Cuba warns of 'bloodbath' as US imposes new sanctions amid rising tensions
France 24 →Cuba's leadership warned Monday of a 'bloodbath' in the event of a US attack, as Washington imposed new sanctions on the country's intelligence agency and senior officials.
NAVAL FORCES OFF HAVANA ARE INCREASED Washington Disturbed Over Cuban Situation as Hevia Sworn In CAFFERY ASKED TO GET FULL REPORT
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. (UP) The United States government's concern over developments in Cuba was shown Monday by the dispatch of two additional war ships to Cuban waters, and by instructions to Jefferson Caffery, President Roosevelt's personal representative in Cuba, to have a heart to heart talk with Cuban political leaders. The warships were the destroyers Dupont, dispatched from Key West to Havana and the Claxton, which went from Key West to the Isle of Pines. State department officials professed to have no knowledge of the movement of these ships and the navy department described the orders as "routine." Caffery was told to discuss with Cuban leaders all circumstances surrounding seizure of the plants of the Cuban Electric company, a $500,000,000 American-owned concern. The American government has let it be known that it views with serious concern developments such as this. Concern was manifested over political developments. The state department was uncertain of the status of affairs.
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