OCI COMMENT FOR NIC PRE-WATCH AGENDA - CUBA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00429A000600040036-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 28, 2004
• Sequence Number: 36
• Publication Date: December 30, 1963
• Content Type: BRIEF

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aienda - CUBA
1. There are continuing strong indications that the Castro regime is now,
and has been for some months, engaged in an intensified effort to pressure
Co sxnist and pro-Communist revolutionary groups in Other Latin American countries
toward early violent action, This Cuban effort is supplemented by Cuban assistance
in the form of money, training, propaganda support, and--in the case of the
veness, uelaxa guerril3as_.weaponss support. Despite the concerted Cuban effort,
)wever, the Venezuelan FALN r ins the only significant revolutionary effort
erica vkjxhx*a in whicah Castro ) appears to have iz
uence/ In s other Latin American countries, his
influence over ps of leftist extremists is not great and these groups themselves
seem to lack the capability of carrying out the aucceesf ul overthrow of regimes
in power. Nevertheless, the alumni: of Cuban training schools are a growing band
in qty Latin American countries, and a sigijificant proportion of these people
can probably be considered under Cuban control.
The Cuban shipment of weapons to the Venezuelan FALN in Novesahber was
Ln practise he Cubans have tried to avoid open .
implication and have told would-be guerrillas to buy or steal their own weapons
This Cuban action seems to reflect an increased Cuban desperation and willingness
to take greater risks in order to achieve "progress" in the Latin American "anti-
imperialist revolution." It is therefore possible that the same desperation may
be reflected in other aspects of the Cuban subversive effort in Latin America.
Though there is no confirmation of a Cuban--inspired assassination plot against
any other Latin American-leaders, such a plot or plots are not
outside the realm of possibility.
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