legal authority and on the instruction of the United States Government, had called for the expulsion of all Cuban diplomatic personnel from Grenada within 24 hours. However, Cuban diplomatic personnel, with the exception of their families, had been instructed not to leave the island until all the other Cubans in Grenada, including prisoners, the dead and the wounded, had been evacuated. The Cuban Embassy in Grenada had been surrounded and cut off by United States troops and all persons were prevented from leaving or entering the Embassy compound. The Cuban Government held the United States fully accountable for any risk to the Cuban Embassy and Cuban diplomatic personnel in Grenada. 54. The Cuban Government had transmitted that information to the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the British Government, whose Crown was represented by Sir Paul Scoon, and to the head of the Spanish Government and the President of Colombia, both of whom had been conducting negotiations with regard to the evacuation of Cubans and personnel from other countries from the island and who had stressed the need for contacts between the representatives of Cuba and the United States in Grenada to settle the matter. 55. A rationalization for the provocation of Cuba by the United States was contained in a cable from the FBI which stated that the United States diplomatic personnel accredited to a number of Central American and South American countries / ... A/C. 5/38/SR .25 English Page 10 (Mr. Fontaine Ortiz, Cuba) had been alerted to threats which, according to the Department of State, appeared to be emanating from Cuba. The United States Government considered those threats to be a matter of grave concern, according to the State Department spokesman, who, without providing further clarification, referred to recent anti-American terrorist acts which had taken place in Bolivia, Colombia, Puerto Rico and Venezuela. 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing a political crisis between Cuba and the United States, specifically regarding the expulsion of Cuban diplomatic personnel from Grenada and the surrounding events. The language used is formal and official, suggesting a diplomatic or governmental context. The text mentions the United Nations, the British Government, and other countries, indicating an international dimension.

**Category**
International relations, Politics