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reword THE TRUTH ABOUT CUBA COMMITTEE, INC. .pre- tin this folder two declarationa that appeared wa paid ad- tisements in Tag New York Times last May. The atatemonts © been reproduced for two reasona. First, the opisions are we thea reflections concerning the present situation in Cuba. ty Bave a much broader scope in that they express two op- its approaches to the Communist throat to the Free World. + arguments for aod against an appeasement policy apply wily well to Berlin, Laos, South Vietnam, or any other coun- faced with an immirwat danger of being ‘‘liberated’* by the mmuniats. Second, these declayations were made by North erican and Cuban profesaces; and this folder is addressed marily to usiversity Camposes. Aa these atatements refer to the situation before May ol the reader may be intaremted in the following significant eat taken place in the interim. ees 4, 1961, afte: Fidel Coatro officially admitted at Cuba was a socialist republic, religious persecution haa en intensified. On September [0, a religious ceremony in nor of the Virgin of Chazity, the patron maint of Cubs, was oked up by shots fired at the perticipanta. Qne person wae sed and several wore wounded. Az a result of this iacident, iS priests, of the lew remaining in the country, were deported. was Mogsigoo lige Meavidel, 9 native Cuban, af Mevane and Rooter of ihe Cathey Unb netiennliaad. J oc Col ‘etuly. - The preasoce in Cuba of Russian MIGS has beeo confirmed. the past four months the Communists beve accelerated theit ogam for sending technicians from Soviet Bloc countries to uba and for training Cuban youths as pilots in Crachoslova- a and Russia. - On August 5, atl paper money was voided and differant Mls were imsued without any Waraing whatsoever. The oper- on romulled in the government’s cooliscetion of the majar ortion of the monetary wealth that was sot deposited in banks. Jade posited funds were eatimated in the millions, due to onditions prevailing ia Cuba today. ) - Very important sersions of Communist self-criticism were eld in Havens if August, At these meetings, presided over KN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT KENNEDY: THE STRUGGLE against Communism in the Western hem: iphece will not be won by beandishing the Big Stick, Nooe of a approves the Castro regime's repression of civil liberties ichin Cube, nor ita dependeace oo the Communist bloc. Bur i¢ believe the United States’ atcempt to destroy Castro baile o Come (0 grips with che meaning of the recent Cuban experi- nee, aad seriously eodangere tha. pursuit of ow mode vital ia- ceante in world affairs. ty in aow a matter of record that the atiempt at Counter: cvolution was planned, organized, and dicected by an agency st the United States goverament. This agency, acting in 2¢- “ec and deceiving both the American people aad the Cubsn ieb- cia - parciculariy the moor democratic among those rebels-, has dered ja an inexcusable and almost inconceivable manner. weit ‘4+ deiluse of tecbuique, it waa a failure bd =e |S The MACOR PREMISE af 1S Cte abe Wud cenaan by Fidel Castro and Ernento Guevara and publicized by the official prees, Cuban jeaders confessed the extremely serious tate of the Cuban economy, thereby contradicting their prewe ous atatemente about the success of their economic plana, ea pecially the so-called ‘Agrarian Reform.'"' 6.- A mote tigid control has been established over thase whe leave the country. The government not only has stiffened the - requisites to issue the permits for departure but elisa dow com trole the granting of reservations by ail air lines. A recep decree empowsrs the goverament to confiscate all possess . of any person who remains in the United Stetes for mare cole 29 days. The maximum term of stay in other foreign coustiga without losing what might be le(t af any citixen’s pomsaasioga. ia 90 days. 7.- The relations between the Cuban Government and the off cial Communist Party have been emphasized. Fidel Cumtppr anfounced last July that a United Revolutionary Party wee being orgeoized with members of the 26th of July Movemend aed of the Partido Socislista Popular (the traditional C Communiat Party) As a first step the Revolutionary Integra’ Cugnization was set up with Anibal Escalante - « loag stands ing well-known Communist leader before Castro took over - a5 secretary geoeral. At the Twenty-secoad Congress af the Com musist Perty of the (SSH. he: J this month in Moscow, Bee Rees, Part enccuieng of ween mais ont ene's day I oroggy Foon o od ware five priscosre taken during the April iavaaloa end ome American citlvea. 9.- As a remult of the renewal of firing squad activities, Comm Rice broke relations with Fidel Castro's regime, thus ras to tan the number of countriaa of America that have os diplomatic relations with Cube. its universally accepted right to function in Cube to sid rs prisonsie of war, captured during the April invasians. Miami Beach, Flarida a October 29, 1961 oweelves than co intecnaciona| Commucian. Be would have ce: tablished anti-Americanion an the cenea! cheme of Latia-Amer- ican politics for decadea to come. Alicady, Mt. President, in che view of such cautious sad reaponsible jourmale os the Manchester Guardian aod The Ob- server, the C1A fiasco hae wodone much of the good your ad- misiatretion has achieved in the world arena, and substantially weakened Ambansadot Adlai Stevenson's effectivences im che United Nations. Your threat to impose our will in the Caribbesa, whatever the wishes of the other American states, and is vier lation of inter-American agreements, has created widespeesd suspicion that the Uniced States will reorient its foreign poligy in the disection of Soviewazyle power politica, Fucther inte: vention in Cubs will give the lie to our professions of re spe for weaty obligations, and will make it much more difficul Lad . tarses Government should: vrorest Meeting bald ot { Twenty-three years after MUNICH, the same policy of ap: Jpexemot followed toward Hither, which led to war and de- suction, is being now advocated toward totalitarian commucism ageup of Notch American professors. ‘Thi history of the post-war period shows that it is just es vases [0 appease Cotalitarian Communism a8 it was to ap- praee melitarian Naziam. Due to this policy of appeasement “woverd Rusaia, democtacy and freedom suffered the loses of Beaters Europe. Due to the policy of sppeasemesr and ¢n- Wcerca toward those whom some distinghished North American agecialts labeled “agrarian teformera,’ China was lost. On de othy hand, if there still is a present and a furuse for democ+ tary af freedom in Greece, South Korea, the Philippines and [ebana, it is because in these countries communiat aggression ag uh ipmanae. . } Few of all, aewhess de the, oo ier 80 Fidel Casme's ist as commuaistic, They mention his ‘‘particular brand of pocisl tevolstion,"' and they eadotse the fourth recommendation af the reagltion adopted by the Cuba Provest Meetiog held ar Marard Usereity on April 26, 1961, which apparently de- weiiiee it ase “Kotaliecion mationsliom.'' However, the eco- goat, social and political amructue of Ceatro’s Cube closely fyllgs the Marxist-Leninist patiera of communization. Mister Fidd Case, Majoe Ernesto Guevara aod the Cuban ambaasadot > bisia, Mistes Faure Chomon have been explicit ennugh: % Caawo bas recently declared that bia cegime in the Firat iat republic of America; Mister Guevate more thas a year scribed the Cubaa resolution as Macziat; Mister Faure has precisely defined it ae communism. The Cubs say chat their revolution is Communiam sod its agucture tioning bear them ow, THE SOSTON PROFESSORS T SEEM TO BELIEVE WHAT THE CUBAN LEADERS PUBLICLY STATED. \ Secondly, although they do not call Castto's regime Gegainic, they accep: ite depemdence on the Cocmuniat bloc. Bais dependency is atiributed to the mintaken policy fol- lag by the Government of the United States, Thos their Sigped American economic aggression is blamed for the Sait orientacion followed by Caso. This is aot se. 4 ge anti-Americaoiom of Castro’s comausiom wee sbowa We very beginning at Sierrs Macatra by their insulting dsione and che kidnapping of American citizens. Aa aot jac of Jaouary, 1959, athe day Batista fled Cubs, violently rican mimeogtaphed licerature waa used for the indoc- a of the civilian section of the 2éth of July Movement. ceaomicaily, contrary to what the distinguished American pu sare seem fo state, the United Stetes continued te pro- Cubs the secessary merchandise aad services, eves aretid were not fortheaming. This continued for « ea a half. The Cubaow owed then more than 200 million othe United stacea. Yee che Unived States continued suger at peefereacial prices. The distinguished are should be tndermed that the betel qwed in AN OPEN LETTER [O THE HARVARD And Members of Other Faculties who signed the Statement on Cuba ‘ which appeared in the New York Times on May 10, 1961 PROFESSORS communizing process of Cuba proceeded apeedily and deceit- fully. Me. Blas Roca, the traditional leader of Cuban commu- nis, has called this process “revolutionary cunning, biatesi- cal cunning, the people's cunning.” 4. The North American professors seem to forget the fact chat communiat countries do not abandon communism just be- cause they might establish os maintain commercial relations with nations of the free world, i-t-, China sod Yugoslavin. They also seem to forget chat although it may be aue that com- musism feeds on uajuec social coaditions, just hike any other form of tadicaliom, i# is historically inexoct to postulane that communism comes to power merely because of those conditions. Social injustice, always exploited by comauciom, has usually comribured in Lacin Amesica to the rise of non-communiat left- cist popular movements, such as the Cuben Revolutionary Party CAuhadices) eat the Chee ee Pany {Oftedexoe bet 1 with as ob clue commeel al ’ speinet ios will of che Cuban people. Cobaas loughs ia diceatocehip ia aearch of repreacatative democracy, beedom, justice, the 1940 Constituion and even greater socio-tconomix . Regardless of explaitation and underdevelopment, in ne county of the werld has communism attalned power hy the will of tha poeple, but forcibly by a minority, allegedly acting inthe nome of the people and by force af arms. Even after mare thas rwo year of all-out Comeucist propaganda, Casto ie a0 coavinced he doce not have the majotity of the Cubase people wich hie tae be hme officially culed out elections. [t ie mot que to state thac the way co avoid the estabiinb- mcat of & Communist dictatorship of to bring abow is downfall ie by waching the people that social refocss are Compatible with democrat insticutions. There ate cma compatibility ia many coumtries of she Free World, which eajoy an advanced social justice aed representative democratic re- fines, nad these teachings bere not arreeved the world-wide ion of communiam. Leninism Js essentially the dectring und maintaining power by moons of farce; end once & communist party otteine it or is in the process of taking ever, it can saly bo contelned by farce. A force, neadions te say, thet weld be et the aarvice of Lew and Seciel Juatice with Liberty ead Prograss. But wa must net forget that Law, dua- tice ond Liberty cosnet bring shovt downiell of communism al. reedy in a position of pawer merely thereugh thelr prestige. les of sucht 5. Enteraations! Law caustemly ruling the Festera Hemis- a phere, and wore apecifically, che Charter of the Oxgasization ©: of American Sustes of 1940, che Inter-American Treacy of Mutual Assinmmace co Rio de Janeiro Treacy of 1947, che 1954 Decin- ration off Caracae aad the Declatacions of Chile sod Sem Joab of 1959 aad 1960, reapectively, set only wake poraible but rather damend the juist action of the Americen countries wgelast | communist regions such oa Cube’. ft ia perhaps t@ protect thelr Munich-like concivaions thet the Amevices profesaers avoid the lebal of commoniat for Costra's raging. 6. By the very use of force, which a0 repela the Americas profesvors, Castro han suppressed the Fights and heedomae af Cubnes; he hee expelled mast of tha members of the ieguee"t Cowt sed of the Jodistel Adaisiowe he tens i . emteption of in Oval mim religion, jailing \2