hln FOUCIl OFF' IG TAL i,:';':. ;,.< .,'[ r ll lO U l1 y (SaIiTil } ( :1011 11/:, <11 ;" 11 )

I: 0 H ID I (; N S Eli V I (;" \) I,: S 1"\ T <: I (

SU GJECT ; INTERPRETATION OF THE CUBAN-D. S. 13lLA'1':;][,.L 1'1. ;. '; 'i:" ,::; ; Ui: i' ";.d,,. ::~, i,:'"

~l) " / -" . '\' ~:'" Ii . i ' ... . ,- l : '-: > 'i" '. <. ' ," - , ' :

By reason of the reorganiza tion of Lhe of f ic es ;'e spons i bl e f or t\tfH Civil Aviation in Cuba, plus the int e)~ e ning holidays, it was o[, ly possible this morning to confer \~ith the a p ,ropri a te Cl ut ho riti e s . on the proposed interpreta tion of the Civil ;\ viation Agre e ~:~ nt c or.-J

taineci in the instruct ion under reference. III a pre limL;ary C O:l­

ferel~ce with Dr. Francisco VELASCO Guzman, Chief of t he Air Trans­portation Office, and Dr. ~1ario HAEDO Triana, Lega l Advis e r of the Air Transportation Office, it ' .... a s the general understanding that Cuba would probably accept the U. S. proposal, but Iv ou ld SUgg2 st: one, that the maximum time for initiating consultation would be no longer than 30 days subsequent to request for such consula't,ion by

\,the other contracting parties. /\:1 " I. J /~.J.1i .VI 1~H l(f" . i J /

Cuba is concerned about this i~lt.erpretation only a s regards the Havana-Miami run; consequently, they ITlay ask likewis e f or a general consultation on criteria to be follOl,ed in cas e competition between the lines serving that rout e should r<"salt ill exce s !3ive services, and hence, from Cuba's point of vi")I, , do harm t o Co"lpani ,'l Cubana. The Americ a n li.nes se l'ving th at rout e are: Nati ona l \-lith three flig hi; s per day, a nd PanAme rica n with six flig hts pe r day.

They explained that durin!; the past six month s Cuba n <l h,.~s not been i n a position "van t o cons ide r additional fli ghts , but t hat th ey n ow anticipate tInt such ilJay be the case in the Ile a r fu t ure. The t.h OUf';ht wejS expressed t o the lTl thi"t no speci a l forfllula c oncerning a specific route should devi a te from the general formul a pI'2sented today. and that in any case it should be the prime I'8sponsibility of the air lines to worl: out an equi.table syst.em of sche dules between thelDselves with the cont r a cting parties to serve a s a merli Dtin p; and cleteriliinilig i"t~ency only as a 12st r e sort. Bo th ge ntle­men a g re e d tID!, such should be the c ose.

They vli11 t :dce the current tJ. S. proposal und e r cons i de l'a Li on \ :H1d inf o rm the Emba s s y in writing of thecollclusi ons of tht' II t""ly

m

•

o 01 01

1\ orr:a ni? e d Civil ,\ eron3utics COI 'll'li ss i on , of wL ich th ey art. both member's. I' )0> , L z~ _

~ t"" <::> t"l - tj u:> ~

_ H~!ll\;m\'%~;t.~~lL .. _. _ __ [~;i;:I;~:~J;;E=Ql'Lil] ACTION COl'y - DEPARTMENT OF STATE

r 'rho ncllon onkc mUHl l'cturn thlll l}ormUIlL'ut rocord cop), to DC/H mOil \vlth un cndorllclluml of I\\:(\on tnl;:cn.

Page 2 ~f De,p. No. 669 From H.ahana

r

L if i

: ,.

Pnge ____ o f

EncI.No. __ _ Desp. No. __ _ From~ ________ _

OFFICIAL USB Oi'.LY (Classification)

For the Ambassador:

/~uff .. t;"4?-'/(,~=l./( HaroLI M. Ra~ll

Counselor of Embassy for Economic Af fai rs