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Lh. ahr bas yee o L/Bureau.. . ._ . WO Oat Re 10/3353." : on nr <2 aes ote Rte” ‘ La DE oo TE, 2032 strongly that ONASSIS 414 exercis Ee PC and affiliates. He knew ONASSIS and NICHOLAS COKKINAS, Vii ae 1° ° control over . * President_of o have been exceedin urther, that COKKINAS on man occasions would ask adv. chartering of pierage and water depth in Yarious ports. elieved Fe =os YEET this information was being secured from him by COKKINAS for ORASSIB. =. ; A (REE USFC had business meetings oncé a week. He fT F a recalled t there was always a “battery of attorneys” at these meetings. He : ~ recalled Cc on the whole show." He stated that ROBERT RERFNSON. =.= .n ee COXKINAS were in conflict oa a and that he specifically rec sion he got tired of COKKINAS' - eae ‘petty orders and he mentioned same to BERENSON. He stated that shortly thereafter ne was told by COKKINAS not to bring information to BERENSON, whom — & Re ae: to bave had controlling interest in USPC, but to discuss matters Rs directly with him, COKKINAS, When BERENSON was told a pOOSRAS © Fe ——— ene to report to BERENSON. RERENSON ta of Seog should’ go tarough COXKINAS. that from that time he felt that. edz y BERENSON had less say than his the company would have indicated, -. z a = " ’ . . * wee VE. heard that ONASSIS had borrowed several MITiIOn aOiters from MEinOPOLITAN LIFE 8 b/p 4 Goes INSURANCE CO., NYC. He stated that if hia memory serves him right, shortly after “a. one of the bigger loans by ONASSIS of the METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE CO., all ae sae outstanding mortgages of USPC ships were taken up and the ships were remortgaged =f Vx =: with the METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE CO. HE stated that he recalled this re- ~ 4 €:" wportgaging of ships since he performed the clerical duty of teking appropriate getc- | papers to U. &. Customs, while an international attorney who maintains office in KYC and who wes secretary to USPC certified to Customs as an officer of USPC as to the remortgaging of USFC ships under the METROPOLITAN LIFE THSURANCE co. ereneeMppre the fall of 1950 the USPC had planned to form a néw whaling company. going to get a tanker and convert it fr use as a whaling boat. that he contacted International Seaman's Union, NYC, and requested to write a letter ‘fo toe D-'S. Naritime Comission stating that ISU would not Oppose transferring a ship of U. 8, registry to a Panamsian flag. U. 8, PETROLEUM CARRIERS, IC... b& at that time gave tif whaling company the SS HERMAN F, WINTER and USPC in peturn - received the 5S OLYMPIC GAMES, the latter ship transferring her flag from Sitios Po. es a” a Honduran to American, (ey uring the course of this he went to Washington, D. C., and talked with Admiral SHEPHERD, U. 8 cast { with the object of getting approval for this whaling company vhich he} thought was to be an American company and a subsidiary of USPC. He advis several visits to Washington, D, C,, over « three-month period and conferred with Admire! SHEPHERD several times. He stated that on one occasion he made arrangements with Admiral SHEPHERD to meet a ie. BROW of the American Bureau of Shipping, Rye. - + -= 1 aT “rs = = re Lond Neale — “_ On EME, ee I daar a +t fe : rch gent me a Cease nr, Me a * . 7 . . algae . -e . ~ - i : ra . . we tee aa a > voce tet se 7