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### Viewing cable 09HAVANA172, CUBAN MININT'S THOUGHTS ON TRAVEL, LAW

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09HAVANA172 | 2009-03-17 15:03 | 2010-12-16 21:09 | SECRET | US Interests Section Havana

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    S E C R E T HAVANA 000172

    SIPDIS

    E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/17/2029
    TAGS: SNAR PREL SMIG PGOV CU ASEC
    SUBJECT: CUBAN MININT'S THOUGHTS ON TRAVEL, LAW
    ENFORCEMENT, AND INTEL SHARING

    Classified By: com jonathan farrar for reasons 1.4 (b) & (d)

    ¶1. (S) Summary: On 9 March 2009, the United States Coast
    Guard Drug Interdiction Specialist (DIS) stationed at the
    United States Interests Section in Havana, Cuba (USINT)
    attended a routine working meeting with Cuban Ministry of
    Interior (MININT) officers, including one Cuban Border Guard
    Colonel (COL) and two officers from the MININT Directorate of
    International Relations (one Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL) and a
    Major (MAJ)). All three officers are regular DIS contacts
    with whom he has met approximately thirty times since the
    DIS's arrival in country in August 2008, including two
    multi-day law enforcement-related excursions. Topics
    discussed on 9 March included a recent marijuana wash-up in
    Holguin Province, and suspected migrant smugglers currently
    being detained by the Government of Cuba (GOC).

    ¶2. (S) On 9 March, the DIS received four requests for
    information from MININT. Of note was a request on forty-five
    subjects suspected of being involved in organized Cuban
    migrant smuggling and currently being detained in Cuba, and a
    recent marijuana wash-up on Cuba's north coast in Holguin
    Province. Following the working portion of the meeting, the
    DIS was asked by the MININT MAJ whether he believed the
    proposed legislation in the U.S. congress that would permit
    Cuban Americans to travel to Cuba more frequently would pass.
    Attempting to gauge the current readiness level of the Cuban
    economy for increased tourism, DIS in-turn asked the officers
    whether Cuba was ready for an increased flow of American
    tourists, to which the COL responded that Cuba was never
    averse to Americans traveling to Cuba; rather, it was a
    policy initiated and brought on by the United States, not
    Cuba. The meeting ended a few moments later, and the DIS
    departed the MININT protocol house.

    ¶3. (S) After departing, DIS, LTCOL, and MAJ initiated a
    side-bar conversation and the DIS once again asked (and
    clarified his earlier travel-related question) whether or not
    Cuba was prepared for a significant influx of American
    tourists should policy permit such a change. The MAJ was
    quick to respond in the negative and pointed out that Cuban
    airports were not prepared to accommodate a large influx.
    The LTCOL stated that should maritime ports be utilized for
    ferries or cruises, they too are not prepared or equipped to
    handle an increase in passengers and the logistics that
    accompany them. Both agreed that this will require a
    significant amount of time to rectify. While the LTCOL
    appeared optimistic that this issue was one that would be
    improved, the MAJ was visibly frustrated with the issue; he
    stated that Cuba has previously prepared for an increased
    flow of Americans only to have the United States government
    turn around and prohibit travel to the island.

    ¶4. (S) DIS told both officers that an increase in American
    travel to Cuba would bring about a litany of issues,
    including matters that will have to be handled by USINT's
    American Citizen Services section as well as Cuban and US law
    enforcement agencies. DIS stated that the GOC may have to
    work more closely with such agencies as the Drug Enforcement
    Administration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S.
    Marshals Service, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
    Immediately following this statement, the MAJ stated, in an
    agreeable fashion, that the GOC will also have to work with
    the Central Intelligence Agency on matters related to
    terrorism.

    ¶5. (S) DIS used this line of conversation as a segue to
    float the idea of greater USINT Regional Security Officer
    (RSO) involvement in law enforcement issues as opposed to the
    DIS handling nearly all exchanges. Both MININT officers
    were amenable to the idea and stated that they are willing to
    work with the current USINT RSO on law enforcement-related
    matters. The MAJ stated that increased law enforcement
    cooperation outside the bounds of the existing MININT-DIS
    relationship will inevitably push both sides into a position
    where they are forced to work together on mutually-concerning

    issues, thereby opening the door to other forms of
    collaboration.

    ¶6. (S) DIS asked what it would take to setup a meeting
    among MININT, DIS, and RSO, and the MAJ stated that a
    diplomatic note should be sent to the Cuban Ministry of
    Foreign Relations (MINREX) to request said meeting. The
    side-bar concluded after approximately thirty minutes.

    ¶7. (S) Comment: MININT and MINREX (during Cuban migrant
    repatriations) continue to bombard the DIS with statements
    encouraging the United States to cooperate on matters related
    to law enforcement, specifically counternarcotics and illegal
    migration. Most, if not all, migrant repatriations bring the
    DIS into direct contact with an official from MINREX's North
    American Division. MINREX officers inevitably raise the need
    for greater dialogue between the United States and Cuba, and
    seem to believe that counternarcotics and migration issues
    are a viable, potential conduit for increased U.S.-Cuba
    collaboration. DIS believes this continued LE cooperation
    message from the GOC to the DIS is part of a concerted effort
    to increase dialogue with the United States via an already
    established working-level relationship.

    FARRAR

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