VIET UNREST LAID TO CUBA PARLEY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP73-00475R000102830001-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 18, 2013
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: April 18, 1966
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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"Alien-Scott Report
Viet Unrest Laid k
To Cuba Parley
ty ROBERT S. ALLEN
and PAUL. SCOTT
Re. Atka
. WASHINGTON ? That Tri-
continental Conference in Ha-
vana 'several months ? ago is
taking on new sinister signifi-
cance in the light of the dis-
turbing political, dissension in ?
: South Viet Nam.
; Intelligence authorities report?
; that the refusal of Vietnamese
dock workers to unload military
supplies at the strategic port of .
Da Nang can be traced direct-
ly to the Havana conference's
! declared aim ? to sabotage the
U S. 'war effort. ?? ?
' One of the Most important.
, permanent organizations ? that',
emerged from the Cuban con-'?
(Kaye ? the Conunittee to Aid,,
Viet Nam ? issued a call "to
; refuse to load or unload ships
or transport arms or any kind,
of war Material hound for
Nerth American troops."
; ? This planned disruption of.'
U.S. supply lines, according to
intelligence experts, was the ?
principal objective of: three iv-
en the 600 Communist delegates'
from - 82 nations, 'including a
Viet Cong group:
The other tiVo major objec-4
tiVes were (I) "staging mas-.
.sive demonstrations, sit-ins
riots and protest meetings in
; opposition to the U.S. war ef-
fort"; (2) "boydotts to force
the stoppage of the production
? of war materials for ? U.S. forces.
in Viet Nam."
President Johnson and his ad-
visers expected the Reds' to in-..
tensity anti-U. S. machinations,
after ? the Havana meeting.- But
? they were ? caught by surprise
by the drive to block the de-
livery ? of munitions and sap-
plies. . ?
One -? intelligence estimate, re-
portedly discounted by . Defense
Secretary McNamara, specifi-
cally 'pointed out that the Ha-
\via directive was circulated
among Conununist Vietnamese
labor leaders ? and Buddhist
groups. This ,. warning even
stres.se(l that the Da Nalic.:
I dock workers union, which hail-
: dies most of the supplies in the
. First Corps area, was heavily
'Infiltrated with Viet Con g
! agents.
The Da Nang incident, ? which
? caused serious temporary am-
munition shortages ' for Air
:Torce and Marine units in the
' area, has had at least one very.
;good effect.
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? now are carefully, deliberating ,
? another intelligence. warning ,
--previously discounted..
. It bluntly advises that leftist ;
Harry Bridges may attempt to
disrupt Viet Nam war ship-
ments this sumnier.
This report, based on infor..!
mation from the Havana con- ?,
ference, asserts that . Bridges !
plans to call the first major,
strike of his powerful Interna-
tional Longshoremen's and Ware-
housemen's union in 18. years. ?
? The union's long-term con-
tract ? with the ? Pacific' Maritime
Association, representing ship-
ping and stevedoring conipanies
on the Pacific Coast, expires on,
?,,July 1. Bridges is demanding
? wage ? ? increases . four times
? greater than the administra-
? tion'S 8.2 per cent anti-InflationA
. guidelines. ?
:Since most of the swelling
tide of Viet. ? Nam supplies
passes. through the hands of the ,
? 15,000-member ILWU, a strike
or slowdown could ? seriously
'.cripple this ;crucial .shipping! in
:a matter' .of days.
? Significantly, 'Bridges has pri-?!
vafoly told Labor Department 1
officials. that he does not con.???;
sider the Viet Nam conflict as,,
in any way barring the- right of:'
his union to strike ? or . to gainl,
the big wage 'boost he is 'seek-::'
In both his private and public:i
statements, the veteran militant
labor leader has been outspo;
kenly ? critical of this country's;
? involvement in Viet Nam,
ing it .a ."foreign and unde-
clared war," and an . "unfair,'
' war that the U.S. has , no ,busi-;
ness fighting." , ?
Labor Department 'authori-
ties, who are ? watching ther!
back stage ILWU negotiation ?
now underway, say the , White!. .
I-1,!use wants neither *a strike ,
nor a dent in the wage guide...
lines. However, there is no in-
dication so far what the ad. !
ministration - contemplates doing
to head off ? either.
Another permanent body set.
up by .the Tricontinental Con-"
ference is the Latin American
' Solidarity Organization:
Primarily .for espionage pur--,
. poses, it was established at the
urging of Latin American dele--
gations. They were .itrongly
supported in this move by Cas-'
lro, Cuban President Dorticos,
and Pedro '.Medina, Venezuelan
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