◆ SpookStack

:rop ~ECRET a plan would force the USSR (then facing a shortage of tanker bottoms in the world market) to transport its own crude to Cuba and to "provide technicians and make modifications in existing refineries to process their crude." This, in turn, was supposed to alienate Venezuela and Mexico, normally among Cuba's crude suppliers.* 39/ In addition to petroleum refineries as targets for sabotage, plans were also made to disrupt the ..... Cuban microwave system. Unlike the plans to disrupt the Cuban petroleum industry -- which would directly involve properties of the international oil companies the sabotage program for' the microwave networks, as late as February of 1961, specifica~ly stated that attacks should be limited to the Cuban operated net with "hands 'off RCA'and Dumont systems, which are to remain intact for later consideration." 40/ Also * In fact, the Cuban refinery technicians themselves did an excellent job of adapting the plants to the use of Soviet crude. The former manager of the C :t , , refinery commented to this ~ffect after reviewing the all source 'intelligence materials avail- able on the plant. He was pleased -- at least in one sense -- to note .that t: :lct;l training program has apparently been quite successful! - 237 -