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agreeing to visit Cuba Khrushchev Is exploiting thehostility to the US and its desire toties with Communist bloc.
Invitedune by Agrarian ReformNunez Jimenez who heads commercial mission toEast Germany, and Poland.
may well comeuly (anniversary date) butwill seek added invitations from other Latinboforo sotting specific date.
trade specialists and technicians beginning to arrivein sizable numbers, in addition to Czechs,Germans and Poles on similar missions.
steel, petroleum, and power specialistsgroups feted by Che Guevaraune.
sessions of eight Cuban-Soviet committees On"and other matters"une in Uoscow.
US (Texaco and Esso) and one British (Shell) oilaccount forf Cuba's refined6Cuban government they would not go along withorder to begin processing Soviet crude oil. p
of American employeos have beon evacuated.
will probably take over the refineries withthat oil companies acting under US government direction.
supplying Castro with aras aid, probably through Czechoslovakia.
A. Head of Technical Directorate of Czech Ministry of Foreign Trade, which handles Czech export of military equipment to non-bloc countries, onay was issued visa.to visit Cuba.
roglmo may recognize Pelplng at any time and one ofmoderate Cuban radio stations broadcast reportsEn-lal has also acceptod Invitation to visit Cuba. of this.)
might have been invitod by Armed Forces InspectorRodriguez, who received red carpet treatment InHanoi in his current tour of bloc capitals.
Vice Premier received group representingof July Movementune, latest of severalgovernment, and student delegations to visitrecent weeks.
of our Latin American sources saysubans now in Chinatraining course on military strategy and agrarian reform.
Venezuelan President Dotancourt's efforts to ca/icelCuban President Dortlcos arrived in Caracasune.
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A.- Dortlcos1 official reception In Venezuela, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil and Peru was cool and correct.
B. Most Latin American governments Irritated by Cuban meddling In their internal politics but hesitate to openly criticize Castro regime because of its popularity among some politically important groups In their countries.
atin American official coolness toward projected conference underdeveloped countries in Havana in September has caused Dortlcos to declare publicly that conference not definitely scheduled. Bo said Cuba "resorves the right to convoke itonditions are favorable."
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