'. Canadian, French and British -bealth euthoritios, nist countries such as-Yoland and Czechéslovakia have been. forced te lcok inte Upon ny arrival here Iwas surprised to learn the extent of tho detailed - infermition possesed by Un1D.D RFVOLUCIONARTA and its Economic Research. Bureau, . This information is accurate ané I en able: to add: more Anformation to that known “ Cliba. ‘had been exporting lobster through: San Beiner, of the Montreal Lira. ‘Varta feafood: Distritutors", These exports woré rade by. the Cuban concern: ALIN FEZ to "World :Seafeed", and the latter’ fe-oxportod the lobster to ‘European ‘firms - Such as the Belgian Hal lewick and. “the British "Young Seafood", ; When ALIMNFEX was roplaced by CUBAEXPORT, the new Cuban concern tried te Grab the European lobster market from Boiner and hia Canadian firm. This was the. objective for which CUBAEXPORT Director Redolfo Shening was working during a ree sert European tour, and, to this end, he mado. contact with the British firm — "Young Seafood", tho French firm "Jneques Fourchtcin et Gla.", and othore in Westorn Europe. GUBAEXPORT. was to a large extent succesrful in this effort to " eat out Beiner, : . “The troubles .of CUBATXPORT and ‘of oll other Cuban foreign | trade. entere prises with free-verld firmo are dus to tho fact that Cuban concerns have ne Fee spect for international trade ethics. They taka recourse to all serta of rAneUe Vers, as gelling is their ofily concern}. ers, In the case of thé lobster c::ports lack of quality has boen apparent, Through my office in London I learned of complaints of improper cooking, pack~ and even crating of lobator. exported. to France, | Poland, and England, . dng, Hundreds of cases. ‘have been rejected by health and customs authorities ani by the’ importers thémselves, ‘been duplicated in Burope. ~ Naturally, the. poor quality of the lobster has been the cause of probes by Even the authorities of Comme / The problous Beiner has encountered - in Ganada have ‘the matter, ~ These countries: have returned lobster to Cuba ag “unfit” for human consumption", . This merchandise, hovever, was subsequently placed.in the Cuban domestic market, a practice that has been follewéd not, only with thé lobster, Perhaps less serious cases, These Atema vere retailed to tothe Cuban people after being eause of impurities, rejected abroad. ; Lee 4 There also are complaints about ‘the ‘presentation ofthe product and ‘the packing, all of which has caused stern protests by the affected free-world such as “Jacques Fourchtein et Cis." P » which complained to ALIMPEX laat firms,: year and to CUBABXPORT this year. | thisfic the long run alienntes custom. __, but also. with all other exports that have been turned down by Cuba's customers © a “. @bread. Jl otet . . 2. but t which aloo illustrate ‘the ; wégino'e cone i -' tempt for the Cuban people, ard good instances of this policy. I refer to : _- ducts which, althcugh not quite unfJt% for human consiiption, do not meet foreign — ‘quality standards, such as fruit preserves that have been turned down abroad be= _ cause of their excessively high contents of sugar, and rum that was returned bee - Le. : ‘ ee amt A mete, te OAS na noite mh dey ee AMG A els bee aatenan cet Posed