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RECENTLY CONCLUDED HOS REVIEW OF ZEPRIMA PROGRAM SHOWS
THAT BUDARK EFFORTS HAVE NOT ACHIEVED ANY SIGNIFICANT RESULTS AND
KULARY
CONTINUATION OF PROGRAM AS SUCH NO LONGER WARRANTED. MAIN REASON
2
FOR KUBARK FAILURE IS THAT CUBAN TECHNICIAN RECRUITING PROGRAM
FIDEL'S
HAS BEEN MISERABLE FAILURE WHEY MEASURED AGAIN/ORIGINAL
OBJECTIVE OF 2000 TECHS FROM WESTERN EUROPE ALONE. THOUGH OUR
FIGURES NOT COMPLETE, WE ESTIMATE PROBABLY LESS THAN FIFTY
CANDIDATES HAVE RECEIVED CONTRACT APPROVAL AND WE ABLE CONFIRM
ABOUT TEN WHO HAVE ACTUALLY MADE IT TO THE ISLAND. KUBARK
SUCCEEDED IN INSERTING ABOUT THIRTY RECRUITED TECHS INTO
VARIOUS HIRING CHANNELS, BUT SO FAR ONLY TWO HAVE RECEIVED CONTRACT
APPROVAL FROM HAVA.
2. CUBAN FAILURE TO RECRUIT IN SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS APPEARS
DUE LARGELY TO RELUCTANCE FOREIGN MINISTEY AND FOREIGN SERVICE
OFFICERS PURSUE TECH RECRUITING MISSION AGGRESSIVELY, BUREAUCRATIC
INCOMPETENCE IN HAVANA, FEAR OF INFILTRATION OF HOSTILE AGENTS
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AND PROBABLE LOSS OF INTER. ST IN THE PROGRAM ON PART OF CASTRO
HIMSELF, THESE FACTORS WHICH EMERGE FECH OUR STUDY OF THE
PERFORMANCE ACCOUNT FOR LACK OF RESPONSE FROM EMBASSIES TO
APPLICATIONS, LANŲ DELAY IN TING LORD BACK FROM HAVANA AND
SMALL NUMBER OF TECHS VLTIMATELY HIRED. LONG TIME LAG BETWEEN
INITIAL APPLICATION AND ULTIMATE APPROVAL
SLX TO HIME MONTHS, HAS COST CUBANS NUMBER OF
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3. IN FACE OF FOREGOING WE DO NOT BELIEVE IT WORTHWHILE
TO CONTINUE INTENSIVE SEARCH FOR (ZRPRIMA CANDIDATES FOR INSERTION
-WISH STRESS
´INTO CUBAN HIRING CHANNEL. /STATIONS WITH ACTIVE LEADS SHOULD STAY
WITH THEM IN THE HOPE THEY MAY STILL BE HIRED, BUT CEASE EFFORTS
TO GENERATE LEADS FROM SCRATCH. ON OTHER HAND, THERE ARE FAIR
NUMBER NON BLOC TECHS IN CUBA AND IT LIKELY CUBANS WILL CONTINUE
TO BIKE NEEDS 707" ON LIMITED SELECTIVE BASIS AS THEY DID PRIOR
TO PAINA PROGRAM. STATIONS THEREFORE ARE URGED TO CONTIN
ALERT FOR SUCH OPPORTUNITIES AND TO EXPLOIT THEM IN SAME HANNER
DE ALL OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO PLACE RESIKENT AGENTS IN CUBA.
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IN THIS CONNECTION WE NOTE THAT KOST PERUMEN OFFICIALS RESPONSIBLE
FOR 
RECRUITING TECHS TEND TO RELY HEAVILY ON LOCAL CP STAMP OF
APPROVAL OF OTHER STRONG INDICATION THAT CANDIDATE IS POLITICALLY
ACCEPTABLE. LACKING THIS THEY MAY EITHER IGNORE THE APPLICATION
OR 
REJECT IT.
4.
RESPONSE OF HOST STATIONS IN IMPLEMENTING (ZÉPRIMA
IMA HAS
BEEN MOST GRATIFYING. WE PROVIDED CUBANS WITH GOOD NUMBER HIGHLY
QUALIFIED ENGINEERS AND TECHNICIANS WHICH THEY FOR REASONS CITED
UNABLE OR UNWILLING TO ACCEPT.
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KUBAEK HAS MADE A RESPECTABLE
EFFORT TO EXPLOIT THIS OPPORTUNITY AND FACT THAT WE HAVE NOT
ACHIEVED SIGNIFICANT AESULTS IS HARELY REFLECTION CUBAN CONTUSION
AND INEPTITUDE WITH RESULTANT FAILURE ACHIEVE THEIR OWN GOALS.
5. DISCONTINUE USE (ZRPRINA SLUG AND FILE 200-120-47.
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