The nation . , army desertersand embezzlers are permitted tolaunch attacks on Cuba; that theUnited States and the DominicanRepublic — not Cuba — are en-dangering the peace and stability ofthe Caribbean. Furthermore, theycharge that these same slimy ele-ments are brought into the augusthalls of the Senate to testifybefore committees and utter slandersagainst Cuba; that these elementsare subsidized by Trujillo, by Ba-tistas killers and grafters, by ; that even now theyare being recruited as agents bythe CIA for unknown, but undoubt-edly sinister, purposes. Cubanscharge that
The nation . , army desertersand embezzlers are permitted tolaunch attacks on Cuba; that theUnited States and the DominicanRepublic — not Cuba — are en-dangering the peace and stability ofthe Caribbean. Furthermore, theycharge that these same slimy ele-ments are brought into the augusthalls of the Senate to testifybefore committees and utter slandersagainst Cuba; that these elementsare subsidized by Trujillo, by Ba-tistas killers and grafters, by ; that even now theyare being recruited as agents bythe CIA for unknown, but undoubt-edly sinister, purposes. Cubanscharge that American Congressmenromp up and down Latin Americaattacking Cuba; that the pressis devoid of fairness and, with of-ficial and big-business support, iscarrying on a propaganda assaultagainst Cuba. The Cuban government deniesthat it is trying to spread commu-nism, or meddle in the internal af-fairs of other Latin American coun-tries. It insists, however, that it hasa right to explain the revolution and. RevolucloD (Havana)Monument in the mountain. its difficulties with the UnitedStates. In turn, it charges that theUnited States is trying to createfalse fears of Cuba in Latin Amer-ica, attempting to isolate Cuba fromits sister republics and to use themas cats paws in planned armed ag-gression should the economic boy-cott fail to overthrow Castro. Itdenies that it is under the thumb ofthe Soviets and insists it has a sover-eign right to have diplomatic re-lations and trade relations with everycountry on earth; that if it cannotbuy arms, airplanes and goods inthe United States or Europe, it willget them where it can, and will sellCuban products wherever it can. MEANWHILE, as Cubans weighthe effect of last weeks shut-downon sugar exports to the UnitedStates, they profess to see manyreasons for optimism. For one thing,President Eisenhowers action willundoubtedly accelerate Cubas di-versification of agriculture. The rev-olution has already boosted farmoutput tremendously in va
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