Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-07
We Cannot Trust /.


have blindly accepted the
fallacy of peaceful coexistence
with the Communists. 1t is
disturbing to see our leaders
rush forward with new pro-
posals for test bans, disarm-
ament, and reduction Of
tensions" each time the Reds
seemingly back down, as they
did in Cuba.
Communist re faction in
Cuba follows their classic
two steps forward, one step
back" philosophy. The mis-
siles go, but Castro remains,
with our guarantee of no fur
Their action to remove him.
We should always judge the
Communists by their deeds,
not their words or agree
mentS.
We cannot trust any Com
muniSt treaty or agreement.
If we naively diSarmed and
placed our country under the
control of an international
peace" force we would in
time realize our folly, but
then it would be too late.
Carl w. May.
II Il Il Il
Do you think Russians are
so naive as to have missile
bases only where they can be
photographed? What about
the ones installed inside the
caves? Cuba is full of huge
caves, especially in the areas
where the 8 or 10 missile
bases are. The Caguanes
caves near Remedies are per-
feet for the job. The Ger
mans did something similar
p during World War II. Re-
member? Silvia ROjas.
y y 49,
AS of now, the Cuban pic
ture may be summarized:
Vis-a-vis the USSR; return
to the status quo ante as
regards missiles with Cuba
retaining other military sup
plies while the USSR retains
its fishing port" rights and
remains free to trade with
Cuba as it wishes in all but
missiles. We also agree to
discuss with the USSR the
status of NATO and the
warsaw Pact. Vis-a-vis
Cuba: We pledge no attack
on Cuba and this implies no
attack on Cuba may be staged
from the United States (and
perhaps any member of the
OAS). The quarantine" is
lifted and all nations may
trade with Cuba as they see
fit. In essence, therefore, CO.
existence with a Communist
regime in the western hem
isphere is recognized prag-
matically as a fact of life.''
Fair value for appropriated
American inve S t m e n t S in
Cuba is a dead issue but the
continuance of our naval
base in Cuba is a matter Of
continuing interest to Castro
Ben Bella, and perhaps many
others. Is this a fair ap-
praisal?
DiOgenes.
4
Seldom in our country's
history has the foreign policy
position advocated by one
group been so completely vim.
dicated as has that of Amer
ica's right wing by events Of
October 1928. If the Presi-
dent had taken the advice o.
the conservatives long agC
instead of maligning them a
every opportunity, the ex'
perience would not have beer
so traumatic for the Ameri
can people.
If liberals such as Ralph
McGill, Chester Bowles ant
the pre-October 20 Johl
Kennedy were intellectual,
honest, they would now apol
ogize to those whose plea TO
firmness has been character
lied as everything from men
tally unbalanced to neo-Naz.
Since we cannot, however
expect any concession of thi
sort from the left wing. con
servatives can only take com
fort from the fact that whel
courage was substituted TO
retreat, the era Of American
defeat in the war with com
munism came to a close. LIE
us never turn back.
Jerry C. Davis
Il Il
1t is beginning to look q
though it may be possibl
for mankind to escape tn
death sentence brought abou
by the Cuban crisis. For thiI
every man, woman and chill
should give thanks and eX
press gratitude to the to
leaders Of the two opposin
blocs: President Kennedy an
Premier Khrushchev.
Whatever our difference
(