THE SOVIET STAKE IN CUBA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00428A000200010034-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 8, 2004
• Sequence Number: 34
• Publication Date: August 10, 1962
• Content Type: MEMO

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
OFFICE OF CURRENT INTELLIGENCE
10 August 1962
Copy No .-1
CURRENT INTELLIGENCE MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT: The Soviet Stake in Cuba
1. Moscow sees in Cuba a symbol of great im-
portance in the struggle for Latin America and has
demonstrated its intention to provide the necessary
economic and military assistance to insure the sur-
vival and strengthening of the Castro regime. Mos-
cow almost certainly looks upon developments in Cuba
as the forerunner of further revolutionary successes
in Latin America and is deeply committed to the pre-
servation and advancement of the regime in Cuba.
2. There are signs of Soviet concern that the
regime's self-identification with the Communist Bloc
and its belligerent and provocative attitude toward
the US and the rest of Latin America will weaken the
appeal of the Cuban revolution and limit the pros-
pects for expanding the Communist movement and Soviet
influence in other countries in the hemisphere. There
are also indications that the USSR was both surprised
and concerned at the depth and effectiveness of
Castro's attacks upon their minions, the orthodox
"old" Communists in Cuba.
3. Nevertheless, Moscow has made a number of
significant concessions to Castro and his regime. It
has reaffirmed its willingness to pay the increasing
costs of keeping Cuba afloat, despite the Cubans'
failures in the field of economic reorganization and
development. It has publicly supported Castro against
the "old" Communists and yielded to his desire to have
Cuba brought into a closer relationship with the Bloc.
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