124-90139-10138 v9.1 HY 450953 AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE: CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : Doctld: 32336011 JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information Co FBI 124-90139-10138 HQ CR 109-12-210-4315 Document Information FBI HQ 05/10/1965 2 CIA LIAISON MATERIAL FOREIGN POLITICAL MATTERS CUBA PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Secret 1B; 1C; 4 Redact 09/28/1998 INDEFINITE, APPROVAL OF CIA MEMO Page i Date: 4/21/201
vy | AT me PETS i Geli May 10, 1963 CON REVIEL RE Layeg pcu/uk DELVE! ., . gOS Revie wl FOIea hoot SDE CD, CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO TO WSCA RE REQUEST &  DECLASSIIRATION ANGIE, (SEE BUFILE 62°1)°°")  ROREIGN POLITICAL MATTERS - GUIBAS: (7. Cia inFORMATION KP 5-Ab~9Y Daac ced —~ A highly confidential informant who hag furnished Feliable y) information in the past recently advised thafon about February 20, 1963, (3) Raul Roa, Cuban Foreign Minister, commented that the Sino ~ Indian - conflict continually bothers Cuba and this conflict worked in the favor * of the United States in the Fall of 1962. 3 Roa's evaluation of the situation in Cuba. was highly pessimistic. ; Roa stated that the situation has deteriorated; that this was the only thing . | 3 2 that could have happened because talks at the United Nations, New York, . | 35 9 did not find an answer to the problem. Roa also observed that conditions , as of February, 1963, were similar to those just before the crisis in the Fall of 1862, mentioning pirate boat activities, a campaign in the United States and a statement by President Kennedy which Roa described as meaningless. . we ff, UNRECORDED COPY FIED IN/ /- Roa commented that the United States was the only nation which © benefited from the crisis. The informant understood that it was Roa's contention that by excluding the Security Council of the United Nations ~ from considering the Cuban situation and permitting the Organization of oo: & American States (OAS) to take up the matter freely, the United States 3 is now enjoying a very favorable position in the OAS, the best it has enjoyed/ | at any time in the Organization. In still referring to what the informant | believed was the OAS, Roa said that the report of the Antisubversive Committee, now under study by the OAS, contains some definite proposals, | such as a collective breakoff and a breakoff in relations with Cuba including || postal contacts. Roa said it is known officially that Mexico will accept | such resolutions with reservations; Bolivia, Chile and Uruguay will accept assuy Of: everything; and it is believed that only Brazil will oppose such resolutions. Cuba, according to Roa, believes that talks between President Kennedy and President Romulo Betancourt, Venezuela, will establish the action by the  pyospet ——— JON: rmc Fonra (7) SEE NOTE PAGE TWO ~ evans - 109-12-210 4, ‘ Vi: ' ve . fa . a woke : A3f2 POLO tft yaw Aee BN enema aan : vel, sores [ceri ihe, Room — {olmes handy \ oon FB a? MAY ay 2 4 Sek 17 MAY 18 1968 Hy Lasser OYE oie. —____ MAIL roomL_] TELETYPE UNIT [I 4 HW 50953 Docld: 32333011 Page 2
aan Gey scornr N | FOREIGN POLITICAL MATTERS - CUBA Roa also commented that it would have been much better if the Cuban situation had been handled by the United Nations Gecurity Council. Among other things, this would have limited the ability of the OAS. When it was suggested that time was working in Cuba's favor, Roa agreed, saying it permitted internal consolidation, and economic and organizational endeavors. He also mentioned the differences within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the hope for settlement of differences in the Soviet Bloc and prospects for ‘general relaxing of strained relations between all countries. . Although Roa did not mention the Soviet. Union at any time, it appeared that he does not now agree with the Soviet Union's placing missiles in Cuba ln 1962. Roa's comments during the entire conversation leit one with the feéling that he was pessimistic, according to.the informant. NOTE: renner Classified "Sef Secret" because unauthorized cosure would reveal a high-level intelligence operation involvi J _] our © | extremely sensitive source at the , PROPERTY OF THE FBI d This document contains neither recommendstions nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. ‘er SECRET ~ Bm HW 50953 DBocld:327336011 Page 3