President. if we established a pattern whereby exiles in this countly could think that they could submit to us information which they claimed was sound information and use that in an attempt to embarrass the official foreign policy of the United States. I do not like to say it. but it is trueand I say it because. as chairman of the Subcommittee on Latin American Affairs. I know that we have been briefed sufficiently to know it to be truethat a considerable amount of the information which is offered by Cuban refugees is not reliable. is not true. Much of it is propaganda. � Much of it is designed to bring about their desires. The Cuban refugees owe it to the State Department and to the White House to submit any material they have through the channels which have jurisdiction and primary responsibility over American foreign policy and over our relationships with Cuba. What they are only guessing at. or what they would like Americans to think is going on in Cuba. is better kept to themselves. I realize that many American newspapers are as culpable in this respect as are the refugees from whence come many of these stories. which might better be labeled rumors. In short. I want to remind the American public. the Cubans in this country. and the administration. that aside from the dictates of what constitutes appropriate behavior on the part of refugees enjoying asylum in the United States. the Federal Government is amply clothed with power to forestall actions by the exiles which conflict with American policy. I am very pleased that the agencies of the Federal Government are beginning to make use of the statutes giving them this authority. I surely hope they will continue to see to it that the Cuban exiles conduct themselves in conformity with U.S. law and U.S. foreign policy objectives.
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Generalizing that information offered by Cuban refugees is unreliable and designed to bring about their desires.