CABLE: REACTION OF CUBAN AMBASSADOR CRUZ AND HIS STAFF TO ASSASSINATION
Agency: CIA
Originator: CIA
From: DIRECTOR
To: OTTAWA
Document date: 11/27/1963
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM

IDENTIFICATION FORM

AGENCY INFORMATION

AGENCY : CIA

RECORD NUMBER : 104-10422-10351

RECORD

SERIES

: JFK

AGENCY FILE NUMBER

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RUSS HOLMES wORK FILES

DOCUMENT INFORMATION

Released under the John

F. Kennedy

Assassination Records

Collection Act of 1992

144 USC 2107 Notel .

Case#:NW 53320 Date:

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AGENCY ORIGINATOR : CIA

FROM : OTTAWA

TO : DIRECTOR

TITLE : CABLE: REACTION OF CUBAN AMBASSADOR CRUZ AND HIS STAFF

TO ASSASSINATION

DATE

PAGES

:

11/27/1963

2

SUBJECTS :

CRUZ

JFK ASSASSINATION

DOCUMENT TYPE

PAPER

CLASSIFICATION

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SECRET

RESTRICTIONS

1B

CURRENT STATUS

: RELEASED IN PART PUBLIC - RELEASED WITH DELETIONS

DATE OF LAST REVIEW

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07/09/04

COMMENTS

: JFK-RH11 : F207 : 20040324-1064672

[R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED

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1. REVIEW CURRENT JASIME INDIGATESUINIZEAL REACTION OF CUBAN

AMBASSADOR CRUZ AND HIS STAFF TO REPORT OF ASSASSINATION PRESIDENT

WAS

ONE OF HAPPY DELIGHT. AFTER FURTHER INFO WAS RECEIVED

INDICATING THAT OSWALD HAD CONNECTIONS WITH FAIR PLAY FOR CUBA

COMMITTEE THERE WAS SOME APPREHENSION CONCERNING POSSIBLE U.S.

REACTION.

1976

2. SPEECH OF CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO UN INDICATED TO AMBASSADOR CRUZ

APR

THAT HE AND HIS STAFF MIGHT BE EXPECTED ADOPT MORE SOMBER ATTITUDE

document under =

IN PUBLIC. SOME TIME LATER AMBASSADOR CRUZ RECEIVED CABLE, APPARENTI

for FOIA Review on

SIGHED"ROA", WHICH ORDERED AMBASSADOR AND HIS STAFF TO GOVERN THEIR

ACTIONS BY OFFICIAL ATTITUDE OF GOVT TO WHICH THEY ACCREDITED.

CRUZ THEREUPON ISSUED INSTRUCTIONS TO HIS STAFF AND TO CUBAN

CONSULATES AND TRADE OFFICE TORONTO AND MONTREAL TO "CEASE LOOKING

HAPPY IN PUBLIC".

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3. WHEN IT WAS ANNOUNCED IN CANADA THAT AN OFFICIAL REQUIEM HIGH

MASS WOULD BE HELD, CRUZ, DECIDED THAT ON BASIS HIS INSTRUCTIONS

FROM HAVANA HE WOULD HAVE TO ATTEND ALTHOUGH HE MADE IT CLEAR THAT HE

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WOULD NOTDO SO IF HE HAD ANY PERSONAL CHOICE IN THE MATTER. CRUZ

ORDERED OFER MEMBERS HIS START NOT TO TAKE PART IN OFFICIAL MASS

OF ANY PRIVATE CEREMONIES OF MOURNING.

4.

THIS INFO RCUD ORALLY TROM SNACQUIRE ON BASIS QUICK REVIEW

JASMINE AND BELIEVED ESSENTIALLY ACCURATI. SMALOVES WILL PROVIDE

WRITTEN REPORT IN DUE COURSE.

5. STATION HAS CONFIRMED THAT AMBASSADOR CRUZ DID ATTEND REQUIEM

MASS AS OFFICIAL REP OF HIS GOVT.

SEGRET

C/S COMMENT: *Because of obvious significance any scrap of information

which bears on President's assassination, desire stations screen carefully all

audio tapes since 22 November 1963 for comments and cable any significant

information so obtained.

SEChE

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