- A January 2010 cable from the U.S Embassy to the Vatican reporting on the Vatican urging the Obama Administration to pursue additional policies of engagement with Cuba, so as to “make it increasingly difficult for Caracas or Havana to blame Cuba's economic and social failures on Washington.”
- Another from the U.S. Embassy to the Vatican in April 2009 urging greater engagement with Cuba, “in part in rein in Chavez and his acolytes.”
- An October 2004 cable from Embassy Madrid complaining about Spanish policy toward Cuba. Part of the text is missing.
- Another from Embassy Madrid, March 2007, expressing disappointment in the Spanish Foreign Minister’s plan to travel to Cuba.