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THE OCCURRENCE OF ANY _UNTERNAL UPRISING, 5 3. FIDEL CASTRO. “ADMITTED TO "SOME DIFF RELEASE OF NEWS, WAS To. LET THE IMPERIAL ISTS a: : "SOVIETS WERE TAKING THEIR TROOPS OUT OF CUBA ‘AN OF THEIR BASES, * 5y . ACCORDING TO FIDEL CASTRO, DESPITE. THE, FACT: THAT IN EARLY NOVEMBER, THE BULK OF THE SOVIET EQUIPMENT WAS. STILL UNDER SOVIET CONTROL AND. WOULD. BE USED (BY THE SOVIETS?) | CEsgaRy, THE _” MAIN. PURPOSE OF KEEPING THE ARMS IN CUBA WAS TO RE-EXPORT THEM TO THIRD COUNTRIES, WITHOUT THE SOVIET UNION APPEARING AS a PARTICIPANT IN THIS ADDITIONAL ARMS EXPORT, 6. FIELD > DISSEMs NONE, t 7. Ld
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