Approved for Release: 2025/03/29 C00558475
Havana, September 11, 1967
Mr. John Paulbath
Protective Mutual Life Insurance
P.O.B. 701
Miami, Fla. 33144
Dear Mr. Paulbath:
I acknowledge receipt of your letter of August 7 in which you inform me that it is possible for you to place funds to cover the amount of passages at the Iberia Airlines in Madrid, Iberia then notifying their Havana Office that the tickets have been prepaid and are therefore available for issuance, but I am sorry to say that this procedure is no longer allowed.
I found it out by calling personally on Iberia Airlines here, in Havana, after which I went to the Cuban National Bank where I was told that the only way the tickets could be purchased was upon my receiving the funds through the Cuban National Bank in Canadian currency. They also suggested that the fastest way to carry out the transaction was that the money be sent by telegraphic transfer through a Canadian bank to the National Bank of Cuba, the cost of passage for an adult being $370.00 and $185.00 for a minor.
Below are the names of each member of my family, passport number and the amount of money for each fare in Canadian currency.
GRACIELA CERVUDA PEREZ, Passport No. 59492,
amount of passage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 370.00
MARIA CERVUDA PEREZ, Passport No. 22972,
amount of passage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370.00
CONCEPCION PASTRANA CERVUDA, Passport No. 67122,
amount of passage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185.00
SERAPIN CERVUDA GARCIA, Passport No. 16609,
amount of passage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370.00
Total: 31295.00
In case funds are placed as indicated, please cable me as follows: "FUNDS ALREADY SENT", to enable me to inquire at the Bank here as to its receipt.
Thanking you for your immediate attention to this matter, I remain
Sincerely yours,
MARIA CERVUDA
Approved for Release: 2025/03/29 C00558475