November 14, 1962
Telegram from the Brazilian Embassy in Havana (Bastian Pinto), 12:15 p.m., Wednesday
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SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EXTERNAL RELATIONS
TELEGRAM
RECEIVED
13576
FROM THE EMBASSY IN HAVANA
ON/14/14/XI/62
CONFIDENTIAL—EXTREMELY URGENT
DNU/DEA/DAS/DAC/DOr/DAf/600.(24h)
Denuclearization of Latin America and Africa.
384 – WEDNESDAY – 1215hs – Response to the telegram of Your Excellency no 179. I was this morning with the Minister of External Relations [Raúl Roa], who told me that, in attention to our request, the Cuban government examined yesterday, thoroughly, the Brazilian draft and yesterday evening sent instructions to its ambassador in the UN to support the draft of this government, to which he would present the following amendments: 1) denuclearization, as quickly as possible, of Puerto Rico and the Panamá Canal Zone; 2) the commitment, on the part of all nuclear powers, to not use these arms against Latin America; 3) elimination of military bases of the powers in Latin America, which refers to Guantanamo, without citing. I said that Cuba does not give up, in this third amendment; I did not know until this point [that] this affirmation is valid; it can be one of the frequent Cuban contradictions or a new position, after the beginning of the negotiations with Mikoyan; until now, I was fairly sure that Cuba would give up its demand of the elimination of this American naval base (see my telegram no 377). I recalled that the denuclearization of Africa was an initiative of Fidel Castro in the UN in 1960, and he praised the Brazilian draft, saying that, with the Cuban amendments, it would be an effective guarantee for Latin America and an important step toward disarmament and the suspension of nuclear tests.
LUIZ LEIVAS BASTIAN PINTO
A conversation between Pinto and Raul Roa discussing denuclearization of Latin America and the dismantling of bases like Guantanamo. Pinto also writes that the denuclearization of Africa was an initiative of Fidel Castro in the UN in 1960, and he praised the Brazilian draft, saying that, with the Cuban amendments, it would be an effective guarantee for Latin America and an important step toward disarmament and the suspension of nuclear tests.
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