATICACTIVITY CUBA, DIDIPLOTOMATICA ACTIVITIES DOCUMMENT TYPE : REPORT CLASSIFICATION : : X: : X : RESTRICTIONS : 1B : X CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 08/11/93 ORIGINALING AGENCY : S DETERMINATION REQUIRED ORIGINAING AGENCYS Determination REQUIREID COMMENTS : CONTAINS SENSITIVE COMPARTMENTED INFORMATION [R) - ITEM IS RESTRICTED TOP SECRT UMBRRA Released pursuant to Executive Order 14176, DECLASS. OF RECORDS CONC. THE ASSASSINTINATIONS OF PRES. JFK, SEN. RFPK, AND THE REV. DR. MIK, JR. JR.

Summary:  
The documents detail diplomatic tensions between Cuba and Venezuela following a Venezuelan complaint against Cuba for alleged support of subversive activities in Venezuela. The Organization of American States (OAS) is referenced as a potential venue for resolving the dispute, with Romulo Betancourt (Venezuela's leader) considering military action against Cuba within the OAS framework. Cuban authorities are described as taking precautionary measures, including mobilizing military forces to the east and activating militia units. The Mexican government is noted to have responded to a diplomatic note regarding the detention of a Cuban consulate employee linked to Lee Harvey Oswald, who was suspected in President John F. Kennedy's assassination. The documents also mention increased internal unrest among Cuban counterrevolutionaries awaiting OAS resolutions.  

Key People:  
- Romulo Betancourt (Venezuela’s leader)  
- Lee Harvey Oswald (suspected assassin of JFK)  
- Fidel Castro (Cuban leader, implied through context)  
- José Gonzaga Ferreira (embassy official in Havana)  

Key Locations:  
- Havana (Cuba)  
- Venezuela  
- Mexico City  
- Lisbon (Portugal)  

Key Events:  
- Venezuelan complaint against Cuba for alleged subversion support  
- OAS discussions on potential military action against Cuba  
- Cuban military mobilization and militia activation  
- Mexican diplomatic response to Oswald-related detention  
- Internal Cuban counterrevolutionary unrest  

Key Organizations:  
- Organization of American States (OAS)  
- Cuban government (implied through actions)  
- Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (mentioned in correspondence)

JFK Declassified Files

144-10001-10106.pdf

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