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Show Pag 12 Th UTAH October Independent US his grip over the Cuban people. Were we a nation led by men in- stead of Liberal romancers and con- our leaders would have asked finds it profitable to sink Russia why billions of dollars into Cuba, as it has done, unless the island has an important place in Communist plans for world domination. We would have asked ourselves what those plans are. Obviously, they are a part of Soviet political and military strategy. Economically, a Red Cuba is but a drain upon the $700,000 ,00 d Soviet economy. The only conceivable needs that Russia has for Cuba are as a base for subversion and as a means of strengthening the credibility of Soviet arms. In Castro, Moscow has found a Latin American ruler who can be depended upon to place his country completely at the service of Russia for any purpose whatsoever. He is not a protesting Third Worlder. He 5 a Communist under the discipline of the Soviet Union,1 and he does what he is told. Americans know little about what has been happening in Cuba during the years since 1962. Because President inKennedy did not insist upon spection, we do not even know that the Russians removed whatever mis; sfles were in Cuba after the confrontation. To this day, we do not know the contents of the secret commitments which President Kennedy made in that confrontation. We do not know why 5,000 Russian officers and their staffs are still in Cuba, eleven years later. What are they doing there? Our mass media pretend the Soviet Army, Navy, and Air Force are in Cuba to cut sugarcane while Washington Liberals of the Kennedy and stripe proceed with their plans demolish our few remaining safeto guards against the Castro regime and to restore Castro to a central place in the Latin American family. It is impossible to imagine how folly could be more abject. If it is folly. Increasing signs indicate that the Russian strategy is to maintain sub submarines marines in our waters which use Qjba as a base. Simple prudence should dictate that the United States make no move to strengthen Castro while he continues to accept Russian direction and provide the Soviets with military and submarine bases. Only recently the prestigious British Institute for Conflict issued a report revealing that the of Cuba is today farther advanced than at any time since 1962.: We protest perfunctorily, but the Brezhnev-Castr- o team does as it likes. Much is made by Liberal writers of the failure of Castros guerrillas in Latin America. Russia, which demands success from its agents, cooled off un this strategy for a time. Izvestia. the I official Moscow organ, held up the United Front technique of Salvador hard-presse- Liberals in Washington are using this new support for Castro among the American Republics as an excuse for liim. Recognition of whitewashing Castro would, they say, ease hostility against the United States in Latin America. The next few months will tell the story. After Watergate, and the Red China folly, the American public is dangerously benumbed. Americans have seen the incredible happening again and again. They might not even be shocked if the Nixon Administration mounted another publicity circus and embraced Castro at the expense of American security. They just might accept it. and I do not anticiand until pate this will happen Castro changes his policy toward Latin America and the United States. This line could, however, be a cover for quiet exploration of the possibilities for additional steps toward improved relations. The Times knows its Nixon. We have heard too many strong from him to doubt that his November statement is anything for Administration plans to renew diplomatic relations with the bearded dictator who has made Cuba a Soviet satellite and base for subversion. But let Mr. Nixon take warning. If he moves to embrace Fidel Castro he will not, as when he mooed over Mao find American Conservatives reluctant to break with the Administration. In the wake of Watergate, Conservatives in the House and Senate are looking for issues on which to establish their independence of Richard Nixon. They would not only relish such a battle, theyave a good chance to win it. - Tse-tun- Even the New York Times has its lucid moments. Discussing Cuba on February 15, 1973, it said editorially: The administration publicly maintains the hard line taken by President Nixon last November, "no change, no change whatever, in our policy toward Cuba unless 4We Mmim need g, The characteristic hour the that is If knowing itself commonplace, be has the assurance to proclaim the rights of the commonplace to to impose and be different is- - The Mm Dedcaad Tc The beneath it everything that is different, everything that is excellent, qualified individual, select. and Anybody who is not like everybody, who does not think like everybody, runs the risk of being eliminated. - Jose Ortega y Gasset Sabscriptiaas $6 par Yaar) ari fadt (Number And Street) 2459 Major Street, Salt Lake City. Utah 84115 (State) (City) LIMITED TIME (Zip Code) ONLY (First) Name (Last) Independent Myaby. 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Although such (State) (City) (Last) (Middle) (Number And Street) 1 (Number And Street) (State) (City) (Zip Code) guer-rilla- have failed dismally in Guatc- mala, in Bolivia, in Colombia, in Vcne-- 1 zucla, and now in Uruguay, they are still mounting a challenge in Argcn-tina, and Castro maintains guerrilla machinery which can be set in motion whenever and wherever Moscow die- - (State) (City) 10. (First) 1 fates. Meanwhile, Castros greatest proin-ise for increased influence in the Hemisphere derives from the incrcas-- 1 that is ingly rancid America. South flaring throughout of this mood, Castro has found support in such countries as Peru, Panama, and Ecuador. 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Publicly, he declares that he doesn t want O.A.S. membership, and favors the creation of a regional O.A.S., with the United States eluded. But this is propaganda. Castro is trying to bull his way into the O.A.S. without concessions or pledges of good conduct. There are many who believe that he will succeed. Nothing is more painfully obvious than that the United States has lost its majority in the O.A.S. In the Ecuador fisheries showdown of 1971, the O.A.S. vote was unanimous against us. In the Panama crisis, even a tinpot dictator like General Torrijos has at various junctures been able to marshal the support of a majority of the O.A.S. countries. Castro, who won only one O.A.S. vote (Mexico) when he was expelled in 1962, is now supported by a sizeable group of na- tions which will vote for his reinstate-- ' ment. These include Trinidad-Tobag- o (which tried to force readmission of Cuba two years ago), Jamaica, Peru, Guyana, Barbados, Ecuador, and on-sit- e Another Embrace To Continued From Page 4 The Paper That Dares To Take A Stand 973 18 (Chr) i A |