| } do aoe ot \ AS 7 OF ; ° ee" . © ~, jt . a { 2A 0 SIONAL FORM No. 10 WA “010-108-083 ~ —~ I y : “oy ve NAY 1962 EDITION , AA . ie i an ae SSA gel GEN. Regenoam af . y a a ~~ TO DATE: SEP 251964 — --7 7 BRON S C, MIAMI€ -_ “(105-287 G ASSIFIED BY SG68 as aR E 7 _ a ca : DEC LA LAS: Sir fh ON: |: 2X GG) aos \ SUBJECT: Chupa's INS- (LTH. SOVIET BLOC COUNTRT ' 4g: Mian CRIPE pray rhea, ew wait 4 CL ALL ngopuiartON CONTAL . oo Classified’ yin aw 2s: HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED Ce uf _ -EXCE®T WHERE SHOWN ~* OTHERWISE f eg ‘| shoiosedl heréuitn are nine:.cop® JOSR= of. <= THM; dated and gapt tones as nena , on T+1 is MM. 492- S. - $04 P-2 is PSI (Under Devertpneht) LUIS PEREZ panos mapipbul ides and Asie png. xe . 4 z ; PL veasteveeeden He-of furnished by the above confident eh fact thag fewer, andfewer. artigte is nd. newspa eeeay groups of,peFSons. betwe Ee Cie Cuba. Also.-it, “pas. SOSaH Ho teow Encl inseny small, but constants” StPeamofmefugees., aaa United States from CUD Day? ne Géwen sandy, ote have even seen a RusSfan over the past several’ eee —ad | Ro we Brae erences IE pt Sa a A0UR ons s oe ‘ Grburedi 1 (HBR: ‘OY RNP ROHTUL HTRAM BN 8 | _ Grbareat | Spy ro ene OLIN 3 itP : J4 POLY : a ‘ . 1- 108- oer?) IW Ml MAQa AGY GRBagi. Ef SIR 3 333 “ 1. l1- 13} 03 Iuis Perez Ramos): | a BONG BN : i 130 f700-sub-A 5 EME og 3 Me Sa A) ) REC uCY-4 ful 1 be at? y Avis : ao. y tor WA roe ste Pte CR ee 7 \ ‘; ., BY routing slip/sc ae i. ™aBata WA 2b4by.. as \ \ sal eT Ht “ | poora: 32302171 Page 2? . a
nn Sa RE: CUBA'S RELATIONS WITH SOVIET ELOC COUNTRIES “hO PQp psi (439 Another named was MERCEDES RODRIG 26 years of age, who is studying Metallurgte Engineering in Krakow,. Poland. MM Ta2, a recently arrived Cuban refugee associated With boat-building, the fishing inéustry, and Cuban life along the northern coast of Oriente, Cuba, advised on september 2, 1964, that with the excepticn of & small” handful of péople, the approximately og. families who résideé in Puerto Manati, Cuba, “are opposed to the Communist régime of FIDEL CASTRO and opposed to the presence of Russians in Cuba, . . Cubans Poorly. impressed with Russians MM T-¢ stated that frequently when a’ group of” fisnermen gathers ed, one of moré Russians may be included in the group, at which time they would invariably drink more than the Cubans. If some of the Commanist Cubans presént™ wanted to extend themselves to be hospitable to the Russians, they would sometimes offer the Russians = Soniething to @at with” their drinks. On octasions this would be a can of Russian meat. The Russian sailors” ‘would invariably refuse ‘this meat ” with an ~ emphatic "No" and say soniéthing which phonetically ‘sounded like “Jaa jau". If this was not cleat éhougt, the Riissiaiis would pot nt to a dog in the street, thus indicating that the tinned meat was dog meat . MM P2 4 stated - that he and other boat builders and fishermen orice observed 42 Russian boat in Puerto Manati ‘and were very unfavorably impressed by the Communist system.” ~ He stated that even the Local Communists found it difficult to defend the Russians, He stated there was. one long table on the deck of the Russian ship and ‘the ¢réw ate. on the deck. The Captain | was the only person or the boat with a radio, and the crew was not allowed in his qliarters. When the crew went ashore, they were accompanied by an armed guard. MM T-2 stated he and some other Cuban boat oe 2 Jo | Docla: 323027171 Page 3
——— Further Evidence of ¢ Cuban = Russian Discord in’ the Province of Havane, there Le RE: CUBA'S RELATIONS WITH SOVIET BLOC COUNTRIES. carpenters observed an oiler with a very dirty and badly burned arm who complained | and tried to avoid having to work’, In the sight of séveral Cubans, he. was threatened - by one of the Russian supér “Lords who raised a heavy wrénch ~ Over-his heed ae though to strike him. — “This creatéd a very anti-Russian atmosphere in that small coastal town . | oe ya T.2 further recalled that” one of the leading ~ 10a ‘Communists In Pierto Maviati identified himself to the Russian ship Captain” as a member of” the- local ‘Cuban Communist Party; he undoubtedly expected to be invited aboard the boat ~ but instead was coldly rebuffed and told © to keep away from the ship. MM Te Sf former Cuban with ‘Some ‘thirty years". experienée as ‘botr & private and © police investigator, who > maintains contact with | some Cuban sources £*kadvised on.” ' X<Iiq September 21, "1984, ‘that until approximate 'y six months ago, one frequently saw around thé city of Havana and its suburbs buses fLiled with Russians who were being taken to places | of publi¢é ‘pecreation gush as parks, “beaches,” and restaurants. In such places, - the’ Rugeia ans. “mingled: with the people ‘with the. hélp of other’ Cubans, who” accompanied them, or Russians who spoke ‘Spanish: The g¥oups were always directed by some Russian, who acted as the leader. above ‘ebetom haa been “@iaconbinued: “atid the Russians aré no longer séén at places of anitisemént, not even on the beaches where they were formerly the most obvious. MM | 723 noted. that in Lomas del Cura, located on the highway which rans bétwedn the towns of Tapaste and Jaruco — 48 2 Russian camp located about twenty kilometers away from the north coast. This camp is 4 ° Docld:32302171 Page 4