LETTER TO MR. JAMES T. KENDALL FROM LAWRENCE R.HOUSTON

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 20, 2004
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• Publication Date: July 26, 1963
• Content Type: LETTER

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. James T. Ken.
Preparedness Investisatin
Chief Counsel
United Staten Senate
Washington 25. D.C.
:ammittee on Armed exvlcee
Dear Mx, endalh
This is in response to your letter of 28 June 1963 requesting
the latest information available with serspeet to subversive, revolutionary
and agitationsi activities from Cuba to other Latin American countries.
You also indicated your desire for information from the State Depart.
in certain specified areas.
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requests to the Secretary of Defense. In fit* ce sction1 I should like
to point out that the Defense Intelligence Agency and the Department of
-te: have been consulted on various aspects of these reports and they
*eflect the coordinated views of the three agencies..
The paper which you requested on the flight of currency from
iarttAmerican countries to other world capitols is being prepared by
the Department of State and will be forwarded to you directly by the
I3) violence In Venezuela. I am advised that you directed similar
In, response to your req;seet, I am enclosing a paper on Cuban
Subversion in Latin America Sim* February 1963 and another on Anti.
partsnent. Agency representatives collaborated with the Department
in the preparation of that material,
I trust that this material will meet your requirements.
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Lawrence R. Houston
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25 July 1963
CUBAN SUBVERSION IN LATIN AMERICA SINCE FEBRUARY 1963
1. The Cuban subversive effort in Latin America is
continuing and the basic premises outlined by Mr. McCone
in his statement and testimony of 25 February to the
Senate Preparedness Investigating Subcommittee, by
General Carroll in his statement and testimony of 26 Feb-
ruary to the House of Representatives Subcommittee on
Inter-American Affairs, and Assistant Secretary Martin's
testimony before the latter Subcommittee on 18 February
and 6 March remain valid.
2. A noticeable development in the Cuban effort
since last February has been the muting of the direct
exhortations to violence which Havana Radio had been
beaming to other Latin American countries. This change
has also been evident in the public speeches by Castro
and other Cuban leaders on the subject of what they still
call the "inevitable" Communist revolution in Latin Ameri-
ca. Although overall transmission time to Latin America
by Havana Radio has increased since February, the content
is less inflammatory. The radio has stopped broadcasting
regular programs allegedly sponsored by Latin American ex-
iles in Cuba to specific countries. Since last March,
broadcasts to Guatemala, Peru, and the Dominican Republic
have gone off the air. The only regular programs now
aimed at particular countries are a Havana broadcast to
Venezuela, which was increased to a daily basis last month,
and to Haiti, in the Creole language. There is no evidence
that the muting of Cuba's open call to arms represents
any fundamental change in the Cuban goals.
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the shift in Cuban pronouncements away from direct incite-
ments to revolutionary violence in Latin America has come
as a result of Soviet advice. This would be consistent
with indications that Castro during his recent trip to
the Soviet Union was advised to concentrate on consoli-
dating his revolution and to avoid public provocations
that might bring counteraction against his regime.
4. The whole subject of Communist goals and tactics
in Latin America was almost certainly a subject of dis-
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