Life Saver?

(Fox News) - Fidel Castro says he saved President Ronald Reagan's life by tipping off U.S. officials to an assassination attempt in 1984. Castro made the claim in an essay published Wednesday by a Cuban state newspaper.

Castro says Cuban officials told an American security chief about an extreme right-wing group that planned to kill Mr. Reagan during a visit to North Carolina. Castro says the FBI arrested several people in North Carolina a few days later and that the American security chief expressed his thanks to the Cuban tipster.

So far there has been no confirmation by any American official. The FBI tells a British newspaper that it will take some time to check the veracity of the claim.