14-00000 gee Bh aimee + aed m . , a S Wer. ° o™ . . , CUBAN TRADING Seonomie Research Bureau, Wnidad nevuLuvionaria, IO , Ss. &. 9th Street, Miami , fla. USa,. ie wrote you few dsys ago about the iilegal cuban trading anc we now enclose here-ith cutting fron to¢ays , oth November 1966, Pirseus Newspaper * NaePIbla 2¥2k855 " from whicn you will observe that actioa is now being teken ( three years too lete and aiter millions of tons of cargo has been carried to and fran Guba) agains Cuners, Captains etc., of sreek ships. The Greek Kinistry of Mercantile Uarine are elso instructing port Autho~ rities to enquire and investigate wnicn ships traded witn Cuba since 1963. You see , until now , or even nov, the winistry did not know... and now they will try to find out. No doubt owing to some half hearted pressure by the USA authorities , the Greek Authorities are at last compelled to at least show thet they are trying to finfl out , now , wnich ships traded, elgo n> doubt they will fine some ships which traded and will prosecute the Captains and the Owners, and perhaps carry out some sort of punishnent and naturally it will be ths small and unimportant Owners they will trace. The biz and influential will not even be tfaced. If o7e Avs to ba traced, like Frengistas, they wlll find all necessary excuses and reasons for not prosecuting, the job for enquiring , prosecuting, and punishing the offenéers is left with those with whose connivance and Knowledge trading continued since 1953, and still continues, so anyone can inugine, what kind of a Job they will do. ‘Je wonder why no enguirles were made during 1963, 1964 , TofS. sirniy oocause enquiries were not necesszry. You do not enquire? nbout something you already know, The latest excuse of [ran- “-gistas, as we think you already know, cones throigh his brother, who is a Professor in Salonica University, that the law pronibiting Subsn trading was Unconstitutional. This joxe was as good as any, even better than the one 2bout his false or fake contracts and charter partics. His other brother who is the real iafluence with the Russians and is a timber tierchint having the monopoly 2f%sall Russian tinber imports into Greece and sone fruits from Greede to Russia,’is the one who helped to gecure sne builcing in Russia of some 35 large liners and bulk carriers plus a huge fish travlirs fleet, in +x xchange for Greek products, | and port puyment if cash fren the vast profits thay made out of their 35° seconi hané liberty vessels in Cuban trading. even in this respect, do not forget that this vrivilege of building these fleets( and we unierstand further build: ng contracts are cooxing) vas only given to the trangistas clique by the Greek and Russian Autncorities ,and not to ey sther Greek Owner. Do the Usa Authori- ties really think that the Greek Authorities ( and in a snaller degree the Lebanon authorities) will prosecute Frangistas, and even if they do, for eyewesh , they will find him guilty? You will see that nothing will happen. VYhat we now have to say, ars the only solution, may seen unpatriotic, but it is the only way to stop this rot, This is that the USA should dis- continue imnuedistely , and v’thout any notise, all Military and financial Aid to Greece and Lebanon, with intimation to them » that they will eonsider renewing sane, as soon as firstly ALL trading with Cuba is stopped immediately disregarding any so called old contracts, and secondly AFTER. they have prosecuted and punished ».eroperly all lawbreakers,™ srall-and big ones alike, and after all flags have been cancelled. This second action is a big debt the USA Authorities owe to all the Greek"“and Lebanon Owners who complied withe laws of their ccuntries and executed the wishes sf ths Usa. It ‘is a moral debt. These people will gain nothing beczuse the do not ask fpr any money for 311 fortunes they lust in not trading with Cuba, but the You,ae a country krown as just and democratic, will have failed in their duty if they are coment to just see distontinuation of further trading witi. Cuba , and no punishment for the past sinners. anf talking of sins » ve think that the Greek and Lebanon Authorities comaltted end still- commit a bigger sin than the Owners, since tae Owners are sinply out for high profits, but ft is the Authorities who broke their word ard ae + : 4 i ¢ 4 3 4 3 ae 4 3 i we Md ho oben BE Se hentia were TB ote a a ch meecrmee ane serraag teenaetose srry 3 2 bT Meade BLS Ss ebee N saat aerdteds ob LIT Bree tare tA ote ab Same Stas dtiitdoretnnd + wothadbend mer yererne terme Cr