Francesco/who-killed-jfk huggingface dataset:
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# TOP SECRET DINARSOVIET BLOC RELATIONS - cont'dThere have been no reported Castro appearances around 15 November. On 7 November he talked with a group of students at Havana University and on 19 November he reportedly visited a PURS meeting in Matanzas. However, between these two dates there is no current evidence that he appeared on Cuban radio or TV, and Hoy carried no reports of his personal appearances in Cuba. This does not, however, rule out the possibility that he was indeed in Cuba in mid-November. (CIA IN 75946, 8 December, SECRET)BLOC ECONOMIC RELATIONS:Warsaw has assigned five merchantmen with a capacity of 44,000 tons to the Cuban - Central American trade, according to an announcement by Havana television. The ships, one of which is refrigerated, will be operated by CUBALCO--the Rostock-headquartered joint company chartered by Poland, the GDR, Czechoslovakia and Cuba to carry goods between Cuba and the northern satellites. In the words of Havana television, "the enterprise will be responsible for guaranteeing supplies to the first socialist country of America, thereby contributing to the defeat of the US economic blockade against Cuba." (CIA/FBIS, 7 December, UNCLASSIFIED)Soviet(air defense) and Cuban (civil air voice) communications on 7 December reflected the arrival in Cuba of a Soviet-made AN-12. (See Daily Summary, 6 December). The following day, Prensa Latina announced that "the Cuban air force" had acquired a four-engine, turboprop craft with a 14,000-ton freight capacity for use in a service between Moscow and Havana. Prensa Latina said that the plane would be used to carry freight between the two capitals and "three or four stops at cities not yet announced by the Cuban consolidated aviation enterprise."The references to the AN-12 being acquired by the "Cuban Air Force," followed by statements attributed to CUBANA officials as to its future employment, raise confusion as to whether it is to be used primarily for military or civil air purposes. As pointed out previously, however (see Daily Summary of 3 December), the AN-12 can be used interchangeably in both types of service. Its employment in bringing military cargoes to Cuba from the Soviet Union would be hampered, however, by range factors which would require it to refuel at two or more nonbloc airports between Cuba and the USSR. At these airports the aircraft could be subject to cargo inspections. (USA-71, 2/DG/(CURUA)/R-853-63, 7 December, SECRET KIMBO; CIA/FBIS, Havana, 8 December, UNCLASSIFIED)-10-TOP SECRET DINAR
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# TOP SECRET DINARNON-BLOC RELATIONS:The Moroccan foreign minister has received a three-man Cuban "good-will" mission for the second time and the Istiqlal's Nation claims that a resumption of formal diplomatic relations is imminent, according to the US Embassy in Rabat (see Daily Summary for 29 November and 6 December). According to a semi-official account of the meeting, which took place on 4 December, the Cubans reasserted their desire to normalize relations and professed a lack of hostile intentions against the Moroccan Government--which severed formal relations after Cuban "techni-cians" arrived in Algeria on 22 October. "Informed sources" in Rabat claim that the government is considering the Cuban demarché with "attention." The Nation explains that the Cubans now recognize that Morocco has not been the aggressor in the Algerian conflict and that they are "repentant" over their pre-cipitous action in aiding Ben Bella. (Am Emb Rabat, 866, 6 December, LIMITED OFFICIAL USE)The President of (Dahomey) declined an invitation to attend the 1 January anniversary celebration in Cuba, according to an intercepted (radiotelephone) conversation of 3 December. The (Dahomean ambassador) in (Paris) received the invitation from his Cuban counterpart; however the president declined because he said it was "hardly possible" for him to be in Cuba in January. It is not clear if (Dahomey) will designate an official representa-tive to the celebration (GCHQ, K34/A/6/12/1963, 6 December, SECRET SABRE)CUBAN SUPPORT OF EXTERNAL SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITY:The (Chilean ambassador) in (Venezuela) informed his government, in an intercepted 2 December message, that he is convinced of the accuracy of the Venezuelan Government's charges of Cuban subversion in Venezuela. He pointed out that the heavy voting in Venezuela's 1 December national election demonstrates that the legal opposition in Venezuela is not implicated in the violence and terrorism. He also stated that the Castro regime is so thoroughly repudiated by Venezuelan public opinion that the Venezuelan Government has no need to use artificial means to stimulate anti-Castro feeling there. The (Chilean ambassador) pointed out that many Venezuelan Communists are in Cuba and from there "they permanently incite rebellion" in Venezuela and Cuban propaganda supports their efforts. (NSA 3/O/Z-CLD/T104-63, 7 December, TOP SECRET DINAR NO FOREIGN DISSEM)-11-TOP SECRET DINAR
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# TOP SECRET DINARCUBAN SUPPORT OF EXTERNAL SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITY - cont'dThere is additional information on Cuban use of a DC-4 aircraft allegedly to supply Venezuelan guerrillas with weapons through British Guiana. A clandestine source who is a civil aviation expert and affiliated with the Cuban Ministry of Transportation reports hearing rumors to the effect that the recently refurbished CUBANA DC-4 with CUBANA registry number CUT-785 has been issued a "Guiana license," presumably a license for operation in British Guiana, and has been operated by military personnel. He adds that "it is said that clandestine flights have been made to Venezuela." The same source had previously reported the refurbishing of this plane and some others and indicated that extra fuel tanks had been installed on them. (CIA DD/P IN 75942, 8 December, SECRET/CONTROLLED DISSEM/NO FOREIGN DISSEM)The Cubans are reportedly involved in the serious political crisis now under way in Bolivia, where a split between President Paz' section of the governing party and the leftist sector led by Vice President Lechin threatens serious civil disorder. Cuban Chargé Lasalle has given two boxes of arms to leaders of the left section of the party for use in the Catavi-Siglo mining area, according to information received by a clandestine source. The source, a medium-level member of the left section of the governing party who has excellent contact with national leaders of that section and who is apparently trusted by Lasalle, was given this information by a Bolivian labor leader who added that he had personally received the arms from Lasalle. The source reports that the arms are of German origin and had been stored in Lasalle's house in La Paz. (CIA DD/P La Paz, IN 76093, 8 December, SECRET)Two unnamed Cubans are reportedly with a group of 18 members of the Peruvian Army of National Liberation (ELN) who are currently hiding in Bolivia, according to a usually reliable medium-level member of the Peruvian Movement of the Revolutionary Left (MIR) who is in regular contact with MIR leaders. The members of the ELN may have been returning from training in Cuba, since several such groups from that movement have gone there in the past. According to Gonzalo Fernandez Gasco, leader of the MIR, his group will help them return to Peru by providing them with the necessary documentation. In return, the weapons owned by the ELN--automatic weapons and "San Cristobal" carbines--will be turned over to the MIR, reportedly in accordance with an order from Fidel Castro. Once the ELN youths are back in Peru, the MIR will look after them and try to convert them to the cause. The object is to eliminate the ELN as a rival force.-12-TOP SECRET DINAR
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# TOP SECRET DINARCUBAN SUPPORT OF EXTERNAL SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITY - cont'dPossibly related to this reported plan to upgrade the MIR is a report from the same source that Fernandez said on 6 December that Castro recently sent money to the MIR leaders and offered to train more of its members in Cuba. Fernandez said that in the future, groups of MIR members will go alternatively to North Korea and to Cuba for guerrilla warfare training. (CIA Lima TDCS-3/566, 662, 6 December, and TDCS-3/566,947, 8 December, SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM)-13-TOP SECRET DINAR
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# DAILY# SUMMARYTOP SECRETCH DM for UmNOFORNCOPY NO. 107SC NO.00555/636 December 1963![CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY UNITED STATES OF AMERICA]CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCYTHIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS CODE WORD MATERIAL![GROUP I Excluded from automatic downgrading and declassification]NOFORNTOP SECRET
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# TOP SECRET DINARDAILY SUMMARY6 December 1963This summary of significant information has not been coordinated outside the Office of Current Intelligence. It does not representa complete coverage of all current reports received, nor does time permit the complete evaluation of all reports which are included.CONTENTSMILITARY DEVELOPMENTS:An intercepted Cuban military message of 5 December indicated that the Cuban armed forces are giving courses in chemical warfare defense. (Page 1)INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS:Moscow press reports the OAS meeting on Cuban arms shipments. (Page 1)CUBAN INTERNAL SITUATION:Apparitions of Santa Barbara have been reported from Oriente Province. (Page 1)The Portuguese ambassador in Havana reports his impressions of the reactions to President Kennedy's assassination. (Page 2)Two government soldiers were killed in southern (Oriente) Province when a dice game, involving military and civilian personnel, was uncovered and fired upon by troops from (Unit 24 1948.) (Page 3)Dolores Ibarruri, secretary general of the Spanish Communist Party, arrived in Havana from Moscow on 5 December, according to press reports. (Page 3)CUBAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT:Carlos Rafael Rodriguez, minister of INRA, has expressed serious dissatisfaction with Cuba's current agricultural situation and revealed that he disagrees with Castro's emphasis on "ultimate aims" in place of current "tactics." Rodriguez: also informed the British ambassador that he hadiTOP SECRET DINAR
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# TOP SECRET DINAR## CUBAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - cont'dopposed the Second Agrarian Reform Law and is willing to use "doctrinally unwelcome" measures to increase production. (Page 3)Cuba is taking further steps to improve its fishing industry, including several construction projects in the Chuyima ship-yards in the Almendares River, the launching of 18 fishing boats, and the sending of an (official mission) to (Spain) in connection with the fishing industry.24 (Page 4)## INSURGENCY AND CIVIL UNREST:Counterrevolutionary elements apparently attacked an observation post on (Cayo de Cristo) on a recent undetermined date. (Page 4)A suspected counterrevolutionary was arrested on 3 December in (Guantanamo.) (Page 5)## CUBAN FOREIGN SERVICE:The Cuban ambassador to the USSR is in Havana for a short "vacation." (Page 5)## CUBAN AIR FLIGHT CONNECTIONS:The Soviet-made AN-12 transport plane being ferried to Cuba reached Recife, Brazil, on 5 December, and left there for its last stop before it is scheduled to arrive in Cuba on 7 December. (Page 5)## SHIPPING SUPPORT FOR CUBA:The US Embassy in Beirut believes that Lebanon may act to curtail the use of its ships in the Cuban trade. This would result in a significant decline in Cuban shipping in free world bottoms. (Page 5)## CUBAN - CHINESE COMMUNIST RELATIONS:Wang Yu-ping has been named the new Chinese Communist ambassador to Cuba. He is a senior diplomat, but not as high ranking an individual as the recently appointed Chinese Communist ambassadors to Algeria and the UAR. (Page 5)## BLOC ECONOMIC RELATIONS:A Bulgarian arms negotiator has returned from Havana to Sofia. (Page 6)# TOP SECRET DINAR
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# TOP SECRET DINARBLOC RELATIONS:A four-man Soviet delegation to revise social science curriculum at Havana University has arrived in Havana.(Page 6)NON-BLOC COMMERCIAL RELATIONS:The US consul in Antwerp has been informed by the Varmi Company of Brussels that it will not sell construction equipment to Cuba; there have been reports that such a sale, perhaps totaling $1 million, was being negotiated. Meanwhile, a Cuban group, which had probably planned to complete negotiations on the sale, was delayed because of lack of visas. (Page 6)The US Embassy in Tokyo sees little hope of inducing the Japanese Government to interfere with the implementation of a contract under which Japanese private firms have reportedly agreed to purchase 325,000 tons of Cuban sugar. (Page 7)The director of a Spanish optical firm has gone to Havana to negotiate the sale of movie projectors; he is being sponsored by CILASA. (Page 7)NON-BLOC RELATIONS:A Cuban good-will mission was received by the Moroccan acting foreign minister; the US Embassy believes this may presage the official re-establishment of diplomatic relations. (Page 7)The Swiss ambassador believes that Frank Emmick's trial will be held shortly after the completion of the current OAS investigation of Venezuelan charges against Cuba; Emmick's preliminary hearing has been completed and the ambassador is trying to find a Cuban lawyer to defend him. (Page 8)The government of Trinidad gave a "chilly reception" to a visiting Cuban official and turned down a suggestion for trade talks, at least for the present. (Page 8)CUBAN SUPPORT OF EXTERNAL SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES:The (Chilean Embassy) in (Havana) has received information from sources in Cuba it considers reliable which supportsiii# TOP SECRET DINAR
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# TOP SECRET DINARCUBAN SUPPORT OF EXTERNAL SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES - cont'dVenezuelan charges that Cuba has been shipping arms to South America. (Page 8)Havana Radio announced yesterday that pro-Castro guerrillas in the Dominican Republic have established "six operational zones"; Cuban exiles in Miami feel that the failure of pro-Castro terrorists in Venezuela may force him to turn to terrorism in the Dominican Republic. (Page 9)Cuba is reportedly making preparations to recognize a Venezuelan government-in-exile, according to information received by an official (West German) service from a fairly reliable source with contacts in Havana. (Page 9)The OAS Investigating Committee which is looking into the Cuban arms cache discovered in Venezuela does not intend to limit its investigation to the cache, but has expressed interest in looking into other evidence of Cuban activities directed against Venezuela. The Venezuelan Government has agreed to furnish all possible evidence on its complaint. (Page 10)On 5 December an American woman told a minister in New York that her boy friend had left that day for an unknown destination in Central America from which he planned to fly in a pro-Castro Venezuelan coup on Saturday. (Page 10)ivTOP SECRET DINAR
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# TOP SECRET DINARMILITARY DEVELOPMENTS:An intercepted Cuban military message of 5 December indicated that the Cuban armed forces are giving instruction in defense against chemical warfare. An (unidentified) military unit in (Las Villas) Province reported the selection of two officers and four sergeants to attend a "chemical defense course." (USN-856, 2X/SL/CUM)/T407-63, 6 December, SECRET SABRE)INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS:Moscow has given rather standard treatment to the OAS meeting which heard the Venezuelan Government charge Castro with illegal arms shipments. On 4 December, TASS correspondent Leonid Shokin reported that "the weavers of plots against revolutionary Cuba are still at it...accusing it of delivery of arms to Venezuela for 'subversive purposes'." Shokin found "certain US circles are the most interested in this, as is evident from the fact that representatives of the US State Department declared at the meeting that the United States would 'firmly support' additional economic and diplomatic sanctions by the OAS against Cuba." He thought it unexceptional that "these provocative attempts were not supported by the largest Latin American countries" and warned that "such attempts to interfere in Cuban internal affairs are fraught with extremely harmful consequences for the cause of peace." (CIA/FBIS, Moscow, 4 December, UNCLASSIFIED)CUBAN INTERNAL SITUATION:Several weeks ago there were CAS reports that the storm-tossed peasants of Oriente looked on Hurricane Flora as the vengeance of God--a God, who in the tradition of the Old Testament's stern and sometimes vengeful Jehovah, had loosed his fury on a people first seduced and now impressed by an alien regime. Now a report from the US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay provides yet another insight into the frame of mind of the Cuban populace. While the incidents pictured in this report do not necessarily reflect anything other than a combination of religious fervor and superstition, they are significant to the extent that they reflect the unrest--and, perhaps a growing feeling of hopelessness and despair--current among the Cubans.In any case, there are prevalent locally tales of St. Barbara's appearing several times to prophesy a change in the regime or admonish errant youths to mend their ways. /Barbara, virgin daughter of the heathen Diosorus, was beheaded by her father near Heliopolis in 235 A.D. for embracing Christianity. A fearful thunderclap is alleged to have greeted her execution. Symbolized by a windmill-like tower with three windows, the type of fortress in which her father was wont to confine her while he was absent from home, Barbara is the patroness of artillerymen and miners.-1-TOP SECRET DINAR
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# TOP SECRET DINAR## CUBAN INTERNAL SITUATION - cont'dIn the Church's calendar, her feast is marked on 4 December. Apart from her significance in the Christian ritual, Barbara figures prominently in a neo-pagan cult known as the Santeria. Devotees of Santeria regard themselves as Catholics and believe that the names of the Catholic saints are translations into Spanish of the Nigerian names of African gods. Catholicism is viewed as the Spanish tribal version of Santeria. The association between Catholicism and Santeria is based on a largely superficial similarity between Catholic saints and the pantheon of African spirit gods. Saint Barbara is thought to be Shango, the God of War.7According to one of these tales, a woman dressed in martyr's red stopped a bus outside Guantanamo City on 25 November, stepped inside and berated the Castro regime. The woman is alleged to have said that the Cuban people could not live forever in such misery and to have predicted that Castro would be taken from them sometime between 4 and 7 December. A militiaman passenger told her that she would be arrested when the bus arrived in the city. When it had, she'd disappeared. Continuing on to Caimanera, the bus stopped in the town square with the same woman sitting on one of the seats inside the vehicle. The militia again was summoned and again the woman was nowhere to be seen.On 26 November the same woman allegedly appeared outside a school in Caimanera and admonished several children not to thrown stones at a nearby shack. The children fled into the school and the woman followed. Challenged by a teacher, the woman said she was Santa Barbara and vanished. The next day neither the teacher nor the children would return to the school, though it subsequently has been reopened. (COMNAVBASE GTMO, 01731/T1/JFK/3, 4 December, CONFIDENTIAL)Fidel Castro was "frightened, if not terrified," by the possible consequences of President Kennedy's murder, according to the (Portuguese ambassador) in Havana) Cabling his government) 24 on 27 November, the (Portuguese diplomat) described what he called "a large movement of troops" late on the afternoon of the President's death--"they were sent to take up positions around Havana and the northern coast of the island." He found it surprising that Castro "jumped into the arena to denounce insinuations which were merely from news and nongovernmental agencies," but added that "it is the general opinion in (diplomatic circles) 24 that the assassination will be the spring which will unleash passions and violent and blind hysteria of the American people against Cuba and Russia and provide the excuse which up to now was lacking.... There is talk again about the coincidence of rumors concerning a crisis at the end of the year...." Finally, the ambassador) noted that "the assassination did not cause a great deal of consternation in counterrevolutionary circles in the interior. (NSA, 3/0/(POD)/T1463-63, 5 December, TOP SECRET DINAR)TOP SECRET DINAR