CUBA 'ON WAR FOOTING'

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000200010046-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 16, 1999
• Sequence Number: 46
• Publication Date: October 25, 1982
• Content Type: NSPR

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rison rs. ',Tote in Balance
elves," reaeLiQn "tta'"PreSi-
:dent Kennedy's anttounce-
-I-dent of A quarantine cen-
tered op three aspects.
tnounced that the country's
combat units "were placed
on a war footing." The core
I'munist Premier was sched-
tiled to give his official reply
to Mr. Kennedy today in a
TV and radio speech.
? Enthusiastic Cub.ln ref-
unee icaders in llianii, Fla..
predictrl early liberation of
their coinmurrist held islard_
Cuban ex-Presider' Callus
Trio Socarras hailed the i'res,
ldcnt s ailnoun.enl rtt.as 'Ti,
hcfinnir r> otr hatt't ttr+t
mus ern wi t the total )%-
ration of Cuba. . '
? A more somber note was
sounded in New York where
It was said that the fate of
the 1113 Bay of Pigs pris-
oners almost certainly hinges
on the result of the Russian-
American shottdown created
by the quarantine. James D.
Donovan, Now York lawyer
and I)emrrci;etic e-andidatc for
t} ti Senate ttho has hc'cr;
ne-goriating for rho pri"-une[s'
relea a' refrrsc?d to sul=gent
what Ilse rfleCt would ht? or
the pr-olnlaed rans.nnlrlg. said
he' needr?r; tin' to study the
1'residcnt' -nave and consult
wl;k rho Cuban Fainilie,;
Comlrli! leo.
1?tu Ila%nflit consmurliquc
sicl "Tlnlilevt, of thou:?;arrd
o men ~tfcre, mo ize n
only a few hours. Squads of
the United Party and all or-
gttrrliatlons of ;the masses are
mobilizing with. impressive
patriotic fervor the na-
tion Is awake and on a war
footing ready to repel any at-
tack."
"Each weapon is In Its
place and beside each weapon
are the heroic defenders of
tlle revolution and country."
Havana appeared normal
a f t er Pre:yident Kennedy's
speech last night altho there
was a slight increase in
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