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23. Carter to McCone, Cable, 12 September 1962 (Excerptj ee >. CLASSIFIED MESSAGE PAGE ONE OF FOUR PAGES oxo: - BH, KNOCHE ed qe08, - - patés: 12. SEPTEMBER 1962 Froid: DIRECTOR CONF, DCI 1-2 mro: S/C 3-4 lL CASTRO HAS ‘LAD DOWN STRICT CENSORSHIP FROM CUBA, WESTERN PRESS AND RADIO SERVICES HAVE BEEN OUT OF TOUCH WITH CORRESPONDENTS SINCE ABOUT. jap-paz 11 SEPTEMBER, REUTERS MAN “ARRESTED, OTHERS MISSING AND MAY BE IN CUSTODY. i HEREWITH EXTRACTS FROM AGENGY ASSESSMENT OF MOSCOW “STATEMENT Ui § SEPTEMBER RE CUBA: : STATEMENT DESIGNED TO FURTHER VARIETY OF SOVIET OBJEC-_ _ ‘TIVES, FOREMOST “BEING TO, DETER us ‘FROM ACTIVE INTERVENTION, - ~ STATEMENT DOES NOT SIGNIFICANTLY ALTER NATURE OF SOVIET comnan- MBNT TO DEFEND CASTRO... “Moscow HAS ONCE AGAIN USED VAGUE AND awBicuous LANGUAGE ‘TO AvorD CLEAR. GUT OBLIGATION OF MILITARY SUPPORT IN EVENT OF ATTACK, STATEMENT: ALSO CALCULATED TO ENABLE MOSCOW TO CLAIM FULL CREDIT. FOR PROTECTING ‘CUBA IF NO INVASION occurs, _ COOROINATING OFFICERS ’ REUEAsiNO oPriceny REPRODUCTION BY, OTHER THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE IS PROHIBITED. = Copy Ne 65