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us Se " siren INTELLIGENCE AGENCY | : - uF. This material: contains Intorotion affecting: the Nefiesel Oafenta of the United States within the meening of, ite Erovoneg Laws, Witte. “We. ‘usc. “Seer. . _. 93 and 794, the transmission | or revelation of whieh. dn any meaner fo (an une vthoraed Berton is prohibited by-4 hoe . i an DISSE | CONRIENTIAL "CLASSIFICATION a ~ BIS: — Wor lal 0 FoRelG ~- COUNTRY, JAPAN CUBA - CHINA, CNORTH.. HKOREA | De, "REPORT NO. s TOSS “SBT ; |.NORTH VIETNAM rn 7 SUBJECT ' PROVISIONAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN CUBAN °° car DATE DISTR, 18 ‘SEPTEMBER (196 | _ REPRESENTATIVE AND JAPANESE SHIPPING FIRM © a ). TO BEGIN REGULAR SHIPPING SERVICE TO CUBA - PRECEDENCE ROUTINE: : . VIA ROUTE LINKING: NORTH.. ‘KOREA y COMMUNIST” , 7 ee DATE OF CHINA AND NORTH VIETNAM od A R REFERENCES a a 7 aN 22370 INFO, AUGUST TO MID. SEPTEMBER 1963” on i rn: DATE ACO, JAPAN, TOKYO (16s SEPTEMBER: 1963). Te * TOES 3/55576 i ___|_FIELD REPORT NO. THIS 1S UNEVALUATED. INFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE, APPRAISAL OF-CONTENT IS TENTATIVE. _ SOURCE A JAPANESE BUSINESSMAN . ¢) ASSOCIATEO WITH LEFTIST. BUSINESS CIRCLES, FROM SEIWA ~ as mo ” SHIPPING ‘COMPANY. OFFICIAL YONEKURA TSUTOMU. .YONEKURA IN NOVEMBER . 1962 SUCCESSFULLY. NEGOTLATED AND SIGNED A. CONTRACT WITH NORTH KOREA. WHICH INITIATED REGULAR SHIPPING | - SERVICE BETWEEN JAPAN AND NORTH ‘KOREA BY SE IWA KATUN SHIP. . Pe oY tment Le i- Le APP mAISALt THE, PROVISIONAL AGREEMENT’ ‘PROBABLY. HAS .BEEN "SIGNED. re: SUMMARY: CUBAN AND JAPANESE. SHIPPING REPRESENTATIVES HAVE REACHED he "| BROVISTONAL AGREEMENT .TO OPEN A REGULAR ‘SHIPPING SERVICE BETWEEN JAPAN: -)) AND CUBA VIA NORTH .KOREA, COMMUNIST CHINA AND. NORTH. VIETNAM, . ARTER .. = - “21 THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT ‘APPROVES THE AGREEMENT, THE JAPANESE R REPRESENTATIVE “1: WILL DISCUSS THIS. MATTER WITH NORTH 1 KOREA, Comanist CHINA’ AND jo Spe “| NORTH NIETNAM, © 09 ee oo A NEGOTIATIONS ‘BETWEEN BERNARDO Ce: REVUELTAy! A ‘CUBAN SHIPPING . a OFFICIAL ASSIGNED TO ‘THE ‘CUBAN: TRADE MISSION. IN. TOKYO; AND’ ‘SEIWA | | SHIPPING COMPANY. (SEIWA KAIUN): OFFICIAL’ YONEKURA’ TSUTOMU HAVE” RESULTED IN A. PROVISIONAL AGREEMENT: FOR REGULAR’ SHIPPING. SERVICE | BETWEEN JAPAN’ AND CUBA “BY.“SEIWASKAIUN SHIPS:.VIA_A- ROUTE, LINKING. _ CONFIDENTIAL "TAO TERE iss Ere on EE FBI [stare/oin} -REPCINCLANT  leqast. GUARD . TREASURY : : Geour | Cacluded trom automang dowagedng and deciowhconon AK, , paepue FEHVIOUS a EDITiON®. no (1B-2¢
lal - “iw FORE roses NORTH KOREA, “COMMUNIST. CHINA, “AND NORTH vieTNaw as. REGULAR ‘sToPs* n AND POSSIBLY . INDONES1A AND CHILE AS. STOPS ON’ ‘CARGO-AVALABLE BASIS - (SOURCE COMMENT ‘SE iWA. “KATUN: 1S A: ‘SUBSIDIARY’ OF THE. NISSHO - "STEAMSHIP COMPANY (NISSHO KISEN). AT PRESENT SEIWA KAUN. HAS = “ONLY Two SHIPS, ONE OF WHICH is: IN REGULAR, ‘SERVICE. TO. NORTH KOREA. "-NISSHO- KISEN) is SCHEDULED - To SPLIT ‘UP INTO. "NISSHO KISEN" TO. HANDLE, FOREIGN SHIPPING AND. NISSHO KAUN" TO HANDLE DOMESTIC": SHIPPING. THE NEW NISS PK ISEN WILL IN TURN MERGE ‘LATER ‘THIS YEAR oWITH ‘YAMASHITA KASEN AND ‘SHIN NIPPON KISEN. To FORM: A NEW SHIPPING COMPANY. SEIWA KAIUN WILL. REMAIN AS A ‘DUMMY FIRM TO. HANDLE: Loc om ; SHIPPING FOR THE “NEW ‘SHIPPING COMPANY. . UNDER THE- NEW SETUP, . | _/SE WA WILL HAVE MORE SHIPS: AT is: DISPOSAL. ) oy oe | a REVUELTA PREFERRED A DIRECT ROUTE BETWEEN JAPAN. AND CUBA. BUT. AGREED TO THE ROUNDABOUT ROUTE AS” PROPOSED BY YONEKURA won -YONEKURA SAID THAT SINCE A DIRECT RUN WOULD NOT_BE PROF I TABLE: IN: ‘ : “VLE. of THE PRESENT. SMALL VOLUME OF “EXPORTS To. CUBA, . HE. INSISTED, eee ; 1 ON INCLUDING THE. OTHER COUNTRIES MENTIONED IN.-THE “ROUTE... es Pd 3. AFTER: THE CUBAN, GOVERN MENT APPROVES. THE. ‘AGREEMENT | _YONEKURA PLANS TO VISIT NORTH ‘KOREA, COMMUN ST CHINA, / “AND NORTH VIETNAM. TO Discuss: THIS MATTER, a i * 4, FIELD DISSEM. . CINCPAC. PACFLT PACAF ARPAC. STATE ARMATT: ete “NAVATT AIRATT: USFU USARU. COMNAY J 1 SAF Sggss 59 Ca poke/os, cmt GINCSO. yma TEUASSIFICATION = DISSEMINATION CONTROLS Fa pSse