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+ > Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/07 : CIA-RDP87M00539R000901190016-2 SECRET Cuba ° Government of Cuba (GOC) officials assigned to the United States, including working wives, total 129. Roughly 30-35 percent of these officials are known or suspected of Cuban intelligence services (CulS) affiliation. Since the October, 1983, U. S. military action in Grenada, the CulS, reflecting the intensified concern of the Cuban political leadership, has displayed an increased interest in gathering information on the disposition and readiness of U. S. military forces. Current reporting indicates that the Cuban leadership believes U. S. military action against either Nicaragua or Cuba is possible. Consequently, the Cubans have tasked their agents to obtain information on U.S. troop movements and concentrations. Almost all DAs who are in contact with the Cubans have been tasked to, at a minimum, remain alert for signs of U.S. military activity which could signal an invasion of Cuba or Nicaragua. Additionally, Cuban IOs assigned in the United States under diplomatic cover continue to lobby members of the U.S. Congress, press and academic community to oppose the U.S. military build-up of the Reagan administration. The CulS generally attempts to recruit individuals who have family ties to Cuba and induce their cooperation either through threats of hostage situations (or by promise of preferential treatment for family members), or by invitations to return to Cuba to personally experience the success of the Revolution, thereby appealing to the individual's sense of nationalistic pride. SECRET -17- _ Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/07 : CIA-RDP87M00539R000901 190016-2 _