14-00000 ~ Qa which firm withdrew 11,691-ton tanker, VaLIY, and the other vessels it owns and/or operates. 3.~ "Tsavliris" orivateers cxnosed.- TSAVLIRIS shipping firm, operating out of Log don and Piracus, under the names of “Tsavliris Shipzing", "Tsavliris Hellas Mari--= time", "Pancristo Shipping", "Waterloo Shipping", and "Trafalgar Shipping" is very " active in business with the Castro-Comnunist regime, From a total of 17-vessols, TSAVLIRIS has.been using 12 in the Red Cuba trade. The 12 vessels are: FREE ENTERPRISE, FREE WERCHANT, WE FOREST, NE}! GaTc, NE’) GROVE, «= NEW GLaDE, NE.J HEATH, NEW HILL, iki] LaNE, Nel] MeaDOW, SWELL HILL, CLAIRS, FREE TR»DER, and FREE NaVIGATOR. TS.VLIRIS operates its vessels under British, Lebanese or Haitian flags, this last action being illegal according to a July 6, 1965 Haitian law. The FREE NaViGaTOR has changed its name seven times. The NEJ HEATH has deliy ered tvo shipments of Cuban sugar to Japan, which have not been accepted by Japanese refineries, because stain and rust from.vessel's hold has spoiled cargo. In mid- 4ugust the Lebanise 7,260 ton SAN SPYRIDON had arrived in the United Kingdom with 1,600 tons of Cuban sugar spoiled by sea water. TSAVILIRIS! vessels have made 50 trips to Red Cuba during the last two years. “Lew Cuban Management Boycott Comittee receives synport.- Reports reaching this = bureau indicate that the Cuban Management Boycott Committee has already received - several letters support from Free “orld Chambers of Commerce, Details are expected to be known shortly. §.- Freé orld dockworkers! boycott to_receive boost.~- The announcement of a Cont] “ nental Dockworkers Congress to be held in Venezuela during the first two weeks of - October confirm last month's report that an increase in boycott activities against vessels flying the flags of countries still] trading with Communist Cuba. 6.~ Japanese Trade Mission gets "chilly" reception in Latin America due to Red Cuba deals.~ A Japanese Trade Mission, headed by fir, Kague Kitagawa, President of “Sum, temo Electrical Industries" came under fire while touring Mexico, Venesuela, Brazil, ‘Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, and Peru, Latin Americans brought up matter that Japan was indirectly financing subversion by providing Castro with an average of 9] mil-- lion dollars a month for the last 4 years. Japanese were told to choose between the Red Cuban market and the Latin american market. Some examples follow: article by L. Rojas Ospina in, "Excelsior", Mexico, Sep. 4, «= 1965; in Brazil, a speech by Congressman Flaviano Riberiro dated Sep. 4, 1965, and an article by Gustavo Corcao published in "Diario da Noticias", Rio de Janeiro, Sep. 2, 1965 issue, made the headlines. In Lima, Peru, a speech by Congressman Ricardo Temoche made the local Japanese embassy respond with a vague statement of justifica tion. In Chile, an editorial of "El Mercurio" stressed this point to Japanese visj, torse 97,~ Cuban exiles block Castro's attempt to sell "treasure".— Cuban exile Committee for the Recovery of the artistic and Cultural Heritage of their country was able to block Castro's attempt to sell art works and raise $2 million dollars. Cuban edles
14-00000 we inspected 104 cases containing art treasures during August 23, 24, and 25, in Milan, Italy, identifying 45 pieces as their own, \ Although 103 cases were only werth US716,000, the contents of case #107 were said to be worth US.600,000. The first 103 cases delivered to Castro's "partner" Mah= mood Mowlazadeh, contained religious and funeral pieces, but case #107, forwarded from Switzerland, contained solid gold and silver objects. ; Italian Customs have impounded Castro's "treasure", 8.-C ' " " .- After the "defeg tions" of Luis Ricardo Alonso - Ambassador to England -, Gilberto R. Alemany -Trade Councollor in Japan-, and several members of the Cuban "Music Hall" playing in Pa-- ris, the regime recalled its Ambassador to Prague, Armando Flores Ibarra, and the « following members of the Cuban Embassy in Lohdon: Maria Fernandez, Osmani Martines Vazquez, Moises Dias, Nario- Garcia, and Armando Lobeto. i . oe Meanwhile, different rumors plegued Guba (many of them stemming from official state ments): attempts on Castro's life, internal dissontion resulting from the "ultima-- ~ tum given to militiamen to return weapons; new boatloads of Cuban refugees arriving to Floridian shores; and Security Police Chief Valdes' statements zeroing-in against "terrorism, sabotage, and resistance", Econ. Int.Rep, recommends: "A Depression in Russia?" published by US NEWS & WORLD REPORT in its September 13, 1965 issue. "Red Buying Snarled by Red Tape” by Miami Herald-Los Angeles Time Wire, published in "THE MIAMI HERALD", September 17, 1965, Be 16-A. x . . i Sourceg: The above information has been ebtaincd from reliable sources, both from Cuba and the Free World. For further details related to the above items please address your correspondence to: Economic Research Bureau UNIDAD REVOLUCIONARIA ° 10 S.E. 9th Street Miami, Fla., U.S.Ac PE ADA weriene 9 oe BbetteO ties parting 5 WS see nal Wami, October Ist., 1965.- :
14-00000 Sse gir a lout gs dior ES y . + rey, : . » emg, Be : « ® a “ . 3 , Da ¥ NC” aly aE DISPATCH | — secr: oe . SECRET rin eee Ws Faced te la MARRED FOR NOT RING . Chief, WH RO INDERING BEQUIRED ONLY GUALIFHED EAD GL AR TEAS DESA CAR IOUT INDE RING info. Chief of Station, Caracas SRR o  AMSCROLL/European Shipping Organization - i ACTION REQUIRED . REFERENCES . ACTION REQUIRED: Request comment Chief of Station, JMWAVE®! va We attach herewith a reproduction of an article from the Caracas : newspaper El] Universal of 10 September describing the organization of a committee of European shippers to fight the discrimination these shippers fancy they suffer in Latin America, We are curious why such a group should be organized and to what purpose, Could this, for example, be a reaction to the efforts to boycott ships that trade t _with Cuba? The Station will appreciate Headquarters! comment if it 5 appears that this group may become important and if it is or will be i concerned with attempts to influence shipping to Cuba, Yo ue é Irancttar~te f~ Philip G, ELMARD 7 ‘ . ' Attachment: ; Newspaper article, usc) 07 4 yee DG Enctsaea frame agtemat; . DATE TYPED DATE OISPATCHED dew grag ang pistribution: caution 7 oct 65 | OCT 11 1865 = a ress os “rrenasua | ‘ cross REFERENCE 10 rn OISPATCH SYMBOL AND NUMBER g- COS,Caracas,w/att, —",- i ‘usc 5 70 ONT Pook UFGA=23443 2- c , w/o/a t t ° HEADQUARTERS FILE NUMBER CLASSIFICATION gory § 19-132-49/3 mo, SEC ROD
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