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Subject: Re: Re: Scott Pector on Grenada - (nf)
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ucbesvax!turner    Nov 12 17:52:00 1983

Re: peter r's comments on Scott Pector's comments on Grenada

The ostensible reason for not taking the diplomatic route was that there
was no government to negotiate with.  Reagnan's characterization of
Grenada following the coup was that it was "a floating crap game down
there."

Cuban intelligence on the Bishop/Austin split was apparently rather
poor--and the Cubans were certainly insiders, by comparison to U.S.
intelligence operatives on the island.  So perhaps there is something
to "crap game" line of reasoning.  If the Cubans were taken by surprise,
then either the U.S. was even *more* surprised, or (this is still far-
fetched) is hiding some complicity in the take-over.
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Michael Turner (ucbvax!ucbesvax.turner)