-DATE- 19891012 -YEAR- 1989 -DOCUMENT_TYPE- -AUTHOR- -HEADLINE- Castro Delivers Speech to Minibrigades -PLACE- CARIBBEAN / Cuba -SOURCE- Havana Tele-Rebelde Network -REPORT_NBR- FBIS-LAT-89-196 -REPORT_DATE- 19891012 -HEADER- BRS Assigned Document Number: 000020237 Report Type: Daily Report AFS Number: FL1210125089 Report Number: FBIS-LAT-89-196 Report Date: 12 Oct 89 Report Series: Daily Report Start Page: 16 Report Division: CARIBBEAN End Page: 17 Report Subdivision: Cuba AG File Flag: Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Language: Spanish Document Date: 12 Oct 89 Report Volume: Thursday Vol VI No 196 Dissemination: City/Source of Document: Havana Tele-Rebelde Network Report Name: Latin America Headline: Castro Delivers Speech to Minibrigades Subheadline: Visits 13 March Contingent Source Line: FL1210125089 Havana Tele-Rebelde Network in Spanish 1200 GMT 12 Oct 89 -TEXT- FULL TEXT OF ARTICLE: 1. [Text] Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz, first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee and president of the Councils of State and Ministers, recently visited the 13 March Contingent which is building the projects for the Jose Antonio Echeverria Polytechnic Institute in Havana. 2. According to Radio Reloj reports, our highest leader expressed interest in the productivity of the contingent, the way it economizes on wood, its working spirit, and its attention to man. Radio Reloj also reported that the commander in chief said the workers and students of the polytechnic had a great attitude toward the work they carried out. He also praised how quickly they adapted to construction tasks. 3. The 13 March Contingent is working on the technical information center, a student housing unit, multipurpose workshops for the school of mechanics and one shop for prototypes. Pedro Molina Vega, chief of the contingent, said to the commander in chief that the productivity level per man is high. Out of the average 255 pesos per man, the contingent's average is over 1,000 pesos. Molina Vega also said to Fidel that 42 cubic meters of wood are saved per building by using metallic molds. -END-