SPEECH OF HON. WILLIAM C. CRAMER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000200010070-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 16, 1999
• Sequence Number: 70
• Publication Date: October 12, 1962
• Content Type: MISC

C(~NGRESSZOZ~TAL RECO~tD OCT 1 2 1962
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SPEECH
OF
HON. WILLIAM C. CRAMER
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IN TAE HOUSE OF REPRES`LNTATIVES
Thttrsd~xy, October. 1.1, 1962 _
tMr. CRAMER asked and was~'given
permission t0 address the Yiouse fdi? ].
m1,14~ute and to revise and extend his "re-
m~s.)
iWtr. CRAMER. Mr. Spe.iker, asp ''the
Members of this House well know, 1"~ "~ ve
bC~ in opposition to th bar~tlve 5-
tra~krt~ail and indemni y deman of
do ors for prisoners, $&0. million. I ~ ee
`.nom`that there is a suggestion that "IA
funds may be'fzse'd`"fbr"'Chis;;~urpose. "'y
vb~e?'an~ money or any aut~ix?ization that
ers?'?money or even foodstuffs to go to
:Fidel Castro, whom I thought Congress
i,2 #ts recent resolution said'is the enemy
c?,* freedom, whom we are '~"ighting, 3rot
J~elpng-even authorizing the President
to ue+c force of arms to dggl?ose of this
.,oiY"munist threat to the Western Hemi-
sphdY?e?
why db we not.be compassionate for
American prisoners '.over here? I lixtl
just as compassionate for the prisoners
Castro now holds as anyone." Why do we
not follow up the situation ~i Cutia by a
strong anti-Castro drive? ' I am com-
passionate for Americans wl~o are prisdn-
ers in Cuba as well.: I said yestereday
there were 10 of them. I s&y now there
are. at least 20. I have a list of 30 right
here.
Why are we not... compassionate for
American prisoners held in Cuba? Ap-
parently w0 s#~ould be comp&ssionate far
all citizens bf Cuba. who are.. prisoners of
Castro's communism=compassionate for
the 100,000 other `Cuban pros>oneTS held
by Castro or. tr red-up , charges in
Cuban priso a y ~~~,t~a~,n1J for the
American princi, ~ ~ stn ehar~es o~ a
trumped-up zrat 0 C Y:a will not
even reveal the s~tjit'e of o the Swiss .
Embassy. ,, ~,, .
If we are truly ca3`npassioiiate for all
prisoners of communism end Castrp's
domina n our efforts ~ho~ld be ~-
sist2nt ze pbsitiq#'1, ~k.~n by ;skis,
HOUSe..r ~~~~ ~i e and tlu0.e..
again this ses~+i~l~,, ~,t,~ve;y effort
and pressure 4o rii~tiis h~p~,isphere of
Castro-.rather t~;an ~'ivln~ him this
added sti'e to r~,on~y~ aiici/or food-
stuffs whit. k~e needs badly how bec~y~e
of the fal3i"~ ~ t~f lus a ari a~, r~~rtrs;-.
failure ~ ~il~ Jca ~ ,~ e ~etb :~ee~_
ii~~? him~n os~~?~~ +h~ ~ic~t~ongt:r,
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