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HAVANA, September 19 (José Antonio Fornaris, Cuba-Verdad /
www.cubanet.org) - Active duty military and civilian workers of the Armed Forces
Ministry received orders to deny their connection with the military in response
to Cuba’s most recent census September 7 to 16, with the argument that "we
must not give information to the enemy," according to a source.
Several employees of the Stores for the Recovery of Foreign Currency, also
known as dollar stores here because they sell only in U. S. dollars, told
Cuba-Verdad that military counter-intelligence officers visited them at work and
ordered them to tell census takers that they worked for the local government, or
Popular Power. These stores are owned and operated by the Armed Forces Ministry,
as are other businesses related to tourism and to the dollar sector of the
economy.
Active duty military personnel also said they had received orders to lie to
the census takers. One such, who requested anonymity, said he had mentioned to
counter-intelligence officers that he was concerned about getting caught in an
obvious lie, since he is always in uniform, and had been told that "all
factors are aware of the order."
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