REPORT ON SITUATION IN CUBA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-14-3-30-9
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: October 21, 2011
• Sequence Number: 30
• Publication Date: June 8, 1971
• Content Type: MEMO

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Dear Bobo:
Tb. Prwaideat has a od me to thank you for
mending on to us the letter from Dr. Manuel
J. Reyes on the siteation ia Cabe. We. of
wares, are coatinebas to watch dm situation
closely.
Wars rogards,
henry
Hoary A. Kiswieger
Mr. Chariots G. Reba**
Kwy Biscayno
Florida
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June 8, 1971
144EMORANDUM FOR: DR. KISSINGER
FROM: ARNOLD NACHMANOFF
SUBJECT: Report on Situation in Cuba
Bebe Reboso sent to Al Haig the attached letter to the President from
Manuel J. Reyes, a prominent member of the Cuban exile community
In Miami. He is characterized ,s extremely anti-eastro and
is well-known for attempting to stimulate US action against Cuba. In
1969 he provided information to Babe Reboso alleging the existence of
missile bases in Cuba. In his present letter Reyes reports receiving
information that the Cuban people are now ready to mount an insur-
rection against the Castro government.
The latest SNLE on Cuba, completed in May, and other currant intel-
ligence information indicate that while there is discontent in Cuba,
there is no real prospect of a popular uprising or major threat to
Castro's power.
Although Reboso's note indicates an acknovAsdgement is necessary, I
have attached for your signature at Tab A a brief letter thanking him
on the President's behalf for sending on the letter and informing him
that we are following the Cuban situation carefully.
RECOMMENDATION:
That you sign the letter to Bebe Reboso at Tab A.
Attachments:
Tab A - Letter to Reboso
Tab B Reboso not. with letter from Reyes
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May 15, 1971
PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL
Honorable Richard Nixon
President of the United States of America
Key Biscayne White House
Miami, Florida
Dear Mr. President:
Two years ago through our mutual friend Mr. C. G. Rebozo,
I sent you to the Key Biscayne White House, the first in-
formation that I had received of the Russian military in-
crement inside of Cuba. Time has proved that such informa.
tion was valid.
At that time, I felt it was my duty to give you such an in-
formation as a proof of the solidarity that should exist
among all the nations of the American continent defending
our freedom. And particularly, because of the traditional
friendship that has always existed between your country and
mine.
Today, I feel it is my duty as a Cuban, to let you know that
my country is ready to fight against the tyrannical communist
regime that tries to subjugate it. This week it has been con-
firmed to me.
For twelve and a half years Cuba has suffered an apocalyptical
lash. Now my country, small in figures, but great in the
quality of its citizens, is ready for an insurrection.
In June of last year, the first symptoms of this situation
were starting to show. For this reason, our great mutual
friend, Dr. Eduardo Zuleta Angel, a Colombian of great per-
sonality and myself, presented to the Organization of
American States on June 25, 1970, the enclosed document,
that shows the actual condition of the Cuban people.
I again presented this document when I was officially in-
vited to testify before the Security Counsel of the OAS on
November 24, 1970. Seven nations were present, including
the United States, represented by Mr. Harvey Summ.
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Today the situation in Cuba is unbearable. The Cuban people
are ready to gain their liberty at any cost and are willing
to give their lifes for it. But the shadows of the Russian
troops falls over our country. Thousands of so called tech-
nicians and foreign communist soldiers, with modern war inuip-
ment, are intrenching there more each day, leaving their foot-
prints in our land.
This letter, before God 4nd before history, is being sent to
you and your worthy country with great respect, not as an
appeal, because liberty cannot be begged for....but as the
sincere expression of a country that has always been and will
continue to be your friend and that in the final hour, which
is so near, is wilting to throw the enemy from Cuba, no matter
how.
Mr. President, I want you to know that the United States will
always have the gratefulness of the Cuban country, recipro-
cating the wonderful hospitality extended to us when we needed
it most.
Enc1,
"'Sincerely,
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Dr. MauelJ. Reyes
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BEFORE DR. GALO PLAZA
SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES.
THOSE WHO ENDORSE, DR. EDUARDO ZULETA ANGEL, PRESIDENT OF THE
FOURTH PANAMERICAN CONFERENCE, AND DR. MANUEL J. REYES XIQUES,
DOCTOR IN DIPLOMATIC LAW AND ATTORNEY AT LAW, APPEAR BEFORE YOU
AND STATE THAT:
THE AMERICAN CONTINENT, AND SPECIALLY CUBA, ARE LIVING ONE OF THE
MO ST CRITICAL MOMENTS OF THEIR HISTORY.
EVERYTHING LEADS US TO THE CONVICTION THAT THE CUBAN PEOPLE INSIDE
THE ISLAND ARE DESPERATE AND READY FOR AN UPRISING AG-AINST FIDEL.
CASTRO1S TYRANNY.
OUTSTANDING FIGURES OF THE AMERICAN CONTINENT, AS THE COSTA RICAN
CHANCELLOR, DR. GONZALO FACIO , HAVE RECENTLY STATED THAT THE CUBAN
PEOPLE COULD BE READY TO REBEL AT ANY MOMENT AGAINST THE TOTALITARIAN
REGIME THAT TRIES TO SUBJUGATE THEM.
THE BREAK OUT OF A POPULAR REBELION SEEMS IMMINENT AND IT WOULD
UNCHAIN WHAT COULD BE THE BLOODIEST CIVIL WAR OF THE AMERICAN
CONTINENT, DUE TO THE SOVIET MILITARY POWER IN CUBA, WHICH SIGNIFIES
A THREAT TO THE DESIRE OF FREEDOM OF THE CUBAN PEOPLE AND A CHALLENGE
TO THE SECURITY OF THE =SPHERE.
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? BEFORE THIS ALARMING PICTURE, WE APPEAL TO THE OAS, SO THAT IN ITS
NEXT REUNION OF JUNE 25th, IT STUDIES THE ATTITUDE IT SHOULD ASSUME
IN THE VERY PROBABLE CASE OF A POPULAR UPRISING IN CUBA.
THE CRIMINAL MASSACRES THAT OCURRED IN HUNGARY AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA CAN
NOT BE REPEATED WI TH I MPUNI TY IN THIS HEMI SPHERE.
IF THE ORGANIZATION OF UNITED NATIONS WAS UNABLE TO AVOID AND CONTAIN
THOSE .KILLINGS, THE OAS SHOULD NOT BE THE SAME IN TRYING TO SAVE CUBA
FROM SIMILAR OCCURRENCES.
MIAMI, JUNE 18, 1970
Dr: kanuel J. Reyes Xiques
Dr. Eduardo Zuleta Angel
? President
Fourth Panamerican Conference
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