Word: cuba
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...trip to Cuba planned by three Harvard students, however, should provide a clearer test of the right to travel. First, the political beliefs of these students can by no means be considered un-American. Second, rather than openly flouting the ban, the students applied for validated passports through the proper legal channels...
...applying for passports the undergraduates have also opened for the State Department a dignified line of retreat from an awkward position. Other groups are planning to visit Cuba without asking government permission in the near future. Granting valid passports to the Harvard undergraduates would at least demonstrate that students with a legitimate interest in Cuba will be allowed...
Hopefully this would be only a first step toward a policy of allowing all students to visit the island. In any case, this request by three impeccably qualified Americans to be granted passports for Cuba should be granted...
Your article concerning our efforts to secure permission for travel to Cuba was for the most part a good one. I write only to clear up confusion resulting from an unfortunate headline and a somewhat ambiguous quote...
...purpose to "foil leftist student's plans" to travel to Cuba. I firmly believe that the government has no right to consider political motivation when considering passport validation. Travel is a right, not a privilege reserved for those whose politics measure up to pre-determined standards...