INVASION TALK SWIRLS IN CUBA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000200020092-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 9, 1998
• Sequence Number: 92
• Publication Date: September 1, 1962
• Content Type: NSPR

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n `Tally Swi~?ls in Cuba
s6"octhE~"rr rress a w3ss eaYr asst', W 1, ch
Havana andlel.;+Unitcd'` Sta~teti a 'airs
ana Satixrday as Cuban ad ' ~e'c~x'~'~" - t'4te ~;1`rn
~;opagancjists stepped up eglme the ULiit,t States rn-
txarges that the United States ~ ng that any such attar xn
preparing a,,z} attempt- to a future will be met h
epple l''remter ~c~Gl Castro's
"tom, means necessary '
~
egiiHe. Charge Qver TV
"~Tlxe jitters stemzrred from ,.'Fare plane incident ranee }"~~:~
ricon~rrmed reports of new ban a week
after antiWCa fro
.
iixxdings by anti-Castro insur- tudents in two sma}1 ~"~ats
ents in central .and eastern belled a suburban Hai-ana
"uba. The Castro regime, of- oteI filled with Communist-
dally ignoring the reports, loc technicians and touched
?{dered part}al mobilization. of ff .a new round of Cuban
he militia and- . re;rxforced barges that a United States I
ttards at key Havana in~ta]la- evasion of the island ~ was
iirrs. t'In~?inent.
Havana traffic policemen Asserting th2'~ the U~tited'
parried st by .submachine fates is uneas~r because-ttic
uns in addi ion to their usual nited States fi'?ade embargo
ailed to bring Shout the `"col- i
apse of the Cuban econor~Yy, a
uban television commentator
barged Friday '.night that anI
xamination of recent events ~~
`suffices to indis"ate the '[3nited
fates continues ~o seht3rrt~ Crew
lens Ito attack ~?'rrba."
Assertion CalXed `Absurd'
"Any direct aggression Yrray
ove a' boomerang against the
nited States," he declared.
The commentator also
creed his audience that t:he
~ ux?rent Cuban vi:~i.t of Jamcy
. Donov, NeW York la~~ycr.
ould be a " decc~;y" fnr Urliteil
fates iri#,er ventxpn.
Mr. Donovan ~ called th
ertion. "absurd," Acting A a
rivate capacity b~?t t+vith
ashington's approval, Mr.
onovan cann(~~.~,~, ere T3'4urday
or,. talks wftli t e Castro ~ov-
rnment . bout the xele$s~ of
rcte army, but the city was he ,mo"ae~l X00 re~ra~ring
uie?. However, informed ; risoners felt ~n the al3optive
copped accepting applications v ~~te~ld .dew xen
Tnited uStates or unt lelfurther ~wo Cubidaber~ he
of
otice." lre prisoners' ret~t?ue commlt.tee
Tyre infprmants said the or- et .witl},;P~
er also .apparently afl ects
ravel by Cubans to other
extern nations but ,does not
pply to foreigners coming into
'uba.
No Immediate Halt
No hint was given as to the
eason for the decision or
hen it might be rescinded.
owever, it apparently will not
rnmediately slow the exodus
of Cubans, who have been
eaving for the United States
t a rate of almost. 2,000 a
eek, most by the. l6 flights s-
eek to Miami. There is a
.our-month backlog of passen-~
era who -have received exit 1
erxnits.
There was no immediate re-
ction from the Castro regime ;
o Washing`ton's charges Friday
,hat two Cuban .vessels fired'
~n a United States Navy plane f
n~er international wafers j
l'hursday I
but~hours Friday. "Our discus-
'~~re progressing," he
Refugees Flown Out
1Vleanwhile, a ,Mexcari air-
liner flew 6~ Cuban, refugees
Yr ~e, U ` ` elan. Embassy
in l' ~z~ ~i+i e~r~:d ~'itY Fri-
day. It ~~~'~h~ first a~ five
planned .ftg is to bring out an
estimated 300 Cubans who had
taken asylum in the embassy.
The refugees declined to talk
tg~ i't."r ;,#n newsm"~n at Mexico City. ~
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