14-00000 a The government purchasing organization buye merchandise from foreign companioa, but fails to inform CUFLET of the dato on which tho cargo is to be loaded, ALL attempts to establish this aro to no avail, Then one day the buying agency serves last-ninute notice that the merchandice will be ready for loading. CUFLET takes pains to find a veesel in time but, more often than not, ite hasty efforts are in vain. In the meantime, the seller abroad grows impatient, as he has long fulfilled his part of the deal and must continue to pay warehouse costs because of a delay that is no fault of hig. This happens all the time, to the extent that many foreign firms refuse to deal with such an undependable customer as the Cuban government, or, foreseeing the damages they may come to them because of such inefficiency they impose the harshest solling terms. The unrest and chaos that I have described in not peculiar to the merchant fleet. Ido not know many details about this because I have been out at sea most of the time since I first heard of it, but I understand that the Cuban Navy wag also in such turmoil that practically all ita officers were discharged early Shde fall. It is said that some of the dicmissed naval officers were arsigned to the merchant marine, and my men and I know a few instances. It is even true that - . Arny officers with no naval experience are being appointed to high naval post~ tions, However, it is most likely that many of the purged officers will have been shot or imprisoned. Such is the Cubs of today. Lastly, we wish to emphasize that our decision to scek asylum in the United States, has been made of our own free will, ''o have been pressured into this dec} ‘sion by no one, Gur consciences no lenger permit us to serve the cause of a Cog munist Cuba. Like hundreds of Cubans before us, we who love Cuba deeply cannot jdonger endure the tyranny with which she is afflicted. We appreciate with all our heart the help received from UNIDAD R°VLUCINARIA and we also wish to thank the gentlemen of the Press assembled here, for the at- tention given us, Francisco Cobas. Miami, 30 de Diciembre de 1965,
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