DOCSLIB.ORG

104-10506-10028.Pdf

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
104-10506-10028.Pdf This document is made available through the declassification efforts and research of John Greenewald, Jr., creator of: The Black Vault The Black Vault is the largest online Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) document clearinghouse in the world. The research efforts here are responsible for the declassification of hundreds of thousands of pages released by the U.S. Government & Military. Discover the Truth at: http://www.theblackvault.com ,.·· . - .,. "'""A An.proved for Release QeclaSS\IIeu·oniJ ~ . • by th~ ce-ntra~ tntellige~ce Agen~Y : 1 . oate~t? c?-,3: · . :. ·. F£,-v o REViEWED BY Fm/JfK TASK FORCE RtlCA.'lt iN fUll HELEASE IN PART 0 TOT"'- DENtAl 13- TOP SECRET SECRET CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION REGISTRY ,-SOURCE: La tin America Divis ion/DDO CONTROL NUMBER: ___S~C~-~0~1~7~5~5~-~7~7~----- -'-.____ - DATE OF DOCUMENT: 29 June 1977 DATE DOCUMENT RECEIVED: ---'----- COPY NUMBER (S): __l_a_n_d_S _____ _ LOGGED BY:--------------- NUMBER OF PAGES: 148 DOCUMENT NO: ____ 4 NUMBER OF ATTACHMENTS:----------- FROM: AC/LA Division DATE: 29/6/77 TO OFFICE NAME SIGNATURE DATE -- D Approval ': ', :-! TSEC. CL.I ORIGIN ' i ,' CONT~:~~- ~:·_.- f( Action 0 --~~~~~~~~~~~~U~T---~~sou~SPPoE~N0 .. S~E~D~A~T~E~ CROSSREFERENCEOR ; DATE OF DOC \,DATE REC'D ATE POINT OF FILING_ D Comment Concurrences TO D FROM D Information SUBJ. D Direct Reply ·. \ . : D Preparation of Reply Recommendation D I, D Signature D Return ! COURIER NO. IANSWERED INO REPLY 2 D Dispatch D File GROUP I CONFIDENTIAL Excluded from auto Handle t'ia Comiut Channelr SECRET TOP SECRET 13-00000 SC-01755-77 .SECiR:ET;'i!SiWHTI 0!! Q (" ! ~ . ' u ·- t..: .... ,, ,_.,.'/ MEMORANDUM FOR: The Inspector General ATTENTION Mr. Scott Breckinridge, Jr. VIA Acting Deputy Director for Operations FROM George V. Lauder Acting Chief, Latin America Division SUBJECT Latin America Division Task Force Report of Possible Cuban Complicity in the John F. Kennedy Assassination 1. Attached is the Latin America Division report of findings relative to Cuban complicity in the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy. This research which was conducted from mid-October 1976 to June 1977 at the direction of the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, E. Henry Knoche, reviewed all Agency operations conducted against Cuba from 1 January 1960 to 1 January 1965 (concentrating on the period 1 January 1960 to 22 November 1963). We found no definitive proof that the Castro regime was implicated in the Kennedy assassination. 2. The report is comprised of the following sections: LAD/JFK Task Force - How Research was conducted Attachment A: Chronology of Findings (125 pages) with a Top Secret Annex (14 pages) Attachment B: List of Task Force participants Attachment C: Outline of the complete LAD/JFK Task Force files and description of their contents. 13-00000 This massive and thorough research effort with all back-up documents has been assigned the official classification number 019-604-001. This report is submitted in the format requested by Mr. Scott Breckinridge, Jr., Task Force Leader. ".V. LauderL~~ Attachments, a/s ./ / SFGtET/~ENSi II VE - - 2- 13-00000 June 1977 SUBJECT: Latin America Division/JFK Task Force How Research was Conducted 1. The LA Division Task Force to investigate records in connection with the assassination of President Kennedy was formally organized in mid-October 1976. Its purpose, basically, was to research all Agency operations conducted against Cuba from 1 January 1960 to 1 January 1965 (concentrating on the period up to 22 November 1963) for any evidence that such operations might have provoked the Government of Cuba to take executive action against President Kennedy. Researchers were also alert to activities seemingly directed against the U.S./CIA. 2. Reference to material for this research was obtained from the LAD Registry, the Cuba Desk machine runs, and a special comprehensive file listing prepared for this purpose by ISS (Information Services Staff). It was originally thought that material pertinent to the search would number approximately 900 operational folders, plus related 201 dossiers. It was later determined, however, that a thorough review should include additional operational and subject files which brought the total to well over two thousand files. In view of the date of the material, much of it, both operational SEC IVE 13-00000 - 2 - and subject has been retired to Archives at The remainder is held at Headquarters in IP/Files or IF/Archives. All 201 dossiers are retained at Headquarters. This material is easily retrievable through the use of specific job numbers and file reference numbers recorded and retained in the LAD/JFK Task Force files (too numerous to cite herein.) 3. Following is a breakdown of the types and numbers of files reviewed, criteria employed in the research, the findings, and organization of the material: a. Types and Number of Files Reviewed: 1. Operational 1,729 (601 with findings and 1,128 with no findings) 2. Subject 54 7 (186 with findings and 361 with no findings) 3. Cuba Policy Files 101 4. C/WHD Chrono Files (TFW Chronos) 37 (13 -49) 5. Official 201 dossiers 100 plus TOTAL 2,514 b. Crit~~ia Used in th~ Resea~ch: As a guide the research group followed some 33 Terms of Reference provided by the Deputy IG, which were compiled on the basis of issues raised in Book V, 13-00000 - 3 - of the Senate Select Committee Final Report on the Assassination. (Book V, and a 23 May 1967 Memorandum for the Record by the Inspector General on Plots to Assassinate Fidel Castro, were required reading for the researchers.) In addition to the Terms of Reference, the group remained alert to other items of interest brought to its attention by the IG staff, on an ad hoc basis. A name trace was always run, and/or 201 dossier, if available, reviewed, on any individual allegedly involved in an assassination plot against President Kennedy or Fidel Castro. This task was made somewhat easier as the result of a memorandum prepared by the Cuba Desk, in August 1975, based on traces of the names in the Black Book that Fidel Castro passed to George McGovern which dealt with individuals allegedly involved in assassination attempts against Castro. c. Findings and Organization of the Findings: Each researcher submitted a draft paper noting the Subject of the folder (s) reviewed, a brief description of the activity, and a copy of the document (s) (findings) which contained information believed to be pertinent to the re­ view. Also included were Job numbers, Official File numbers, inclusive dates of material researched, and number of volumes reviewed. Beginning in January 1977, at the request of the IG Staff, the researchers also began noting FBI and/or other government agencies knowledge of 13-00000 ·~"' ;. .. .:..: > ;; \....... _ . .J ,'- .... ,,_, -4- information. Separate, finished, memoranda were prepared, on the basis of these data, including the heading Findings. This heading lists the specific document number (s) and other pertinent data, and a few lines providing the gist of the document (s) for purpose of easy and quick reference. These memoranda, with a copy of the document (s) attached, are filed in alphabetical order, by project and subject, in hard-back green folders as part of the official LAD/JFK Task Force files under the official classification number 019-604-001 (Volumes XI through XX). Also included in the records are two folders (Volumes IX and X) con­ taining 1,439 draft memoranda with negative findings. 4. Appended are the following: A) Chronology of Findings (125 pages) with Top Secret UMBRA Annex (14 pages); B) List of Task Force participants and their functions; C) Outline of the complete LAD/JFK Task Force files and description of their contents. ATTACHMENT A CHRONOLOGY of FINDINGS (125 Pages) with a TOP SECRET Annex (14 Pages) Code Word Material l t"· . 13-00000 CHRONOLOGY OF FINDINGS Anti-Castro Activities - Cuba 19-9-9 HVCA 11020 dated 28 February 1964 A Caracas Station asset reported an operation called "Plan Judas" being constructed at that time inside Cuba. The plan reportedly involved an internal uprising with the support of certain Cuban military figures conspiring against Fidel CASTRO. Key figures reportedly included Juan ALMEIDA, Efigenio AMEIJEIRAS Delgado, Pepin NARANJO, Regina BaiT I, and two COSSIO brothers . On 24 February 1964, Francisco SUAREZ Quinones, a JURE (Revolutionary Junta) member in Caracas, told U.S. Embassy officials that JURE was then sponsoring a plan to assassinate Fidel CASTRO and other high-ranking Cuban Government officials as part of an operation designed to incite an internal rebellion in Cuba. The Station reported this plan, speculating that it may be connected in some way with Plan Judas. DBA 77673 dated 15 July 1964 (FBI) Reported plan of Cuban exile leaders to assassinate selected Cuban Government leaders. Individuals involved included Byron CAMERON, owner of m. v. "Cayman Hope," Teofilo BABUN Franco, co-owner of Antillean Marine Shipping 13-00000 - 2 - Corp. and two BABUN employees, Oscar FERNANDEZ Veigo and Eliseo OOMEZ \Fernandez; also, Jose "Pepin" BOSQI, Julio LOBO Olavarria and Eduardo GARCIA of the Garcia Lines, New York City. One of the ship owners allegedly had contacts with the underworld through his partner, a former police officer from St. Louis with tie-in to elements of the "Cosa Nostra." DBA 92798 dated 7 December 1964 (FBI) An FBI source reported an attempt to be made against Fidel CASTRO, Raul CASTRO and "Che" GUEVARA within Cuba during period 20 Dec 64 to 10 Jan 65 by a small elite group in La Cabana Military Base, Havana, which belonged to a security section inside of the Cuban Intelligence Service. Plans were to be carried out by Cubans in Cuba with no help from the U.S.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Cuban Antifascism and the Spanish Civil War: Transnational Activism, Networks, and Solidarity in the 1930S
    Cuban Antifascism and the Spanish Civil War: Transnational Activism, Networks, and Solidarity in the 1930s Ariel Mae Lambe Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 2014 © 2014 Ariel Mae Lambe All rights reserved ABSTRACT Cuban Antifascism and the Spanish Civil War: Transnational Activism, Networks, and Solidarity in the 1930s Ariel Mae Lambe This dissertation shows that during the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) diverse Cubans organized to support the Spanish Second Republic, overcoming differences to coalesce around a movement they defined as antifascism. Hundreds of Cuban volunteers—more than from any other Latin American country—traveled to Spain to fight for the Republic in both the International Brigades and the regular Republican forces, to provide medical care, and to serve in other support roles; children, women, and men back home worked together to raise substantial monetary and material aid for Spanish children during the war; and longstanding groups on the island including black associations, Freemasons, anarchists, and the Communist Party leveraged organizational and publishing resources to raise awareness, garner support, fund, and otherwise assist the cause. The dissertation studies Cuban antifascist individuals, campaigns, organizations, and networks operating transnationally to help the Spanish Republic, contextualizing these efforts in Cuba’s internal struggles of the 1930s. It argues that both transnational solidarity and domestic concerns defined Cuban antifascism. First, Cubans confronting crises of democracy at home and in Spain believed fascism threatened them directly. Citing examples in Ethiopia, China, Europe, and Latin America, Cuban antifascists—like many others—feared a worldwide menace posed by fascism’s spread.
    [Show full text]
  • The Bay of Pigs Invasion As the Us's
    THE BAY OF PIGS INVASION AS THE US’S ‘PERFECT FAILURE’ FE LORRAINE REYES MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY Sixty years ago today, April 17, 1961, a CIA-operated group of Cuban exiles sought to overthrow the communist regime of Fidel Castro in what is known as the Bay of Pigs invasion. The planning for this overthrow culminated in 1960 when President Dwight Eisenhower ordered for the classified training of 1400 anti-Castro dissidents tasked with overthrowing the Prime Minister the following year. The Cold War had sparked tensions between Cuba and the United States. Cuba, which was strengthening its relations with communist Soviet Union, became a national security threat. The United States feared both the ideological spread of communism and a severed tie with Cuba, which the US remained tethered to for its own economic interest. Inevitably, the plans, fueled by fear and the preservation of national interests, were inherited by the Kennedy administration in January 1960. What John F. Kennedy did not anticipate was how the CIA’s invasion of Cuba’s southern beach would tarnish the world’s view of democracy for generations to come. Although the United States had intended to sever ties with Cuba (and, effectively, the Soviet base on its shores), the invasion, in turn, extended communist powers and protracted the downfall of the Soviet Union. The oversights in the CIA’s plans are why the Bay of Pigs became recognized as a catastrophic failure that emboldened the tension between the US and foreign powers and bookmarked the political relationship between the US, Cuba, and the Soviet Union.
    [Show full text]
  • Docid-32328651.Pdf
    This document is made available through the declassification efforts and research of John Greenewald, Jr., creator of: The Black Vault The Black Vault is the largest online Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) document clearinghouse in the world. The research efforts here are responsible for the declassification of hundreds of thousands of pages released by the U.S. Government & Military. Discover the Truth at: http://www.theblackvault.com JFK Assassination System Date: 517/2015 . Identification Fonn Agency Infonnation AGENCY : FBI ~eleased under the John RECORD NUMBER : 124-90076-10166 F. Kennedy ~ssassination Records RECORD SERIES: HQ ollection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note) . AGENCY FILE NUMBER : CR 109-584-340 rase#:N~ 54460 Date: tLO 04 2017 Document Infonnation ORIGINATOR : FBI FROM : MM TO: HQ TITLE: DATE : 09/14/1959 'PAGES : 18 SUBJECTS: ANTI FIDEL CASTRO ACTIVITIES MARCOS DIAZ LANZ DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION : Unclassified RESTRICTIONS : 4 CURRENT STATUS : Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 07/06/1998 OPENING CRITERIA : INDEFINITE COMMENTS : RPT v9.1 12 NW 54460 Docld:32328651 Page 1 :PORTING OFFICE MIAMI I OFFICEMiAMtN . Sfpl 41959 IINVuTIG7/'15PERIO~ . 8/31/59 ------------------~----------------- :.· · ,. l.E ..OF CASE REPORT MADE BV TVPEDBV 'ROBERT TAMES DWYER IR.JD:DU CHARACTER OF CASE . INTERNAL SECURITY - CUBA ~~~ - ~~ >} [. , • • ' /! . ,. / Report of SA ROBERT JAMES DWYER, Miami, 7/13/59. Bulet to Miami, 3/30/59. ;f.! 0 .~ ;J l..?i .(:./ ~l>"<~ ..J· _ ,/ All offices receiving copies of enclosed report ~1~ ~ontinue to s end Miami copies of all communications . SPECIAL AGENT •ROVED IN CHARGE DO NOT WRITE IN SPACES BELOW pf.X. -. - _12.f-..
    [Show full text]
  • The Cuban Missile Crisis
    The Hungry Mind Lab 2016 Materials for imQ Project The Cuban Missile Crisis The Cuban Missile Crisis was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over Soviet ballistic missiles deployed in Cuba that took place between October 16 and October 28 in 1962. Information about the Cuban Missile Crisis was broadcast on television worldwide, and it was the one event in history that brought the Cold War closest to escalating into a full-scale nuclear war. Following from the enmity between the United States and the Soviet Union since the end of World War II in 1945, the United States was concerned about the rise of Communism, and a Latin American country allying openly with the USSR, short for Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, was unacceptable. In addition, the United States had recently suffered a public embarrassment, because of the failed invasion at the Bay of Pigs in April 1961 under President John F. Kennedy. The invasion had been attempted by a group known as Brigade 2506 that consisted of 1400 paramilitaries, who had been trained and funded by the United States government's Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Launched from Guatemala on 17 April 1961, the Brigade 2506 had intended to land at the Bay of Pigs and to overthrow Cuba's increasingly communist government but it was defeated within three days by the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces, who were under the direct command of Cuba's Prime Minister Fidel Castro. After the events at the Bay of Pigs, the former American President Eisenhower told Kennedy that now the Soviets were "embolden to do something that they would otherwise not do." Indeed, the failed invasion created the impression with Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev and his advisers that Kennedy was indecisive and, as one Soviet adviser wrote about Kennedy: "too young, intellectual, not prepared well for decision making in crisis situations ..
    [Show full text]
  • THE TAKING of AMERICA, 1-2-3 by Richard E
    THE TAKING OF AMERICA, 1-2-3 by Richard E. Sprague Richard E. Sprague 1976 Limited First Edition 1976 Revised Second Edition 1979 Updated Third Edition 1985 About the Author 2 Publisher's Word 3 Introduction 4 1. The Overview and the 1976 Election 5 2. The Power Control Group 8 3. You Can Fool the People 10 4. How It All BeganÐThe U-2 and the Bay of Pigs 18 5. The Assassination of John Kennedy 22 6. The Assassinations of Robert Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King and Lyndon B. Johnson's Withdrawal in 1968 34 7. The Control of the KennedysÐThreats & Chappaquiddick 37 8. 1972ÐMuskie, Wallace and McGovern 41 9. Control of the MediaÐ1967 to 1976 44 10. Techniques and Weapons and 100 Dead Conspirators and Witnesses 72 11. The Pardon and the Tapes 77 12. The Second Line of Defense and Cover-Ups in 1975-1976 84 13. The 1976 Election and Conspiracy Fever 88 14. Congress and the People 90 15. The Select Committee on Assassinations, The Intelligence Community and The News Media 93 16. 1984 Here We ComeÐ 110 17. The Final Cover-Up: How The CIA Controlled The House Select Committee on Assassinations 122 Appendix 133 -2- About the Author Richard E. Sprague is a pioneer in the ®eld of electronic computers and a leading American authority on Electronic Funds Transfer Systems (EFTS). Receiving his BSEE degreee from Purdue University in 1942, his computing career began when he was employed as an engineer for the computer group at Northrup Aircraft. He co-founded the Computer Research Corporation of Hawthorne, California in 1950, and by 1953, serving as Vice President of Sales, the company had sold more computers than any competitor.
    [Show full text]
  • Guía De La Colección De Andrew St. George Resumen Descriptivo
    Guía de la Colección de Andrew St. George Guía creada por Nelissa E. Caraballo-Ramos Biblioteca Smathers, Universidad de Florida - Colecciones Especiales y Estudios de Área Agosto 2021 Resumen Descriptivo Creador: St. George, Andrew, -2001 Título: Colección Andrew St. George Fechas: 1947-1999 Abstracto: La colección consiste de manuscritos, borradores, notas de investigación, recortes de periódicos, fotografías, periódicos, libros, folletos y correspondencia que documentan varios eventos políticos durante el siglo XX en Latinoamérica y el Caribe por el fotógrafo y periodista Andrew St. George. Descripción Física: 6.38 Pies lineares. 11 cajas, 5 fólderes de tamaño grande. Identificación: MSS 0415 Idiomas: Incluye materiales escritos en inglés, español, portugués, alemán y francés. Atención: Esta guía está disponible en inglés en https://findingaids.uflib.ufl.edu/repositories/2/resources/1456 Notas Biográficas e Históricas Andrew St. George nació como Andras R. Szentgyorgyi en 1923 en Hungría, Budapest. Trabajó como fotógrafo y periodista independiente enfocándose en temas relacionados a Latinoamérica. En 1957, realizó una de las primeras entrevistas a Fidel Castro y miembros de la guerrilla en Sierra Maestra, Cuba. Esta entrevista fue publicada en febrero de 1958 en la revista Look Magazine. Durante su carrera, Andrew St. George documentó diferentes eventos políticos en Latinoamérica, tales como: la Revolución cubana, las dictaduras de Rafael Leónidas Trujillo en República Dominicana y François Duvalier "Papa Doc" en Haití. Andrew St. George conoció a Ernesto Che Guevara en las montañas de Sierra Maestra en Cuba y documentó su participación en la Revolución cubana y las guerrillas en Bolivia. Sus fotografías y escritos han sido publicados en Times Magazine, Popular Magazine, Cavalier Magazine, Argosy, Life Magazine, The New York Times, entre otros.
    [Show full text]
  • HSCA Volume X: Anti-Castro Activists and Organizations
    IV. CUBAN REVOLUTIONARY COUNCIL : A CONCISE HISTORY (205) The forerunner of the Cuban Revolutionary Council (CRC) was the Frente Revolutionario Democratico (FRD), formed in May 1960.(1) At the head of it were the leaders of five major anti-Castro groups. The proclaimed purpose of the FRD was to establish a demo- cratic government in Cuba through the use of military force. (2) (206) The FRI) set up headquarters initially in Mexico, but re- cruited most of its proposed invasion force from Miami. (3) The mili- tary arm of the FRD was known as Brigade 2506.(4) The Brigade was eventually composed of 1,443 men who were trained by U.S. Army specialists at two sites on the south coast of Guatemala. (5) (207) The leaders and their organizations that composed the FRD executive committee -were : Aureliano Sanchez Arango of the Triple A group ; Justo Carrillo of Montecristi ; Antonio de Varona of Rescate ; Manuel Artime of the Revolutionary Recovery Movement (MRR) ; and Dr. Jose Ignacio Rasco of the Christian Democratic Movement (MDC) . (6) Antonio de Varona served as General Coordinator (7) and the membership was soon expanded to include Dr. Antonio Maceo, a noted Cuban surgeon ; former Cuban President Carlos Hevia ; and conservative leader Rafael Sardinas.(8) (208) In March 1961, The State Department pressured FRD leaders to accept the Movimento Revolutionario del Pueblo (MRP), headed by Manuel Ray Rivero, into the FRD. (9) The inclusion of Ray's group into the alliance of Cuban exiles was reportedly also "terribly im- portant to the White House," which wanted to broaden the political base of the FRD.
    [Show full text]
  • Thesis US Cuba.Pdf
    BEING SUCCESSFULLY NASTY: THE UNITED STATES, CUBA AND STATE SPONSORED TERRORISM, 1959-1976 by ROBERT G. DOUGLAS B.A., University of Victoria, 2005 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS in the Department of History © Robert Grant Douglas, 2008 University of Victoria All rights reserved. This thesis may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, by photocopy or other means, without permission of the author. BEING SUCCESSFULLY NASTY: THE UNITED STATES, CUBA AND STATE SPONSORED TERRORISM, 1959-1976 by ROBERT G. DOUGLAS B.A., University of Victoria, 2005 Supervisory Committee Dr. Jason Colby (Department of History) Supervisor Dr. Perry Biddiscombe (Department of History) Departmental Member Dr. Jordan Stanger-Ross (Department of History) Departmental Member Dr. Michelle Bonner (Department of Political Science) Outside Member ii Supervisory Committee Dr. Jason Colby (Department of History) Supervisor Dr. Perry Biddiscombe (Department of History) Departmental Member Dr. Jordan Stanger-Ross (Department of History) Departmental Member Dr. Michelle Bonner (Department of Political Science) Outside Member Abstract Despite being the global leader in the “war on terror,” the United States has been accused of sponsoring terrorism against Cuba. The following study assesses these charges. After establishing a definition of terrorism, it examines U.S.-Cuban relations from 1808 to 1958, arguing that the United States has historically employed violence in its efforts to control Cuba. U.S. leaders maintained this approach even after the Cuban Revolution: months after Fidel Castro‟s guerrilla army took power, Washington began organizing Cuban exiles to carry out terrorist attacks against the island, and continued to support and tolerate such activities until the 1970s, culminating in what was the hemisphere‟s most lethal act of airline terrorism before 9/11.
    [Show full text]
  • Military Intelligence), “Report on Mercenary Camps and Bases in Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Florida” (Forwarded to Cuban President Osvaldo Dorticos Torrado)
    Digital Archive digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org International History Declassified January 12, 1961 Cuban G-2 (military intelligence), “Report on mercenary camps and bases in Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Florida” (forwarded to Cuban President Osvaldo Dorticos Torrado) Citation: “Cuban G-2 (military intelligence), “Report on mercenary camps and bases in Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Florida” (forwarded to Cuban President Osvaldo Dorticos Torrado),” January 12, 1961, History and Public Policy Program Digital Archive, Released by Cuban Government for 22-24 March 2001 conference (“Bay of Pigs: 40 Years After”) in Havana. Translated by National Security Archive. http://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/115184 Summary: A military intelligence report from the Cuban G-2 service, outlining the miltiary capabilities of nearby Latin American countries, as well as the miltiary situations (uprisings) in many of those same countries. Credits: This document was made possible with support from the Leon Levy Foundation. Original Language: Spanish Contents: English Translation Scan of Original Document [Box] DIY. INT. G-2 MINFAR CENTRAL HEADQUARTERS APR 7 1961 RECEIVED NO. 2681 THIS REPORT IS EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE INFORMATION OF THE CHIEF OF REVOLUTION TO WHOM IT IS ADDRESSED. IT SHOULD BE RETURNED TO THE DEPARTMENT CHIEF INF G-2 MINFAR [MINISTRY OF THE REVOLUTIONARY ARMED FORCES] CONFIDENTIAL From: Dr. Tec. 0. Inf. G-2 To : Commander Ramiro Valdes Menendez Department Chief. Inf. G-2 MINFAR Dpt. Inf. G-2 MINFAR January 12, 1961 “YEAR OF EDUCATION’’ Re : Report on mercenary camps and bases in Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Florida In 1959, the “yanki” [Yankee, i.e., US] Department of State made the Dominican Republic its main mercenary training center.
    [Show full text]
  • Castro Cuba in Mid-1960
    Mexico & Caribbean Area Series Vol. V No. 1 (CUBA) CASTRO CUBA IN MID- 1960 Some Over -all Impressions of the Revolution by Irving P. Pflaum Havana August 1960 For many spectators the tragi-mystery of Castro's Cuba was solved when Nikita Khrushchev confessed his love for Fidel and was accepted. After this, there remained for the last act only a few critical questions: What was Uncle Sam, the pap; bearded in his den, going to do? And what were the precise intentions of Nikita, already over - lord of a crowded, restless harem? What would be the impact on the leading men of Latin America who had reacted so adversely to the Nikita-Fidel em- brace? But for me, after six months in Cuba, this was an over simple reading of a complex. revolution- ary jigsaw puzzle. The enigmas and dilemmas of the Castro epoch cannot be disposed of so easily. This is the point I will elaborate on in forthcoming reports. Those that follow this introductory com- ment will convey my soundings made on the island before it was cast adrift on the Cold War seas. Here, my intent is to relate some personal impres- sions and conclusions--ideas borne in on me during my provincial meandering, after scores of inter - views and a host of informal contacts in the cities and towns of Cuba, and from the commentary record compiled both before and after Castro came to power. An inextricable admixture of violence and rumor is the fabric of rev0 - lution. In Cuba of late there have been abortive assassinations, the clash of rival groups in the streets, demonstrations in the churches, comings and goings of inscrutable Orientals and uncommunicative Russians, debates in the United Nations and earnest palavers in the Organization of American States, diplomatic notes galore, and many another event to delight the imagination, And what wild and wonderful rumors have been spawned.
    [Show full text]
  • The Bay of Pigs: Lessons Learned Topic: the Bay of Pigs Invasion
    The Bay of Pigs: Lessons Learned Topic: The Bay of Pigs Invasion Grade Level: 9-12 Subject Area: US History after World War II – History and Government Time Required: One class period Goals/Rationale: Students analyze President Kennedy’s April 20, 1961 speech to the American Society of Newspaper Editors in which he unapologetically frames the invasion as “useful lessons for us all to learn” with strong Cold War language. This analysis will help students better understand the Cold War context of the Bay of Pigs invasion, and evaluate how an effective speech can shift the focus from a failed action or policy towards a future goal. Essential Question: How can a public official address a failed policy or action in a positive way? Objectives Students will be able to: Explain the US rationale for the Bay of Pigs invasion and the various ways the mission failed. Analyze the tone and content of JFK’s April 20, 1961 speech. Evaluate the methods JFK used in this speech to present the invasion in a more positive light. Connection to Curricula (Standards): National English Language Standards (NCTE) 1 - Students read a wide range of print and non-print texts to build an understanding of texts, of themselves, and of the cultures of the United States and the world; to acquire new information; to respond to the needs and demands of society and the workplace; and for personal fulfillment. Among these texts are fiction and nonfiction, classic and contemporary works. 3- Students apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret, evaluate, and appreciate texts.
    [Show full text]
  • Los 65 Años De Un Asalto Al Futuro
    MIÉRCOLES 25 Julio del 2018 Año 60 de la Revolución No. 176 • Año 54 • Cierre 9:00 p.m. Edición Única • La Habana Precio 20 ¢ órgano oficial del comité central del partido comunista de cuba La bandera cubana hacia Los 65 años de un lo más alto en Barranquilla Dura ha sido, es y será la batalla depor- tiva en Barranquilla entre las delegacio- asalto al futuro nes de México, Colombia y Cuba por do- minar el medallero general de los xxiii Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe. Develar un ganador a estas alturas re- sulta bien difícil. A modo general, la representación cubana viene registrando una buena ac- tuación, pues varios de sus deportistas han estado por encima de sus posibili- dades reales de medallas. Ello permite crear una convicción bien fuerte en la consecución del primer puesto en la competencia. Deportes tradicionales para Cuba y donde muestran su fortaleza a nivel mundial como el atletismo, el boxeo y la lucha, siguen a la espera para entrar en acción. El pesista de la división de +105 kg Luis Manuel Lauret, el tirador deportivo Gui- llermo Torres, los gimnastas Manrique Un grupo de asaltantes, desde el Palacio de Justicia. ILUSTRACIÓN: RENÉ MEDEROS Larduet y Marcia Videaux aportaron cuatro metales de oro en la jornada de dilbert reyes rodríguez y VIGENCIA DE IDEAS Y EJEMPLO este martes y ya suman 29 pergaminos eduardo palomares calderón Fidel, Abel, Frank y todos nuestros dorados para la Mayor de las Antillas. gloriosos héroes y mártires, parecie- Además, al cierre de esta edición se con- FOTO: RiCARDO LÓPEZ HEVIA, ENVIADO ESPECIAL bayamo, Granma.–Cubanos de varias ron juntarse como expresión de la vi- siguieron ocho títulos plateados y cuatro generaciones conmemoraron ayer, en gencia de sus ideas y su ejemplo, en bronceados.
    [Show full text]