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Representative Charlie Rose couldn't resist flavoring his arguments with some old-fashioned red scare tactics. Declaring that an end to supports would open the door to Cuban sugar, the North Carolina Democrat demanded to know, "How dare this House bring pleasure to Fidel Castro?" The Congressman will be happy to discover that the existing trade embargo against Cuba will deny any such solace...
...PILOT SHOWN IN THE PHOTOgraph of a Brothers to the Rescue plane that accompanied your article on the aftermath of the Cuban shoot-down of civilian aircraft [WORLD, March 11]. That American citizens were murdered in international airspace is a fact. Castro claims the U.S. would never tolerate intrusions into its airspace, but here you don't have to fly over Washington to distribute leaflets. You can stand on a corner and freely hand them out. STEPHEN L. WALTON Hollywood, Florida
...HELMS-BURTON ACT, IMPOSING EVEN harsher trade sanctions on Cuba, is draconian legislation. In proposing it, Senator Jesse Helms self-righteously stated that Canadians should be ashamed of themselves for cooperating with the Castro regime. Let's set the record straight. Canada entered the fight against tyranny in World Wars I and II long before the U.S. did. As for aiding and abetting tyranny, the U.S.--not Canada--has supported such despots as Batista in Cuba, Papa Doc in Haiti, Somoza in Nicaragua and Pinochet in Chile, plus others elsewhere around the globe. The list goes on and on. Enough...
DROPPING LEAFLETS ON THE CAPITAL OF another nation while violating its airspace and inciting people to rebel against a government on repeated occasions are harsh provocations. Any self-respecting country would be expected to respond to this kind of repeated attack. Castro's reaction was fair. He tolerated the insult more than a dozen times. The Cuban-American activists got the treatment they asked for. ENRIQUE FARIAS Mexico City...
...SPENT ALMOST 50 YEARS IN CUBA AND have often returned there on family business. I can say that the economic depression there has much less to do with the U.S. embargo than with Castro's lining his pockets. He has not, however, been able to destroy the spirit of the Cuban people or stop efforts from abroad to attain freedom for them. I hope to see the end of Castro's regime. I will not predict the result; history will speak for itself. Unfortunately, too many lives have already paid the price for Castro's rule. ASTERIA PENA Coconut Creek...