MIG-23'S IN CUBA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP06T01849R000100040018-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 17, 2012
• Sequence Number: 18
• Publication Date: March 3, 1979
• Content Type: CABLE

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FM.USINT HAVANA
TORUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 5670
TWO RUEHMO/AMEMBASSY MOSCOW 426
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C 0 N F I D E N T I A L HAVANA 1308
ED 12065: GDS 2/26/85 (LANE, LYLE F.) OR?M
TAGS: MILT CU UR
SUBJ: (C) MIG?23'8 IN CUBA
REF: HAVANA 1052
1. CC-ENTIRE TEXT).
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2. DURING RECEPTION AT SOVIET EMBASSY FEBRUARY 23, USINT
CHIEF ASKED POLITICAL COUNSELOR DIMITRIY V. KUPRIANOV
ABOUT PICTURES OF M1G-23'S WHICH RECENTLY APPEARED IN THE
CUBAN ARMED FORCES OFFICIAL MAGAZINE VERDE OLIVO (REFTEL),
NOTING THAT IF NUMBERING OF CIRCRAFT IS SEQUENTIAL THERE APPEAR
TO-BE AT LEAST 21 MIG?23'S IN CUBA AND THERE ARE OTHER
INTERESTING QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR CHARACTERISTICS, KUPRIANOV
FIRST RESPONDED THAT THE NUMBERS WERE NOT SIGNIFICANT AND
(MORE OBSCURELY) THAT THE PHOTOGRAPHS CERTAINLY SHOULD NOT BE
TAKEN TO REPRESENT A"CUBAN MILITARY PARADE". HE THEN
VOLUNTEERED THAT THE AUTHORIATIVE WORD ON THE MIG?23'S
-IS STILL THAT GIVEN PREVIOULSY TO SECRETARY VANCE'AND
AMBASSADOR TOON.
3, COMMENT: WE ASSUME THAT THE. OBSCURE REFERENCE TO
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A "MILITARY PARADE"' WAS INTENDED TO SUGGEST THAT NO
NDRE SHOULD BE READ INTO THE PHOTOGRAPHS THAN SHOWS ON
THE SURFACE.
LA NE
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