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Even the Daily Herald of October 24 is able to expose his claims. In an editorial statement it says:

' Kennedy claims that the Russians are building rocket bases in Cuba which can be intended only for aggression.

But America and her allies have for years ringed Russia with bases in Britain, Italy, Spain, Greece, Turkey and Pakistan.

Castro could equally claim that any Soviet bases in Cuba are defensive -especially in view of the armed attack encouraged by America, to which he has already been subjected.

Castro has as much right to choose Russia for his ally as the NATO countries have to choose America.' Precisely!

False information

And what about the pictures which the U2 spy planes have provided? The Times also of Wednesday, October 24 warns against the danger of false information. Its editorial remarks:

' In judging whether President Kennedy is right in militarily blockading Cuba, almost everything de.

pends on the accuracy of the evidence that the Russians are in fact building missile bases on the island. Past American mistakes in coping with Cuba, the violent emotions which possess so many Americans when Fidel Castro and communism are mentioned, the wrong information which was served to the President before the invasion fiasco eighteen months ago... all these things were bound to make people in Britain exHolguin aracoa CUBA Oriente Gui ranamo Santiago HAITI E AN tremely wary on first hearing the news.' (Our emphasis.)

Who knows in what part of the world these pictures were taken?

On April 17, 1961, the Kennedy administration almost plunged the world to disaster when it launched an attack on the freedom-loving people of Cuba. This ended in a total fiasco for its mercenary forces. In a matter of hours the remnants of the invasion were driven into the sea at the Bay of Pigs.

One step further It has since been admitted that the information supplied to the US government by renegade Cuban emigres then was false. Far from learning the lesson, Washington has decided that it will go one step further and take on the Soviet Union.

The present crisis proves once more that the theory of peaceful co-existence is a fraud. It disarms the working class and deprives them of leadership at a time when they should be concentrating their efforts to get rid of world capitalism which is the cause of war, and replace it with international socialism.

The fake Lefts of the Labour Party who together with the Communist Party have shouted "peaceful co-existence' from the housetops must take their share of the responsibility for the startling suddenness of the present crisis.

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