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D. W. Acker, Lawrence special student, finishes painting a scoreboard in preparation for the 57th annual Kansas Relays. The relays begin today in Memorial Stadium with the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon.
JON HARDESTY/Kansan Staff relaxs begin today in
Reagan is using propaganda against Cuba, ex-agent savs
The U.S. government is feeding its citizens propaganda about Cuba instead of informing them about what is actually happening, Peter James, ex-CIA agent, said last night.
By JIM LEHNER Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
Speaking to an audience of about 46 people in the Kansas Union Ballroom, James said that Americans had a distorted view of Cuba because of the U.S. government's propaganda.
our government, ever since the Bay of Pigas held resentment toward Cuba," James said.
"Now the Reagan administration is trying to exploit a potential fear of Castro because he wants the people of the United States back his military forces, or increase military spending over the next five years."
James also gave a slide presentation that was aimed at giving the audience a new look at Cuba. He said that he wanted to change America's policy toward Latin America and Cuba, and added ideas and issues that the American government had tried to hide from the American people.
He said that as an ex-spy who knew what to look for, he found that Cuba was different from what the Reagan Administration would want the American public to believe.
"The Cuban citizens I have talked to have been very pleased with the Castro regime," James said. "They are not the distraught people that our government has projected to us."
"They have much pride in Castro's regime, but to appreciate this one must go back into burglaries."
James said that the Cubans he talked to spoke negatively of the Fulgenio Batista regime, which preceded Castro's. They said that Batista was known for his underwater connections with
"castro, a 28 year old attending the University of Boston and to lead a revolt against Bathlyn," said lawyer
"Although it failed, Batista's ruthless method of power eventually led to his escape from Cuba and to the United States."
James said that Castro decided to become more independent of the United States, so he resisted the CIA-sponsored Bay of Pigs invasion. The United States decided to crush the revolution, which left Cuba nowhere to turn for support but Russia, he said.
"Cuba was justified in doing this," James said. "They had a revolving door of corrupt government from 1902 to 1859. They viewed Castro as their shining light."
He said that the U.S. government had led Americans to believe that Cubans dislike them. Contrary to that opinion, James said, Cuba are not a respect to treat the Americans as human beings.
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"I was shocked to learn how open-minded the Cubans are to Americans," James said. "They are not denied freedom of speech like our government would like us to believe. I asked them some pointed questions, and they answered them as openly and honestly as possible."
the Mafia and his brutality to Cuban citizens, he said.
"I believe the problem lies with a few money-stainty bankers who have backed dictators in countries because of the stability of interests in them. And when I have been especially true with Central America.
Investigation
If the NCAA enforcement staff believes there has been a serious infraction of rules, it may make an official inquiry. The staff will then send an official listing of rules that it thinks were broken.
there is a violation in the program, then they will inform the institution," he said.
He said that if the allegation was sub-
jective, he would begin an in-
vocation into the school's program.
"What we should be doing is backing the people in these countries. I feel that no country should enter a country and own more than 50 percent of that country's stock. It's called exploitation, and it's very un-American. We must change our ways because our foreign policy the last 20 years isn't been worth a damn in Central America and Cuba."
A preliminary letter does not always lead to an investigation. In NCAA standard procedure, the letter informs the institution that field representatives will come to the institution to interview coaches, athletes and administrators about possible violations.
The institution then must send a response to the NCUA staff and to each member of the NCAA Commission.
Finally, a hearing is scheduled to determine whether the institution is guilty. The institution can appeal to the NCAA Council before any sanctions are enforced against it.
Falkland
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Hlai said he had offered the United States to serve as a third-party intermediary while Argentina and Britain worked on negotiations.
the third party proposal included an offer by Argentina to withdraw an estimated 9,000 troops from the Falklands if Thatcher would recall the naval armada and rescind her threat to sink any Argentine ship within 200 miles of the islands.
BUT THE British apparently found Argentina's offer inappropriate because it also provided that the islands remain under Argentine control.
The Argentines were equally firm in negating any proposal that restored British control to the islands, which were seized April 2.
A number of British warships were in the area already, enforcing a naval blockade of the islands. Argentina reported that there were four British submarines, two of them nuclear, patrolling an area around the islands.
With the British naval fleet expected to reach the area in nine days, Haig cautioned
In related news yesterday, both the CIA and the Pentagon denied reports that the United States was secretly aiding the British by sending their assistance about Argentina locations in the islands.
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