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Cuban 6
Castro Army Man
Delects to U.S.;
Holds Conference
Washington-IUPD-A former
captain in Fidel Castro's army
has charged that the Cuban
embassy in Washington has
relayed military intelligence
information to Russia and
Communist China.
Angel L. Saavedra Y Cor
rea, who defected early last
year from his job as military
and air attache at the em
bassy, also made public a doc
ument which he said was
proof of Castro's attempt to
subvert other Latin American
governments.
Saavedra called a news con
ference and handed reporters
copies of what he said were
Cuban government instruc
tions to him, while attache, to
report to Havana information
on "war potential, topography
and military and air forces"
in the United States.-
He said he was sure the
same rinstructions, dated July
10, 1959, went to all other
Cuban embassies in Latin
America.
'Make Contacts'
T h e instructions ordered
him to "make contacts with
government officials of the
country to which you are ac
credited, who sympathize with
the cause of the Cuban revo
lution." They also ordered him, and
presumably Cuban diplomats
in other Latin countries, to
"establish close relations with
all those native or resident
Cuban elements which may be
useful to the fulfillment of
your mission" and to gather
names of anti-Castro Cubans.
Saavedra, who has been in
hiding, decided to tell his
story now that the United
States had broken off diplo
matic relations with Cuba.
Saavedra, now 35, was a
sergeant at the Cuban em
bassy here during the regime
of Cuban dictator Fulgencio
Batista. He said he worked
there as an "undercover
agent" for Castro while Castro
was attempting to seize pow
er. 'In Charge Now'
When Castro came to pow
er, Saavedra put on his best
uniform, walked into the Cu
ban embassy here in which he
had been an underling and
bluntly informed the ambas
sador, "I'm in charge here
now."
Castro later made him a
captain and appointed him
military attache.
Saavedra said it was gen
erally understood while he
was in Castro's embassy
(which is closing now that the
United States has broken re
lations with Cuba) that infor
mation sent to Havana was
relayed to the Soviet bloc.
O O
aptain Says Embassy Relayed Information to Reds
He said that in November, . chief, two "unknown persons"
1953, when he was called sat in on the interview but
briefly to Havana and report- didn't say a word,
ed to Ramiro Valdes Menen- Technicians
dez, Cuban army intelligence "I asked later who they
were," Saavedra said. "I
thought they were Americans.
But I was told 'no,' they were
'technicians from Czechoslo
vakia.' "
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He said he and others at
the embassy here began delet
ing information from their re
ports so it would not gel to
the Russians, but he is sure
"they began getting this in
formation" alter his defection.
Saavedra now has a me
nial job on the "ripping table"
of a textile factory in Pater
son, N. J., where he lives with
his wife and son.
Saavedra, speaking partly
in Spanish and partly in Eng
lish, said Castro's charges of
an imminent invasion from
the United States are an ex
cuse for further extreme meas
ures against the Cuban people.
"Castro is scared, not about
invasion from outside," he
said. "He is scared about the
people that will revolt from
inside.
"He is trying to set the
stage for the killing ot thou
sands of Cubans, which he
will do at any moment, say
ing they cooperated with the
invasion."
Saavedra said he expect?
the Cuban people to rise up
against Castro within six
months. Then, lie said, Com
m u n i s t "technicians" who
have entered the country will
reveal themselves as "an iron
and will be
put down the
curtain army"
used to help
revolt.
He said Castro faces anoth
er danger - from the Commu
nists themselves.
"There is not the slightest
doubt," he said, "that when
the Communists are through
with Castro he will disappear.
They will kill him. Because
they cannot control the man.
He is a paranoic case."
German Industry
Trying to Save
Economic Boom
Frankfurt, Germany - (UPD
West German industry is fac
ing up to the problems of con
trolling without killing the
federal republic's soaring
boom.
The reason for industry's
anxiety is that times appar
ently could not be better. And
if they couldn't be better, they
might get worst.
The fears arise from the be
lief that West Germany has
reached full recovery from
World War II, and with re
covery, flexibility and room
for expansion have gone out
of the economic structure.
Stirred by concern that the
federal government might jam
the brakes on the boom, and
by so doing, kill it, industry
has come up with some firm
proposals to forestall govern
ment interference.
Two measures that industry
fear most are revaluation of
the mark one of the world's
hardest currencies and an
end to the government's tax
refund on West German ex
ports. The Institute of German
Industry contends that since
West Germany's economic life
is dependent on its exports,
exports cannot be throttled at
will.
Countering possible govern
ment interference with trade,
the institute has proposed that
industry take necessary meas
ures to forestall inflation be
fore it becomes more pro
nounced.
Self-Help Measures
The "self-help" measures in
elude letting off the mounting
inflationary pressures by pro
moting the export of private
capital, and restricting invest
ments to measures that would
increase the efficiency of pro
duction, rather than to those
that would increase present
capacity.
The institute said recently
that industry was prepared to
aid the government and fed
eral bank in their programs
to help underdeveloped coun
tries. Industry proposes to
drain off excess profits by
raising a billion marks ($23,
809,523) for this purpose.
In order to avoid a boom
erang effect, the institute
suggests that countries receiv
ing loans from this fund
would not be obliged to buy
German goods.
These "self-help" measures,
the institute said, would give
West Germany a badly, need
ed "breathing spell rather
than kill the boom.
The institute's main argu
ments against interfering with
trade are that it sees a down
ward swing in international
business, and stepping on the
brakes might mean losing
some foreign markets.
German export industries,
the institute said, have tailor
made many of their products
to meet the special tastes of
foreign customers. If foreign
markets were cut off, it would
be difficult to sell these goods
on the local market
People Sensitive
Observers said the insti
tute's anxiety about good
times reflects the extreme
sensitivity of a people who
twice before have experienced
demoralizing busts following
booms.
With unemployment swept
aside as effectively as the
rubble of the last war, many
Germans uncomfortably feel
that the economic wonderland
might be riding the crest of
an errant wave.
Some Motel Owners Not
Happy With Label 'Motel'
Chicago - IUPD - Motels have
been fabulously successful in
recent years, but many oper
ators are not happy with the
word used to describe over
night facilities for motorists.
Such words as "inn," "mo
tor hotel," "house" or "lodge"
are gaining increasing accep
tance around the country.
Biggest reason for the
change according to C. B.
Hurd, a Chicago motelman, is
that today's lodgings have be
.comc vastly dilferent from
the type with which the word
motel has come to be associ
ated. Only about 10 per cent of
present day motels fit the
original definition of a group
of lonely cabins on the out
skirts of a town, where a
blinking light indicated a tem
porary haven for motorists.
Today's motels have become
plush establishments with
swimming pools, golf courses,
expensive restaurants and
night clubs. Some of them
bear such well known names
in the hotel business as Con
rad Hilton and Howard John
son. Multi-Story Units
Many have moved to the
heart of the city and become
multi story units such as the
swank 13-story Lake Towers
near Chicago's Loop.
Hurd, who managed motels
in Pennsylvania and Washing
ion before opening a 534-toom
establishment at Chicago-O-Hare
International 'Airport,
sa'd the wold motel was fir.t
used in 1925 to rirscribc a
roadside lodging
A California architect com
bined the words "motor" and
"hotel." Curiously, some oper
ators today have re-separated
the words to eliminate the
popular concept of the word
"motel.
Hotel magnate Hilton is
among those using the word
"inn." The word comes from
Europe and is many centuries
old. An inn usually consisted
of a stable for the traveler's
horse, a hot meal and a huge
room shared by pilgrims bed'
ding down for the night.
It took a brave man to stop
at an inn, because they often
were infested by thieves look
ing for rich travelers to rob
Motor Lodge
Howard Johnson's chain has
adopted the words "motor
lodge." Lodge is not a new
word cither. But present-day
motor lodges arc a far cry
from the old cottage or rustic
facilities found in parks or re
sort areas.
Some motel owners have
dropped the descriptive word
entirely, Hurd said.
An example of this, he said
is Florida's Miami Beach area
Mile after mile of oceanside
motels there have just a sin
gle name, like Sahara or
Beachcomber, and let it go
at that
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