U.S. POLICY ON CUBA

Press, Volume C, Issue 29501, 1 May 1961, Page 14

U.S. POLICY ON CUBA

Peace Council Concerned (N.Z. Press Association) WELT iNGTON, April 30. The New Zealand Peace Council is urging the Prime Minister (Mr Holyoake) to use all his influence with the United Nations and the United States Government to bring about a reversal of United States policy towards Cuba.

The Peace Council says In a letter to Mr Holyoake that there is a threat not only to stability and peace in Cuba itself but also to the peace of the world. “The President’s latest speech (April 26) makes it plain that he is determined that the present regime in Cuba must go.” says the letter.

“The main reason he gives is its threat to the security of the United States, but Mr Adlai Stevenson told the United Nations he agreed with Mr Khrushchev that Cuba is not a danger to the United States.

“Any attempt by the United States to intervene with force in Cuba (and such action is implied in the President’s last statement) will inevitably be met by force, a situation which could well precipitate a world war. "Such action on the grounds of anti-communism would be indefensible. Even if the present Cuban regime were Communist, which it is not, every country is entitled to its own ideology,” the letter said.