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V4 /o , i .f % / i So ?>] 13 FOR1 RELEASE SUNDAY A.M. SEPTEMBER 26, 1971 ’ SOVIET NAVAL ACTIVITIES IN CUBA government Storage U M E N T S ;T 1 1971 t h e l i b r a r y KANSA S STAT E UNI VER SITY H E A R IN G S BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTER-AMERICAN AFFAIRS OF TH E COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS HOUSE OF REPRESE NTATIVES NINE TY -FIRST CONGRESS rR SECOND SESSION □ ru m rR tr SE PT EM BE R 30, OCTOBER 13, NO VE MB ER 19 AND 24, 1970 □ □ tr rR rR : < U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFIC E 66-142 O WASHINGT ON : 1971 C O M M IT TEE ON FOREIG N A F F A IR S TH OM AS E . MOR GA N, Pen ns ylva ni a, Chairman C L E M E N T J. ZA BLO CKI, W isco ns in E. ROSS A D AIR , In dia na W A Y N E L. H AY S, Ohio W IL LIA M S. M A IL LIA R D , Ca lif or ni a L. H. FO UNTA IN , North Car ol in a P E T E R H. B. FR E LIN G H U YSE N , New Jersey D A N T E B. FA SCELL, Flo rida W IL LIA M S. BROOM FIE LD , Mich iga n LE O N A R D FARBSTEIN , New Y ork J. IR VIN G W H A LL E Y , Pe nn sy lvan ia C H A R L E S C. DIG GS, J r., M ichiga n H. R. GRO SS , Io w a W IL L IA M T. MUR PH Y, Il linoi s E. Y. B E R R Y , So ut h Dak ot a CO R N E LIU S E. GALLA GH ER, New Je rsey EDW ARD J. D E R W IN SK I, Ill inois R O B E R T N. C. NIX, Pen nsy lv an ia F. BRAD FORD M ORSE , Massachusett s JO H N S. MON AGAN , Con nec ticu t VE RN ON W. TH OM SO N, Wisconsin D O N A LD M. FRASER, M inne so ta JA M ES G. FU LTO N , Pe nn sy lvan ia B E N JA M IN S. RO SE N TH AL, New Yor k PA U L F IN D LE Y, Il linois I E D W A R D R. ROYBAL, Califo rn ia JO HN BUCH ANAN, Alab am a JO H N C. CU LV ER , Io wa RO BERT TA F T, J r., Ohio L E E H. HAM ILTO N, In di an a SH ER M AN P. LL O Y D , Ut ah J. H E RBERT B U R K E , Flo rida I JO H N V. TU NNEY, Califo rn ia A B R A H A M KA ZE N, J r., Tex as W IL LIA M V. ROTH , J r., De lawa re L E S T E R L. W OLF F, New Yor k JO N A TH A N B. BI NGHAM , New Y ork G U S YATRON, Pen ns ylva ni a B oy d C raw ford, Staff Administrator Roy J. B u l l o c k , Senior Staff Consultant A lb ert C. F. W e st p h a l , Staff Consultant F r a n k l in J. Sc h u p p, Staff Consulta nt Har ry C. C ro m er , Staff Consultant P h il i p B . B il l in g s , Staff Consultant Maria n A. C zar n eck i, Staff Consultant Melv in O. B en so n , Staff Consultant E ve ret t E. B ie rm an, Staff Consultant Joh n J. B r ad y, J r., Staff Consultant John H. S u ll iv a n , Staff Consultant J un e N ig h , Senior Staff Assistant Hele n C. Ma t t a s , Staff Assistant Hele n L. H ash a g en , Staff Assistant Lo u is e O’B r ie n , Staff Assistant Dora B. M cC rack en , Staff Assistant J ea n E. S m i t h , Staff Assistant Nan cy C. P eden, Staff Assistant P aula L. P e a k , Staff Assistant D ia n e Ga l la g h e r , Staff Assistant Subc om mitte e on I nte r-A me rican A ffair s D A N TE B. F A S C E L L , Florida , C hair m an JO H N S. MO NA GA N, Co nn ec ticu t W IL LIA M S. M A IL LIA R D , Ca lifornia E D W A R D R. ROYBAL, Califo rn ia J. IR VIN G W’H A L L E Y , Pe nn sylvan ia L E E H. HAM IL TO N, In di an a H. R. GR OSS , Io wa A B R A H A M KA ZE N J r., Te xa s F. BRAD FORD M ORSE , Massach usetts B E N JA M IN S. ROSE NTH AL, New Yor k JA M ES G. FULTO N , Pen nsy lv an ia JO H N C. CU LV ER, Iowa Maria n A. C zar n eck i, Staff Consultant H ele n L. H ash agen , Staff Ass ista nt (II) C O N T E N TS LI ST OF W IT NES SE S Wednesday, September 30,1970: 1 ag< Bridge, Col. John, Chief, Soviet Area Office, Defense Intelligen ce Agency ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Heekin, Lt. Cmdr. John, Soviet Area Office, Defense Intelligen ce Ag ency------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- * Freed, Col. C. S., Chief, Liaison Group, Defense Intelligence Agency— 3 Tuesday, October 13, 1970: Czarnecki, M arian A., staff consultant, Committee on Foreign Affairs— 32 Thursday, November 19,1970: Reyes, Manolo, director of Latin American News, Station WTVJ, Miami, Fla _________________________________________________ Tuesday, November 24, 1970: Hon. U. Alexis Johnson, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs- 93 STATEMEN TS AND MEMORANDUMS SUPP LIED FOR THE RECORD « Excerpts of remarks made in response to press inqu iries by Deputy Assist an t Secretary of Defense Jerry W. Friedheim on Friday , September 25, 1970 ________________________________________________ _________ 30 Article from the New York Times by Robert M. Smith, entitled “U.S. Warns Soviet Not to Build Base for Subs in Cuba”------------------------- 31 Article from the New York Times by C. L. Sulzberger, entitled “Ugly Clouds in the South”------------------------------------------------------------------ 32 Exc erpts from President John F. Kennedy’s news conference of Novem ber 20, 1962____________________________________________________ 33 Rem arks of Hon. Dan te B. Fascell, a Representative in Congress from the State of Florida, which app eared in the Congressional Record, entitled “The United States Must Respond Promptly to New Soviet Threat in Cuba,” September 28, 1970----------------------------------------------------------- 37 Article from the Washington Evening Star, by Orr Kelly, entitled “A-Sub Equipment Installed in Cuba, New Data Shows”____________________ 38 Article from the New York Times, by Tad Szulc, entitle d “Warning on Cuba Puzzles U.S. Aides—White House Data in Report on Base Termed Old” _________________________________________________________ 39 Article from the New York Times, by Bernard Gwertzman, entitled “Mos cow Scoffs at Sub-Base Issue”---------------------------------------------'-------- 40 Article by Reuters on hea ring held by Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Inter-American Affairs concerning possible establishm ent of submarine base in Cuba by Russia_________________________________________ 42 Article from the Baltimore Sun by Pe ter J. Kumpa, entitled “U.S. Impugns Russia ns’ Intentions”___________________________________________ 42 Article in Izvestia denying sub marine base construction_______________ 44 Excerpts from news briefing by Sec retary of Defense Melvin R. Laird----- 44 Excerpts from Tass statement, entitled "Soviet Denial of Activity in Cuba”- 15 . Article from the. Washington Evening Star, entitled “Soviet Denies Build ing Military Base on Cuba” ______________________________________ 45 Article from the Baltim ore Sun by Dean Mills, entitled “Soviet Denial of Submarine Base Construction”___________________________________ 46 “U.S. Response to Soviet Denial,” article by Charles W. C orddry____ 47 ' Memorandum for correspondents. Departme nt of Defense, October 13, 1970_ 48 * U.S. reply to Tass a rticle denying submarine base construction (state me nt by State Departm ent press s ecretary Robert J. McCloskey)___________ 48 LIST OF MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS Map of the Caribbean region___________________________________ Facing p. 1 Map of Cienfuegos, Cuba, area_____________________________________ 67 Illu stration indicating anti-submarine n et at entrance of Cienfuegos Ba y_ 69 Illu stration of barges in Cienfuegos Bay____________________________ 72 Map of Cuba_____________________________________________________ 73 (in) •» SOVIET NAVAL ACTIVITIES IN CUBA WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1970 House of R epresentatives, Committee on F oreign A ffairs, Subcommittee on I nter-American A ffairs, Washington, D.G. The subcommittee met in executive session at 2:10 p.m., in room H-227, the Capitol, Hon. Dante B. Fascell (chairman of the sub committee) presiding. Mr. F ascell. The subcommittee will please come to order. We are meeting this afternoon to be briefed on the details of the Soviet naval and military buildup in Cuba, which forms the back ground of the warning given the Soviet Union late last week by the White House. The subcommittee’s hearings in July and August indicated that more than usual m ilitary and naval activity was taking place in Cuba. To fill us in on just what has taken place, and what the Soviets and Cubans are presently doing, we have with us today Col.