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Intelligence Report: SNIE 85-4-62: Castro’s Subversive Capabilities in Latin America

by David Coleman

In this Special National Intelligence Estimate in November 1962, in the aftermath of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Director of Central Intelligence and the USIB assessed Cuba’s capabilities for aiding and instigating subversion against other Latin American countries.

Filed Under: NIEs Tagged With: Cuba, Fidel Castro, subversion

Fidel Castro Reports on His Meetings with U Thant after the Cuban Missile Crisis

by David Coleman

In a TV interview in Havana on the evening of November 1, 1962, Cuban Premier Fidel Castro provided a detailed account of his meetings with Acting Secretary-General of the United Nations U Thant, who had been in Cuba for two days of talks in the immediate aftermath of the Cuban Missiles Crisis. It includes a long section where Castro reads what is purported to be a transcript of one of their meetings.

Filed Under: Documents Tagged With: Fidel Castro, Indar Jit Rikhye, U Thant