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CONTINUATION OFDISPATCHSECRET UFGA-25261. PAGE.23. AFTER CAREFUL CONSIDERATION OF VARIOUS FACTORS INVOLVED   STATION DECIDED IT PREFERABLE FOR STATION TO MAKE FINAL JUDGMENT   AND THAT IT NOT NECESSARY TO SEEK ASSESSMENT FROM SOCIAL WORKER,   ESPECIALLY SINCE DATA ON FORMS IN MOST CASE /IN SOME INSTANCES   RECIPIENT REFUSED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS/-IS SUFFICIENT TO ENABLE   FOUITABILE JUDGMENT TO BE MAUE. TOU SOCIAL WORKERS WERE NOT AVAILABLE   BECAUSE OF CUBAN AIRLIFT REQUIREMENTS.4. ANALYSIS OF DATA COLLECTED INDICATED ADVISABILITY OF   ESTABLISHING CRITERIA GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO ALL CATEGORIES OF   BENEFICIARIES, THEN MAKING EXCEPTIONS ONLY IN CASES WHERE GENUINE   HUMANITARIAN OR HARDSHIP FACTORS EXIST. SURVEY REVEALED, AS ANTI-   CIPATED, THAT NUMBER OF DEPENDENTS, HAVE MADE STRONG EFFORT TO   PREPARE SELVES FOR DATE WHEN BENEFIT PAYMENTS WOULD CEASE, WHILE   OTHERS HAVE EXPENDED FUNDS ON LUXURIES, HAVE MADE LITTLE OR NO   ATTEMPT TO BECOME ECONOMICALLY SELF SUFFICIENT, AND APPEAR TO   CONSIDER SELVES AS INDEFINITE PENSIONERS OF ODYOKE /DESPITE IDEN A   COVER IT CLEAR MOST RECIPIENTS CONSIDER THEY RECEIVING BENEFIT FROM   ODYOKE/5. JMWAVE RECOMMENDS FOLLOWING ACTION.A. THAT BENEFIT PAYMENTS BE CONTINUED AT THE PRESENT RATEUNTIL 30 JUNE 1966.B. THAT EFFECTIVE 1 JULY 1966 A NEW SCHEDULE OF BENEFITPAYMENTS BE ESTABLISHED. JMWAVE RECOMMENDS THAT THIS SCHEDULECOMPRISE /1/ $100 PER MONTH FOR THE FIRST DEPENDENT, /2/ $25 PERMONTH FOR EACH ADDITIONAL DEPENDENT..C. THAT EFFECTIVE 1 JULY 1966 ALL PAYMENTS TO TRUSTEES..D. THAT ON THE BASIS OF THE DATA CONTAINED IN THE CURRENTSURVEY ACTION BE INITIATED /BY AMTIKI I PRIMARILY THRU LETTERCONTACT/ TO ATTEMPT TO RETRIEVE THE FUNDS ALLEGEDLY HELD IN CERTAINTRUSTEE ACCOUNTS OR BY CERTAIN TRUSTEES. IN THOSE INSTANCES WHERE THETRUSTEE HAS DEMONSTRATED HONESTY AND CORRECT DEALING IN THE MAIN-TENANCE OF A TRUSTEE ACCOUNT WITH A REPUTABLE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONTHE CURRENT ACCOUNT WOULD BE LEFT IN PRESENT DEPOSITORY. HOWEVER,PER PARA 5 C ABOVE NO ADDITONAL FUNDS WOULD BE PAID TO TRUSTEE FORDEPOSIT.E. THAT A TERMINAL DATE FOR THE PAYMENT OF ALL BENEFITSBE FIXED. JMWAVE RECOMMENDS THAT THIS DATE BE EITHER /1/ 30 DECEMBER1966, OR/2/30 JUNE 1967.6. IF ABOVE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE APPROVED, STATION PLANS   FOLLOWING ENABLING ACTION. ITEMS KEYED TO PARA 5 ABOVE.A,B - STATION, THRU REGISTERED LETTER FROM IDEN A, WOULDNOTIFY EACH RECIPIENT OF NEW PAYMENT SCALE PRIOR TO 30 JUNE 1966.C,D - STATION, THRU REGISTERED LETTER FROM IDEN A, WOULDNOTIFY EACH TRUSTEE THAT PAYMENTS TO TRUSTEES END 30 JUNE 1966.IN CASE OF THOSE TRUSTEES CONSIDERED ''UNRELIABLE LETTER WOULDALSO REQUEST RETURN OF FUNDS TO IDEN A TO HOLD FOR BENEFICIARY.E. IF TERMINATION DATE SET AT 30 DECEMBER 1966, ALLRECIPIENTS WOULD BE NOTIFIEBY REGISTERED LETTER PRIOR TO 1 AUGUST1966. IF DATE SET AT 30 JUNE 1967, ALL RECIPIENTS WOULD BE NOTIFIEDBY LETTER PRIOR TO 30 DECEMBER 1966.7. IT CLEAR THAT EXECUTION OF ACTIONS IN PARAS 5 AND 6 ABOVE.   WILL ELICIT SOME COMPLAINTS, ESPECIALLY FROM THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO   HAVE TAKEN NO ACTION TO RENDER SELVES SELF-SUFFICIENT AND FROM THOSE   TRUSTEES WHO HAVE MISAPPROPRIATED FUNDS WHICH THEY SUPPOSED TO HOLD   IN CUSTODY. HOWEVER BELIEVE THAT SOLUTIONS PROPOSED ARE EMINENTLY   FAIR AND COULD BE EASILY JUSTIFIED TO ANY UNBIASED PARTY WITHIN