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PAGE 6—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S.C., Thursday, April 20, 1967
SENATOR
STRO
HURMOND
Reports
PEOPLE
THE CHICKENS IN CUBA
Recent hearings before the
Senate Interna) Security Sub
committee indicate that the So
viet Union is continuing to
maintain Cuba as an armed
camp, bristling with missiles
which threaten the security of
the United States and the peace
of the world. The situation re
calls the warnings which I
issued early in January, 1962
and which the same Subcom
mittee aired, months before
the Administration reluctantly
agreed that intelligence experts
possessed “hard” evidence of a
Soviet build-up.
The delay in acknowledging
Soviet penetration of this hem
isphere brought on the critical
confrontation between the U.S
and the U.S.o.R which has
come to be known as the “mis
sile crisis.By allowing the So
viet build-up in Cuba to contin
ue to significant levels, unim
peded, the Administration lost
control of the situation, and
brought the world to the brink
of war
U.S. BACKED DOWN
The result was that the U.S.
had to back down from the ex
plosive tension. The U.S., as
subsequent events have shown,
agreed in effect to guarantee
the sanctity of Cuba as a com
munist bastion in the Carib
bean We did nothing to coun
teract U Thant’s subtle instruc
tions to Castro to refuse inter
national inspection of the mis
sile sites There has never been
any convincing evidence that
the Soviet missiles were re
moved by the Soviet Union.
The Cuban confrontation
must be regarded as having
ended in a Soviet tactical vic
tory.
In the past five years, the So
viets have solidified that vic
tory, and made gains Accord
ing to the testimony of sworn
witnesses. Cuba today nc
longer exists as an independ
ent nation Castro remains as
a fiery, but powerless, leader
symbolizing the “revolution."
SOVIET CUBA
But the experts testifying be
fore the Subcommittee say that
Cuba today Is run by the Soviet
military commanders on the is
land The Soviets control the
economy They control the
armed forces, and the fleets of
so-called “fishing boats.” They
train and export up to 10.000
guerrillas a yeai for the en
couragement ot subversior
throughout Latin America.
Cuba Itself Is a rocky for
tress Its natural cave forma
tions have been widely inter
connected with man-made tun
nels and reinforced with con
crete One tunnel is reported
to be large enough to transport
100-foot missiles for 45 miles
underground Missile sites and
defense installations are said tc
be located near the entrances
to various tunnels.
A “CHICKEN FARM”
Witnesses described hidden
aircraft hangers, burrowed intc
the hillside Ballistic missiles ol
at least intermediate range are
reported as having been moved
about under cover of darkness,
with whole sections of cities
systematically blacked out to
obscure the movement. So
phisticated radar and guidance
systems are said to have blos
somed at strategic locations. A
witness told of one underground
installation at Camaguey con
cealed by a chicken farm.
Yet the Administration, de
luded by a spirit of “detente”
with communism, refuses to
take these reports seriously. In
1962, it will be recalled, the
traditional “soft” but reliable
techniques of intelligence gath
ering were rejected in favor of
more difficult photographic and
electronic techniques. Today
these “hard” techniques are
even more refined. The U.S.
possesses the capability to
check the testimony given to
the Subcommittee.
Old U-2 photographs can be
compared with new photos
made by satellite. It would be
easy to discover the cave en
trances reported by so many
eye-witnesses from Cuba, since
detailed locations have been
cited New antennas and
towers would be immediately
obvious. The locations of roads
and approaches to underground
installations could be checked.
U.S. radar detection systems
could verify the statements
about a new Soviet-built radar
system in Cuba.
Last month Secretary of
State Dean Rusk announced
that the U.S has devices which
can detect nuclear warheads
in a space vehicle The Depart
ment of Defense should be
asked if these sensitive devices
have the capability to check on
whether there are Soviet nu
clear warheads stored in Cuba.
But the problem is that the
Administration does not want
to believe in a Soviet build-up
In Cuba. In 1962, intelligence
experts had to operate under
an official policy guideline
which contended that it was
against the Soviets’ own inter
est to introduce missiles in Cu
ba The same wishful thinking
prevails today.
At the meeting of Western
Kemisphere heads of State at
Punta del Esta, Uruguay, the
No 1 problem, Cuba, was not
even on the agenda Neverthe
less. the time hat come to find
out whether that chicken farm
in Camaguey is filled with “mis
sile crisis” chickens that have
comr home to roost
THE
M ANION
FORUM
By MARILYN MANION
SOUTH OF THE BORDER
REVISITED
The attention of the Ameri
can public has long been focus
ed on Viet Nam. Recently, how
ever, we have been forced to
crane our necks and look the
other way—at the Soviet Un
ion. We watch, on the one hand
the Soviets’ continued active
support of our enemy in Viet
Nam. On the other, we see our
government building ‘bridges
to the East’ in an effort to be
friendly with our enemy’s as
sistants.
And now our swiftly turning
direction. South, to Latin Am-
heads must look in yet another
area, where President Johnson
is headed, at this writing, for
an inter-American summit con
ference. As usual, one of the
main items on the agenda is a
proposed increase in U. S.
foreign aid to Latin nations.
And—as usual—no item which
is not scheduled for the agenda
Is the problem of Communist
Cuba.
Discussion of Latin matters
will cover poverty, lack of suit
able economic growth, argu
ments for land reform, and
the need for diversification of
one-crop economics.
All of thesg matters would
be academic, to say the least,
if some or all of the Latin
countries were taken over by
the Communists. And at the
moment, such takeovers are
more probable than impossible.
Guerrillas are at work in Bo
livia, Guatemala, and Venezula,
PROPERTY
TRANSFERS
Of
Newberry No. 1
Carol M. Hipp to City
Newberry, 8.338 acres 5.
Ernest H. Layton to Julia
Gary and Charles B. Burton,
one lot and one building, prem
ises and assumption of mort
gage, $5.
Newberry College to Rita H.
Price, two lots in Coateswood,
$5,00.
Sue P. Perrin to Robert D.
Porter, one lot and one build
ing (Smiley Porter property)
$5 love and affection.
Wyatt L. Moates to Paul E.
Moates .58 acre $5.
Newberry No. 1 Outside
Newberry College to Contract
Carriers, Inc., 3.4 acres $5.
Mrs. Tom Perry, left, presents money for hospital ex- Edgar Dominick and Lula B.
penses to Frankie Wicker and Mrs. W. D. Shealy, Jr. Dominick to Charles W. Domi-
secretary-treasurer of Boys Farm. nick and Brenda B. Dominick,
Newberry County child who * 64 acr ?'^ * ove affection,
underwent surgery at Newber- Suyerstreet No. 2
ry County Memorial hospital J* Wesson to Ray Hartley
prior to Easter. an J Mable G. Hartley, one lot,
Other projects of the C. B. $81>0. #
Radio Club since its inception Whitmire No. 4
have been a dance which they Stephen R. DuBose and Doro-
sponsored to benefit the Boys thy D. DuBose to James L.
Farm, a float which was made Hartman and Cleo B. Hartman,
by the club to be entered in one l°t and one building $10,-
the Christmas parade in New-
berry, and the purchase of Whitmire No. 4 Outside
boots for each of the Boys L. J. King to Frank King, 9
Farm boys as a Christmas pre- acres $10.
aen t Daisy Belle Lane Cureton to
The Club has taken Boys Stuart Wagner, one lot and
Farm as a group project, hav- one building $400.
ing made a thorough study of Pomaria No. 5
the work of the home and Harry O. Kibler to Donnie
having realized that the home Jeffries and Nellie Irene Jef-
is not supported by any state, fries, one lot $1000.
local, or federal government Little Mountain No. 6
organizations. The members C. Amick Sr. to to Jerry
feel that as a group they can M. Alewine, et al, three acres,
help with the work being done love and affection,
by Boys Farm to meet the Charles A. Stewart to Wil-
needs of disadvantaged boys, fred I. Steele and Coreen C.
The current project of the Steel,, one lot and one building
Club is the sponsoring of a C.B. $5*00.
Radio Jamboree to be held in E. T. Nelson to Maude E.
Newberry at the Fair Grounds Nelson, two lots $3500.
on May 27 and 28. Tickets are Prosperity No. 7
now on sale and can be purch- M. C. Amick Sr. to Amos F.
ased for $1 from any member Glass, one lot $5.
of the club. Many valuable Charles L. Green to Percy
prizes will be given away at E. Morris and Catherine Mor-
the drawings to be held con- ris, one lot $5.
tinuously thruout the jamboree.
Groups will, be coming from
all over the state and from
other states to attend the jam
boree, and good entertainment
Friendly club
helps needy
The Friendly CB Radio Club,
composed of members from
Newberry and the surrounding
areas, has taken as its most
recent project the collection of
funds to pay the hospital ex
penses of a child at Boys Farm.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Perry spear
headed the campaign to raise
the money for the project. Do
nations were made by members
of the CB Radio Club as well
as many other interested New-
berrians. A total of 92 persons
made donations to the fund.
Mrs. Perry, secretary-treasur
er of the Club, made the pre
sentation of the money to the
Boys Farm to meet the ex
penses of Frankie Wicker, a
to name a few. Wrote Pames
Reston in a recent isue of the
New York Times:
“Last month in Mexico City
I was told that the Mexican
government had caught the
Secretary of the Cuban Em
bassy passing 6,000 cruzeiros to
agents of the Guatemalain
communist rebels and had inter
cepted shipments of arms from
Cuba to the guerrillas.”
Cuba is now exporting sub
version and some conventional
arms. There is evidence that
she can export more violent
sorts of war equipment—such
as missiles aimed at vulner
able targets.
Remember 1962? Early in
that year, various individuals in
this country-—Cuban exiles and
United States Senators among
them—warned that a missile
buildup was taking place in Cu
ba. Those warnings were pooh
pooed by official Washington.
After many months of denials,
President Kennedy admitted
that the build-up did exist. In
what is now recalled as an
historic confrontation, Ken
nedy forced Premier Khrush
chev to promise immediate re
moval of the missiles.
It was rumored at the time
that Kennedy, in return for
the promise, pledged that the
United States would not in
vade Cuba, and that she would
prevent any other nation from
such invasion.
There has never been any
proof that Khrushchev kept his
promise. Although U Thant
and Castro participated in num
erous discussions., Castro did
not allow any on-site inspec
tion of the “removal.” Since
1962, repeated reports have
indicated that the missiles sites
are still there. Some intellig
ence sources even contend that
additional missiles have been
imported to Cuba since the
1962 crisis.
Havana radio has organized
a plan for student strikes all
over Latin America during the
summit meeting. The Reds plan
a general campaign to object
to the conference. Rather than
give these strikers and pro
testers the benefit of the doubt
President Johnson and all of
the delegates ought to ponder
what the future CAN really
hold as long as the Reds have
a foothold in Latin America.
is being planned. Proceeds from
the affair will be used by the
Club to sponsor additional pro
jects for Boys Farm.
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