The Cuban Government’s promulgation of an agrarian reform law, and the question of asylum for Batista, May–October 1959


366. Telegram From the Embassy in Cuba to the Department of State

Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 84, Havana Embassy Files: FRC 68 A 1814, 350, Political Affairs. Confidential; Priority; Limit Distribution. The time of transmission is not given on the source text. Bonsal had returned to Cuba on October 2. (Telegram 748 from Havana, October 2; Department of State, Central Files, PER)


367. Telegram From the Embassy in Cuba to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.37/10–1359. Confidential; Priority; Limit Distribution.


368. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 737.5621/10–1459. Confidential. Drafted by Owen and Vallon, cleared in substance with James D. Moffett (BNA) and C. Arnold Freshman (SCA/MC), and approved by Vallon who signed for Herter. Repeated to Havana and Ciudad Trujillo.


369. Telegram From the Embassy in the United Kingdom to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 737.5621/10–1559. Confidential. Repeated to Havana and Ciudad Trujillo.