14-00000 oa OR SOMTRT AR T T BY . - . , . uo om, ue ; * ‘ 4 veotai ars onsen dasbbainn tara a6 othe be verde ic ~° Méreantile Marine, were specifically advised, on each occasion, upon each voyage, by the O-ners themselves, for the purpose of duving bax, the Authorities having teen, #n/1 being very strizt, in ensuring that no dalay toox p_lace in subuitting the Roturns, and paying Tox. AAyons cen, therefore, see who is the first and bigeest Llavtreuxer. Obvioatly, the Greek Authoritas first , and the Owners sek@h second, As we said previously, faboulous profits have teen made by the lawbreakets—the Ovmera(mostly the friends of officials, and mainly Franzitas cliques) but such orofits were pertly shared by the Govenment, through higher : tax vernentese. If there was no illegal Cuban trading really permitted, 7 these Greek shins would b? emploved in other trades, ‘vith suall profits, and lesg tex to pay. We really feel thet the Usa ls to Bikke tlams because they were warned . very long tine ago, alemost yoon after the law breaking hed commenced, and seversl times afterwards, and through you, but nothing . waw Gone about it and allowed the comedy to continue. Officiais slsost eons - Openky sey here that the USA did not really think thet trading =s ‘stop : beceuse the prohibitive lav was passed in I963 and that they kne-vr tuat the low was paseed only for politics and not to te be enforced. shether this ie true or not, onl” the UsA know. It is also seid nov, the Gresk Authorities do rot mind NOV starting enforcing the lay, sinee Gubean trade has been restricted through the low pric? obtainalbs for suger 7 (about 214 per ton), and the econonic difficulties of Cuba, thus also mo _. Festricting imports into Cuba. Meantime cf course aillione and aillions . : _-, Of dollars heve been made from past trading, and for purtly present an iar ane ea were bPadi ing, which enabled their chief partner ard collaborator FRANSISTAS : . , Glique fo build 4 vast empire of ships, so not mich harm can be done ‘ - even if they stop it now. There is no coudt, the USA have besn very news ‘ wunfair and unjust to law abiding citizens. The JSa should elther have FO RENE demanded that both Greece end Lebanor{who mate the lacs in returr no doubt of USA help to these countries) couply “ith tacir Azretent with the USS and enfores the prohibitive lavs of their respective countries, or relieve them of the obligstion and canselling the laws, so that all Greek and Lebanon Owners had the same chance of tradins. Usals attitude in doing nothing about it, really makes them as guilty as the other two countries. You will find , we are sure, that all the imformation we gave you in our previous and several reports, was correct and substantiatecé. All we have to sav now is that anv charters vwnich alledsedy are still valid because they were made before the prohibitive laws ure | as fake , as the investigations and punishments the Greek Officials are . supposed to be making againstthe law breakers. You will see how true ‘ nected aiteocdan Chev dana labia. « “_uusdiiteandimsiitendiehaD Nate. dnb apreyy vealed tet oe a8 ewe thal’ cee. sills wundany sen hh BBid er as LI he arate ; also these will prove t> be , unless the USA, if they-ant to, really ad “8 investigute themselves the investigators, with all the prbcise detalks 4 tee we have given you in past reports, and the present. Ye repeat, if nothing 7 , Be else, the USA owe it to the lawabiding Ovners, to invastigate the matter | orn “ a _thenselves, with’ their officiels, and top men ( including the exumination. y a of all Incone Tax Returns as we said above), and-see to it that lay . ~° BS breakers, all of then small and big, are Dunished, and flags withdravn, ~ | “4 Boa and all further tradinz is stopped immediately. It will, zenerally, do... _a aS the USA good, if they were to orove to the Vcrld, people and Govennents, ~~ -. 4 ahs even their friends and Allies, that the JsA sees to it that agreements . ta c: ea meade with them must be kept ant that they allow no doublecrossing and =... + °°* 3 a deceit. . — . ae 4 ae - a . - ted v *e ~ e . : ed cc Kinistry for Foreign affairs, washington. ae, ? “ an a ae U.S.A. Embassy , London. a . ° “ ° * od = . e : 2. , : - ._ >= - - = . . ot. . . . oot .
14-00000 . i Fae TEE pe coup enna emi Bere DATE , - bore ae Peale er oe ana ‘ > ior ds wilidenase + ; CUBAN TRADING 5 on Econoaic Ressarch Bureey, Unided nevolutionaria, 10 S.E, Sth Street, fits , Fla. Usa. ws kL antaya et Last year we gave you information and full details of vessels under GREEK and LESANON flags which continued, and still CONTINUE treding Li with Cuba, the bigzest and most influcntial of them being FRAIGISTAS, trading under both flags. we told you last vear thet we did not think Frangistas would stop trading. He has not: Galy recently when a group of loval and tawful Greek Owners took the matter to Greex Parliament, the U.S.A, Authorities appeared tc wake up and demanded tnrat the ttinister of Foreign Affairs should ask the Minister of liercantile Marine. to produce a list of Ovners still trading with Guba. How come that a Greek Miristee of Mercantile Marine should have a list, a very long list, of Greek ships still trading with Cuba, and yet he had done notaing about to stop the illegal trading, in contravention of nis laws. Few months ago, few smell Owners, the small fish of course, were asked to show where their ships had been tratins, knowing of course they had been tracing with Guba. The local Courts were still " making enquiries". Nothing ‘vas done natuarally about Frangistas, whoekh is responsible for about 90% of the . whole movements. How can he be prosecuted , bg nS partne “rg , since it te. is more than obvious and clear that whatever he nas toe blessing of ok the authorities, both in Greece and in Lebanon. Frangist tas has been i openly boasting, and he has proved his point, that the laws of Greece and Lebanon, enly epply to- ordinary individuals, not to HIit. we do not know ecvae ent what the Minister's list is, but we shall not be surprised if thas list poe contains only a fraction of his movements, and he will no doubt say that | aw maid vee hag not fixed any ship at all sincethe law was passed in 1963 sub taat his contract was signed before the lew. Cf course he will. Any contact : can be faked and back-dated, with the connivange of the Charterers. The only contrect Franzites had was with the Ruscians andthe Russians never make contracts for more than one year. de bas signed severl a .e¢ntracts with the kussians since 1963. But let us forget about the “x Russians for a moment. Did he also have IiANY years contracts «with - . the Poles , with the Hungarians, the Chechoslovakians, 3oulgarians , * the Germans, the Chinese, the Syrians, the French, the Duteh, all @ Scandinuvians , etc., All the sugar in the orld, and huncreds of ships would not be entkh to cover these, had there been contracts. No, all eg his cargoes to Cuba and from Cuba (vith pos-ibly few cargoes with the aa Russians carried latest few months after the law) were contracted after ae eatin draad beet loetT elt me th Bs pod mcbadbtatare os Pade ® ape waren OI PAE OTY ce pe ge Hp arene ERC TEN CHE > na * oe BE ged y we vérctSente shoe ica ant lionlaltiesibetntbes iad 5 rey - « Fe wrt GAB doc a dosed ty Bey the law, and vere fixed in the open markets a cargo or two or three at a ; time, either direct withthe countries concerned or via London, and his ships have appeared in Freighs lists on the day they were fixed, in competition with other Owners and flags. If you or tne USa Authorities were to sposint a reputable Chartering Sroker in Leadon, he would tell you exactly upon which date, what quantity, what destination. waut rate of freight, each cargo was contracted. why do not you ask the Greek and “ Lebanon auhoritaes to demand that h: préduces a list of nis 36 vessels » With all their logbooks, the charter parties, the timesheets, the vfreignt statements, and bandnz recéints and let all these be examined by t&a Lonéon Broxer , not the Greek or Lebanon Authorities who cover nis e illegal trading. And what about the Cubeas. Did Frangistas also have ; very long csntracts with the Cubans, signed before the law in I963, and are still valid and unexpired? Is tnis why Frangsistas was in Havana at -at end of last year, and again beginning of this year, when ne fixed six liberties on timecharter for 9) I2 KHEKAK months, comiencing early in "> 24966, ani did he also fix the EFTHYCHIA for three years tin acharber with ; “4. .“-j» the Cubans, d:ring nis visit in Havana as stated above, before the law ote '" was passed in 1963, pearing in mind that pone sree 3 Foeeonrsce seeeeepynea soaps seiragpterer ete cee ene pee enemy 7 ? at conden peta he dse Dab weet Danced oth. ~ t a ee syle valine po teilbSBAS Eanak BA 4 ed so oe =o veg) aes . ~ . ws wee cee prmanenn Beemer mere mame ome henge hy, ne ae tt ns ae die nthe stakes ain ke we the vessel was biolt by the : : ae Russiang at the end of 1965? Do you know that Jrangistas is ¢ill nego- ; . .* ° tiating with the Cubans, and liussians for the fixing of the 35 further “ ghips the-Augsians will be buildings fir him. Do you know that next . January, the nev sugar season starts, and that he already is in touch