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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP89B00569R000900220041-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 10, 2002
• Sequence Number: 41
• Publication Date: April 11, 1962
• Content Type: SUMMARY

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SITUATION SUMMARY - PART 2
PAR 745-62
11 April 1962
THIS SITUATION SUMMARY COVERS DEVELOPMENTS
IN CUBA AS OF 1 APRIL 1962. THE FOLLOWING
INFORMATION IS COLLATED FROM A NUMBER OF
HIGHLY RELIABLE SOURCES.
MlSS1oiV
-MILITARY ACTIVITY-
CAYO LARGO; MILITARY ACTIVITY
NO REPORTc
CONSOLACION DEL SURs MILITARY ACTIVITY
NO UNUSUAL ACTIVITY OBSERVED. INCOMPLETE
REPORT#
JOVELLANOS, MILITARY INSTALLATION
2248N
08112W
JUST WEST OF JOVELLANO56
APPROXIMATELY 36 TRUCKS. NO OTHER ACTIVITY
OBSERVED IN AREA.
MORON, RR YARDS AND SHOPS
2207N
07839W
APPROXIMATELY 203 RAIL CARS: 2 ENGINES IN
ROUND HOUSE*
-PORTS & HARBORS-
ANTILLA9 PORT FACILITIES
2049N
07544W
APPROXIMATELY 120 RAILROAD CARS t11 TANK
CARS) IN RAILYARD.
VESSELS -- ONE CARGO SHIP AND NUMEROUS SMALL.
CRAFT.
BARACOA, PORT FACILITIES
VESSELS -- 5 FISHING VESSELS TIED UP AT
PIER; ONE 170 FT,CARGO VESSEL IN HARBORS
10 SMALL CRAFTS SEVERAL FISHING BOATS BERTHED
IN INNER CHANNEL.
DAIQUIRI AREAS PORT FACILITIES 1955N 07539W
VESSELS -- NONE.
SANTIAGO DE CUBA PORT
NO APPARENT CHANGE IN PORT FACIL_ITIES9
VESSELS -- 3 FREIGHTERS AT MALECON TERMINAL,
ONE FREIGHTER AT GRANARY PIER, 2 SMALL
BOATS AND BARGE NEAR GRANARY PIER# 3 SMALL
BOATS AT RAILROAD QUAY, 5 SMALL CRAFT AT
NAVAL PIER, 2 SMALL BOATS AT ROMERO PIERS
1 PATROL-TYPE BOAT AT NAVIERA PIER, 2 TANKERS
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AND ONE FLOATING DOCK AT BUENA VISTA PIER,
NUMEROUS SMALL FISHING BOATS IN AREA. OPEN
FLOATING BOOM AT MOUTH OF BAY,
SURGIDERO DE BATABANO? PORT FACILITIES 2241N 08218W
VESSELS -- NONE.
TRINIDAD 2143N 07959W
VESSELS..,--- ONE PROBABLE CARGO SHIP BERTHED AT
PORT CASILDA.. INCOMPLETE REPORT,
-TRANSPORTATION-
HAVANA - PINAR DEL RIO RAILROAD
RAILROAD OBSERVED FROM PINAR DEL RIO TO
LOS PALACIOS - NO TRAINS OBSERVED.
RAILROAD OBSERVED FROM LOS PALACIOS TO
HAVANA - 4 RAIL CARS HEADING NNE IN HAVANA,
4 RAIL CARS IN GURA DE MELENAi 5 RAIL CARS
IMMEDIATELY EAST OF ALQUIZAS, 7 RAIL CARS
IN SAN JUAN BAUTISTA
HAVANA-SANTA CLARA RAILROAD
SANTA CLARA TO JOVELLANOS SECTION
FREIGHT TRAIN WESTBOUND - ONE DIESEL
LOCOMOTIVE, 7 BOXCARS, 6 OPEN CAPS LOADED,
ONE OPEN CAR EMPTYg ONE CABOOSE,
FREIGHT TRAIN EASTBOUND -- 5 BOXCARS, 4 TANK
CARS* ONE CABOOSE.
FREIGHT TRAIN EASTBOUND y- ONE DIESEL
LOCOMOTIVE, 4 BOXCARS4 i4 OPEN CARS LOADED,
ONE CABOOSE,
PASSENGER TRAIN EASTBOUND - 2-UNITS SELF-
PROPELLED. FREIGHT TRAIN EASTBOUND - ONE
DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE* 2 BOXCARS o 8 OPEN CARS
LOADED9 2 OPEN CARS EMPTY.
PASSENGER TRAIN EASTBOUND - 2-UNIT SELF-
PROPELLED
HAVANA TO JOVELLANOS SECTION.
2 PROBABLE PASSENGER CARS HEADED EAST#.
27.FREIGHT CARS HEADED EAST,..S PROBABLE
PASSENGER CARS HEADED WEST, 5 PROBABLE
PASSENGER CARS AND 5 OTHERS ON RAIL LINEt
HEADING UNDETERMINED, INCOMPLETE INFORMATION.
ARTEMISA GUANAJAY HIGHWAY
NO CONVOYS OBSERVED,,
2224N 08341W
2309N 08222W
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BAYAMO-PALMA SOR IANO HIGHWAY
NO MILITARY EQUIPMENT OR CONVOYS OBSERVED.
VEHICLES --
EASTBOUND - 27 AUTOS. 2 BUSES o 4 TRUCKS.
WESTBOUND - 31 AUTOSo 1 BUS. 3 TRUCKS.
INCOMPLETE REPORT.
2023N 0764OW
CAMAGUEY - VICTORIA DE LAS TUNAS HIGHWAY 2123N 07755W
VEHICLES
EASTBOUND 45 CARS. 14 BUSES, 10 TRUCKS.
WESTBOUND 48 CARS9 8 BUSES # 14 TRUCKS.
GUANAJAY - HAVANA HIGHWAY
VEHICLES --
WESTBOUND - 45 CARS, 15 BUSES, 4 TRUCKS.
EASTBOUND - 39 CARS, 7 BUSES9 2 TRUCKS.
HAVANA - MATANZAS HIGHWAY
VEHICLES --
WESTBOUND , 42 CARS. 5 BUSES, 20 TRUCKS.
EASTBOUND - 79 CARS. 4 BUSES, 23 TRUCKS.
INCOMPLETE INFORMATION,
MATANZAS - JOVELLANOS HIGHWAY
VEHICLES ^-~
WESTBOUND - 16 CARS, 9 BUSES, 17 TRUCKS.
EASTBOUND - 21 CARS. 4 BUSES, 16 TRUCKS.:
INCOMPLETE INFORMATION.
PALMA SORIANO/SANTIAGO HIGHWAYS
NO CONVOYS OR MILITARY EQUIPMENT OBSERVED.
VEHICLES -d VIA EL COBRE --
SOUTHBOUND - 45 AUTOS, ONE BUS, 2 SEMITRAILER
TRUCKS, 2 OTHER TRUCKS. NORTHBOUND - 31 AUTOS,
5 TRUCKSo VIA DOS CAMINOS -- SOUTHBOUND -6 28
AUTOS, 2 BUSESg 4 TRUCKS.
NORTHBOUND m 22 AUTOS, ONE BUS. ONE
SEMI-TRAILER TRUCK,
SAN CRISTOBAL - ARTEMISA HIGHWAY
NO MILITARY EQUIPMENT OR CONVOYS OBSERVEDd
VICTORIA DE LAS TUNAS - HOLGUIN HIGHWAY
VEHICLES --
EASTBOUND 58 CARS, 9 BUSES, 13 TRUCKS.
WESTBOUND 56 CARS, 4 BUSES. 9 TRUCKS...
22.55N 38242W
2309N 08222W
2303N 08135W
2003N 07549W
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ARTEMISA SANTA TERESA CEMENT PLANT
LARGE PROCESSING BUILDING APPEARS UNDER
CONSTRUCTION, APPROXIMATELY 18 FREIGHT
CARS IN PLANT AREAS PLANT APPEARS TO BE
IN OPERATION.
GUAYOS CEMENT PLANT
NOT OBSERVED. INCOMPLETE REPORTi
2203N
07928W
HAVANA AREA. IRON & STEEL PLANT
NO CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY.
2302N
08216W
MAR IEL MORRO CEMENT PLANT
PLANT IS OPERATIONAL. NO CONSTRUCTION
2301N
08245W
ACTIVITY. APPROXIMATELY 26 RAIL CARS ON SPUR.
MARIEL POWER PLANT
NO CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY.
NUEVITAS CEMENT PLANT
NOT OBSERVED.
2N 07720W
SANTIAGO DE CUBA JOSE MERCERON CEMENT PLANT 200ON 07551W
PLANT LOCATED ON SW EDGE OF SANTIAGO DE CUBA,
LIMESTONE QUARRIES ON SE SIDE OF MAIN
PROCESSING BUILDING. TWO ROTARY KILNS
EXTENDING FROM PROCESSING BUILDING TO DUST
PRECIPITATOR BUILDINGS WITH ONE BENEFICIARY
TANK AND 6 CORRECTING TANKS ALONGSIDE KILN*
TEN OTHER ASSOCIATED BUILDINGS IN AREA. FOUR
STORAGE SILOS ADJACENT TO PROCESSING BUILDING
AND 5 STORAGE TANKS NEAR WHARF.
YARA RIVER HYDRO ELECTRIC POWER PLANT
NO HYDRO ELECTRIC POWER PLANT OBSERVED IN
AREA OF THESE COORDINATES.
-GEOGRAPHIC AREAS OF INTEREST-
PINAR DEL RIO AREA
AREA ENCLOSED BY THE FOLLOWING COORDINATES
22--04N 084-06W
22-13N 084-06W -
22-22N 083-39W
22-28N 083.42W,
NO ACTIVITY OF INTEREST OBSERVED.
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INCOMPLETE INFORMATION.
SANCTI SPIRITUS AREA
AREA ENCLOSED BY THE FOLLOWING COORDINATES 21-42N 079-45W
22-OON 079-32W -
21-54N 079-22W -
21-38N 079.29W.
NEW ROAD UNDER CONSTRUCTION FROM JUNCTION
AT 21-52-50N 079-32-40W TO APPROXIMATELY
21-53-55N 079-33-40W WHERE CONSTRUCTION
ABRUPTLY ENDS.
FOLLOWING ITEMS OBSERVED JUST OUTSIDE THE
AREA. UNIDENTIFIED ACTIVITY CONTAINING-
AT LEAST 15 BUILDINGS AT 21-45-25N 079.23-40W.
INCOMPLETE INFORMATION.
SANTA CLARA AREA
AREA ENCLOSED BY THE FOLLOWING COORDINATES --
22-19N 080-06W -
22-30N 080-06W -
22-19N 079-50W.-
22-30N 019-50W.
4 CIRCULAR EXCAVATIONS (2 POSSIBLY SECURED)
AT 22-25-31N 079-55-30W IN THE VICINITY OF
GRANJA ESCULEA. 2 W-SHAPED ENTRENCHMENTS
ALSO IN THE SAME AREA. THIS ACTIVITY APPEARS
TO BE NEW OR IN THE PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTION#
ONE CIRCULAR EXCAVATION (SIMILAR TO ABOVE)
AT 22-24-50N 079-56-55W? APPEARS TO BE
NEW OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION* ONE W SHAPED
ENTRENCHMENT LOCATED AT 22-24-30N 079-52-
30W. APPEARS TO BE NEW.
FOUR CIRCULAR REVETMENTS ON HILL AT 20-22-
O ON 079.56-40W APPEAR NEW OR UNDER
CONSTRUCTION,
UNIDENTIFIED CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY AT
22-20-15N 079-57-IOW & EARTH MOVING OBSERVED s
BUT UNABLE TO IDENTIFY INSTALLATION AT
PRESENT STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION:. ONE LARGE
WAREHOUSE-TYPE BUILDING AND APPROXIMATELY
10 SMALLER BUILDINGS JUST EAST OF CONSTRUCTION
ACTIVITY. ONE POSSIBLE A/W POSITION ON HILL
JUST SOUTH OF ACTIVITY. PROBABLE LANDING
STRIP UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT 22-24-25N
080-01-IOW I N LAS MERCEDES o I N EARLY STAGES
OF CONSTRUCTION. INCOMPLETE INFORMATION.
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SANTIAGO AREA
AREA ENCLOSED BY THE FOLLOWING COORDINATES ??_
19-59N 076-14W -
20-09N 076-07W -
19-52N 075-31W -
20-05N 07`5-Y35W.
7 TRUCKS AND 5 PROBABLE TRACKED VEHICLES
PARKED IN A PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MILITARY AREA
AT 20-03-20N 076-53-20W. 25 TRUCKS PARKED
IN WOODED AREA AT 20-03-40N 075-48-45W. 7
OTHERS LOCATED 200 YDS TO SE. ONE HOUND AND
ONE HARE LOCATED IN PREVIOUSLY REPORTED
MILITARY AREA AT 19-59-45N 075-50-50W SECTION
OF ROAD FROM 19-55-20N 075-38-30W TO 19-56-45N
075-39-50W STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION. ROAD
REALINEMENT FROM 19--58-01N 076--56-20W TO
19-58-15N 076-05-35W. BRIDGE UNDER
CONSTRUCTION 19-57--50N 076-02-1.5W. WATER
FILTRATION PLANTUNDER CONSTRUCTION AT
20-03-20N 075-4.9-05W. PROBABLE NEW MINING
ACTIVITY AT 19-58-02N 075-52-45W. 9
AGRICULTURE STORAGE-TYPE BUILDINGS UNDER
CONSTRUCTION AT 20-09-29N 075-56-40W.
INCOMPLETE REPORT.
-MISCELLANEOUS-
25X1 D
BAUTA AREA, COMMUNICATION
NO CHANGE OBSERVED SINCE
INCOMPLETE I NFOR"MAT I ON.
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