POSSIBLE INVOLVEMENT OF FORMER CUBAN OFFICIALS IN AN INVASION OF HAITI

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 00531554
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: March 8, 2023
• Document Release Date: March 8, 2019
• Case Number: F-2017-02375
• Publication Date: October 30, 1964

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22 OCTOBER 1964
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SUBJECT
POSSIBLE _INVOLVEMENT OF FDRMER BAN OFFICIALS IN
INVASION OF HAITI
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MEN IN THE NEW YORK AREA WHO POSSESS ARMS AND EQUIPMENT. THESE .
MEN HAVE LEFT FOR THE BAHAMAS, THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, AND PUERTO
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AMERICANS ARE CONCERNED. THEREFORE, THEY FEEL THEY THEMSELVES
MUST PROVIDE THE MEANS AND THE MANNER OF ATTACK IF THEY ARE
TO ENGAGE IN A WAR AGAINST CASTRO. IN THIS REGARD, ;THE HAITIANS
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COULD BE SHOWN THAT HE WAS AIDING A GROUP OF CUBAN HEADED BY
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8.. ACCORDING TO WAS TO LEAVE SHORTLY FOR COLOMBIA,
VENEZUELA AND BRAZIL IN ORDER TO OBTAIN AID FROM HIS FRIENDS
IN THOSE COUNTRIES. AS OF 22 OCTOBER H; HAD LEFT FOR WASHINGTON
AND NEW YORK, AND WAS TO CONTINUE ON TO PUERTO RICO.
9. FIELD DISSEM: CINCLANT, CINCSO, COMKWESTFOk, �
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