Mr. Speaker. 22 Cubans from Havana who wanted to attend a sugar cane convention were given clearance to land their Russian built turboprop airplane at the Moisant airport in New Orleans. The State Department has refused to issue visas to attend the sugar cane meeting. perhaps for security reasons. although no one seems to worry about the admittance of the Russian airplane and the proven vulnerability of our air defense. And while the State Department is so adamant at refusing the Cubans visas to attend their sugar convention in New Orleans. here in Washington visas were issued to a cultural exchange group which included a threestar Russian general. to speak to a student group at Georgetown University. . The American people must consider it strange that our State Department can grant Russian threestar generals visas to appear on U.S. campuses but refuses to do so for a handful of Cubans. After all. if it is a matter of military security. most Americans are aware that it is the Russians who build and supervise the missile bases in Cuba. it is the Russians who have the nuclear marine base in Cuba. it is the Russians who supply the Mig fighters to the Cuban air force. and it is the Russians who also supplied the turbojet airplane which still sits at the New Orleans airport. At the same time that we are admitting Russians but excluding their Cuban stooges. Soviet Premier Alexei N. Kosygin is being feted by Castro in Cuba. Why are any of these Communist agitators and military brass allowed to enter the United Statesvisa or no visa? I include several related newsclippings: [From the Washington Post. Oct. 27. 1971] CUBAN FLIGHT ENDS Wrrn U.S.
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