The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-09-17
A Statement by Senator A.
Willis Robertson Of Virginia

VHHS ANVUCl sSOM u vI SIHAd
We have signed a treaty with
a Goddess nation. which freed
from the moral restraints Of the
Bible, has on many times dem
onstrated that to it a treaty is a
mere scrap of paper to be vio-
lated whenever violation will
promote the interests Of the So
Wet Union. The Soviet Union
has repeatedly violated nonag-
gression pacts, it has exercised
its veto in United Nations 1O2
times. vetoing every proposal in
behalf of peace that we have
ever made and its most recent
act Of perfidy was perpetrated
only ninety miles from our shore
in the little Island Of Cuba.
There. in violation of interra-
tional law and of our Monroe
Doctrine. the Soviet Union in
stalled high powered missiles
capable of our utter destruction
and callously lied to US about
what it was doing until confront
ed with positive proof of the
fact.
/ was attending meeting of
h e terparlamentary Union
the oldest peace organization in
the world in Brasilia, when
President Kennedy issued the
order to blockade Cuba. On the
floor of that convention. l stout
ly defended the Presidents ac-
ton and for doing so was de-
nOunced by delegates from the
Soviet Union and nearly all Of
its satellites who in addition to
denouncing me also denounced
our country in every term Of
vilification that could be used
under the existing rules of par
liamentary procedure. T h e n,
their Premier pulled the rug
from under them by openly ad-
mitting that he had lied to us
about the missiles and would
promptly withdraw them. He
also agreed that he would with
draw all Russian troops from
Cuba and give us full and free
right of inspection as an evil
dence Of his good faith. Again,
he violated that agreement. He
did not withdraw Russian troops
from Cuba, and all that we have
concerning the withdrawal Of
the nuclear weapons is his word
which to me is of no value what
ever.
l personally conferred with the
Admiral of the Navy who SUI
pervised withdrawal of the mis-
siles. l asked that Admiral if he
had been permitted to board the
Russian ships taking the mis-
siles out to ascertain whether
what was being carried aboard
the Russian ship was a missile
or a dummy. The Admiral re
piled that he was refused per
mission to board any Russian
ship and that all that could be
observed on board the ship was
cored object which the Rus
SANS said was a missile. Mark
you. not only were we denied
the right Of inspection but the
Russians would not even remove
the covering over the so-called
missiles being taken out Of Cuba
to prove that they were not
again deceiving US.
1t will, of course. be recalled
that IN our eagernesS to pro-
mote peace, we entered into an
agreement with Russia to ban
all testing When the Russians
flagrantly violated that agree
ment. testing in the air missiles
with the explosive power Of over
fifty million tons Of TINT, and,
in my opinion. gaining definite
superiority over US in the de-
velopment Of heavy and long
range missiles. President Ken
nedy said that if the Russians
fooled us second time, it
would be our fault and that W
must never again enter into any
agreement with the Russians
which did not include the right