LETTERS TO THE EDITOR THE INTERNATIONAL BULLY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000400020003-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 26, 1999
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: May 14, 1964
• Content Type: NSPR

The International Bully
in t e recent military coup
in Brazil, the President shed
the mask of pretense about..
U n i t e d States support of.
democratic institutions, or
support of necessary change
'through parliamentary means. j
This was a glaring exposure
of the real purpose of U.S. o
military aid . south of the . ;
border; In. fact, of U.S. mill
tary aid everywhere.
The. p r o m p t recognition
and announced support of the
leaders of the Brazilian mili-
tary coup will, this writer
believes, put all the demo
cratic forces in Latin Amer.
Ica now working for change
through peaceful means on
notice that the mighty United
States is on the side of the
status quo. They now, must
feel that they have no, alter--
native to inaction except to
join, with the forces forI
violent change.
In Cuba, this Administra-'.
tion has 'further marred the
image of the United States. j
Flying planes. o v e r C u b a;
without her permission is an:
act of war, a violation of in.
ternational law as well as a "
violation of one of the car-
dinal provisions of the United
Nations Charter, which the
United States signed. When;!
this is done to a small de-
fenseless country like Cuba,
it is almost certain to appear'
to the rest of the world as an
act of supreme arrogance.
Cuba offers no military',
threat to the United States.
At worst, Castro is no more.,
than a nuisance, as noted by
.Senator Fuibright in a recent
Senate speech. But playing
the part of international bully
by the United States is not
only 'dangerous, but ex-
t i? e m c .l y degrading. It is
worth millions of pages of
propaganda and thousands of..j
hours of radio and television I
nronaaanda to our opponents. I
HUGH B. HESTER,
' Br(cadier General, U.S. Arm? (net.).
Approved For Release 2000/04/14: CIA-RDP75-00149R000400020003-6
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