THE SUN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000100380063-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 7, 2000
• Sequence Number: 63
• Publication Date: December 27, 1962
• Content Type: NSPR

T.TT 4O' P' SUN DEC. 2 7 1962
Approved For Release 2000/06/13 : CIA-RDP75-00
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THE SUN
Gift of Freedom
have been cheered in this holiday sea-
son by the return to free soil of the
armed eighteen months ag in a calam-
itous effort to break the grip of
tyranny , on their country. Some of
them soon will be joined by relatives
also allowed to leave Fidel Castro's
island prison. The,,. episode is not
whdlly:'in the Christmas spirit; ransom
and bribery have never been part of
the tra, t,on of giving. But t1iecondi-
lions iTr i,4ed for the release of these
over theia.return.
that there still are millions of people
behind barricades around the world.
mans, the captives of the Baltic states,
the Hungarians and many more in
Eastern Europe and Asia, there is no
intercessor, no price that can be paid.
Yet, hope flickers on, and there are a
In the dark hours of Christmas night
an East German bus protected by
crude steel plates crashed through
Communist barriers' and bullets and
swept eight refugees safely to West
Berlin. For now these people remain
f ter. Their courage is what matters, and
their willingness to stake their future,
CPYRGHT
Approved For Release 2000/06/13 : CIA-RDP75-00001 R000100380063-7