John Bolton, former President Donald Trump's national security adviser, said Tuesday that China building "significant" military facilities in Cuba is "a red-flag threat to America."
"The potential of significant Chinese facilities in Cuba is a red-flag threat to America," Bolton wrote in an opinion piece for The Hill. "'Military training' could well camouflage offensive weapons, delivery systems or other threatening capabilities."
The Wall Street Journal first reported June 8 that China and Cuba reached a "secret agreement" to build a spy facility on the island, 100 miles from the coast of the United States.
The report said the facility would be capable of gathering electronic communications throughout the southeastern U.S.
An Associated Press report on June 11 cited an official in President Joe Biden's administration as saying the facility had been operating since 2019, under the administration of Trump.
In the same report, however, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby and Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernandez de Cossio denied the Journal's report.
