APPROACH TO CUBA WHAT NEXT?

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000800180035-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 8, 1999
• Sequence Number: 35
• Publication Date: April 27, 1961
• Content Type: NSPR

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Aali"
Bertram $r ' I 9 e lf} i9
Now .that th A ri sit th Premier Ca do
i for France a Wes b Ernelsto a' a. I
powers has zubpided the gies? rxist econ t Wf ,
I Bost of future. acted States 0011 Re with t,,
Iicy in Cuba sl lac . tbde Ken- refused to coil er 3tia nedy administration. tt:rtst generous ' ere'
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Cuban policy alternatlv.s t~~old oft ~1 den
stretch all the way from the ttit~id Sitt~s ttpp elp the
ihesls that the TJ Stltea Cuba 16y oi! c tbtt on +
should reverse its ptil ' rastore- . lands rfes tutaed
diplomatic relation tfa Cttb>e. it can be reliiblln-repott d. the
lift the sugar and other,;arn-, ~+"~ ! ; . lA !!!
bargoes, and generally come to gO ' &. rTOnhise. e
, Ott ,
terms with Cuba to the other -Di icy aet1 i ago grid
end of the epeetrudi-possibly y iTAud StA~y fix' iA
taking direct military action seen as the Iasi d er ate
against the Castro government. iityy, if all ~elsas w!>td fafl,.
Both policies are "held , to be reactions throutthn the E
beixtl= ....'~ u
th
e extremes of action; uhd
,a- oters an the world t
tion with Cuba has ben ound too much for the Unite
to be impossible ever since the to. withstand, unless'
early days of the Castro govern. provocation bv the Ail
ernment has given lipp sbrvIc to clearlyjustify ~Tb* t Linty
the possibility of folks : for purposes of pro o sensibilid
As far back as February lOU, states security.
the second month of the bistro Soviet etrategp Is t
government's assumption of 0 ow- the statements made b i laird
to .~
the unite* Btatq-satxi>oes .rant'
Castro insurgents.
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It least diplomatic slid'
c it w A militar t" awn c-
`tiont against Cuba wcuid bb'
forthcoming.
There the posslbil.-ty that
an? arms evibargo bra be
clamped on the Caribbean
through OAS action. The Coin-
? ctit tor,, Political Defense of.
the , gni tkro might be re.
w4 Thia Committee.
edout. 4pvo d l ned to check
it is "more I on 0,sibversir-i In the
today that.: isphere
7cX1etv1.tIv Although tile OAS is not es-
*u
tentt sentialty equipped to deal with
u
la nclina-j extrahesmieph'r. tin this case,
al elc- Com udst) aubverstoti in the
rtro groups }1edi here, there is the outside
9es s le, p lty that growing anti-
;
a- now sit c iiog more rapid-
g.' . ly than anti-ilnlted States feel.
ui ,eAm ach of ing?-may crystallize shsrpiy.
kin.eri-
Il.by some Fight Sever Ties
tip several There Is little Itkehhood the
ate United States coulee propose
tfidiflRcttit anti-Cuban action at the ached-
iaily story tiled May 24 Eleventh Inter-
they were die to telephon",
held `gigainilt flit ~iAshes (for
security ree altdm laid)'
title OuId g - orers.
I.,
I
Sane
boil P bier
pattern tor'"United States)
strategy may ' ,be evident in
Cuba's being out Wednes-:
dada' 'of secret along " of the-
lnter?Amerh*n"fDefenae Board.
The board to a'` ilitary groupl;
that meets In Wa tngton every:!
k ` or ? two -to tan defense,
strategy for the : Western Hem
lsphere.
The resolution against Cubs'
is a temporary one, spedfyingi
that the Cuban delegatioir, be
denied acc^sa to secret sesrdmys.
and classif :d documents of the
board *,!'## I
pso there ' exists
the P evideqnt alliance!'
b Z at the Soviet
and 4!! tarn end
all resew vote. +1'itt,e e
t " t ottil ietr b e' absen t
kre the m~ tla s1
The rbltgl S ' could inky a
PLUM Orr'.
tills' a wo bt; to attempt to
Ecuador, which may possibly be
consultative sheeting were to W
held, it Is possible enough sen i
ment against Cuba u ould to tf
in that order.
Thus far. eight of t ho 21 0
artiment big been tin with
spies and' agents in t gtppstl-
tutionsi do s.,
potty bktsieen Afro-All, r
tries In U t ations
ke cam-
anti-CastMN Lions
by the Latinparbikcx gstrast
Cuba could ma at Irn:teWon.
or n~ in
co
ed Sea Wpb on ' ositto t T
Cuba . 4u from l
stand. .
3t rata we -14 ?ir3t
to in a foreja,taF.
. ti'.wever.- a