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NSC maintains initial reporting on Chinese spy base in Cuba was inaccurate

Spokesperson John Kirby denounced the sources behind the first reporting.

White House defends handling of reports of Chinese base in Cuba

By KELLY GARRITY

06/12/2023 04:03 PM EDT

A National Security Council spokesperson on Monday doubled down on comments from the White House and the Pentagon over the weekend calling initial reporting about Chinese efforts to establish a new spy base in Cuba “inaccurate.”

“The original reporting, as we said, was inaccurate,” spokesperson John Kirby said during the regularly scheduled White House press briefing. “We did the best we could in the moment to be as forthcoming as we could.”