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DATE: 11/26/1963

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Embassy, Havana related to the Cuban economy and the effects of hurricane FLORA.

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26 NOV 1963

MEMCRANDUM NO. 83 FOR GENERAL FARLEG. WHILEE (165)

S

MA. FRANK B. SLOAH, Dep Ass See/Del ISA

(Rogtonal Allairs)

MAJOR GINANALS A ALCH

066

NEAR ADMIRAL W. I. A. WENDT, 96H

MAJOR GENERAL 3. W. CARPENTER, II, USAN

BRICADIER OSNERAL C. J. AWALTER. USMC

SUBJECT:

Intendepartmental Coordinating Committee of Caber Altalze:

Reporto trous Saltial and Canadian Timbanciea la Ravana

Attached Embassy seporte ase

elmentated to points ol cantast for

taformation.

NA

Signed:

A. M. Haig

It Colonel, USA

Joseph A Colliano, Ja.

General Counsel

11-26-63

Attachmento

An. Stated

side:

sent to ano

Lt Col Haig

ASG

Mr. Yarmolinaky (OSD)

27.322

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BRITISH ELBASSY,

HAVANA.

Octobor 25, 1963.

ce

You will have seen

a copy of lain Sutherland's letter

about the effects of hurricane

10328/63 0f Detober 10 to negatter is by way of an interim

FLORA (20t to J.I.B.).

reply to 1t,

drawing

together the various sources of information

on Flora which are now available.

The Cuban press

has been full of minor detail for the

past week or so and will warrant study by the intelligence

communities on both sides of the Atlantic.

The main points

have been sent to the Departnent in Stephen Decles' letters

1701/63 of October 11, 17 end 24;

the last of these enclosing

e sumary of Castro's

report on televisin.

a Copy of 312

or-the spot appreciation by Michael Collins

You will be receiving by this beg alad iron santiago.

40

A wollomade and informative news film has been shown

here which is revealing both as to the damage caused by Plore

and as to the quantity

of amphibious vohioles with which the

Cuben Army are equipped.

I believe it lo this film which

* an I.I.N. nows reporter

(Miss Caroline McCullough) was given

before she left:

11 1t is it is well worth close study.

There may be anothor 11im takon by Reuters' 100al

reporter which me think may have been smuggled out of the

connury, but we are not sure.. If it was got out successfully

1% will

probably have ended un at leviers, and you may caro

to sal for it to be mode availablo.

As Suthorland said in his letter under reference,

will take some time before enough evidence is collected to

nako a really useful assessment on the econonic effecte.

But we have made a first attempt, which appears as an Anness

to this letter.

I am copying this lotter to Sutherland in Washington and

to. JaI.B.

(P.H.

Scott)

FORDION OFFICE.S.W. 1.

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FIRSE

ASSESSHENE

ECONONIC EFFECES OF FLORA

(8)

Sugar.

This year's production of 3.8 million tons would probably

have been bettered next year because of increased new

sowings,

additional machinery of a kind that might

actually be useful (for lifting cane rather than for

cutting it), and renewed emphasis on the importance of

maximm possible was probably only t.3 million

tons, of which 2.3 million would come from the affected

On the basis of a third boing lost in the affected

zone (more through dron in yiela than because of cane

total for next year will probably be le the

region of 3.5 million tons.

Hence,

wich the sugar

rabloning

, which

is to come

Into force in Cube, probabLy

only slightly less will be available for espori thai

last year.

(b) Tobacco.

This should be unaffected.

Together with sugar this

accounts for nearly 90% of Cuba's export earnings.

CONCLUSION ONE

Export earnings will only be slightly less than last

year,

buy considerably lees than what was hoped for (perhaps

S40 million less.

(e) Coffee.

Assuming 105s of 400,000 quintals out oi an expecue

crop of

Crop available for domestic

use - 450,000 quintals, 1.e. 45 million pounds:

Now

6 million people drawing their full ration o1 S 023.

per weck for one year noed 58 million pounds (not all

take It,

of course, but much is also used in hotels,

cafés

Indeed 5,

been ordered (1.e. 11.2 million pounds), but no more

should be required if the Coveroment is prepared to

keep the ration below 3 023.

coitee met be in the region of £1 million;

of this may be given to Cuba either by the Russians or

ven to gon

by the Brazilians.

Other losses.

These will have no offect on foroign earnings.

effecto will be extension of period or austerity

and

standstill in publio worko (other than industrial) in

other provincos for sone time.

Food will be in even

shorter supply.

arfects on most agricultural products

will be short lived howevez as soil is so fertile.

Cattle losses are hard to estimete.

Ihere aro no

official ligures for overall losses or indeed for the

total cattle population.

But if me reckon on 4 million

head of cattle,

or which hali in the two stricken

and as some hearsay reports suggest

estimate losses as 101 of the herd (i.e. 200,000 bead),

milk products and especially neat will take a few years

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13.

-2=

to recover.

It might prove necessary to spend

additional

money abroad on such itens as breeding

cattle stock,

household effects and construotional

1tens (eg. steel piping and electric cable).

These nay cost 210 million.

CONCLUSION TWO

On the home front both the period and degree of

austerity,

both as regards lood

and consumer goods,

increased.

General construction work will be held back.

GENERAI, CONCLUSION•

1.0

Compared to 1963 drop in expori eamings plus additional

imports caused by Flora, will amount to around 610 - 615 million.

But 1963 totals were low and another 240 million should

probably be added to

this total to compare 1t with what was

probably hoped

for.

There will be nothing to spare abroad to alleviate

the further lowering of the standard of living at home.

(S.D. Eccles)

BRITISE ENRASSY,

FAVANA

October 25. 1963.

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SECRET

September 4, 1963

MEMORANDUM FOR GENERAL CARROLL, DIA

SUBJECT:

Transmittal of Information

The attached Canadian Embassy (Havana) cable and British

Embassy Report were furnished thie office through Department of

State channels and are forwarded for your information.

Signed:

A. M. Haig

It Colonel, USA

General Counsel

Attachments (2)

1. Cable fr CanEmb Havana,

dated 22 Aug 63

2. Its fr British Emb, dated

21 Aug 63, w/ 2 Incle

It col Hifano mone

It Col Haig

ASG.

only

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COrT

EM RAVANA AUG22/63 COMES

TO EXTERNAL 181 022200

INTO TY WASHDO LOT NATOPADIS FENNISHY PRIORITY FM OFT

BAG MOSCOG MA 1WH

INTERNAL. SITUATION

SEVERAL INCIDEWIS IN PAST TEN DAYS EAVE SERVED TO DISTURG SOMIRAT

THE FEELING OF CONSOLIDATION AND RELATIVE TRANQUILLITY WAICE CASTRO

REGIME BAD SUCCENDED IN CREATING. IN RECENT MONTHS, ATTACE KAS

LAUNCHED BY BOAT ACAINST FACECRE IN PIRAE TEL 31O, A PLANE FIRED

UPON SUCAR MILL AND AJOILER ATTACKED SMILE RATINAY YARD AND

ECTROLEUM DUMP AL EXTE OF CAGILEA NEAR. INE USCANAY. GOVI CLAIS

SHAS RAVICE WAS SLIGE, BUY AMISSION OF ANY REPRISITE DAMAGE

IS UNUSUAL. CUNTAINLY RUMOURS ABOUND TIAT THESE RATES VERE MORE

DESTRUCTEVE THAN OFFICIALLY ACKROWLEDGSD. TIENE ARE 4I40 PERSISLEET

SEFORES MAI MATAPAMBRE COEVEN MINE WAS SASOTAGED.

2. IN APDITION, THERES

ANA AUIISACIONS THAT GOVE IS ABORZUNG FAREDR

LING TOWARDS MIS INCARNAL INCHES. SOME CO LARCEE REMATHING PRIVATE

ELINS ARE NOW BEING CONFISCRED BY COVE WHICH NICANIS GOTE RURAL

BOURCROISTE UNQUOTE AS CLASS ENDIE. EXECUTION DE SEVEN SUPPOSED CS

AGENIS KAS BASE ANNOUNCED THIS MONEY. NE HAVE DEER TOLD TRAT SONE

THEY PEOPLE VALE BAGUISE IN LAS VILIAS PROVINCE, SOLE. DE UPON

BAD DALM BELO FOR A NUBER DE MONTES WITHOUT TRIAL AS IS THE CUSAN

PRACIICE. A LADY HEA EZAID FEOM HER BROTHER IN CABANAS PRISON THAT

OSA, ASG Control -No. 2037C

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CONFIDINTIAL

TERES ANY OFTICINS HAD BEEN SUOT THERE SHORTLY AJTEIVARDS A

CLOSELY GUARDRO MIG OF ANY POLITICAL, DISTRUCIONS WAS HELE IN

MOLOTO, LAVANA. SPORADIC FIGITING STILE APPEARS TO BE TAKING

MAGE IN THE ESCANCRAY.

3.Y00 ARE ANARE OF THIS ACTION OF CUEAN RE

GED AUTHORITIES IN SNATCHING

ID CUBAN ANNARA CITIZENS FROM UHINEABITED BRIT ISLAND IN BANANAS

AND SUBSEQUENT BRIT DECISION TO LOCCE PROTEST. I LEARNED FRCH BRIT

CHARCE THAT ONLY AT LAST MINUTE WAS IT DECIDED TO DRAND RETURN OF

THE FERSONS INSTEAD OG VERILY SENKINC FORMAL APOLOGY AS TO

ORIGINALLY INTENDED.

4. CURANS HAVE CHARCHD OSA IS ORCANIZING CANDALEN DE SUSVERSION AND

SABOTAGE FROM BASES LA QUITEAS AMEBICA, REDY GIAN UNCERTAIN OF USA

PLANS AND CUNULIUS APFIEANSIVE OVER TUS POSSIBILITY. QUEA BOULD

EE VULNCNABLA CEOCRASIUCALIY TO SUCH A CAMPAZON AND IT WOULD COM E

AT DIETICULE JING AS INIZUSIASE DON COVT IS CONNENILY AT

FAIRLY LOW UNB, NON IS IT EASY FOR CUSANS 20 FIND ANY VENY

EITECTIVE REPLE, TO ALLOU TUNCTIVES TO BE FROVOCKD INTO TAKING RE-

TALIATORY ACTION COULD PROVE DISASTROUS

5, ISUAL SHRILL PROPACANDA BARRACE IS CUCE HORE BEING DIRECTED AT

USA AND CLE GUEVARA RETISTATID TO VISITING LATIN AMERICANS NEED FOR

ANTED STRUCCLE NAC-STYLE TO ACHIEVE TISIE POLITICAL GOALS AND

JUSTIN METERCO 3O JIVI BY VIRAGANGA DE NOLIOVASZIVS EDIN GRIAIOE

THIS TACTIC TAD FEEN ADOLTED.

6 .

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6. ALL, THIS RUNS BATHEE COUNTRE TO SPIRITE DE MOSCOV AND PROSPECTS

OX CALICE USSE-USA RELATIONS. AS LONG AS CUBA HAS NOT PET NOT SETTLED

ITS PROBLINS WITZ USA IDEA OF AUY EAST-WEST DETENTE IS DISTASTNFUL

TO HAVANA, THE COVI OFFICIALLY ACCUSED USA OF TITING TO TARO AGVAN-

TAGE OF PRESENT INTEZNACIONAL SITUATION TO DESTROY CUBAN NEVOLUTION

BUT INDICATED THAT USA LAD UNDURESZIMATED THE SINKE CAPIACITY DE CUBAN

PEOPLE TO DETEND THIMSEEVIS AND SOLIDARITY CE USSE WITH CURA.

ICT CASTRO RECIME CANNOT ART NOX BE SURE WHUSHER IN LONG RUY USSE

WILL BE PREPARED TO MOULD IES INTRE FOREICH POLICY TO SUIT CURAS

CARLABEAN INORISTS.

7. ABOVE DOVELOPHENES HAVE JAISED BORUS OF THOSE. OPFOSED TO RACINE.

A FEI ANE ACAIN SPENDING IN ZEUS ON COVES BARLY DENISE. AS USUAL,

UGIEVEL, REASONS TEST CIVE DO MOE FIT WOT WITTAND BALONAL ANALY-

SIS. THE FABRIC OF COTT IS STRONG AND CANNOL. APT NOT EASILY DE DES-

TROYED. THETS ARE CHIJAINLY NO IFT HO SIGNS THAT IT IS IN ENEDIATE

IMS GEE. HE NGVEATIRLEES DESTITTED OPPOSITION FAS RECEIVED & FILLIE

TO ITS MORALE. TO APPLY WINNED APTEIGN TO PROBLE ON DEFENCE,

DISTRACTS ATTENTION AND RESOUNCES FadI URGLIZ TASE OF

ECONOMIC CONSTRUCTION.

KAOL

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COORD

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DIC-CURAS

AsSt OiC

ECON

ASST

SPEC

FOCA

HECY

BRITISH EMBASSY

WASHINGTON

August 21, 19630

Dear Bob,

I enclose two letters which we have received

from Havana

about visitors who went to Cuba as delegates

to the 26th of July celebrations.

a) Mr. Scott's letter 1652 of August 16

about a visit by

two British Members

Parliament who were taken to see two

prisons in Cuba.

b) Mr. Byatt's 1011/63 of August 15 enclosing

a list of delegates to the celebrations.

I shall be grateful if you would take particular

care

that the existence of these two letters and their

contents are kept Confidential.

Jous cret.

Sain.

(I. J. M. Sutherland)

•Mr. Robert I. Follestad,

Office

of the Co-ordinator of Cuban Affairs,

Room 6245,

State

Department,

WASHINGION

25, D.Co

OSA, ASG Control No. 2 037C

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BRITISH EMBA

CONFIDENTIAL,

1652/63

ILAVANA

August 16, 1963

In his letter 1011 of suguat 15 to Brown,

Robin Byntt mentioned visits which two of our

Parliamentary

Mr. Enrys Hughes and Mrs.

Malcoln Wacmillan,

visitors" beon able to male to Cuban

priaono.

enclose a copy of the minute of the

converontion.

which I had with the two M's about their

exneriences..

2.

You will see from this that both Mr. Hughes

Mir. Macmillan

gave a fairly favourable

account

conditiona in Cuban prinons, althou l,

as far as I can

judge,

they were objective

in their approach and had in

fact ocen

Join? their beut to chocl scories which they

had heari of the maltreatment of political priconero.

They were aldo suomicious of the Cubon motives in

denyi.na

them acceos to the Isle of lines and had tried

Cino

out soont conditions there by anenking to some

prisonere

served the carlior part of their

sentence in the Island.

They also agreed with me that

whatever might be true

of conditions in the prisons,

the juridical proceones under which prisoners wore

sen-

tenced, were

far below minsmum standards of

juntice.

3.

I have

discussed the comments of the MPs with our

Consul, Jo Pethybridge,

who has

mid severnl visits to

Cuben

includins

two te the Isle of fines.

with

then about

overcrowding ah?

with their

descrintion of

an atnosphere of bonhomic betweon warders

and

Unlike the nro,

Tethybridge had

magy

complaints about inadequate

ad the lack of

medical attention,

conccially in the Isle of Fines.

It may be that conditions there are worse than in

prisons on the mainland:

but no Pethbridge onys,

is alao true that his visits were

2% times of

mrticular

tension,

espncially his second

to the Inle of

Pines which was juat after

the. October criais.

Such evidende as we have been able to collect

thorefore about

conditiong

in Cuban prisons does not

bear out the lurid accounts which have been published

outside Cuba ag

for instance in the renort of the Inter-

American Commicsion on Human Rights of the 0.1.5. which

Iain. Sutherland

mentioned in his letter 10221/63 of

July 23 to Michael

No doubt conditions were

much worse in the earlier dayo of the revolution but it

seems that prisonorn are now genernily

treated humanely

and are not physically ill-treated. The fact

of course

remains that many

them have been given long sentences

after trinle which are a mockery of justice.

I am sending copies of thia lettor and

Leslie Boas

Caracas,

to Inin Sutherland in Varhingtontephen Ellesold In P.O.R.D.

Henry Bartlett in Mexico City,

and to Information Research Department.

(P. HI. Scott)

A. D. Parsone,

American Department,

FOREIGN OFFICE.

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NSH

graem and

Mirasses

The two membere of the Parllamentary

Delegation to the doti uf july

Enras Bushes and

Mr. dalcoln

colebrut1olarionfllan, called to 800 me

this cornine.

lal stayad in Cuba

alter ticir colleagues lad left beosuge

of a promise mate by Iresidont Dortiaos

that they would be al!oned to v1ait

the prison in the lele of lines.

In

180%,

they had not bren

nermitted to

go to the Igle of line: on this grounde

that 1o nao a milltary cove, but theyhad

vialter to prisono, one for men and

one for women and a

rehnbilitation

centre in finar del R10.

2.

tr. Hughes said that he had

considerable emerience di prisons and

That his impression was that those in

Cuba mere no morgo than those 1r. England

and that they seemed to be quite

efficiently and humanoly administered.

They had beon able to tall quite freely

to a large number of prisoners (they hed

an interpretor but many of the prisoners

apore Enalins o1t of ananian).

and dir. Macmillan

underatands a

They had

boen allosed to so Into the cella or

anybore else in the prisons.

None oi

the prisoners had made any complaints

about food and they seemed to be in

good physical condition.

no one mado

any complaints about brutality or

0ny0lon1 111-treatment.

On the other.

and the DIlDOnj MOre

definitely over-

and many of the prisonere

boomed to have been siven vary long

contencen for fairly trivial offendes.

Thay not one woman who had been in prisor

сог ело уовко впа взд пог уеї деел

Drought to tr181.

Both of the MPo had boen atruck by

the freodon with which the prisonere

opolo to thon and to the prioon offloiala

who had aoconcanied then.

The priso-

nore and their visitors had broken up

anto 1oall groupo and done quite fiercoo

argumente had brokon out.

paloon efficialo bed wantod to ororoiso

nono control over the conversation of tha

3oy could not do it bocause they

and boon coparated from them in the

Generas coniusion.

politton prisonore bad said that thay

Fralisod that

tho regine bad dono to

stay and that thoy would not attonpo"

any cotivity againet it if they

20ics0edo

This bad sounded quite

arminoing except in the rehabilitation

ocuss nhore privonors tho vere due for

Cia Coloade had rapeatod the party:

Be s

cher boputy Mirector of Gho 808000

edcinioCration,

Bro

Fernandaby. the bod

onio cho emanecarata dos the vilt

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Mirules

seemed

Intelligent and humane.

He had

many

plana

the Improvement o?

prison

conditions

but admittes

that 1t

was difricult to carry.

them out because

of ovorcronding. and shortage of

materialso

(P. I. Scott)

August 144e 1963

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CONFIDENCIAL

(1011/63)

BRITISII BIBASSY,

HAVANA•

August 15, 1963..

1o 19, now standard practice for such occasiong,

Cuban Government imported at their oun caponse &

larke number

of foreign delegates to witness the celebration of the 26ch

of July (Scott's despatch 10.

In fact (ag.

15 2150 nimost standard practice) trangnort difficulties

wore such that not a for arrived after the big doy.

This time there uns a fairly lorre British delegation.

17 strong;

or at longe some members of it told us thnt it

we 1i strong, though vic

only discovered 11 names.

into two parto

honded by Sidney Silverman

themscives from

were correct in their contacto with

the ey called on to charge dartires in a

oly on the nitermon of jule harly on the current rolitical

and spent about on hour

a hale in discussion with him,

and economic situation in 10bo. cor the most part

i realistic approach to cuban muestions and did not apperi

for Cuban propaganda.

That evoning they came,

after an interview with President Dorticos,

cocktall narty which he save for their bonelit.

0f the rest

of the Britiah delcantion we have seen alnoct

nothing,

though denari.

Waterman and Horsloy

HOS very

ImposSive

Scotta cocktall party.

achievement of

visit was their extraction from

President Dorticos of an acrcemont that Unicoln Linchlillan

and Enrys Hughes should be allowod to visit political prisoners

stoyed bolind for the

purpose when the rest

of the party lefú on

July 30.

writing separately

nout their experienceo.

Graham Greene,

the novelist,

was also here in tine for

not 03 in

officint deleanto

the cclebration

quest of the Cuban Artiots' Union

and of the Minister

of loalth,

Armando lart,

who he has apparently met in the

owed bie nccommodation

entortainment and,

firat few days,

benr-lending to

the fortunate chance that he

arrived on the

anmo pinne as one of our conriers,

since his

official hoots had made no arrangemento

for him whatever and

not even contact him for several days.

Whilst he woo

here he wa interviewed by the nowspaper

"Revolucion" (their

Isaue of August 12) and acquitted himoolf with sone okill,

parrying all

the politically clonied

questions.

nocoriine to the Cuban press 10r

nacust 10

geome to

Honeye live

let himself no rother

nore on reaching Moxico on his return

10 10 alleged do havo

sivon Cuba nuito a write-up

the presence of the first secretary of the Drivich Embassy

In Mexico".

preso paid considernble attention to the arrival of

foreign delegates and to the reception

Italian and

delegationg,

sar most of

Dopanose,

by ridol Castro.

the delegationg from socinliat countrion.

by the Chineso Ambnasador on

the nicht of Aucuot 1

colobrate with the Chinese military delogation

of the founding of the Chineso Communist Army;

attended by most of the Cubon Government except Fidel Castro

conmunists like Blas Roca and Carlos Raphael Rodrigues.

15.. In ...

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CONFIDANTIAL

-2-

In conversation with an officint of the Ministry of

the Irensury (whose confidence I should be grateful if you

would respect) I leaned that the frensury are considerably

disturbed nt the amount of money which this sort of jamborec

is cooting.

It happens

January 2, May 1

and July 26. Even though some of the

their own erpense,

they are nil apparently accommodated and

reted free of charge onec they get here.:

My informant told

me that the leat Buropcan

delegations stay on average for

the socinlist bloc visitors for about

a week of ten det the don mertenno ung on for montha and

months!.

welle linintry were trying to net then moved arter

the first nonth out of llavana's lurury hotels and into cheaper

bonding houses:

they were al00,

I gathered rathor forlornly,

trying to suggest more diocretion in the matter of numbers for

future visits..

Ile would not be drawn on whother the Latin

Amorionna atay go long becnuse the food is free, or for

lottier motives.

it nint amuse you to know thot Fidel Castro

Turoponn delegations, and no doubt considernale annoyance

to some of his own peopic, by ordering a some of soneral

2ot

nt 1 o'clock: in the corning of July

29.

The nir conditioning

in the niviero Hotel,

wich housed the

delegator, had broken

This was discovered by Castro then he dropped in to

openk to the delegation and he immodintoly ordered their

transfer,

bag nnd

bocange, to the former Hilton Hotey where

Curbon occupanta,.

including, so I gather,

honeymoon

couples,

were

roused from their bods and packed off to the riviera.

7.

I enclose a liot of foreign delegates which is the best

we have been nble to cull from

the. daily press.

If you think:

that other posts vould be interested in this could you have

it copied no necessary, since we do not have adequate facilities

hero..

I am copying this letter with enclosure to

Sutherland

in Washington ond, without enclosure, to Barker in Mexico City•

(Rol.C. Byntt)

Jail. Brown, logo,

imerican Department

PORPICN OFFICE"S..1.

CONFIDENTIAL

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Delegations to the 26th of July calebratione in lovana

Ascris - Col, Hounri Bounedienne, Vice Trine Minister: Najor Sliman,

Minister

of Defense; overal othere.

Austria - Fridel Furnberg,

Secretary. Goneral of the Conmuniot Farty;

Bruno

rurch, nonber of

the Central Conmittee.

Bribain

S. Silvermon: H.f; E. Hughee,

H.P; F. Allaun.

T.D; J.

Rankin, MP; Malcolm

Macmilirn,

M.I:

1.

Beancy,

Mor; Arthur

Loving

M.P; Robert

Edwards,

Vice

Chairmann of

Parliamentary

Anglo-Cuban

Committoe; felix Topoloki,

painter; Peter Vaterman, atudent: Horsley, painter.

Canade

_ Phillip

Courneyene, Nene Hoodward, Joseph Walter

Jones,

Huguete Harthr

Purcotte and Henri

Bortraud.

Chile

- ¿nepolicón lend leves.

Colombia- Santioco Medeno, Mario Giraldo, Eduardo Martínez end

Hernando Ariao,

Dominican Renublic - A photocroph of some

dolegates wan

publiched, but mithout nomes.

Easuorn Goruany - Edgar Irios, officinl of the Miniotry of foreien

Affairs.

Finland - Ieuvo Ilmari

Frence: - lenri Pourc

ond Juice Peranda Pause: Marcuerite

Perlet,

teacher; Julien Tierre Comouche, university

profescori

Henry Prymon, member of the French-uSsh Countinee; Feorgee

Allombert: school teacher; Joanel Laurent,

Goncher;

Jacques Laik, school teacher; Auguote laurcle

achool. toactier;

Marine Charlot, school toccher: Jeanne Vignoud, ochool.

teacher; Susanne Vottier,

school teacher; Joselto Farseas,

school teacher: Ironcoise Veidig,

school toacher: Kauricette

Brin,

scbool toacher; Fernande Loine.

school coacher; Renne:

Snoyaters, school teocher; Suzanne Tache,

school teacher;

Durene Avisse,

school teacher; Susanne loftinet, school

teacher; Colette lebrun,.

school teacher: Jeanne

DelCaud,

school teachor; Nicola Rade, school. teacher; Hmo. Gilberte

Makerovsly,

josoph hakarovsky, Odedle bonouche,

school

tencher; Andres Salve, Andre

Lotebure, Olga Cousaget,

joodlyn Mallort and Georgette bammy.

Grocco - Pro?, Micolon kitoikdo, Jean of raculty of Technolow in

Athens University:

Guotonale - Consuelo Fereiro.

beon halso,

imbedsador and Permonent secretary of the

National Politioal Depertment of

the Guionne Democratic

at conckary.

Federal Secretary

Gobee Piola liontaye'be Admindobrative

of the Guienne

Democratic Farty

of loukrounkon.

Barry Manadou

Captnin

and Conckry

Delegato to the Nacional Assembly.

Irag

• Phamina Salam Adel.

Isracl

- Rubén Eduordo Kaufman.

Itely

-leccioli Ugo, momber of the Bonrd of the Italian Communist

Party and

ex major of the guerrilla bridages of liberation,

Secretary of the Communist Federation of Iorino.

llagni..

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Lami Vitorio,

nonber of the lational Council, of the:

Italian

(eneral.

Confoderction of Labor.

Julian R. de Arcante, Sponiard Socialist Tabor Tarly.

Japan

Setoni Halanada, nomber of the Sceretarint of the Central

connitice

02

the Communist Party.

Itaru Tochara, nonher of the decretariat of the Central

Committee or

the Conmunist Party.

Toluno Utsunomige ind Goichi Usui, Deputioo of the

Tihezal Democrabic Farty.

Kanjuo Kate and Zengoro

Shimagnui, Deputice of the

Socialiot Farty.

Zhujiro Tonake:

decrebory Congrel of the leonomic

Committee of the Atroasiatio Solidarity.

Lebanon

- Mounak Turnin, member of flie belenon

Concunint Farty

of. tas Hebanon Guben Defonse

Conmittee.

Máxico

Ruboz110 Fernandod: Miguel Angel Montes, Aunoldo Taz-

tinen Verduge,

Sinon bars,

Liannel terrazas,

Jose 611v0

Royoo, liario

Cono

Cino, Morborto

Varges

Ortia, Conclos

Boccillo, dooúo Cil, Paula Bedrono ond Jorge Encinos

Hadrono.

Per!!

- Javier Royos Gonedlcz.

I'e0219's Republic, of Chine - Chin Chung-hua, Lieutenant coion

Shanghai,

Nico renceconte the Atronioric

Soliturity

Committce and tho Conmittoe for the Detenoc of Vor1a

Ponoe of the Chineoce people.

Irs.

Roao Hong-chur,

Deputy

to the Popular Notional

ond niember

of tho Freoidium of the Wonen's

maionnl Federotio!

of China.

Tichu Ying,

Vice President of the Nadional Union of

Nue Tinht Induotry.

Sun Vi-stings

combor of the Central Connibice of tha

Icasue oi

Communist Touth.

Vang Fu-chine.

Subscorntory Genocal of the Friomohip

Latinanerican-Chinense Accociationa

Yoin Ilsingn-lue,

reprecentotive of the militia.

201.029

- Dolecion Podedvorny, Viceprooident: Stoniolew Fucindi.

- Minino Abbahore Tindator of Minance: Mro. 1000

Koaba, momber of

the Nobional Tolitical Bileeai.

Hort Vietnam - Pran Auen Taoh, Sub cudot of the Bureau of Movil-

Tzation for tho lonulne union of the Party's ec.

Responsable of the Front of Hevolntionaey

loule of the Marty: (Both Donutioc to the Mational

Ascembly).

Syr23

- I. Nowry Majj Kifal, Juriot of the city of long, nember

of the

Executive Committee of the Micoasiatic Solidarity

of Damasons and member of the Conmunist Party of Syria.

Amin lohamed, nomber of the communior Farty of Syria:

South Koen Hellons 11t2

South Koreo"s Connittee of Cultural

foreign countries.

South Viatnon - Vo Dong Gions, momber of the Contral Connilitee of

the front of National Libration.

Minh Phuong, donociation of workers for the

Liberation of Vietnon.

Ngugen Van Luong, Chier of Battalion of the biucration

Army.

(hirs.../)

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Mrs.

Ngoc Dung,

lender of

the Women's Association

for the

Liberation

of Vietnam.

United States of America - loger and Susan Oven.

- Pernando Nirand Péror and Marín

Teresa Alvarez.

USSR

- 1. I. Fendorov, Uranion Minister of Social Assistance

(Peadov)

G. I. Menisor, first Secretary of the CYSU in Hurmanak

A..

tomboransly, Precident of

the Soviet of Balu

a Po Minkarcev,

Scoretory of the Provincial Industrial

Koncomol of loscow.

A. P.

Samilova, Engineer at the urals rachinery factory.

1.

Serl:ov:

baiour Hore of Volgograd.

. Noviiova, Interpreter

V. Dogajkin, Interpscter.

Jugoslavia - Nikole Sekulia, deprecentative of the Alliance

of the

working neople

of lugoslavia, menber of

the Central

Committee of

the larty and Iresident of the chamber

of lancation and Cunture of the Federal Parliamont.

Slipc l'onkovic, Representative of the lugoslavian

Uniong

and

menuer of the Council of Unions.

Albabari Necim, Representative

of the fighters Union

of Yugoslavia,

nember

of the Executive Bureau of the

•Central Committce

of the larty at the Republic of

Bosnia and Hercegovinia, and President

of the Chamber

of Political. Organination of the Popular Assenblies

in said ropublics.

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