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1. RECENTLY CONCLUDED EOS REVIEW OF ZEPRIMA PROGRAM, SEOWS 2 223 EFFORTS HAVE NOT ACHIEVED ANY SIGNIFICANT RESULTS AND CONTINUATION OF PROGRAM AS SUCH NO LONGE WARRANTED. MAIN REASON POR KUDARK FAILURE IS THAT CUEAN TECNICIAN RECRUITING PROGR 2 FICEL'S DAS BEEN MISERABLE FAILURE THE JEASURED AGAINSTYORIGINAL : OBJECTIVE OF 2000 TECES FROM WESTERN EUROPE ALONE TEOUCH CUR FIGURES NOT COMPLETE, WE ESTIMATE PROBABLY LESS THAN FIFTY CANDIDATES HAVE RECEIVED CONTRACT APPROVAL AND WE ABLE CONFIRI ADOUT TEN WHO HAVE ACTUALLY MADE IT TO THE ISLAND. KUFARK SUCCEEDED IN INSERTING ABOUT THIRTY RECRUITED TECES INTO THE VARIOUS BIRING CHANNELS, BUT SO FAR ONLY THO EAVE RECEIVED CONTRACT APPROVAL FROM HA VÀ 2 CUEAN FAILURE TO RECRUIT IN SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS APPEARS DUE LARGELY TO RELUCTANCE FOREIGN MINISTRY AND FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS PURSUE TECH RECRUITING MISSION AGGRESSIVELY, BUREAUCRATIC INCOMPETENCE IN HAVANA, FEAR OF INFILTRATION OF BOSTILE ACEITS RELEASING OFFICER : COORDINATING COFFICERS SECRET REPRODUCTION BY OTHER THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE IS PROHIBITED. م CONT... AUTHENTICATING OFFICER Copy tea

14-00000 TO FROM: DIRECTOR CONE INFO TO SECRET " FILF IN CS FILE NO. 3 ROUING 5 6 OEFERRED ROUTINF PAGE INFO CITE DIR 85387 PAGEABLE LOSS OF INTEREST IN THE PROGRAM ON PART OF CASTRO LIMSELF. THESE FACTORS WHICH EMERGE FROM OUR STUDY OF THE CUBAN PERFORMANCE ACCOUNT FOR LACK OF RESPONSE FROM EMBASSIES. TO APPLICATIONS, LONG DELAY IN GETTING WORD BACK FROU HAVANA AND SILALL NUMBER OF TECHS ULTIMATELY FIRED, LONG TIME LAC BETWEEN INITIAL APPLICATION AND ULTIMATE APPROVAL FROM HAVA, WHICH RUNS SIX TO WINE MONTHS, EAS COST CUBANS NUMBER OF TECHS WEO WERE INITIALLY EAGER CUT SUBSEQUENTLY LOST INTEREST OR TOOK OTHER JOBS. 3. IN FACE OF FOREGOING WE DO NOT BELIEVE IT FORTHWEILE 1 TO CONTINUE INTENSIVE SEARCH FOR ZPPRIXA CANDIDATES FOR INSERTION -FISE STRESS INTO CUBAN HIRING CHANNEL. /STATIONS WITH ACTIVE LEADS SHOULD STAY WITH THEM IN THE HOPE THEY MAY STILL BE HIRED, BUT CEASE EFFORTS TO GENERATE LEADS FROM SCRATCH. ON OTHER HAND, THERE ARE FAIR NUMBER NON BLOC TECHS IN CUBA AND IT LIKELY CULANS WILL CONTINUE TO HIRE NEEDED TECHS ON LIMITED SELECTIVE BASIS AS THEY DID PRIOR TO ZEPRIMA PROGRAM. STATIONS THEREFORE ARE URGED TO CONTINUE BE ALERT FOR SUCH OPPORTUNITIES AND TO EXPLOIT TE IN SANGS HAFNER AS ALL OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO PLACE RESIDENT AGENTS IN CUBA. BELTASING OFFICE SECEET - REPRODUCTION BY OTHER THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE CONT...,, "AUTHENTICAIN OFFER Capryc

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