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[43]; COUNTRY CUBA/PANAMA REPORT NO. TOCSDB-3/651, 144
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[45]; SuBsCT ATTEVPT OF ANTONIO VARONA, OF DATE DISTR. 24 AUGUST 1962
[46]t CUBAN REVOLUTIONARY COUNCIL, To °
[47]i OBTAIN SUPPORT OF PRESIDENT PRECEDENCE ROUTINE
[48]A CHIARI OF PANAMA IN ACTION TO -
[49]_ DATE OF OVERTHROW CASTRO REGIME RERRENCES 7; Nt 46636
[50]» INFO. 14-21 AUGUST 1962 a Nodeaeg
[51]oatrato. PANAMA (PANAMA CITY (15-21 AUGUST 1962) °
[52]| APPRAISAL FiELD REPORT NOL
[54]tm SUNEVALUMTES WFORMATON. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL ce CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
[55]PARA 1: PANAMANIAN (F) [CLOSE TO PRESIDENT CHIARIL.OWPARAS 2-3:
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[59]PANAMANIAN (C) WITH CONTACTS IN HIGH-LEVEL OFFICYAL CIRCLES. |
[61]- 12 ON 15 AUGUST 1962 astoxro \VARONA LOREDO, DEPUTY CHIEF OF |
[62]‘THE CUBAN REVOLUTIONARY COUNCIL (CRC), VISITED PRESIDENT ROBERTO
[64]2  CHIARI OF F:NAMA AND REQUESTED CHIARI TO ORGANIZE AND HOST A MEET- |
[66]ING OF CENTRAL AMERICAN CHIEFS OF STATE ON THE CUBAN ISSUE WITH |
[68]EMPHASIS ON INFILTRATION OF CASTRO AGENTS INTO CENTRAL AMERICA.
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[73]{ . VAROXA SaID ‘THAT SUCH A MEETING SHOULD BE HELD s aT A VERY BARLY
[74]| DATE AND THAT CHIARI SHOULD INVITE PRESIDENT KENNEDY TO ATTEND.
[76]| CHIARI TOLD VARONA THAT THIS WOULD BE A MOST SERIOUS UNDERTAKING
[77]i REQUIRING INTENSIVE STUDY AND THAT HE COULD MAKE xO counrTuENT
[81]_ TO VARONA ox THE MATTER, ON 16 AUGUST VARONA LEFT PANAMA FOR
[83]SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA, SAYING HE WOULD RETURN TO PANAMA ON
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[108]20 AUGUST AND HOPED 10 TALK TO PRESIDENT CHIARI AGAIN aT THAT.
[109]TIME, ;
[111]2. ON 20 AUGUST A GROUP OF CUBAN EXILES IN PANAMA CALLED ON
[112]MARCOS ROBLES, PANAMANIAN MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT AND JUSTICE, ' AND
[113]REQUESTED ROBLES TO TRY TO PERSUADE PRESIDENT CHIARI TO PERMIT THE
[115]ESTABLISHMENT IN PANAMA OF A TRAINING BASE FOR CUBAN EXILES,
[116]'3, ON 21 AUGUST PRESIDENT CHIARI SAID THE WAIN PURPOSE OF
[117]VARONA'S VISIT AS TO REQUEST CHIARI'S APPROVAL OF A TRAINING
[118]BASE IN PANAMA, AND THAT HE HAD TOLD VARONA HE WOULD TAKE THE
[119]MATTER UNDER CONSIDERATION. HOWEVER, CHIARI DISCUSSED’ IT WITH ~
[121]~ MEMBERS OF HIS. GOVERNMENT SUBSEQUENTLY AND IT WAS AGREED THAT
[123]PERMISSION WOULD NOT BE GRANTED FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT~OF A.
[124]TRAINING SITES | ee 4
[125]4. " amapguaxras' doses ON 13 ‘AUGUST DR. JOSE MIRO CARDOMA,
[126]PRESIDENT OF THE CRC, SAID IN MIAMI THAT VARONA HAS LEAVING MIAMI
[127]14 AUGUST ON A TRIP TO PANAMA AND COSTA RICA. MIRO SAID THAT THE
[128]PURPOSE OF. THE TRIP WAS GENERAL. PUBLIC RELATIONS WITH NO
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[131]PARTICULAR MOTIVE IX MIND. HE MENTIONED THAT VARONA WOULD SEE
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[135]PRESIDENT CHIARI WHILE HE WAS IN PANAMA TO DISCUSS THE: CUBAN ;
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[140]THE CAUSE." HE SAID VARONA WOULD ALSO INQUIRE OF CHIARI’ WHETBER
[142]. THERE WERE ANY NEW DEVELOPMENTS ON A SUGGESTED MEETING! OF nm
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[167]FOREIGN MINISTERS OF CENTRAL AMERICA WHICH HAD BEEN DISCUSSED . ,
[169]WHEN HE (MIRO) WAS IN THE ‘AREA IN JUNE, THERE WERE APPARENTLY
[171]REASONS FOR VARONA'S TRIP OTHER THAN THE OSTENSIBLE ONES STATED
[173]BY MIRO. THERE ARE RUMORS THAT SOkE MEMBERS OF THE CUBAN EXILE
[174]COMMUNITY IN MIAMI ARE MAKING EFFORTS TO OBTAIN HELP IN
[176]CONVINCING PRESIDENT CHIARI TO PERMIT THE ESTABLISHMENT IS |
[177]PANAMA OF A CUBAN GOVERNMEST-IN-EXILE HEADED BY DR. MIRO CARDONA,
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