WHY CAN'T WE SEE? SOVIETS ARE SERIOUS ABOUT THEIR THREATS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000500150019-4
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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 31, 2003
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by Can't We See?
STAT
Sovie.ts'Are 5eriou
AboutTheir Threats
From Life Lines
A stockpiling of arms in Cuba
has been confirmed by our own
CIA and Defense Departments.
While elaborate claims are made
that this military build-up is
"non-offensive," Cuba is ship-
" ping arms to Cheddi Japan in
British Guiana. and more than
2,000 Latin American students
are being trained in Cuba for
revolution in their own countries.
There is no longell, any ques-
tion that an irms buildup is tak-
ing place jr. Cuba. There is the
possibility, based entirely upon
the doubtful credibility of the as-
surance of Boas Khtushchev,
that long-range nuclear missiles
arc not a part of this arms build-
up. However, the Secretary of
Delouse and the head of the CIA,
during their recent "explanation"
of the Cuba situation, admitted
that we cto not know this to be so.
The target. of this Cuban arms
build!-up is not the United States,
but every country in Latin Arner.
ica. Cuban guerrillas are now
o;,crating in Latin America and
have d i r e c t communication
through radio transmitta'r; with
their high command in Cuba,
Have Warned
For muuihs, various Sen,-tot
and Cnn rr:,amen hes been
warning of this b+iild-t p. Our
gaverinncnt h?ts riven the Amc:-
ic?att pcraraa ass.trsuecs that such
W.,s not the casF During the rot
+tc:a? e 1 nation nit r"e'r) r,t
' fit!i. It wit adinitirri a+ nut
ihne lucre were :'2,(+tht !n,(^it
l1-caps a:,d u_rr:;c,.tuch Ili ct,h,. it
is :cdrniiled by out I)ef Its: lle
pt,rtmen. that t7,i,01j tc na':,
'ho was cc t:' :~l nst ":c ire h
during the rnont,t Yl!) .' e'
C;tbr,"
had made adequate provision to
prevent Castro frorn shipping
military supplies to his agents in
other Latin American countries
While he was making the state In war aevel' R'your hands
- with consideratiois'of formality.
meet, a headline :.tort' in the : It is ridiculous not to know that
afternoon papers told of two a treaty is a means of gaining
shiploads of arms leaving the strength,"
Cuban port of Marcel bound for Our own Senate Internal Se-
British Guiana. It was an uniden- curity Subcommittee summed up
tified "United States government the lack of reliability found in
official" sehr, gave out the story. treaties and agreements made
Who is telling the truth" by the Russians, when it warned:
if there ever was a time when .You must be a liar, a cheat,
our country needed bipartisan and probably a spy before you
confidence in our g,,overnment, it can represent a communist na-
is now; but the ixOlicv of roan- lion in international diplomacy,"
aged news is destroying that con- As our negotiators strive for
fidence. And remerr:her, the fall some basis for disarmament and
of other l,atao American coup- a test-ban on nuclear explosions,
tries to communist dictation is an let us remember also the words
even greater threat to the United of Dimitry Manuilsky, spoken in
States than missiles in Cuba. 1930:
1,-or } CuFs. the United States Told Us
has negotiated with the Russians "War to the hilt between com-
in efforts to reach a test-ban munism and capitalism is inevi-
treaty and a disarmament agree- table. Today, of course, we are
meat. The U. S. started out with not strong enough to attack. Our
and demands for
guarantees of untees tspection against time will come in twenty to thirty
violations or cheating. Now, in- years. To win, we shall need the
stead of words like "iron-clad element of surprise. The bour-
gnarantees" and "fool-proof in- sleep, will have to be put to
slppections," we are hearing much sleep, So we shall begin by
more about "compiornises" and launching the most spectacular
riore modi,ticas.,' peace movement on record.
Pose Question There will be electrifying over-
l'Ce !x: e Inc gce::+inu: A?suni- tunes and unheard-of concessions.
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