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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000600450011-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 17, 1999
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: October 6, 1961
• Content Type: NSPR

is' gare is focused on the crisi
The growing Cuban air force
The MIGs, piloted by Cuban ai
The Navy or Air Force is mak
of violating U.S. air space. How
ver, when spotted by U.S. patro
lanes, the MIGa are tracked
tates, the planes will , be f
ysterious flights are';being c
uild up. experience, among hi
nd Cuba.
With a potential air force of
lots to fly them. Castro wi
oon p o s a e a s Latin America'
Already, U.S. military Intel]
anes become operational.
CPYRGHT
ationa that Ciitro1 c n
a "privileged sanctuary" with-
t getting into serious trouble.
Iles, who is retiring next month
Agency, is doing a strange back-
invasion last April, is now joining
In a national intelligence esti-
lles takes the position that the
United States should not cut off
I trade with Castro.
The CIA director contends that
n iron-tight embargo, as being
urged by? Democratic congression-
States more with public opinion
Latin Amerika than the good
at would come out of it. He be-
eves that Castro will ~ have a
ropaganda hollby, if an embar-
o is imposed, by charging that,
ell food and (medicine to the
Cuban people.
This CIA 'view is directly op-
posite of that h4ld by the Defense
U.S. GAINS IAlRECAST - In a
rus R. Vance, aneraL counsel of
would be the big gainer, report-
bargo on Cuba tight well be ser-
ious food shortages there. Those
shortages would increase unrest
go. .. Niva1 bee of the `tinitid
States, situated in Cuba, would not
be affected."
As reported .In this column on
Sept. 29, Cuban exports to the
United States consist of $30 mil-
lion of ' tobacco, fruit; and sugar
molasses annually. U.S. sales to
.Cuba now consist of'about $20 mil-
lion in medical supplies, fats and
other. foodstuffs a year.
On July 6, 1960, the Cuban sugar
quota was, withdrawn by former
President Eisenhower on action
initiated byy Congress. Shortly
thereafter, in October 1960, a par-
tial economic embargo was Im-
posed. Under this restriction, no
U.S. goods can be exported to Cuba
except foodstuffs and medical sup-
plies.
Kennedy asked for the CIA es-
timate to help him decide on
whether he should invoke the Trad-
ing with the Enemy Act against
the Castro regime. ,A be invokes
the act, all trade with Cuba will.
be barred.
The President's decision is ex-
pected within a few days.
INTELLIGENCE FLASHES -
The Central Intelligence Agency
reports that Prensa Latina, once
the most respected paper in Ha-
vana, now has a new editor, Fer-
nando Revuelta. Revuelta is a
Spanish nationalist who just ar-
rived in Cuba from Mexico. Ac-
cording to the CIA report, Revuel-
ta was given the post in order to
try to win back the confidence of
Latin American diplomats in Ha-
vana. Revuelta is a Communist,
according to the CIA, but this isn't
generally known throughout South
America.
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