FOIA
INSTALLATION OF INCINERATORS IN CUBA
Document Type:
Collection:
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):
CIA-RDP78-03642A000600070056-7
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RIPPUB
Original Classification:
S
Document Page Count:
7
Document Creation Date:
December 22, 2016
Document Release Date:
May 4, 2011
Sequence Number:
56
Case Number:
Publication Date:
March 10, 1960
Content Type:
MEMO
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Bt~.T~',"Pc Itsstallation of Incinerators in
1. Pu,_ rose ot.. ~'x.. i~
From January 1$ ~ ~y ~,+ 1960 I
purpose of iErtallic~g the nav air-tsd itlcinerator st
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his lostallstitxi w perrformed, at tbm request of thar
and the E?tl'ice of Security, as a preeautianary step shoo rt Lisps be-
aose worse and violence occur. Assisti in thin
air?ted lnciperator rata Mersrs ,~
Od'lice o2' Security.
2. Selection of Site
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3? Initial Stays
B~rior to the assa~cbly of tho tir?ted ipcinerator proper it Nas
neaassary to s~aoaplish se-eral other styes. A c?nartte pad 5" in height
this crioten vt~ere ttM ~:aeinerator ws to be potitiapad. loMSVar,
pad wrrs not lrrge e~ugtz to aacvmodate the incinssstar end the
motor~loa~er asseably. 2t was ther~rtore necessary to either chip out the
existing pad or estend the pad wa already had, Attar seeing ho~- ttie local
ipdigenow personnel morkad, it was decided to cattapd the present pad.
First it was necesssr~r to poax an slterciata pad to ac~rotsadate the navy trans-
mitter that bad been preivously sitting ip the selectsc~ ~oraer. Attar the
trio aoncreta pads N+es~e prsDarad and the l~~ry transmitter ororred, asse+obly
of the incinerator chaober and el~tria motor-~loxar ~ accoeq,lished rithout
ditticulty or deLq. 3'ka Haut step w to rewire the room so alaetri0
current ens available to the motorwblow~er asseaaDly. Least, but not least,
a local ststtk tabricator ~a etontaaatad to ttibriazata tt~s neo stack acid
purlah a hole in the root overhead. -----.~.?__~..__.._ ___ _ .~__~ __.__ .--_-__-
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4. RocrlBtnieture
The roof consisted of seves~al leU-er+~t of ~ridely 'ra~Ying avaterial.
Starting troa the tap sod working dotin, it vas neeessarSt ~ Este througlti
tile, card, asphsult, reiaforaid aoaex^eta and Birder bloat a tt~sl of
twnty iteat3~as . The aonareto bevrr in the reod' rt '!~ ~~ laaated
tvel~r+e inabes mart. Me sere not paraittsd to breatc aqy thas bew in
order to put in the stsok. Zt had been B~oiously anti~aipated to either take
the stank out ~ s Yi~rdox or as opening in the wall. Ar it turned out
it vsa neassss~cy to taka ttr mask directly aut throw the root neasesii+eting
s charge. 'the fast that the beams in the root were so close together also
required another design of a stack to be fabricated locally. 1laintaining
the Stall aquare inches neesssary st ~ opening o! the stack a ne+r stack
8 inches by Sts inches vas fabricated. Tb,is ~ ua- the benKit of two inches
on each silo v ri pasaelt betvaet~ the beams and tha~oug~ the hole in tt~e
root. At the point ~txe the sta~ok pasted ~ the road' a double liver
vas fabricated so ss to gi~+e additional protsction for the hew, sad to
create s seeordart +~ratt to carry sway rah at the heat radiated trot
the setsl stank out throw the root' and into the atmosphere. A draring o!
this art is included at the end a~!' this report. A refraatoxy brink
stack vas built on the root o! the~~to p~roteat the e~etsl tines tros
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6. Trainipg and Test i
Dater Ms finished the tabriastia~a of the stack axd aaseeably of the
imiwntaar vas aoAplets. A paceli.erine~ burning ran conducted d~rtroying
a1Z the waste the s~tiaa had accumulated o~rer the t t~no weeks. A
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v~ere rery him pleved with the inaineratcr and it vas then de ided t3~wt~1
the iacieeerataar presently located iA the Iweawnt ,~ be 25X1
abandotud for air further routine burning axd tha ner incinerator would be utia
lined for the weekly destruetiaa of the entire waste. I bare been informed
since that the incinerator is betae$-; on a ~~ basis. To this point
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SECREI`
t-taed~I ind'ore~t ~ buildi~till tort been iastallod en sar-
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l~tar ~s iates~t ttist be aaco~plishsd 6hiar trlt~ast each dltYiautt~.
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