The search and rescue mission of the Coast Guard has risen dramatically due to the tremendous increase in private boating in the United States. At the same time. the Coast Guards law enforcement responsibilities have grown markedly due to the Cuban situation. the Russian trawler traffic in the North Atlantic and along the eastern seaboard. and heavy concentration of Japanese and Russian fishing vessels off Alaska. Many Americans do not realize that the Coast Guard has the added chore of picking up Cuban refugees coming into Florida in small craft of every size and description. Since 1961. over 6.300 Cuban refugees have drifted into U.S. waters fleeing Communist Cuba. Nor is it their general realization that it is the U.S. Coast Guard that has the duty of preventing antiCastro raiders from leaving from U.S. ports.
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