CUBA AND THE COLD WAR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000600390020-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 20, 1999
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: July 29, 1963
• Content Type: OPEN

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Medal, gentleman from Virginia [Mr. MARSH] relentless methods of conquest so char-
Major Rushworth now . resides at and I shall review for you some of the acteristic of the international Communist
Edwards Air Force Base with his wife, significant features of this program. conspiracy.
the former Joyce Butler of Norridgewock, Mr. Speaker, I now yield to the gentle- It is this second form of strategy-the
Maine, and 6-year-old daughter, Cheri. man from Virginia [Mr. MARSH]. subversion of Latin America from a Cu-
Mr. Speaker, , I can appreciate the Mr. MARSH. Mr. Speaker, I am very ban base-that we need to be concerned
great measure of'pride that Major Rush- grateful to the gentleman from Penn- about, which poses now a real threat to
worth's attainments have brought to his Sylvania [Mr. WEAVER] for this oppor- the security of all the Americas.
and his mother. tunity to present a few comments on a Yet the Cuban situation is not a parti-
his daughter
wife
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I want to take this opportunity of join- serious subject that affects not only the San issue; it is not an issue of any party,
ing with a legion of others in saluting - security of the Americas but indeed the but, rather, it is an issue- that should be
Major Rushworth and extending to this security of the world. discussed bipartisanally to form a con-
distinguished son of Maine my very warm Mr. Speaker, only a hasty glance at certed action for those who seek to pre-
congratulations on his latest achieve- the headlines of the current newspapers serve and extend the boundaries of free-
ment at the threshold of space. Is necessary to find testimony of the dom.
COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND
CURRENCY
Mr. ALBERT. Mr. Speaker, on behalf
of the gentleman from Texas [Mr. PAT-
MAN], I ask unanimous consent that the
Committee on Banking and Currency
may be permitted to sit today while the
House is in session during general debate.
The SPEAKER. Without objection, it
is so orile ed.
CUBA , THE .
The SPEAKER. Under previous order
2 hours.
(Mr. WEAVER asked and was given
permission to revise and extend his re-
marks and to include extraneous
matter.)
Mr. WEAVER. Mr. Speaker, it has
.been 10 years since the Moncado episode
in Cuba. Castro has taken over the
island and has.failed to carry out a single
one of the pledges he made at that par-
ticular time. Today we are on the brink
of signing a test-ban treaty.
Lest we forget what has happened in
the Western Hemisphere, Members -of
both sides of the aisle are joined together
today to present a discussion of the cold
war and Cuba.
Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from Vir-
ginia [Mr. MARSH] and I are acting as
coordinators for other Members on both
sides of the aisle to present to the Mem-
bers of the House a series of talks on a
concerted plan to help fight the cold war
and to win back Cuba for democracy.
'i Our purpose is, first, to alert the Ameri-
can public to this problem and, second,
to let Latin America know that we in
Congress truly care about the fate of our
:sister nation, Cuba.
Mr. Speaker, we shall review many ac-
tions taken in the past in relation to Cuba
and make recommendations fora coordi-
relentless drive of the Sino-Soviet em- The issue is really freedom versus slav-
pire for world conquest. This steady ery, for now we see the colonial power
march for world domination has con- of the Soviet Union intervening and
tinued for nearly a half-century. Hav- denying to the Cuban people the right of
ing crushed Tibet the Red dragon of self-determination, the. Soviet Union
China sits astride countless miles of the seeking to enforce their rule through the
territory of India. Along the banks of police state by stationing.Russian troops
the Mekong River in South Vietnam can on the island who might employ in Ha-
be heard the ugly chatter of machine- vana the tactics learned In Budapest.
guns where there is being waged a war This is our challenge, it is a challenge
that is both brutal and vicious and not to all Americans. It is not a party chal-
so cold. Yet it is along the banks of lenge, because it is one that each of us
the Mekong River that could well be must meet, indeed we must meet it not
determined the future of all southeast only for the freedom of this Nation, but
Asia. Never for a single moment have indeed for a free world.
the Soviets ceased in their relentless I thank the gentleman from Pennsyl-
determination to ring down on freedom's vania again for permitting me to make
lonely stage the iron curtain of Red these remarks.
slavery in Berlin. The Red standard Mr. WEAVER. I thank the distin-
that flies from over a dozen capitals of guished gentleman from Virginia for the
Eurasia has now been firmly planted in fine background for our discussion today
the Caribbean where it is intended to on the cold war and Cuba.
be a beachhead for a revolutionary as- Mr. Speaker, I yield now to the gen-
sault upon all of Latin America, a rev- tleman from Florida [Mr. ROGERS].
olutionary assault that will be waged Mr. ROGERS of Florida. Mr.
not only militarily but, rather, will be Speaker, I thank the gentleman. I am
waged psychologically, economically, and pleased to join with the other Members
politically, where in the arsenal of their of Congress on both sides of the aisle in
weaponry will be espionage, subversion, a very bipartisan approach to this prob-
sabotage, guerrilla warfare, terrorism, lem, one that does concern the American
and .violence. people. As we consider this problem of
Mr. Speaker, on the Cuban island Cuba and what has been done and what
there are being trained revolutionaries should be done, the American people will
who study the guerrilla doctrines of Mao be impressed with the fact that it is not
Tse-tung, Ho Chi Minh, and Cho Gue- just Members of Congress from Florida
varra. Here are being trained the who are concerned about this problem
guerrillas to infiltrate Latin America and but there are Members from Pennsyl-
wage there a form of warfare that was vania, Virginia, Washington, on the
waged by the Castro movement in the other side of this country, California,
late fifties so successfully. Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, Minne-
Mr. Speaker, the Soviets placed their rota, and Kansas who are concerned.
missiles on the Cuban island and this As a matter of fact, all States in this
Nation, scarcely 10 months ago, was con- union are concerned.
fronted with a situation of deadly peril. It is incumbent upon the Congress to
Militarily, there was sought to be generate the concern and to start the
changed the balance of power in nuclear leadership in many lines necessary to
weaponery. Last fall we discovered get rid- of Castro and communism in this
that there were on the Cuban island hemisphere. Of course, there are two
missiles undoubtedly intended for Amer- approaches: unilateral action by the
ican targets. United- States alone as well as multi-
Mr. Speaker, the world was apprehen- lateral action through the Organization
sive during our quarantine and the re- . of American States.
suiting confrontation; America was May I say, as I have tried to say many
proud of the bold and decisive and coura- times before on the floor of this House,
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nature and is not meant to be one of lam-. geous action that was taken so success- multilateral action comes only after
basting and whipping over the history fully at that time, with the full support unilateral leadership by the United
and the personalities of the past involved of the American, people, and in coopera- States. The greatest example of multi-
in the present posture of Cuba. tion with our allies including the Organi- lateral action following strong leader-
Mr. Speaker, we -shall recognize speak- zation of American States. . ship or unilateral action by our country
ers who have previously requested time. However, the strategy directed at Cuba was what took place in October 1962,
It is then our intention to recognize all by the Soviets was not just in the when the President set up embargoes on
of those who wish to be heard during the military arena using missiles but, rather, Cuba and Immediately and for the first
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