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MIMIIIS MARIADA ARENSBERG HENRY W. BALGOOYEN JEAN P. J. BALTZELL WILLIAM BARLOW MURRAY BARON JOSEPH BEIRNE NICHOLAS DUKE BIDDLE AMB. SPRUILLE BRADEN KAR L BRANDT RALF BRENT IRVING BROWN ADM. ARLEIGH A. BURKE IRot.J

COLEMAN BURKE DICKEY CHAPELLE LEO CHERNE ERNEST CUNEO CHRISTOPHER EMMET JOHN FISHER OR. RUSSELL H. FITZGIBBON OR. HARRY GIOEONSE HAL HENDRIX SAL B. HOFFMANN OR. SIDNEY HOOK OR. HARRY KANTOR KEVIN CORRIGAN CLARE BOOTHE LUCE EUGENE LYONS BRIG. GEN. S. L. A. MARSHALL IR~tt.) HENRY MAYERS ARTHUR G. McDOWELL BENJAMIN F. McLAURIN DR. HANS. J. MORGENTHAU EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER JOHN 0' ROURKE BONARO OVERSTREET BISHOP JAMES A. PIKE VIRGINIA PREWETT VICTOR RIESEL DR. ROBERT STRAUSZ-HUPE EDWARD TELLER VICE ADM. CHARLES WELLBORN, JR. I Ret.)

DR. ARTHUR P. WHITAKER PRESTON G. WOOLF

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" January 31, 1966 ·-' 1 / •,{._)

.... My Dear Congressman:

I am writing you regarding U.S . funds slated to be used in a United Nations project for Communist Cuba. Such a project works directly at cross -purposes to stated U.S. foreign policy objectives.

The essential elements in the case are revealed in the attached story which appeared in "The St. Louis Globe Democrat . 11

It seems to me, and to the group of prominent American citizens whom I represent, that the United States should resort to every legal measure possible to thwart the UN project.

I need only mention the tri-continental conference on subversion which just terminated in Havana last January 17. The purpose of that conference is to enlarge Russia 1s Cuban base of subversion so as to place the continents of Asia, Africa, and South America under direct attack by Cuban· trained guerrillas and terrorists.

We can further ask: "How can our allies take the so-called eco-nomic blockade of Cuba seriously when the United States itself con-tributes to the re-building of Castro 1s economy ahd his military machine? 11

The United States voluntarily provides 40% of the funds for the UN Development Program -- money which comes from American taxpayers . We have, as you know, had a tremendous strain placed on the Federal budget this year due to the VietNam war and domestic programs .

I am sure you will ag ree that it is inconceivable that this country voluntarily give funds to an international base of subve rsion which is located just 90 miles off our shares . I hope that you will do every -thing in you r power to obtain a reconsideration of the United States 1

position with regard t o use of UN Development Fund money for Communi st Cuba .

Sincerely your s,

THE CAUSE OF A FREE CUBA IS THE CAUSE OF THE FREE AMERICAS

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January 2~, 1966 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE

AMERICAN AID <Mr. FINDLEY was given permission

to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. FINDLEY. Mr. Speaker, I was shocked to read in today's St. Louis Globe-Democrat a report by Mr. Edward O'Brien, chief of the newspaper's Wash-ington bureau, announcing a United Na-tions grant to support a technological in-stitute in Cuba, with 40 percent of the money coming from the U.S. Treasury. Only Communist Party members and members of the militia, according to the report, are permitted to attend the insti-tute. .

This means that more than $1 million in U.S. tax dollars will go to support what may well be a principal Communist training school for revolution.

The news report indicates that the United States will not attempt to block approval of the prGject or withdraw the U.S. contribution.

Perhaps the United States has obliga-tions through the U.N. treaty which it cannot duck, but the language of this news report .suggests otherwise. Cer-tainly the project dese!"Ves thorough con-gressional examination.

On the face of it, the United States seems to be in the ridiculous position of throwing bullets at the Communists On. one front and throwing dollars at them on another.

Has the Monroe Doctrine sunk to sueh low ebb that the United States now feels 'obliged to help support the Communist military establishment 90 miles off our shores, an establishment which quite clearly continues to be the focal point for Communist activity throughout Latin America? '

Here is the text of Mr. O'Brien's ar-ticle: · AMERICAN Am T o T oTAL $1.2 1\IIU.ION- Roos:B-

Vli:LTS PUTS TENTATIVE OK ON PRoJECT (By Edward W. O'Brien)

W ASHINGTON.-A United Na.tlona ageDCly which receives 40 pe:rcent of Its money fl:oDI.

the u.s. TreaaiU')' S. planning to live •3.100,-000 to Cuba, With more than half of the aid funds allocated to strengthen the Univer-sity of Havana's technological faculty.

The United States, through Ambassador James Roosevelt, has Informed the U.N. agency It w111 not demand rejection of the project, nor wm the United States withhold Its $1,240,000 share of the cost.

TRAINS ENGINEli:RS

The university's technological branch trains engineers and others and is headed by Russian and Cuban mll1tary personnel. Only Communist Party and milltla members are permitted to attend.

"Cuban technology Is specifically oriented toward training in computers, electronics, and other areas of endeavor which Fidel Castro has stated are related to the military potential of Cuba and particularly to radar and mllitar y communications," according to the Citizens Committee for a Free Cuba Inc., an anti-Castro organization of prominent Americans.

In 1963, the U .N. special fund headed by Paul G. Holiman, proposed an aid project for Castro's Cuba but dropped It after an angry outcry In Congress and State Department opposition.

Last Tuesday, Ambassador Roosevelt, who represents the United States on the U .N. development program governing council that passes on special fund projects, said this Government's opposition in 1963 was "a glm-mlck" and "didn't mean a thing In the whole concept of the fund."

P UBLIC RECORD

Mr. Roosevelt said he wlll "place on the publlc record the Governments objection In principle" to the new project but wlll do nothing else to block the project or cut olr the customary 40 percent contribution by Washington.

U.S. payments to the U.N. special ! und 'are voluntary. The tund wlll spend over $150 million this year.

Mr . Roosevelt said the U.S. nominal op-position to the Cuban project is not based on the Castro regime's communism but on the theory that Cuba's shortage of technical experts was caused by the Castro regime Itself, which has caused thousands o! Cu-bans to !lee.

The new' aid project was p roposed by Mr. Holrman, who maintained that U.S. sup-por t "must be kept f ree ot Ideological and political considerations."

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Vol. 90-No. 256

.t..Kou. St. Louis Globe-DemocratOne Hundred and Fourteen Years of Public Service

C 1966, Glob&-Demoerat Publlsllbq- eo. St. Louis, Monday Morning, January 24, 1966 34 Pages c

Steam Age Revolutionar, An EdHori-al, j);,'9e 12J

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Cuba to Get U.S. Funds From UN Agency American

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r Cuba To Receive II.

Funds from U.S. - · · Aid to Total ContiDned from Page lA

II velopni.eni program peming council that pa.sses !lO l!IPeeial fund projects, said this pen!• ·ment' s opposition in 1963 . was "11 gimmid<." and "didn't m""" a ilobing i'l the wtlole ooncept of S 1.2 Million the fund." ·

By EDWARD W. O'J!RIEN I plJBl.Ic R.EcOR!> Chief of The Globe-Democrat ; Mr. ·Roosevelt · said he will

_ . . . !"r~.Btoll .~~ !''place on the' public record tihe "Was-. . UIIited 'Na' ·government's objection .ill prin<

• tlons agency which n.ceives 40 ciple" ttl tle new projelct but Will per cent of its mOney from the do oottimg . ell!e · to blod< "the Ulllited States Tr.......ry is plan. p,.oject "f rot off the oustomel!'Y nlng to give $3,100,080 to GUba, ·40 'per ·c':elit cOOtri~tion by with more than half of the aid w~.

1 funds allocated to stlrengthen tbe Unltect States paymellts to · University ,of HavaDB's !iechno- the UN-~ fund are volun· [ logical faculty. . tary ·'Jbf iuDd wiU pild over

The Ullited ~tates, . tlJrouRb $1lil;ooe.oot this year,' I ~ssadllcr Ja~ :R~el~, Mr Roosevelt said the United has informed the ,:'UN agency tt <tat · , inaQ opopos'lli !X> the wlH not. demand rejectim ·of the c" ubaes ~ ct· · ot

1 ~""'"' on · t -~" .... . U -~~ n proJe IS .n ,....,... proJec , ~r wut . . we ni>t-ocu t.ll.e Castro reg;ime's Communism

i States w>tbbold 1ts $1,240,000 bull: on tile theorY that Cuba's share of the ~· .. . shortage of tedmiceJ ex;perts

TRAINS ENG~ERS was caused by ttoo Castro regime Thre Wll'versity's teclp,lologi<:al itself · which ha5 caused dlou-

branoh trains ~ O<K! ~ of CubMIB tD flee. · others .and io ~ bY Rtillsian The new aid project was pro­and Cut>an m1htary personnel. posed ·by Mr. Hoffman, who Only Comm~m~st PartY and maintained ttiat United St:alm mili.tia members are pe~itlbed support "must 1>e kept free of to attend. idealogical and political oon-

" Cubaa teclmology Is •1'6- siderations." · elflcally eriented toward tr~in- ' ;ex cne $3,100,000 total, $2,000,· Ina' ill computers, electromcs, 000 will go to the uaivemity and .and oilier areas of endeavor $i 100 000 for an agricultural r& whim Fidel Castro h~ stated 5~ statioo. near Jfawna. are related ,to the military po- · Ul.TIMATE T9TAL , tentlal ef Coba and partiCIIlarly . ,. • . . •. · · · to radar and military commu· An ultimate tx>ta! of $25,000,000 nieatlons," according to the I)> UN . aid ro Cu~ 115 bf:in~ dt&-Citlzens Committee for a Free <iuss'ed. Whether 'lt materiaihzee Cuba Jqc., an anti-Castro or- will probo.blly cieflelld !'-rgely .on ganizatkm<.a( prominent Ameri· con~onal and public r«;ection eaDS. tD ttoo Nrst portioo. In 1963, the UN special f·und Brazil and Parquay otrOIII!IIY

headed by PaAJi G. Hof.fman, objected to. helping Castro proposed an eJid project for throURh the UN. Both ,countries Castro's Cuba but dropped it are imwng the prineiple targets after an angry outcry in Con· of Commwrist subversion dl· gress and State Department op- rected from Cuba. position. A Communist tri-e<>ntinental

Last Tuesday, Ambassador congress of subversion, which Roo.evelt, wi1o represents the ; brought · together top :na<~kmg \

I. United States <>n the UN de· Reels from many. countnes, --· - ·------ · -- -·- - : ended in Havana less than two

weeks ago. M the congress, Cuba ,

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