TRAVEL OF LATIN AMERICANS TO CUBA

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• Publication Date: April 3, 1963
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Spotlighted
By Mexico
By Gerry Robichaud
Chicago Daily New, Service
MEXICO CITY, March 26
"You ce'n't do t his to me!"
high
screamed the ilean politician,
left ol titian,
but'he Mexican police agents
went ahead and did it any -
w ay.
What they did was to mug
him - tXll face and profile
undetected. T~11 a identities of
propuaa...,., ------
newspapers, magazines and
are su ected to a thorn
baggag and, Jametimes, per-
,.+hnri-
ingj to -Mexico from Havana gh
the o y ' ay of beating the
return home,
governments.
goverxlmen) and, it tneir paao-
__r ,. ., +hnir
Co ~~~ntmg on the rern
attri' ut~"d to McCone, one
Me c official said: a:A
spa/e_d such searches. arks
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to board one of the
....
ate between Mexico City and
Havana.
They. recorded his name,
passport number and -checked
to mak sure that his Cuban
visa rows entered properly on
one of the pages of the pass
port.
they decided that eve
Mex al vernment. inc y-
f
gra is under the dire o icn, of
the federal judicial p branch of the Attorney
Gen-
eral's office.
Statements Puzzling
Mexican and foreign, observ-
ers were somewhat puzzled by
recent statements in Washing-
ton, attri ute to Central In-
telligent A Con ircctorl
John e,Hthat Latin
Ameri n isciples of Castro
were dble to slip through Mex-
ico to Cuba without their gov-
ernments being the wiser.
One report had McCone tell-
ing a House subcommittee that
the Castroites, upon leaving
their co tries, give their des-
tination s R~ie co. Once here,
the re ort a ed, they go to
the C an mbassy and are
give sli paper that serve
as sas. These are not at-
tached to the passport, and
can be t h r o w n away after
having been used.
Thus s,aid the report, there
to travel-
would e WQthing in
er's sspsf
been in Cuba.
Mexico is the only country
in Latin A erica out of which
passen 1 -Panes regularly fly
to Cu a, add so Latin Ameri-
earance to board the
Cuban Airline plane.
This recent scene involved
Socialist Sen. Salvador Corva
Ian Gonza,,!,,ey, one of the cam-
paign tanagers of the Com-
munist-bjcked Chilean presi
dentigVandidate, Sen. Salva-
dor Allende. Allende is a
warm admirer of Cuban
Prime Minister Fidel Castro.
Protests Do No Good
Before he finally calmed
down, /Corvalan protested
loudly that the police were
overlqoliing his temporary
diplolna}ic status as a travel-
ing Chilean government cial. it did him no good.
The mugging and the pass-
port and sa checks are stand-
ard ope ting procedure for
everyb dy going through the
Mexi n gateway to Cuba by
the only commercial planes
carrying passengers to
Havana.
No,'qPffie is immune. Protests
are frequent; but unavailing.
Any country wishing the pic-
tures and names of its nation-
als g from Mexico to Cuba
may o ain them from the
Mexic government- Such in
forma ion is said to be sup-
plied automatically to
countries asking
of service.
The present system of keep-~
ing careful records of all trav-1
Ielers to Cuba was started
about y ar and a half ago,
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SECII_ J.
April 1, 1963
T " T FOR: The Attorney Genera.
SUBJEC' : Actions and Recommendations to Prevent
Pin-Pride Raids against Cuba
At the Iiiami meeting (arch 29-30), the group learned
:1-wt ten exile raiding operati"is were planned for the
immediate future and reconr. wended the following actions:
1. Authorize Coast Guard to dispatch aircraft to
watch over Norman Key in the Bahamas, from which
action appeared imminent.
Current Status: Approved by White House.
`-ircrat dispatched.
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3. Authorize INS to impose departure controls over
suspected Cubans and Americans.
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List of 29 highly suspect Cubans agreed
upon by Miami intelligence agencies. IIVu''
served 25 with warnings not to depart U.S.
and, in case of parolees, not to depart Dade
County, Florida. State and Justice legal
staffs agreed upon procedure for controlling
departure of suspect Americans; policy
officers will consider implications.
4. Authorize Coast Guard and Customs to impound
suspect boats.
Current Status: Approved by White House.
Coast Guard and Customs informed.
5. If personnel involved in contemplated raids are
parolees, authorize appropriate agencies to warn
and/or detain suspected parolees. (INS can detain
suspected parolees for brief or exfended periods
for having violated the condition of their parole).
Current:. Status : Vhite House approved warnings
but not detention. INS should be permitted
to detain suspects who ignore warnings.,
Decision requested.
6. Warn all exile suspects that U.S. desires raids
to stop and is prepared to take necessary action.
Current Status: Approved,by White House.
Suspects are being informed.
7. Issue policy statement as \soon as possible.
Current Status: Approved by White House.
Joint State-Justice policy statement issued
March 30.
3. Initiate intensified surveillance of prime suspects
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Current Status: Approved by White Mouse.
Intensified surveillance being conducted'
9. Study question of prosecution of suspects who
are generally undesirable,
Current Status: Approved by White House.
The Miami group also reconmiended the following sustained
actions to diminish the number of raids over the long run,
or which; app l is required.
*1. Authorize Coast Guard to conduct daily air sur-
veillance of the Bahamas.
*2. Authorize Coast Guard to maintain continuous
boat surveillance of the Bahamas. .
3. Issue periodical statements to educate the public
on United States policy, as elaborations upon the
March 30 basic statement.
4. a ublicize raiding plans of exiles as they become
known.
5. Authorize INS to detain suspect raiders.
6. Prosecute selected cases..
7. Continue intensified inte,ligence collection.
8.
Coast Guard now has 4 Albatross aircraft arid would
need 4 to 6 more (possibly from Nay) . Coast Guard
has 3 helicopters and would need 4!,more, Coast Guard
n.y.,7 has two 95-foot patrol boats and would need 6 more.
With additional equipment Coast Guard believes it
would have a 50% chance of detecting raids.
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Request Custo..s, Coast Guard and INS to intensify
present programs.
9. 'darn persons who may assist raiders, such as
boat charterers and fund contributors.
10. Develop guidance for more fruitful e:i1e activities
11. Include Puerto sieo in all foregoing programs.
(As the Miami area tihtens, many suspects will
shift to Puerto Rico; additional funds, per-
sonnel andequipiient would be needed to control
activities there).
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Deputy Coordinator of
Cuban Affairs.
If Customs is to pick up and hold on to suspect boats,
it would need 65 more men in order to cover the 500 mile
coast line. Coast Guard gave Customs one 30-foot boat
on March 30 and Customs urgently needs one more 35-foot boat
for the Key West area.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES, Mf -)AY,:.APP.IL 1, 1963.
U. S. Curbs Miami Exiles
To Prevent Raids on Cuba
Special to The New York Times
WASHINGTON, March 31-The Government moved
today to enforce its policy of preventing Cuban refugees
from using United States territory to .organize or launch
~~- - 'raids against Cuba, The Jus-
tice Department placed re-
strictions on 18 Cubans in the
Miami area.
In some cases they were or-
dered.not to leave Dade County,
In which Miami is situated, and
in others not to leave the Unit-
ed States.
The Department did not dis-
close the names of those re-
stricted. Dispatches from Mi-
ami confirmed that some mem-
bers of two exile groups al-,
ready involved in raids had
been given. the restriction or-
ders. These were the Alpha 66
and the 'Second Front of Es-(
cambray groups.
I Violators Face Arrest
I Violation of the orders, issued
through the Immigration and
Naturalization Service, could
S be enforced by arrest or depor-
tation.
In its announcement yester-
day that it planned to take,
1"every step necessary" to pre-
vent raids, the Government ex-
pressed sympathy for the hnti-
Castro cause. But it said It
could tolerate no activities that
might provoke reprisals against
American forces.
Yesterday's announcement
was made by the State and
Justice Departments. It did not
specify what the measures
would be to guard against new
hit-and-run attacks on Cuba.,
Today's, action by the Justice,
) l But its statement promised
l further investigation. The
-statement avoided the question
i of whether the expeditions were
i1supplied with men or materials
,from the United States.
Some of the recent raids, it
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Department revealed one step.
Raids Traced to Bahamas
In addition,, officials said,'
they expect the Federal Bur-
eau of Investigation and the
Coast Guard to increase their
surveillance of Cuban refugee
circles, of the Florida coastline
and the waters between the
United States and Cuba.
It was understood that some
of the small boats used by
raiding groups had been tracked
and might be seized in the
next few days. The Coast
Guard can challenge the sea-
worthiness of any vessel and
presumably will check on sus-
picious craft by invoking this
right.
Information available now
about the two attacks on So-
viet ships in Cuban ports in
the last two weeks suggests
that the raids were not launch-
ed from American soil, the
Government said yesterday.
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has been established, were
launched from some of the
smaller islands of the British
Bahamas group. However, the
participants did not live there
and their expeditions almost
certainly originated elsewhere.
American surveillance efforts]
will be coordinated with the
British Government.
The Administration's dilem-
ma was reflected in the careful
wording of yesterday's state-
ment. Washington fears that,
should the exile attacks con-
tinue, the Soviet Union and
Cuba would be provoked to re=
taliate, either against American
shipping in the Caribbean or
against the Amercian recon-
naissance planes that now fly
over Cuba daily with impunity.
But because it has encour-
aged Cubans to work for the
overthrow of Premier Fidel
'Castro, the Administration has
hesitated to harass or take
sanctions against the anti-Cas-
tro fighters.
However, the refugee raiders
have been exceptionally re-
sourceful in carrying through
:attacks that have damaged So-
viet merchant ships in Cuban
ports.
Because of this President
Kennedy and his advisers have
therefore decided to do every-
thing possible to discourage and
prevent continuation of the ref-
'ugees' raids.
The United States' will not,
however, take responsibility
for events In Cuba or her terri-
torial waters.
The Policy Announcement
Following is the text of yes-
terday's statements by the
State and Justice Departments:
"The position of the United
States Government regarding
hit-and-run attacks by Cuban
refugee groups against Soviet
ships and other targets in Cuba
'have been made perfectly clear
by the President and Secretary
of State. These attacks are
neither supported nor condoned
by this Government. The Presi-
dent has pointed out that they
may have effects opposite to
those presumably intended by
those who carry them out; that
is, they may strengthen the So-
vict position in Cuba rather
than weaken it, tighten Com-
munist controls rather than
loosen them.
"For preliminary evidence
suggests that these raids have
,not in fact been launched from
the territory of the United
iStates. However, the F.B.I. and
e Immigration and Naturali-
tion Service, with the coop-
ration of. the Coast Guard and
Pti'stoms Service, are intensi-
'fying their' investigations.
"We intend to take every
step necessary to insure that
such raids,.., are not launched,
manned or equipped on United
States territory.
"The sympathy of this Gov-
ernment and the American peo-
ple is with those Cubans who
hope to see their country freed
from Communist control. We
understand that these raids re-
flect the deep frustration of
men who want to get back to
their homeland, to a Cuba that
is independent.
hot mean that ves~re prre does
to see our own laws violated
with impunity or to tolerate
activities which might provoke
armed reprisals, the brunt of
which would be borne by the
armed forces of
States." the United
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