EXTENSION OF REMARKS

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September 27, 1968 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - Extensions of Remarks
EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS
HON. JACOB K. JAVITS
OF NEW YORK
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
Thursday, September 26, 1968
Mr. JAVITS. Mr. President, only 15
months after the conclusion of the 6-day
war of June 1967, through Soviet deliver-
ies of new stores of sophisticated modern
arms, Russian "advisers," and economic
and diplomatic support, Arab militarism
has risen from the ashes of defeat to re-
new its warfare against Israel through
guerrilla incursions and border attacks.
The Arabs seek to erode efforts for peace
by diplomatic maneuverings and threats
of another round in the Arab-Israel war.
With the growing Soviet position of
strength in the Middle East and the in-
creased Arab bellicosity, it would seem
logical, that the United States would
bolster our friends in the area. We are
not doing this in the case of Israel even
though both political parties in their
platforms have planks pledging arms aid
to Israel to preserve its freedom and to
maintain the, balance of power in the
Middle East. And both Houses of Con-
gress have similarly gone on record.
The administration must no longer
hesitate to discharge the expressed will
of both political parties and of both
Houses of the Congress-and the will
of the American people-but should im-
mediately commence the arrangements
to permit Israel to purchase needed sup-
ersonic Phantom jets from the United
States.
I wish to append an article from the
September 13 issue of a leading New York
weekly, the Jewish Press, which elo-
quently states the case for this aid. I
ask unanimous consent that the article
be printed in the RECORD.
There being no objection, the article
was ordered to be printed in the RECORD,
as follows:
THE U.S. DELAY COULD BE COSTLY
The United States has delayed the ship-
ments of Phantom Jets to Israel far too long.
As of this moment -Soviet ships are making
ominous military moves in the Mediter-
ranean and a constant surveillance of the
U.S. fleet is underway by Soviet TU-16 jet
bombers, with "Egyptian" markings. These
jets carry radar and submarine detection
devices. Russia and the Arab nations know
exactly how many ships and submarin9s we
have in the Mediterranean, and where they
are.
It is ironic that Russia has placed these
supersonic jets at the Arabs disposal when
Russia needs every one of these planes for
defensive warfare!
U.S. intelligence claims there are only 4,000
Russian personnel in Syria, Egypt and Al-
geria. However, with the Russian "advisors"
who are piloting these planes, our sources
claim the figure comes closer to 10,000 men.
If Russia should give the word tomorrow
to the Arabs to attack-it would be impos-
sible for Israel to withstand the onslaught of
the TU-16 jets. Not only that, the U.S. forces
in the Mediterranean would be completely
overpowered and destroyed. The Russians
have charted our every move in the Mediter-
ranean for the past three months. It would
be a simple task to pro-set their missile con-
trol computer in Egypt and create all kinds
of havoc in a matter of minutes.
However, If the U.S. would send Phantom
jets to Israel, we would stand a fighting
chance. Once the gauntlet is dropped it will
be too late!
The U.S. must realize the immediate dan-
ger to this country as well as Israel and ship
the Jets immediately-if only for our own
safety!
ISRAEL'S URGENT NEED FOR
PHANTOM JETS
HON. 0. C. FISHER
OF TEXAS
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Thursday, September 26, 1968
Mr. FISHER. Mr. Speaker, I am deeply
disturbed, as are many Americans, about
the continued unrest in the Middle East.
To my mind the state of affairs in that
part of the world could be greatly as-
sisted if this country made up its mind,
and promptly, to provide Israel with the
arms that it needs for its own defense.
We cannot expect the Arab world to
lessen its pressures or to change its war-
like intentions other than through a
realization that another conflict with
Israel would have as devastating an ef-
fect as the last one. The Arab world, like
its sponsor the Soviet Union, understands
only one deterrent factor, force of arms.
Israel is today a beleaguered state sur-
rounded by enemies. It has no desire for
territorial expansion and it wants noth-
ing more than to be left in peace. But
peace for Israel is impossible in the light
of the insistent pressures, terrorist ac-
tivities and open threats of conflict which
constantly face it from the Arab nations.
Since the Israel-Arab conflict in 1967,
the Soviet Union has furnished the Arabs
at least 450 tanks and 250 aircraft. The
Arabs today have roughly twice the num-
ber of aircraft than the Israelis have.
Although Israel has made appropriate
deposit of the, outstanding balance for
the Mirage-V jet fighters ordered from
France, France has so far been unwill-
ing to supply these aircraft to Israel.
Premier Eshkol during his conversa-
tions with President Johnson requested
50 F-4 Phantom jets. The official posi-
tion of the administration is that "the
President agreed to keep Israel's military
defense capability under active and sym-
pathetic examination and review in the
light of all relevant factors, including
the shipment of military equipment by
others to the area."
That "sympathetic examination" is
still undoubtedly going on, but no F-4's
are being sold to Israel. The ostensible
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reason for this appears to be that the
administration hopes to reach an under-
standing with the Soviet Union over an
arms balance in the Middle East. I, too,
believe in a limitation of arms in the
Middle East, but not a unilateral limi-
tation by which our friends are deprived
of the means to defend themselves while
the Arab forces are generously supplied
with arms by the Soviet Union.
And in any event I must point out
that any understanding with the Soviet
Union relating to an arms balance in
the Middle East must now be viewed in
the light of the recent actions of the
Soviet Union in Czechoslovakia.
Mr. Speaker, both on the basis of na-
tional interest, as such is furthered by
any step toward maintaining world
peace, as well as on the basis of moral
considerations which our country tra-
ditionally has viewed as a proper basis
for its foreign relations, dictate that the
administration's "sympathetic examina-
tion" be translated into prompt'delivery
of F-4 Phantom jets and such other
armaments as are required by Israel at
the very earliest date.
Our friends need our help, and our
interests dictate that we give this help.
By following this course, we will actu-
ally be helping to preserve the peace and
prevent war in the Middle East.
"CONGRESSIONAL REFORM"-AR-
TICLE INSERTED IN EXTENSIONS
OF REMARKS BY REPRESENTA-
TIVE THOMAS B. CURTIS
HON. CARL T. CURTIS
OF NEBRASKA
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
Friday, September 27, 1968
Mr. CURTIS. Mr. President, in the
CONGRESSONAL RECORD of Thursday, Sep-
tember 26, 1968, I notice on page E8244
that I was listed as the author of an in-
sertion entitled "Congressional Reform."
I regret that I am not the author of
such a fine informational thesis, and in
all good conscience I must make known
the simple fact that an error in makeup
at the Government Printing Office
listed me instead of the distinguished
gentleman from Missouri, Representative
THOMAS B. CURTIS.
I know these things happen and that
the necessary changes are made routine-
ly, but I could not let this occasion pass
without citing the inadvertence and, at
the same time, giving credit where it is
due. In requesting that the correction
be made for the permanent bound REC-
ORD, I take the opportunity to congratu-
late my friend, Representative Tom CUR-
Tls, for developing this informative ma-
terial, and I commend it to everyone for
its educational value.
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD -Extensions of Remarks September 27, 1968
HON. DANTE B. FASCELL
OF FLORIDA
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Thursday, September 26, 1968
Mr. FASCELL. Mr. Speaker, during all
of its history, the United States has
opened its doors and its heart to those
who flee despotism, privation, and re-
pression. The landing each day in Miami
of the freedom airlift from Cuba is but
an updated version of the arrival of the
Mayflower in 1620. As with the May-
flower, the airlift brings with it a people
searching for new horizons, seeking the
recapture of lost liberties and subse-
quently content that their quest has been
fulfilled.
With minor exceptions, those who come
to our shores under these conditions be-
come productive and exemplary citizens.
However, there are some who, through a
misguided fervor to restore in their
country the liberties they find in Amer-
ica, engage in wanton acts of violence
which cause- irreparable harm to the
country which gave them refuge.
Typical of these extremists is a small
but determined group in the Miami area
whose most recent activities include the
sniping of vessels in the Miami port, ex-
tortion, and the terrorist bombing of
business places. Needless to say, the peo-
ple of the Miami area are horrified by
their acts of terrorism.
A particularly apt resume of the activi-
ties of the extremists and of the effects
of their actions appeared in the Septem-
ber 23, 1968, issue of the Miami News:
CUBAN EXILES LIVING WITH "REIGN OF TERROR"
(By Terry Johnson King)
By the time you read this, some Cuban
exile terrorist may have planted another
bomb somewhere.
Perhaps it will have gone off.
If so, as sure as Castro makes little red
statements, there will be a "secret" hand-
delivered (nobody ever knows by whom)
press release., It will be signed Ernesto, An-
tonio, or some Latin-flavored name, and it
will claim credit for the violence.
The reason it is hand-delivered is because
these terrorists know a federal statute when
they see one-they're not about to mis-use
the mails.
If the bomb doesn't go off, and many don't,
you may not even hear about it. For every
attempted bombing that is investigated (36
so far this year in Dade County attributable
to exile sources) a number go unreported
for fear of unfavorable publicity.
It's like fighting a libel suit, to report an
unexploded bomb; it only calls attention to
a bomb-worthy situation.
Miami's Cubans are living with a reign of
terror that, so far, has been largely confined
to their own neighborhoods and businesses.
Almost daily now, incidents are reported
locally as anti-Castro factions drown their
sorrows and vent their frustrations in dyna-
mite and C-4 plastic explosives.
It has been an escalating war. It started
with smoke bombs and tear gas being tossed
into festive gatherings among Cubans, set
off by malcontents who said the exiles had
no business having parties while their coun-
try was in the hands of Communists.
From there it grew. Dynamite was tossed
into stores that sent drugs to Cuba-they
were "trading with the enemy" when they
sent badly-needed supplies of pencillin and
antibiotics to the aged and infirm in that
country.
Then it was C-4 plastic bombs-a sophisti-
cated weapon, and too sophisticated, it
turned out. for the clumsy terrorists. It was
a long time before they could figure out
how to make the things go off.
And finally into such advanced warfare
as sniping of a Polish ship in Miami's harbor
last week; and the increase in bombings of
commercial establishments which do not "co-
operate" with the terrorists.
Miami Police Chief Walter Headley says
much of the bombing is done for extortion.
Merchants are asked to contribute to the
counter-revolutionary causes. If they don't,
they quickly learn the consequences, Cuban
sources say extortion has nothing to do with
it-it is simply a "philosophical" method of
keeping the community in line, supposedly
so it can fight the tyranny of Castro.
Last week, four reporters-in-exile were
blindfolded and driven aimlessly about the
city, and finally taken to a hooded char-
acter who said he was "Ernesto"-the leader
of Poder Cubano (which translates as Cu-
ban Power but, confusingly, it is not the
same group which calls itself Cuban Power).
The cloak-and-dagger encounter was re-
ported straight-facedly, including the state-
ment that Dr. Orlando Bosch, one of the
noisiest of the militant anti-Communists
here, would assume leadership of Poder
Cuban.
It could have been for real (some of the
newsmen have their doubts)-or it could
have been somebody else's cunning plot. For
Bosch, who knows full well there's a bounty
on the head of any member of Poder Cubano
who is identified, has disappeared in the wake
of the unwelcome publicly. All par for the
course.
There are some 54 exile groups. The most
aggressive are a small minority. They are
controlled and financed by the wealthy who
lost great holdings when Castro took over
nine years ago, but managed to fall back on
resources they'd been bundling out of Cuba
In the years before.
Some of the groups consist of men who
fought with Fidel until the surface was
scratched and his communism came out.
Others are outright suporters of former dic-
tator Fulgenclo Batista, hopeful of putting
his policies, through a puppet, back in oper-
ation.
Election year speeches tend to encourage
them. Ed Gurney, Republican candidate for
the U.S. Senate from Florida, said last week,
"we should train, equip and aid responsible
Cuban freedom fighters in their efforts to
overthrow the Castro government."
The key word in the statement may be
"responsible," but none of the militants are
likely to admit they are Irresponsible-and
responsible people are not likely to be mili-
tants.
Also fanning the flames of the near civil
war that brews in Cuban neighborhoods are
the extreme right-wing exile publications.
Chief of these Is a newspaper, "Patria,"
which is commonly supposed to exist on
money from Batista.
In addition there are bulletins, magazines,
other papers, newsletters-published here, in
California, New York aid Mexico-which
deify the terroristic strikes against non-
cooperators, either here or elsewhere.
Aside from Poder Cubano and Cuban
Power, the most militant groups are: White
Hand, directly by a man who calls himself
Michelta; the 7th of December Movement,
directed by a man who signs himself Antonio,
and the Secret Anti-Communist Army.
The MIRR-Insurrectlonal Movement of
Revolutionary Recovery-is generally pre-
sumed to be the front organization for Poder
Cubano. And another group, not heard of-too
often, has entered the age of specialization:
the Garcia-Cornillot Group makes a prac-
tice of bombing just foreign consulates of
countries that trade with Cuba.
All the terrorists have the same modus
operandi. A bomb is set, and if it goes off
successful, a press release is issued claiming
credit.
Those from Poder Cubano are signed
"Ernesto." The signature is wavery, obviously
left-handed. The fact that the signatures
vary bears out the theory that the group
consists of 10 people, each of whom calls
himself Ernesto and is entitled to act inde-
pendently of the others whenever he can
gather his own cadre. -
White Hand and Cuban Power peevishly
charge that Poder Cubano swipes their head-
lines by claiming responsibility for ALL acts
of violence, some of which the other strug-
gling groups have committed.
With all the various organizations, meth-
ods and philosophy, there is one unified aim
of the militants: to return the Cuban exiles
to a "free" Cuba, no matter what means
must be taken. This, despite the fact that
recent studies indicate the vast majority
would stay in Miami even if Fidel toppled.
They are settled here, most have more
physical comforts than in their lower-middle
class pre-Castro life. Rather than provoke
unpopularity in the exile community, how-
ever, they continue to profess Cuban super-
patriotism.
The identities of many of the terrorists in
this new-style Cuban Mafia are known, but
as one bombed-out businessman said, "Why
should I-ask for a second dose? I do not wish
to discuss the matter further." He termed
it "an unfortunate accident."
His associates reckon the next time he is
asked to support the Cubans' favorite
charity-anti-Castroism--he will do so more
readily.
Meanwhile, the Miami-based consuls of
countries that trade with Cuba tremble daily
as they start their cars (a bomb was wired
to the Mexican counsel's auto), open their
offices (the Spanish National Office of Tour-
ism has had three bombs planted), or go
into their homes (a bomb exploded in the ga-
rage of the British counsel's Coral Gables
residence.)
Hardware stores do a brisk trade in one-
way mirrors and door-peepers. Fear lies over
the Cuban community like a catafalque. No-
body wants to do anything with an unex-
pected present-it could be a time bomb.
One businessman, a boat-builder, recently
called the Hialeah police when a heavy,
clumsily-wrapped package arrived from an
unkonwn character in New Jersey-where
they had just uncovered a Cuban arsenal.
The bomb squad unpacked a propeller being
sent back for repair.
The police and the FBI reckon they have
not gathered enough legal evidence to con-
vict any of the people they suspect of being
terrorists. They wring their hands and ex-
change bits of information, most of which is
obsolete by the time they uncover it.
And meanwhile, the Cuban exiles live in a
climate of fear they thought they had
escaped when they fled their homeland.
The offenses committed by the terror-
ists are violations of local laws, but there
are also national and international im-
plications. For these reason I have had
the staff of the Legal and Monetary
Affairs Subcommittee of the House Com-
mittee on Government Operations, of
which I am chairman, working on this
matter. -
Various agencies of the Federal Gov-
ernment that are concerned with en-
forcement of Federal laws involved are
within the subcommittee's jurisdiction,
including the Justice Department, the
Bureau of Customs, and the Coast Guard.
In addition, I have recently written to
the Attorney General as follows: -
SEPTEMBER 23, 1968.
Hon. RAMSEY CLARK,
The Attorney General, Department of Justice,
Washington, D.C.
DEAR MR. ATTORNEY GENERAL: Recent
terrorist activities in Miami and other parts
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