14-00000 curs le awe ere OY 1 . a ee tee Fe ate wees ate ‘ - roe es 7 oy Mom. ty ake e Lee ee . ‘ . - “o™ ' STAT gonanrsth ow A ; * . wee UL A ! "y MEMO it ANDUM 4 April 1967 | SS Os: Chief of Station, JMWAVE - WPW-1333 ; PROM ; PW/MARCIIBANK Distribution ' 3 = COS SUBJECT: ‘TYPIC/OPERATIONAL 2 = PW/MARCHBANK i AMSCROILL Progress Report i = PW/Chrono i 1 January - 31 March 1067 1 = REG & QPERATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS i 1 i d 1. During the quarter under review AMSCROLL continued its 7 - Campaign to discredit the Cuban regime's economic management. As before, the campaign was conducted by the AHSCROLL radio i program and by serious economic studies and comment thet were provided ita mailing list of sugar brokers, selected firmus ; engage.. in international trade and shipping, and commercial and technical journals. The Station continues to be encouraged by | evidence of increased acceptance of the AMSCPfOLL efforts. For at example, AMSCROLL received eighteen letters from Cuba during this : quarter, all of which were in direct response to the radio prograa. wns sf mratinecatenns « Of theese, twelve were received in March which represents the . highest monthly total since initiating the program. This compares with eleven the srevious quarter and only three in the corresponding quarter of 1906S. In January, the Vice President of the Association of Sugar Producers of Puerto Rico called upon the ABSCHROL. offices to request AHSCAOLL'’s assistance in preparing a chapter on Cuban sugar production preblems to be included in a book this person is writing. AMSCROLL received requests from four univerai@= ties or colleges requesting written material, from a graduate etudent preparing a thesis on the lot of the Cuban peasant, from the U.8. Army Special Warfare School iibrary, and others. The wire services, particularly Associated Press and Agence France Presse, continued to file stories based upon AMSCROLL releases, A AE nll 5 In addition, on 1 January AMSCROLL began a thirteen minute program each Sunday on AMTHIGH. These programs are in large part confined to subjects of an economic nature with the tine on - ote Sunday devoted to an in-depth analysis of what has occurred in awh this area since the previous Sunday. Typical themes hit through- . . ~~ out this quarter were: Economic and sociological aspects of a Castro's "San Andres' speech of 28 January, an unfavorable =: balance of trade with Spain of $30,000,000, significance of Soviet. | - trade with Chile as compared with Cuba, an analysis of a UN . ' economic study of Cuba which shows that rice production in Cuba - ..- has declined 50% since 1860, the 2oyal British Institute's 0. #4 finding that Cuba's economy makes her a poor trading risk, and “ @ report that Greek ship owners that persist in trading with BS . . 7 . a ‘ an . oe # I fa, : bee we vy ' - 4 woe CPE roe . . WAGE oy f i a | | | i } ! j j i | i i | | ° Be The ANSCROLL radio program continued as reported for: the | . last quarter--daily except Sunday for ten minutes over AMTHIGH.. 1 i | i t | i j | | | | j i { i, i z i
14-00000 4 ee cere a entree meee .. refused to sell spare parts to Cuba; the story was filed by AYP wee cream - Qu Cuba are being brought to trial. Throughout this period and whenever poseible a particular effort was made to relate developmente in China to present or possible developmenta in Cuba. The difficulties of the Chinese economy provided examples to which a Cuban “twist could be put; e.g., the Chinese and Cuban economic failures demonstrate the failure of applicd communism in the economic area. i i 3. AMSCROLL is continuing its analysis of the current Sugar crop. Its releases on this subject continue to generate } interest and the Station has seen coverags in The Miami Herald, El Universal (of Caracas), The Times of The Americas, and Diario Las Americas. ‘The AMSCROLI releases on Free World shipping to Cuba were picked up by both AP and AFP and were published in the newspapers listed in the previous sentence ag well as The Hontreal Star. The AMHIM Bulletin algo carries the bulk of these releases and we can therefore presume coverage [ of at least some of this information in Jatin America. Aa interesting study was an analysis of Britigh/Cuban trade which i demonstrates that Great Britain is now gotting the better part | of the bargain; this story was filod by AFP ag was a story of the poor quality of molasses being soid by the Cubans to British | firms. Finally, AMSCSOLL continued to get mileage from the | Damlier-Benz story by reporting that this German firm has finally , i and published at least by Diario las Americas. 4. AMSCROLI continued its mailing program to Cuba, but on a further reduced ecale. During the quarter about 3,000 were . madled versus 5,860 during the previous quarter, We count a ’ distribution during this quarter of 7,127 press releases and economic studies to places other than Cuba. 5S. A recent development which may have an interesting —, ; operational potential was a telephone call to AMSCROLL from . & Czarnikow-itionda, the New York sugar brokers, which was triggered by an AHSCROLL "case study" of the problems being — faced by a Cuban sugar mill, The firm told AMSCROLL that if has for some time suspected Cuban sugar production figures and wondered if AMSCROLL had any such suspicions. AMSCROLL (through (= |... AVFRAHE-1) has written to say it would be most interested in following any leads from Czarnikow-fionda that could support a , ; eonclusion that Cuban production figures are false, which is . a where this matter now lies. The officials of Cearnikow-2ionda are well known to AMSCROLL and we shall be interested in seeing what the firm developes for AMSCROLL. : . ' i x we we ro wage tes Soe ne enennaee yeoracet iat RD a Re eran cera eet EES bene semen tne eyeenr ete nemmmertmerniare rate ne om toe = ' preety ren 4 * tnt tia aS ade RE. aetada the Dennis RUIN sane wa ue . bo ten . * ts cat atedeaenetthedt toladthaetbacianane Anklet di SiteHERGS tlt iat 660 Bes es or receaehttn thine 8 F ogists nosh dbase enrarbac it,
a 5h eenate Rea - ~ ar SECRET a= 3oe B. ADMINISTRATION & The amount budgeted for the quarter under review was $38,750 of which $33,700.72 was spent. Of thie amount, $9,728 was for salaries and $23,972.72 for operations and office. expenses. 7, Funding is bandied as follows: AMSCROLL operational and administrative expenses are reimbursed monthly by the case efficer to the treasurer after submission of an accounting of funds spent. Funds for salaries are also given the treasurer by the cage officer which for tax purposes are paid by 2 local cover company. ©. PROBLEMS &, The Station ig not aware of any problens during this quarter worthy of comment. D. PLANS FOR NEXT QUARTER ~~ ~~" 7-7" ®. AMSCROLL broadcasting via AMTHIGH will cease 20 April and AMTHIGH has been so informed by letter dated 13 March. The 4HSCROLL programs will thereafter be carried by JMHOPE. The Statics expects that thig move will result in a substantial saving. oa y mann ernie fe : ceased apart eagyt ink ond bn Rehan ae . caverta 988 oe rinWPS a Bi FP a eg be re res ee bi pees Man th ' ston ee aepet se ore mamas 5 co wenqermnetic ines eit pe cenmemnmen Som se OF n og Por, & eadahh ht hi rs es | 2 27 oH 4 yt 4 3 4 dane cbs ota ad bende ct - khan + pannaty Lb A we eae? sanidlilas thacstha acts » vecne ren ened etninte amine TRH ST Tee