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PARA 1: PANAMANIAN (F) [CLOSE TO PRESIDENT CHIARI PARAS 2-3:
PANAMANIAN (C) WITH CONTACTS IN HIGH-LEVEL OFFICIAL CIRCLES.
1.
ON 15 AUGUST 1962 ANTONIO VARONA LOREDO, DEPUTY CHIEF OF
THE CUBAN REVOLUTIONARY COUNCIL (CRC), VISITED PRESIDENT ROBERTO
CHIARI OF FANAMA AND REQUESTED CHIARI TO ORGANIZE AND HOST A MEET-
ING OF CENTRAL AMERICAN CHIEFS OF STATE ON THE CUBAN ISSUE WITH
EMPHASIS ON INFILTRATION OF CASTRO AGENTS INTO CENTRAL AMERICA.
VARONA SAID THAT SUCH A MEETING SHOULD BE HELD AT A VERY BARLY
DATE AND THAT CHIARI SHOULD INVITE PRESIDENT KENNEDY TO ATTEND.
CHIARI TOLD VARONA THAT THIS WOULD BE A HOST SERIOUS UNDERTAKING
REQUIRING INTENSIVE STUDY AND THAT HE COULD MAKE NO COMMITMENT
TO VARONA ON THE MATTER. ON 16 AUGUST VARONA LEFT PANAMA FOR
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20 AUGUST AND HOPED TO TALK TO PRESIDENT CHIARI AGAIN AT THAT
TIME.
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2. ON 20 AUGUST A GROUP OF CUBAN EXILES IN PANAMA CALLED ON
MARCOS ROBLES, PANAMANIAN MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT AND JUSTICE, AND
REQUESTED ROBLES TO TRY TO PERSUADE PRESIDENT CHIARI TO PERMIT THE
ESTABLISHMENT IN PANAMA OF A TRAINING BASE FOR CUBAN EXILES.
13.
ON 21 AUGUST PRESIDENT CHIARI SAID THE MAIN PURPOSE OF
VARONA'S VISIT WAS TO REQUEST CHIARI'S APPROVAL OF A TRAINING
BASE IN PANAMA, AND THAT HE HAD TOLD VARONA HE WOULD TAKE THE
MATTER UNDER CONSIDERATION. HOWEVER, CHIARI DISCUSSED IT WITH
MEMBERS OF HIS GOVERNMENT SUBSEQUENTLY AND IT WAS AGREED THAT
PERMISSION WOULD NOT BE GRANTED FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A
TRAINING SITE.
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4. HEADQUARTERS COMMENT: ON 13 AUGUST DR. JOSE MIRO CARDONA,
PRESIDENT OF THE CRC, SAID IN MIAMI THAT VARONA WAS LEAVING MIAMI
14 AUGUST ON A TRIP TO PANAMA AND COSTA RICA. MIRO SAID THAT THE
PURPOSE OF THE TRIP WAS GENERAL PUBLIC RELATIONS WITH NO
PARTICULAR MOTIVE IN MIND. HE MENTIONED THAT VARONA WOULD SEE
PRESIDENT CHIARI WHILE HE WAS IN PANAMA TO DISCUSS THE CUBAN
PROBLEM IN GENERAL AND ATTEMPT TO ENLIST "FURTHER SUPPORT FOR
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THE CAUSE." HE SAID VARONA WOULD ALSO INQUIRE OF CHIARI WHETHER
THERE WERE ANY NEW DEVELOPMENTS ON A SUGGESTED MEETING OF THE
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FOREIGN MINISTERS OF CENTRAL AMERICA WHICH HAD BEEN DISCUSSED
WHEN HE (MIRO) WAS IN THE AREA IN JUNE. THERE WERE APPARENTLY
REASONS FOR VARONA'S TRIP OTHER THAN THE OSTENSIBLE ONES STATED
BY MIRO. THERE ARE RUMORS THAT SOLE MEMBERS OF THE CUBAN EXILE
COMMUNITY IN MIAMI ARE MAKING EFFORTS TO OBTAIN HELP IN
CONVINCING PRESIDENT CHIARI TO PERMIT THE ESTABLISHMENT IN
PANAMA OF A CUBAN GOVERNMENT-IN-EXILE HEADED BY DR. MIRO CARDONA.
5. FIELD DISSEM: CINCARIB, CINCLANT
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