THE TROJAN HORSE

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• Publication Date: December 23, 1970
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A WTVJ daily presentation
V . ID CHANNEL
by Ralph Renick, WTVJ Vice President in Charge of News
No. 2828
Wednesday - Dec. 23/70
"THE TROJAN HORSE"
On April 28th, 1969, Channel Four first reported on the in-
tensive Soviet military buildup occurring in Cuba.
Since that time, our Latin News Editor, Manolo Reyes,
has consistently shed more light on the transformation of Cuba
into an island fortress.
Reyes has been a primary relator of underground information
filtering into this country. He has been called three times
this year to testify before Congressional Committees in Washington.
Now, at the request of several Senators and Congressmen,
Reyes has compiled a "White Paper" which details Soviet
military activities in Cuba dating back 8 years. it will
be released tomorrow:
Reyes terms Cuba today as"A natural aircraft carrier of
the Soviet Union, consisting of 900 miles entrenched in the
heart of this hemisphere and 90 miles from the United
States of America."
The White Paper details the Russian submarine base at
Cienfuegos which Reyes says is almost ready to go into operation.
The Reyes' document is an attempt to prove that Cuba is a
Trojan Horse which externally does not show its large
military installation.
The 12-page report is being sent to the White House,
Pentagon, State Department and members of Congress.
It clearly points the finger at the key question which
needs to be answered: Does Cuba today represent a real and
actual danger to the security of the United States? The
submarine base, with nuclear subs; the presence of over 20,000
Soviet military personnel in Cuba; the construction of new bases
with tactical weapons; the presence of Russian naval squadrons
in this part of the world, all these things add up to the need
for clarification.
What's been happening in Cuba is a matter of national
concern. The people of this country deserve an explanation
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"WHITE PAPER"
ON
SOVIET MILITARY
BUILD - UP IN
CUBA
(DR. MANUEI. J. REYES)
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INTRODUCTION
In the city of Miani, Dade County, State of Florida, on the 24th day
of the month of December, 1970, 1 issue this "white paper" to denounce
real and
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the Russian military invasion of Cuba, which is an ev
the security of the Occidental Hemisphere. I also
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actual threat
make this document public to render respect, homage and admiration to
the Patriotic Cuban Resistance, whose members, risking their lives,
have obtained and furnished the foregoing data. Yet, the Patriotic
Cuban Resistance has advised that the noble Cuban population, who, out
of idiosyncrasy, repels tyranny and slavery, is about to uprise in a
violent explosion, even though there are many Russian soldiers and
much military equipment in Cuba. The Cuban people hope that Cuba will
not be a replica of Hungary and Czechoslovakia in the American
Continent, which would only be a shame and an insult to the Occidental
Hemisphere.
As per information obtained from the Patriotic Cuban Resistance, when
of Fidel Castro's
ldi
ers
this internal uprising takes place, many so
ill join the new Cuban liberators, regardless of who
red regime, w
opposes this, and who dies for this....Cuba will be free.wi.th the
coordinated efforts of all Cubans.
FACTS
Going into the essence of this "white paper", I hereby say that on
August 7, 1962, I denounced for the first time over television in the
United States, that, as per information received from the Patriotic
ldiers in the
Cuban Resistance, there were 5,000 uniformed Russian so
neighborhood of the Canimar River, in the province of.Matanzas, Cuba.
The information was negated in different spheres of the free world.
which crisis'
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Twelve weeks later, the 1962 October cr
not only made the world shake, but also put the world on, the edge of.
thermo-nuclear war.
Following the above, I hereby say that on April .28, 1969, I denounced
for the first time in six (6) years, a new Russian military build-up in
rmation Turni"shrd by the
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Cuba, taking into .consider.ntion t
Patriotic Resistance in the island. Thy, report was takr'n with a lot
of skepticism; nev.erthele:;:; it was evident that the' Russian:; wr=retro
Ca.,
I lips i t i on i n Cuba of tcer F i dr~~ 1
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going. to increase, t
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publicly announced toward the: end of 1968, his su};t;urt of hc: I7us5ian
,.'1 .. he, i oAo .. threw. months of ter
fleet visited the islandt US Laps15nrFly a pi ? ?.. -
the, American.Continent. It was said that, the f1rct made a courtesy
visit.
On November 9, of the same year, Marshal Grcchko, Minister of Defense
and even if i t was then said
b
a,
of the Soviet Union, arrived in Cu
that he was visiting the island to study the reasons for the dilapi-
dation of the Russian arms and military equipment given to the com-
munist troops of. Castro, the Resistance informed that Grr.chko visited
many Cuban caves.
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On April 10, 1970, at the Kiwanis Club of Greater Miami, I denounced
that Castro had tripled the number of missile boats which teledirected
missiles, torpedo type, from surface to surface, with a 40-50 mile range.
In June 1970, the Intelligence Service of the United States Coast-
guard Service testified before the U. S. Senate's Subcommittee for Inter-
Security, of the assertions I previously made before Miami's
Kiwanis, on April 10, 1970.
On May l4, 1970, a second Russian naval fleet went. to Cuba and this
time, as previously announced, went for supplies. The third Russian
fleet went to Cuba on September 9th, causing official speculation
that the Soviet Union was building a nuclear submarine base in
Cienfuegos. We had already advised the American Congress of this
fact, in public audience, before the Congressional Subcommittee for
Inter-American Affairs, on July 27,1970.
The fourth Russian fleet arrived in Cuba on December 7, 1970, thus, two
'Russian naval squadrons met in Cuba for the first time, since there
were still Russian war ships which arrived.there on September 9, 1970.
The aforementioned are the facts which initiate the foundation of this
!'whi to paper".
Following is the way.in which the Russian military invasion in Cuba
has been developing.
INCREASING SOVIET MILITARY
BUILD-UP IN CUBA.
I want to make it very c:lerr that I am rtrrt a miIiIory exprort, .,nd I do
not have the means to re-check on technical matters; I feed it is my
duty that I should tell the facts, figures and evaluation. For many
years I have been a catalyst of the Cuban situation. So, today. it.
is not only my voice addressinq you, but the voice of the mi I 1 ic)n (if
Cubans who are suffering in the island from one end ti ranethcr; the voice
of many Cubans who are a t:u,:r l 1 y risking their lives , working in the
underground and furnishing u:, information that. ni he r'wi se wrr would not
know, and the voices of many Cubans who have told the'truth ur>on
arriving in this land of freedom.
The foregoing history is the r-potition of the case of the Tru,jan
Horse in America. That horse. who externally was naive and beautiful
and on the other hand, internally, had the military strength to destroy
the opponents. To reaffirm the Trojan Horse's thesis, that if at
,this moment the radar screen of the United States projects an enemy
aircraft carrier ready to attack, it would be immediately intc,rcepted
and attacked.
Cuba today is a natural aircraft carrier of the soviet Union, consist-
ing of 900 miles entrenched in the heart of. this Hemisphere and 90
miled from the United States of America.
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We are going to try to prove that the said enemy aircraft carrier has
turned into the Trojan Horse who externally does not show the large
military installation and tactical arms under Cuban soil, to avoid
being detected through the means Democracy possesses.
Let us start by saying that Cuba is naturally rich in minerals, such
as nickel, copper, chrome, cobalt, iron and manganese. Cuba has always
been considered as the second country in America in iron reserve. The
first one being Venezuela. Cuba is the 3rd country in the world in
nickel, cobalt, chrome, and manganese. At times of World wars, Cuba
has been considered as the first producer of some of the aforementioned
minerals. Because of the aforementioned reasons, Cuba is considered
an immense strategic minerals country'.
Following the Cuba Trojan Horse's analysis, let us say that in 1960, a
military study was initiated in Cuba, done by the Cuban speleologists
and Soviet Military Personnel, who covered all the natural facilities
of the island, including the keys, for the purpose of using these
facilities for military ends, such as the storage of missiles, munitions,
reserve weapons, fuel, communications, medicines, and different routes
to go in and out. In this study, it was specially taken into con-
sideration the many natural caves in Cuba.
In relations with the above, a michrometric study was made of the
.exact dimensions of the caves, its internal temperature, its humidity
degree, internal and external communication, internal ventilation,.
water possibility, the relation of the caves in comparison to the
surrounding vicinity and also, very especially, a study was made of
those caves which merged with the rivers and the se.a.
A similar study , as an example, was mad(! on the boundries of the
Escambray Mountains in the K,utheern area of the "San Juan" river
where several roads were built for the transportation of weapons and
ammunition in big trucks. Also, in this study, they measured the
resistence of the superior cover of the cave in case of bombing.
As a result of the above study, many of these caves were reinforced
with 6" wide concrete. In some cases, they were wider. Work of this
nature, of military character, has been done in the "Sierra de los
Organos" in the province of Pinar del Rio, in the "Sierra de Lupe",
.in Oriente Province, and in "Altura Central" in the Isle of Pines.
As evident proof as to how they have worked underground with military
character, is as follows: Up untiI 1958, Cuba produced 14 mi11ion
barrels of cement a year; thich barrel was equivalent to four (1+) sacs
of cement and each sac weighed 130 lbs. There were four (G) cement
factories in Cuba with the aforementioned annual production working
eight (8) hours daily. All of this cement was used for civil construct-
.ion and export, never for military aggressive purposes. When Fidel
Castro stole power in Cuba, he absorbed all the cement production of
the Island and from the usual eight (8) hours of daily work. he
raised it to 20 daily hours. What has been the destiny of this cement
.which production was raised under Castro in Cuba I; years ago which
has definitely not been used in urban or rural constructions for the
people? There is only one answer to this question: That enormous
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constructions of the Soviet Union and the Castro regime in Cuba.
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Reaffirming the character of the Cuban Trojan Horse, let us say that
in 1963, great-shipments of hydraulic cement were sent from Blegium
to Cuba and were unloaded at the Cienfuegos Bay. The hydraulic, cement
is not precisely for surface constructions, rather, this cement hardens
d
at high speed, that is, in a humid area, for which it is understoo
that the hydraulic cement was used for underground constructions for
the storage of missiles and weapons with high humidity coefficient.
only in this occasion, more that 300 cement
that in 1963
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trucks were unloaded in Cienfuegos and took off to an unknown destiny.
However, the Cuban underground has pointed out that said cement was
taken to the missile base of "La Campana", in Manicaragua. This base
is located in the farm formerly owned by a German-American by the last
name of KOOP.
Following the example of the mineral riches in the caves, let us point
out now that in the Isle of Pines there are natural marble caves. The
resistance of the marble structure of the caves is tremendous against
any external bombing. The Isle of Pines also possesses silicon and
clay riches.
For all of the aforementioned reasons, and many others which will take
quite some time to mention, Cuba today is underground perforated by the
Soviet Union and the Castro regime in order to construct strategic
underground military bases and so that the Soviet Union would be able
to take out of Cuba the nickel, chrome, cobalt, copper and manganese.
Without fear to be in error, we can affirm that in Cuba there are
actually more than 3,000 prebuilt or natural caves, adapted by the
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Soviet: Union and the Castro regime with strategic mi l i tary goa
to day, is the Trojan Horse of America.
let us see how the reds have used Cuba as the
Continuing our analysis
,
fertile ground for their offensive attack to the Continent and very
specially to the United States of America.
We must analyze that the Castro regime has conventional mi l i tary
equipment and/or weapons to keep themselves in power and try to combat
any internal revolt. However, there i-, a series of tactical arm", in
Cuba that undoubtedly exceeds the mi I i tary conventional [)(.)weer of the
regime and leads us to the buliof that they will be used in open
ressions against the neighboring countries. The Soviets, supported
ag
g
b their red puppet Fidel Castro, are using Cuba in a possible pre-
I
paration for a first strike attack against the United States of
rt field
America, as a base to destroy the United States and as an expo
of their revolution. At this time., it had been told that there is an
average in Cuba of 20,000 to 30,000 Soviet soldiers, and are scattered
in different military bases throughout the Cuban national territory.
We must bear in mind that on July 26, 1962, Russian military troops
ce of
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landed in Cuba, wearing weapons, at the Dubroc docks in t
Matanzas, using new pier inlet of "Mar y Melena" and at Mariel Bay,
inPinar.,del Rio province.
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We all know that is was said that the Soviets had dismantled the missile
bases after the October 1962 crisis, but, did the Soviet soldiers leave
Cuba? Or are they still there? Have the dismantled bases been re-
activated again? Did the Soviets really remove the missiles from Cuba?
The Cuban people understand they did not, and I reaffirm it on behalf
of the Cuban poeple.
As a final data in this general analysis, let us say that the Castro
regime has been building different underground hospitals, among which
are the "Sierra de Cristal", in Oriente province, near the Nipe and
Levisa bays. Also, there is another underground hospital in "La Loma
de San Vicente", on the road going from Santiago de Cuba to Guantanamo.
The underground hospitals are an indication that the Castro regime,
supported by the Soviets, could very well be getting ready for nuclear
war.
Ninety percent (90%) of the fuel reserve in Cuba and many ammunition
dumps, are underground, and in an unmerciful way,'the others are being
used under the schools. Exactly a year ago, there was a terrible
explosion at the former Jesuit "Belen" school, which Fidel Castro
attended as a youngster..... Eight girls were killed and more than
20 were injured. The Cuban resistance informed that the explosives
placed in the school's basement caused the explosion. Let us say, as
information, that the underground fuel tanks used by the regime in
Cuba are 20 meters long and.3 meters wide, respectively.. They are
painted in black, have been imported from the Soviet Union, and are
buried 4-5 meters deep.
All the Soviet system in Pinar del Rio is protected by a perispheric
radar from the "Anafe"' hill near Havana. This radar system perfectly
covers the provinces of Pinar del Rio and Havana, and sweep the North-
west and Northeast sections. It took 3 years to build this perispheric
radar system and this took place after the 1962 October crisis.
.Following is a description by sequence of provinces of the military
Soviet bases.
PINAR DEL RIO
Let us say that Pinar del Rio is one of the places where the Soviets,
.for years, have worked most. In Santa Lucia there is a sulpometals
plant to produce acids used in the functioning of nuclear missiles. Two
of the principal ports with military Soviet objectives are Marie] and
Cabanas ports. Both naval installations are being exclusively worked
by the Soviets and they do not let Cubans, even if they are soldiers,
come near by. At the Cabanas port, they have extablished the bases of
the Komar missile guided boats. This year, the number of these boats
has been tripled to the approximate figure of 70. Said boats are pro-
vided with two missiles each, buided by radar and with a range of
40 to 50 miles. They are considered offensive weapons and the said
missiles are surface to surface.
In "La Gobernadora" hills, near the Sierra de los Organos, there is a
military base which has internal train rails. They used to be mines.
All of its exterior gives a reddish impression. At "La Gobernadora",
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Also known as "Cangre" or "San Cristobal", and which is near the town
of Cnadelaria, resides the General Russian Headquarters for the Western
side of Cuba. The altitude of the said hills is approximately 1,870
feet. The Soviets have constructed a road from "El Cangre" which goes
as far as "Cabanas" and "Mariel". They also have electric lines of
33,000 volts, all of which is very necessary for missiles. The same
electric voltage system is the one used at the "Campana" base in
Manicaragua, Las Villas province. Following the Pinar del Rio analysis,
we can say that south of "Quiebra Hacha", the Russians have constructed
a residential district where no Cuban is allowed to live, that is, it
is strictly for Russian officers. The residential district afore-
mentionedis surrounded by wire fences. They have also built tunnel
systems from "El Cangre", which leads to the exterior at Kilometer No. 4
of the road that joins Cayajabo, with the town of Artemisa. During the
first week of November 1970, a military Soviet convoy was detected
at the Central road of Pinar del Rio, parting from "Las Mangas" village
toward the Southwest. There was a jeep leading the convoy, with a
chauffeur and a uniformed Soviet soldier, about 40-50 years old. It
is presumed, as per the Cuban resistance, that this character was a
General of the Soviet Army. This jeep was followed by two trucks with
two benches each and each bench had 10 Soviet soldiers around 18-25
years old, which makes a total of 100 soldiers, all wearing uniforms
and military helmets.
HAVANA PROVINCE
Continuing our analysis, in the Province of Havana, there is a big
Soviet military base in San Antonio de los Banos. The resistance
reports that in this base there exists a 140-mile radar scope and from
there, they can track the planes from Homestead Air Force base and Boca
Chica in Key West. This base is one of the 3 top air bases of the
Soviets in Cuba and it is the headquarters'for the Soviet Migs 21.
There are no Migs 21 in other air bases in Cuba. The bases are de-
fended and protected by ground to air missiles SAM-2.
There is also an executive radar system in Havana, at the former
Commodore Hotel, in the middle of a Russian neighborhood, as is the
Reparto Miramar (residential district). The SAM missile system initiates
in the hills of Averhoff in the Havana-Batabano highway and closes in
Managua-Dayaniguas. In Campo Florido, Havana province, there is,a
SAM missile base camouflaged with an alleged pacific farm known as
"Camilo Cienfuegos" and since 1962, in its underground, the Cuban
resistance believe the Russians have hidden the medium missiles which
At "Las Cabreras", there is a Russian military complex to which Cubans
have no access. In this military complex, there is a guerrilla train-
ing camp for foreigners and the Russians are in charge of this training.
One of the principal Soviet bases in Havana is precisely at the Managua
camp in which neighborhood they have been perforating the nearby hills.
The Cuban resistance indicates that in this place, there probably is
one nuclear reactor, even though Castro's regime maintains that the
same is for peaceful ends. Apparently, the nuclear reactor arrived in
Cuba in 1968, and it is not known so far of any indication that this
is for pacific ends. 4, 1
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The Cuban Commission of Nuclear Energy resides in Managua, directed
by Luis Larragoitia; different electrical power lines have been built
from Marie], Havana and Matanzas, to feed the nuclear reactor in
Managua. It is calculated that over a thousand Russian soldiers are
in Managua and Santiago de las Vegas.
MATANZAS PROVINCE
the most important point is the so called
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"La Laguna del Tesoro'!. For many years, the Castro Regime has been
t and in
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investing millions of dollars in construction equ
different buildings which he said'to be of tourist nature, but since
date the "Laguna del Tesoro" has been totally
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the beginning
closed to the public and only military personnel, Soviet and Castroist,
is.within this zone. Therefore, we presume there is a base of military
LAS VILLAS PROVINCE
In Las Villas Province, there is another,big Soviet base between Santa
this base
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Clara city and Calabazar, at a place known as
only, Soviet Migs 17 and 91' are found. The base has an anti-aerial
made up by multiple machine guns
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an a
defense system an
.as well as a duplex cannon known as "KAR-30", against low range flights.
This base, as well as that of San Antonio de los Banos, has underground
hangars with special elevators to bring to the ramps; the Soviet Mig
fighters.
Also, in Las Villas can be found the so called missile base of Remedios,
had ICBMs
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base, w
better known as "La Puntilla" or "Bartolome
during the October 1962 missile crisis. In the Escambray, the Soviets
ad from Guirade Miranda to the Loma de los Vientos.
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recently
Nobody knows what they have in these hills, but it's is known that only
Soviet personnel works there, and that they have transported lead units.
CAMAGUEY PROVINCE
In Nuevitas, they are building a big cement factory and one of elect-
rical power. At the Camaguey airport, the Soviets have prepared addi-
tional access strips using for this, not the airport itself, but the
oes
hich
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highway w
the idlands in the middle of the road, the palm trees and they have
strenghtened the pavement on the road. They have also made it possible
ted into a landing
.that this highway at a given time, can be conver
strip.
In the island of Turiguano, in the middle of a swamp, there is a hill
n one of the hillsides, the Russians built tunnels
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385 feet hig
and,storaged rockets.: Eye witnesses have indicateed, that said rockets
are moved on train rails. ;Two steel doors, close the, entrance of the
ed) with grass
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tunnel. The exterior of the cave is cove
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,All the keys of the Bahamas canal are fortified by the Soviets. Its
naval strategic value is enormous, since from that place they can control
the traffic from Panama and South America, through Maisi. This position
.does not allow them to use submarines.
ORIENTE PROVINCE
Surrounding the U. S. Naval Base of Guantanamo, the Soviets and the
Castro regime, have a military outfit known at "Batallon Fronterizo"
(Frontier Batallion). Said batallion possesses a missile system for
their own protection. They also have armored units of tactical fire.
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Around the "Gran Piedra" hill, the Soviets have built several un
ground installations, and it is unknown what the Soviets have stored
therein.
.Another two points of great military strategy in the Province of
Oriente, are as follows:
1) The air force base of Holguin city, considered as the largest in
Cuba, and in which there are only Migs 15 and 17. In the out-
skirts of Holguin, they have built'a residential section known as
H "Lenin", wherein only Russian military personnel live. The hangars
.of this air force base, as well as those of San Antonio de los Banos
and Las Villas, are underground.
2) The military base of "Punta de Mula" or "Punta Lucretia" in the city
of Banes, is considered a first-class base and has a 10-mile radius.
In its area, the Russians have built a-Naval Base for the KRONSTADT
and KOMAR boats. Some years ago, Russian submarines were sighted
in their vicinities, making military maneuvers. These bases are
near the mines that are producing copper and cobalt and which
production is being exported from the Nipe bay to the Soviet Union.
Let us point out that the support of the Soviet underground defense in
Oriente Province is in the underground system of San Vicente hill near
the Boniato mountain; the other support is in "La Sierra de Cristal"
near Nipe bay. Precisely, there is a zone in Nipe bay, absolutely
secret where nobody has access.
The underground has also reported that in the event of a possible
overthrow of Fidel Castro, the communists have designated Oriente
province like the main military point of resistance.
I can inform that lately, the Castro regime, assisted by the Soviets,
has been conducting warfare games, using anti-personnel gases.
All the military personnel in Cuba has anti-gas masks.
As an evidence that supports this denounciation, let us say that in
the middle of 1967, there was a leak of one of the gas tanks in that
location and the accident provoked the poisoning of more than 80
persons, including military personnel and civilians. These people
were assisted in two hospitals. One is known as the Policlinico of
Manicaragua, and the other one the Santa Clara Hospital.
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The Bay of Cienfuegos is in the southern part of Cuba, in Las Villas
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I said before the Congress of the United
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On July 27th of th
s year, States, and now I reafirm, that in someplace, somewhere in the Carib-
a nuclear
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bean, there is a permanent Soviet Naval squadron,
submarine. The chairman of the Inter-American Affairs Committee of
the House of Representatives, Hon. Dante Fascell, asked me, and it is
ressional record, where I thought it was based,
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o and according to the information I have from underground sources, I
said, either Cienfuegos or Havana.
In April 1963, the regime began to show interest in Cienfuegos, and
said that they were making a shipyard, in Cienfuegos City near the
port industrial area.
In that year, it was reported that in the shipyard the Castro regime
was building ships. Actually, the Castro regime said that the yard was
only for embarking sugar.
In 1967, the yard was completed at a cost of 8 million dollars and not
a single sack of sugar came out of that yard. Then after a period of
time, in 1970, we-began to hear about the activity in Cienfuegos City,
in Cienfuegos Bay, and especially near Cayo Alcatraz.
Cayo Alcatraz is about five blocks long and about two blocks wide.
From the city of Cienfuegos, in a normalday, Cayo Alcatraz cannot be
seen.
Right now, at night, the city of Cienfuegos is under a tremendous
shortage of electricity as well as the civilian population of Cuba.
So, during the blackouts of the City of Cienfuegos, at night, flood-
lights can be seen in the horizon. Cayo Alcatraz cannot be seen, but
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the lights there prove that people are wor
Right in front of Cayo Alcatraz, there is a place called La Milpa. All
the Cuban fishermen of La Milpa and the surrounding areas have been
.ordered out. The place now is a military zone.
An underwater net was put in Cayo Alcatraz and also at the entrance of
Cienfuegos Bay.
The entrance is under surveillance of Russian guards. Several months
ed there
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ago, a huge Russian spy ship entered Cienguegos Bay an
for several weeks. Later on, it left.
On this month of December, the Russian spy ship has returned and it has
been anchored in a spot between Cayo Alcatraz and Cayo Ocampo. The
ship has been fixed with four moors.
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been seen walking the streets wearing full uniform. That uniform is
white and light blue.
The Russian sailors were transported by six British Leyland Buses. They
were taken back and forth from Cienfuegos city to nearby Cayo Alcatraz.
Three-quarters of'Cienfuegos Bay have been banned to Cuban people and
are operated by Russian personnel. There is a big pipe line from the
bottom of Cayo Alcatraz to Cienfuegos city. In Cayo Alcatraz, the
Russians have established large warehouses for military storage, also
a powerful radio station, and they have. put a naval, headquarters there.
Around the middle of December, two huge TU 95 Bear planes from the Soviet
Union landed in Havana. Both planes were kept in a secret place at
Havana International Airport, in Rancho Boyeros.
Neverless, the Cuban underground reported that one of these big military
planes, capable of transporting missiles or nuclear weapons, had a number
38 on it.
On those planes, two Soviet Admirals came into Cuba. Later on, the
.Russian admirals were seen in Cienfuegos city at Punta Gorda. They
took a boat and with three Russian civilian engineers went of Cayo
Alcatraz on several occasions.
In the vicinity of Punta Gorda, one of Fidel Castro's aides named
Celia Sanchez, has established a military,complex for Russian officers.
They have two bars and Cuban'maids'with servant'uniforms. The place is
guarded by dogs, and barbed wires. Each day, the militiamen have to
bring gallons of milk for .the dogs, meanwhile the Cuban people are not
allowed to drink it.
Near the inlet of Las Calabazas:
The Russians have built an eight lane road toward the Escambray
Mountains. No civilians are allowed on that road. In the Escambray
Mountains, there is a place called the Hill of the Winds, (Loma de los
Vientos), where the Russians have been working for almost eight months.
No Cubans are allowed in that vacinity. The underground reported. that
,lead unit ingots have gone into the Hill of the Winds.
Maybe, the largest barge in the world, has been in Cienfuegos Bay in
this month of December. The Russians own it and inside there are
';-:303 Russian sailors. In Cienfuegos Bay, there have been two large
Russian barges. In September, the barges left Cienfuegos Bay and went
into El Mariel Port, in Pinar del Rio Province, on the northern part of
Cuba. Mariel is the number one port of the Soviet Union since 1961-1962,
and before the Cuban missile crisis most of the offensive weapons were
introduced in Cuba through El Mariel Port. Either the barges were
carrying something and left Cienfuegos Bay to go to El Mariel and leave
their cargo there, or they were empty and went to El Marie], picked up
.something there and came back to Cienfuegos.
The Cuban underground believes the second theory. A Russian nuclear
submarine was seen during the period of September 12-20 of this year;
first, near Punta de Ladrillos in the western part of Cienfuegos Bay,
and aside by side with other two regular Russian submarines at Cayo Loco,
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The previous report of the nuclear submarine in Cienfuegos Bay was
sent by the Cuban underground and later on, confirmed by an eyewitness
arriving in the United States.
In evaluation of Cayo Alcatraz, it can be said that the place is for
plying of the regular and nuclear submarines of the
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Soviet Union. Thenuclear submarines need medicines, food, replace-
ment of crews and rechecking of their missiles. To make the rechecking
of the missiles, the nuclear sub needs calm waters like the Cienfuegos
Bay, because the missiles are taken out or put through the holes, and
a wavy sea can damage or trigger the missiles.
So, Cayo Alcatraz is of a great logistic and military value to the
Russians. Plus, Cayo Alcatraz is the motor nerve, is the center of a
naval complex of the Soviet Union in the southern part
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large m
of Cuba. Part of that naval complex is Cayo Largo, 64 miles south-
k
en
southwest of Cienfuegos. Since 1961-62, Cayo Largo has been ta
over by the Russians. No Cuban fishermen are allowed to go near Cayo
Largo. At the western part of Cayo Largo, the Russians built a big
pier plus a big air strip. And in the surface of Cayo Largo, the
Russians also constructed huge buildings, of irregular forms. One of
them is five floors high, with elevators.' In Ithe eastern part of the
a lot of running water. And on the southern part of
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Cayo Largo, there is a wide beach. Close to the beach, the depth is
of one, two or more thousand feet
Part of the naval complex is Isle of Pines. The capital is the city
of Neuva Gerona. And the island is almost divided in two by a big
swamp. In the bay of Siguanea, west of Isle of Pines, the Soviet
r Missiles.
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Union established the base of the Comsomol Boat w
These missiles have a distance capability of 40-50 miles and the range
of the boat is about 100 miles.
Little by little, all the civilians on the northern part of Isle of
been drained out toward different provinces of Cuba. In the
h
ave
Pines,
'southern part of the island, there were a lot of lumbermen and fishermen,
particularly from Great Cayman. They also have been taken out. In 1967,
ners were taken out of the
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pr
.more than five thousand Cuban politica
Isle of Pines, because they saw too much. And they were spread through
other political prisons in Cuba.
Two miles from the Bay of Siguanea, there are hills called Altura
Central. The Russians have been working putting mysterious military
.equipment inside those hills. Three-quarters of the Isle of Pines are
in the hands of Russian military personnel.
that the puzzle has been put together. Many times in the
ffi
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I rea
past, since April 28, 1969, I reported that different Russian convoys
have been seen either in Pinar del Rio, Havana or Matanzas Provinces
heading toward south. These convoys have been seen without Castro
soldiers.... Just Russian soldiers!
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The solution of the puzzle is this:
The convoys have gone to Surgidero do Batabano, a Cuban port in the
southern part of Havana. And from there, Russian soldiers and all kinds
of military equipment have been shipped to Isle of Pines or Cayo Largo.
All of this leads us to believe that there is a large naval military
complex of the Soviet Union in the southern part of Cuba with an oper-
ational base on Cayo Largo ... an offensive for surveillance in Isle
of Pines and the headquarters at Cayo Alcatraz in Cienfuegos Bay. All
of this challenging Guantanamo Naval Base.
The Caribbean ... which often has been called the Mediterranean of the
Cienfuegos is not the only reason why Cuba ~s ac ua y
western hemisphere, has been always protected by the surrounding nations
and particularly, by three U. S. Bases at Puerto Rico, Guantanamo and
Panama. But, now the Soviet Union, through Cienfuegos, Cayo Largo and
Isle of Pines, is challenging that naval defense of the United States,
and the basic routes of navigations in the American Continent are in
the Caribbean.
The above concludes my presentation and reaffirm hereby what we said
at the beginning, that is, that Cuba on the surface presents a picture
which is totally different from what is'really happening in caves and
underground. Actually, there is another Cuba below that surface that
poses a real danger and an actual threat not only to the United States
of America, but-also to all the nations of the Western Hemisphere.
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