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DEPARTMEN. OF THE ARMY

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF

WASHINGTON 25, D.C.

1 August 1963

CS 091 Cuba (29 Jul 63)

MEMORANDUM FOR: DIRECTOR, JOINT STAFF

SUBJECT: Interdepartmental Coordinating Committee of Cuban

Affairs: Transmittal of Information

References:

NSAM No. 213

Memorandum from Deputy Secretary of Defense to

Mr. Bundy, Special Assistant to the President,

dated 10 Jan 63

Memorandum from Secretary of the Army to Mr.

Cottrell, Chairman, Interdepartmental Committee

on Cuba, dated 11 Jan 63

The attached papers were provided by the Department of State.

You may find them of interest.

1 Incl

as

for

J. D.

ALGER

Major General, GS

Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff

for Military Operations

10 10S 05/30710% 70

20 AJO 1980

OEGLAGSIACAT ON: OTE-2

SCOURE: CONCGARENCE

Das-

NO JOINT STAFF OBJECTION

TO DECLASSIFICATION

REQUIRES CONCURRENCE OF:

DATE:

2000

CONEDENDAL

JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF

OFFUCIL FILE CUTY

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1011/63

S2 BOISTE

BRITISHI STAG

FIls VANA

Gene 20, 1963

by Soost about&

cunner party given by odtsolale ot

tho Ministry of

Foreton Atroles at salch thiy Berclopod the thero of

co-Crustence with tab Unilot Stetos and spoke in an

aaronty indiaorded munror mich is quite unusual for

2=

No do not many Brawly unt to make of ol1 thio,

bas de looks as thoupt ma liniour 1o forloning ut

Castro's allusions to blu distra tur more norter

to convince ua and taroun tap

in fact thai? polloy.

We dies xleo not sure

1i3p into thio plotures

Don 1220r joined Protocol Department

he workod with tilo National Council of

• Itura and eatood the moonlas "rubdos y Cultura"

Leo told us that ho was muched out of this job because of

2o support for abatrack ant aginat tho sooislint realton

Is moy bo that han curcasm st tho expence of the

Enrolens one other openinG 12110070620256

may be no nora

than a reloction os his Mugsantlement a Looing his old

100+

On the other hons, hn try bave been transferred to

Lotocol Doperbaont will: a upertel brief do. work on the

Doodora miscions in the hope or nochrying our, enc

snairootty the Anerica, diotino os Cubao

Tho may in

which ho opooks would be obsolutant with an attempt to

persuade us chas the Canta ravolution do noro natiomliet

wen communded end con bo reliad upon to turn amy

{wom

Licoon khen Ruodian sumes to no longor indisposable

SoMe Old sombera 0f tho

COLe bi sely Hovenent pro. ably

Bchlove this quite gertnely; even if they arg naive in

apposing that tboy mould on r be able to jump out of the

mons south once they have beon vallened.

You will notice iron

8x8607h 6 01 126 minuto ha

U038 0112036k3 Lave cald Dhot Koschenoyo viet fe 141a%

to be quite coon end any be tiand to coincido with tho 26th

of July Calebrations.

Than roud, or coured, gratity

I restion of wishful

thaning.

8. 2rcgln0

Incalf will have nany

cuase Lactora to concides = ud 24 could bappen,

I an copying this lotter do Greenball In Unchington

and to farter in BouccrA

(1. Bo Unrohant)

Do I Lo Slator, Fogo, 6.,0g

Ameracon Departmont,

•Foreign Officu

JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF

OFFICIAL FILE COPY

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Inod night I was & cucst at a omall

Slanes party given by Si.

Roberto

Eclendor (Sah Director of Protocol) at

d1s 020101al protocol house in Cubanacan.

He was supported by Sr. Imn Gongora

(Dhe boad of tho Coordination Seotion of

Pyatt too

about whor lis

recentlr written a minuto

and

Ce. Hormlalo liarela lone of the attachés

1c Protocol Dipartment) •

The other

actor of the Swiss Embassy

No de 2a Dantide, who le in charge of

Gosman inborcoto at the French Enbrooye

and Iro Rillord of tho Canadien Embaady.

Are da Kavery attenan the

anconhord ung relaxod and

even convivial.

donatos and vorons, who did most of the

103. 2a2 on the Caban sido

made a more

deterined eltors than I have so far

encountered mong Cuben officials, to

cogeimon uc. that cuban policy in now co

wear dol oc-onibience with the unitoo

9609050

Maring Canner, Molenden romariod

that Controle agoont apocches,

particular

4y 12900 10 Runnio

autrita on the United States,

nas boon tree fcon

and had

chema that tie vas ready for

zolotons with tho Amoricans.

Ho said

dant dorand che viola to

hunals, Castro

Ind boor moon auch dofinite annurencos

of daviot ampport thee Cuba now folt that

she ban modiáag to foor from American

aespecolene

When I coked whother the

Rusoleno bed advocated a loon provocativo

goldsy donardo torth Anorion and the

net of Katin Arleng Vorons sala that

Do bellond that this nas 80.

Helendea

added tot Csotape attitude roflected

the doodlags of the Cuban people.

choy

wore ace vinodotive ond had no feeling of

Anovaliar Comerilo the Amoricano.

12

ho poule he caron a fumaltuoua reccations

Varont.ond3 tbad he thought that tho

anarlata peoss and tho anerican people

analy, nore non lono unreadonable ard

mobondoad about tho Cuban question.

Anoritate onald hardly be expooted to

modata thuda policy boscre tho next

but thinge might

sova nomo ausckly 1r Kennody ware

rechnoded.

He expected

to o00 a seve

soccess e worsenice detento, and not

Herzly 070r Cubo.,

Kennedy

had nade a

narabia arcooh sbond ton days lago

which we noot encouraging.

Molenderg

Kaho man witb Gnotro during his Russion

tour, apolo oc nono longth about the

were favortable goroonal lepreocion

shat of.

Khrushchem had nade on the Culara ni

aaid dant he lot; thon in Do

he nao gendala la favour of reducing

/tenolo:

WONETUENITAY

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tendion and worne for pononiul

co-erintence.

evonine,

Varonn micsod fem abandes o2

making

of the Ruggland.

when

Molondor told ue of cho wmworn et int

TU 114, Vargas sonathod Shot &t moa odd

chat poople who could alo booh ellio

clont aircraft

inshioned in choir minantle menderin

and could got coriod o abond ebotraod

0IG.

Ho agzood eschandematcally mon

I quagestod

cant thole Carto Jadl

D91203

Locallined 1t

War Fine vis

the othos hand,

he Aspendeed morta

adaration for Anorrong

Do codd 1914

ho had mony amondemn Palordo and acta

rently moon 31va in dho Unito0 Stuten

than Culo,

3o

up into amla porago de noperato

tables an the pardons

titor n:01

wore nors manh lacorn cho atiraa

cone soma shous postbions atedliablong

o? to maninosy of Voroleu Adcoteir

when 014rnes boc tock Forted ad

. Balone "his no

Vice-linircere

no dan boon dio upenli.

throwsh saich

cho 02d commadoso ha

boned so penocrete the Minodry:

ALt

Introneng of Sir bond had boon

ancocdatully radios and More onto moo

no ve concuricos da the Mintstar ot

alL,

Tor the noot pero, the dist?

vos ma sata 20th of dulge

Ds' Decor

rehando of i Rodo

2o darden

elerage mos boing

nado to indestrinate

teasers of the odofc old. laccom

Gonnah. had bren cons on Cater coronto

but At no mounlly poonible or ayord

the on the crounds that the Windetair

more do busy that those peopto coatte not

bo aparado

Ros anch thingo as voluntory caug

matingo

In coply to m cucation;

Verons sota that Corone (the bond v2

the Noot Europonn Dopardoant) mad not

no ola cornunia% in the tzuo doene,

but a long ostablloheû follow cadellas

who had beon for many yeare on outhai

aisablo supporter of come abanantel

front organirations.

Foace Movemont.

When I aolo0 about

ho cano fron is vor monithy bournec

farily azd that bie polition etillulo

coulà best be dezcribed no social

Concorate

In the past, be had hood

an opon opponomi do communton and kon

writton pamphlots and srulcl03

/agatnag

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12125.20

Gg0 21000

For this censon,

tho

3.25

nowaandate had done their loat to

munt tir out of the covormont, but ho

hod boor saved bocause of his personal

ilondohip vith Castro.

urine dinner aloo,

the quostion

Matendes oodd that st would take place

very coon end that the liniutry voro

chrosor lead at work on the preparatione

Ha harood that it was quate Likely, when

Ditor mugreated that the viait might be

soinoddo with the colobration

on tho 2oth 01 July®

(Po H, Scott)

sune 18,1963

CON

PENELAI

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CONFIDENTLAI,

(1104/63)

BRITISE IMBASSY,

SAVANA •

June 20, 1983+

I enclose a coor or a mlaute by Byatt

reccrdian a converansion with

official fron Oriente Province, which you

may lind of intaros.

I an aleo vending copies to Sutherland

1 lashington and to u.13.

(2•H. Scott)

A.D. Parsons, Esg., M.C•

American Deramment

BORNICE CURIOR,

CONFIDERAT AD

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On Jano 1) I had a converantion

With my former Spanich tonenes, coar 1a

Fazono (arcie Ill guca,

Onlonte Province for alroot n

Dar. Canoia do a qualitlod neidont steal.

onchoot and at ono otare aculiod as

Lovcarpool Univorcity.

Before tha

revolution ho famed an Orionto Provinco,

but lilo faant to balton over in 19604

baving dacovered that DoR.n.Ar bod

Abondontd bie form ascer obriocing the:

buskolnan and genovine n21 nochanare and

fairo ontilpaenti

he hiss al30 boon Norting Cor

Sarained then.

howevos y

to Wad Aivon a Foot no

advinod (03500002) for Oriente on coldee

Cuotaonpord 20000 Dừa

a moith ago he wos

un1hohol to tho emiralent post don

maolaros and fodder.

poola t bolieve

poponed to the Governont, ond much of

chas he cage roy bo exangérasode

not ovor addicted to hard worl

Ghress mnintod.a cloony alcture

of:

pricultural produotion in Oricntt

Izorinced in Concing:

he scin, there

Was compioto Incle of orcanication:

personnel. vera chunted from one:

dor drinent to cnothox;

anuble anongs, thomonives without

proper contral Cordinntion;

stantmont

machinary and forbilinor vero o1l 1n

Choice anoely obate for managero Were

wont to

Follow their own whim or the

olzootivon os the tocol I.l.R.A.

production deportient rather than tha

roco mendationo of the various nunzitiod

00713020

following are some partlo lar

Pomerly the vinld was 900 to

now 16

aont nibhunmixture of carly and 2000

brontes aced, with the reoul, that who

chron hod to bo havented when binit of

was 04111 untipe.

Thoro Mill be y

owing

to the

Cozine

drought, alaont none has boon

planted.

Arter to vonco of volunteer

along the comeo tales arc brats

molod and the miold in likely do dzoo.

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Inice areas have bech planted

of the crop was lock turiolod

on 2006ed through deleyn in colinction

and distribution. Governd onlz caddind

gone in the remo aren have been closed

Suspe

As In 1962

voluntoon curtora, have

cooted mch of tho-cane.

Fielde out in

Jane will not bo onctiolenoly crodo don

curbing next

new blantine bag Door

nite

excendiro but ho te tao dont wishout

opport advigg or cuncry gonna

mall on 1d

1a on unsulthble land.

Hernonal oxperienco of cutting nachines

Dirt bad boon told thog were bot

very

ontisfactory sinco choy upcooted nuch

of the cano.

Dr, Garcia 4016 ma tha? thoneco of

2and unfer cultivntion In Orionto mac

mon croator than 1t bad beon borozo the

rovointion. This boing do 14 No hard

to understand why the drop in. Droduction

ahould be so arcite

"In answor to my

Osaboliove runoure shot elenltural

produce was boing exported in large

He thought the gnawer ins

was the disoriontention mentionod above

There who the

lael 07 finanoirl Incontivo,

the Covemment clained to have abollched

maddemony

for examnlo

adrochdo.

peace word bousht from onlihollero ot

3лоо6 00r quintal and 3010 10 Me

superancket it a prico egunt to 15 pogos

per quininl.

Other Caosors nors the

onali rainfall of the post thie veero;

the 2aob choe mogenho Comerly toricea

on the land were now in the arny or

and podotve railocchce. ohou.ot

2r0go o1ni vorting on state formo.

deld no it was by no moons uncontion to

find chot a field kentod with doztilinor

hod been siven n. good drousing round the

cogon and tho reat of tho fortilizer

dumpod in a heat,

of oicht, 20. 4h9

midale of the siola.

The food situntion nround Bagamo une

worse than in Havanr

1112- in pardiculos,

has beon vory phort and Limited to eno

in of condongod lille per montli for

children undor coven.

Howovery

With 3ag

Locining of the colno Gus should

Luntoved

i concidernble niabor of

Rocion anjoulbural novleeza in Ordonio,

I Cather Dro Carola doco not have much

alroot contes with

thoro to ou10 that,

touca none od dion fero cartelmly

cloud boral mockaliots with Conolderable

neelcultur l machinory.

17.

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CONPIDINCLAT

...

Tor tmo purposto.

Ta. Gozoso had come o Ilovain

Firstly to ropont

to hie bone

the non in charge of

posito hind fodder promotion on the

neMoral plano.

he found thas the

appolnoment had not yet been mito.

Secondly do olmend the pirat I.Mak

Moslonal production Congredo wich book

oneo between dune 5 and 0.

cibeloool Mio no o "torrific lo% of Valk'

about

inerocood production and now

PLeno

which,

on far na he conde see,

wonc no more likoly to cuecced then

Inot Tot.

8.

Chouch bria cabalome of tilo tiy

ue u0shor more coloured I doubt 17 1t

could bo entroly rishtul thinkins,

nao: Dro Carolo Is in a pocition do lor

ob Zonat nono of the fricto.

I havo hid copior of thia minuto

nado th ongo you wioh to paog

thon: to

Vachincton,

inoricon Departnent and J.I3.

(R.A.C. Byntt)

June 19, 1963:

Ne. Clubo.

CONFI.

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BRITISH EMBASSY,

ILA VANA •

June 20, 1963.

: you may

have seen thesumnary of Castro! apcoch in the

Finoncial

rimes of dune 6,

which contains two inaccuraces,

Although we have already sont you

a puminry of thie apeech

in our

telegram 16 saving of

Jure 6,

theue two points coll

for some comment.

2.

The article states that Cuos

was prepared to discues

compensation

for United staton Investments nattonalised under

Cuban revolutionary lay,

If the Unlted Statos aereod to buy

cuban sugar at more thon 5x cents per pound".

Castro did,

In fact,

mention 54 cents but in

she context of Cuba's

earlier.

ofior to nesotlate with the United States, when

the world augar price won wall bolow this figure.

referring to any posalble fudure discustions about compeneation

Castro said that the ligure of 5a cente was now meaninglese

(See porasmanh 6 of our telegrar lio. 16. Saving of June 6).

The article also

soid that the incrensed sugar price

offered by

the u.s.S.R. would

not benefit the Cuban

trOASUTY

diroctly, but would bo

used to buy off the Cuban debt to the

U.S.S.R.

which Castro. put. nt.82C0 millIon

This might well

be time but all Caatro did

in fact, goy,

was that the

Increased sugar price vould have so bonorit all. Cubans and

not just the sugar workore.

figures of the debt

to Russia (8150 to 4200 million) to shor that Cuba was in ne

position to simply distribute

etc., but that it should be ploughed back into the economy

by being used to inorease the menne of production (see

paragraph 3 of our telegram No. 16 Saving of June 6)•

I am sending a oopy of this lotter to Brown in American

Department and to v.I.a.

Com

(S.D. Ecoles)

I.J.M.

Sutherland, Eog.,

British Inbassy

VASHINGLOD

CORFIDENCIAI

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LOPED

218

(1501/63)

BRITISH EMBASSY,

HAVANA.

June 20, 19634

Dear lam.

Below 1a sone

further inforation on the sugar

harvest,

in continuation of my lettom 1301/63 of June 6 and June 12.

The latest figures from the notice board in the Emprese

Province

Les Villas

Orlente

Habsha (no change)

Pinar del Rio

Matanzan

Camagiley

Norm

Actual Total

13.322, 500

142

7, 446

$ 1447

,580

9

126

193

3, 665, 227

2

503

947

158

035

302,176

3

269

276

11,911

, 641

7, 130

050

, 181

National. Totol

49,004, 105

31, 169,285

We have no new confidentin totals to rive you.

At the Pirat National Mooting of cane grovere fron the

"Granjas dol Problo"

• some informntion was given by the I MARA.

directornte, all referrine to "Franjan del Pueblo"

tho field of cone In 1963 uno some 40 thousand arrobag

per caballerio,

must be increasod to 60 thousand

iri 1964

lie, approxinntoly l4 tong per acre up to 20 tons per acro)

target sor re-aowing in 1,327.4 coballerlos.

sprine sowings (796 lil caballerfac)

A1).

to be completed by

June 30.

The nunber of nachines to ba voed for lifting cong In the

ext harvoat has now gone up to 4,100 because of 600 of n

which love been added to the 3. 500

•It la clutned that these 4, 100 machines

from

y1.2)

Iberite between 80 and 100 thousand workers who can now be maed

The claim that oll cone Lifting will bo nechanised

has now boon reduced to "all the State soctor and

between 75 and 80 per cent. of elz the cane".

Thn rate of "lift

for theso machines lo bata to be 3,000 arrobas por day if tho

fields they are woking in have on avernge yield of 40 thousand

arrobas per caballerla ol.e.

approximately 91 tons

a day in

fielda yielding approximately

14 tong per ncre).

Repartment nd to

Thent and no a copy of the lotter to Brown in Angrican

Tans arses

schantal

(3. D. Eccles)

?.i.n.

Sutherland, Esg.,

WASH ROPON,

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1 1301/65

BRITISH MBASSY

HAVANTA

June 12, 1955

paragnesh 7o2 dy

ester 1501/85 o2 done 6,

about the Cuban

sugar harvest:

2.

The:

second

25000n 202010ne0 Dag toLd

us that the confidcabal

Jacar. Governmont

estinate o8. 3u73

modaction 10 debreea

3.6 and 3.5 md11104

3o2s.

this information

came from a Govesament Deporteent,

but not

one direcily conconned with the sugar

induater:

•I aa sending a coot o1 this letter to

Micheel Browa in

the Robeige Office sud

to the J.1.3.

(5. 2. Socles)

I. J.

1E.

Subherland, Bag.y

WASHINICEOR.

380ЗA022Р

CONNEL DINNER AT.

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DESBRICCED

(1397/63)

BRITISH BIBASSI,

ILAVANA •

Juno 20, 1963.

210a30

refer to brian Soch'a Jester 1397/63 of March 12,

about

the Cuban morchant 1100%

sno "Androo conciles Linco" arrivon hero on tune 16.

"Con115 Cienfuegos"

the gong,

nomad hnd clow cut to Poland

attend the leunching, coredony

and tobaned to Caus on board.

de botore it was intended do hold a nons demonetration of

velcone

but tils woo cancelled

beccuse of the death of Carlos

Fernnndez lo, a pontor executive of the Gor.o.n.

in adition to the detaile rivon in norarch 3 of the

Ïetter under reccronce Cubich and appliesble to this chi?,

except

that sho crow is given no 41),:

the following have

nino been aven

in the pread:

dorth of. bold - 12.99 metron;

water copseity m 202 fond;

power - 7,000 2070;

ned donnge - 5,500g roos connare = 19,200.

The alin has five 4o1fg

and can corry 18

156 cubic netcco

it 220J0,

on 16,953 cubic nobrao or pachaged cocde.

In torin

of weight, to corzying coppery la claiucd to bo 10,040 tons

It is onid that tha thtra ship of ohio tyco, the

Mirace110 IrIesiao"

will arrive in October.

Ian sonaina a copy of thio letter to Sutherland in

Washington, Chancery,

and Sonlor Noval Officor

of pranovort ond an encloning un extra cory for the hintotry

(3.2. Iccleo)

JoM. BrOOD,

American Debaranoi 2.001:

POLETON OBSTER

JUSTICEED

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RESTRICTIT

(10219/65)

ERITISH EMISSY

RAVATA

June 27, 1953.

Jones lotter 1023/63 of ray try cham croaded fata scou

Joteor of Mog 22, reported tha

Inboat eicanago of notos tetree.

Uruguay end Cube

Acaor ling to the Colos

tus scraining lo, neglong jin

00b01 Erbosag hong 206%

t2a coundry in Done Eligio 1not mak.

the Uruguayon Dilagry don

hava no cogless.

Thia noonopor vocaten la aliratly at adda vith ibo nobout

Given us by the

official reaponoible for naking the excongeunute

for the anyioeod departuro.

scouring to him,

mont o1t to Mom, a20 & Db21L0e 8020 01 230210 M0 FOrG

macocntablo to cho UnitoR Otatos wont to Mendeo, mailng a 30%as

of about 360.

Thoy vero alloned to bein frank-loads ot

rpersonal

nich of 1t obriounle naciod into tis

rosevod thori of tho thonando of clone nith much theis pookate

vore stuffed.

I on convine tuto lotter to dosco la Monterideo and

Suchezland In Nachangtor.

( 3. nata )

J. M. Erona, Toge

Amarican Dent.

POSSION 01.20S+

XESTRICAZE

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CONFIDANOTAL

(1301/63)

BRITISE BIASSI,

HAVANA

July 4, 1903•

Below is come further intormation on sugar, in continuation

of my lotter 1301/63 of Juno 20:

The final "cheueos bng boen carriod out

but no production

ligures of any sort were mentioned.

In his closing oncech,

Fidel Castro said that the sugar harvoot this yoor vas the

worst since the revolution

but it would be the last of tho

"worst years".

The only other point of interest in his

spoech was that the amall farmore would receive 4 cents.

por arroba (251b.) of cane inoseed or 3.75 cento.

because of the bad harvest, unu partly to stimulate future

productions.

The latest figureo from the notice-boord in the Empreoa

Consolidadadel Azúcar refer to tho amount of sugar cone actually

and are in netric

are still

by June 29'(tno In Criente and one

Only three nilla

in Comaguoy).

working

1L9z02S

Actual Potol

Las Villas

Oriente

Ia Habana

(no change)

Pihar del

RiO

Matanzas

Canaguey

19:260,005

7

419

13

1335

,5100

029

9

927

2039

1521

2

181

601

359

303

133

, 612

930

1100

709

050

92909

193

7,255,348

Total

47,401,922

31,358, 164 IS

These figures ring true to us -

(s)

because their develonment over the past nonth

or so has been sseady and

reasonable, and

(D)

beccuse the anount of sugar at yielde of 11%

and 12% would bo 3:45 million tono ard 3.77 million

tons, respoctively,

and those figures tally with

the various unofficial estimates which we have been

reporting recently:

We have had ino private estimates during the past fortnicht

which are worth reporting;

(1) An Economist not in sympathy with the Governent said that

he had heard that the actual sugar harvest mao about

3.4 million tone, to which about of million tong had been

to give a grand total of about

added from reserve we got thip at second hand).

3.8 million tons.

/t11) A technica

I.J.M. Suthezlend, Esg.,

British Embassy,

WASHINGJON

13

COMFLEBIUIAL

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CONELD!

(1301/63)

-2no

(11)A techrical adviser responsible for suger achinery

In Oriente Frovinco Toid n nomber of the slaft that

the final. estinate was 3.6 million tons and that he

thought that that vos shows right.

He also added that

about 3 million song of sue harrueen Zoro uncut,

bart

he did nou think thet cator thie or the nonly planted

cone would enable tha harvost to he more than 4 million

sons nexi year.

In an article in 13 Mendo for Jily

this your's sugar crop

would he loon

fact that

4 miation tong vas

aönitbed publicly for the firot time.

6.

the Econonist nentioned (mentioned in paragogh 4(i) above

also boid that

according

tho increase in

7•

1s fac as now comings are concerned somo facto vero

given by

Carloa Rafnel, Rodricues,

Presilent of I.l.R.d, 01

June 26. (and published in lloy on June 27•

fairly well nich those given in my lottor 1301/63 of June 6

127 figures refer to cotinatos of plantings completed by Junc

30;

(a) National total - 5, 100 caballeras

the annual nom of

13,200 onbalterloa.

that to, 399. 01

(b) The Mavana tobol of: 550 caballeriao

(65% of its norm),

and the oriente total of 2, 00o caballerias (53% 0đ its

norm) were described as 8ood.

(c) The Camagücy toban of 700-750 caballerine (21% of its nom)

was described as very bud.

8.

Some figures have been given about the progress of the

fight against the bug known as

A means of attack

1s by

Lay ocos which food off shere bugs

thus lillins them.

June 15 01 lact yoor only 215 man 274,000!

000 pico hoa bean brod.

this yeor the total on June

Samples of such

bugs taken on lloy 51,

1962 showed that between 0.2% and 6.1%

of them had been attacked; bui for sanples labor talen, on

Day 31,

1963,

the range was between 4% and 21.77.

and to J.I.B:

I am copying this letter to Brown in American Department

(S.D. Eccles)

I.J.M. Sutherland, Isg.,

WASHINGTON •

CONPIDRIZIAU

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DENISE BUS AL

A TEES! 201001,

(1397/03)

Juno 29, 1203•

An aeroenent wad airned here en tune 21 botocon

nnd

thin

"Cousin/ Interanoicnil

Indicogncricona 40

Under the arcconcos o dorfloy

chinnine cervica io to be.

(Dozociona) red Culo,

too countaion providind the

colo in alternato monthor me Coon Chin

dol. Tin"

2d. Chie

diast Orcaloh

1o alreddy on

BD2D

*terra Manta" la boto to

dow dove of the conoreton de e comeroin tra

ToẠt 121321

Urugery

hoo boon hailed in the proto

700 0901105

of the bankerptoy of the Tindtod

S0a6e0 101200

or Mockeding Guor

Pie Dizootos of linsac Minima"

nnnonae?ne 1019

the arceog

coole oc plene 49

the Cabor merchant f2oo0.

ite the recent scorioition

Taon Poland of cho "Sierra Maesten"

«danilo Cientieroo"

and

"Confoe Lineot (ay Jetter 1307/65 or Tere!

12) and

#in

Lapendine conatimosion of tho "Azooolio Ileains"

"annel Mocunso"

Cobo malt obrionely try to cacat

mora of ato Porcica balde 1u Die om bostora.

Mirector apole of opondon ofticon lu various picto of

he world to promote Big,

and I bollove one of tho

tormo of

the Cabon/ Uranuaran trado agreonent 10 that only

chipo of tao too countafe cucula be uned.

I an coopine chia Jector to Crthoriend En Uohington,

Ohnnocry in Modaid nod onelore cooted

ndch you my wich

to tho board of Orde,

the linlotry of Ceanoport

and 2.J.0.

(03. 291lch)

B0de9

Anorlone Daenetacaro

1,3001•

9.2202842

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BRITISI ENDASSI,

HAVANA.

July 3, 1963•

Our telogram no. 456 pê Juaa 19 mentionca unfavourable

references in Chotro's apeech made at Cardenns on June

to the use of small lolande arouna Ouba obviouoly the

Babnmas more meant - for illicit courber-nevolubionary

activities.

In subgement conversecion with the Ambassador

оnо telegram 20. 409),

Fidel Castro clained that ho was

sometines carried. avay. by the excitement of the momont and

that he did not intend any attack on Britain.

2.

•As y0u

will see fron our telecram no. 456,

the references

in the specch to Fronce were rather more pointed.

Chargé d'Affaires told un that he made a procest to the

Cuben Government about thee remarks, which we believe to be

based on counter-revolutionary cloima

originating in Miani

that, even

if the Americons and the British rofused to 81107

their territory

to be used to liberate Cuba

other more

Iriendly countries vould. The Ironch Charge d'Arfairos confirmed

that there was no fronch territory closer than fartinigne

and Guadeloupe and thas the French mould not countenance the

use of these iclands, even it this were practicaule.

3-

We did not think Castro's romarks unduly offensive

and did not,

therefore, propose to protest. There

therefore

of liaising with the French:

Trene rabay uns not tell us in vance of their intentions.

Ve do not now whether they had

Instmotions fron France

or decided to take action on thoir own initiative.

I on copving this leuter to Suthorland in Vashington

and Chancery in Paris.

(D. Hitch)

1W:

I M. BrOWn,

American Deparment

PORCIG OrPIOR, S.H.1-

CONCI DENICIAL

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ECONOMIC REPORT, April - June 1963

Goneral

This quarter has boen relatively ruiet politically,

the rain point of interest being Dr. Fidel Castro'e visit

-to the USSR auring which it vas announced that Russia would

pay Cuba world prices

new nice is

ordinal a cents). conts per pound las opposed to the

This increase is to be used for

expanding means of production in

although

it is not

known whether Cuba will receive any

inoreade

as auditional convertible currency

Since Dr.

Castro's return fron the USor,

ho has placed treat emphasis

on the need for Cuba to concentrato on the development of

production and the expansion of the economy.

Competition on a points basis has been introduced

between units

and individual workers

under the titlo of

"Socialist onulation"

(to rosce copitaliot compovition).

are awarded for such thine no attendance and

productivity

and rewards

are in the form of honours such as

being the "best worker of the month", and holidays at

scaside camns.

weges has been announced and is being

tried out in a pilot scheme.

Ihis fixes

eight different

rates of pay for a

who complotes his

rate to be drawn will dopend on the workers technical

qualifications.

May 1 saw the introduction o a uncial Securiüy achene

under which workers who are ill cor more than three days will

receive 40, of their normal pay.

Acciculture - Suar

The sugar barvest to virtually over, the main oconomic

concern of the Covorrmont duster the last cuarter

been to bring in as much sugne co possible.

Otricially

the harvest is doscribod as the vorst since the revolution

and unofricial estimates are now in the region of 3.5 to 3.8

million tons of

The tatsot official fisurc is that

at Jure 25, 31.388.164 tons of sugar came had been milled.

6.

On hio return from Russia Dr. ricel Castro Said tiat

the USSR would be able to colve all the problemo about

cutting cone by nachine;

within two rears.

He claimed that

for the

1064 harvest

Cuha would have at its disposI

4, 100 machines for lifting canc.

thus raleasing

30 to 100

thousand workers for cutting and other work.

7. Targete for future production are diven as 5.5 million

tong. o1

sugar in 1964 and 7 million in 1965.

Agriculture - general

This quarter has soon the arrival of 100 Soviet

tochniciano to help in the devolo mont of cattle farming

land

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and 26 Bulgarians to help in increasing vegetable

production.

The agreement between Cuba and the U.N. Food and

Agricultural Organization for the setting up of an

agricultural research station near Havana

Rome on April 10.

The coot of approximately

will be shared botween the !.N

•Speoial Fund (91,157,600)

and the Cuban Covernment ($1,137,000).

necessary deposit of $18, 300 with the U.N. on June 13.

Dishing

All five of the Japanese fishing veosels mentioned in

the last economic report have now arrived and two of these

have completed their first operetional trip.

As a result

tinned tunny fish is now availablo in Cuba

again, aftor a

Lanse of over a year.

At present the quantition available

are snall.

Although shell fish have always beon popular in Cuba,

ciah is geldom eaten nlthough Cuba is an island.

An advertising campaicn

is n win operabion trying to persuade

(a lind of hale) as

this is now being

by soviet this.

Fish was taken off the ration on

June 3 and an increase

in fioh consumption of 220% over

1962 is plenned for this your.

12.

111-wood Cuban fishing bouts are now beginning to come

from local ghi yards.

Dr. Fidel Castro launched 17 of them

on June 18, ench 17' long and capablo of carrying 16,000 lbs.

of fish,

Potrol

13.

The price of petrol was ruised from 34 cents to 60 cents

per Amorican gallon on June 28.

Industry - General

14.

Details have recontly been given of some light

industrial plants which are in the course of construction and

some of which have actually started production:

a) In Santa Clara,

a factory making dies and moulas for

use in other Cuban factories is completed and is to start

production soon.

It cost 91

419,000 and uses machinery iron

Bulgeria, China and North Korea,

year

b) Also being constructed at Santa Clara is'a

factory

for miking domestic appliancoo.

the cost is 312,489,000 and

the machinory is Croch

Planned production capacity

per year:

c) A Russian-ouilt file factory in Guantanamo

which his

is now to produci

$1, 400, 000.

cnnloyint

Coat of constinction v.o

/D).

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d). A Czech-built nut,

washer factory in

Santiago de Cuba Ins started linited production with 100

workors training

and producing at the same time.

Planned

production 1s 1,500 tons per year with 150 workers in two

shifto of 8 houro.

The cost of construction was $568,000.

e) A Croch-built factory for maling

axes,

and harners las boon completed in Gurntanamo but in not

yet in full procnction bocause of a shortage of electric

power.

Annual procuction is expected to be 100,000 picks,

50,000 large axes;

20,000 small axes

25,000 hammers;

25,000 sledge hammers and 25,000 opades.

f)

A Czech-built factory Cor makin, knives,

forks

and snoons has startoo production in Santiago de

Cuba

g) It is claimed that 275 of Cuba's need for machets

will be met by a factory rocently opened near Havana.

Costing $70,000 this factory should produce each year

174,000 machets lor the augar cane industry, 4,000 small

saws for use in coffee plantations, 10, 000 tobacco workers

knives and 3,000 tin openers.

h) Last Cormany has built a brush factory in Ciogo

IC AVILa,

Camaguey,

produce 140,000 brunes a year di Cour Finde

It is intended to

clothes.and

hair, shoe,

floor.

To be opened shortly is another Fast German

factory in Nuevilas,

Canasuoy, which will provide for all

Cuba's needs for soldering wire : 2,200 motric tong per

Cost of factory was $850,000:

3) A tobacco procossing plant being built at La

Colonia,

Pinar del Rio, is to

be inaugurated in 1904,

processing 3 million noundo of tobacco leaf por year.

2) On Anril 1,

a cacao processing nlant was opened

in Baracoa, Costing $300,000 this can process 1,800 metric

tons per year, employing 55 vorters.

1) The factory for maling sacks out of Kenai, which

was sentioned in our

Economic Report for 1962 has now

startod

production.

The cost of this factory was $3,916,400.

Estimated production,

employing 254 workers, 1s 18 millior

licht sacke per year, this figure being 50% of the Cuban

demand.

Industry. - Powor

15:

The finishins touchos are now being given to the

hydroelectric schono at Hanabanilla which will eventually

produce 90 milion allowatt hours per year although only

56 million thio yoar.

The roservoir has need of

two. dams,

one 40.5 n hich,

the

other 39.5 m and covers.

an aren of 19

aquare

kiloneters.

The two generatoro are of 16,500 Ki/

cach.

shipping

16.

The new Ruasian chin "Cosmonaut arrivod

in Havana

on

May

27 from Riga, on ive maiden voyogs,

The "Cosnonaut,

/which

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which has a dioplacement of 21,400 tone and a eneed of 20

knote, will probabloo

uscr.con inuougly on the Rica-Havann

or Leningrad-Havana rund

17.

The second shin built in Foland for the Cuban State

lines

Marbisa"

Linos"

arrived in lavan. on Junc 15.

The

Gonzalez

it is a sister

shin to the "Circlo Cionfuegos

17,450° tons,

mentioned in the loot econonic report.

Ả

third phin, the Aracelio Icloutco icepected in October.

18.

A nonchly chip ins corvice for freight to and fron

Spain io tho aubjoct of

ana reencat botwoon "Nanbiso

and

Sponich company, Compatia Intornacional Jatino Americana

de España,

Civil Aviation

19.

The Spanicb Airline "Iberis" has incredocd its flights

from a forticly to a scekig acroney and C.M.A. (Mexicana)

incucurated a woody Clich fron Monice Citz on June 26.

Governmont Ortonizations

20:

The Midiotry of Polio Dila Io boch ce-styled the

Ministry of Conctrrotion

nd will also take on roshocibitty

for

hydroglectric schomos, drainse, water sunily, cartogray

and concused.

21,

Four new Instituton have boon oet up under the Ministry

of Industries to

develop tho

country's

natural recources.

These are for the invostigation into the devolonmont of

a)

the manufacture of nugar derivatives

the noc of machinery

c)

miring and mineralogy

(?)

the chemical industr

Forcien Inado - General

22.

Sonc emori Ciguros nove reconly been published in &

magazine in Havana.

Year

Sugar

by-products

1958

556

593, 556,000

1959 197 9738000

1960

493, 269,000

1961

289

532,658,000

2962 150710000

Tobacco and

by -producta

49,577

175,000

54,331

(52,000

62, 953,000

(10p)

Others

Total

90, 349,000

(1.2%00

733,682,000

91,749

1000

(114%0)

637,655,000

39,759

728;000

25, L21

1221000

62, 111,000

(10%2)

52,362

1936)000

58

3, 059,000

(7171)

618

3, 226,000

624,910,000

520,728,000

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30V2C 22122

a recent cocech

Didol. Onetro

said chao Cuba

21.50

4200

million

23.

Tha

trade protocol Cor 1963

on Marchi

27 and providod. co

maroon in Budancot

in trade

o? 204, over 1262.

On hay 2 contracte

aisuod Cor Mahru an buson and

Tourica,

400th, 02,162,375, which 0211

so calivord 14401

Sherco are gucrantee for 10

vchicloo jnvoltod, manoly 150 Marue broco, godol 630 20c

25. Dutre DR-50 linner lordic

17 60m 12120000 90 00020 CuTH06,0000, 06 06001

ock one to decorate on hotel li done for content

trials

one do the Parue nodel 66 falroady arriver) and

Mic. Other is aro bubed in one"

posschrero:

Crechoe LovauL

26.

On doril 17a contract was ireed

Cor 400. Soda buses

for "clivors thic poet

tie cort to 86,300,000 plus 1,200,000

T0PHHaT0

norto.

Wear old willie.

o Or in 1064. cnd

MALA

i: 1905.

When theod and 40 ci

11119

croady ordered for

thio goir have boon deliveredg

ill be 391 Croch busta

in Cuba:

600. Cooch lomise o vidi brice will be

manlied

roar

Foland

27:

The trade orotocol for 7903 wacoised in Masawon April

Cub. 6111 60017

duct concentrich,

ourer,

citrug

fruit

701003,

.?'

1104

0012d

Other producte.

Foland Gin bunnies

modical chunnent,

tractors and

casiootsel macaones,

bierolon, drugs,

chemicaloond boatilos:

Pilmily

periodicals,

reconts,

alidee and atars con

shidateltato call roo be included.

8292023

23.

for

1, 300

worth 95

million,

e dicked

on Nor 10.

Orrue carto for those, t0r01

01,200,000.

This is

423664ed

as mutton crocit to be pair

badle in

g00d2

bowwoon 1966 and 1070, or whonevor Cuba can

procure

then!

29

A trade

aynonto accocdent wad birned in Rabel on Mor 16.

The Coxt and

not

boen annonced bit at to coportod that the new

arreonant in

Pon tired reard,

be inning on Juno?,

7963.

In this

period Morocco will Smooti

and cone cotecd.

cuba will recrive tigh moot, tinnod ourtler,

To porticolas of cubatition or value erd

Javitable

74209 V

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Go. in.

available,

Ururuay

30.

A Cuban trade miscion has been in Montovidco for some

wecks.

There

has been a cront deal

of press coverage in

Havana and

although the

agrcoment is not yet coopinice, it

is ceportca that Cuba will sup aucar (20,000 tons in

¿obacco and cocoa

and that

and car tyresy

Chitte

31.

It has boon announced that a trade delenation will be

going to Chile.

United Kindön

For the three monthe January - March, Guba-u.i. trade

been as follows%-

1961

1202

Imports fron Cuba

Exports to Cuba

Re-exports

8463,233

61, 669, 743

C1, 349,737

2950, 826

€ 5,509

€15,703

1963

0556,412

C513,912

€9,457

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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF

WASHINGTON 25, D. C.

SAYS OFAMI

1 August 1963

CS 091 Cuba (29 Jul 63)

MEMORANDUM FOR: DIRECTOR, JOINT STAFF

SUBJECT:

Interdepartmental Coordinating Committee of Cuban

Affairs: Transmittal of Information

References:

NSAM No. 213

Memorandum from Deputy Secretary of Defense to

Mr. Bundy, Special Assistant to the President,

dated 10 Jan 63

Memorandum from Secretary of the Army to Mr.

Cottrell, Chairman, Interdepartmental Committee

on Cuba, dated 11 Jan 63

The attached papers were provided by the Department of State.

You may find them of interest.

Run Firda

1 Incl

as

for

ALGER

Major General, GS

Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff

for Military Operations

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2032 31203212.

BRITISH SIRAC

FLAVANA

June 20, 1963

• enclose & comr 0n o inlauke or Soott about a

dinner party given by

tho Ministry of

Sorelon Afters at saich thy

Bercloped the theme of

cover stence with the Unilot Stetos and apoke in an

a Darently incisorded mumor wách is quite unusual for

42009

Wo do not know oracoly ubnt ts make of all thio,

tus 1t. looks as chouch ta linlote, 10 folloning up

Cantrols allusiono so bin distro to sore normal

scabone vich the baited blades with a deliberate attempt

to convince un ant througa 09g

one unergoang, that this li

10 fact thais policy,

We dina sen not auro

hon taron

1a3o 1ndo thie ploture,

Unn 1agre loined Protocol Department

o sit a bond ego

ho vonzod olo 1io Notional Oouncil o2

o Itura and edited tho marlos "Tuobloo y Oultura".

colổ un bag ho mao puchea out of this job because of

support for chotrast art ignint tho coolallat reallen

Echoote

It nay be that han saroon se the amence of the

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may

be no norg

1D00 * 202100t1on of

his unpazallament as 2ooing his ol

110%.

On the other hand, an our bave been transferred to

Leotocos Dopartnont nial: a upeutal brief to. work on the

Doodora micozong an to hopo on nodifying our, enc

The may In

walch he opooke noule we oscotutant with an attent to

percundo us that the Camn rovolution is moro necionoliat

an couled and con to rollod uron to turn amy

{2 0m

Lescon when Ruacian airat to nu longor indisperoablre

Ecao old sombers of tho

2002. of vady Horocent are ably

Follere indo quite dentholy, won 12 thoy are naive in

opposing

that

they would onur bo able to jump out of the

Leon°s Louch once they love been sualloned.

Ion wils notico 1zon

paranoon a of tao minuto that

Cuban 011103348 have daid ort Mrishonov"s violt l0 110i

to bo quito coon and any bo tined to coinoido with the 26tb

oi July celebrations.

made would, of courdo, gratify

Clan Manlinosedors

especia.?.

ais Cobro was In Moacow for May

taunting.

lunsele will have nesy

conor Lectors to condide.

it 20 302d harpon,

I an copying thie lotter do Greenhill in Washington

and $0

Darker in Moscen,

(le So Tosrobant)

Do Mo Bo Slater, Fedo, CloC

Amertean Departmans,

Foreign OffiCi

JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF

OFFICIAL FILE COPY

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CONFIDA

Tod night I was a mucat at a amali

Clanes

party sivon by Si.

Roberto

Helender

(Sair Director of Protocol) at

tle olilcial protocol, house in Cubenacan®

he was surported by Sr.

Ivan Congora

(Che hund of to Coordination Seotion of

Frotocol)g Sr, Varone

Dyutt lio

recently writton a minuto,

5r. Hormalo larola lone of the attaches

1s Protocol Department).

The other

Cornan Intercoto at the Fronch inbacoy.

and Ire Pullord of tho Canadian Embaady.

Is marosent dog Novano atendardo.

canker dad zonachably lavish and the

ancophero ono relazad and oven convivial.

Dolacdos and Varona, who ald most of the

telling en the Cuben o1do

nade a nore

dcdordned ettort than I have so far

encourtored among Cuban offloials, 8o

contanet un that Cuban podloy 18 now co

nort dol occcristenod with the Unite

Stades.

28

Taring Ginner, Molender zorrkad

that Controle insons apocches

particular

My 11000 12 Runnie

has boen 1200 140x

Cuteen on the Unitod States,

and had

chora that he was soaky for

better

coletdong with tho Anoricans.

He said

Nant, darting

the violt to Runals, Castro

had boar frizon such dofinite annaranges

od daylot auppant thet Cuba now folt that

sho la nothing to fear from Amorican

When 1 coked whothor tho

Rumcinna Bed advocoted a loan provocative

poisy dinardo Torth Anerica and the

LeCt

o2 Katin Amrica, Vorons nasd that

he bellord that this

808 30.

Helendea

added land. Cooteroes attitudo roflected

tho toodlags of the cuban noonie.

Choy

wore ooh vandletilve and had no leciang o

bonualtar toonnlo the Americano.

22

Zonnaly wore to gold lavana tomorro

ha gould be caron a tumeltuods recoption.

Varoat outd that he thought that tho

Amandata prose and tho Anerican people

ganeraly

Tho Anarious could haraly be empooted to

modaty thale policy bofore the mert

but thingo night

sovn nord qudokly 12 Kennour wor

Ho axpooted to 0o0 a neve

socars e wesianile detento, and not

Kennody

had nado an

cindiablo accool about ton days lago

uhlch we noot encouraging Molender,

(who

man witb Omotro during his Russian

coux) ap0l0 ac nong 200gth about tho

Me Lavourablo moroonal terression mach

Khrushchew had nude on the Cuherg

Do man gentlacle in favour of reduoing

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tension and wonting los ponoolul

co-erintence.

evoning,

making

Varonn miesed dens abanode o21

sarcastio saldog it the orponec

of the Rusolano.

helender told us of cho morelane mo

TU 1146 Verons, sonned Shut

ao was 033

chat poople who could polo louch ellin

ciont aircratt

•were pill d0 Old

Inanioned in Choir untantta mandarde"

and

cold got vociod g abond cbotroot

05g.

He agood ecChunter teally thon

02:

the othor hand,

adoration kor Asandone

he hnd many

Amond end.

Palonde nut vacd.4

conly machor atva in see Unitod Studen

than Cuba,

36

up into anora rope ne doperato

cables an bad gardens

cone lonell shout politiend stallialdoro

soft that there bad Doom a peone cungo

when 01drunes bos Poou Dosted ad

30 Moses,

B0l000 1203 00

no bar boon tho nasal

Throngh saich

chio 020 commmisso had

bosed to conorato tho Minedeo.

AlT,

Inchroness of Mile doug land Woon

aneccantudly reatsoe and those conco mono

no me communiece da tho Mintotar od

all,

Zoe the nort party

the sintr

ins 21 sher 220th of dulge

Getando of or. Rodo

No dondont

entelyt nos boing nade to indoctrthodo

Lanninide

^ Ice poopdo, Ancindian

Conga hod been cons on caden cornho

out do me munlly poooible to ayote

Chio on the groande

that tho Windetay"

more o0 busy that thoir peopio crete noti

po. sparode

the sone erenec too wanti

Nor anch dings es voluntery cine

cruting.

In coply to m cuculch,

Verona onta that Corone (tha bead 0t

the Wout

Dureroon Dopardbant) mad hot

no old communiot in the 0xuo eca12y

but a long outabliohed follow burdollas

who bad been for many years or osthan

Binatie oupporter of sone oponumet:

front organirations,

03pecia4ly 200.

•Fence Movemont.

When I soled about

GRo BOSs 10n 01 Dre Roo.

ho onld Chak

ao 0000 from 8 very noalthy bourgeoi

Lapily and thot bio polition otollulo

coole beot be dezoribod no nosie?

cocoonuts

In the poot, ho haa bobo

open opponer da communton and hal

written pauphlote ond 4r010l03

Jagatnas

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For this conson,

the

sid nonaandate had done their lost to

not har out of the Coverment, but he

had thor saved bocause of his personal

tondohip vich Costro.

During dinnor aloo,

the quostion

or Tamashchor"o visit to Cuba came up.

loitendles nasd that it would take place

very soon and that tho Miniotry voro

Dhraser herd ot. mort on the preparationa

her agrood that 1t was quite likcly.

• when

minon Buncoated that the vialt might be

Pinas to coincdão with the calobration

on tho dota 01 JulJo

(Po H. Scott)

June 18.1963

CODEL DEVO

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CONDIDONIIAI

(1104/63)

BRITISE, LUBASSY,

HAVARA •

June 20, 1905+

I enclone a copy or a minute by Syatt

reccrdlag a converancion with on J.n.2.4.

official fron Griente Province, which you

may find of intares.

I on alco sending

In vashington and to sona.

copies to sutherland

(*I. Scott)

A.D. Parsona, Esn., M.C.,

A0r16a PiN O9003.2.

SORRIEN OFEIOL

CONDIDESA

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00

On Tans 14 T has a converon sion,

Pozona Garcio Iliguen,

who hoo

Ontonte Province for almost n year.

onginoos and ad sno stare atuddod as

Juvrost Univorsity:

deforo tha

rovolucion he Zasmen

in Orionto Provinco,

but lilo fast me baken over in 19604

Dhot goar ho bohtened thore no a oguatto

having discovered thou oon.h.d, bod

abandoned the form nitor otripping tho

buildion and pomovine n7i nachinos end

however y

he bes a106 boen Monking Cor

No Woo givon a Foot no

provincind

advinor (oaseddoz) for Oriento on colfro

and cocod production/

A month ago he was

coitohed to the emilvalent coot fou

maolozos and foddor.

Zonito Maabo

podia I bolieve Dre

Garcia do he atrongly

poponce to the Governont,

and much of

Mans he rege noy be eringoraledo

Ile. 19

not ovor audicted to hard wort

Gatese mainbodaa gloomy

ploture

of pricultural noquetion. in Orionto

Trorincod In Concial.

he acid, where

No a coroloto Incle or orannicationi

DOrcOrdol word shuntod from onc

norfous 09 400up 100

departmente

francont

michinozy and forbilner moro lalt. in

choct aupalys obate for managero verd

wous to follow their orn whin

olzoobivod of the local I.l.R.A.

production deportment rather. than

rocomondationo of the varion qualifico

cariserg

The Colloing nre some partlonlar

Rices tomorly the viald mas 900 to

4000 quintala por cobailoria? nor 10

eon within mizture of carly and late

with tho coould thes the

crop had to bo hawested when tinie or

mao 00111 1n21p0.

Hoot

20bLeo. Chero mill be n

This yone dinocy

owing

to tho

deought, almont nono hag boon

plan ede

Gories: the correc

Aster two yenco of volunteor

wishes are baay

marlod and the viold do Likoly to cros.

Tonnto324

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Inize areas have bech nanted

of the crop was lock trpichod

on bouled through delayn in coltration

sid distribution. Governt amt earntar

plante in the anyono bron have boon eloned

down i

came be a vene.

voluntaer cuttera, have

710206

Tane will not be enCticlondly polo for

now mlanttne beer Door

quibe extendive but ho is vaa dons without

esport advioo or cupcrvicion

must of 16

1a on unaudiable

Carato his

dezaonal exporionco of cubbing nschines

but bad been told bhoy wore bot

cuttsractory sinco hoy upcooted much

of the cano.

Dr. Garota 015 ma that the nren. of

Innd under cultivation In Orionto mac

now croctor than it bad beon batoro the

revolution. This being do 14 res hard

to understand why the dron in production

ahould be so arent. in nnowor to ny

question, ne onid to bog inolined to

Diaboliove runouro that acidentural

produce was boing exported in Lange

nunntitieog

ito thonght the anaper ins

on aggragoto ot povoral tachoro.

M Phone

was the didorganication mentioned above.

There was the

laok 02 Pinanoin Incontivo,

The Covemment claimed to have aboliched

middlemony

for exhainle

ad rochdo

nearo word benit from smallholders at

• nes00 002 0112801 and 3010 10. 310

supermarketo it a price count to 15 copos

pey quininl

Othor foodord dare the

onali rainfall of tho moot throe pouros

the 2n0t thos toy niao Cornerly voriced

on the Long were now in the army or

told no io vag by na moond unconton to

Cind that d field krentod With deadliner

hod been siven n nood arousine roind the

cogon mid

the root of the fortilitar

dunnoo in a heaD,

or algiu, in the

riadle of the fiola.

5 ..

The food sivantion nround Bayano une

Vorae than in Havana

1112 in parulculod,

hed. beon very chort and limited to one

Lin or condonged iille per montli for

children midor coven.

Howevery

And thi chie

loginning of the ratas Gio shiou2a

Thore ano o considesablo nirbor: of

macina andonihiral novidero in Ordonte,

I cather Dro Crois doco not hava mon

dizock contoot with

to 0u10 that,

then toro certainly

coloul breat

mocialiots with cono3derable

reicultur l machinery.

CONCSO UNSTAL

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CONFID

Ta Garosa had come do Invann

for tro purpoece,

Firstly to roport

Go 1ie 0000

the man in charge oc

ponsibo hind fodder promotion on tho

nottonal plano.

he Cound that tho

appolatment hod nob yet boen mio.

Secondly to ntend the strat Itali

Nablonal

croquecion Congreda which book

place batacon duno 5 and 0.

lIc

dionlason thio no a "torzitle 10% or valk"

about

inoroccod production and now

lono waloh, so for no he coma coco

worc no nore likely to succcod thon

Isot lot.

8.

bount Shis onbalomo of 1llo may

Up anther more coloured I doubt 17 it

could bo entirely wichful thior no on

nad Dr. Carado is in a position to

ct nonet, none of the fricts.

I havo bid copior of thia minicio

made in ongo you wiah to poog thom to

Vachington;

Anoricon Departnent and J.I.B.

June 19, 1263.

11.00 Go

Mao Clubo.

CONKED

TAI

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LTDONUTAT

BRITISH EMBASSY,

ILA VANA •

June 20, 1963.

(1011/03)

Tear laim,

You may

have seen thesumnary of Caotro's speech in the

Finoncial.

Times of

June 6,

which contains two inaccuraces,

Although we have already sont

you a pummry of thie apeech

in our telegram

16 Saving of Jure 6,

these two points coll

for some comment. m

2.

The article states that Quos

was preparod to dlecues

compensation for United Staten Investments nationallzed under

cuban revolutionary lay, 1f the United Statco aerood to buy

Cuban sugar at more thon 5y cents per pound".

Castro did,

1n fact, mention 5s cents but in

She context of Cuba'a

curltor' offer to negotiate with the United Stateo,

when

the world augar price won coll bolow this figure.

When

referring to any possible future

Miscuscions about compeneation

Castro said that the figure of 5i conto was now meaninglese.

(see paragraph 6 of our telegrar lo. 16 Saving of June 6) •

3:

The article also soid that the Incrensed sugar price

offered by

the u.S.S.R. would not booefit the Cuban

troasury

directly,

but would bo used to.ooy off the Cuban debt to the

U.s.s.R.

which Castro out nt. 02C0 million. This might rell

be time but all Caatro did

in fact, ong,

was triat the

Increased sugar price would have to bonorit all Cubans and

not just the sugar workore.

He used the figures of the deut

to Russia 1150 to $200 million to show that Cuba was In no

position to simply distribute the increase as higher pay,

etco,

but that it should be ploughed back into the

by being used to increase the meane of production (see

paragraph 3 of our tolegram No. 16 Saving of June 6) •

I om sending a copy of this lotter to Brown in Amerioan

Department and to J.I.a.

You are

852-h1

(S.D. Eccles)

I.J.M. Sutherland, Baq.,

British Embaosy,

WASHINGTON-

CONDIDENCIAL

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ISTED

(1501/63)

BRITISH MBASSY,

LAVANA.

June 20, 1963+

Dear lan.

Below is sone further infornation on the

sugai

harvest,

in continuation of my lettem 1301/63 of June G and June 12^

The latest figros from the notice board

In the Empresa

Consolidada del Azucar refor to tho amount of sugar cane

actually milled by June 11 and are in metric tone.

Province

Las Villas

Oriente

Habana (no change)

Pinar del Rio

Matanzon

Camagiley.

Morn

13:325.500

142

580

, 065

,927

?

035

947

885,176

11,91/,

641

National. Total

17,000,105

Actual 100a1

7, 146

9

126: 143

193

; 503.

138

3

269

276

1 695

7

130

050

, 181

31, 169,285

We have no new confidentini totala to elve you.

At the First Cational Hootine of cone growere fron

"Granjas dol Preblo"

directorate,

some interantion was siven by the INhA.

all referring to "fronjan del Pueblo"

the flold of cone in 1963 woo some 40 thousand arrobas

ser caballeria.

be Increanod to 60 thoucand In 1964

se. aporoxinntoly 1li tons vet acre un to 20 tons per acro,

target

for re-sowing

1n 1,527,4 caballeras.

spring sowings (796.lik Caballering)

to be completed by

June 30.

14.

The munber of machlnes to ho voed for lifttng cong in the

next harveat has now gone up to 4,100 because of 600 of

"improved Cubar model"

which hive been added to the 3.500

the Soviet Union.

It la clotned that these 4, 100 machines vill

isherite between 80 and 100 troannd workers who can now bo maed

for cutting.

The claim that oll cono lifting will be mechanised

next zona

has now boor reduced to "all the State soctor and

between 76 and 80 per cent. of chi the cane".

Thn rate of "1ift"

for theso machinca lo bala to be 8,000 acrobas par day if tho

fields they are woking in have on averige yield of 40 thousand

arroons der caballerla Ci.e. approximately 91 tong

a day in

fielda yelding approximately 14 tone per acre).

I am bonding a copy of thie lotter to Brown In Anerican

Taus and

(3.0. Decles)

.?.i?".

Sutherland, Esad,

WAS: 1102208

RZSTRIOSEL

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0 1301/65

2700-701

BRITISH MIDASSY

HAVARTA

June 12, 1963

10 7 1301/20 03 1219, 347100

Cuban

sugar harvest.

2.

The second

2er6on acctioned bao tola

that the

confiacaticl

Jabar. Govoranent

estinate.of. ougag

productior

beducen

5.6 and 3.5 million dons.

This information

come: 2200

a Covesanest deporteent,

Duo: 206

one dircetly conconned with the sugar

induater.

I as sendind

ot this letter to

Micheel

32012. 2n

the Dordian Office caû

to 4hc. J.I.3.

(5. 2. Eccles)

I. J.

Sutherland, Socky

MASHINCEON.

TORED

du215:41 12

CONNET DINNE

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NOSTRIODeD

(1397/63)

BRITISH DEBASSI,

LAVANA•

Juno 20, 1953•

230000

rofor so Drian schlo lebter 1397/63 of March 12,

about the Caban merchant clood.

The "Andres Consdlea

Lines" arrivod hero

on tune

Unlico 1t3 sioler chip,

"Candlo Cienthegos"

tho song,

Incher than the parente, or the revolutionary marthyr

after woon the chip won pomed had flown cut so Poland

aübond the launching coronony and zebronod to Cubs on boord.

de botore it was intended no hold a mood demonetention of

velcone but this uns conceiled beocuoe of the docth of Carlos

Vernnndes fo, o contor ercentave of tha bor.uo.

in addition to the details cavon da nazarth 3 of the

letter under rotorenoe (ohich and colicable to

ship,

except

thot the croy 16 divon no 41), the follonine have

noc bech diven 1a dac

42000:

depth of. bold - 12.50 molroo;

water capacity m 202 Cong;

nes tonnage - 5,500g 10005 Sennaro a

nonor - 7,300 80l0

9,200.

Che ship has five Loldo

and ona carry 18,156 cubic netres

or 16,853 cobio netreo of pocrated cocde.

04 121221

tho carrying connelay 1a cinined to be 10,040 tons.

It io nia chat tha third chip of thia tyco, the

I un sonding a cony of this letter to Subherlend in

Faghington, Chencory,

Varonwr

and Sonlor Noval Officor

Noot Indieg

and ou enclosint to extra copy for the Minlotry

or cranevori.

(BoD. Eoclea)

American for oman or.

SOMERCIE: OREIGE

PESTLICHED

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RESTRICTIT

(10219/65)

IRITISH BRASSY

NAVATA

Juno 27, 1963.

Wl, chich cronoed with scott's

lottor of My 21, reported do

Aoscellar to tha Cohns

PTOS0,

tus romaining lo, acyloco in 10o

0uba2 Erbosay horo J067

tho cousory in four fligito lact wisk

tho Uruguayon Dilaory nor

lanzo no nogleeo.

2.

chío norapspor voraton 1s slittly at oddo mith ibo pocott

Elvon no oy tho

officini responolbile for nating the arcangeunute

tor tho sayides departuro.

Accaning to hir,

mont o1d to mani, and & 00a3401 8r920 c1 300249 Eno 5070

oracoontasto to tho Unitoa Statos vort to Morico,

santag, s 000n2

of about 360g

Thay vero allencd

to dets frank-losds

PP0260021

ettorie" mith thes, moh of 1t obrlounty presied indo il

Ornaron Diboser De entusdoro. 2 bclloro 3ho Ancciona enasara

rolaovel tenn of tho tonanado of olgare nith miai thels rootate

vore souffel.

I an comine tuto lotter to sonoa sa Monteriaso ani

Suthorland la Fashangton.

noMena Dönd.,

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CONFIDENCTAD

(1301/63)

BRITISA BRIBASSY,

HAVANA •

July 4, 1903•

Below is sone

firther incomotion on sugar, in continuation

of my letter 1301/63 of June 201

2:

the final "chequeo" bne been corplod out

but no production

figures of any

gort were mentioned,

In his closing ancech,

Didol Castro gald that the sugar harvost this yoar was the

worst since the revolation

but it would be the last of tho

"worst years".

The only other point of intoreat in his

spoech was that the smsil faimore would receive 4 cents.

per arcoba (251b.) of cano inadead or 3.75 cento.

because of the bad harvest, md farbly to stimulate iuture

productions.

3.

The latest figures from the notice-board in the Empresa

Consolidadadel Azúcar reter to tho

amount of sugar cone actually

and are in notic tons.

Only three mills

nilled by June 2991 tro in Oriente and one

in Comagioy) •

are still working

PRovinco

Las Villas

Oriente

La Habana

(no change)

Pihar cel

Rio

Matanzas

Canaguey

Mezing

40 112L

Total

19,310

005

029

1219

6533

927

2

169.635

2

132

359

:1

503

3 133

5

3,930

4409

3

303

1, G12

709

050

11,995, 1933

7,235,346

Total

47,101,922

31,358, 164 1510

Those figures ring true to us -

(a)

(0)

because their development over the past month

or so has been socady and

r0as0n0blc

becense

the hount of auror at yielde or 11%

and 12% would bo 3:15 million tone ard 3.77 million

respectively, and those figures tally with

the

various official estimates which we have been

reporting recently.

We have hac ine private estimates during the post fortnight

which are worth reporting.

(1) An Economist not in sympathy mith the Governnent said that

he had heard that tho

actual 1u.nar harveau mao abou

3.4 million tone,

to nhich chout l million tong had been

to sive a grand total of about

addad fron recerve tre dot thip at socoad hand).

3.8 m1lli0n tons.

/{11) A technical

I.J.lI. Sutherlend, Fsg.,

British Embassy,

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CONTLDIRDZAT

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-Zio

(11)1 technical adviser respondible for suger nachinery

1n Orionte Frovinco Loid a member of the starr

that

the final estinate was 306 million tons and that he

thought that that wos ahoi right.

He also added thet

about 3 million done of one harmeen lot ancui

bart

ho did not think tes cither this or the nonly plantoc

cone would enable the barvost. to he more thon 4 million

ions next yent.

In an article in Al Mendo for July 2

the fact that

this joar's suger crop

would he lead than

4 million

tons was

aönittod publioly for the firot tine.

The Econoniot mentioned (rentioned in pazerrgh iíi) above)

also soid that

eccording

to his

tho increase in

price offered by Russia Would orly apply ao from 1964

7:

1g far as now cominga are concorned somo facto were

riven by

Juno 26. ond published in How on

fairly well nich those given in my lottor 1301/63 of Juno 6.

121 figures rafer to estinate of plantings completed by Junc

(s) National total - 5, 100 caballerfoo

the annual nom of

13,200 onbalieriod.

that to, 30% 01

(b) The Ilavano

40001. 02: 550 caballerias

(65% of its norn),

and the Oriente total of 2,000 caballerias: (53% 0€ 1t5

norm) were described ao sood.

(c) the Camagüey tobia of 700-750 caballeríno (21% of lts norm)

was described as very bad.

8.

Some figurco have been given about the progress of the

fight against the bug known as

A means of attack

1s by breeding flino of the:

"ELSOPRAGA" variety which, I believe,

Jay occa which food off these bugs

thus lollins them. Up to

June 15 or Ino yoor only 21,000 placa hau been brod. But

this yeor the

totol on June 15 man 274,000!

Senples of such

bugs taken on foy 51,

1962 showed that between 0.2% and 6.1%

of

them had beon attaclody but for sonples Jatos taken, on

lay 31,

1963, the rance was between 47 and 24.7%.

I an copying this letter to Bronn in American Depertment

and to J.i.B.

(S.D. Eccles)

I. Jali.

Sucherland,

WASHINGTON.

CONETDEISLAL

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HAVANA.

June 29, 1903•

An Aszconent wad admod bore on Tine, 21 botocon

the Cubon nadion? Chopnir Tino "Tirono

Mambidiao"

mad the Orantch

Incinossoricona de Domaine"

Under the arceonon's

a northas

chining servico jo do tc

Good n

(Dorcelona) und Culo,

Sha too: countedod providing. she

chip in alternato montho

"Wine dol Tin"

to alsoddy on ilo. voy 10

0022

Adorno Dania" to onto to

20a10 jordane, in Vitancia.

few doga of the corolvoich oc a comproint dund tort 113t

had Soon hadled in the prote

708

2107h0s

of the bankoraptoy. of. the. 1d.003

121102

of Hocicading Cubi,

The Dizootor of "tinsas

Tabasad"

tho preboy

enole oc plena ta

Frish 1100!

Mune of

the Cuba marchant 52000.

ita: the recent acquie: 6201

tron Toland of the

"Onuilo Cientucsoo"

and

"donates sineat Cy Jetter 139%/63 ef terch 12) ana

tho tmendine conomesion of tho "Azebalio I/leons"

"Konnel Adcance!

Cabo will obriously ory to casty

nora of ato foreich

irector apole of opondad ofcicon in various moto ot

the world to peonove 10g

thed 1 ballove one of the

Hero 01

the Cuben/ Urnsuran trade arsconent do that only

ohipo ox tao buo countales aloy20 be uood.

copyiar this lottor to Sirtboriand

an oohington,

Ohanocry 10

Modead and enclose cooten which vol my wi0l

to tha Deard of Grades

the Ministry of Ceonoport

nad d.J.30

(as adleh)

toda

29002478 283:

9.0022.

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BRITIS ELEASSI,

HAVANA •

Fuly 3, 1963:

Our delogram no. 456 pi Juse 19 mentioned unfovourable

references in

Chotrols apeech mode. at Cardenas on June 18

to the use of small. istande around Cuba obviously the

Balonmas were meant - for illicit counter-zevolutionary

activities.

In onbaoquent conversation with the Ambassador

Fidel Castro clained that ho

(our telegram no. 469) or the orcitonent of the momont and

sometimes carried. away

that he did not intend any attack on Britain.

2.

As you will soo fron or tolomam no. 456, the references

in the specch to Fronce were rather more pointed.

Iho Fronch

Chargé d' Affaires told un that he made a protest to the

Cuben Government about these remarko, which we believe to be

based on countor-revolutionary. claims

originating in litani

that, even

if the Americans and the British rofused to allow

their territory

to be used to liberate Cuba

other more

Irionaly countries would. The Ironch Charge d'Affairco confirmod

that there was no fronch tercitory closer than dartinigue

and Guadeloupe no that the French would not countenance te

use of these iclonds, evon it this vere prncticaule.

We did not think Castrolo semarks unduly offensive

and did not, therefore,

propose to protest.

therefore, no question of liaising with the French.

Frencl Imbaasy did not tell us in advance of their

intentions.

We do not now whether they had

instructions fron France

or decided to take action on thoir own initiative.

4.

I an copving this letter to Suthorland in Vashington

and Chancery in Paris.

(B. Hitch)

=: a lid.

I.M. Brown,

American

Department

CONCI DENSTAL

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ECONOMIC REPORT. April - June 1963

General

1.

Ihis quarter has been relatively ruiet politically,

the main point of interest being Dr. Fidel Castro'o visit

to the USSR during which it was announced that Russia would

pay Cabalworla prices for her sugar:

The new mice is

apparently to be o cents per pound

as opposed to the

original

I cents)

This increase is to be used for

sanding means of production in Cuba cenerally

al though

it is not ino n whother Cuba mill receive any ot the

increase as auditional convertible currency.

Castro's return

from the UsoR, ho no placed creat emphasio

on the need for Cuba to concentrato on the develo ment of

production and the expansion of the economy

Competition on a points baois has been introduced

between units and individual workers

under the title

of

"Socialist emulation"

to roslace leapitalist competition).

Points are awarded for such thin's ao attendance and

productivity and rewards are in the form of honours

such ag

being thie "best worker of the month", and holidays ot

seaside camns.

3:

weges has teon announced and jo being

tried out in a

pilot scheme

This fixes eight different

rates of may for a

who conpletes his norn"

rate.

to be drawn will dopend on the workers technical

qualitications.

May 1 saw the introduction o

a social Security acheme

under which workers who arc ill for more than three days will

receive 40, of their normal pay.

inriculture - Suear

5 :

The surar harvest 1s. virtuably over,

the main economic

concern of the Govoramont ductno the last cuerter

having

been to bring in as much sugne co posgible.

Officially

the harvest is doscribed as te vorst sinco the revolution

and

unofricial estimates ace now im the region of 3.5 to 3.8

million tons of

the tatsot official ligure is that

at. June 25,

31.388.164 tons of surer te hid been milled.

6.

On his reiuch from Rugsia Dr. Vidal Castro goid that

the USSR would be able to colve all tho problemo about

cutting cone by nachine,

within two roare.

Ile clained that

cuba would have at its diopos

thus r-locoing SO to 100

thousand workers for cutting and- other work.

7. Targete for future production are diven as 5,5 million

tons of sugar in 1964 and 7 million in

1965

Agriculture - soneral

This quartor las soon the arrival of 100 Sovict

techniciano to help in the develonment of cattlo farming

/and

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and 26 Bulgarians to help in increasing vegetable

production.

9..

The agreement between Cuba and the U.N. Food and

Agricultural Organization for the

agricultural research station

signed

in

Rome on April 10.

o1 approximately 23 million

will be shared botween the IN. Special Fund (81, 157, 600)

and the Cuban Covernment (31,187,000).

Cuba made the

necessary deposit of $18,300 with the U:N. on June 13.

Fishing

five of the Japanese fishing vessels mentioned in

the last. economic report have now arrived and two of those

have completed their first overationel trip.

As a result

tinned tunny fish is now availablo in Cuba

again, affor

Lapse of over a year.

At procent the quantition available

are omall.

Although shell fich have always been nopular in Cuba,

ordinory Cish is deldom eaten although Cuba iuan island.

An advertising campaign 15 nw in oneration trying to perouade

•(a lind of hale) as this is now beine

by soviet this.

Fish was taken off the ration on

June 3 ond an increase

in fich concumution of 220% over

1962 is planned for this your.

111-wood Cuban fishine bouts are now beginning to come

from local shipyards.

Dr. Fidel Castro launched 17 of them

on June 18, each 47! Long and capable of carrying 16,000 lbs.

of fish.

Petrol

The price of peurol was raised from 34 cents to 60 cents

por. Amorican pallon on June 20,

Industry - General

Details have recontly been given of some light

industrial plants which are in the course of conciruction and

some of which have actually started production:

a) • In Santa Clara,

a factory making dies and moulds for

üse in other Cuban factories is completed and is to start

production soon.

It cost 91

415,000 and uses machinery fron

the USER, Cacchoslovekia,

Bulgaria, China und North Korca

Production capacity - 149 tong ner

year

b) Aloo being constructed at Santa Clara isa

factory

for making domestic appliancoo:

The cost is 912,489,000 and

the machinery is Czech.

Planned proguction capacity

per year:

40500 pedera outed, an os, on no one a notara,

c): A Russian-onilt file foctory in cuantanamo

is now to produce

135 workers.

ycar, cunloyint

187 workers in two& hour shifto.

Cout of construction wro

$1, 400, 000•

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d) A Czech-built..nut,

bolt and washer factory in

Santiago de Cuba hns atarted linited production

with 100

workers training and

producing at the same time.

Planned

production 1s 1,500 tons per year with 150 workers in two

shifto of 8 houro.

The cost of construction was $568,000.

e)

A Czech-built factory: for maling picks

and hanners has been completed in Guantanamo but

axes,

is not

vet in full production bocause of a shortage of electric

power. Annual production is expected to be 100,000

picks,

50,000 Jarge axes;

20,000 smal

axes,

25,000 hammers,

25,000 sledge hammers

and 25,000 spades.

[):

and snoons has starhod production in Santiago de

Acaoch-built ractory for makin, Inives cuba.

forks.

2) It is claimed that 27% of Cuba's need for machets

be met by a factory recently opened

near llavana.

Costing 870,000 this facton should

produce each yoar

174,000 machets for the sugar cane industry

4,000 small

saws for use in coffee plantation, 10,000 tobacco workers

knives and 3, 000 tin openers.

h): Last cornany has built a brush factory in Ciogo

de: Avila.

Canaguey,

produce 140, 000 brushes a year de tour Fe

It is intendod to

hair, shoe,

clothes and floor.

1)

To be opened shortly is another East German

factory. in Nuevavas

Canaguey, which will provide for all

Juba's needs for soldering wire : ?, 200 motric tong per

year.

of fectory was 5850,000.

Colona,

he inaugurated in 1904,

processing 3 million nounde of tobacco lear per year.

i): On Anril I,

a cacao procescing plant was opened

in Baracoa, Costing $300,000 this can process 1,800 metric

tons por ycar, employing

55 workers.

1). The factory for making sacks out of Kenaf, which

was mentioned in our Econonic Report for 1962 has now

startod production.

The cost of this factory was $3,216,400.

Estinated production,

employine 254 workers, 1s 18 million

Licht

sacke per year,

this ficure boins 50% of the Cuban

demand.

Industry - Powor

15.

The finishine bouches aro now being given to the

hydroclectric schome at Hanebanilla which will eventually

produce 90 million Illowatt hours ner year although

only

50 n111r0n ch10 year.

The resorvoir has need of

two dans;

one 40.5 n biah,

the other 39.5 mand covere an area of 19

aquare kiloneters.

The two generators are of 16,500 Ki.

oach.

Shipping

The new Rusbian chin

"Cosnoncut arrived in Havana on

May 27 from Riga, On its maiden voyage.

The Cognonaut,

which

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which hao a lionlacement of 21,400 tons and a sneed of 20

knote,

will probably bo

usco. con touougly on the Rica-llavana

or Leningrad-lavana runo •

17•

The ancond ship built in rolant for the Cuban State

linee "Mambisa"

Linosi

isa

arrived in savans on Juuc 15.

The "Gonzalez

sister ship to tie "Curilo Cionfuegos

17,450° tons,

motioned in the loot econonic report.

third chip,

the

Aracelio Idlodiao" le epocted in October.

18.

A nonthlytchipsing

service for treight to and iron

Spain

in tho aubjoet of

and neeront betuden

Nanbisa" and a

Spanich company, Comparto Intercocional Tarino Americana

de España:

Civil Aviation

19.

The Spanich Aictine "Iberial bas

inerosecd its flights

Money"

and C.M.A. (Moxicona)

innocurated a voolly clicht fron Honice City on June 26.

Government Ormnicationg

20.

The Mibiatry of Pablto Orto. has boch re-styled the

Ministry of Consumotion nd will also take on rostongibil ty

for

and

hydroglectric cohener,

drainese, water curly, cartogrady

consuced.

21.

Four new Insticuben nave boon det un under the Ministry

of Induotries

60

devolo? the rountry's naturi recources.

Theod are for the invostigation into the develonment of

a)

the manufacture of mugar derivatives

tac noo of

mschijacry

jining and minoralogy

the chemical industr

Forcian Inado - General

22.

Sono eport ciguros have recondly been published in a

magazine in Hovana.

Year

Sugar aid

Tobacco sni

Others

by poducts

1958

.556

593325,000

Total

733, 683,000

1959 491

773,000

1960

493.

12.62,000

1967 532

230

1631000

49,573,000

54,331

(5):: 000

62

,953,000

(10p)

39,759

7623000

90, 549,000

(1ep0)

1962: 4456:

1890000

25, 121

91,749,000

(11ja)

62,111

1000

(10%0)

52,362

562,000

50,

$59

(21,000

637,655,000

618, 226,000

624,910,000

520,728,000

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Sovich Union

12:

trade

million.

encont apecch

ride Crotco soid that Cubar

27/50

4200

Lunchy

23.

The trade protocol for 1963 tec

good in Budariest

on

March 27 end

providod. Con

soneral inerahor

on 202g over 1962

21..

On May: 27 contracto

Macuran brood and

lourion,

400th 92

Paig foar.

1102,075,

Sparea are cucrantue l for 10 parro

for the

vohicloo involved

tencly: 150. Herue buoso, nodel 630 and

25. Duure DR-50 Hipper Loreten

Tody and W8 Connese Son Model Man sore for

trials"

oneldo the Darue nodel 06 (alroady erived) and

Mic other ja

"no buses in one, so his of cacryine 200

CrechosLoval

26.

On Moril 17 a contrect wad

radd Por 106. Sode buses

dor

relivery

1161101t in

6,300,000 1ws 92,200,000

in nor in 106h end:

BAlt

in 1905.

Shen. thebc.and 40 oth

already ordered for

this fcar love boon deliveredy

mill be 001 Coch busdo

in Cuha:

600 taech Lotice o" walides trace will be

moonlied thug roor

Folane

27:

The tride notocol Cor

7903 wac gimed in Macaron April

4.

006: 0111 60077

once old out notcontrice,

au/ar,

tobacco and tomore proceets

citrug

Truit, judood, 2e orosed derity

00 0d other broducto.

Folind

electrie noon, bottling pochange

machine tools,

tractord and cationtase?

biorcled, drugs,

chemiealacond bedtilco:

Polody

reconto,

alideo ond otatoo tor ohibateliato can moo be included.

R002911

23.

i contract for

1,300

10406. 44081100106020

1 Worth 93

million

ere siched

on Me: 15.

total

01,500, 000.

Thion id

cart

bole in soodu.

activoon 1966. and 2070, On

machovor Cuba can

produce thony.

MOrOCCO

29•

A trade

ayneate arcoctant woo sinned in Rabal on May 16.

The text had not boen announcod bet it to raported that the new

acroonant ic. Cou

on Tune 1,

1903.

In this

period Morocco will dmoari

onG

inton fond of practined tuter

and nons toteeen.

cuba mill poccive Clan cal,

tinned.

cardinicar,

aubetitica

on vilue are

/avilable

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available.

Ururway.

A Cuban trade niscion has lech in Montovidco for some

weeks.

Thore hao been a arent deal of press coverege

in

although the

agrcement is not yet comploted, it

¡o cenortca that cubo will supne surar (20,000 tons

in

1963 and 30,000 tons.

buT 201 00 07 0 15,000 bag 1 19635, been, Flour

and car tyrest

Chile

It has been announced that a trade aclegation will be

Boing to chile:

United Kinadon

For the

three months Januay - March, Cubo-Ul, trade

has been as followe

1961:

Imports iron Cuba

Exports to Cuba

Re-exports

8463,233

41, 349,137

2 5,509

1962

21,669, 743

4066, 826

015,703

1963

0356,412

0513,912

$9,457

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