CUBANS LABEL EXILES' NAVY SCHOOL HERE A PIRATES DEN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000400010002-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 10, 1998
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: April 12, 1964
• Content Type: NSPR

1 Of Our lalin AmeNca Stalf
? The Casl,ro press once re-
' ~ferrcd t.o' it as "an incuhatnr
oP plral~s."
' To students and staff at,
~i'the Pan American Merchant
'Marine Academy- here Lhe
slur in the Cuban Communist
'. publication "Bohemia" was a
~rnark,of distinction,
It shows, they say,' that
r, "our enemies recognize us."
The Academy, in an out-of-
the-tvay spot adjaceht to the
ATiami River, is the: siren
ma,t~r for 200. young Cuban
wiles. It's here they learned
thA rnpes of 'alto sea-faring
arks.
Some, it is said, werq 'in
the ranks of those who- par-
Dr, Carlc-s IIevia .
? ? 4 acarlr'nty, f nrtnrler;
dered. a. halt to slick a~'t7v1~;.
' ties. ,. I ; ' .
g "$ohemfa" a#tack: ,' `, ":.'~:.> - ,
yy ..?;
Ih' ,.. -!!.f'.r 4~~wA,'a~j.daar,
?':~:'.
Cubans and e..?..,.~ a ~;.,,ui, ~,.
'sea-minded', ones to get to-
SCHOOIa officials neither ; gelhcr, to know each other
confirm nor -deny alumni and increase their skills."
participation in this or other "Notv," adds Aran, '"the o qualify far admission.,
exile activities? Academy is good for the fu= ..~,th applicant must.b~ 17 .and ~7
"'They discuss no puns here 'tore of Cuba .:.later- all ,of ', ha a the equivalent of at"
. nRilher what they have -Latin America."
~hrcn c o n n e c t e d with nor . '. lc t o high school Qducatioti
what they intend to do. We' It's envisioned fha# one day ; ~ an preferably .one ,year of.,~
?have no control over them asp '-~,--- ? ~ - co ege.
"tn what they. dq' otherwise,'". i i he students will be the lead 4
said newly named Academy' ~ :urrently a class of'17.is;
Director Manuel Aran. pi's in R free Cuba. maritime '
Founded by' one-time Cu- :~ system. ~ ' ei oiled for the eight hours'a~
han president, Dr. Carlos ? ~j, yF * -
Ilevia; nearly three . years'~~ '' _
ai~o, the Academy's. fate was. l ?1 ~vr1~ by Day,
.uncertain when Dr. Hevil;~k~ ,
died early this month: ,'~
Rut its. baakera -- mogti.? ~l
int~ereated Miamians - indi=~'J.
sated their continued support,.
and Aran, . iengtime fi?iP,nd .
and A99aelate nt llrr Hevia,'~i
t-?as named director.'
"We're established now and .
feel as .though we're at the
point where we? can expand ;.
and do an even. better job," ;j,
said ,Miami Business-uail '
Walter Ginn;. Annapolis '23
a n d secretary-treasurer qt ~~
-~t~tcder~,t~ Bou~y
Entirety.. ~uban
('.iNN SAID 3t ` is hoped..
~?; ?;?I{s'studeitt' body ae.far:has'~
!;:Ana,:. ae Gfnn,elCplalns it,~'?the~~
,; us ,they say, is the concern`
of a students, not the Acad,~
~.
e ':i
'.~ w k instruction.
''3
~'?. he Academy has grmvn -
` ph ?sicaily xt least -since It '
?op ned in 1!)01 in three at+c=;~
nn -floor rooms o[ a downs v
to ?n office building.
Class ~ at Night
- -
' ' ... ~ -...... -= , Syr ru s ("two large and , twb `
anti-Communist- exiles who ,~ ~ _ - ~~' .~.
hold a variety,of jobs,durinl;~ t all") near the SevenUty
the day and attend the tui=', .~ steel hbye?I14 amigo -James.:
waraa cc ra..cauuu?r y a a a u c. ~~
four nights,a week: 1'
Instruction ~s in Spanish.
'I9~ four instructors are all
former Cuban naval officezls
and professors at; the Cuban
.Naval Academy; They receive
nl~ outward sign of lta
e. stence is a~sheet of letter-~
h d stationery in the win-'--~
d and Knothcr in ~ the doer; ??
p 'claiming the "Pan Amer ~
lc 'l~lercharit.-Marlne Acad
~ ~ .n.
':,rio salary.. The ,six-month
acqurse, parallels that of khe!~
~' U.S. 1Vlerchant Marlne,~ Acad-~
r:aya it ia~"non-political, hoii-
profit acid non-ritilltary." Itd
purpoer+, .any ,1~ran.. and :C#iiirt
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