124-90102-10180 JFK Assassination System Date: §/21/201 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: = 124-90102-10180 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: = CR 110-6-210-3011 Document Information ORIGINATOR: CIA FROM: CIA TO: TITLE: DATE: 07/26/1971 “PAGES: 6 SUBJECTS : MAX LESNICK DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: Secret ‘ RESTRICTIONS: 1B CURRENT STATUS: = Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 08/13/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: APPROVAL OF CIA COMMENTS : RPT v9.1 13 WW 50953 Doctld:32332533 Page 1 ;
x Rttenenenenneeeees a . ; : . i TTT tan aac \ tet Me 4 : "Intelligence: Informa’ | Report * 4 yee. at, riamotca afzcting + o cr f g sf in | dl : Sf , NO FORRIGN DISSEM/CONTROLLED PTSSEM 4 PAGE 1 OF G PaGss "THIS 15 AN INFORMATION REPOST, | SOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE HC RE T n$ ae REPORT No, ¢ CSpB-312/02 121-71 © £ cons, ie ne 34 DATE DisTR. 26° July 1971 c Y _Cuba INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN 1S. UNCLASSIFIED PON farch ~ April 1971 pare g ia te acne ~ FB) C Organiza ton, off pout, ome : i ie Ottawa (6 July 1971). oN = m i] z Qo { Q} OQ “| PAP recmmwinaind pete’ mg! = Cs rom a Lwho worked in me 19 ; His reliability has not been estabtished. He acquired this information during the course of his normal employment, ~ 1. (Headquarters Comment: The Cuban Ministry of Mer- chant Marine and Ports was created by law on 20 Ausust 1970 with the purpose of coordinating, administering, and oxecu- ting all maritime activity: At that. time, it was announced that the offices within the Ministry of Transportation having to do with maritime activities would be transferred to the a} Ministry of Nerchant Marine and Ports.} a aa 2. As of March 1971, the Ministry of Transportation (MITRANS). was still in the process of trans ferring certain ; ; offices to the new Ministry of Merchant Marine and Ports, { ‘which had not yet been completely organized, Attached as pase 5 :is an organization chart cf MITRANS as of March 71. * Following is a déscription of the MITRANS organization: ‘ A. Minister. omment: Source | was still under the imprés a nister of Trans- . portation was Faure C homo n, although the latter had ' been replaced in December 1970 by Major Enrique Luss on ; Batlle.) . , gud . i B. Office of the Minister. oe a re) , 5 was in charge of this office and the chief Ge retary was Barreto i (fnual. Both were with, Faure 4 YOO TH 5. wn gen 4 Minister of Transportation, in_the ‘Som T IY 4 ree OH Oe the Cubg 7 1eid Comment The source probapty ; e “at 5 erring to the 13th of March Revolutionary Directorate (DR) 5 3 b 3 f ° 2 pol “R/O 2 L. i : 6 CRE T “© NO FOREIGN DISSEM/CONTROLLED DISSEM : * 3! ifisem rentreht pene + £ a ARMY NAVY | AIR NSA CRS (For Field Distribvtion saa final paragraph) _| ed oi ers Meee Oi AND TO - : WTS anager Hod Gee : ——. a a ihe Gre) a nae _ HY 50953 Docld: 32332533 Page 2?
FOR, ih. ga Revolution.) With¢n wirrans Chomon's principal assistants Of Merchant Marine and Ports, Go 4% is the First Vice-Mi or Economy in MITRANS according to th Personalitics.)} wo. _D. Second Vice-Minister. CA Le puwz (fnujis also a former mem responsibility over the Departments o One Soviet advisor worked in the office; he was Gorny (fnu), a naval architect from a Leningrad ship construction “ institute. (Headquarters Commeng ‘of Cuban Personalities, M the MITRANS Vice-Minister ¢ eu Standards,) e5) was Joaquin de la of 1S departme Ports. Within the Department of Laws which was led by Chomon and was active durin G PACES PAGE 2 OF c$h-212/02121-71 BR othe Cuban meer nS, Darevre and Bavrete were nis ; » One Soviet advisor, an economist, also worked in this office. Both Barreto were expecting to be transferred to ti gareyra and te Ministry a C. First Vice-Minister, The First Vice-Minister was G. AAG On zai lez, who is also a former member of the 2 e4 bas general administrabive responsibilities Within MITRANS, , (Headquarters Comment: Gumersindo nister and Vice-Minister e Directory of Cuban The Second Vice-Minister, ber of the DR. ‘He had va f Laws and Regulations, : ‘ to the Directory is Z; a former member of the DR. All iwertaining to shipping and port laws was , to be transferred to the Ministry of Merchant Marine and o 4 » were two sections: -@ commission which investigated accidents, and a legal section which wrote the rulés and regulations governing ship, rail, bus, and truck transporta i a driving school and issued drivers' licenses. tion. It also operated (2) Regulations: This department consisted of naval construction and inspection sections and’was . headed by Captain Silvio. (inu) ; &@ former member of the “DR. All of the Regulations Department was to be transferred wa to the Ministry of Merchant Marine and Ports, ~ . five Soviet engineers worked, ‘and the Commercial Office in London, England. all non-military ships entering Cuban of this section were on detached duty Shipping Line. _~ USE PREVIOUD 1A-3. FAP T ION : CONTINUATION RHEFT HY 50953 Docld:323324533 Page 3 . {a) Naval Construction Section: This section, within the Regulations Department, was headed by ‘Eduardo Tapanes, a Soviet-trained engineer. The section contained two offices: the dry docks office in which ‘ shipyards section where two Sovict ship repair engineers worked. Since the beginning of 1969, Tapanes had spent the major part of his time as the MITRANS representative working in the Cuban in 1968, he had an office at a shipyard on Havana Bay {AMS Series E 9210, . Havana Sheet 2 UTM Grid 630697 to 635597). During this time he often visited the Soviet Naval Association-for assistance. This association, composed of Seviet naval officers, had offices in a building on the block bounded by Mcrcaderes, O'Reilly, Obispo and Tacon Streets in Havana, In late 1970, Tapanes, Civilian, was given the naval rank of ° - cantain. Omient: Source said that many civilian employees of MITRANS “were military wanks when they transferred to the Ministry of Merchant sarine and Ports Se ; , {)- Inspection Section: This section, headed by Captain Silvio, was responsible for inspecting ports. All employees from the Mambisas wth bb tn Gt SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM/CONTILOLLED DISSEM fate neta he ep amaai Pe Ey j en es aie Ste tote Pe det a me A Ne 1 eeeitiers tererebennt