Speaker. I have asked the chairman of the House Merchant Marine Committee to investigate the incident that happened yesterday where the Coast Guard was witness to the ramming of a small lifeboat by a Cuban vessel. The reports indicate that the skipper of the Coast Guard cutter which stood by while a Cuban cattle freighter rammed a lifeboat carrying three refugees. said yesterday that he did not interfere because he feared causing an international incident. He said: I was not prepared to go out there and take action that might involve the whole Nation and might be over my head. He said: I still feel like it was my responsibility to get orders to go on in there. to get fired on. and to fire back.
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