DATE=8/10/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-236844
TITLE=CASTRO PLOT
BYLINE=SCOTT ANGER
DATELINE=MIAMI
CONTENT=
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INTRO:  THE "MIAMI HERALD" NEWSPAPER IS REPORTING A PLOT TO KILL 
CUBAN PRESIDENT FIDEL CASTRO NEXT WEEK HAS BEEN BROKEN UP.  AS 
SCOTT ANGER REPORTS, THE NEWSPAPER SAID SUNDAY THE PLOT WAS 
MASTERMINDED BY A CUBAN EXILE ACCUSED OF A DOZEN BOMBINGS IN 
HAVANA LAST YEAR.

TEXT:  THE "MIAMI HERALD" REPORTS ANTI-CASTRO MILITANT, LUIS 
POSADA CARRILES AND THREE CUBAN EXILES MET LAST MONTH TO DISCUSS 
SMUGGLING GUNS AND EXPLOSIVES INTO THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.  THE 
REPORT SAYS A HIT TEAM WAS TO ARRIVE IN SANTO DOMINGO TO KILL THE
CUBAN PRESIDENT AT A SUMMIT OF CARIBBEAN LEADERS.

THE PAPER SAYS A TIP TO THE F-B-I RESULTED IN THE SEARCH OF A 
MIAMI WAREHOUSE, FRIGHTENING THE WOULD-BE PLOTTERS INTO DROPPING 
THEIR PLANS.

OBSERVERS ARE SKEPTICAL OF THE REPORT, BECAUSE IN A RECENT "NEW 
YORK TIMES" STORY, MR. POSADA CLAIMED HE RECEIVED FUNDING FROM 
WEALTHY EXILES IN MIAMI FOR OPERATIONS AGAINST THE CUBAN 
GOVERNMENT.  LAST WEEK, MR. POSADA RECANTED AND SAID HE LIED TO 
THE "TIMES" TO PROTECT FINANCIAL BACKERS IN THE UNITED STATES.

THE MIAMI NEWSPAPER'S REPORT IS BASED ON UN-NAMED LAW ENFORCEMENT
SOURCES AND INTERVIEWS WITH EXILES.   (SIGNED)

NEB/SA/RAE

10-Aug-98 2:30 PM EDT (1830 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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