RE MISSILES, TEEN TROOPS LANDED IN CUBA, ANTI-FIDEL FORCES CLAIM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP73-00475R000102540010-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 10, 2014
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: September 4, 1964
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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An . anti-Castro organization
'claimed Thursday a build-up of
'groviet bases, 'arms and naval
,activity has taken place in Cuba
'during the last 30 to 45 days..
i 'The Citizens Committee for a
1-ree . Cuba, which ?recently
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?moved its headquarters from
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Washington to Miami, said
;there also has been a noticeable
!Influx of teenage Soviet Army
:recruits ? 17 and 18 years of
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;age ? into the island..
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"All indications are that
the Soviets have .eusbarked;1
I.; upon is heightened military)
t:.es ,ocesnographio studies
build-up in Cuba whirls in-
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.Caribbean and 'the Gulf of
Mexico," a committee report
asserted.' ? .
The report quoted "competent
naval authorities" as estimating
the Soviets are looking for un-
der water hiding places where
their submarines can escape
detection by U.S. sonar and
other sub-hunting equipment: . ?
A similar ,claim had been
made earlier by another exile
organization, ? the Revolutionary
Student iDireCtorate (DRE).
'm...dittizens:, Committee'
ported new Russian bases are
under construction on the north
coast of Havana Province. ? ?
The report said Cuban un-
derground elements, who
observed the unloading of a
new arms shipment from
/Weals at the Pert of Mantan- '
zits Aug. 11, beHeve missiles
were among the weapons.
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, "Use of the Port of ,Mantan-
zas for. the introduction of mis-
siles has been rePorted On, pre-
vious OCCILSIOTIS,7, the 'cO
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said. No specif c estimate was
made concerning the' type of
missile unloaded.
*No estimate of over-all .Rus?
sian .troop strength on the is.:
land was made but a committee
spokesman laid "Soviet mill-,
tary forces are in Cuba in suffi;
dent number to maintain effec-
tive control of the island."
The committee report of ? a.
Soviet buildup in Cuba came in,
contrast to other recent reports'
citing Soviet withdrawals from
the
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