{"record":{"aliases":[],"appointmentIds":["cuba-9257065ae7b5cc"],"appointmentsDataset":"https://chanceries.org/diplomats.json","archivalSources":[],"canonicalUrl":"https://chanceries.org/diplopedia/people/enrique-patterson-ee84f550f7/","countrySlug":"cuba","entityId":"https://chanceries.org/diplopedia/people/enrique-patterson-ee84f550f7/#person","eventIds":[],"expandedParagraphs":["Enrique Patterson served in Cuba’s Washington embassy before and after the 1959 revolution. As minister-counselor, he attended a March 1953 ceremony at the United States National Archives, where officials discussed cooperation between the two countries' archives.","His work also included military liaison. A study drawing on Cuban military records describes a 1954 report in which Patterson supported requests for additional airborne infantry, antiaircraft, and aviation units. He and military attaché Ramón Barquín discussed the proposals with American officials.","On March 7, 1960, Secretary of State Christian Herter summoned Patterson following the explosion of the arms ship La Coubre in Havana. Herter protested Fidel Castro’s allegations of American responsibility. Patterson undertook to transmit the protest to Havana and expressed his personal hope that relations would improve."],"id":"cuba:enrique patterson","identifiers":{},"legacyPersonIds":[],"legacyUrl":"https://chanceries.org/diplomat-ee84f550f7422e357182.html","name":"Enrique Patterson","notes":[],"paragraphSources":[["patterson-archives"],["patterson-military"],["patterson-frus"]],"profileUrl":"diplomat-ee84f550f7422e357182.html","relatedEvents":[],"relatedPeople":[],"relationships":[],"researchStatus":"limited","reviewedOn":"2026-10-28","revision":"4dd19b4d27f6befe","sources":[{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":"1953","id":"patterson-archives","locator":"Printedp89/PDFp97, Excelsior14March1953 and Diario de la Marina15March1953","publisher":"Archivo Nacional de Cuba; University of Florida digital copy","title":"Boletín del Archivo Nacional: U.S. National Archives ceremony reports","type":"primary-record","url":"https://ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu/AA/00/07/64/03/00035/AA00076403_00035.pdf"},{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":"2003","id":"patterson-military","locator":"July–December2003, printedpp94–99; Pattersonpp95–96/PDF96–97","publisher":"Servando Valdés Sánchez, Revista de la Biblioteca Nacional José Martí","title":"Cuba y Estados Unidos: las relaciones militares (1952–1956)","type":"scholarship","url":"https://ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu/AA/00/06/82/07/00137/Revista%20BNJM_2003_julio-diciembre.pdf"},{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":"1960-03-07","id":"patterson-frus","locator":"Document469, especially concluding Patterson reply","publisher":"Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State","title":"Memorandum of a Conversation: Visit of Cuban Chargé d’Affaires a.i.","type":"primary-record","url":"https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1958-60v06/d469"},{"accessedOn":"","date":"2015-09-16 (page date; table includes 17 September)","id":"mission-3c90b64cdbf56789616d","locator":"","publisher":"","title":"Diplomatic Representation for the Republic of Cuba","type":"Mission record","url":"https://2009-2017.state.gov/s/cpr/rls/91599.htm"}],"topics":["military liaison","archival cooperation","La Coubre"]},"schemaVersion":1}