REPORTED STRIKE AGAINST CUBA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-17-5-13-3
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: March 31, 2010
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: October 14, 1971
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
CONFIDENTIAL
33658
~ ~ ~ A971 INFORMATION
14 October 1971
MEMORANDUM FOR: GENERAL HAIG
FROM: ARNOLD NACHMANOFF.
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SUBJECT: Reported Strike Against Cuba
Havana radio is reporting that a commando group coming from
"the north" Tuesday night attacked a small fishing village on Cuba's
northeastern coast. According to the reports, the group machine-
gunned the village of Boca de Sama in Oriente Province from two
speed boats before heading back out to sea. Two Cubans allegedly
were killed and four injured in the attack. The broadcast blamed
the attack on "the government of the U. S. and its henchmen. "
CIA as yet has no additional information on the incident. FBI is
checking its sources in Miami with regard to the activities of exile
groups in the area but also had no reports on an exile operation in
progress.
FOLLOW up PACT""'
CONFIDENTIAL
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HAVANA REPORTS ATTACK BY MERCENARIES
HAVANA DOMESTIC SERVICE IN SPANISH 1030 GMT 14 OCT 71 F
(TEXT) LAST TUESDAY AT ABOUT 2200 A GROUP OF MERCENARIES f
COMING FROM THE NORTH ABOARD A MOTHER SHIP AND A SPEEDBOAT
MACHINEGUNNED THE BOCA DE SAMA VILLAGE I N BA '?ES, ORIENTE
PROVINCE. UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS, THE PIRATE BOATS CAME CLOSE
TO SHORE AND IMMEDIATELY ATTACKED THE HUMBLE VILLAGE OF FISHERMEN
WITH LARGE AND MEDIUM CALIBER ARMS.
AS A RESULT OF THE TREACHEROUS ATTACK, A 32-YEAR-OLD CUBAN
COMMUNIST PARTY MILITANT AND OFFICER OF THE MINISTRY OF THE
INTERIOR WAS KILLED. HE BECAME AWARE OF THE MERCENARIES AND
WENT TO WHERE THEY WERE LOCATED TOGETHER WITH BORDER GUARD
CHIEF CARLOS ESCALANTE GOMEZ, WHO WAS SERIOUSLY WOUNDED, AND
MILITIA MEMBER RAMO[N! (CLAN) PORTELLES, 24, WHO WAS KILLED
IN THE ACTION WERE JESUS (IGARZO SORI), 25, A WORKER RESIDI'5NG
IN THE AREA, AND MINORS ANGELA AND NANCY PAVON PAVON, 13 AND
14 RESPECTIVELY. IT WAS NECESSARY-TO AMPUTATE ONE O F NA "4CY' S
FEET. THESE THREE PERSONS WERE IN BED WHEN THE TREACHEROUS
ATTACK OCCURRED.
THE MERCENARIES IMMEDIATELY HEADED OUT TO SEA TOWARD THE NORTH.
ONCE MORE MEMBERS OF OUR SOCIETY HAVE BEEN KILLED AS A RESULT OF
TREACHEROUS AND CRIMINAL ATTACKS BY MERCENARIES SERVIN,~G
YANKEE IMPERIALISM. THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THESE COWARDLY
AND BLOODY EVENTS FALL ON THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES
AND ITS HENCHMEN.
14 OCT 1219Z JUT/MA
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14 October 1971
MEMORANDUM FOR HENRY A. KISSINGER
~C ~ 21971
J. F. Lehman
SUBJECT: Mark-up of Foreign Aid Bill
6. MAP for Latin America was limited to 10 million.
85 million in supporting assistance for Israel was added.
4.. Support assistance cut from 768 million to 614.4 million.
MAP cut from 705 million to 565 million.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee today did the
following to the Foreign Aid Bill:
1. Devtslopment of assistance cut 20%.
2. 250 million for Pakistan was approved.
A Cooper-Church amendment was attached and
approved--we do not have the text but it is reportedly
a mild one..
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