“NOTA: . Adjunto se encuentran las declaraciones de Raul de la Rua Castro, ex-Jefe de MA--- quinas de la Motonave SIERRA-MAESTRA, quien abandond el barco en Muroran. Japon---- en Marzo 20 de 1966.--------- --------- —---- - ------ - - ' T * 1 INTERRUPCION DEL INTERCAMBID ”
“do $12 millones de "pesos", pero que ya asciende a $30 millones y que se espera estara terminada pa ra principios de 1966. . Sin embargo, se ha podido conocer que debido a la cuantiosa suma que el rigl men Castro-Comuni sta adeuda a la Union Sovietica, los rusos han determinad”
“CUBA’S MOST URGENT REQUIREMENT AT THE MOMENT IS. THE CHARTERING OF 24 SHIPS, VARIOUSLY DESCRIBED AS "OF MEDIUM TONNAGE" AND "OF APPROXIMATELY 10,000 TONS", FOR USE IN 1967. THIS PROJECT IS BEING HELD AS SECRET INFORMATION, AND MANY CUBAN OFFICIALS DO NOT KNOW OF IT, EVEN IF T”
“COMERCIAL VTODO TRANSPORTE MARIIMO CON CUBA COMUNISTA. (ACUERDO DE LA CAMARA DE COMERCID DE LAS AMERICAS, xv CONVENTION ANUAL, JUNTO 16, 1965) INTERRUPT COMMERCIAL EXCHANGE AND ALL MARITIME TRAFFIC WITH COMMUNIST CUBA. (RESOLUTION or THE CHAMBER or COMMERCE or THE AMERICAS, X”
“question de la vigilancia, revolo el capitan Cobas que on la mayoria de los buques cubanos el G-2 do a bordo suelo ser el radiotelegrafista. Como capitan del "Arace- lio Iglesias", el propio Cobas so vio obligado ’ ' a entregarlo a otro agents policiaco dostacado a bordo toda”
“1 4-00000 WP* Economic Research Bureau, Unidad Revolucional 9 Rui 18 Nov. 65 IO S. E. 9th Street, 4 . banti izwd. Miami, Fla. U.S.A. 1 _ CUBAN TRADING Your circulars regarding Cuban affairs and trading contain useful information but it seems that neither you nor the ”
“1966.’ However, it has been learned that due to the large sum owed by - the Castro-Communist regime to the Soviet Union, the Russians have de cided that these facilities will be for their exclusive use once they are concluded. All the fish caught will be taken to this terminal”
“for everyone. Because of all this, and because of the terrible conditions under which Communism keeps our homeland, most Cuban sailors and officers are staunch anti Communists. The Government knows this, but nevertheless they must employ what they call "the reactionaries" be”
“1963 to tal was 24, and the one for August 1964 was 41, which means a decrease of 51%, when August 1965 (20 vessels) is compared to August 1964. / Great Britain led the "maritime fifth columnists" with 11 vessels, followed by Leb anon, Greece, France, and Italy with 2 vessel”
“by the insurance firms that underwrite Cuban -------sardrodvaumauyasne vessels. Most of the vessels are faced with all sorts of mechanical difficulties, due to lack of spare parts and a very faulty maintainance, situation that gets worse when consider the scarcity of qualif”
“FIELD INFORMATION REPORT Geapeso of sovaCE a • riq cote C Not vive £ Gable (Applied to sources of dosbria ho be edges (Ape *6 to untested or. esuffic-gntly tested sources) APPEa’Sat of CONTENT and renable 2 frobab, fee ) FoM b • wue. enct be voged ■1 4 Do.b'iyl 3. Probably ”
“14-00000 - 3 - The government purchasing organization buys merchandise from foreign companies, but fails to inform CUFLET of the date on which the cargo is to be loaded. All attempts to establish this are to no avail. Then one day the buying agency serves last-minute notic”
“ADDITION REUTERS SOURCES STATED THAT SEVERAL HIGHLY PLACED OFFICIALS WOULD SOON FALL IN THE CLEANUP AND THAT "FULL INVESTIGATION OF OFFICIALS’ MORAL AND POLITICAL PRACTICES .ALREADY UNDERWAY IN GOVT MINISTRIES". THE MINISTRIES OF FOREIGN 6 AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN TRADE WILL BE M”
“sAC. . • CUBAN TRADING Economic Research Bureau, Unidad kevoluvionaria, 10 , S. E. 9th Street, Miami rle. USA. We wrote you few days ago about the illegal Cuban trading and we now - enclose herewith cutting ‘ from ‘ todays , 5th November 1966, Piraeus Newspaper " NaeTIL”
“1 4-00000 -2 - by the government shipping concern "Yazbicas" to give Rua all possible cooperat ion in the fulfillment of his functions. Rda then came to see me and a sked, among other things, that I surrender to him the incoming and outgoing mail of certain specific crewm”
“14-00000 CUBAN TRADING Economic Research BU. J, % Unidad Revolutionaria, 10 , S.E. 9th Street, "MIAMI * Fla. USA Last week we wrote you few notes regarding illegal Cuban trading also that the Greek Authorities9, no doubt through USA pressure (AT LAST), are now investigat”
“EN CIERTO MODO, le neredo el entonces neto .po. sei. pan a te cornege5AVIRUS LefAce: %s232, at:Ze:Mt elaya T. CUFLET LEL SuqvE (, v owin we Are-aso le fleto por meses • se ve encunn got erno cul and se la Union Sovie- contrato Esto s’ (5 —or +o • ca. Antes de 1966, lo —o,t p”
“immediately and stop all the wrong doers. If they are not stopped, then your circulars will have to increase, in the very near future; the number of Greek and Lebano ships trading with Cuba.. % 1 1 I I I % f 5 1 I I * . * * * * = - o tts a 20 a,u7 bath”
“after all flags have been cancelled. This second action is a big debt the USA Authorities owe to all the Greek and Lebanon Owners . who complied withe laws of their countries and executed the wishes of the USA. It is a moral debt. These people will gain nothing because they d”
“or operated by these parties. There are presently 254 ships in the MA’s "Cuba Blacklist", representing 1,813*855 gross tons. N9M* the .a”
“1 4-00000 American Merchant Marine Institute, Inc. 919 18th Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. 20006 ALVIN SHAPIRO EARLE C. CLEMENTS caccunvs vice eniMEnT WaSmnGrO- Co-sullant 296-4450 December 1, 1965 Dr. Rafael Rivas-Vasquez Secretary for Economic and Professional Af”
“t € $ % Seccion Buques Tancues: Petrolco, Mi ‘I % 1 1 if ucgos KRASSVODOSK 20, de Gas-Oil U t t 5 HER OVCI leo *************XX*X*XXX-XX%= S. De Cuba Cienfuegos it i 3, A: 3 1 Habana B-USA Habana 7,000 4 % GARISAL ) 8 Habana Habana PEKI 1”
“13-00000 TOP SECRET DINAR CUBAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - cont ‘d opposed the Second Agrarian Reform Law and is willing to use ’’doctrinally unwelcome" measures to increase production. (Page 3) Cuba is taking further steps to improve its fishing industry, including several co”
“it is hoped , this mockery is stopped. It is also obvious that somewhere in one or more places, bribery and corruption are taking place, otherwise this starve of affairs could not have started and cannot continue. To do not wish to believe that, the American Authorities do no”
“j.?! ^i- wa. 1 1 > Economic Research Bureau. P Unidad Revolutionaria, 10 S.E. 9th Street, Miami * Fla. U.S.A. CUBAN TRADING We expected by now some action from your end or from the American Authorities to whom we had sent our previous copied communication to you(Wash”
“4-00000 CHART M0-4 CUBAN IMPORTS 1959-/966 ICO IMPORTS FROM SELECTED AREAS EXPRESSED id PERCENTAGES. TOTAL IMPORTS = 1co.o % I9 PC $0 % t0 M3 •l , , —+-+*e:3eor 1 *i .1 '' ] 1 I. .1 o 6 10 -959 1%0 191 1962 1963 114 1965 19 COMMUNIST COUNTRIES ”
“del estates de Luques Cubanos go, no puede negarse que el insolonte Volsky dijo uno bloque comunisto que pudie- ran monipolor el volumen comer- verdod en Caracos, ol monos n cuonto se refiere a la cial. Mi tarea no era nada facil, OITETO porte de su aserto. ...•El trafico ma”
“ctillninEaisiniln COMITE PRO BOICOT EMPRESARIAL Management- Boycott Committee P. 0. 80% 3900 _______ - - - - MIAMI, FLA, - 33101 • U. S. A. 4 1 ' e «■ MIEMSROS DE DOTIACIONES DE LA MARINA MERCANTE CUBANA QUIENES HAN ABANDONADO SUS * eviowsan - eteerian :emL*/ HV %r.ol”
“initial de- velopmont. will be seen in this preliminary report, the necessity of modern shipyards and repair yarde the Atlantic coast is of italie. portance the survival of the fishing fleets. These fleets suffer see suck rious operational restriations because of the absenc”
“Att. #3 UFGA-26348 economic intelligence. *11 MAILING ADDRESS - Bon 39 40 FROM THE U.R. ECONOMIC RESEARCH BUREAU - Miami, Florida PHONE: MOVIMIENTO UNIDAD REVOLUCIONARIA (U.R.) 373. 8033 1 VOL. II No. 3-A : - SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT. -4 - - LOBSTER EXPORTS CONTINUE TO CA”
“14-00000 IN 20328 1 PAGE BOUGHT 185,003 TONS CUBAN SUGAR AND WILL BUY 200,000 TONS MORE; 6 JAPAN ALSO DELIVERING LARGE NUMBER FISHING VESSELS AND PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CUBAN FISHING INDUSTRY. DETAILS ABOVE MEXICO’S EXC/LSIOR, NEW YORK JOURNAL OF COMMERCE AND JAPAN”
“1 -7- Report No. 349 (continued) On the other hand, on this same date I received word from our Consul in Barcelona advising that he has observed a minimum of interest In the industrial circles with which we trade. ’This would make it appear that a problem, exists at a hig”
“t % * - 11 - During the last months, the Cuban government has had difficulty in keeping *X*.899-eoumav-serruminevra=sepsenw ec its vessels afloat. The M/V ARACELIO IGLESIAS suffered severe damages after crashing into the Norwegian M/V NIDAREID in the Panama Canal last J”
“items (than arms," State has prepared a program to be submitted to this OAS committee in the future. The evidence in that Cuba's economy is suffering. Trade with the Communist Bloc and others has kept it limping along, despite scarcity of U.S. goods, the bad drought limiting agra”
“ports,sometimes as . far as Japan, freight rate depending at which port cargo is discharged, i and final orders are usually given seven days after sailing from Cuba. ■ As stated, the Lebanon Authorities ostensibly allow Lebanon flag ships i to carry these cargoes to Arab Coun”
“0000 crotortteviner a - 6 sarcageeorommcaleentTOO igesxrars Pelt 2 next few weeks, the so far law abiding Owners of Greek and Lebanon flag vessels, will also re-commence or start trading to Cuba, for the simple reason that they will feel that they are breaking no laws,”
“free-world firms are due to the fact that Cuban concerns have no re spect for international trade ethics. . They take recourse to all sorts of maneu vers, as selling is their only concern; this in the long run alienates custom . ere. eIn the case of the lobster c:ports lack”
“the Soviet Union. We have intentionally avoided editorial- t .* izing as the facts speak for themselves; thus we have drawn no political conclusions, nor have we attempted to establish that 92 L 4 this economic dependency carries with it an implicit policy control on the ”
“Construction of the fishing port in the Bay of Havana, whose announcement as a Soviet undertaking caused so much concern last fall, will be directed by a team of Soviet technicians and Cuban engineers and will start in February - according to » Havana radio announcement. The ”
“13-0.0000 TOP SECRET DINAR CUBAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT cont ’d Rodriguez also agreed with the British ambassador that the second problem facing Cuban agriculture was the lack of consumer goods which were necessary to stimulate production. However, Rodriguez said that Cuba w”
“14-00000 La MATION REPORT 1 19 i n ns ^ Deanaiose t a 82CR27 DATE OF EPO Ca-DDC3 L0 / THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT HAS. RENEWED NEGOT C: PAYMENT CF DEBTS RESULT tNG CM EXPEOPR I WESTERN EUROPEAN BUSINESS INTERESTS. THE CUBAN MINISTRY CF ECRE TRADE IS TRYING TO INTE”
“spoiled by sea water. TSAVILIRIS’ vessels have made 50 trips to Red Cuba during the last two years. L.- Cuban Management Boycott Committee receives support.— Reports reaching this bureau' indicate that the Cuban Management Boycott Committee has already received several lette”
“in 1963 and that they knew that the low was passed only for politics and not to to be enforced. Whether this is true or not, onl" the USA know. It is also said no, the Greek .a Authorities do not mind NOT starting enforcing the law, since Cuban trade has been restricted throu”
“% SECRET • i -2- a589. against Cuban lobsters that are being sold in Canada and Europe, .. The first public surfacing known to the Station of this study was a story that appeared in the Miami News on 29 September. This - I story was prepared from an AMSCROLL press re”
“firms that trade with the Castro tyranny. I will illustrate this. The Cuban government agency responsible for arranging maritime transpor tation for merchandise bought abroad is the "Empresa Cubana de Fletes" (CUFLET).”
“alevam ser distribnidas entre a popu- lacae; ci dewemonar, con previa consulta an Conselho de Ministros, Ser mais claro no e possivel. Ai esta u desastre na bica dos pro- as retificaripe relativas que devam ser feitas no que diz respeito ao prios lideres. Bem. como-a.necenidad”
“‘ “67 -t CA 10 s ■ 0 4086 :* -2 4 (110) 19 L* . MIAMI, FLA., NoV. 19 (AP)-A SHARP DECLINE IN SKIPPING FRCM . Frier., NON-COMMUNIST COUNTRIES TO CURA WAS REPORTED TODAY. .’ -?. ONLY SEVEN VESSELS FROM THESE AREAS TOUCHED CUBAN PORTS LAST. .MONTH, SAID REVOLUTIONARY UNITY (U”
“14-00000 ‘1,58.0-11-828 WESTERN UNION -lenrce _PRESS MESSAGE I w • MARSHALL fint Fikto -1266NCY MIAMI,NOV.22/66 42 PM 3 20 ACENCE FRANCE PRESSE WUx CD FEwYonx DAYLETTER couzzer 31515 reDEN CASTROUTILIZA POCOS ORCARISMOS INTERNACIONALES DOWDS TIENE REPRESENTATION FA”
“merchandise is to be picked up at a foreign port. Last-minute notices and sub sequent efforts to find chips usually moe‘ failure, with the result that the seller must pay higher warehouse costs. This ha caused many foreign firms to either re fuse to trade with. Castro or to ”
“14-00000 v 1 INFORMATION REPORTTElGs CENTRAL CNIVELMGENCE AGENCY 73 metoelat roetaini iiforeatica effecting the tiatinnet Catema cf the Caited Ctatss ueten the messing et th tipia-ses Lees tats is, use test 70 153 €=* yta, tie transmission • sovatetipa cl said i cay aasd”