SOVIET NUKE WAR BASES IN CUBA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00806R000200980091-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 22, 2010
• Sequence Number: 91
• Publication Date: March 11, 1982
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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_it; was 'in 1962 ..when ernU.S. '`- . -
WASHINGTON -,The Soviet.Union is building*_
bases for nuclear submarines,:, strategic bomber'
planes and chemical. weapons in' Cuba, in a steady '
and flagrant violation of 2962.accords signed by.
the Kremlin in the aftermath of the missile crisis;
The,Post has learned... ,? _ =' , _ _ ..:.3
Intelligence reports were-obtained by -The Post:
CRISIS ON
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a last night as tension be-
tween Cuba and the Un-
ited,:--States increased
over T.. 0-16-3- -&
Nicaragua
Many Pentagon and
? ; CIA analysts have con-.
.?? .eluded -that- the threat
to the 'security of the
U.S. from Cuba and its..
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include` - - . "strap-on have atomic. 'weapons Cuba and its systematic
booster. stages' which' on board. . expanion of Cuba's
' position to ve as
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? Cuba re`ceivcid 66 Oa0
tons-of Soviet military.
hardware in 1981 -a
figure -three times
higher than was dis-
patched by the Kremlin
in 1962: ":.
The reports also noted
that early last year a
fleet - of : Soviet ships
sailed, virtually-unchal-
lenged , by the, 'U.S.,
around, the Ciiribbean
and Gulf Coast near oil-,
fields:jnMexico, Venn
zuala, Texas and' Lout.
siana.
Rep;-: Jack Kemp(R-