FOREIGN POLICY BLASTED

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CIA-RDP75-00149R000500380011-7
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December 29, 2003
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September 10, 1964
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SAN LUIS OBISPO, CAL. TELEGRAM-TRIBUNE pprov d For Release 2004/01/16 : CIA-RDP75 e. 1590 Front Eon Papa Paq SEr' Letters, 10 1964 r oreign policy blasted (_9 To the editor: In a letter to the editor, Sept. 7, Mr. Teague said he shuddered. to think of the possible alterna-, -win. As planned by the Eisen- bower administration the inva- sion of Cuba by the Cuban Free- c1om Fighters would have been successful. I ? refer .111'. 'Teague and any other interested per- sons to lteacte rs Digest Sept. The Bay of Pigs invasion was an excellent example of the present administration's will to Taylor's article is a necessary, part of the solution. What Mr. Teague did not mention is the will to win, a very necessary part of a great nation's posture. lives to negotiating. 1. agree that negotiation in those troubled areas mentioned in Henry J. Cuba is not only a base for Communist agitators, but a pos- sible launch site for Soviet mis- siles. Part of the negotiated( agreement after the missile crisis was the on-site inspection and removal of Soviet troops. } These issues have been very' quietly buried along with the''i Monroe Doctrine by the Demo- cratic administration, would have involved planes:', of a vice president who may be flown by free Cubans, The prey- come president. ent administration, then under President Kennedy, refused to. Yes, Mr. Teague, we have a authorize the necessary air choice, to negotiate through; strikes as outlined in the plan. weakness with a. no win policy, The original operation as tie as Practiced by the presentl signed by the CIA and Joint Democratic administration or ton Chiefs of Staff wd`iilcf have re. negotiate through strength with; suited in a free Cuba. Instead, the will to win. The choice is', we have a 'Communist base for % yours and mine--Nov. 3. subversion and espionage. Dennis W. Murphy, 1964 and the article "Decision for Disaster" by Dr. Mario Lazo, The key to that plan - called Operation Pluto .- was the use of air power, which 1: shudder to think of the way this and other Democratic ad- Ministrations have negotiated', away the freedom of millions' of people. This no win, policy was exhibited at Yalta and Potsdam with the resultant sur- render of the people of Eastern`' Europe to the Communists. I shudder at the thought of. North Korea being turned over to the Communists, of Berlin and Ger-- many remaining divided, and of Viet ' Nam negotiated to the Communists. Mr. Teague, I shudder at the thought of ne-,. ot.iating away our freedom be cause we lack the will to win. , This no Will, coexistence poI-" Icv has been' espoused by the Americans for Democratic Ac- ; tion (ADA). The Democratic' vice presidential candidate, IIu- bert 11. Humphrey, has been ` vice chairman of the ADA for' over 19 years. I challenge every- reader of this newspaper to look Into the aims and purposes of the ADA. I feel this should be a definite factor in the election San Lids Obispo. Approved For Release 2004/01/16 : CIA-RDP75-00149R0005Q0380011-7