Just as it is unthinkable that the United States would give aid to North Vietnam under the same enemy leadership and Communist government. it is also unthinkable that we would help Castro to get a firmer grip on his despairing population. I say it is unthinkable. But our Government has already committed an appalling act in urging the deportation of two Cuban refugees who were attempting to flee from the institutional terrorism of the Cuban regime to a third countrynot even to the United States. As fate would have it. their engines failed and they were towed to U.S. waters by the U.S. Coast Guard. The State Department says that It is in the "spirit" of the antihijacking agreement to deport these refugees. even though the agreement itself does not literally apply. If there is a change in the Cuban situation. it is the United States that has changed. If it is indeed in the spirit of the agreement. then America has lost its honor and lost its soul. Mr. President. the WRALTV "Viewpoint". in Raleigh. N.C.. recently. discussed the attempted deportation of the Cuban refugees at greater length. The editorial was presented by Mr. William P.
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