1. STATUS OF CONSTRUCTION OF PAN AMERICAN GAMES FACILITIES 2. POPULAR PERCEPTION OF PROBABILITY OF POST-PAN AMERICAN GAMES DISTURBANCES

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-(effNf) SUBJ: 1. STATUS OF CONSTRUCTION OF PAN
AMERICAN GAMES FACILITIES 2. POPULAR PERCEPTION OF
PROBABILITY OF POST-PAN AMERICAN GAMES
DISTURBANCES
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Date Published: 11-Jul-1991 20:43:00
Date Received: 11-Jul-1991 16:53:10
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AMERICAN GAMES DISTURBANCES
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SUBJ: 1. STATUS OF CONSTRUCTION OF PAN AMERICAN GAMES
FACILITIES
2. POPULAR PERCEPTION OF PROBABILITY OF POST-PAN
AMERICAN GAMES DISTURBANCES
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TEXT: 1 ENGINEERS CHARGED WITH DESIGNING ARENAS
FOR THE AUGUST 1991 PAN AMERICAN GAMES STRONGLY DOUBTED THAT ALL
FACILITIES WOULD BE COMPLETED IN TIME FOR THE GAMES. THEY BELIEVED,
HOWEVER, THAT THIS WOULD NEITHER AFFECT THE GAMES THEMSELVES NOR
BRING SAFETY PROBLEMS. SOME INTERIOR WALLS, CONTAINING WALLS, AND
STAIRWAYS AT THE MAIN STADIUM WERE INCOMPLETE, AND THE VELODROME AND
TENNIS AND SWIMMING CENTERS IN EAST HAVANA LACKED SOME INFRASTRUCTURE
AND FOOD SERVICE ACCOMMODATIONS. ALSO, ENGINEERS ESTIMATED THAT SOME
OF THE VILLAS TO LODGE ATHLETES WOULD NOT BE FULLY BUILT BY AUGUST
1991.
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2. IT DID APPEAR THAT CROWDS GOING TO THE GAMES COULD FACE A
LACK OF FOOD SERVICES AND TRANSPORTATION. TO REACH THE GAMES' ARENAS
IN EAST HAVANA, MOST HAVANA RESIDENTS WOULD HAVE TO TRAVEL VIA THE
TUNNEL UNDER HAVANA BAY. ENGINEERS SAID THAT THEY KNEW (b)(1)
OF NO PLAN TO MOVE PEOPLE FROM HAVANA TO THE ARENAS. ALTHOUGH FOOD (b)(3)
SERVICE AREAS FOR SPECTATORS MIGHT NOT BE FINISHED, THE CUBAN
GOVERNMENT HAD RESERVED AMPLE HIGH QUALITY FOOD FOR ATHLETES.
3.COMMENT: MANY CUBANS FELT (b)(1)
THE COUNTRY'S ECONOMIC SITUATION MIGHT TAKE A FURTHER DOWNTURN AFTER (b)(3)
THE PAN AMERICAN GAMES. EVEN THOUGH RECENT TIMES HAVE BEEN (b)(1)
DIFFICULT, THEY BELIEVED PRESIDENT FIDEL ((CASTRO)) RUZ PROBABLY WAS (b)(3)
SUSTAINING MEAGER LEVELS OF SOME PUBLIC SERVICES TO ATTEMPT TO ENSURE
CIVIL TRANQUILITY LEADING UP TO THE GAMES. THIS LINE OF REASONING
HAD IT THAT AFTER THE GAMES, THE BOTTOM WOULD FALL OUT OF THE ECONOMY
AND THE POTENTIAL FOR UNREST, PROBABLY IN THE FORM OF SPORADIC
DISTURBANCES, WOULD GO UP. AT THE SAME TIME, GIVEN CUBA'S EXTENSIVE
SECURITY APPARATUS, IT WAS HARD TO IMAGINE FORMATION OF ANY EFFECTIVE
ORGANIZED OPPOSITION.)
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Subject: SUBJ: 1. STATUS OF CONSTRUCTION OF PAN AMERICAN GAMES FACILITIES 2.
POPULAR PERCEPTION OF PROBABILITY OF POST-PAN AMERICAN GAMES
DISTURBANCES
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