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OPIN DIR INFO FRITY HAVE FRAN CITE RAGU 3698
RYBAT KEYWAY PERUMEN AMLEG
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22 APR 1963
DUE INABILITY
1. REF DISCUSSED BY STA WITH EDMENT AND WARMBOLD.
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AND UNDESIRABILITY (USING LIAISON AND LACK OF INDEPENDENT ASSETS
WITH ACCESS TO CUBAN SHIPS, ONLY POSSIBILITY IMPLEMENT REF AT THIS
TIRE BY USE OF AMLEGS. IF SUCCESSFUL OP MOUNTED ASSUME FOLL
FOSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES ALREADY CONSIDERED BY HQS:
UNLESS ACTION TAKEN ON NUMBER OF CUBAN VESSELS AT ROUGHLY
SAME TIME ANLEGS USED FOR ANY SPORADIC ACTIONS ON ONLY SOME SHIPS
WILL PROBABLY BE RELUCTANT CONTINUE ACTIVITIES FOR KUBARK IN
GENERAL BELIEVE ANLEGS WILLING COOPERATE THIS EFFORT ONLY IF THEY
CONVINCED IT PART OF FINAL EFFORT OVERTHROW CASTROP CAMLEGS
12 AND 29 EXPRESSED GENERAL DISILLUSIONMENT OVER ODYOKE RESTRICTIONS
SIMILAR ACTION BY EMIGREES IN PBPRIME AND FOUND IT DIFFICULT RE-
CONCILE OUR REQUEST FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE THIS OP WITH APPARENT
CDYOKE POLICY STOP OTHERS FROM CARRYING OUT SIMILAR ACTIVITY
B. IF CASTRO GOVT SUSPECTS SABOTAGE, LIKELY HE WILL ATTEMPT
REPRISALS IN SIMILAR XIND AGAINST WESTERN CARRIERS, SUCH AS PAA
FLIGHTS. ALSO, CUBAN G-2 LIKELY ATTEMPT MAJOR EFFORT BREAK ANLEG
COMPLEX (WHICH WILL BE SUSPECTED) AND MAY TAKE REPRISALS AGAINST KUBARKERS
PODACID INSTALLATIONS THEREBY IDENTIFIED.
GROUP
SECRET EXCLUDED FROM AUTOMATIC DOWN-
GRADING & DECLASSIFICATION.
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C. IF DUTCH AUTHORITIES SUSPECT SABOTAGE OPS ORIGINATED ROTTERDA
IN SINGLE INSTANCE POSSIBILITY EXISTS CONVINCE THEN CUBAN EKIGREE
GROUP AND NOT KUBARK INVOLVED, BUT AS SIMILAR ACTIONS CARRIE
OUT IN FUTURE HIGHLY UNLIKELY THEY WOULD ACCEPT THIS FLOY. ALS
ALMOST CERTAIN DUTCH AUTHORITIES WOULD DRASTICALLY INCREASE SECURITY
IN PORT AREA WHEN CUBAN VESSELS HERE THUS MAKING FUTURE CONTACT
ANY AMLEGS VERY DIFFICULT SIMILAR SITUATION MIGHT OBTAIN BELGIAN
AND GERMAN PORTS AS CONSEQUENCE DUTCH INTEL AND SECURITY SERVICES
HIGHLY AVARE KUBARK KEEN INTEREST DUE TO THEIR HEAVY INVOLVEMENT
OTHER ACTIONS AGAINST CUBAN TARGET:
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20 RE SPECIFIFIC ACTION AGAINST (HAVANA) (WHICH ARRIVED ROTTERDAM
19 APR AND DEPARTING DIRECT TO HAVA 26 APR), SABOTAGE RAISED BY
WARME OLD AND EDMENT WITH AMELESS 12 AND 29 WITH FOLL RESULTS:
AMLEG 12 IS OBVIOUSLY RELUCTANT TAKE PART SABOTAGE ACTION
UNLESS ASSURED MANY OTHER COUNTRYMEN CARRYING OUT SAME TYPE ACTION
OTHER AREAS HE NOT WILLING TAKE ANY ACTION WHICH MIGHT CAUSE
DEATH ANY CREW MEMBER HE DISTURBED BY RECENT NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS
ODYOKE POLICY AND WANTS CLARIFICATION PURPOSE SABOTAGE ACTION
HE NOT INTERESTED ACTION IF IT PART OF GENERAL HARASSMENT CAMPAIGN
NOT CONNECTED TO MAJOR ODYOKE PLAN OF ACTION: BELIEVE POSSIBLE
HE WOULD BE MORE AMENABLE IF SOME INDICATIONS SUCH A PLAN OCCURRED
PRIOR HIS NEXT VOYAGES
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B AMLEG 29 APPEARED GENUINELY INTERESTED PERFORKING INTERNAL
SABOTAGE ON SHIP BUT (AS CHIEF ENGINEER WOULD REQUIRE COLLABORATOR
IN ENGINE ROOM SINCE HE DOES NOT TAKE (REGULAR ENGINE ROOM DUTY AND
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HIS PRESENCE THERE ALWAYS FOR SPECIFIC INSPECTION WHICH OBSERVED
NBY MEN WHO ARE ON DUTY. HIS MOTHER IN PBRUMEN ON VERGE NERVOUS
BREAKDOWN AND ACTION HIS PATE NOW WOULD REQUIRE HIS IMMEDIATE
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DEFECTION WHICH HE NOT WILLING DO BECAUSE OF MOTHER. IF ANOTHER.
ENGINE ROOM AMLEG TRANSFERRED HIS SHIP PRIOR NEXT VOYAGE HE WOULD
BE WILLING CAUSE SERIOUS DAMAGE WHICH COULD PLAUSIBLY BE EXPLAINED
AS NATURAL ACCIDENT OR BREAKDOWN.
BELIEVE AMLEG 29 WOULD POSSIBLY BE WILLING TO PLANT FOUR-
OUR DELAY EXPLOSIVE "CLAN" TO ONE OF 34 DRUMS OF TETRAHYDROFURAN
WHICH TO BE LOADED ON DECK. HANIFEST LISTS SUBSTANCE AS HAVING
FLASH POINT OF MINUS 20 DEGREES CENTIGRADE- CLAN VOULD BE PLANTED
AFTER SHIP ARRIVES HOME PORT HAVE NOT DISCUSSSED THIS ACTION
WITH AMLEG 29 YET. PLS ADVISE OPIN PRIOR NEXT MEETING WITH AMLEG
29 WHICH SCHEDULED EVENING 23 APRIL ANLEG 9 SHIP WILL DEPART
FOR HAVANA 26 APRIL.
EDMENT REMAINING HAGU PENDING REPLY.
6. SINCE OBVIOUS UNPREDICTABLE, SERIOUS AND FAR REACHING LOCAL
CONSEQUENCES CAN FLOW FROM ANY STAGE IMPLEMENTATION REF ACTION,
REQUEST COMMENT RE ANY INSTRUCTIONS SENT TO CHIEF OF MISSION RE
THIS MATTER OR GUIDANCE TO BE FOLLOWED IN BRIEFING HIM BY STA PRIOR
ENGAGING IN REF TYPE PROGRAM:
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C/S COMMENT: APPROVAL HAD BEEN GRANTED FOR SABOTAGE OF CUBAN SHIPS.