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US accuses China of expanding intelligence operations in Cuba
The State Department report says China and Russia tripled intelligence personnel at Cuban facilities since 2023.
The United States accused China of operating three intelligence-gathering facilities in Cuba and sharply increasing its personnel on the island, characterizing Havana as a strategic platform for monitoring American military activity. The claim is based on a State Department report released on Monday, which says China maintains a persistent intelligence-gathering presence in Cuba due to its access to electronic communications, military installations, and maritime activity in the southeastern United States, SCMP Economy writes.
The report, titled Cuba: The Capital of 21st Century Communism, says China actively runs three of 18 known signals-intelligence facilities on the island. It also says China and Russia reportedly tripled their intelligence personnel at Cuban facilities since 2023.
The report further states that some Chinese and Russian facilities were assessed as jointly operated with Cuba, citing prior reporting by The Wall Street Journal. According to an unnamed senior US official cited in the report, Beijing and Moscow view their Cuba-based sites as among their most critical foreign listening posts.