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INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM
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: Director, Domestic Contact Service
SUBJECT:
BARNES, Winfred Clark
FILE NO: 496 289
A-89744
1. Reference is made to your request for security checks on the subject
person as a source of intelligence information.
2.
This is to inform you that the necessary checks have been completed with
the following results:
a.
b.
C.
No additional information has been obtained, except for such
biographic information as indicated below or in the attachment.
Information has been received that Subject was investigated with
favorable results in
Certain information has been received and appears in the attach-
ment which your Division will wish to consider in determining.
the extent and level of your use of Subject.
3. It is to be noted that our checks were made on the basis of the identifying
information you furnished or in an attachment to this memorandum. Should it be dis-
closed that this information is erroneous or that Subject is known by a different
Iname, this Division should be notified immediately.
Attachment:
State Passport Report
FORM
6-65.
1124a
APPROVED
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Chief,
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BARNES, Winfred Clark
#496 289
11 January 1967.
On January 1967 a passport file of Winfred Clark BARNES was
reviewed at the Passport Office, Department of State. The following
is a sumary of the information contained therein:
Date of Birth:
1 May 1912 at Gatesville, Texas; verified by
birth certificate
Father:
Shaw Andrew BARNES; Date of Birth: 8 May 1882 at Kennedy,
Texas; current residence not given.
Mother: Velma Elizabeth HARRIS; Date of Birth: 8 March 1888 at....
Thelma, Texas; current residence not given.
PASSPORT ISSUED: At Miami, Florida on 27 January 1966, #G755310, for
a period of four weeks to visit Mexico, Guatemala,
Costa Rica, Peru, Columbia, Venezuela, Argentina, and
Brazil for the purpose of tourism.
PASSPORT ISSUED:
Permanent address:
Mailing address:
5350 Southwest 76th Street
Miami, Florida
International Petroleum Company, Ltd
396 Alhambra Circle
Coral Gables, Florida
Occupation: Director
Spouse: Lois Enquist BARNES; Date of Birth: 8 Marcy 1915
at New Haven, Connecticut; current residence
not given; Wed: 17 February 1945; no information
on whether or not marriage has been terminated.
At Miami, Florida on 27 February 1961, #B10331, for a
period of varying from one day to three weeks to visit
Bermuda, Bahamas, Jamica, Trinidad, British Guiana,
Guadeloupe, Barbados and Suriname for the purpose of
business.
RENEWED: At Miami, Florida on 12 May 1964, for a
period of ten days to visit Peru, Columbia,
and other South American countries for the
-purpose of business..
SUBJECT's first passport was issued at Washington, D. C.
on 21 February 1957, #328617, for a period of indefinite
time, to visit Bermuda, Hahamas, Haiti, Trinidad, Jamica,
Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua,
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and Guatemala for the purpose of business
RENEWED I
At Havana, Cuba on 2 separate occasions:
13 February 1959 and 5 June 1959, for a period of
approximately two on both renewal forms, countries
to visit and purpose of visit not given.
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BIOGRAPHIC DATA
1. SUBJECT'S LAST NAME - FIRST NAME - MIDDLE NAME
BARNES
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Winfred.
Clark
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3. DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH
11 May 1912, Gatesville, Texas
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US
FULL NAME OF SPOUSE, DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH. CITIZENSHIP
RESIDENCES (Including No., and Street, Zone, R.F.D., etc.)
7.
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FROM
το
Present
5350 Southwest 76th Street
Miami, Florida
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1964
1966
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A+ 136284
EMPLOYMENT
NAME OF EMPLOYER
Esso Inter-America Inc. ✓
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1961
1964
International Petroleum Co.
1960
Esso Standard Oil S.A., Ltd.
Coral Gables, Florida
Coral Gables, Florida
Coral Gables, Florida
1959
Esso Standard Oil (Cuba Div)
1957
Esso Standard Oil, S.A.
Havana, Cuba
1927
1955
Humble Oil Company
CONTINUED
EDUCATION (High school, college, graduate work, etc.)
FROM
NAME OF SCHOOL
DEGREE OR MAJOR
1925
1929
Pearsall High School
Pearsall, Texas
1930
1933
University of Texas
:
Austin, Texas™
1955
University of Pittsburg (15 session).
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MR. WINFRED
CLARK
BARNES
5350 Southwest 75th Street
Miami, Florida
BUSINESS$
Subject is General Manager and in Cuba Division at:
5000049 - Esso Standard Oil SA, Havana, Cuba
Subject is now with:
A136284
DIRECTOR:
Esso Inter-America Inc., Coral Gables, Florida
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SUBJECT:
م
6-8-97-44 ontol
Executive Leadership Conferences on
Public Affairs
1 May 1967
1. On Friday, 28 April 1967, the business executives attending
the Conferences for Business Executives on. Federal Government
Operations, conducted by The Brookings Institution, were briefed by
ranking Agency officials.
2. I have attached for your information biographic information
on the executives from your area who were present.
James R. Maryship
JAMES R. MURPHY'
Director, Domestic Contact Service
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WINFRED C. BARNES
Director
Esso Inter-America Inc.
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Mr. Barnes attended the University of Texas.
He began his career with Humble Oil & Refining Company, where he
held various marketing positions before serving in the U. S. Army
from 1942 to 1946. He rejoined Humble as a District Sales Super-
visor at Corpus Christi, Texas, and later held the positions of District
Manager, Assistant Division Manager, and Marketing Manager in
several of Humble's marketing areas. He transferred to Esso Standard
Oil, S.A. in Havana as Marketing Manager in 1957, and was General
Manager Cuba Division at the time of the loss of that operation in
1960. Upon his relocation in Coral Gables, Florida in 1960, he became
Eastern Region Manager for Esso Standard Oil, S.A. Limited. Mr. Barnes.
joined International Petroleum Company, Ltd. as Marketing Coordinator
in 1961 and was elected a Director of that company in 1964. Today he
is a Director of Esso Inter-America Inc., with responsibility for
petroleum marketing, public relations, government relations, and
operations in the Caribbean and Chile.
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COUNTRY
Cuba
REPORT NO.
00- B-3.168,138
SUBJECT
Attitude of Segundo Cevallos,
Key Official of National Bank
DATE DISTR.
6 Oct 60
NO. PAGES
One
REFERENCES
DATE OF
INFO.
PLACE &
DATE ACQ.
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Sep 60 and earlier
2.
-Havana/Sep 60
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
US national, graduate engineer, an official on the staff of a large
oil company.
}
Source has had years of experience in company operations outside the US
and has been located in Cuba for many years. [Source is normally available
for reinterrogation should this report generate additional requirements.]
In Sep 60 I talked to an old friend who was president of one of the US-owned
tire companies recently interevened by the Castro regim. My friend
stated that he had recently contacted Segundo Cevallos, one of the
top officials of the National Bank, in connection with obtaining approval
for some of the company's US technicians to take their furniture and
appliances out of Cubs. Cevallos said, "I don't want those technicians
to leave. We need them." At this, the rubber company official stated
that it was too late and that the technicians had already gone.
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Cevallos then made the statement that he was very much concerned about
the flight of technicians of all kinds from Cuba. He said that the
revolution had been fought to give Cuba a more highly developed industry,
but that the technicians were leaving and industry was being seriously
effected.
Cavallos then said, "Something is wrong. The revolution has gotten off
the track somewhere." He then added, "I have got to talk to 'Cha' about
this."
Cevallos is a man of about 60-63 years, and has a very important position,
in that he is in charge of granting foreign exchange. My friend said
that Cevallos is a very pleasant individual but seems to be a theorist,
a professorial type who obviously has had little or no business experience.
He has a background as a writer and philosopher, and apparently is
extremely naive as evidenced by his comment that he would talk to "Che"
Guevara about how the revolution had gotten off the track.
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DATE OF
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PLACE &
DATE ACQ.
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
US national, graduate engineer, an official on the staff of a large
oil company.
Source has had years of experience in company operations outside the
US and has been located in Cuba for many years. [Source is normally'
available for reinterrogation should this report generate additional
requirements.]
As of Sep 60 there appear to be some significant developments occurring
among personnel of the staff of the Cuban Petroleum Institute. The
Institute has commendeered a building of Esso Standard 011 SA for
use as headquarters, and is currently engaged in mixing the personnel
of all three intervened oil companies in the new headquarters.
The shuffling around of personnel has further lowered the morale of
the petroleum industry employees, and I have been told that 95% are
strongly in favor of the companies and against the Castro regime.
Since ICP established its new offices, indoctrination sessions of employees
have been scheduled on a twice-a-week basis. The first session was
bald recently and was concerned with the "Colored Problem of the World".
The gist of the remarks of the conference leader was that Cubans were
of Spanish ethnic origin, and because of the close ties of Spaniards
and the Hoors for so many hundreds of years it had to be realized that
all Cubans had colored blood, and should not make a distinction and
should have no prejudices concerning people with colored blood.
the second indoctrination session was headed by an overt Commmist from
he Texas Company. He delivered the straight Party Line, anti-US,
anti-imperialist, anti-monopoly, "The Soviet Union is the great hope
of the world for peace", and only Communist ideology will survive, etc.
He also stated that, "The Declaration of Havana of Fidel Castro will
be our doctrine," and said that it was desired to obtain the signatures
of the whole population of Cubs to show that everyone was behind this
doctrine. He then said in response to a question regarding what would
happen to those who did not sign, "You are either for us or against us.
At this, one of the office girls who had been a strong Fidalista got up
and remarked that such comments reminded her of the Batista days, and she
strongly disapproved of any pressure tactics.
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One of the male office employees then stood and stated that he agreed
heartily with her, and added that it was not the intent of the revolu-
tion to "get into this sort of business." He then asked, "Why are we
getting all this Communist propaganda and why do we not hear anything about
Jose Marti?
" His comments were greeted with applause.
a third mmployee stood up and calked for 45 minutes. He really laid it
on the line concerning the way the revolution had failed the people of
Cuba, and had leaned far too much toward Communism. The conference
leader did not interrupt and following the conclusion of the employee's
remarks did not even answer. He merely said, "That is all", got up
and walked out. However, the next scheduled indoctrination session.
was cancelled.
Although mixing the employees of the three companies was done deliberately
to break up a feeling of trust among employees who knew each other, and
to introduce a feeling of fear concerning strangers, there has been close
cooperation on the technical level between employees of at least two
refineries. For example, technicians at Esso and Shell recently collaborated
in shutting down the refineries without real justification, allegedly
because of Hurricane Donna. When the word got out that the refineries
were shutting down, ICP officials rushed in and protested vigorously that
there was no danger, and that the action should not be taken. The
technicians then said, "Well, it is too late now," and they kept the
refineries shut down for three full days. Both Shell and Esso technicians
concerned enjoyed this minor act of sabotage hugely.
They also cooperated in dealying action when they were ordered to start
the cat plant. LPG is needed badly, so the technicians decided to keep
the unit 
shut down. ICP officials screamed that it was unnecessary
and ordered them to start, but the technicians said that it was not
practical because it was too difficult, and possibly dangerous, to stop
and start the unit. They said that the shortage of catalysts made it
impossible to figure on keeping the unit going, and so it was not the
right thing to do to start it at all. Consequently they have been able
to keep the cat units shut down completely since the storm.
One of the top Shell engineers who has participated in such actions
is going to attempt to skip the country as a test, because many other
technicians of the oil companies are desperate to flee Cuba and are
trying to arrange ways and means to do so.
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COUNTRY
Cuba
REPORT NO.
SUBJECT
Desire of 011 Industry Technicians
to Flee Cuba/Effect on Production
DATE DISTR.
NO. PAGES
Two
REFERENCES
DATE OF
INFO.
PLACE &
DATE ACQ.
Sep 60 and carlier
Havana/Sep 60 and earlier
SOURCE:
1.
2.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
US national, graduate engineer, an official on the staff of a large
oil company.
Source has had years of experiance in company operations outside the US
and has been located in Cuba for many years. [Source is normally
available for reinterrogation should this report gemerate additional
requirements.]
A real body-blow could be given the Castro regime if a few selected
technicians in the oil refineries skipped the country. As an example,
at the Esso refinery there are four technicians whose loss would have
a very severe effect on the production of the refinery. These men are
all young, extremely intelligent, well trained, and are completely
loyal to the company. They have served immediately below the super-
intendent and the assistant superintendent. These four would be given
immediate jobs in the US, because of their outstanding backgrounds, if
they were able to get out of Cuba.
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The top figure of the four is Leon Requin Mays, who is a specialist in
the Processing Department, one of the most important functions in the
plant. This department's responsibilities deal with the physical processing
of the product from crude to the finished material.
Requin is 32 years old, married, no children, but expecting a child in
Dec 60. He is a graduate of Auburn University, with a degree in chemical
er mechanical engineering. He is a Cuban national, I believe of the
Jewish faith. He is about 5'10", weighs about 160 lbs, has close cropped
black hair, and is a very personable, intelligent young man. He is a
very good leader, and was definitely one of the men on their way up
in the company.
Requin already has been branded a counterrevolutionary in an official Acta,
and has been taken out of the plant and put into the office. Apparently
the regime wanted to get him away from the production line for fear of
possible sabotage, and also wanted to utilize his undoubted talent and
knowledge of the industry in headquarters.
Hequin is extremely eager to get out of Cuba, but he does not have a
police exit permit, and since he has been branded counterrevolutionary
he is afraid he would not get his passport back if he presented it for
a police permit.
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Another outstanding young man is Requin's assistant, Jose Ramon Alvarez,
about 31. He is a graduate of Auburu University and is a top flight
engineer. Since Alvarez is single, he says that he will wait until
the others get out of Cuba. He also wants to hang back to be able
to do some sabotage before he makes his departure. He believes that
he will be able to get out on his own.
A third top flight mechanical engineer, who is extremely eager to leave
Cuba, is Santiago Pardo Suarez del Villar. He is about 35, a graduate
of the University of Havana. Pardo is head of Maintenance and Construction,
and is an extremely intelligent and capable engineer. He is about
5'8", weighs about 170 lbs, and has dark black ahair and a moustache..
The fourth is Raul Capote Ortiz, a graduate of Louisiana State University
with the degree in chemical engineering. Capote is one of the top
technicians in the Processing Department. He is married, but I do
not know if he has any children.
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COUNTRY
Cuba
REPORT NO:
SUBJECT
Operations of Refineries/Effect of Use DATE DISTR.
of Soviet Crude 011/Jet Fuel Production
00-B-3,164,609
23 Aug 60
NO. PAGES
Two
REFERENCES
DATE OF
INFO.
PLACE &
DATE ACQ.
Aug 60 and earlier
Havana/Aug 60 and earlier
SOURCE:
3
2
1.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
US national, graduate engineer, an official on the staff of a large oil
company.
Source has had years of experience in company operations outside the US
and has 
been located in Cuba for many years. [Source is normally avail-
able for 
reinterrogation should this report generate additional requirements.]
As of Aug 60 the three major refineries confiscated by the Castro regins
are operating in fairly good shape. Their principal problem is that
the Soviet crude being supplied is very light and they cannot run as
mich volumes because gas pressure builds up. The Esso refinery, for
example, has a capacity of 36 thousand bbls per day on heavy crude, but
26 thousand bbls per day is the best they have been able to do on the
Soviet crude, and it has been running at a rate of only 20 thousand bbls.
per day since 20 Jul 60.
The Soviet crude available to date has been compatible with the refineries
and will not damage them, but in addition to not being able to get as
much volume, the rafineries cannot get as much fuel oil because of light
ends. This is true of all three major refineries.
The refinerets were designed for 26 gravity crude which is fairly heavy.
The Soviet crude is 33 gravity, and has caused an imbalance in that
(they are now producing more gasoline than is needed. As a consequence,
Cuba is searching desperately for fuel oil. The USSR has said that it
is not in a position to supply fuel oil and so Cuba has turned toward
Mexico, even to the extent of attempting to arrange deals whereby they
will trade gasoline for fuel oil.
The imbalance of gasoline is indicated by the fact that the Cabaiguan
refinery was shut down recently because its gasoline storage was completely
filled.
Cuba will reach a critical point about 1 Sep 60. The Esso refinery slowed
down from 26 thousand bble per day to 20 thousand bbls per day because
it had only a 10-day supply of crude. The supply on hand was sufficient
to last only until 14 Ang, but around 11 Aug the refinery was supposed
to receive a shipment of 80 thousand barrels of crude.
is only enough to operate four days.
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COUNTRY
Cuba
REPORT NO.
SUBJECT
Shortage of Lubricating Oil/
DATE DISTR.
Operating Supplies for Refineries/
Ship Bunkerage
NO. PAGES
00-B-3,164,652
23 Aug 60
Two
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DATE OF
Aug 60
INFO.
PLACE &
DATE ACQ.
Havana/Aug 60
SOURCE:
2.
3.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
US national, graduate engineer, an official on the staff of a large
oil company.
Source has had years of experience in company operations outside the US
and has been located in Cuba for many years. (Source is normally
available for reinterrogation should this report generate additional
requirements.]
As of Aug 60 there is a shortage of lubricating oil in Cuba which will
becoms critical in a fairly short time. Great efforts have been made
by the Castro regime to obtain lubricating oil from US suppliers, and
a vessel, the Mar Carite, has visited a number of US ports attempting
to obtain the oil. However, it has been refused everywhere and had to
return to Cubs in ballast. As of 10 Aug 60 it is loading molasses
for delivery to Boston, and will then proceed to Montreal in an attempt
to obtain lubricating oil.
0
A former Esso employee, Frank García, left Cuba on 2 Aug 60 for Mexico
to try to obtain lubricating oil. He is going to visit the Mobile
blending plant, PEMEX, and several others.
Poft. Wallace
Tuba, Okla.
A US national recently employed by ICP to attempt to arrange for the
purchase of necessary supplies and spare parts for the oil industry
has been traveling throughout the SW part of the US, also attempting to
arrange for lubricating oil, but with no success. This individual is
such an unsavory character that it is not beyond the bounds of probablity
that he might "go south" with the funds entrusted to him, which are
considerable.
There are 20 principal types of lubrgéating oil needed for the total
economy, and the actual status of supply of each is not known. They
may be completely out of some and have six months supply of others.
However, the general story is that there is a "one month supply" of
lubricating oil available.
Lubricants for power plants, transportation, and commmmications are the
primary concern. They are in critically short supply in diesel lubricants
for engines and heavy equipment, and turbine oil for power plants.
There is no lubricating oil manufactured on the island although the
Castro regime is trying to set up a plant. However, this is a long
range project and takes a lot of time and money.
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Friction in New Management of
Esso Refinery
DATE DISTR.
00-B-3,164,653
23 Aug 60
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DATE OF
INFO.
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SOURCE:
Aug 60 and earlier
Havana/Aug 60 and earlier
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
US national, graduate engineer, an official on the staff of a large
oil company.
Source has had years of experience in company operations outside the
US and has been located in Cuba for many years. [Source is normally
available for reinterrogation should this report generate additional
requirements.]
Pino, a carGOT
(fnu) Guardia
On 1 Jul 60 the Castro regime intervened the Esso refinery in Cuba.
The interventor appointed was Commander Olivio
officer in the Cuban Navy. The number two man is
about 35, a formar marketing analyst in the office of the company.
As of Aug 60 there is evidence of definite friction between Pino and
Quardia.
Commander Pino is an intelligent, affable, and hospitable personality.
He wears a business suit, and to the best of my knowledge has never
worn a barbudo beard.
Guardia, on the other hand, is a real hard-core Commmist, who feels
that Pino is too soft and not revolutionary enough. Guardia wants to
take a hard line toward the employees. He wants to cut salaries and "ɛ
"
get
things in line. Pino knows that such abrupt changes would result in
a drastic drop in Prefficiency, and would alienate employees who are at
least neutral at present.
"
There are indications that Pino recently told Guardia in effect to stay
in the office and keep his mouth shut.
Pino is directly under Alfredo Gutiérrez of ICP, and both are friends
and associates of Fidel Castro, not Raúl, or "Che" Cuevara. If something
happens to Fidel, both Pino and Gutiérrez would definitely be replaced
quickly, because they are not the hard-boiled Party line type.
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Leonel de Paula Arias, Oil Industry
Procurement Agent (Biographic)
DATE DISTR.
00-A-3164654.
17 Aug 60
NO. PAGES
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INFO.
PLACE &
DATE ACQ.
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SOURCE:
1.
2.
3.
US national, graduate engineer, an official on the staff of a large oil
company.
Source has had years of experience in company operations outside the US
and has been located in Cuba for many years. [Source is normally available
for reinterrogation should this report generate additional requirements.].
In Aug 60 the Castro regime sent two representatives to the US to attempt
to obtain replacement parts and machinery for the oil industry. One of
these men is Julio Caunedo, on the staff of ICP, and the second is Leonel
de Paula Arias, a former employee of Esso Standard Oil SA.
De Paula is about 28-29 years old, 6'1", 180 lbs. He has black curly hair
and fair skin. He is married and I believe has one child. He is a Roman
Catholic; and has never been considered as having any left-wing inclinations.
De Paul speaks excellent English, and I believe studied in the US. He has
a degree in engineering and worked three years with the Esso refinery,
mainly in maintenance and construction. As of Jul 60 he was section head
of the Refining Department, Purchasing and Warehousing.
The choice of de Paula to go to the US to obtain necessary supplies is
sound because he is the man which the company would have chosen to do such
a job if required. He has a reputation of being a good hard worker,
intelligent and dependable. He has a pleasant personality and handles
himself very well.
De Paula was considered one of the better men of the plant and could be
classed as a key technician because of his knowledge, background, and
ability, and it would definitely hurt the Castro regime if he fled Cuba.
However, the opportunities for employment in the oil industry in Latin
America are not good because there is considerable prejudice against
Cubans on the part of other countries in which there are refining operations.
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