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...Italy, where Julius Caesar got his and where Machiavelli elevated plotting to respectability, the only question is when the conspirators will be unmasked. Among Frenchmen, who have long had a penchant for ideological crime, the rumors went back to last year's arrest of Yale Professor Frederick Barghoorn in the Soviet Union on spy charges. According to this account, the CIA had solemnly denied to Kennedy that Barghoorn was a CIA agent, but when the professor returned he told the President that he had indeed been spying for the CIA. Angered, Kennedy threatened a wholesale shake...
American residents of the Canal Zone fully understand the problems caused by their presence in Panama but are misunderstood by their fellow Americans in the United States, according to Elso S. Barghoorn, professor of Botany. Barghoorn, stranded in the Zone during the rioting earlier this month, also claimed the violence was caused by Castro-influenced agitators exploiting an emotional situation...
...Americans appreciated the situation, Barghoorn said, but were bitter and frustrated because they have been unable to make their point of view known. As a result, they are largely misunderstood...
Agitation on the part of Custro inspired elements was a significant factor in causing the riots, Barghoorn said, pointing out that the mobs which burned cars and buildings were egged on by sound trucks. Since the original student demonstration was orderly, he thought the violence which followed was in part instigated by Castroites, who took advantage of a long-standing emotional situation...
...Barghoorn could not be reached yesterday for comment. His brother, Frederick C. Barghoorn, professor of Political Science at Yale, was seized in the Soviet Union last November on spy charges and released only after President Kennedy sent a strong protest to the Kremlin...