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[3]194-10012-10030 [2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992]
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[14]Date .:~02/09/98
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[17]JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM
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[20]AGENCY INFORMATION
[22]INSCOM/CSF
[23]194-10012-10030
[25]DOD-AFFILIATED PERSONNEL AND INCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS
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[31]DOCUMENT INFORMATION
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[38]TITLE
[40]DATE
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[43]SUBJECTS
[45]DOCUMENT TYPE
[46]CLASST FICATION
[47]RESTRICTIONS
[48]CURRENT STATUS
[50]DATE OF LAST REVIEW
[51]“ OPENING CRITERIA
[52]COMMENTS
[54]USA
[55]CIA
[57]CTIA INFORMATION REPORT
[59]01/04/63
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[61]PFUNTNER, JORDAN J.
[63]UNDIMINISHED PRESTIG
[66]ay
[68]OF FIDEL CASTRO IN LATIN AMERICA
[70]PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT
[72]UNCLASSIFIED
[75]RELEASED WITH DELETIONS
[77]09/22/97
[79]COMPLETION OF REVIEW BY CIA.
[80]COORDINATION WITH CIA HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND
[81]DETERMINED TO BE RELEASABLE, PER LTR DTD 23 SEP 97.
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[85]CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
[87]th is material contains information affecting the Natio onal Defense. of the United States within the meaning of the Ess wonage Laws, Title 18, U.S.C Secs
[89]793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prahibited by law.
[91]CLASSIFICATION —- DISSEMINATION CONTROLS
[93](When Filled inj
[95]COUNTRY CUBA/LATIN AMERICA -REFORTNO. DCS ~3/532 , 860
[96], SUBJECT  YNDIMINISHED PRESTIGE OF FIDEL CASTRO OCATEDISTR 4 JANUARY 1963
[97]IN LATIN AMERICA
[99]. PRECEDENCE ROUTINE
[101]DATE OF- - DECEMBER 1962 _ REFERENCES
[103]IN
[104]INFO. are RBD-W-+2107.- - AKI9S
[105]| lacea ENGLAND, LONDON (3 JANUARY 1963) |
[106]| DATE ACQ.
[107]APPRAISAL 3. FIELD REPORTNO, OEL—-34 ,413
[109]| THIS Is UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT I$ TENTATIVE.
[111]| SOURCE AN OFFICIAL BRITISH SERVICE FROM "A REGULAR SOURCE, QUOTING A.
[112]YUGOSLAV JOURNALIST WHO RECENTLY TOURED LATIN AMERICA,”
[114]emanated
[115]1. FIDEL CASTRO HAS LOST LITTLE PRESTIGE AMONG HIS SUPPORTERS
[116]IN LATIN AMERICA AS RESULT RECENT CRISIS. IN EYES OF HIS DISCIPLES,
[117]THE UNITED STATES FAILED TO EXPLOIT AN OPPORTUNITY TO UNSEAT HIM,
[118]AND CASTRO REMAINED IN POWER, oe
[119]2, LATIN AMERICAN COMMUNIST PARTIES HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY  *
[120]DIVIDED BETWEEN VIOLENT AND NON-VIOLENT FACTIONS, THIS CONTROVERSY
[121]1S LIKELY TO RESULT IN INDIVIDUAL COMMUNIST PARTIES ADOPTING MORE
[122]INDEPENDENT AND FELXIBLE POLICIES. THERE 1S A GENERAL TREND AGAINST
[123]POLICIES "DICTATED FROM OUTSIDE .” | fe ’
[125]FIGATION ANDJOR
[127]RELEASE OF THIS DOCUMENT.
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[141]BRITISH COMMENTS.
[142]A, ‘THE IMPRESSION DESCRIBED IN PARA 1 DOES NOT
[144]i AGREE ENTIRELY WITH INFORMATION FROM OTHER SGURCES T IT IS
[145]AN INTERESTING POINT OF VIEW. To wit aM 4 J
[147]B. SOURCE SAYS THAT CUBAN EXILES IN VENEZUELA
[149]ARE "DISILLUSIONED" OVER THE OUTCOME OF THE CUBAN CRISIS BUT
[151]THAT THE DIRECTORIO REVOLUCIONARIO ESTUDIANTIL (DRE,
[153]REVOLUTIONARY STUDENT DIRECTORATE) AND ALPHA 66 INTEND
[154]~ TO CONTINUE PROMOTING SMALL-SCALE ATTACKS ON CUBA.
[155]4, FIELD DISSEM: STATE, CINCLANT, CINCARIB.
[157]END OF MESSAGE
[159]_- ACTHON: ACSI, NAVY, AF, JCS, OSD
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