October 29, 1962
Cable from Dutch Embassy, Havana (Boissevain), 29 October 1962
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DATE OF DISPATCH: 29 October 1962
TO: NERECODI [Dutch Government Code Service, The Hague]
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With reference to tripartite agreement US-UN-SU Fidel declared that no guarantee sufficient unless, besides abolishing blockade, the following will be ceased:
Firstly economic blockade
Secondly aid to anti’s and espionage
Thirdly pirate attacks from US and Puerto Rico
Fourthly flights over Cuba
Fifthly dissolving [the US] base [of] Guantanamo
Boissevain 68
Boissevain writes after the conclusion of the crisis the Cuban response to the Tripartite Agreement. Fidel Castro proclaimed that no guarantee would be sufficient until all of the following had ceased: the naval and economic blockade, American aid to anti government forces and espionage, piracy from the United States and Puerto Rico, American military flights over Cuba, and dismantling the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay.
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