Office of the Historian

152. Telegram From the Embassy in Cuba to the Department of State1

Havana, November 4, 1958—5 p.m.

466. It is essential in my judgment, for sound US policy determination re Cuba, that our Government learn beyond any doubt whether and to what extent Castro movement is penetrated, supported, influenced or directed by international Communism. Our information on this subject to date is dangerously inconclusive.

[2 paragraphs (6 lines) not declassified]

Smith
  1. Source: Department of State, Central Files, 121.373/11–458. Top Secret; Transmittal designation not declassified.↩