Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-21
Editors Hear Nixon Plead
For Strategy of Victory

be critically reappraised is in
the field Of population control.
The United States cannot
justify spending billions Of dol
lars for economic assistance
for the purpose Of raising liv-
ing standards in underdevel-
oped countries and discover
year after year that population
growth outruns growth Of the
economy.
1t is time for this govern
ment to take the leadership in
cooperation with recipient
governments to develop in con-
junction with our foreign aid
programs, population control
programs which are consistent,
to the extent possible, with the
religious traditions of the ma
ton involved. :.
Extension Of Freedom
Extending Freedom-Let us
now turn to the third major
element Of the victory strategy
developing q program to ex-
tend freedom. I would like to
begin by referring to Cuba. My
purpose is not to second-guess
the Inflated Bay Of Pigs inva-
sion. but rather to see how
Khrushchev's Cuban venture
fits into the communist STRAIT
egg for world conquest and
to determine how American
policy should be changed to
deal with that strategy.
We can be sure that Khru-
shchev did not spend a billion
dollars to establish a missile
base in Cuba simply for the
purpose Of gaining control of
that island nation with its five
million people. The Cuban ven-
ture was a dress rehearsal for
Venezuela, Brazil or some other
far more important target. .
miles from our shore.
For Khrushchev, the opera
ton was a net gain, not a loss.
No matter whether there are
10000 or 1900 Soviet troops
now in Cuba, Khrushchev's po-
sition, with American acquie-
scence, is firmer today than a
year ago. =.
We must no longer postpone
making a command decision
to do whatever is necessary to
force the removal of the So
Wet beachhead. The Unite d
States cannot tolerate the con-
tinued existence of a Soviet
military and subversive base 80
miles from our shore.
do Whatever Is Necessary"
Mr.. Nixon spoke further on
Cuba during a question and
answer period:
@. You have called for q
much stronger policy in Cuba.
Would you say that stronger
policy would exclude invasion
or blockade and. If so, do you
see that need in the immediate
future?
A. What ! said and what I
repeat now, I believe we must
do whatever is necessary to
remove the Soviet beachhead
in Cuba.
4 ] believe unless we take that
action we are going to be con-
fronted in the future with a
much greater crisis in Cuba or
in some other country which
will be infiltrated from Cuba
and from other areas
Now when I say do whatever
is necessary, I, Of course, would
not suggest that we immediate
ly move in with maximum pow
err where maximum power was
not necessary to accomplish
the objective. We begin obvi-
ously with the minim u m
amount OF power that we think
may produce some effect.
But then II that minimum
amount OF power. shall we say.
political m h DDS. political
pressure. economic pressure,
does not do the Job, then we
must step UP what We do TO
the point that we accomplish
the objective We have got
TO take what risks are neces-
sary TO do the job and that is
what ! would recommend be
, done.
q. The plight OF the
Cuban refugees has come W
several times In this meeting
Senator Heating said that raid,
should not be conducted from
these shores =. Exactly what