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TO E XT E RNAL 1336 PRIO RITY
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BAG MOSC OW FM- LDN
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C UBA

WE SP O K E LAT E Y E ST E RDAY WITH EMMANU EL D E MAR G E RIE O N E O f LALO YS ASSTS

WH O SE FIE LD IS S T R A T E GIC S T U DIE S.
2. H E C O N FIRME D Q U AI HAD N O T RPT N O T Y E T R E A C H E D FIRM C O N CLUSIO N O N

S O VIE T M O TIV E IN T R YIN G T O E S T A BLIS H M AND IR BM SIT E S IN C UBA BY V E RY

NATUR E O F C AS E H O W E V E R TWO F A C T O RS S E EME D LIK E LY T O HAV E E NT E R E D

IN T O S O VIE T C ALC ULATIO NS (A JS T R A T E GIC ADVANTA G E A N D(B J E F F E C TIV E D E F E N
C E O F E XP O S E D N A TIO N AL D EMO C RA C Y O R S O CIALIS T S T AT E oH E WAS IN C LIN E D T O
T HIN K F O RME R C O N SID E R A TIO N HAD B E E N PR E P O ND E RANT AND C O ULD BY IT S E L F

HAV E JU S TIFIE D RIS K IN V OLV E D.A T SAME TIM E H E DID N O T RPT N O T U N D E RPAT E IN F LU E N C E O F S E C O ND F A C T O R WHIC H WAS C O NS O NANT WITH C URR E NT

S O VIE T LIN E T H A T KHRUSH C H E V HAD S U C C E S S F ULLY S E C UR E D USA G UARANT E E O F

T E R RIT O RIAL IN T E G RITY O F C U BA.

3 .D E MAR G E RIE HAD N O RPT N O C O N C LUSIV E ANSW E R T O Q U E S TIO N WHY R U SS AIN S
MIG H T HAV E E XP E C T E D T O SU C C E E D IN T H EIR HAZARD O US O P E R A TIO N.H E ADVAN

C E D AS N O T RPT N O T UNR E AS O NABLE TH E TH E O RY T H AT KHRUSH E V H ELD C O N

VIC TIO N K E NN E DY WAS T O O LIB E R AL T O R E A C T IN E F F E C TIV E AND TIM E LY
MAN N E R.L E SS O N KHRUSH C H E V HAD N OW LE ARN E D SH O ULD H E TH O U G HT INDU C E

C O N FID E NTIAL

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PA G E TW O U 36

C A U TIO N IN S O VIE T P O LIC Y T O WARDS B E RLIN UNLE SS ,0*- C O URS E ? PIQ U E AND
INJU R E D P R E STIG E O V E RRULE D R E AS O N.

A.D E MAR G E RIE C O NSID E R E D S O VIE T D E CISIO N T O INTR O DU C E S T R A T E GIC

W E APO NS IN T O C UBA HAD B E E N TAK E N AB O UT "IK E O F C H E G U E VARAS VISIT

(A U G 27-S£P2)T0 MO S C O W.LO O K E D AT IN T E RMS O F USA E L E C T O R AL P E RIO D
VI TH C UBAN PR O BLEM IN F O R E F R O NT ^MOME NT C H O S E N T O G O AH E AD WAS C URIO US

H E DID N O T RPT N O T LE AV E US WITH IMP R E SSIO N O F H A VIN G A C C E PT E D F ULLY
C O NN O TATIO N WHIC H C O ULD B E GIV E N T O AM E RIC A N A P P R E CIA TIO N D E LIV E R E D

T O N A CINA T O P ARIS T E LS 2516 AND 2523JT H A T KHRUSH C H E V WAS PR E SS E D F O R

TIM E AND T O A C TIO N IN O RD E R T O A C HIE V E HIS B E RLIN AIMS AND THUS
N E E D E D T O IMPR O V E S O VIE T S T R A T E GIC P O STUR E AT E A RLY D A T E . (D E MAR G E
RIE S R ELU C TAN C E IN T HIS R E SP E C T PR O BABLY ST EMS F R OM LO N G H ELD F R E N C H

VIE W T H AT KHRUSH C H E V IS MAST E R O F HIS B E RLIN P O LIC Y AND T H A T TH E R E
IS N O RPT NO E VID E N C E T O IN DIC A T E H E HAS T O MO V E F O RWARD O R F ALL).

ELEME NT O F F O RTUIT O USN E SS MIG H T H ELP T O E X PLAIN D E V ELO PME NTS IN
THAT IN T E R N AL C UBAN SIT U A TIO N HAD E VID E NTLY B E C OME RIP E T HIS AUTUMN

F O R A C Q UIE S C E N C E IN E ST A BLIS HME N T O F S O VIE T BAS E S O N C UBAN T E R RIT O R Y.
5 D E MAR G E RIE TH O U G HT AS C UBA T O ALL IN T E N T S AND PURP O S E S HAD B E C OME
A MEMB E R O F S O CIALIS T C AMP BY LA ST SUMME R TH E ALT E R N A TIV E O F WARSAW

PA C T MEMB E RSHIP F O R TH E ISLA ND MIG H T HAV E B E E N D E BAT E D IN MO S C O W

BUT DISMISS E D O N G R O UNDS T H AI SU C H S T E P W O ULD B E (A &gt;TU O P R O V O C ATIV E
VIS-A-VIS WASHD C AND (BJPR O B ABLY C O UNT E RPR O DU C TIV E T O S O VIE T E F F O RT
T O C APITALIZ E ON C ASTR O S

N FLU E N C E IN LA TIN AM E RIC A.? WITH HIN D SIG H T

Wt MIG H T O BS E RV E T H A T A S O VIP T-U SA C O N F R O NTATIO N R E S ULTIN G IN
WITHDRAWAL O F D E F E N C E G UARANT E E F O R C UBA FLO WIN G F R OM WARSAW PA C T
K EM3E RSHJ.

W O ULD LIK E LY HAV E R E PR E S E NT E D G R E AT E R ELO U T O S O VIE T

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YNK O C BY

NJPA G E THR E E 1336

P R E S TIG E AND BLO C S E C URITY THAN C O N C URR E N C E IN DISMAN TLIN G MIS SIL E

SIT E S IN C U BAJU N ANY C AS E H O W EV E R T HIS DID MO T RPT N O T S A TIS F A C

T O RILY E X PLAIN SIT U A TIO N IN «JLL F R OM D E F E N C E AN GLE o

(So D E MAR G E RIE O BS E RV E D XT WAS IMP O S SIBL E T O DIVIN E WH E TH E R C A U TIO N
KHRUSH C H E V DIS PLAY E D A F T E R 0 C T22 HAD R E F L E C T E D IN FLU E N C E O F S O VIE T
MILIT A R Y O R S O VIE T P O LITIC AL A U T H O RITIE S 9 N O T RPT N O T L E AS T B E C AUS E
IT WAS N O T RPT N O T CLE AR WHIC H HAD B E E N D E T E RMIN AN T IN HIS R E A C HIN G
D E CISIO N T O STA G E ADV E NTUR E IN FIR ST PLA C E,

7, IN ANY E V E NT IT WAS F R E N C H VIE W T H AT AME RIC ANS HAD HANDLE D SIT U A
TIO N MA G NI i^ C E N TLY^W mmiN G B AIT O F C U B A-T U R K E Y SWAPXAND KHRUSH C H E V

HAD E VID E N TLY BA C K E D D O WN,.N E V E RTH ELE SS IT W O ULD B E PRUD E NT F O R W E ST
AT T HIS STA G E T O UJAD O P T AN A T TIT U D E O F N O T RPT N O T C R O WIN G T O O

LO UDLY O V E R KHRUSH C H E VS DIS C O MFIT U R E A N DiBMAIN T AIN C AR E F UL WAT C H

RF OR DANG ERS P O SSIBLY S TILL AHEAD IN E UR O P E AND ELS EWH E R E.
1227/31 O C T 62

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