CASTRO'S STATEMENT RE: THREATENING US LEADERS
Agency: SSCIA
Originator: CIA
From: DIRECTOR
To: JMWAVE
Document date: 11/24/1963
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Date: 08/11/94

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DOCUMENT INFORMATION

ORIGINATOR : CIA

FROM : JMWAVE

TO : DIRECTOR

TITLE :

CASTRO'S STATEMENT RE: THREATENING US LEADERS

DATE : 11/24/63

PAGES : 2

SUBJECTS :

CASTRO'S STATMENT THREATENING US LEADERS

MIAMI

JMWAVE

CUBA

OSWALD, LEE HARVEY

DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION : U

RESTRICTIONS : 1B, DONOR REST., REFERRED

CURRENT STATUS : X

DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 08/15/94

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CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO

DECLASSIFICATION AND/OR

RELEASE OF THIS DOCUMENT

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1. FYI LOCALCODENVYRCONTACTED WAVE 23 NOV IO ADVISE THEY

RECEIVED TELETYPE THEIR HQS REQUESTING LOCAL OFFICE DETERMINE VERACITY,

TO INGLUDE SOURCES, OF STATEMENT MADE BY

DRE LEADE

JOSE LLANUSA

GOBEL TO EFFECT FIDEL CASTRO HADISTHREATENED. LIVES US LEADERS IN

EVENT US AGGRESSION AGAINST CUBA. LLANUSA CLAIMED POSSESSION

THIS

INFO

RECENT TELECO

'AUL. BETHEL, ACTING EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

ITIZEN COMMITTEE FOR FREE CUBA IN WASHINGTON, AND ATTRIBUTED ABOVE

THREATS TO FIDEL CASTRO DURING RECEPTION EARLY SEPT AT BRAZILIAN

EMBASSY HAVA.

2. LOCAL

ODENVY STATED THEIR ATTEMPTS SATISFY ABOVE ROW THWARTED

BY JOSE LLANUSA WHO USED SERIES PRETEXES WHEN CONTACTED TO AVOID

NAMING SOURCES AND ULTIMATELY STATED HE HAD TO CHECK MATTER OUT

WITH WAVE BEFORE DIVULGING INFO. LOCAL CODEMY THEN CALLED WAVE FOR

ASSISTANCE.

WAVE CHECKED WITH LLANUSA AND LUIS FERNANDEZ AND DETERMINED FOLL:

A. DRE SOURCES FOR ABOVE INFO WERE ARTICLES WHICH APPEARED

MIANT MERALO AND VOICE OF CUBA (INFORMES SOBRE CUBA) 9. ANS 13 SEPT

0:200-5-41

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REPRODUCTION BY OTHER THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE IS PROHIBITED

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RESPECTIVELY: IT LATER DETERMINED VOICE OF CUBA HAD TAKEN ITS INFO

FROM MIAMI HERALD ARTICLE.

B. DRE SOMEWHAT AMATUERISHLY ATTEMPTED DODGE LOCAL ODENVILAS

QUERY ORDER PROTECT FACT THEIR INFO STEMMED FROM NEWSPAPER ARTICLE.

3. WAVE PASSED INFO PARA ZA ABOVE TO LOCAL ODENVY AND IT

APPEARED SATISFY THEIR QUERY.

4. DRE HAS BEEN MOST ACTIVE ANSWERING PRESS QUERIES RE OSWALD

ETC DUE FAGI MOST NEWS MEDIA HAVE QUESTIONED DRE ON THEIR NEW ORLANS

EBATE WITH OSWALD. HAVING OBTAINED MEDIA ATTENTION DRE TRYING

ITALIZE ON THIS BY. MAKING DRAMATIC STATEMENTS WHICH IMPLY TIE-IN

BETWEEN OSWALD AND GOC.. WAVE HAS INSTRUCTED DRE NOT DRAMATIZE FACTS

OR ATTEMPT SLANT NEWS BUT DRE CONTINUES PURSUE: COURSE OF ACTION WHICH

iN THEIR JUDGEMENT BEST SUITED PROPAGANDIZE U.S. RE CUBAN ISSUE.

TOPE EDENVY QUERY MAY INHIBIT FUTURE DRE SPOKESMEN FROM MAKING' SLANTED

OR DRAMATIC STATEMENTS.

REPRODUCTIUN EY OTHER THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE IS PHOHIBITED

Cosy Nio.

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