See you later, alligator [a Blackford Oakes mystery]

"Blackford Oakes is sent by President Kennedy to Cuba to negotiate a trade and noninvasion agreement initiated by Che Guevara. Oakes, however, is being used as a pawn in an attempt by the Russians to deploy missiles in Cuba."@en
"The year is 1961, the setting Havana. CIA super-secret agent Blackford Oakes has been sent there on a mission, only to find himself in the eye of an international political hurricane. President Kennedy has selected Oakes to meet with Che Guevara inside Castro's Cuba as part of his Operation Alligator, a daring plan to bring about an era of dťente in East-West relations. The communists, however, have another agenda in mind: a double-cross with terrifying consequences ..."@en
"The year is 1961, the setting Havana. CIA super-secret agent Blackford Oakes has been sent there on a mission, only to find himself in the eye of an international political hurricane. President Kennedy has selected Oakes to meet with Che Guevara inside Castro's Cuba as part of his Operation Alligator, a daring plan to bring about an era of détente in East-West relations. The communists, however, have another agenda in mind: a double-cross with terrifying consequences. Soon, Oakes is trapped in Cuba, and the heat is on. Warming the climate greatly is the sultry beauty Catalina. The weather forecast: betrayal, power politics, and sudden death."@en