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Washington's intelligence community describes the recent activity as "wriggles" in Cuba. The wriggles appear to date from Soviet Defense Minister Andrei Grechko's trip to Havana last fall and a return visit to Moscow by Fidel Castro's brother Raul last spring. The Soviets agreed to refurbish the Cuban military with everything from new knapsacks to improved, longer-range SA-2 missiles, similar to the ones emplaced in Egypt. Cuba now has 24 SA-2 sites, each with six missiles. In addition, Moscow has upgraded Fidel Castro's air force by supplying a 25-plane...
Since April, Soviet long-range Tu-95 "Bear" bombers, with a 4½-ton payload, have made six flights to Havana. The April flights are the first landings that Soviet heavy bombers have ever made outside the U.S.S.R. Washington doubts that the Russians are trying to sneak nuclear missiles into Cuba, as they did in 1962. More likely, the Tu-95 is carrying out reconnaissance missions and delivering military supplies. The flights may also be an effort to test the U.S. response; since there was no reaction following the first two flights in April, four more followed...
...guerrillas operating in Colombia and Venezuela, they suspect that the Soviets seized on the operation as an excuse for making proving flights along the Andes, a region in which they have had minimal flying experience. There is no doubt, furthermore, that the mercy planes have off-loaded cargo in Havana before continuing south to Peru. All told, three or four Soviet aircraft are now appearing on U.S. mainland radar screens every 24 hours, the largest number ever...
...many of the 51 passengers did not realize that they were being hijacked until they were airborne a second time. Stewardesses had explained the St. Louis flyover as being due to bad weather. Once the word got around, however, an almost party-like atmosphere prevailed. Jokes were made about "Havana tonight" or "maybe Montreal," and drinks flowed readily. But up front the crew's mood was grim; they were convinced of Barkley's intent to kill himself and all those aboard...
...spectre of forced labor camps is gathering over millions of Cubans. These camps were established in late 1965 and now have some 80.000 persons . . . in addition to these, some 50.000 political prisoners lie in jails such as the ignominious Le Cabana fortress (dungeons from Spanish colonial times in Havana). The International Red Cross has been denied time and time again access to these political prisons." Di Medici continues: "George Orwell's 1984 with its fantasy about Big Brother is a reality in today's Cuba." In every city there exists a Committee for the Defense of the Revolution for every...