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CUBA
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22 NOVEMBER 1963
CHILE, SANTIAGO (22 NOVEMBER 1963)
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ALEXANDER
SELE
BRUNEGE
LUHABA
DINGEMAN
UNGAN
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TA
A CHILEAN WHO HAS A GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE CUBAN EXCUFF
SANTIAGO ACQUIRED THROUGH PROLONGED ASSOCIATION WITH THE OFFICIALS OFTHE EMBASSY.
HE IS AN ACCURATE, RELIABLE REPORTER.
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IT IS PROBABLY TRUE THAT THE REMARKS WERE MADE AS REPORTED.
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1. THE FOLLOWING ARE REMARKS MADE BY OFFICIALS OF THE CUBAN EMBASSY IN SANTIAGO
REGARDING THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY:
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A. ON 22 NOVEMBER JOSE TOHA, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE CHILEAN CUBAN CULTURAL
INSTITUTE AND DIRECTOR OF THE PRO-CASTRO LEFT IST PRESS ULT IMA HORA INFORMED
PEDRO MART INEZ PIREZ, CHARGE OF THE CUBAN EMBASSY IN SANTIAGO, THAT KENNEDY HAD
BEEN ASSASSINATED. TOHA SAID "ESTE ASUNTO DE KENNEDY SE ESTA PONIENDO COLOR DE
HORMIGAS" (POSSIBLY MEANS ASSASSINATION OF KENNEDY LOOKS LIKE IT COULD HAVE
SERIOUS REPERCUSSIONS). MART INEZ COMMENTED THAT HE HEARD THAT THE PERSON
ARRESTED WAS PRESIDENT OF A FAIR PLAY FOR CUBA COMMITTEE AND THAT IF THE YANKEES
OR CIA ASSASSINATED KENNEDY TO RESUME THE ASSAULT ON CUBA, THEN A THIRD WORLD WAR
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WOULD START. HE SAID THINGS ARE VERY CLEAR AND THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THEY
HAVE ASSASSINATED HIM, THE CONTRADICTIONS ARE WELL DEFINED AND THE MOMENT WAS
VERY SPECIAL, LIKE THAT OF THE MAINE. MART INEZ SAID THE UNITED STATES IS NOW
IN THE MOST DIFFICULT POSITION OF THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS IN LATIN AMERICA,
THE WORLD, GOULART, ARGENTINE PETROLEUM, PERUVIAN LANDS, CHILEAN MINES AND IN
GENERAL ALL OVER LAT IN AMERICA. TOHA SAID HE WAS VERY WORRIED AFTER READING
THE CABLE TRAFFIC. MARTINEZ ADDED THAT IF THE USA IS THINKING OF INVADING
CUBA THEN THEY MUST HAVE EVERYTHING ALL PREPARED AND ALL THE STRATEGY CREADY AND
THEREFORE THE ALARM MUST BE GIVEN SO THAT CUBA CAN BE PREPARED.
B. THE CUBAN CONSUL AT VALPARAISO CALLED THE CUBAN EMBASSY IN SANTIAGO TO
DETERMINE POLICY IN THE MATTER OF FLYING THE FLAG AT HALF MAST. THE REPLY WAS.
THAT THERE ARE NO DIPLOMAT IC RELATIONS WITH THE USA AND THAT NO OFFICIAL WORD
HAD YET BEEN RECEIVED FROM CUBA, SO THEREFORE NOTHING SHOULD BE DONE. (FIELD
COMMENT: THIS IS AGAINST PROTOCOL BECAUSE THE CHILEAN GOVERNMENT HAS DECREED
OFFICIAL MOURNING INCLUDING FLYING FLAGS AT HALF MAST.)
C. MARTINEZ REFUSED TO MAKE FURTHER STATEMENTS PREFERRING TO WAIT FOR
OFFICIAL WORD FROM HABANA.
SEVERAL TIMES HE DENIED THAT THE ASSASS IN WAS
MARTINEZ
INVOLVED IN THE FAIR PLAY FOR CUBA COMMITTEE INSISTING THAT THIS PERSON IS ONLY
A SUSPECT AND THAT EXTREME RIGHT ISTS OR SEGREGATIONISTS ARE TO BLAME.
SAID HE BELIEVED THAT THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT WOULD TRY TO PUT THE BLAME
ON CUBA.
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