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_ NY 97-1792 "Regarding the economic development of Cuba, Frank's thesis was that in the 1670's Britain captured Havana end introduced siavery while the United tates introduced sugar factories. He quoted Sanchez and Carleton Beals to the effect that in 1927 ‘after the United States had impeded the political birth of Cuba for 100 years that it stole the victory of the thirty years war and set up a Republic which achieved the factorization of Cuba to an immense extent.! . L/) "Prank described the economy of Cuba before Castro as follows: 50% of the sugar output controlled by the United States; 80;3 of public utilities in the hands of the United States; less than 10% of the landlords owned 80% of the land. ‘'All of this occured during the United States intervention under the theoretical Republic in Cuba!, ‘You don't need actual suzerainty when you have this lcind of control'. He maintained shat the tmiracle of Cuba is that the Cubans have grown under this.and proof of it is in the production of such a great man like Marti'., He stated that Marti 1s ‘the v leader of the present Cuban revolution!, "Prank spoke for about two hours, At about 5 p.m. he was still going strong. He characterized the J present revolution as 'a birth', ‘It is a misnomer to call this revolution a renaissance or a rebirth, it is just a birth!, "He insisted that to anyone who !mows Cuba ‘the description that it is Communistic is absurd and degrading to ansver'., It is true, he asserted, that the Communists are against 80% of ownership of Cuban land by a few and against U.S, interests but ‘if we insist that everything that is being done and created in Cuba is Communistic the people will learn to love the Cmmnunists', Frank, at : this point, stated his o.m opposistion to Communism. He rf maintained that he opposes Cormutism on philosophic terms, v, that the metamorphosis is bad and produces an unreal world and also produces oppression. He attacked Communist logic as bed producing power politics as witness Russia wherein fe nee cee ee eee eee cere mtn Stree we ene ene oe re nee a Ferrer cpu ee cpe_ea gtea tg mmrtngn ne cme tenes TAT SME ER Te alee tere ee ot ae ae EO nee oe eae meng ota teeet ees