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177-1000 1-10064 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992
JFK Assassination System Date: 8/26/201
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Agency Information
AGENCY LBJ
RECORD NUMBER 177-10001-10064
RECORD SERIES NSF, COUNTRY FILE, CUBA, TDCS, VOL. 1 BOX 32
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DATE : 11/23/1963
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CUBA
DOCUMENT TYPE REPORT
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RESTRICTIONS Consulted
CURRENT STATUS Withhold
DATE OF LAST REVIEW 08/13/1993
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WOULD START HE SA ID TH INGS ARE VERY CLEAR AND THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THEY
HAVE ASSASS INATED THE CONTRAD ICT IONS ARE WELL DEF INED AND THE MOMENT WAS
VERY SPEC LIKE THAT OF THE MA INE MART INEZ SA ID THE UN ITED STATES IS Now
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GENERAL ALL OVER LAT IN AMER ICAe TOHA SA ID HE WAS VERY WORR IED AFTER READ ING
THE CABLE TRAFF IC. MART INEZ ADDED THAT IF THE USA IS THINK ING OF INVAD ING
CUBA THEN THEY MUST HAVE EVERYTH ING ALL PREPARED AND. ALL THE . STRATEGY READY AND
THEREFORE THE ALARM MUST BE GIVEN SO THAT CUBA CAN' BE 'PREPARED .
B. THE CUBAN CONSUL AT VALPARA ISO CALLED THE CUBAN EMBASSY In SANT IAGO To
DETERM INE POLICY in THE MATTER OF FLY ING THE 'FLAG AT HALF MAST _ THE REPLY WAS.
THAT THERE ARE NO DIPLOMAT IC RELAT IONS WIth THE USA AND THAT No OFF Ic IAL' WORD
HAD YET BEEN RECE IVED FROM S0 THEREFORE NOTHING SHOULD BE DONE = (F IELD
COMMENT : THIS IS AGA INST PROTOCOL BECAUSE THE CHILEAN GOVERNMENT HAS DECREED'
OFFF IC IAL MOURNING INCLUD ING FLY ING FLAGS AT HALF MAST =
C MART INEZ REFUSED TO MAKE FURTHER STATEMENTS PREFERR ING TO WAIT FOR
OFF IC IAL WORD FROM HABANA. SEVERAL TIMES HE DEN IED THAT THE ASSASS IN WAS
INVOLVED IN THE FA IR PLAY FOR CUBA COMM ITTEE INS IST ING THAT THIS PERSON IS ONLY
A SUSPECT AND THAT EXTREME R IGHT ISTS OR SEGREGAT ION ISTS ARE TO BLAME_
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SA ID HE BEL IEVED THAT THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT WOULD TRY To PUT THE" BLAME
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