CUBAN AFTERMATH SIR,—D. W. Brogan seems to miss the point
about Cuba when he says. . the two Castros and Senator Guevara will make a mess of the Cuban economy, but why not let them?' Apart from the fact that a lot of people might starve in the process of Cuba's economy going to hell, hardly a humani- tarian notion, American concern--or, if you please, my concern is that Fidelismo happens to be a threat to the rest of Latin America. It is a doctrine very much intended for export, as can easily be docu- mented from Mexico to Argentina. In short, Fidelismo is the cha-cha version of Communismo. I doubt whether very many Americans care if newly independent countries seek the road to Socialism and our foreign aid programme intends to help re- gardless of economic doctrine. Cuba is a different case entirely because, supported by the Soviet Union and China, it quite openly seeks to overthrow existing Latin American governments and to replace them by Communist regimes. whether it he Betan- court's Venezuela or Stroessner's Paraguay. Why then should the American public be 'willing to let Cuba alone'? Or does Mr. Brogan believe that the Communist danger in Latin America is some fanciful nightmare masking America's desire to restore Batista?—Yours faithfully, PS. The name of the Connecticut Senator whom Mr. Brogan quotes is Dodd not Dodds.
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