</s>177-1001-10063 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 JFK Assassination System Date: 8/26/201 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY : LBJ RECORD NUMBER : 177-10001-10065 RECORD SERIES : NSF, COUNTRY FILE, CUBA, TDCS, VOL. 1, BOX 32. AGENCY FILE NUMBER: AGENCY FILENUMBER : Document Information ORIGINATOR : CIA FROM: TO: Document Information TITLE: DATE: PAGES: 2 SUBSJECTS: CUBA DOCUMENT TYPE : REPORT CLASSIFICATION : SECRET RESTRICTIONS : Consulted CURRENT STATUS : Conducted DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 08/13/1993 OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : DOC. #188 v1 12 NW 50955 DocId: 32282903 Page 1

Summary  
This document is a classified CIA telegram dated November 22–23, 1963, detailing events in Uruguay following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. It describes Ricardo Gutierrez Torrenz, the Cuban Embassy’s third secretary and chief of Cuban intelligence in Uruguay, requesting additional police protection for the embassy due to reports of a planned mob attack. The police provided extra security to both the Cuban Embassy and the Soviet Legation, though the latter did not request it. By 23 November, no demonstrations against diplomatic installations had occurred. A spontaneous crowd of approximately 36,000 people marched to the American Embassy in Montevideo on the evening of November 22 to express grief over Kennedy’s assassination.  

Key People  
- Ricardo Gutierrez Torrenz: Cuban Embassy third secretary and chief of Cuban intelligence in Uruguay  
- Montevideo police: Provided additional security to diplomatic installations  
- Soviet Legation staff: Received protection without requesting it  

Key Locations  
- Montevideo, Uruguay: Site of the Cuban Embassy, Soviet Legation, and American Embassy  
- American Embassy (Montevideo): Destination of the spontaneous crowd expressing grief over Kennedy’s assassination  

Key Events  
- November 22, 1963: Gutierrez Torrenz requested police protection for the Cuban Embassy due to threats of a mob attack  
- November 22–23, 1963: No demonstrations against diplomatic installations occurred by 23 November  
- November 22, 1963: Spontaneous crowd of ~36,000 people marched to the American Embassy in Montevideo  

Key Organizations  
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA): Originator of the telegram and intelligence report  
- Cuban Embassy (Uruguay): Subject of security requests and reported threats  
- Soviet Legation (Montevideo): Received protection without formal request  
- U.S. American Embassy (Montevideo): Site of the spontaneous crowd’s demonstration

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