CONVERSATION BETWEEN FIDEL CASTRO AND SECRETARY GENERAL OF COSTA RICAN COMMUNIST PARTY

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• Document Creation Date: March 8, 2023
• Document Release Date: November 22, 2019
• Case Number: F-2019-00325
• Publication Date: November 12, 1970

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COUNTRY COSTA RICA/CUBA/USSR
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01ST 12 November 1970
CONVERSATION BETWEEN FIDEL CASTRO AND SECRETARY GENERAL qr
COSTA RICAN COMMUNIST PARTY
SUMMARY: INACONVERSATION WITH FIDEL CASTRO RUZ
ON 26 AND 27 OCTOBER 1970, COSTA RICAN COMMUNIST PARTY (PVP)
SECRETARY GENERAL MANUEL M 0 R A VALVERDE WAS TOLD THAT CASTRO
WANTED TO EMBARRASS COSTA RICAN PRESIDENT JOSE FIGUERES
FERRER BY HOLDING THE HIJACKED LACSA PLANE IN CUBA. MORA TOLDC
THE CUBAN PRIME MINISTER THAT PRESIDENT FIGUERES' STRONG,ANTI-
CASTRO POSITION IS FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION ONLY, AND THAT
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CASTRO SAID THAT FIGUERES'
ANTI-CUBAN STATEMENTS ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE CASTRO HAS INFORMA-
TION THAT THE UNITED STATES IS PREPARING ANOTHER INVASION, AND,
IF ANY INVASION APPEARED IMMINENT, CUBA WOULD ATTACK FIRST AND
CONTINUE A WAR UNTIL THE SOVIET UNION WOULD BE DRAWN INTO IT.
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I. MANUEL MORA, SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE PVP, WENT TO CUBA
ON 26 OCTOBER AT THE REQUEST OF THE GOVERNMENT OF COSTA RICA TO
ARRANGE THE RETURN OF A HIJACKED LACSA PLANE AND ITS PASSENGERS.
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THE PVP WAS CONSIDERING
SENDING A MEMBER OF THE POLITICAL COMMISSION TO DISCUSS
PERSONALLY WITH FIDEL CASTRO REPORTS OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
MILITARY BASES IN COSTA RICA TO BE USED AGAINST CUBA. MORA
RETURNED FROM CUBA ON 27 OCTOBER
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2. CASTRO WAS VERY ABUSIVE IN HIS COMMENTS ABOUT COSTA RICAN
PRESIDENT JOSE FIGUERES AND HE TOLD MORA HE PLANNED TO EUBARRASS
FIGUERES BY HOLDING THE LACSA PLANE FOR UNNECESSARY REPAIRS. CASTRO
TOLD MORA HE WAS GOING TO CHARGE LACSA AT LEAST $50,000 FOR THE
"REPAIRS."
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3. MORA SAID HE TOLD CASTRO THAT PRESIDENT FIGUERES'STRONG
ANTI-CUBAN STATEMENTS ARE FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION ONLY, AND THAT
FIGUERES' PRIVATE SENTIMENTS ARE VERY DIFFERENT. ACCORDING TO
MORA, CASTRO RESPONDED THAT FIGUERESI PUBLIC STATEMENTS ARE INDEED
IMPORTANT TO HIM BECAUSE HE BELIEVES THE UNITED STATES IS PREPARING
ANOTHER INVASION.
CASTRO CONTINUED THAT CUBA'S
ATTITUDE TOWARD AN INVASION HAS CHANGED. HE SAID, "WE KNEW THAT
SOMETHING WAS BEING BREWED FOR THE BAY OF PIGS AND WAITED FOR THEM
TO ATTACK US. TODAY, WE ARE NOT GOING TO WAIT. WE ARE GOING TO
ATTACK. WE HAVE SUFFICIENT FORCES, AND WE ARE GOING TO CARRY THE
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5. COMMENT: THE 31 OCTOBER 1970 ISSUE OF THE
COMMUNIST NEWSPAPER "LIBERTAD" CARRIED A SHORT ARTICLE ON MORA'S
INTERVIEW WITH FIDEL CASTRO. MORA SAID THAT CASTRO TALKED OF
AN "INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN" AGAINST THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT AND
THE COMMUNIST PARTY DESIGNED TO "CREATE A CLIMATE FAVORABLE
TO POSSIBLE AGGRESSION AGAINST (CUBA)." MORA QUOTED CASTRO AS
SAYING THAT THE CLIMATE FOR AN ATTACK IS LACKING AND THAT "TO
CREATE IT, A CAMPAIGN OF LIES HAS BEEN UNDERTAKEN AGAINST CUBA.")
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