CHILE AND CUBA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01315R000400130049-4
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 29, 2004
• Sequence Number: 49
• Publication Date: August 13, 1964
• Content Type: NSPR

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,.Organization. of American States resolution to I
which she was responding was interpreted as
being, mandatory on all members. Of the threes
,remaining, Latin countries that voted against
the resolution, Bolivia is expected 'to conform.
because President Paz Estenssoro, who is i3tart-
ing a new term,. is at odds with the Bolivian
,left and the country is dependent on United;
States aid. Uruguay will probably break with!
' Cuba also, as she is in a difficult position be
. tween her two giant neighbors, Brazil and,
Argentina.' Their Governments are both now,
strongly anti-Fidelista.
This will leave only Mexico as a holdout, but'
Mexico is important. She is one of the leading
'nations of Latin America and her revolutionary.
mystique is still strong. The: airline route be-'
',tween Mexico City and Havana is the last:
remaining commercial communication that Cuba;
,has, with the Western Hemisphere. Presiden
t Lopez Mateo's has made it-clear that his Gov.
ernment will not accept the O.A.S. resolution.
ORYIL E. DRYFOOS, Publisher 1881-18A,!
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ARTHUR HAYS SULRBERGER
Chairman of the Board
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ARTHUR OCHS SULZBERGER
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President and Publisher
HAWING F. BANCROFT, Executive Vice Pritdsn1.
ANDREW FISHER, Viet President . ? 1.
MONROE GREEN, Vice President
TURNER CATLEDGE, Managing Aditor
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Chile's break with Cuba is a harsh blow to`;
the Castro regime. The only important nations',
of the, Western Hemisphere still retaining diplo..
matic relations with Cuba are Mexico, Bolivia
and Uruguay within the inter-American system;A
and Canada on the outside.
The move by Chile was not unexpected, as the'
Mexico does not consider the resolution to be'l
legal; she has historic and neighborly links to:
Cuba she regards as precious; and she considers)
it desirable for humanitarian and political red 'Y
sons to keep an embassy in Havana. It is, there-I
fore, unlikely that this policy ;will change &cn,
,when the new President, Gustavo Diaz Ordaz,
takes office Dec. 1. ,
i The effect of the other breaks an Havana will
be psychological, not',' economic, as Cuba has
little trade with Latin America. Cuba's depend-1
ence on the Soviet bloc, will, if possible, be
4'increased. Yet the United States has unauestion-o
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