LETTERS TO THE TIMES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000100890009-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 14, 1998
• Sequence Number: 9
• Content Type: NSPR

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1~T~W YORK 'T'IMES
NlAY ? ~ 1964
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" Overflights Opposed ?, atandard, on for a powerful nation'
Amherst,;Mass., May 4, 164.
t naissance flights over Florida and
the Gulf Coast to discgver the pres-
ence of offensive installations or of
preparations for a possibi~ inva- ;
lion? If not, we have one standard;
(sovereign control over their air-
11 space," you say; indeed they do. We
have only to ask ourselves iwo?ques-
tions to determine the zeal character
of our policy.
Would the tolerate Cuban recon-
be in violation of international law. ~i with Cuba.
"Nations tend to be jealous of their ~, HENRY STEELE. CO~IDL~CER.
Times nothing has been more dis-t So:ne months abo President Sohn-;
concerting than your casual en- ~ son assured Panama that the United
dorsement (Editorial 2vfay 3] of ~; States would never take advantage
American reconnaissance flights of its superior size and strength.
over. Cuba even tltoubii ;ear .. wy ~~ SurC'.;; it ..n?.ecrthy Ji us to do sa
TO TIIE EDITOR:
Cubans.
Would we persist in reconnais-
sance flights over a great power; liko
13ussia after it had threatened retali-'
ation? Again, the answer is clear::.
we did not and would not. This:
means that we have another double:
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