Cuba: The Floating Arsenal
by Dr. Manuel J. Reyes
The American Mercury printed the article in the Fall 1971 after it appeared in the Congressional Record.
EDITOR’S NOTE
The following “White Paper” on Cuba consists of excerpts from two articles which originally appeared in the Congressional Record. Dr. Reyes fled Cuba in 1960 with his wife and three children. He has maintained contact with the anti-Castro underground in Cuba since then.
In August 1962, he disclosed the presence of Russian nuclear missiles in Cuba— eight weeks before President Kennedy revealed the facts. Dr. Reyes holds diplomatic and civil law degrees and is presently Latin News Editor of Station WTVJ in Miami.
CUBA TODAY is a natural aircraft carrier of the Soviet Un-lion entrenched in the heart of this hemisphere and 90 miles from the United States of America. This enemy aircraft carrier has turned into a Trojan Horse which externally does not show its large military installations and tactical arms under Cuban soil.
For many years, I have gathered data from the Cuban underground. So today, it is not only my voice addressing you, but the voice of the millions of Cubans who are suffering on the island; the voice of many Cubans who are actually risking their lives working in the underground and furnishing us information that otherwise we would not know, and the voices of many Cubans who have told the truth upon arriving in this land of freedom.
Let me start by saying that Cuba is naturally rich in minerals. Cuba has always been considered as the second country in America in iron reserves, the first one being Venezuela. Cuba is the third country in the world in nickel, cobalt, chrome, and manganese: At time of wars, Cuba has been considered as the top producer of some of the aforementioned minerals.
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