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today's report to the people of Florida takes the form of an informal press conference. And now here with the first question is Mr Hayden Senator. Cuban refugees in the Miami area seemed to feel that they're handcuffed by the present administration's policy to curb hit and run raids on the Cuban mainland.

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Could you comment on your reaction to this? I think he was a necessary order on the party administration because we do have neutrality Laws would say that there can be no invasion forces mounted on the United States shores directed against a existing government with which we are not at war.

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So to that extent, I agree with the administration further than that. I don't believe that the hit and run raids are particularly effective in hurting Fidel Castro. On the contrary, I think that they give to Fidel Castro propaganda value where he can go before the Cuban people and say that it's this big, imperialistic government to the north that is our real enemy and not Cuban people.

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I would like to add that while I agree with that part of the the order of the administration are nonetheless, I do not feel that we should remove any pressure from Fidel Castro. I think we should go forward with the program of recognizing a Cuban government in exile government located in some Central American country.

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And let that government Cubans free Cubans bring about an effective program against Fidel Castro. Well, you don't agree with the neutrality laws, the spirit of the neutrality laws in this particular case, I don't agree with the new trial, the spirit of them. The answer to that is yes, I do not agree.

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However, I don't believe that Congress is going to change those laws. And I do think we must have respect for our own laws. So what I would say we should transfer this operation from the United States to a Central American country and their let Cubans and Latin direct and effective program against Fidel Castro Senator, in light of the many factions of exiles.

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How could you unite their leadership in order to make your government in exile program two ways? Either this government could pick out three men and say this is the temporary Cuban government in exile, and we're going to work through it and help it and recognize it if you didn't want to do that.

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We have a list of every Cuban refugee in the United States as well as in Puerto Rico. And if they wanted to, you could write each one and say, Who do you vote for and take the top men? I think that's an easy problem. And certainly the fact that there are a number of people who want to be leaders should not stop are going forward with the Cuban government in exile.

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Well, senator, obviously recognition of this Cuban exile government would require the cooperation and the support of the Organization of American States. Do you think that you can that the United States can get such a unified support, particularly in light of things that are happening, like the unrest in Argentina and, uh, Guatemala?

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The answer to that is yes, I think. Under the existing treaties, the Rio Treaty signed in nineteen forty seven the Caracas resolution in nineteen hundred fifty four, the first Costa Rican resolution, the Punta del Este agreement and every one of those agreements, we and all the other countries of Central and South America agreed that we would first combat communism.

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We agreed that we would help any free country to combat communism. And under those agreements, if a Cuban free government is recognised outside the United States and calls on US or other Central and South American countries for aid according to those agreements, we have to give it so the answer that is yet, well, Senator, if you If the United States government recognized a Cuban government in exile, wouldn't this action affect the Soviet troop withdrawal from Cuba?

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Well, I don't subscribe to that theory. Totally. I think that the Soviet Union is going to remove their troops only when in their own mind it's to their interests. So to do, I believe there's always the Communists are going to act in what they think is the best interest for themselves.

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I have confidence that if we continue to exert great pressure, which in this area I agree with the president, he must continue the pressure and if he will continue it sufficiently, I think the communist troops will be removed. There are some people who seem to think senator that the very presence of the Soviet troops in Cuba is a safety valve because it keeps weapons out of the hands of Castro.

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Whereas if he weren't under the Soviet control, he might Oh, take some rather hasty and impetuous. That's like sandwich. You appoint leopards to look after lions. I don't believe that is the case at all? I think again, the Cubans and the Communists are going to do what they think needs to be done their own at the time of their own choosing.

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Yeah, I see. Are running way over. Yeah.