REPORT OF CUBAN MILITARY ACTION AGAINST GUANTANAMO

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B05708A000200160007-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 5, 2014
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: January 20, 1964
• Content Type: MEMO

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20 January 1964
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Report of Cuban Military Action Against Guantanamo
1. I was the NPIC duty officer on 17 January 1964. At 0900, I
received a phone call from Bill Tidwell relative to an item that appeared
in the OCI Night Journal. The basis for this item was an FBI report,
which was third hand information. Apparently the FBI informant, "a
usually reliable source," received a letter from a friend in Cuba which
stated that the writer had a friend in the Cuban Militia who told her
that Castro was going to attack Guantanamo. The letter further stated
that a lot of Russians were coming into Cuba. Mr. Tidwell asked if we
could check to see if NPIC materials indicated any sign of military
build-up preparatory to such an action.
2. I contacted
the PI coordinator for the Golden Tree
IPIR missions, who was on duty and coordinating the IPIR on 3813. I
requested that he check out the last three missions that covered the
eastern part of Cuba to see if they revealed any signs of a military
build-up. I also contacted the CSD specialist on Cuba,
to determine if he had seen any collateral that would be of assistance
in this search. He said he had not but would work with the PI's on
the problem and render all assistance possible.
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3. At 1300 hours, reported to me that a check of the 50X1
last 3 missions covering eastern Cuba 5UX1
had been completed and no signs of any unusual 50X1
military activity could be detected on the film. I called Bill Tidwell
to pass this information on to him but he was not in. I did reach J. J.
Hitchcock and gave him the results of our search. He seemed satisfied
and thanked NPIC for its efforts.
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1 - Exec Director/NPIC
2 - PD/NPIC
Chief, Publications Division, NPIC
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