And we must consider the plight of the Cuban people who live daily under that oppression. As in the past. the United States has taken steps to provide a haven for freedomloving Cubans who seek refuge from the tyranny now existing in their homeland. On December 1. 1965. we began operating a Cuban refugee- airlift between Varadero and Miami. That airlift has already brought over 60.000 victims of Castros oppression to our shores. and these figures do not include those persons who escape from Cuba by other means. As has been pointed out. no more graphic proof exists of the failure of the Castro government than the great numbers of freedomloving Cubans who are willing to risk the sanctions of that regime in order to leave the country.