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...main danger of Cuba is not the presence of a few thousand Russian soldiers, but the sponsoring of subversive activities in Latin America," Demitrio Boersner said Friday. The Venezuelan journalist for La Republica said in a CRIMSON interview that economic sanctions against the Castro regime are the best policy as long as Castro continues his hostile course...
...Boersner said that the United States should assume a pragmatic policy toward Havana "capable of adapting to changing circumstances. Castro should be closely watched for Titoist tendencies." If Cuba turned toward a neutralist position, the United States, Boersner felt, should reopen diplomatic relations with the island. But he cautioned that at present Castro was showing "Stalinist" rather than "Titoist" deviations...
Tracing the course of Venezuelan-Cuban relations, Boersner noted that until the end of 1960, Venezuela favored a policy "of going easy on Cuba." When the subversive activities of Fidelistas within Venezuela became obvious early in 1961, Venezuela began to take a much tougher line within the Organization of American States. Its good relations with the Castro government deteriorated rapidly, rupturing toward...