foa-10170-10139 FOR RELEASE. Condensed Lnformation on Sgt. Marshall HOUTS from: WASH-SEC-OP-13 folder 14 MHZ -- 618 © September 1945 . : i. a. While still at Kvankoyn Major Charles J. TREES cee ane Captain Carrol C..GARRETSON called HOUTS to their ‘tent. (TREES was HOUTS' Commanding Officer and GARRETSON was Executive Officer to TREES.) TREES stated that GARRETSON had discovered fifty-one .45 calibre automatic pistols at Chittayons which were “charged out to no one." TREES and GARRETSON believed they could get a "good amount" of money from the sale of the weapons, but they wanted HOUTS' advice so they wouldn't cet caught. (HOUTS had been in the FBI). They olfered HOUTS one-third of the profit and, after several days, he agreed. b. Onthe nicht of 3-4 July 1945 HOUTS assisted in the clandestine delivery of the pistols toa Lt. Col. Tun Aung, a Burmese officer in the "Burma Rifles’ for burial, until a market could be found. ; e. On 25 July 1945 HOUTS was quéstioned by the OSS investigator and assisted him in the recovery of the pistols, @. During the first week that HOUTS was in Rangoon an informer ; told him that 90 sworsis had been buricd in the compound of A. Habeeb. At GARRETSON's direction and expense HOUTS had the swords cleaned. On 25 May 1945 HOUTS delivered them to TREES' quarters. On'13 July” 1945 TREES quartérs were searched and 36 swords were found and confiscated by OSS. (Several classified documents were also found in TREES dufile bag.) 3. TREES. GARRETSON and personne! under their command misappropriated property (jewelry and old books) during the first two weeks of the occusation of Rangoon, 4. Six O55 personnel were killed in a plane crash early iu June. Three parachutes were recovered from the crashed plane. GARRETSON and HOUTS had pazamas and other articles of clothing tailored from the parachutes. 3. Ts Saring 1945 TREES and GARRETSON were involved in the illegal sale of opium.
fi. at 6. In early July 1945 TREES and Houts were involved in an illegal money exchange. 7. Specific charges against HOUTS, as recommended by the investigating officer: a. Misapplication of 50 .45 calibre automatic pistols and one Model M-3 submachine gun, property of the U.S. b. Conspiracy with TREES and GARRETSON to misapply the above firearms. : c. Larceny of 86 swords. d. Conspiracy with TREES and GARRETSON to teloniously ‘take, steal and carry away 86 swords. e. Conspiracy with TREES and GARRETSON to procure and deal in abandoned property found in Rangoon.
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14-00000 $-€-¢-8-£-8 & 0O-K 32/915 3L5 ela : 2 Me meee El eb Culed per Alloteter of mela Plea? What type of tise are vet Are ties terested; if a3, fa what sensor? snet ba tte average ‘ite zF fia tn aatectira service? Can you give 6a ettiagte of the everage age af Lies me iW tog wala time? - . To thee saat of my cocsllection, there ‘are clove to three thiweend Bee A. are Rilcestes of mein Tine, The thes are of herd mod but they are not trested. 7 2 he avera,s 'f@ of che tles is abuet 1§ yours end f wiwld soy that the usteys oye 2 the Clas Row on the mala line is about 15 years. Leceals and teg.cate alze af principal fralght clossification yords and etter frel jae yards, re —_ A. Gur aaia ¢ eset fication yards wore of Seate Clara, Cameguey, Moran, Sarstiags éa Seve, and Guantanans, “ le kcate aed Cenceibe tha pelncipal vepele shops far steam and for giesel locanath vas. - an : s A. We hat euuylete rapate shape for both staoa ond diesel locomotives ta tre castors owteesets of Comguey City. As 6 netter of fact, these shops are Bhown of Epp #69 of Caraquey City which appears on the road mas of fume peatishad &y E250 Stancard Gli, $A, fA 8956, ‘ 2. boceta and cuscelbe tha principal repel shops for freight and pasmarger card. A. The sone snaps ‘a Cacageay City sore uted far the rapate of frelght art psssanger carn. Ta Consollésted Ral iways of Cubs did at} of thalr cua repel re anal in adéition they did work for various suger allie In the area, &. 1s ery gert of Cia Syste eltactri fied? A. Nea. Gs there etyviston beteaan Ines operated by diesel and steoa aotive paxer? A. Mo. Tee Gorsclicl cd Aalteeys of Cube had Sh diesels and sim steca engines. The sla ttses engines were used sore OF tess for orergency work, Q. Waar Je the nuater and total tength of. tunnels? A. tsere are oo tunnel on the syttes, &. Steie tm aumber of locanstives fa each asjor cateqary. of dlese!, stent arg electric: ent, insofar as gessible, bresk the potals dam by horeaporat, aja end conmiry of origin. A. fs $ Rave steted, wa had 8b diese! engines and sla tesa enginas, » a oat roraber ta Cvislis about these but ¢ haae (hat sons of the dlasels sore + tod) horbepuner, same GOO and scwe 600 to 650 horsep mer {300 O0-R-3, RI. &. Please qiva the number af passenger core owt the aumber of felayht sare. A, f'n afrase thot | coamot give pau accurate figuras. § kinase that we Med ever two theesaat frelgnt care but 1 do .98 ramaaser the enact meshes mar Ce 4 re wher whe caber af passeryer Cart. {ioe G0-K-¥ 903,501, The “on ttig* eatarial contains thls laferett q. Were aay possanger of fralghe cars aqul sped with roller bearl age? A, Yoo, same, but § do aot resscbg er Rend mh s g. bee Bieset lecamatives egereted 1a eultipie? A, Yes, det ont sluays, C8 éapends on the mai ghd ef tha trela aad tha qeorde af the Mas, re ’ . ¢ $-8-€-8-€oF ft ¥ enmectttrteeteesencpr tt at een ea ter me mere e
14-00000 HoloCokaf ot \ 1S. Q. Sees each freight trate carry a caboose oa its ear ond? A, Yes 7 : ‘ 16. Qs whet fe the average and oaaloun speed of pesseager grates between 6 toga? A, anime speed wae $6 elles par hour end everage of mot are than JO atles per hour. ‘ es 17. Q. Can you give the amber of arplovyess of the coun carrier rail roses? te there @ seasonal verlation in ssgloynent? , A. 1 can only sposk far the Consolidated Ral lweys of Cubs which had ever Js ‘thousand exployaes, There wee @ ssesonel veriation but Ig was wary slight. 18. @. tan you dateribe the ala frolght haulage pattern of the rallesy systen of Guba? indleste aajer commodities and dlrectios of movewate A, 1 can spotk only for the Consolidated Ral iusys af Cubs, The asta traffic mat of the Cube Rallroed and the Wottern Relirend of Cuba. Tre noaviest erafflé was from Canequey to Ruewlzas. The Consol dated Rallways of Cubs handled : one third of. the Cuben suger crop, So that gost of the tratfic was fram tha suger wills to the coast, Howover, tha reilucy also handled cattio, rica, vegetebles end olf and other comnedi cies. 19. Q. What Ls the average length of haul? (This was stated 1a @ 1952 report as 36.8 hi lemotars.} . A, § would sey that la 1960 3t wes eboug the sang a fa 19$2. 20. @. what are the priacipal soures of pessenger eovenant? Bane dante are puch eovetsats? A. t would sey to and fros Havana, | would estimate that in chls cratile tha raliresds carcled avout 8x thousend passengers per day. Q. ts dally comutation @ sigalflcant tector ta the aovewat of passengers. A. it te wot e@ sigaiffcang fector. ove . 32. Q. fs lasgethaa-cariaid powemaqt of ratlalve fazortance fa the tocal ‘eovesent of Cunen freight? A, 1 would say that it is aot vary fepor tant, what ports are used for greatest o erg occa shipgiag? Ts wiedt od for Interchange with cost tui be - 2). @. Wien raspece ta laports ond azports, fatcrchenge of tonnege, Se¢wean. tha raliroed eaten? of. these sem ports of any Gthers us anipglag? © aligsted Rallesys of fara, f wale sey Roawi $38, Aatitia, S.nte Cros dal Ser, aigaieg fo &, Seqaniag far the Cons Tsrafa, Pastalitie, Somelaga de fude, Boguerat, ant Casiida, ¢ mld say that any iaterchange ite Grsstes ge fostgnt flenat. 3%, Q. im what congiclon ere the principe! Aigtusys of Cube? A. Trace le only ong calm Righety on the batand walcn rose peactlsaily the ative tercth of the leland fros Pinar dol Alo to ba.ene io Santiage ve todd. Tats Algremy was ta poor candi tion whan t left Come fa 150). t 19. @ wees eommdities are movied by eotor wrarsecrt anf gooatal edt pete? A. tuger, wood aad gaveral comnadt ales. ‘ 8-8 -- GoF Spee name ee LH ten am nes ammo ae
al. bet -tohu8-¥ O-d-¢-8 ¢ 2 2 = z r) 3 ) 3 é a) #2 e & 4 iS : 3 _& Z Prica, ties, satura of cowaodity, and faci lltias. Fem toontey te ebeias, what esnsiderettons datersing the solectio: of the acans-ef transport for the msjo¢ cormodities awed? nae pipelines, if any, are located In Cuda? one te ay bacsl edge . A a A a r A $. 22. 33.
pedi ck Ce STEER “ AGT RRR Te re. Wp The 2 ee maT De MIE EL aT Hi 1 RENT OAL CNTRULEGENCE AGENCY. . we " + Sew ap gt etE ay he Mee eng Serene @* 29 whee few ets ~e wmen go Ae Berage ipes to = fee 288 ong : ea’ ~ = aad FRG Ree OT OF EE TOT St BP wh EA whe Smee Ot rete ote Be Pe wets te Be te S-GstoReet - “WO Pacis ; & aEEANCES “Spplesestary te Ak 3,993; : COlS) Case BBR Caive sad oh? Ofiwat om &. Can you tell ag what was the langtn of the avin lines assratol by cams. corrlors In Cuoe and what was the total leagth af ai? aranch Yinsa carainad? . A. § Gan onty soosk for the alleaga of 123 Consolidated Rai lwys af % Cuba, whitch car from Sante Clara to Cameguay to Sentiags wb Cute to Cocrtanaas. | would ary thet tha sala Hine ond the branches cacpi mod wiuld be 1403 plus altes. : S, What walent of gall ts rast eancon on mula Vacat wnat cb she Spprosinata @20 of most malaclica rall sad are the pleiss emmavy uasd? A. § wosld gay the most cormonly used ral! is 2) ina par 3 per cant of (he atta tins has 135 los poe yes. $. @ los per yard. The aparaainate aga of 938 of 1p te 22 yosrs. Tle plates era camaaily uted. $-8-€ he £7 ie are Se eer omer 7 Ri BORO Rig
site ie ie, a. * aad $-€-€-R-2-7. 00 - 3 yohnsee ee : Mme =iorg §3 66 called pee aitovater: of ala Haat whet tye of. ties are Pate: tite tresteds 6 ea, in ated manage? “waet fe the average tite a - Rist tn aslacting service? Can row give an satiaate of “the everaga aga s “kies aif The aver. S. Que fret. a. Saat whe Pome i % tee ealn tine? fe. erst of ay rocaltection,. ‘thers ‘ere clone ‘to ‘theée thaseaka Ces Mléeastes of ‘mala Mres The thei ara of. hard wood Bi they are nat temeted. a¥orega Site of tha ties le abowt I$ yades and 4 would say that tee 8y8 on > sf tne thed noe on’ ‘the ‘abe tine is ebaut Wg- years, - te and j7.5ic0te slze at princl pal tal ght etasai fication yards and eater jae. yards, a . der 8 3 elessi fication yards’ were at Sante Clara. Conaguey, Roran,: $359 d@ Sowe, and Gushtenais, Leeata ‘aed teacelog tha principal fopeir shops for ateos ond for ctesat ‘Locanet ves. : east A, Ve Rad sommplate repele shapes fer both seadée and diate! loccmotives Ta the | orn cutsriets of Casguey City. Asa metter of fact, these shops are shoun of, te ap of Camagusy Clty which sppesrs on the road map of Cube ished by Esso Stengard O11, $ A, In 1966, . ocete and describe the prinel pal repair shops for freight and passenger care. ped! we A. pase aad q. A. & A. No. Tee Corsttiewstd fa.- Tha sone tips 'a Cacajuay Clty were. used for tha repale of fralght acd ongar sara, Tle Cantalldated Relleays of Cube did all of thelr owa renal £3 in sééitionm they did work for varlous suger allis in the area. is wry sort of the systes electri fled? is there « ¢tvision borwoen Ilnes operated by diesel and stoes aoe tye power? Aaliwoyd of Cube hed 84 dlesols ond six stece engiaas, The she stam engines wore used aore of lesa for osargency work. : Q@. Waar is che number and total length of. tunaale? A. &. ang 30 a. There afe ao tunnels om the Sys tex, State tie mmbar of locate lves ba each aajor catagory, of diesel, Btexs stecteic; and, insefar aa possible, break the totals dam by horeapamr, and coamtey of origin. Ae t have seeted, we hed 84 diesel engines and ala tase engines, 2 te sot . renather tha ¢etalis about these but § haoe thet some of the dlascls were 1609 hortegaser, same 900 and seus 660 to 656 horsepower {seo 66-K-}, 53, ay twa Peccree? Please give tha number af passanger care and the aumber of frleght o8re. i'm @ reie that 8 cannot give yaw Gecurate figures. | naw thot om hed ever thoesaas fraight cars but 1 dh .9¢ remmmper the aasct number nor dat | exe ether of passenger card, Liee 'G0-K-3 903, aol, The “en trie* eater: al samtsins thls iaforsact sorte of the Hee, an Vara aay pessenger of trotgne « ears equipped with roller bearings? Yeo, tase, but § de sot remender Rew macy, Ave diese! locomotives epereted Ia culti pla? Yes. dat ant almeys, ft daponds ot the pel ght of the Erpla and the ‘ ‘ ef ‘ . Fn aay ete tn tem Rempalione mie cd AE
ee a ‘Boss each freight trota carey ae caboose oA 14s fear and? Whee fe the overs ge and i apecd’ “af passenger arelas betwase 5 stapa? Raat enue Speed was $6 ales. par hour and average of not more then xp al fes per hour, - . @. Can you give: the number af arptoyeas ef the common carctor val legeda? $s there @ seasonal: ‘variation is euployseat? A, 4 €an only speek for the Consolidated Raliways of Cuba which bad over ae thousand o=ployass, Thera wea @ Seasonal variation but ig was wary alight, Q. Can you: dascriba the oaln frolght houl age pattarn of the ralluey sys ter , of Cubs? Indicate major cedmoditios and direction of moverusat. . A, § ean speck only for the Consol tdated Rallways of Cubs, The eata traffic woe of. the Cube Railroad and the Wottern Rallrasd of Cuba: The Bosvlest traffig | wae ‘from Camaquey t@ tuevitas., The Consol i dared Rallweys of Cuba Rend ed _ one third ofthe Cubsn suger crop, 66. that eose of ihe traffic was from tre ‘ugar wills to the cosit. However, tna rallecy also handled cattia, flea, vegetables end oll and othar caninod! tles. a. What is the average length of haul? (This was seated tn @ 3952 report as 36.8 ki lasarers.) A, § would soy shag Ja 1966 ie wha Oboue the sane os ta 1982. Q. . What are the priacipsl routes of possenger covenant? tune dente are auch sovenonte? A. @ would sey to and from Havana, 1 would estimate thet in ebls erate the rallroads carrled about six thousand passengers per Say. . Q. Is dally commutation o significant factor bm tha aovansat of passengers. A, it Is not @ sigalficang feetor. Q. fs loss-than-carlatd pavement of rales faportence 1A the togal ‘movement of Cuban fral ght? A, | would sey that ig bs aeg vary Tepertand, Q. With respect to Imports ond exports, whet ports are used for greatest interchange of tanmege betwoan. tha rallroeds en@ occa: sAlpalagh Ta tat extent ors these sem pores of any others used for Interchange with os tel be anipping? a. Speaklag far the Consolidated Ralieays of Cuba, | would tay avaevitas, Tarate, Pesteltito, Sontlsga de Cuba, Baguerca, antitle, S-nta Crea dal Sur, and Casbids. § wmowld say thet any interchange whth-€o68tws se Shi psiag is fastgnlficunt, Q. in whet condition era the pringipal Aigtmays of Cubal A. There te only cng eat Righway on the stand whtih runs practlcally the axtlfa lengtn of the léland froa Planar del Ala to }.s.ane to Santi ege ce iwoe, Tale Bigmey was ta poor canditlen whem § left tube 1a 1351. of Q. Vrep eomnditios are moved py meter Urapsgert and gansta! eAl pple .? ‘ . { , . . ? ‘ A. tuger, wood and gowre! conmmodl ties. . - ‘, B-Gog fhe FoF cee ie Gp aonee “ens toe Mi ay ano aon Qype rea steitbe et pada aati e