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4. On August >, all paper money was v i billa were issued without any warning whats wes The ee ation resulted in the government's configcatioa of the ay” portion of the monetary wealth that wes act deposited ia od (Undepowited funds were estimated in the millions. due conditions prevailing in Cuba today.) . 5.- Very important sessions of Communist self-criticism were held in Havant in Augost. At these meetings, presaded over AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT KENNEDY: ve THE STRUGGLE against Communism in the Western hem tapbere will nor be won by brandishing che Big Stick. None of aa approves the Casao regime's repression of civil liberties within Cuba, vor its dependence oa the Communist bloc. But 17 believe che United States’ accempr to descroy Casco fails | ft come to grips with the weaning of the teceot Cubao experi- ence, and seriously eadangeta the purscir of ow most vital in- bereses in world affairs. —_ ~~ Ic J* Bow a matter of record char che amempt ar counter: revolution was plaaned, organized, and directed by sa ageacy ™ of the United States government, This agency, acting in ee cre and deceiving both rhe American people and the Cuban reb- els - particularly the most democratic among thoge rebels-, bas 20 iocxcusable and aimost inconceivable manatt. veer “as af eciny’s rebel leaders were still aeabers of the Cases gev- wwe omc, the Lo uised Semets bed already dewcesmeeed ico diate chanemeot with the Cuban Revolution. Gur enormous economic ~ power, which might have beeo wielded ro farther Cuban democ- tacy, was wasted in a fruitless effort to weaken and undermioe the sew regime. Whether from aversion @ ¢volution, ar from ~—4. fear of expropriation of American property, ow government acted #0 as fo encourage those Lénodeocics towstds dictutorship sed ani-Ameticanism latent in any Latin American social upbeat- al. The Uniced Seaces’ determination to jsolare Cuba made the Sevier bloc Casao’s only source of military and economic sup- port. This resulred, as ies happened so offen before, in a sharp increase wi the power of the local Communist party. Today, Castro may Well, io fact, represeot a threat ro the security ‘of che Ameticas. But this is oot primarily o military tweac, The danger Castro poses is clear: thet by subversion ow example his porticules beand of social revolution will spread through Latin Acerica, The burden, then, ja on wa. It requires - «© veatly greater «Hort then we have yot mode te demonstrate thet geavina social reform is compatible with democratic insti- tutions. Meanwhile, any further effort to destroy Casto woald serve only to intensify rettor within Cuba. A more formidable American-iospired rebel invasiog, of the sending of American troops would, we believe, bave seili more disastrous conse- quences. ““Victory'’ by American intervention would require bloody war aad prolonged occupation. Cas anyone believe chat & itce Cuban goveromen: would emerge fromibese circumstmace 9? More imporusot, even if we did succeed, by such means, in e+ placiag Castro, we would still have done far greater damage to r BANS/HOF pa Asaccista Profesor of The ology. By 8. STUART DOMES iJ wv omnis’ MOA! BOMaEzT ae of . pore ee MlT- WENDEL. LaUsE Professor Greok onl tin, Bervard ALBERT SPRAGURCOOLIDGE Lecture Chemitty, Karrerd ij IRTH Philosepky, Barvard MING History, Harvard UELDER orate Pe@fitipa paseinc yon OORE, JR. mia Failoe ch Comter, Hervard School of Thesogy ox of Bistery folesoe, Rarverd IIE EROS EO ENA OO A, LCL PS to ten the number of counti#s of America that hove severed diplomatic relations with Cuba, 10,- The Castro goveromect denied the international Red i . its universally accepted right to function in Cube to aid Prisoners of war, captured during the April invasions. Miami Beach, Florida October 29, 1961 ourselves than to interamcional Communism. Be would have er tablished amti-Americaniom es the ceacra] cheme of Latio-Amat- igan politics for decades to come. Already, Mr. President, in che view of such cua responsible journals as che Manchester Guardian aad The Oo server, the CIA fimeco has umdone wuch of che good your ad- miniscrearioo has achiewed in che world arces, aed agbemacially weakened Ambassadar Adlai Seevensoa’s effectiveness in the Dsited Nations. Your thteat to impose our will in the Caribbean Thatever the sisees of the other American seares, and io vig lation of imter-Americam agreements, hes ¢reated wide spread suspicion chat the United Staues will reorient its fore ign poliey in the direction of Sovier-style power politics. Further inter- vertion in Cuba will give che lie to om' professions of re spe; i ient: aed will make it wack more difficul Poune st bed oc Mervacd Cuavtlniny wehsty BASOLY. te United Sittes Comermment shank”, “ai J. reverse the present drift towards American military inf vention in Cuba; 2. give po fevtber support for the invasion of Caba by exile groups: 3. seek instead to detach the Caswo raging frow the Comment bloc ky working for a diplomatic deiante and 4 resemption of wade relations ; and 4. comcemirate its Comawuctive efforts on eliminating ia bets of Let America she socis! conditions os which tote terian cajionalisw feeds. We are distressed chat thete has bees go Little peblic did cussion of the alcermarives to preset U.S. Cuban policy. Wi, a few notable exceptions, debate bas centered on the varieties of intervention racher chan of the decision to incervene. In cet press, consideracion has beee circumscribed by an wnctiticall acceptance of che carly decision to overthrow Castro and moet receatly, by ao cqually oncritical acquiescence i the cal] igre oational unicy. We believe thet there ave aiternatives, thal | debate is necessary - though it would be foolish te suggest that the alternatives con be seized without courege and petience. The first imperative is «@ cosling-off period, end an snncunc- ement of our willingness te teat the sincerity of the Cuban offer to negoticte differences. WE REGARD chis issve as a crucial and revealing mca we of ow desive to azsume respoasibility for aew directions in foreign affmirs. Surely we have confidence caough in cee ways of fteedom to accept chis challeoge. . PRE TER noes iy ot Beeliah Bron” [a cape gk gs Te ae ow a ¥ EO orem aor Peycbel LA URE RC! FL C. DoaslasDillos Profs CrNisation of Frasca UP TO 5 CoPI oer mem PMETRIA aL SOM Me UT Martist-Leniniae pattern of ¢ fo, Major Ernesto Guevara and + + Mister Faure Chomon have ato has recently declared chat h tepublic of America; Mister Gue~ cibed the Cuban rev. ij bas precisely defined it as com ay chat their revolution is Commu: tioping bear them owt. THE AC SEEM TO BELIEVE WHAT TH UBLICLY STATED. Secondly, although they do aor istic, chey accept ita dependeace o s dependency is atctibuted to the by the Government of the United d Amtfican economic aggre asic: it ofientation foliowed by Case ¢ anci-Americapism of Castro's c- very begioning at Sietta Maescra sions apd the kideapping of Amer: tof January, 1959, the day Batiste: ericad @imtogtaphed liceracure ea of che civiliaa section of che 2 ty contrary te whet , soetrery te whe nore adem to atate, the Uni Bic Cube the necessary merchendis- tymants were not forthcoming. a” a half. the Cubans owed then @ the United Stacez. Yet the Ur wager ar prefe star st otic: oers shewld be fore: HE CUBAN REVOLU WW MILLION DoteaRs " T.ecemore, the malicious and ide libe lous Propagaoda caupeinn a blaming this county for the explos Send for the so-called “bombardn the aumerous tEpropriations witha rican properties, preceded the firs Casmo’s incercscs: the Sappressic: qUGrA, & Sabpression thar was prac: B president of the National Back af . . Who said the queen Was a mean: used by “Yankee imperialion"* Fidel Cascre sad part of the core were Commoaiscs to begin with. psa revolutionaries who serve. lia Confusion scour Ca ‘ ! stro y mwen thar noe al] Commuorsts are card. , Beem of the official Party. Theo there a saiecsisa: Stalin's, Khrashehes's, 4 mre no fyndamenta! differences: of ic 3. Under a cloak of patudode moc: ; 2 im id | i) \ 7, Und ISENTE Ja t DAL Epics onky Dalversity ESTR be Q Frotaseae ms ology University of 1... ~~ 5 ABE Uncoyet. «F ct Mer bg y= NC Fri OUR B 1%. 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