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October 28, 1962

Telegram from the Brazilian Foreign Ministry to the Brazilian Embassy in Havana, 6:45 p.m., Sunday

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SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EXTERNAL RELATIONS

TELEGRAM

SENT

13532

 

FOR THE EMBASSY IN HAVANA

ON/28/X/62

 

SECRET—EXTREMELY URGENT

SSE/DAC/DAS/600.(24h)

 

Question of Cuba.

 

172 – SUNDAY – 1845hs – Continuing here on the official mission of the government this night General Albino Silva, chief of the Casa Militar of the President, that I communicated personally the mission of which he/you is in charge. Your Excellency and the general have the necessity of an immediate encounter with Prime Minister Fidel Castro. Take actions already for the realization of the interview. I will communicate shortly the no of the flight and hour of departure. I am requesting Your Excellency keep me informed by telephone.

 

EXTERIORES

Brazilian Foreign Ministry communicating with its embassy in Cuba regarding an upcoming interview (meeting) with Fidel Castro.

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“ANEXO Secreto—600.(24h)—SITUAÇÃO POLITICA—OUTUBRO DE 1962//,” Ministry of External Relations Archives, Brasilia, Brazil. Translated from Portuguese by James G. Hershberg.

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2012-09-21

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