CASTRO 'OFFER' TO DISCUSS INDEMNIFICATION OF NATIONALIZED US PROPERTIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R000800090057-5
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 14, 2003
• Sequence Number: 57
• Publication Date: March 10, 1961
• Content Type: MF

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'arch 10, 1961
Cam, "Offers to im mification of
Naticrtali,asd 3S Properties
tot The Honorable A1].en W. DmU e.
Victor of Central Intelligence
be giving w.x , .4 wj.(j you that press r*Pr
6 a welch, to the e i that ltl~n IA, ` Ca ~ `Q ! ~ 1 +
----..p from Cuba, Prc+p+ertiear 'Ademi.fi eatisn of
could be d nationalf ss~d
s
ussede
. remark was little more than a rest tja of etab..1 &ed r s
ban policy,,
-~wcs erica {,as Veil as
Moo ers US 41bi$Y+v-...... ,wv.suc negates from
CcY "r$n a Of P lamtAtion Work.'R eif r- } to F'i* 6tne~
exit aoncernin the eNgm.
j
?
+ef is of m
3 appears to have b~ien
" +s type of
a-n
Justifiotl
a4M of the
f ian reform to An ^i~rif riww.. -i.1 _t
ach, Merel
y Cubaxi c+~ tart' has not , in painsimg and sub..
Ch eras la" y an ` particular attexitiox~ to it.
3.anatiori
d
In discussing the necesai of
referred to the refusal of the agrarian revoluti,on' Cast"
accept pant in bonds. He the~tedt or iendaxriere" to
"Our attitude had to be consistent with the oton
of these monopolies Coria ti wn1A9 the rwoluti.
It in
rg
wee to the agrarian
f
re
orm
1M h refused b'ci3r 5 ... '' Lue tarican
i,
th* revolution refused to pay
ndamriity. If aw
d
e
ay theyt t
wano buy sugar
again# then at that tip We can discuss some
indemnity. That doPads on the *atsal typo of
can be derived f the discussion of ~v problea n
*There was also some question at that -U me as to discr
between press quotations and the FBIg epancies
tft
.
These discrepancies have now been v3. p'Y 'tth thIt
fr= ~` of the lI text in eared up x~th the receipt
~tieh -is quoted above, in $F~-ll~Z of the ~r'Gis~rt in qu#a~ior~,
tranelation, and which u8aree$ with the
newspaper 4uotatiernar,
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-.. "? ending fia:r" f&r past of espz opristeld 1113 properties
stip slid that p ly- .~ * law of ftly 1960# WbIO
bondst wonu be *a.'ie o ay is 110 t In
t.,, YI t
_"ett that the R tes
bought awe n a .411 i ,.~
Span
. ) a
.
41=411Y At t .4
no
7. -, +4- 1 eAtw of 40'#li per ~ .a.s.
aside a d for s +Tet w*44 beItt
is that of the i~sds. rte"
MIY OW O (in 1958) hit 93 sugar area !*m Cuba
we consider that Ces '.
o ...._-
_.. _
qu
rks in
OPP"44h the qus t3 tin of tiff aii
+an of aatiar a 3 t+rd US
F pnr i rs in a ma=" any more realist c than that i ed by
the, 1960 liv. Certainly it is diff all to go
n$tre. Caetz* 's
passing y( ter
a the =9 3,64% as what the
called "a tentative offer for negotiations
$ i1t
t
l a
o metee it diff
.+serrmwee with Cuban.
Roger Hilsman
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