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Lillian Lily Hellman — Part 4
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sto Guevara and publicized by the
‘ts confessed the extretsely SeTiom
. thereby contradicting theit previ
uecess of their economic plans, as
-arian Reform."
as been establizhed over these whe
qwernment not only has stiffened the
mits for departare DEt also now om
vations by all as lines. A
coment to confiscate ell poasessiom®
s in the United States for more thew
arm of stay in other foreign count
be jeft of any citizen's POSeeeeiOgs .
1
~ the Cuban Government and the offf-
ave been emphasized. .
“ta United Revolutionary Patty as
ombers of the 26th of July Movement
alista Popular (the traditional Cubas
just step the Revolutionary Integrated
with Anibal Eecalente - @ long stand-
st feeder before Castro took over - aw
se Twenty-second Congress of the Come
‘SR, beld this month in Mos:
- eee
a day during Se ptember.
aken during the April invasion acd omP
-enewal of firing squad activities, Com
with Fidel Castro's regime, thus reaming
counties of America that beve 5°
ith Cuba.
ament denied the International Red Croper
ted right to function in Cuba to aid
wed dating the April invebrons.
NT KENNEDY:
cmational Communism. We would hare ee
anism as the central theme of Lacin- Amer
ides ta Come.
-sident, ap the vies of such cautious aml
as the Manchester Guardian and The O}
‘co has undone moch of the good your af
yeved in the world arene, and substaotieliy
ot Adlai Stevenson's effectivences in
tertat to impose our will in the Caribbtemm,
~ of the other American states, aod io vir
rican agreemencs, has created widespread
nited Saates will teoriene its foreign policy
Soviet-style power politics. Further inter
:] give the lie to ow professions af repo
ae, aad wil) make at mech more diffs i
f tag '
iid HAE OT the
c Usimed Sistet Gove ol 4
sent @rift towards American mililary ia
support for the mvasson of Cubs by rad
the Communist
* im
detach the Castro te8 ee sresemption wf
ot a diplomatic detente
d
oe ay other
constructive efforts OF eliminating PF OO
erica the socéal conditions OF which toile
feeds.
i blac dis-
sed that there bas pees ao fietle pe i
cemative 5 to present U. 5. Cuban policy. Fit.
the weTiCties
epuons, debate ‘ ’
thet rban on the decision fC pecervene- In the
non has bees circumscribed by oe ee ne
153 ovet ior td moe
¢ eatly decis:08 it) Cast i"
. rice! scquicscence
qually uperint eee aiternetives,
ne ke foolish to sugge 4 thet
is 2 ®
ite nd patience.
end an ennewme-
a od.
coling eit of the Cuban
the sincerity
cucial and revealing @ene-
sibility for oew dire ctioms
conlidence enough in the
py this is#ue as at
ve to Basu tespon
is. Surely we
to accept thin ©
halle age -
par
species
ie
-~y
\ 3
i
r9
a
CRAHhISE
AN OPEN LETTER
(Oo THE HARVARD PROFESSORS
And Members of Other F
which appeared in the Ne
(wenty-three years after MUNICH, cht samt policy of ap-
sant followed vowerd Hitler, which led co war and de-
wn, is being GOW advocated roward toralicarina communism
a peep of Noch American professors.
‘Th bistory of the post-war period shows thar it is jest a6
to appease totalitarian COMmUnISE BS it was to ap
jurian Nazism. Due to this policy of appeasement
va. democracy apd freedom pefiered the foss of
Ewope. Due to ie policy of apprasemcat and ¢n-
ricem@y toward those whom some distinghished North Americas
labeled ‘‘pgratiagn reformers: China ar Jost. On
hand, if chere stil! is a present aod a terure for democ-
freedom in Greece, South Koren, the Philippiaes and
it is beceuse in these countries commpnist eggrecs ion
we wth dvemener : -&
+
A }. Rice if oll, eochame de they stor to Fila! Ceowr
depute a2 communistic. They mention bis “particular brand of
qx revolmion,’! and they eadorse the fourth recomacndation
ode resolution adopted by the Cubs Procest Meecing beld at
ecerd University on April 26, 1961, which apparently de-
des ut as @ ‘totalitarian sationsiiem.”” However, eco
deci) aod politica) suructure of Castro's Cube closely
felipe the Marxist-Leninist pacers of communizetion. Mistet
Fadl Castro, Major Ernesto Guevara and the Cubso bas sador
@ Pisin, Mister Faure Chomon have been explicic enough:
it Caso bas recently declared chat his cegime is the First
ist republic of America; Mister Guevara more thap a year
scribed the Cuban revolution as Marxist, Mister Faute
hes preciecty defined i ae communism. The Cabao
say that their revolution is communis and its crecowe
tioning beer them ow THE BOSTON PROFESSORS
DY SEEM TO BELIEVE WHAT THE CUBAN LEADERS
PUBLICLY STATED.
Secondly, altbough rhey do not call Castro’s regime
istic, they accept its dependence oo the communist bloc.
15 dependency is suributed to the wmismkea policy fol-
by the Goverment pf the United States. Thus their
d American economic Bgaression is blamed for the
nist ceiemtation followed by Castro. This is not 60.
Wine qoti-Americanise of Casmo’s communism Tar shown
very beginning at Sierta Macatre by their iowubeing
sions and the kideapping of American cMizens.
ti cof January, 1959, the dey Batiste fled Cubs, violently
D. of che civilian section of the 26th of July Movement.
‘ Cube the secessar
«
a half.
x a ager at
‘™ UNITED STATES Fi-
\ = CUBAN REVOLUT,
\ fibAN RENOCUTION WITH 4 GIFT IN EX-
habe vemnd malicious and unfounded eccusations and
“blaming hin propaganda campaign agsinn the United
asa e is counry fet che explosion of the abip “La
the weet ic socalled “bombardment’' of Havana, a5
ican pe ous cEpropriations without sey compensation
Cowes eee, Preceded che first Ametitan measure
Toom. a & interests: the suppression of the prefere otia]
. prenident ol the Ne chat was practically requested by
lho said the National Bank of Cubs, Major Ernesto
de used by “Vaakee ‘operialine of oppression aod
prefercatial peices. The dis
ie that
Fidel Castro and part of the core of the 26th of July
Ne communista to begin with. Some of the non-
Pp _—e revolutionaries who served in the government
bryartien were under the mistaken notion that Fidel Cas
dintapeobed hoes in his thinking; while others
ould setfy bt ecrican profeasocs, believed Fidel
shee sity is ways sad gite ap communisa.Needic ss
;. arava a, case. There are severs] rearons
wits ne ot stro" communist affiliacion. It is
ol the affict | oman ere Card-carrying, fototious
ed Sicisl parry Then there are different shades
ia igodamensat Kurerbchev's, Mao's, Tito's, etc.
re ferences of ideology, but racher
ler # cloak of preudodemocrarjc verbiage, the
rr
ae Re
CRA
fate OS JECENTUMION, bt
tot
‘ =, Uviderst nal FE eeenen i ied
tty of Bevens Daiveraty of Haven + Medicine
ENTE BZA Miepbar of the
: umme: Bohoo! Vel tticree tre Saart
juris ereer aad Follow of
As of
qrican mimeograpbed liveratare wes used for che indat-
cqnomically, comtrary te whet the distinguished American
sers teem fo state, the United States continued to pre-
marchendicn ond services, even
oe were net forthcoming. This continued for s
Tee Cubans owed then more than 200 million
the United Stares. Yet the United Scaccs cominaed
tieguerked
fhe tata! owed fe
aculties who signed the Statement on Cuba
w York Times on May 10, 1961
communizing process of Cube proceeded speedily and deceit-
fully. Mr. Blas Roca, the traditional leader of Cuban ¢ommeu-
sism, bas celled this process “sevolationary cumning, laistori-
cal cunning, the people's cunning.”
4, The North American profeasors seem tO
chat ComsnManist countries do set abandon communixm fost be-
cause they might establish of mein in commercial relanions
with nations of the free world, 14+: China and Yugoslavia.
They also seem 10 forget that aithough it may be ut that com-
like any other
wonisa feeds on enjuet social cacditions, just
form of radicalism, ff is histeicolly inexact to postulere thet
communism comes fo power merely becouse of those canditions.
Social injustice, alwaye exploited by communism, bes usually
comiibaed in Latics America to the tise af non-t ommuaist left-
sist popular morcme ats,
pempegeeie and econemy,
te dicratorship ia search of represepimtive democracy. freedom,
justice, the 1940 Cossticaion and even preset soc io-t C ODONREE
progress. Regardiass of exploitation end enderdevelopamnt, in
we country of the warld kos communism tttoined power by the
will of the propia, bet forcibly by 0 minerity, allegedly acting
in the nome of the people and by force of arms. Eves afict more
chan two years of alj-ow communist propaganda, Casco is #0
comviaced be dors not have the majocity of the Cuban people
with him chat be fas officially ruled ou elections.
It in aot Fue to state that the way to avoid the ¢stablish-
mot of a Communist dietatorsbip ot to bring abow its downfall!
is by ceaching the people chat social reforms aft compatible
with democratic instivations, There att examples of oak
compatibilay in mesy coumtics of the Free Warld, which enjoy
an advanced ‘social jostice and repreacttative democratic Fre-
gimesncd these teachings have sot arrested the world-wide
expansion of communism. Leninism is essentially the ductriae
of teking and maintaining power by meens of force; and once
commeniat porty efteins it or is in the process of teking ever,
## can only be contained by force. A force, neodians te sey,
thet would be at the service of Law and Secial Justice with
Liberty end 53. Bet we must cet forget thet Lew, Jes-
fice and Liberty cennot being chowt downfoll of communism al-
ready in a position af power moraly through their prestige.
5. Iacerestions] Law ceremi!y ruling the Wencere Henis-
phere, and more specifically, the ‘Charter of the Organization
of Awerican States of 1948, the loter-Americac Treary of Mutual
Assismace w Rio de Janciro Treaty of 1947, the 1954 Decle-
ration of Caracas acd the Decksrations of Chile asd Sas jeué
of 1959 and 1960, respectively, net only meke possible but
rather domend the joint action of the American countries opefnat
communist regimes such as Cobe's. ft is perhaps te protect
their Menich-like conclusions thet the Americar professors
avoid the abe! of communist fer Castro's regime.
6. By the very use of farce, which no repels che Ameticas
ofessors, Casto bat suppressed the rights and freedoms of
Feet Ce expelled moot of the acaborn of the 5-cret
Comrt ond of he Joliet Adedniowadl
emceptios of eleet
of Feirons ip ria areas without spititun) assistance; he hos
orecune imare then « thousend Cubons and confinwes te de se;
150 on jet unbelievable cosditions more chan
br 12000 Pereoes: be bas taked overall schools and imetirions
of keer mB. nsing them for a systematic brait-washing- be -has
over all public aad reise eniervine wiecleding the as saken
and bicentenary University of Ha ioe, ee nins Se Rey ieicnt
cally all ied professors, taking away their aniversity velone
be use y were not Willing to submit che jt inde Mleace of
houghs and follow the government line; be bas nupeereed the
free om o are anions and hee done away with the social
cone “ 2 the workers, who today find themselves ae th
mercy of a single and all powerful maseec, the Seace; be haz
aslaved peasants, forcing them into coeimatees uaader ‘mili "
rule; | as deprived the Cubnas of their tights to imvl
mination by suppressing elections. He is denying Ce he
i
traditional American rights: che cight co life, freedom aad the
pursuit of happiness. DO THE D
ASK OF THE AMERICAN COVERNME NE Thay racy wir
UNDERSTANDING TOWARDS ALL THESE HORRORS? mn
It is tather depressing co see iner
PA Fidel Casto, oF vaee won of he eee fist me ae of force
Om mu, has mot deserved the comdcmnati ntetnations|
guished American professors, who have written 2 othe distin”
oor a closed lecter to Mr. Castro asking of bi Beitber AD Oper
respect for the rights aod dignity of man im minimum of
May 17, 1961. : - . NOD,
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