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UNITED STATES ¢ = % ~=sNT -| 7 Memora:... 1 mot TE . , . . ro: ° Director,- FBI *. pars: 4/11/63 “yom: SAC, Philadelphia . tsupject: |-- AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE ">on 3/5/63 comma who has furnished reliable .. information in the past furnished to.SA a leaflet headed "American Friends Service Committee, Inc., Middle Atlantic Region, 1500 Race Street, Philadelphia 2, Pennsylvania,” with a subtitle “Cuba Si! - yanki Si!" by ARTHUR and HELEN RERTHOLF. This article is pro-Castro and against “our ill-considered- Cuban policy." The leaflet goes on to state in part: . : "Why did the United States help Batista's brutal Mictatorship fight Fidel Castro? Why did it refuse in 1959 to take any interest in Cuban .land reform and in plans for education, Lindustrialization, and public health?. Wry shave the U. S. press and radio, associated with subsidized affiliates in Latin America, treported the Cuban Revelution so dishonestly? 2. AS an example of the virulence of the attack zon.Cuba, within the past month we personally heard -@_Miami short wave radio urging 'patriotas' tin Cuba to fight 'communismo! by setting fires. -ZA pack of matches was recommended, rather than one match or a cigarette stub. Why has our country gone to such extremes, sending saboteurs, guerrillas, and a well-equipped invasion army? ......The U.S. could be on -better terms with Cuba if we would recocnize it as an independent country that can buy, sell, and give diplomatic support where it pleases. -Is that unbearable?"