CABLE RE BACKGROUD TO OCTOBER 1962 CUBAN DESTRUCTION OF A US U-2.
Agency: CIA
Originator: CIA
Document date: 03/28/1963
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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COUNTRI& CUBA, TISSR

STIBJ. BACKGROUND TO OCTOBER 1962 CUBAN DESTRUCTION OF A

U.5- 0-2.

DOI: OCTOBER 1962

PADA: MIXICO CITY, 25 MARCH 1963

APPRS 2 (REPORTORIAL ACCURACY)

COTICE: CUBAN WITH EXCEILENT CONTACTS IN CUBAN GOVEREMENT

CIRCLES (B) FROM AN OFFICIAL OF THE C'BAN GOVERN

MENT (F).

I... (FIELD COMMENT: TIF. CUBAN GOVTFNMNT OFFICIAI, HAS

BEEN AN INTIMATE ACQUAINTANCE OF SOURCE, FOR MANY YEARS. FE

HAS EXCELLENT HIGH LEVEL CONTACTS THROUCHOUT THE CUBAN LEADER -

SHIP STRUCTIME AND IS INTRENTLY IN A POSITION TO TAVE ACONIRED

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THE, INFORMITION REPORTED BELOW•)

2. FIDFI, CASTRO WAS PERSONALLY REFPONS IBIE FOR

THE SHOOTING DOWN OF AN A TRICAN U-2 PLANE AT THE HEIGHT

OF THE OCTOBER 62 CUBAN CRISIS. CASTRO APPROACHED THE

SOVIFT COMMANDER OF A CAM EMPINCENENT OR CAN DETACIMENT

AND PARANGUED HIM ABOUT THE "INTOSSIBITITY! OF PERMITTING

UeS• PLANES TO PHOTOGRAPH CUBA: THE SOVIFT SUCCUMBED TO

CASTRO'S PFRSUASIVENESS AND TOOK ACTION WITICH RESULTED IN

THE SHOOTING DOWN OF A UJ-2 PLANE• WHON HIGHER SOVIET

COMMANDERS LEARNED OF THIS ACTION, TREY WERE FURIOS AND

THE SOVIET OFTICER WAS RETURNED TO THE ISSR TINDER ARREST.

3• FIELD DISSEM. NONE.

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