Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
04TEGUCIGALPA1106
2004-05-13 23:01:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Tegucigalpa
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CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO HONDURAS ALLEGES COMING U.S.

Tags:  PREL PHUM PINR KDEM CU HO CHR 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L TEGUCIGALPA 001106 

SIPDIS

STATE FOR WHA, WHA/CCA, WHA/CEN, AND WHA/PPC
STATE FOR DRL, DRL/MLA, IO, AND INR/AN/IAA

E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/13/2014
TAGS: PREL PHUM PINR KDEM CU HO CHR
SUBJECT: CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO HONDURAS ALLEGES COMING U.S.
INVASION OF CUBA

REF: STATE 102042

Classified By: Charge d'Affaires, a.i.;
Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).

C O N F I D E N T I A L TEGUCIGALPA 001106

SIPDIS

STATE FOR WHA, WHA/CCA, WHA/CEN, AND WHA/PPC
STATE FOR DRL, DRL/MLA, IO, AND INR/AN/IAA

E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/13/2014
TAGS: PREL PHUM PINR KDEM CU HO CHR
SUBJECT: CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO HONDURAS ALLEGES COMING U.S.
INVASION OF CUBA

REF: STATE 102042

Classified By: Charge d'Affaires, a.i.;
Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).


1. (U) Cuban Ambassador to Honduras Alberto Gonzalez Polanco,
in public statements May 12, claimed that the GOC was at
military alert for a potential U.S. invasion. He told
reporters that the GOC feared such an attack was "closer than
ever." He added that Cuban citizens were well prepared to
resist an American attack and would make it very costly for
U.S. troops. He also criticized the recent Report of the
Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba and Radio Marti.
The Cuban Ambassador's comments were reported in all four of
Honduras' daily newspapers.


2. (U) Note: Acting PolCouns delivered the fact sheet on the
Report of the Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba
(reftel) to Honduran MFA Director General for Foreign Policy
Ambassador Mario Fortin May 13. End Note.


3. (C) Comment: Ambassador Gonzalez Polanco has been the
GOC's point man in Tegucigalpa over the last several months
regarding hot issues such as the GOH's drafting of a UN
Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) resolution on Cuba, a
proposed (and then withdrawn) Cuban-drafted UNCHR resolution
on Guantanamo detainees, and the resulting ramifications for
Honduran-Cuban relations. He had been quiet for the last
couple weeks until his comments May 12. End Comment.
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