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I shall discuss this matter at another time. I have received several telephone calls today in regard to Just exactly what I meant by some of the statements I made on the floor of the Senate yesterday In my colloquy with the Senator from Oklahoma in respect to the Cuban planes which have been brought to the United States. I hope that at a -very early date the State Department will make available to the Foreign Relations Committee a memorandum which will give us all available facts and information concerning the number of Cuban planes. and the types of Cuban planes. as well as the boats. and the ownership of those planes and boats. which have been brought from Cuba to the United States. either by defectors from the Cuban military or defectors in generalescapees or refugeesfrom Cuba. That memorandum should specifically answer the Communist propaganda. which is rife in many parts of Latin America. that many of those planesand the number that appears in the press has varied from 9 to 11. and as to the boats. no one seems to be certain as to how many there were. but in my opinion. not very many. few of them of any particular consequencewere brought to the United States. in some instances. with the assistance of the United States. The charge is that U.S. espionage work.