[1]177-10001-10064| | 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 |
[2]. JFK Assassination System Date: 8/26/201
[3]Identification Form :
[4]Agency Information
[6]AGENCY: LBJ
[7]RECORD NUMBER: — 177-10001-10064
[9]RECORD SERIES: = NSF, COUNTRY FILE, CUBA, TDCS, VOL. 1, BOX 32
[11]AGENCY FILE NUMBER :
[13]Document Information
[15]ORIGINATOR: CIA
[16]FROM:
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[19]TITLE :
[22]PAGES : 2
[24]SUBJECTS :
[25]CUBA
[27]DOCUMENT TYPE: REPORT
[28]CLASSIFICATION: — Secret
[29]RESTRICTIONS: — Consulted
[30]CURRENT STATUS: = Withhold
[31]DATE OF LASTREVIEW: — 08/13/1993
[33]OPENING CRITERIA :
[35]COMMENTS : DOC. #190
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[41]- CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY ; ao ° :
[43]This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning “of the. “Espronege hows, Tite ig, us.6-Sa.
[44]743 ao 794, 5-48 frensmission or raveletion of which in en .
[46]y manner fo an unauthorned | perion is prohibited by ‘taw.
[48](When Filled i
[50]COUNTRY CUBA
[52]REPORT NO. Tes-3/5 565,826
[54]SUBJECT COMMENTS OF CUBAN OFFICIALS ON THE
[55]ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY’ 2°05) 2 Ue
[57]PRECEDENCE, -ROUT INE. “Ste °
[59]DATE DISTR. 23. NOVEMBI é
[61]DATEOF 22 NOVEMBER 1963
[63]a a ; _ REFERENCES wasnt,
[64]INFO, ae Bo, .. = 0 ON ay:
[65]PLACE& © CHILE, SANTIAGO (22 NovEMBER 1963) , eM
[66]DATE ACO. ” ~ oe TT escola an
[67]APPRAISAL SEE BELOW ; FIELD REPORT NO. 13 Pie
[69]THis is UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE, APPRAISAL OF CONTENT TENE
[70]A CHILEAN WHO HAS A GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE CUBAN E MGA SS VEEN
[71]SANTIAGO ACQUIRED THROUGH PROLONGED ASSOCIATION WITH: THE OFFICIALS Qiang EMBASSY.
[72]HE 1S AN ACCURATE, RELIABLE REPORTER, a.  AOMER
[74]APPRAISAL? iT 1S PROBABLY TRUE THAT. THE REMARKS’ WERE mee AS REPORTED, « - _ SAUNDERS
[76]— . . a, a SCHERSINGER
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[79]1. THE FOLLOW ING ARE, REMARKS MADE. BY OFFICIALS OF THE CUBAN, EMBASSY IN SANTIAGO
[81]SOURCE
[83]REGARD ING. THE ASSASS INAT ION OF PRES IDENT KENNEDY s. oo. ;
[85]Ae ON 2 NOVEMBER JOSE TOHA, Wice PRES IDENT OF THE. “CHILEAN CUBAN CULTURAL
[86]INSTITUTE AND DIRECTOR OF THE PRO=CASTRO LEFTIST PRESS ULTIMA HORA , INFORMED
[87]PEDRO MART INEZ PIREZ, CHARGE oF THE CUBAN EMBASSY IN SANTIAGO, THAT KENNEDY HAD
[88]BEEN ASSASS INATED, TOHA SAD "ESTE -ASUNTO DE. KENNEDY. SE ESTA PON IENDO COLOR DE
[89]HORM IGAS" (Poss IBLY MEANS ASSASS INAT ION OF KENNEDY. LOOKS LIKE [T GOULD HAVE
[90]SER IOUS REPERCUSSIONS). MART INEZ. COMMENTED THAT ‘HE HEARD THAT THe PERSON |
[91]ARRESTED WAS PRES IDENT OF A FAIR PLAY FOR CUBA COMM ITTEE AND. THAT | JF THE YANKEES
[93]OR C 1A ASSASS INATED KENNEDY TO, RESUME THE ASSAULT ON CUBA, , THEN A THIRD WORLD WAR
[95]SECRET
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[98]Eachuded from avtomane
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[101]decloinficonon
[103]CLASSIFICATION — DISSEMIRATION CONTR ts
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[110]SECRET”
[112]NO FOREIGH BISSEM
[114]_ WOULD START. HE SA ID TH INGS ARE VERY CLEAR AND THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THEY
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[118]HAVE ASSASS INATED HIM, THE CONTRADICTIONS ARE WELL DEFINED AND THE MOMENT “WAS
[119]“VERY SPECIAL, LIKE THAT OF THE MAINE, MART INEZ SAID THE UNITED STATES Is NOW
[120]IN THE MOST DIFFICULT POSIT ION OF THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS IN LATIN AMERICA, .
[122]THE WORLD, GOULART, ARGENT INE PETROLEUM, PERUVIAN. LANDS, CHILEAN MINES AND IN
[124]GENERAL ALL OVER LATIN AMER ICA, TOHA SAID HE WAS VERY WORRIED AFTER READ ING
[126]THE CABLE TRAFFIC. MART INEZ ADDED THAT IF THE USA AS THINKING OF INVADING
[127]‘CUBA THEN THEY MUST HAVE EVERYTHING -ALL PREPARED AND. ALL THE. STRATEGY “READY AND
[128]THEREFORE THE ALARM MUST BE GIVEN SO THAT CUBA CAN BE PREPARED,
[130]-B, THE CUBAN CONSUL AT VALPARAISO CALLED THE CUBAN EMBASSY IN SANT IAGO. TO
[132]DETERMINE POLICY IN THE MATTER OF FLYING THE FLAG AT HALF MAST, THE REPLY WAS.
[133]THAT THERE ARE NO DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH THE USA AND THAT NO OFFICIAL WORD
[134]“HAD YET BEEN RECEIVED FROM CUBA, SO THEREFORE NOTHING SHOULD BE DONE, (FIELD
[135]- COMMENT: THIS 1S AGAINST PROTOCOL BECAUSE THE CHILEAN GOVERNMENT HAS DECREED:
[136]OFF IC TAL MOURN-ING INCLUD ING FLYING FLAGS AT HALF MAST, ) .
[138]C. MARTINEZ REFUSED TO MAKE FURTHER STATEMENTS PREFERRING TO. WAIT FOR
[140]OFF IC IAL ‘WORD FROM HABANA, SEVERAL TIMES HE DENIED THAT THE ASSASS IN WAS
[142]INVOLVED . IN THE FAIR PLAY FOR CUBA COMMITTEE INS IST INa THAT THIS PERSON IS ONLY:
[144]A SUSPECT AND THAT EXTREME. RIGHT ISTS OR SEGREGAT IONISTS. “ARE To BLAME, MART INEZ
[145]SAID HE BELIEVED THAT THE uN HED STATES GOVERNMENT WOULD TRY TO PUT THE BLAME
[146]ON CUBA,
[148]2,° FIELD DISSEM: CINCSO CINCLANT.
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