CUBAN RAIDERS CAN'T HIT 'BIG THREE' OIL REFINERIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000100160012-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 5, 2010
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: May 29, 1964
• Content Type: NSPR

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By JACK ANDERSON y the CIA had cut the allow+ flupplied by the CIA, or the
WASHINGTON - Those ance for 'his freedom fighters,,, Compafiy". 3 they call it.
a
Cuban commandos who have . down, to: a token $1,000 ai The awesome. influence of
been striking at Castro with irnonth. '.`.. '.. the oil barons had been felt ?t;
hit-and;run raids have re earlier in the Cuban struggle.?K=
but strict or- HE HASN'T. been?.??cont?' a iree-Cuua plane, ,.... , ,
ders from the lately. He n' has4 with bombs,' radiogd that it,
i Central Intel- .. Dlaming was over the'Fsso refinery in . ?.
licence Ages . fast ? boats,- plenty df ? arms, :`,"Havana,'It requested permis-
cy: not to at- ;, and pay. checks for tinyon+{ ''sion to bomb lt:along with the ; ',
tack Havana's :., ;iA ling .to fight. His' aidei ' .,=nearby Texaco and . ? Shell? ,i ~,.:
three on reran- have admitted frankly to tnjo plants.. , . i .r ?
e r i e s which column that' "everything' is But: CIA headquarters''or-
r, s l`"
fuep pfo the a" .tiered the plane to ignore the i
- : _ ? 1 refineries .and look for a gun
Anderson machine. t ti
Destruction of the Esso, .i
Texaco, and Shell refineries''
} ?would bring Castro's tanks,1_
trucks, and planes to a grind
.~ log halt. Such is the power of
the big oil companies, now-
ever, that ,he' CIA is more
"concerned about protecting
'their property than crippling ~-
Castro.
And an aide to Cuban exile.
',leader Manuel Artime lamely "
explained to this column:
foreign property."
Of. course, the CIA will `
:deny issuing any such order'
or, for that matter, having .'
anything to do with the con-' ,
'mando raids.. This satisfies r,,
rt protocol, but fogls no one. A, year. o A.rtime con -.
' /emplacement to' bomb
LATER, Mike McLaney, a
'.American gambler who ran a t{,
i.`? casino in, Havana and stayed
on for 18 months after Cas,
tro's take-over, sent the' CIA' j
a detailed' plan for ltnocking,
,,,,+ the three refineries. But
-% approved, McLaney got an l ?. '.
urgent phone l Call warning ~?~
him not to attempt:'such .a?,,i
?h.ing ?nder . anv circum- . ? i . 3 ?
Behind these incidents, oi' 'i A +
i,:course, is the profits-before
,patriotism attitude of the oil . .. 5
tycoons who won't, sacrifice i `
their -facilities to?'overthrow 4
Castro but would' rather gam ?r+
`ble on getting' them back'
intact at some -later date
25 YEAR RE-REVIEW
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