THE CUBAN EMBASSY IN BUDAPEST
Agency: CIA
Originator: CIA
Document date: 12/25/1962
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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25th December, 1962

SECRET

MS 2426

HUNGARY /CUBA

REPORT. No.

19-115

Subject:

The Cuban Embassy in BUDAPEST.

Date of Information: 30th November, 1962.

Source: Reliable.

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Cuban diplomatic personnel in BUDAPEST are at present

given conspicuously preferential treatment by the Hungarian

government and Party authorities. Besides being taken on

frequent tours of the capital and countryside, they receive

extensive assistance in finding accommodation and every

effort is made to make them feel comfortable.

According to the Cuban Ambassador, Pino MACHADO - a

young man who does not appear to be particularly sophisti-

cated - he and his staff are attending with great enthusiasm,

lectures on Party doing are military iratructio The

Arpad PAP, the brother of the Minister of the Interior who

holds some position with the Secret Service.

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