October 23, 1962
Telegram from Mexican Embassy, Havana
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HAVANA, 23 October 1962 2509
Relaciones Mexico DF.
741. – Faced with the declarations made by President Kennedy yesterday, the government of Cuba gave the order to be at battle stations [orden de alarma de combate] to all its armed forces in anticipation of an air attack against this country. [The] press announced that all combat units found themselves ready to fight and that all mass organizations were mobilized for the defense of the country.
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A telegram from the Mexican Embassy in Cuba describing that the government of Cuba had given the order to be at battle stations to all its armed forces in anticipation of an air attack against Cuba by the United States.
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