CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00975A022300090001-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 17, 2003
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: July 17, 1971
• Content Type: REPORT

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DIRECTORATE OF
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Central Intelligence Bulletin
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17 July 1972
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CUBA - LATIN AMERICA: Havana is modifying its
policies in Latin America. (Page 6)
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modifying its policies in Latin America.
Since 1968, Cuba has sharply reduced its sup-
port to Latin American revolutionary groups while
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overnment-to- overnment
gradually E- din its
contacts.
Cuba s subversive efforts in Latin Amer-
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failed to "formulate a new Marxist a roac in the
hemisphere." two other
factors which have also con ri u e to e shift in
Cuban policy--the high cost of subversive activities
and Soviet pressure to end them.
Cuba's increasing respectability in the hemi-
sphere became even more apparent last month with the
results of Peru's initiatives in the Organization of
American States (`OAS). Although:Lima's resolution
failed, seven nations voted in favor of it. Peru
later established diplomatic relations with Cuba.
Havana now has full relations with Mexico, Chile,
and Peru and consular relations with Jamaica.
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rime -
ister Manley o amai s also moving in this di-
rection. A number of Latin American governments,
however, are still strongly opposed to Castro. Bra-
zil, Paraguay, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and
several Central American states publicly and pri-
vately oppose any reconciliation with the Castro
government.
Castro is convinced that the present political
trend in the hemisphere is in his favor, and he is
apparently working hard to capitalize on it. TO
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this end, the Castro government probably will con-
tinue to push for more exchanges of athletic teams,
cultural groups, and scientific and technical dele-
gations. These could be followed by Cuban trade
offers that could serve as a basis for continued ex-
pansion of ties.
Despite an emphasis on such actions, however,
Cuba continues to provide limited support--primarily
insurgent y training in Cuba--for some revolutionary
groups.
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