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meaningful military and technological field
by 1973, The us, having reduced its over-
whelming nuclear superiority to a state of
sufficiency, has allowed that the USSR to
build toward a 2 to 1 margin in strategic
ducleac missiles by 1975. On a truly gram
like Paritor
portionate basis the US is now committing
only one-third the funding for defense
allocated by the Soviets. The US Navy has
fewer ships in commission than at any time
since 1950 and on the current budget, by:
Aclens on the
1973, will have fewer than we had in 1934.
US forces in Europe have fewer than 300
tanks; the Soviety can field 4, 000, In 1960
the US-NATO forces had 5,000 5, combat air-
craft in Europe, the Communists 4, 300.
Today US-NATO have 2100; Soviet-Warsaw
4, 400. The US Merchant Marine has plum-
meted since 1949 from 3, 503 to I, 937,
very
Meanwhile the Soviet Merchant fleet has
grown from 432 to I, 717. The USSR has
a
improved its position relative to the US in
every quantifiable category or area, (8/16
Col. R. D. Heinl, Je.)
CUBA
In 1962 the GOP howled because JFK wouldn't
act against Soviet installation of IRBMs in Cuba.
There were ostriches in command at State and
they are still there. There is continuing evi-
dence that Castro still has Soviet IRBMs in his
arsenal. Cuban expert Penabaz states that
Soviet nuclear rocket experts are working
feverishly to enlarge their installations on the
island. Every non-governmental expert has
reported this continued buildup as well as the
great military pressure the Kremlin supports
there. Yet there is not the slightest indication
that State or NSC are dealing with the problem.
But this Administration is not entirely to blame,
Fulbright recently said "there is much good to
be said for Castro. In exploring the merits of
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